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  1. Vanimal46
    Concur. Vargas hasn't proven that he's worth a spot on the 25 man roster. No position flexibility, and doesn't hit enough to overcome the deficiencies in his game.
  2. Vanimal46
    Nice to know that good Gibby can show up every once in a while. It's still too little too late for me....
  3. Vanimal46
    Sorry for cutting off your post, but I wanted to touch on this point. It is annoying that the Pohlads treat the Twins like one of their many business ventures... Sports should be entertainment, and some owners in sports act like their teams are a hobby, not a business.
  4. Vanimal46
    I really like the fast promotion of Curtiss this season. Looking forward to watching him pitch.
  5. Vanimal46
    No MLB team uses this model to track financials year over year. They operate under a new budget every season. The potential "savings" goes into the owner's pockets and doesn't roll over to next season.
  6. Vanimal46
    It's just something we've never seen in Minnesota before. The Pohlad's have the cash to make it happen, but they've never exceeded $115 MM before. I'd like nothing more than to increase payroll, as it's easy to spend other people's money! But we have ~20+ years of data suggesting that the team tops out at a certain level of payroll.
  7. Vanimal46
    As a fan, I'd love to see the Twins get their payroll up to $150 MM. I just don't know how realistic it is under the ownership of the Pohlad's....
  8. Vanimal46
    Also, question about May. Since he's been out for the whole season, does that delay his arbitration eligibility? Or will he just have a minimal contract increase for his A1 year?
  9. Vanimal46
    Thanks for putting this together. They'll have to make some interesting decisions this off-season. I'm not sure if I'm willing to give Escobar $4 MM when Adrianza could fill the role at $1 MM. The others you mentioned DFA'ing Gimenez, Gibson, Recker are easy cuts. Hughes' contract is really sticking out as an albatross at the moment. It would make the payroll situation much better if they found a way to get rid of that money.
  10. Vanimal46
    I could be talked into a *reasonable* extension for Dozier, but he's far down on the priority list of extension candidates. Ideally I'd like to see these people get taken care of first: - Sano - Buxton - Kepler - Berrios I would certainly like Falvey to channel what he learned in Cleveland gambling on extensions with young players (Kluber, Jose Ramirez, Salazar, etc.)
  11. Vanimal46
    https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/899702782206386177
  12. Vanimal46
    I don't take much weight into that quote. I'll take Thad Levine's words over "those in the Twins organization." Levine has been thrilled with Sano this season, and didn't mention his weight once during his interview with Aaron Gleeman.
  13. Vanimal46
    Concur. Which makes this article questionable and unnecessary to post.
  14. Vanimal46
    I don't know. Does that extra 20 lbs. prevent him from hitting the ball as hard as he does? I'm just really tired of columnists' constant obsession with his weight.
  15. Vanimal46
    Sigh..... This meme is getting really old. I also didn't realize Souhan got his M.D. to suggest an optimal weight that Sano should play at.
  16. Vanimal46
    Still think there's another two 200 IP seasons left in that arm. Still hitting 98 MPH after 100 pitches against the Dodgers. His FB velocity has actually improved 95.7 MPH this season, his best since 2011 after a gradual decline.
  17. Vanimal46
    it was peak eclipse time here. About 70% coverage. Pretty neat!
  18. Vanimal46
    it's about ~25% covered now. Pretty cool!
  19. Vanimal46
    Saw a little sliver covered up so far in Texas! In another hour or so it should be 60% covered.
  20. Vanimal46
    toki 12:39 After that in the parker by Buxton is his ceiling Willie Mays-Hayes? Travis Sawchik 12:39 I still Buxton is going to figure it out He's not going to be Trout II, but he's so talented
  21. Vanimal46
    I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that they keep him in AAA. It makes too much sense to keep him down until whenever that magic date is in order to gain another year of control. I wouldn't be surprised if they put Gonsalves on the same plan as Berrios. ~6-10 AAA starts and bring him up in May/June.
  22. Vanimal46
    I was wondering what the difference was between Junior League WS and Little League WS. Thanks for clearing it up!
  23. Vanimal46
    Also, this may be the catch of the year by a little leaguer named Jack Regenye.
  24. Vanimal46
    Yeah, overall I've been fine with the development of Gonsalves this year. Some disagree and think he should have been up at AAA earlier, but he still has a chance to crack the opening day rotation next year if he impresses in camp. The numbers look great during his AA tenure, but who knows. There could have been underlying issues that the stats don't show. Such as missing his spots, and AA hitters not being able to take advantage of mistake pitches. He doesn't have overpowering stuff to make up for a lack of command. It's probably best to develop him low and slow. IMO he's probably like 9 hours into the smoking process, if he were hypothetically a brisket. The best briskets take 12+ hours to complete.
  25. Vanimal46
    Aaron Judge broke an MLB record yesterday.... He's struck out in 36 consecutive games. I guess he's human after all... Since the AS break, his BA has dropped from .330 to .285, and he's only hit 7 HRs since the strikeout streak began.
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