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  1. Vanimal46
    Possibly. Just throwing out different ideas since with Dozier, I don't believe they're going to get a reasonable offer better than De Leon. And there's not a lot of other choices... Kepler, Gordon, and Buxton would be the people who would move the needle acquiring legit pitching.
  2. Vanimal46
    Trading Dozier for pitching makes the most sense for this organization, but it's starting to feel like fitting a square peg into a round hole... No teams are out there looking for 2B, and willing to give the Twins what they need to make something happen. The elephant in the room.... Gordon. Would teams value him more being a top ~50 ish prospect who can play multiple positions? Sure, it would hurt to lose Gordon, but it's probably more realistic to get the pitching this team needs if he's the feature piece.
  3. Vanimal46
    The problem is what has changed since last winter in the trade market for 2B? If only one team was interested and set the price at De Leon, who else is going to pay more when there hasn't been a significant injury to a star 2B?
  4. Vanimal46
    Maybe that other person is Jake Reed. He's been pitching pretty consistently lately in AA.
  5. Vanimal46
    Royce Lewis or McKay? Man that's disappointing.
  6. Vanimal46
    Right now, I can't endorse trading Santana and/or giving up on this season. I'm very tired of moving the "window of WS contention" goalposts 2 years out every season.... It's not guaranteed that the young offensive core is going to be healthy all season long like they have so far. It's also not guaranteed that the division is going to be this bad in 2019 and beyond.
  7. Vanimal46
    Reed has been pitching pretty consistently now for Chattanooga. On June 8th, he pitched both the 8th and 9th innings. 2 IP - 1 H - 1 K - 1 HBP - 23 pitches 17 strikes Per Cody Christie's Minor League Report today: "Jake Reed entered the ninth with a three-run lead and he needed every one of them. He walked two of the first four batters before a double cut the lead to 5-3. During the next at-bat, Reed uncorked a wild pitch that allowed the runner to scamper in from third. A line out to center ended the threat and the Lookouts came away with the big win." 1 IP - 1 H - 2 ER - 2 BB - 29 pitches 17 strikes
  8. Vanimal46
    So, post-draft, how long does it usually take to see a lot of promotions/demotions/releases?
  9. Vanimal46
    As of this morning, my personal preference would be: - Gore - Greene - Wright Any of those 3 would work, but Gore gets the edge for being LH, mid-90's velocity, and a little more advanced secondary stuff than Greene.
  10. Vanimal46
    McKay isn't that exciting to read about IMO... Cody Christie mentioned in his article before that his velocity hovers around 88-91, and Willihammer posted in the article that McKay's velocity drops to the 80's after 55-60 pitches. These are all red flags to me.
  11. Vanimal46
    I mean, not really. And all pitchers/players are risks in the draft, not just HS pitchers. The Twins have certainly swung and missed on several college players as well over the years, just like every team in the MLB.
  12. Vanimal46
    Don't be a stranger. Come back now, ya hear?!
  13. Vanimal46
    Hey! Sam Dyson. The Twins could have traded for this guy.
  14. Vanimal46
    Just in case we forgot, the Giants are 14 games under .500. They look like an offensive juggernaut this game.
  15. Vanimal46
    Welcome aboard! You chose a hell of a game to join this site.
  16. Vanimal46
    Good lord.
  17. Vanimal46
    He most certainly can suck this hard. He wasn't getting results on his stuff.... IIRC, he was a guy who got by nibbling the corners of the strike zone and getting ground balls.
  18. Vanimal46
    Meh. Not sure if I want to see Pressly back so soon. I'd rather him stay down another month or 2. Unless something has clicked over the last 2 weeks it will be the same results we saw before.
  19. Vanimal46
    Yeah I would venture to guess Belisle's days are numbered in Minnesota. Not sure if I'm ready to see Pressly again so soon. I'd like to give Hildenberger a shot, even if he is an Anthony Slama type.
  20. Vanimal46
    I think I've seen enough of Wimmers too... They may have to start scraping the bottom of the barrel to find competent relievers.
  21. Vanimal46
    Castro... what the hell, man?
  22. Vanimal46
    This is getting ugly quickly.
  23. Vanimal46
    Welcome aboard!
  24. Vanimal46
    People who are waiting for the upcoming boom of coal mining jobs?
  25. Vanimal46
    Concur. And there are always unlikely playoff heroes that no one expects to do well. Like Grandpa Ross and the Cleveland C last year... A couple of little known Cleveland pitchers played way over their head. Anything can happen in SSS...
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