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  1. Vanimal46
    I have zero interest in this guy at #1 overall.
  2. Vanimal46
    Concur. The team should be in no rush to move up Gonsalves. I wouldn't be upset if he spent all of this season off the 40 man roster. Maybe next season he'll make his MLB debut. In another episode of "Spring Training Stats are Meaningless!" let me introduce ByungHo Park! He of the .200 BA and .638 OPS in AAA... I'm losing hope he'll ever make a difference in Minnesota.
  3. Vanimal46
    Not Twins related, but potentially historic nonetheless. The Houston Astros have won 42 of their first 58 games. The last 2 teams to have as good or better of a winning percentage at this point in the season? 1998 Yankees, who won 114 games and the WS 2001 Mariners, who won 116 games and collapsed in the playoffs.
  4. Vanimal46
    Agreed. Quickness to the majors is just gravy IMO. The team should be more concerned about ceiling, and getting the best possible player. Whether they make the majors in 1 year or 5 years makes no difference to me.
  5. Vanimal46
    It took longer than expected, but I finally finished Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. A great read if you were a fan of the show like I am... It chronicles the show from the beginning to the end, filled with little nuggets that you may not have known about. Fun facts: Most writers only lasted one season. Once their real life experiences were captured in an episode or 2, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld searched for other writers. Seems pretty rude to do, but it worked for them. It took until the 2nd season for Larry David to get the idea to weave 4 different stories together in an episode and have it all tie together at the end. Jerry Seinfeld turned down $5 MM an episode to continue doing a 10th season.
  6. Vanimal46
    I think that's Jarrod Dyson for the Mariners? Not sure.
  7. Vanimal46
    Frankly they need a pitcher with a pulse who can pitch 5 innings in the #5 spot... Turns out it's harder to find than we thought!
  8. Vanimal46
    I think we can all relate to this...
  9. Vanimal46
    I think they're going to keep churning out episodes until it's past the expiration date... House of Cards was great early on and had a ton of buzz... But now in its' 5th season, I don't really see or read the same kind of buzz for that show. Same thing applies to Orange is the New Black... I'm seeing they're about to release the 5th season, and personally I jumped off that show after season 2.
  10. Vanimal46
    Welcome to the site! If I were you, I'd probably save my money.... Fangraphs gives the Twins a 4.1% chance to win the division Fivethirtyeight gives the Twins a 13% chance to win the division TwinsDaily gives the Twins a 100% chance to win the division!
  11. Vanimal46
    I'm not quite sure what it would be without watching the guy in person... The velocity is still there. For some reason he's not getting any strikeouts and walking a boat load of people in 16 innings.
  12. Vanimal46
    Thanks for sharing... Mauer has certainly become a polarizing figure over the years (just glance at the Strib comments if you dare) but it was absolutely the right call to choose him over Prior.
  13. Vanimal46
    This is the first time I've seen video of Gore.... I love that guy's leg kick. Very Cole Hamels/Trevor Hoffman-esc.
  14. Vanimal46
    At least they're making decisions on long time org fillers... Good luck to Wheeler in the future.
  15. Vanimal46
    They needed a down payment for the big blockbuster trade in July!
  16. Vanimal46
    That's also partially true. Then again if you ask others they would say I'm the idiot!
  17. Vanimal46
    Idioms have to be the most difficult things to learn about the English language. Many of them don't make sense, but they're fun to say! I could talk idioms all day, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
  18. Vanimal46
    Tim 3:40 Question regarding McKay/Greene - assuming they don't take the mound after the draft - are they likely to try their hand at both pitching and hitting next year or will they likely be headed straight to the mound w/o concern for how well they hit this year? Keith Law 3:40 McKay will almost certainly do both. Greene's future is on the mound, IMO.
  19. Vanimal46
    Top 10 may be a bit aggressive... He was #50 on MLBPipeline's pre-season list. He could be flirting with #25-35 now.
  20. Vanimal46
    CC: North I've been speaking to quite a few Canadians this week for work, and noticed an alarming trend at the end of each call... Do you also say "Cheers" instead of goodbye? Is this just a Canadian thing?
  21. Vanimal46
    Krispy Kreme's not my favorite.... Most of the time they're too greasy. There are a lot of great National Days today though... Besides doughnut day, today is also National Leave the Office Early Day! I wish I could leave the office right now.... It's also National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day! One of the best flavors of ice cream IMO.
  22. Vanimal46
    It'll be interesting to see who's strategy wins... Falvey's long-term view, or Levine's short-term view. IMO, if the choice is pitcher A - someone who may arrive in the MLB in ~2 years, but only projected to be a #2/3, or pitcher B - someone who may arrive in the MLB in ~4-5 years, but projected to be a #1, I'd take gamble on pitcher B.
  23. Vanimal46
    It's more of a general skepticism since many factors play into their ETA... Injuries, ineffectiveness, etc. Maybe I'm just jaded because all of the awesome RP prospects (Burdi, Reed, Melotakis) were advertised as near-MLB ready players. 3-4 years later and we're still waiting.....
  24. Vanimal46
    Mobile is actually a pretty area in Alabama... The rest? Meh. There's zero reason for any of us to visit Mississippi
  25. Vanimal46
    Unless you're fascinated with oil drills, you're not missing out on much.
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