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  1. JaleelWhite FanClub
    His defensive struggles should always have been a secondary concern for the team to the affect the new position would have on his batting. Four games in and I think we are seeing a problem. It would have been idiotic to think a young player would not let the hesitancy and uncertainty from learning a new position IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES affect the other parts of the game.
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    Seems like we're trying to find an excuse for his struggles. bottom line, right now, he's a AAA hitter battling in the Majors. I really don't see how batting him 9th an giving him 3 ABs, 4 tops per game will help him at all. If he's the future, there's no need to rush him. Especially this season which seems lost already.
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    I get the Twins not wanting to eat a lot of the remaining salary if Nolasco is traded, but I would have to assume the fact that his replacement, either Berrios, Duffey, or Meyer, would be making minor-league money would soften the blow and provide incentive to shop him aggressively.
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    Thank you! Finally an article that doesn't bury Meyer's chances as a starter. I think he should be given very opportunity to start in 2016 in Rochester. Besides Berrios, no one there has anywhere close to the upside Meyer still has. A bad 7 or 8 strats shouldn't derail a prospect who was consensus Top-3 in the organization the previous 3 years. And who cares about his age. The Twins will still control his "prime" years if and when he is called up and sticks.
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    Milone will almost definitely get the #4 spot (unless, like the article details, he's injured or is a disaster in ST) because (1) he's lefthanded, (2) his stuff doesn't project to the bullpen, and (3) his consistency is nice not only for the question marks at #5 but the past inconsistency of starters #1-3. If Berrios doesn't get the #5 spot out of Spring, then there's the potential of blocking him with average-level guys. I'd say he gets it (really no matter what) or give it to Nolasco, wait two weeks for him to stink and then get the inevitable "injury" and is DL'd and let Berrios slide in. Duffey and his MLB-proven 2-pitch combo can go to the pen (then the Twins won't need to screw with him finding a third pitch) to combo with May. May & Duffey would then be with the big club waiting to fill in for injuries and getting experience facing MLB talent for their future potential as starters. Meyer is the wild card. Let him start in Rochester. Imagine if he turns a corner and you have Berrios and Meyer knocking on the door to Minnesota. Come trade deadline time, you now have some starting depth to enable you to dangle a Gibson or even Milone or Nolasco for some offensive or relief help.
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    Meyer was ranked as one of the organization's best pitching prospects as recently as a year ago, but there have always been serious questions about his ability to remain a starter and his trainwreck 2015 season may have been the final straw pushing him to a reliever designation. This is a contradicting statement. He was one of the Twins top prospect because he was always seen as a starter. I can't see how a bad 7-8 starts at the beginning of last year could have dropped Meyer so down in the minds of the organization. You can't give up on a guy who was a Top 3-5 prospect for three years in a row. He should be given the chance to start in Rochester, then if he plays his way into the Twins rotation, so be it.
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    Kyle Cody? Is it conceivable Twins would still have interest if he's still around at #16 and has a good senior year?
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    Looking at the rotation in Rochester I see no reason why Alex Meyer shouldn't be given another chance to start there. I think it's still too early to give up on him as a starter.
  9. JaleelWhite FanClub
    For all those looking for more details about the trade ... Based on the coverage Upton's signing with the Tigers got earlier in the week, I'm going to leave ESPN up on my computer and wait for all the columns breaking down this move and reevaluating the Twins postseasons chances.
  10. JaleelWhite FanClub
    I really like the group of OFs you have slotted in Ft. Myers. Granite, English, Murphy, and Larson seem like carbon-copies of each other. Nice to have a bunch of CF-types in the organization. Each has shown flashes, so hopefully two or more take big steps forward this year. I am also very excited to see LaMonte Wade's follow up. He seemed to show all the tools last year. Being a late-round (9th, right?) pick last year, I'm wondering was that the bias against college position players or was his performance last year pretty unexpected.
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    With the Royals run over the past two seasons, the bullpen has become the "it" thing for teams and fans to focus on. I don't see relying on a dominant bullpen to overcome a lousy staff as a sustainable strategy for most teams. That being said, if you look at the Royals, how many relievers actually made up that killer bullpen? Mainly three (2014 - Herrara, Davis, Holland; 2015 - Madsen, Herrara, Davis) were used in the playoffs. So if all the posters wanting to throw Meyer into the bullpen have their way, I see the Twins reaching a point of having too many pitchers and too few slots to fill (candidates over the next two years: Perkins, Jepsen, May, Meyer, Fien, Burdi, Petersen, Chargois, Rosario, Reed, Hildenberger, and on, and on). It seems I actually have a little more hope for the Twins starting pitchers than others. Meyer is included in my hopes. Who cares about his age? Let him start till he's out of options.
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    I'm surprised Meyer has "officially" been moved to a relief role. I fee like it's too early to give up on his potential as a starter. A bad eight starts at the beginning of last year seems like a small sample size to merit giving up on him as a starting pitcher. He potentially has more upside than any other starting pitching prospect in the system (including Berrios). Berrios has definitely been more consistent through the minors, but I don't see why the Twins need to give up on starting Meyer. It's not like the Rochester rotation is overflowing with top-shelf prospects.
  13. JaleelWhite FanClub
    I think you're dead on with the proposition of letting Turner start the year again in AA. Being pushed immediately to the FSL where offense comes at a premium may have stunted his hitting in his first full professional year. It would be fun to see both Turner and Garver in Chattanooga. I'd have to imagine they could push each other through some friendly competition. My only worry would be reps for each, but hopefully the DH slot would help with that.
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    Agreed on all fronts! Average-to-below average veterans are the ones who need to be moved around to accommodate what's best for the stud prospects, not the other way around. Mauer's the elephant in the room for nearly everything involved with the Twins roster moves and shuffling. I think it says something that a national writer (i.e. one who is unbiased by allegiance, nostalgia, etc.) suggests Mauer's best spot with the team may be as a part-time player.
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    Heading into the meetings, I wasn't too excited about going all in on a RP (even more so if it was a lefty specialist). Relief pitching is so inconsistent that shelling out big money or losing decent prospects for a reliever coming off a good year is asking for trouble. The Dean vs. Jones issue is a much bigger deal in my opinion. It speaks to not having a plan or at least not being consistent to that plan. Having a 40-man crowded with quad-A lefthanded starters who at best may turn into lefty long relievers is a problem. Accepting it or not addressing it calls into question the logic and ability of the front office.
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    The big issue behind all of these discussions is the Twins seem intent on messing with their best hitter from last year. And it's not because they have an All Star veteran in-place at 3B or 1B or DH. They have a league-average third baseman, a below-average first baseman, and an untested 29-year-old FA at DH. On a smart team with a plan, those are the guys that get shifted around or traded to make room for the stud prospect, not the other way around.
  17. JaleelWhite FanClub
    Did anybody see what the Astros gave up for RP Ken Giles? The Phillies got 4 players back for the reliever with two solid years of MLB performance. The Phillies have taken a lot of shots over recent years in terms of roster management. But you have to give them credit for this move: a good RP, especially a closer, is the most wasted asset on a bad team. Which takes me to what could have been done several years ago. With the Twins in the middle of their 4-year hiatus from relevance, one of the shining lights for the team was the emergence of a left-handed reliever into a dominant All-Star closer. For all his strides, the Twins continued losing 90 games a season, but more importantly for the long term, the team failed to actually get value for their asset by trading him "when his stock was at his highest." I can only imagine what the Twins could have gotten in return for Perkins. Good left-handed relief is hard to come by (heard this a lot recently, huh?) and "selling high" is much better than "selling low" (two words I never would have thought I'd hear Terry Ryan said, but he did, yesterday, about Ricky Nolasco, heading into 2016). Only a few years late. Now with back-to-back years of Perkins falling off a cliff in the second half, it seems that's all the Twins are left with. Ah, what could have been.
  18. JaleelWhite FanClub
    He is not good enough to warrant a windfall. Outside of the Twins he's most likely viewed as a slightly above average 3B with only a couple of years left till free agency. If an offer comes with a decent prospect and/or MLB-ready reliever and catcher/outfielder/etc, then that's a market value trade and you do it.
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    Getting somebody from another MLB would obviously be top priority. But a selfish dream scenario for me would be if the Twins took a minor league deal flyer on Johan Santana. It's been tough as a fan of his to watch his issues trying to come back. I can't imagine starting in the majors again is likely at all. I would say though it would be neat to get him back to the Twins. Coming out of the pen will help with his arm. If he has anything left to get his fastball back to the low-to-mid 90s, that slider-change up combo would be dynamite out of the pen. There have definitely been relievers who have had success with less.
  20. JaleelWhite FanClub
    I'm all for trading Plouffe, but for just relief help? I hope the Twins look at what their prospects did in AZ this fall and avoid trading an asset like Plouffe for a stop-gap reliever. I would much rather see Plouffe traded for a position prospect or even SP prospect that may not see time with the Twins next season, but adds depth for the future.
  21. JaleelWhite FanClub
    Congrats to all the Twins on the Scorpions. It's exciting to think we may be seeing as many as 5 of these guys play in Minnesota next season. The three relievers definitely have to get fans pumped up especially seeing what the Royals pen did for that rotation. Rogers will be an interesting case especially considering Duffey's success. He seems to be a similar-level prospect. On the topic of Mr. ABW II, I've always been a huge fan of his. To me, his reputation has been a casualty of the analytics age we're in now. While the huge strikeouts are a concern, his power is a tool that is not too common in today's game. Leading his league in HR & RBI throughout the minors would have gotten him near the top of most prospect lists let's say as recently as the '90s. And all the guy has done is win!!! 4 championships along with the year in CR where they had the best record in all of the minors is incredible. He's been in the middle of the order for every one of those teams and has always produced. I'm hoping he makes it up to Minnesota sometime next season. I can't help but think that he'll have some kind of success considering what we saw from Rosario (despite a low OBP) and Sano (with a huge K total).
  22. JaleelWhite FanClub
    Because any time you mention trading Berrios, he turns into a Pedro-Maddux cyborg in the minds of most posters. I love the kid and hope to see him pitch in Minnesota, but nothing is guaranteed these days.
  23. JaleelWhite FanClub
    I think they should consider it. While he's not a top-tier ace, I think he's be very comparable to Sonny Gray, though. The only down side is the Twins starting rotation is already a bit crowded. He's similar to a 2014-Hughes or good-E. Santana. Probably not a high enough ceiling for the Twins to do it. If they would do it ... The Braves gave up Jason Heyward for Miller, so I'm guessing they would ask for quite a bit. It'd probably take at least one Top-15 prospect, maybe two. They just traded Simmons, so Polanco could probably headline the deal. They'll want pitching, so maybe either Stewart or Gonsalves or Jorge would be the other top prospect. If that price is too high, maybe a Polanco + two other Top-25/30 prospects would work. If 3 players go, I'd hope the Twins would get an additional prospect, Top-20, back from the Braves.
  24. JaleelWhite FanClub
    I like the idea. Dump a bad contract in an area with some surplus (starting pitching) for a bad contract in an area of temporary need (outfield). Upton would at least bring solid defense to CF. Plus, if he shows some signs of life, his past shows he would draw interest from other teams setting up a potential trade. Everyone loves a toolsy, relatively young outfielder. I don't see that kind of interest generated by a Nolasco turnaround.
  25. JaleelWhite FanClub
    Throw in his defense and Rosario should be the guy complaining about not finishing higher. The OBP Police strike again!!!
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