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  1. sftwinsfan
    Without overpowering stuff and pretty bad BB numbers I have a feeling Gonsalves gets slaughtered in the majors. Sometimes the team has an idea what they're doing, much like we all thought Berrios was more than ready a few years ago only to get pounded when reaching MLB. That said, maybe bring him up in September and pitch him in some low-leverage situations to give him an idea of what he's up against and what he needs to work on.
  2. sftwinsfan
    Shut him down, let him get fully healthy. Gives him a mental break as well. The extra year of team control really cements it.
  3. sftwinsfan
    Tough end to a difficult season for Morrison. On the bright side hopefully this will allow the team to evaluate a younger player for the rest of the season. There really wasn't much point of playing an older pending free agent with no history with the team at this stage of the season. The bullpen looks like it will continue to be a train-wreck for the foreseeable future. Almost everybody shows large stretches where they are just terrible. They need to get all the young guys up from the minors and see what they've got.
  4. sftwinsfan
    They were only going to move him "for a very nice offer" this month I read not too long ago. I'm thrilled he's moved on, but kind of seems like a sad return. Sounds like a kid with talent, but had to step away from baseball in 2017 and now Tommy John in 2018. More to add to thier rule 5 log jam in a couple years. You don't win the lotto if you don't play I guess, but those seem like some long odds to get for a guy you allegedly wanted to keep around next season.
  5. sftwinsfan
    Kepler has been very dissapointing. He made huge strides against left-handed pitchers, but seemingly forgot how to hit right-handers. I wonder if he's just a young guy who just doesn't get it, and keeps trying to do things his own way or isn't really focused. Seems to have too much ability to be as badly as he's been. If Sano actually commits himself, I think he'll be fine. Buxton, although it will cost him a little speed, needs to actually put on a little padding and play with some more smarts around outfield walls. I wasn't too familiar with Addison Reed coming into the season but haven't been impressed even from the beginning. He doesn't seem to have much on his fastball or a really plus offspeed pitch and just flings it over the middle of the plate too much. Overall not too optimistic at this point about 2019 or 2020. They've got a lot of holes and really need some things to break their way.
  6. sftwinsfan
    If I'm a Cleveland fan, I would have been pretty happy they surrendered. Yeah, pretty doubtful they would have caught them. To those people saying this team had no chance in a series in the post-season look to the 1987 team. That team had no business beating the Tigers or Cardinals. That said, can't disagree too much with selling. They didn't really get anybody back in any of the deals that's too exciting, definitely not going to move the needle in an offseason trade. Maybe they'll get lucky and one guy will become a reliable bullpen arm or something. Back to the bargain bin free agency in the offseason.
  7. sftwinsfan
    Got to be concerned about Nick Gordon potentially being handed a starting job next year at Target Field. Maybe after a bad year they can convince Dozier to sign a 1-year deal to reestablish his value for another run at free agency in 2019. Sadly the backup plan would probably be Taylor Motter or someone like him getting even more playing time next year.
  8. sftwinsfan
    I think it would be kinda crazy to trade Gibson. May as well just trade Berrios too then. By the time you'd have enough decent starters to be competitive he's going to be close to free agency. With Berrios and Gibson they have a very good 1-2 punch in the rotation. I'd do my best to extend him. He's athletic and should age fairly well. The sad thing is if they trade him, everyone on here will be talking this offseason and next about spending possibly $60-100M on a Lance Lynn/Yu Darvish type starter in free agency. Or they could just try to keep Kyle Gibson who is out pitching any of those guys. I don't believe his performance is a fluke, he's got good stuff, he just needed to figure out how to use it. Love seeing a guy rise to the occasion as well with his best games in Yankee Stadium and Fenway.
  9. sftwinsfan
    Both better prospects than any of the 3 they got for Escobar in my opinion. I know rankings don't agree w/that, but whatever. Only concern is they've now created another hole for next year. But I suppose they can call up some data and sign the next Addison Reed and Fernando Rodney for next season. My guess is Houston will get Pressly figured out and pitching better than he ever did here. The stuff is there, just needs to be unlocked.
  10. sftwinsfan
    Not overly impressed, they got a lot more for Nunez. I would have taken quality over quantity. Duran is the only guy I have any interest in that has any upside in my opinion. Concern with him is he was signed in 2014 and is just getting his feet wet in A ball. He looks like the type of guy we've seen a lot in the system that is eligible for rule 5 before ever reaching AA. He'll more than likely make or break this trade. Maciel looks to be a poor-man's Ben Revere. A little dated, but Fangraphs had him as "little sparkplug" that "he often tries to slap and bunt his way on in lieu of taking actual swings". He's 5-10 170, not a lot of projectability. De La Trinidad is a low college draft pick doing well in the Midwest league. The Twins are going after little fast guys, their algorithms must be predicting the return of the deadball era.
  11. sftwinsfan
    It's nice they are selling their draft picks for cash now. You can try to argue this will free up cash for next season, but they won't spend that money, everybody knows it. They were already sitting pretty next season for payroll. Disgust is my only reaction to this trade.
  12. sftwinsfan
    Nice update! Nice to see those guys at the top doing well so far. Was hoping there would be a bat in the system that had a break-out this year. Would be nice to have a middle-of-the-order type guy emerge. Might be waiting awhile. Good to see Thorpe holding his own, crazy he's the youngest guy on the team after missing 2 years. Nice the org is pretty much advancing him and letting him sink or swim rather than slow-playing him after all the time off.
  13. sftwinsfan
    He's looking less and less like a sure thing as time goes on and more and more like a Pedro Alvarez type hitter. When he first came up he had better discipline and would take a lot of close pitches. Now he just does his own thing, comes into camp way out of shape. The Twins don't have impact bats in their minor league system, they need him to succeed.
  14. sftwinsfan
    Lefties have to be really looking forward to facing the Twins this year, be careful with Dozier and Sano and you've got it made. Paxton should be pretty comfortable today unless they bring that eagle back out. He's going to be thinking he's on a rehab assignment towards the bottom of the lineup.
  15. sftwinsfan
    Very positive off-season, although it was looking pretty ugly a few weeks back. They definitely have a deeper and more veteran pitching staff which will make a difference. With Santana's injury and the Sano fiasco I think this would have quite possibly ended up being a below .500 team this year. Adding Odirizzi, Lynn, Reed, Duke, Rodney, and Morrison probably make this team a wild-card favorite than can complete for the division if Cleveland slips up. I'd predict them about 87-75 now.
  16. sftwinsfan
    I think Hildenberger will have to pitch himself out of a job this spring. He was pretty solid last year and had dominated the minors. Biggest impacts likely on Mejia, Vargas, Grossman, and Granite. I have a feeling Grossman will be the 4th OF and Granite goes to the minors. Grossman can pinch-hit off the bench and is a switch-hitter. He also takes professional at-bats. You can send Granite to AAA and if/when an OF goes on the DL, then you call up Granite to fill in as an every-day OF.
  17. sftwinsfan
    Ya never know, some of these guys are deciding to go with the 1-year offers. Moustakas just re-signed with KC for only $6.5MM guaranteed. Maybe its teams flopping, maybe its collusion, or maybe its just teams wising up about throwing stupid money over a long period to a guy that's been worth less than 3 war over the last 2 seasons combined.
  18. sftwinsfan
    I'd be ok with Chris Tillman on an incentive heavy deal for the back-end of the rotation. Especially with Santana missing the early part of the year. He was at least solid as recently as 2016 and had injuries last year. If he pitches well he can maybe push someone else for their spot when Santana is back or May is possibly ready. If not, then you can send him packing when they're ready. Wouldn't be my only move, would sign or trade for one reliable starter in addition to taking a chance on Tillman.
  19. sftwinsfan
    Definitely one of the more interesting prospects in the system, however, I don't believe there was a master plan to land him specifically. They could have taken him at #35 or #37 and signed him for right around slot. Any other team could have taken him in that range as well. To not take him at #37 and rather take Leach tells me while high on him, they couldn't have had him that high otherwise they don't risk losing him. I'm hoping they push him to Cedar Rapids for at least a good chunk of the season.
  20. sftwinsfan
    Yeah the 2000's Twins didn't win in the post-season, but in my opinion this team does not have more talent than those teams. Look especially at 2006. Mauer starting his prime winning a batting title. Morneau was the AL MVP. Torii Hunter in CF in his prime. Michael Cuddyer in his prime in RF. CY Young winner Johan Santanna in the rotation. Solid vet in Brad Radke. For awhile they had the phenom in Francisco Liriano before he got hurt. Bullpen had Joe Nathan, Juan Rincon was rock-solid in the 8th. Had guys like Dennys Reyes and Matt Guerrier before that. A young Pat Neshek, Matt Garza and Glen Perkins just coming up. Man, it sucks they never got far in the post-season with all those guys.
  21. sftwinsfan
    I have concerns on how Dozier will age, maybe just me but he seems to hit a lot that barely make it in the seats, he doesn't have the raw power and relies mostly on quick reflexes pulling the ball. I'm worried that once he starts to slip, he goes down in a hurry. That said, I'm a big fan of Dozier and don't want to see him leave. I think it would leave a huge hole in the lineup. Besides Dozier, opposing teams are probably only really worried about Sano in this lineup. A lot of decent hitters, but they don't have any other true middle of the order type threats. Some would say you just fill that hole with Gordon. I'm just not a fan of that. Gordon to me is just not an impact player. Replacing an impact player with an average player is not going to lead to anything good besides saving money. If they had an impact bat coming up at a different position, maybe. Unfortunately potential impact position players are in the low minors. Rooker is one of the only possibilities in the system that could come up in the next 2-3 years. With Dozier I would feel him out, see if he's reasonable. I wouldn't want to go more than 4 years. Not sure what that would be, maybe 4/$70M? If he's concerned more with a market-setting deal I would let him walk if it comes to it.
  22. sftwinsfan
    Interesting article, with Rosario I'm probably a little more concerned with him cleaning up his route to the ball and his decision making in the OF. His defense is still ok overall and not really a problem as long as he continues to produce offensively. I found it most interesting that Grossman pretty much matched Kepler in sprint speed. I do wish they would stop putting Eddie in CF, I'm not a fan of him out there. I'm not so sure RF would be the answer either. He seems to get a little lost at times on fly balls and that could get ugly with the caroms off that wall. Maybe he takes over 2b for Dozier in 2019? (i'm not serious) Seems like forever ago they were trying to turn him into a second baseman.
  23. sftwinsfan
    Well, now we know why Gordon had a rough 2nd half, obviously he was working on his new rap album! http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2018/01/12/264649332/nick-gordon-dees-brother-and-top-prospect-in-the-twins-organization-launched-a-rap-album Maybe he can record new walk-up music for Mauer in spring training.
  24. sftwinsfan
    I pay very little attention to ESPN anymore, all they seem to care about is politics and the NBA.
  25. sftwinsfan
    Was just about a year ago an article came out with Kepler kind of defying a lot of current baseball logic with his approach to hitting. I wonder if that has anything to do with things? http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/max-kepler-looks-to-bonds-for-hitting-inspiration-r5406 I would definitely play him more against lefties, let him get the reps. With his swing there is no way he shouldn't hit them better. I often wondered if maybe it would help if he closed his stance a little more against lefties. Maybe that would help him hang in there a little better rather than flying open-just a guess-not an expert in mechanics by any means.
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