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  1. sftwinsfan
    Surprised Rortvedt slips 2 spots since the pre-season ranking despite having his best year so far. Being drafted out of high school from Wisconsin its impressive that he's in AA at 21 years old. More impressive is that he's actually holding his own with the bat. I think there's a good chance he's Garver's backup by 2021 if he's still in the sytem.
  2. sftwinsfan
    Landon Leach heading for a 3rd year in the GCL? Guy is going to be Rule V eligible before he gets to Cedar Rapids.
  3. sftwinsfan
    With the current bullpen, maybe we can have our own fun slogans like Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain. The 2019 Twins motto can be Berrios for Seven and Rain till Eleven. Hopefully that would be a long enough delay to call the game. Might be their best chance to hold a lead.
  4. sftwinsfan
    Balazovic finally showed he was human, although 3 of the 4 runs he gave up were due to Giancarlo Stanton homeruns so he seems to have pitched better than the numbers indicate. Nice test for him to give him something to improve upon.
  5. sftwinsfan
    Always fun to read these lists. If I had to pick a top 10 based off my own limited knowledge I'd probably go with 1-Lewis 2-Kirilloff 3-Graterol 4-Larnach 5-Balazovic 6-Cavaco 7-Javier 8-Duran 9-Rooker 10-Enlow. Sad we'll have to delete a few guys soon due to the urgent need for relief pitchers. The way its looking it's going to need to be more than one guy they have to acquire.
  6. sftwinsfan
    Based on the draft I'm preemptively awarding the Appy League champtionship to E-town. Seems like they win most of the time anyways, guess they wanted to make sure this year.
  7. sftwinsfan
    Looks like the Blake Parker the Angels got rid of is making a return.
  8. sftwinsfan
    Minor-league season keeps getting uglier, just read Kirilloff is back on the IL. Not sure for what.
  9. sftwinsfan
    Maybe Wallner and Rooker can combine for 400k's for the 2021 Red Wings team.
  10. sftwinsfan
    Makes me a little nervous when they start out with wow
  11. sftwinsfan
    This is the range where Falvey and Levine seem to like to reach, doubt anyone saw Landon Leach and Ryan Jeffers coming. Anyone know where Leach is nowdays? Hope he's not heading for a 3rd season of short-season ball.
  12. sftwinsfan
    We'll see if Arizona jumps on Allan, they definitely have the draft pool to take a guy like that here.
  13. sftwinsfan
    Pirates always get the pitchers I like, would have been ok with Priester.
  14. sftwinsfan
    See they went with the money saving route again. Has some talent, will come down to their development. Hope they save a little on the signing to grab a high school kid sliding later.
  15. sftwinsfan
    Hoping somebody else drafts Stott quickly here, the one guy who just doesn't excite me. Would like to see a pitcher, couple interesting guys out there.
  16. sftwinsfan
    Am I the only one driven nuts by the fact that Astudillo is batting 3rd again? The guy has zero plate discipline, a team-low .677 OPS, and is an awful baserunner. It's nice to have a 3rd catcher, but he shouldn't be getting DH at-bats and if he's in the line-up he should be near the bottom. Kepler was 2/3 with a HR off today's SP, probably would have rather seen him in the lineup despite a left-hander pitching.
  17. sftwinsfan
    I still think he needs that change-up or other 3rd option to be at least average and throw it more than 10% of the time, otherwise hitters won't pay any attention to it and just sit on either the fastball or the curve.
  18. sftwinsfan
    Am I the only person concerned that Berrios only has 2 pitches? Fastball and breaking ball 91% of the time. If one pitch is a little off on a given night a hitter can sit on the other. He's got outstanding stuff, but in my opinion he won't dominate over the long-term until he has a reliable 3rd pitch.
  19. sftwinsfan
    Sadly he'd probably get a solid amount of at-bats in September against the same AAA-level pitching. Of the 28 games on the schedule only 9 are against teams that are still in the race and aren't going to lose 90+ games this year. Combine that with expanded rosters, the level of pitching they're facing on average isn't going to be great. It's been an ugly year, I'd just let him start the offseason early.
  20. sftwinsfan
    You can put me in the group, misguided as it may be, that thinks Kepler has more to offer than a league average player. Not that that's a bad thing as some prospects don't turn into anything. But, he was the Southern League Player of the Year in 2015 at age 22 and a top 100 prospect. With his swing and approach I think there's more there. Frustrating to watch are the seemingly long stretches where offensively he drops into a black hole. He's still only 25 and has some significant time in at the big league level, so I could see it clicking at a certain point. I don't think it's crazy to see a reachable ceiling of .260-.280 20-25HR seasons with plus defense.
  21. sftwinsfan
    Obviously it should be incomplete at this point, but if I had to give a grade I'd go with a straight C. Their first draft is looking pretty good right now, but still very early. This year's draft too early to tell. I like they've been a little more aggressive in free agency, although it didn't pan out. They've put some resources into the organization which will hopefully produce some results down the road. On the negative side, their skills at identifying talent seem to be overstated as they've let some players go (JT Chargois, Derek Rodriguez) that wouldn't look too bad right now on the roster. I really didn't like selling the draft pick to San Diego. Nearly 2 minor league seasons in and player development still seems to be lacking, especially the pitchers don't seem at all prepared to pitch at the MLB level. Also I'd rather give some younger relief pitchers a shot that are sitting in AAA than some of the guys they've picked up off the scrap heap.
  22. sftwinsfan
    I guess I'm not overly optimistic for 2019. Anything's possible, a lot of things would have to break right for them to contend (like they surprisingly did in 2017). There's too many holes and question marks. The bullpen is terrible. The majority of the rotation are question marks. Romero seems to have gone downhill as the season has gone on, even in AAA, definitely not anyone you can write in for 2019. Gonsalves, I'm not sure on. A lot depends upon Buxton and Sano, who knows. Will Kepler ever take some steps forward? Catcher, first base, second base, all potential issues. I see 2019 as more of a year of try-outs. Will probably see a rotation of guys in and out of the rotation hoping some stick. Thorpe, Gonsalves, Stewart, Mejia, Romero. Hopefully some guys prove themselves.
  23. sftwinsfan
    Is it just me or is does he look a lot like Kevin Hart in that top photo?
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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