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  1. TNLooky2015
    If we really want to MASH next year - visualize this: Randomly rotate between 3 positions (OF / 3B / & DH) SANO & PLOUFFE @ 3rd / WALKER & SANO in OF / and ALL THREE AT DH That could account for 80+ HRs next year alone and 270+ RBI. That's alot of runs. Strikeouts be damned - That's a lot of runs Talk about Mash Brothers...........
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    I'm more impressed with the .389 OBP despite same K rate. Some AFL ABs - found on youtube
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    He's 2nd in the AFL in HRs now and showed his speed on his first triple of the short AFL season, today. He has a .389 OBP so far as well - Definite 40 Man protected IMO
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    ABW II and Burdi made the AFL Fall Star Game. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/156166350/afl-fall-stars-game-rosters-announced?topicid=153494546 Once you get to link - If you scroll down to other articles in link - They have a nice piece on Taylor Rogers who is arguably having best showing of all Twins prospects. He should have made the fall star game.
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    Like someone said - It only matters what the Twins think (Under or Overrated?)
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    I have often thought that Walkers problem was not that he swung and missed a lot, but that he takes so many called strikes early in the count and puts himself in must protect situations. Those situations (down in the count) tend to create more bad decisions, especially when one is trying to protect. I personally think he needs to swing more - Just early in the count and not letting strikes run over the plate because they are not the perfect pitch. I predict his average and production will increase oddly enough. If you have swing and miss issues - Don't take so many pitches for called strikes. He probably saw as many pitches per AB as any player on the Lookout roster. For that reason - underrated
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    Adam Brett Walker II @walkoff28 All about it since day one!!⚾ #TBT #LoveThisGame #WhenBaseballisLife #DWDB https://instagram.com/p/9cDjpEO721/ Gotta love the Slugger uniform on ABW II. Throw back Thursday's - Found the above instagram photo on the Twins Pipeline Twitter section. Maybe it is his destiny to be a Slugger. Lol.
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    Kepler only had 75 ABs last AFL season and we all got a little excited. That's why I said small sample size. Whether he continues his positives or not this AFL season - It tells me he "can" compete (half way point) with some more coaching and ABs.
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    http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/26271672/v526041083/twins-prospects-on-display-in-arizona-fall-league/?query=afl
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    Baby steps, but: Walker - .459 OBP (5th in AFL); 1.137 OPS (6th in AFL); and a .355 BA thus far. 3rd in HRs and 4th in RBI and 5th in Total Bases and still 1st in K's. Go Figure?
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    http://m.mlb.com/news/article/155819496/twins-adam-brett-walker-has-three-rbis-in-afl?topicid=153494546 Article from today's game in the AFL. Walker now batting .355 and 1.137 OPS 8th in league in OBP and 6th in OPS and 1st in SO's. Who he is and what he does. An Anomaly Oh yeah - 3rd in league in HRs and 8 RBI in 8 games. Small sample size, but good start.
  12. TNLooky2015
    Will Ortiz ever get a chance as a 4th outfielder?
  13. TNLooky2015
    HR porn?
  14. TNLooky2015
    The Twins had Stuart Turner; Adam Brett Walker II; and Nick Burdi on the field in this AFL televised game. It was shown via stream on MLB official site. Essentially it was a televised TV game. Burdi closed out the ninth with 2 K's and Walker was 2-4 with a HBP - single - K - Flyout to deep RCF - and a 3 Run Bomb (450 feet). Turner had some good swings but right at people. The nice part is you can fastforward game to what you want to watch http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7617858/v526115683/scosrr-scorpions-defeat-rafters-in-salt-river-103 Jim Callis and Jonathon Mayo talking about Twins Prospects in AFL http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7617858/v526041083/twins-prospects-on-display-in-arizona-fall-league
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    This article about the AFL shares why I think Walker has upside and is worth protecting: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/9/3/9243857/arizona-fall-league-three-prospects-to-watch-closely
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    With the need to protect so many players in the next month (40 Man) and winter meeting trades in the horizon - Who do we protect and who do we try to trade before the rule 5 draft arrives? There are many pieces we can pick up, but much will have to do with who we protect and who we trade. Thoughts...................................
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    Not trying to make this an ABW thread, but ABW is another prospect in Chattanooga who looks at alot of first pitch strikes and generally falls behind in counts. I think it is less about him being a free hitter as it is about him taking pitches and falling behind in the count. He without a doubt saw less fastballs than anyone in the Southern League last year. That was mainly because they didn't need to throw fastballs after they got ahead in the count. My point is like Mookie stated: Should players swing MORE and look to do damage early in counts or work starting pitchers to get their pitch counts up high early. IMO guys with more swing and miss probabilities should be more aggressive at the plate and guys who are Rosario type great contact hitters can afford to be more patient. Buxton like ABW need to be more aggressive early like Betts, because when they do make contact - they can do great damage. Like Dozier said - Hit the fastball early and you don't have to worry about the off speed as much later. Either way - There are BB guys who can work counts and there are guys who need to jump on anything they can get [iN the ZONE] early. Hell what's the difference between working with 2 strikes because you watched a first pitch strike and working with a strike because you tried to do damage on that first swing. Either way you have to have a 1 strike and 2 strike approach in the end. IMO
  18. TNLooky2015
    That's possible and maybe even probable - I just know that when Walker does lead his team in HRs and RBI his teams have won the regular season championship damn near every year: Great Lakes Summer League - Championship - 2010 (1st ever) Cape Cod Summer League - Championship - 2011 (1st in last 23 years) Elizabethton - Championship - 2012 (2 out HR in bottom of the 9th to tie) Cedar Rapids - Best Record in Baseball - 2013 (best record in baseball 2nd half after Bux left) Fort Myers - Championship - 2014 (1st championship ever) Chattanooga - Championship - 2015 (1st championship since 1988) Just saying......................You're talking predictors and probabilities and I'm talking history. I'll use my own predictors based on historical probabilities. I'm curious what a sure shot looks like if he is still considered a long shot. Let's just call him Seabiscuit
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    I'll leave it at this. Name the last Twins player or Minor leaguer to lead his team and league in HRs and RBI for 3 straight years? Now name the last Twins player to do so and have 3 championships in 4 years? Oh yeah - The one year he didn't win the championship, his team had the best record in all of minor league baseball. The game is about wins and loses and nobody helps his team WIN more than Walker has in the last 3 years. Most of those seasons went without the Top prospects in the game playing during the second half. Hard to argue based on his run production numbers. You can't score - You can't win! For the record though - ABW will not be a Top 20 prospect in the Southern League (Baseball America rankings) despite his numbers. There are more people who think like Jeremy than me. FACT I wonder if Walker continues to produce like he is currently (Dozier like season) at the MLB level, will he have as much pessimism?
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    Thank you. Just 2 opinions. Walker was considered a finalist for the Southern League MVP and lost to a deserving teammate. But SL MVP worthy to 6th or 7th on his list - WOW. We can agree to disagree JN Congrats to Kepler and his call up by the way. Had to happen. Congrats to the Lookouts and to the Champions of 3 in 4 years.
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    He has been one of the first guys called up every year to a higher minor league level and has been lights out at each step. Consider this - He pitched a No Hitter in his first minor league start in Cedar Rapids. Can you say GAMER? Seems to be a personable kid too. Right Kid Right Call Up
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    On a completely different topic about Top Hitting Qualifications: Not trying to be funny either, but do BB numbers make you a better hitter and if so does that make an Adam Dunn considered a good hitter despite leading the league in BB and SO? Curious what the Seth and Jeremy's and others think on subject? I only ask because BB have a significant influence on OPS over the length of a season. Is there a significant portion of OPS that matters more than the other part in your minds?
  23. TNLooky2015
    Kepler's swing is so so sweet. He hits the ball as hard as anyone he' seen, Doug mentioned in an article earlier in the season. Those line drive doubles will definitely turn into HRs like last night, as he gets bigger. That's why he's the MVP. Kid can hit. The best play of the game was his run saving diving catch earlier in the game. It kept the momentum from shifting. Awesome catch.
  24. TNLooky2015
    To me - That's OK, because when he doesn't - It turns out pretty good and usually into an XBH (not just a HR). Dozier [.237 BA / .313 OBP / .456 SLG] Walker [.239 BA / .309 OBP / .496 SLG] Similar production numbers as well and Walker bats 6th & 7th, not 2nd. Love one, Luke warm on the other? Can't talk position make up because the Twins only have 2 power positions on the field (RF & 3rd). They are a team made up of opportunistic players and no true threats (BA / SLG). CHATTANOOGA LINE UP until JUNE Buxton (1st) Polanco (2nd) Sano (3rd) D. Hicks (4th) / Kepler (4th) when Hicks was injured Harrison (5th) Gonzalez (6th) Walker (7th) League leader from the 7th hole Turner (8th) Michael (9th) Opposing announcers and even the Birmingham hitting coach joked about why throw him fastballs when there are no threats in front of him or behind him in the line up. Stop putting the presence of the Top three in the line up as a major factor in Walker playing well. Is it fair to say that Walker probably never drove in Buxton or Polanco from the 7th hole? Just saying..........think out it ? Can't be done Good Article Title: "The Intangibles of a Player/Prospect"
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    Lookouts into SL Finals http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150914&content_id=149547528&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111
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