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  1. Shaitan
    Some names I'd forgotten in there, like Alex Burnett and Jeff Manship. Did Garza retire?
  2. Shaitan
    I'd consider Dozier on this list. Maybe Garver in a couple more years. Kubel gets an honorable mention.
  3. Shaitan
    As the "all '80s threads" show, it's possible to be very successful by trading established players. There is no perfect plan; rather every situation is different. That said, I would personally would not trade an established starter to make way for a player in AA unless they are a Joe Mauer-level prospect. But there are variables (injury histories, budget, personality, etc).
  4. Shaitan
    I hope a pitching list is coming soon too. I'd also like to see lists of who the Twins hitters and/or pitchers perform against exceptionally well.
  5. Shaitan
    I think this hinges on what happens in the minors this year. I can't see the team banking on a prospect if they didn't get their development time in 2020.
  6. Shaitan
    I don't think Revere played much RF for the Twins, though. Wasn't that post-trade (or is my memory off)?
  7. Shaitan
    It falls right in line with all the other video game-level stupid ideas they've suggested to "spice up the game" in recent years.
  8. Shaitan
    If they keep the 2019 baseball, yes.
  9. Shaitan
    I wonder if there will be any league-wide waiver wire action during the 29-man period, or just a rush when it goes down to 26.
  10. Shaitan
    Do RBIs matter more than ever, now that we live in the Strikeout Era?
  11. Shaitan
    What about Kubel v. Rivera? Or maybe that was late 2000s. edit: Okay, it was at Yankee Stadium. Not a walk off. Good memories in here.
  12. Shaitan
    I think it's a stretch to call Lewis a CF prospect at this point. Especially considering that this series didn't list Sano as a backup 3B option.
  13. Shaitan
    I expect it to be Eddie's last year because the kids will be ready and that's how it works. But I worry that the team will miss his attitude almost more than his bat.
  14. Shaitan
    I don't disagree with any of the premise here. It's one of the reasons I like this front office. But I'm also fascinated about how franchises continue to change. We praise Cleveland now (and we should) for their pitcher development in the 2010s. But we're also dismissing them as a competitor for 2020 -- so what happened?
  15. Shaitan
    If I want to see that I'll go to a minor league game. I want to see players who are succeeding or fulfilling their potential.
  16. Shaitan
    I think short-term back-up options of Sano, Gonzalez, Adrianza, and Arraez in MLB already is pretty good, actually.
  17. Shaitan
    And they stuck with Rivas because, after his first season, they deemed him the heir to the position. Prospect status changes quickly. You want players in the minors pushing the big leaguers or else you're stuck with what you've got. Careers can change quickly. The Twins were also set a catcher "for years" after signing Mauer.
  18. Shaitan
    Controllable for much longer and in Cedar Rapids.
  19. Shaitan
    I guess it would keep the tradition of calling up CFers before they're ready.
  20. Shaitan
    It seems like Matthew has the answer already http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/3-takeaways-from-the-minnesota-twins-first-weekend-of-spring-training-r9021
  21. Shaitan
    [Obligatory "how does Sano look, physically" this year question.] I haven't seen the usual 13 reports...which I take as a good sign.
  22. Shaitan
    I think the next development in the post-Hader and opener era will be a few specialist swingmen who start a dozen games a year and alternately pitch in high leverage situations. But like Hader and Andrew Miller before him, there will only be a few noteworthy pitchers to take a new role like that while everybody else calls it the next big thing.
  23. Shaitan
    Maybe a 1-2 spin-through of a 6-man rotation in September, but otherwise I don't see it happening in modern baseball. I've said a variation of this in other position discussions, but depth is good and essential. There will be injuries, suspensions, paternity...who knows. But things happen. Without that depth you start LaMarre for half of September and Dobnak in game 2. The FO learned from those issues last year.
  24. Shaitan
    I don't think he was every considered a "great prospect" outside of MN.
  25. Shaitan
    I could see all 5 leaving. -Hill/Bailey are the types of pitchers you sign to 1 year deals in each year's FA market. -May has been inconsistent from year to year. Those are the players I don't lock down. -Cruz is too old to predict, though I could see him coming back on year-to-year deals. -Marwin is valuable, but Arraez, or perhaps Adrianza, Gordon or Blankenhorn take his role. -Odorizzi. We'll know what pitcher he is by the All-Star break. Extend him then or he walks because of cost. Plus, I suspect taking the QO means he's excited to test the market next year.
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