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  1. gil4
    I'm sure the coaching staff saw a lot more of him during spring training than the 2.2 IP he had in the games. They sounded happy with his performance and he sounded happy with his performance. I'm not ready to shuffle him off to the pen yet, but he is still a longshot to be more than a guy who hangs around at the fringes of a MLB roster in case someone gets hurt and a team needs a warm body to fill in for a few weeks. Of course, we could say that about 75% of the guys pitching at AA, and some of them come up with that one more pitch or the FB command and/or the couple of MPH boost needed to be more than that.
  2. gil4
    I agree. It looks like he might pitch and might not be a disaster, and I saw the FB velocity as an encouraging sign, not a red flag. Like you said, many pitchers ramp it up, and Hughes said he wasn't throwing at his max yet.
  3. gil4
    Does Murphy still have options? (I know, I could look, but that clicking seems like a lot of work.) Are you planning on a 13-man pitching staff, or do we get to add one more name? (Od do you have someone (Vargas?) penciled in as the primary DH? Keeping Park would require a 40-man move. Is Adrianza on the 40-man? (That clicking thing again.) I'd hate to dump Escobar and then find out that Adrianza really, really can't hit. I also don't want to rush Granite and dump Grossman because I think Grossman is more likely to maintain his performance at the plate (esp vs LHP) than in the field (I don't think he had ever been that bad in the past and might return to being marginal.)
  4. gil4
    It seems like I remember someone joking that Gibson was on pace to average 18 K/9 after 1 inning of his first outing, so I think there's one more.
  5. gil4
    Well, if Obama hadn't promised "If you like your Baseball Reference site, you can keep your Baseball Reference site..."
  6. gil4
    Please say healthy! Please say healthy! Please say healthy! Please say healthy! (Oh, and keep missing bats.)
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    YouTube
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    I still remember the names you had for your wife and daughter in your blog - the Voice of Reason and the Chatty Chatty Princess. (Does your daughter know about the name? If so, has she forgiven you for it?) You weren't as prolific as Seth (who is?) but your writing was always entertaining.
  9. gil4
    So it was from BYTO, not TD? I misunderstood.
  10. gil4
    I can't see the Twins trading for a #1, but if we add a little more wishful thinking to the equation, Berrios turns into one.
  11. gil4
    How did I miss that one? I think I was here pretty close to the beginning, because I was a regular reader of Seth's site. I have no idea what the debate was about, but it was pine tar.,
  12. gil4
    That jersey Stewart is wearing in the photo is one of the ugliest baseball jerseys I have ever seen. Maybe that's why he had a bump in K rates in A+ - the batters were blinded by the shirt (or couldn't keep from laughing while in the box.)
  13. gil4
    It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If Molitor goes Art Howe on Falvey, he could be gone quickly, but I see how it could be a constructive partnership if the personalities allow it.
  14. gil4
    But to answer your question, no, not yet.
  15. gil4
    I had forgotten that. It sure is funny to picture it now.
  16. gil4
    I sure don't. I'd be shocked (but not upset) if he didn't clear.
  17. gil4
    Hopefully this roll has a few more sheets left on it.
  18. gil4
    It has been 40 years? Getting old... (My kids would be sure to correct the "getting" part.)
  19. gil4
    Initially I thought that Santana has been at least as good as Radke was, but it isn't particularly close. It's easy to forget (or to have never realized) how good Radke was because he played on some bad teams and played in an era when run production was through the roof.
  20. gil4
    A solid #3 vs. a weak #5 (or a rookie who needs another year in the minors) is a big difference.
  21. gil4
    Guerra struck out 7.0/9 in 11 years in the minors. He had a great change-up, but not much of a fastball.
  22. gil4
    That was more sad than crushing. We didn't trade the Justin Morneau, we traded the shadow of the player Morneau used to be.
  23. gil4
    This year there is no pitching that is worth the massive contracts, even if the Twins were inclined to spend the money.
  24. gil4
    I'm pretty sure mine could, although my sanity, if it was still around, probably wouldn't.
  25. gil4

    My Rule 5 Pick

    gil4 commented on huhguy's blog entry in Blog huhguy

    Walking 8 batters per 9 innings is tough to overcome. Even if you manage to stash him for a year and get him back into the minors in 2018, he will have to stay on the 40-man while we're hoping to get him ready. I think I'd prefer any of the guys on this list except Crismatt: http://tenthinningstretch.blogspot.com/2016/12/five-plus-two-names-to-know-for-twins.html
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