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  1. jorgenswest
    The Twins need to take advantage of this season. The future is too hard to project. While the Indians look like they might be retooling, the White Sox may take a huge step forward with their young starting pitching and some key young position players. The Twins need to be aggressive and get a playoff caliber starting pitcher as well as a late inning reliever this month even if it costs a prized prospect.
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    It is Kirilloff and Lewis that sets the Twins apart from some of the competition. Having more depth in 40-45 prospects (fangraphs value) doesn’t matter in the trade market. Everyone has enough of those prospects to put together a package. The Twins have the headliner for a package if they choose to use those assets.
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    Intriguing article in the Athletic about how they are working with Sano to manage the upper half of the strike zone. Simplistically his hands start higher. Maybe we are seeing some of the fruits of that work. We also might have seen the cost of trying to make the change in his really poor stretch. Change often comes with a drop before growth.
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    Would ripping players in the postgame help the team win more games? If so. Do it. I don’t think it helps and if anything makes it harder to work with a player. With social media a manager’s words are immediately available and easily repeated. That wasn’t the case when Gardenhire started managing. I think Rocco has this part figured out.
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    I think his numbers are better than his skill. Moving back to the AL and leaving a park that is very difficult on left handed power could cause an abrupt shift in his numbers.
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    Morosi and Olney have both reported the the Indians would listen to offers on Bauer, Hand and Santana if they didn’t make up ground on the Twins.
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    Diaz is one of the few prospects that have taking a step forward this year. His .243 ISO mixed with a 17.1% K rate is encouraging. It is a key step moving to AA. We need to get him on the list of prospects we follow at the bottom.
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    I believe so. MLB is playing to a more general audience and the reality of only a handful of guys in each system projected to be an average major league regular is not going to excite a fan base.
  9. jorgenswest
    I agree. I am sure the day started with little sleep and a lot of travel followed by a long game.
  10. jorgenswest
    If Cleveland makes him available it could be pay up to get him or bat against him in the playoffs.
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    That really all comes down to the Pressly trade. They received back the preseason 10 and 14 prospects both 40s. There are similarly rated prospects in your quality list. I would agree that the two trend towards quantity. Everybody has similarly rated prospects. The challenge is that beyond Lewis, Kirilloff and Graterol any other team can play in that market. Pitching is the best trade currency and the untouchable list has four of their best pitching assets. I would hang up and call someone else if I was told those pitching prospects were untouchable. If the Twins want to get a pitcher at the top of the bullpen or rotation it is going to hurt. They will lose quality prospects.
  12. jorgenswest
    Consider it from the other end. What kind of prospects would you want the Twins to pursue? Quantity or quality? I am in the quality camp.
  13. jorgenswest
    I agree and add... It helps to pitch with a lead. It helps to pitch in front of a better defense. I wouldn’t want to face Bumgarner in the playoffs.
  14. jorgenswest
    No off day. They travel to Kansas City to play 4 games. They need someone who can give them length. I would think Parker, Duffey, Littell and Magill won’t be used today. They need to give the team the best chance to win and maintain the health of the staff. Merit should not be a factor but removing Littell or Duffey from the roster for 10 days might hurt their chances of winning some of those games. It is a tough call.
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    From Boston Vazquez -.474 Martinez -.423 I don’t know if Vazquez or the pitcher get credit for the pick of Garver. It should be Vazquez but I wonder if it is the pitcher. I know that Sano does not get WPA credit for his game saving play at 3B in the 10th inning. I don’t think Gonzalez makes that play.
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    There were two outs and a runner in scoring position when Kepler pinch hit for Gonzalez. Maybe if Garver doesn’t get picked earlier and there is one out with Gonzalez up he pinch hits for Sano.
  17. jorgenswest
    Teams will overpay for playoff caliber starters and late inning relievers with team control. Larnach will not be enough. He loses value as a corner player and he hasn’t shown great power in high A. The best prospect currency is pitching, catchers, shortstops and center fielders. Let’s hope that Graterol returns and pitches really well so he is a top trade asset. Let’s hope that Lewis heats up. Let’s hope that Kirilloff gets healthy and displays awesome power for a corner player. The top three assets that might set the Twins apart from the trade competition are not at their top value right now.
  18. jorgenswest
    Yes. They made the wild card but there wasn't an extra wild card game. There is a lot of season left. Let’s hope for a great week this week.
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    On June 16, 2006 the Tigers had the best record in the AL and an 11 game lead over the Twins. A good week but I hope they don’t regret the two wins they left on the table. Let’s hope this is a great week.
  20. jorgenswest
    I guess a few questions... How many plays has Gonzalez missed this year that he should have made? I can recall a great catch he made against Chicago and his catch last night in the ninth kept an incredibly fast runner off the bases. Is that balanced with several balls he should have caught like the Maldonado ball? I don’t recall others and I don’t see any on inside edge fielding. Didn’t Adrianza have a game earlier this week against the Mariners where he showed off some excellent base running skill? If I recall he was on second and took third on a ball in the dirt. His secondary lead allowed him that base. He then followed by scoring with the infield in due a nice secondary and great slide. Those don’t seem like the moves of a plodding base runner.
  21. jorgenswest
    I would hope they would be cautious and private about the health of their players. Beyond that they are injured or facts like they had surgery we don’t need to know.
  22. jorgenswest
    From Tom’s video he has made some changes to his arm slot. Maybe that is the edge he needs to make the next step.
  23. jorgenswest
    I suppose it is hard to get to 1500 innings if you are well below average so that set of players may be skewed. Sano is below the median of that skewed group. I looked at the UZR by team at 3B for this year. There are 15 teams above 0 and 15 teams below 0. The Twins rank is second. I don't see support for a conclusion of terrible play at 3B where it would be necessary to move Sano off 3B in the near future.
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    He seems like an inexpensive option. I would prefer they pay up in prospects to get a better reliever.
  25. jorgenswest
    I think people have been wondering if he can stick at 3B since he arrived in 2015. Five seasons and nearly 1800 innings and he has a career UZR150 of -1.1. He has performed as an average 3B. That won’t continue forever but it doesn’t for anyone as they approach 30. Defense declines first. Will he stick at 3B? Is 5 years sticking at 3B? The guys in the Twins front office making a living in baseball see him as a 3B. His performance suggests he will be next year. His performance as close to an average 3B with his power is an asset to this team.
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