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  1. SarasotaBill
    Just Say NO to anything more. Dodgers badly want Betts. Red Sox badly want to trade Price & Betts. Twins can walk away and be fine.
  2. SarasotaBill
    The World Series should be vacated. Illegal acts should not be awarded. The only reason this wasn't done is because the commissioner reports to the owners. Fiers should be praised by every baseball fan. Fiers could have been anonymous but he was willing to take the heat. An ESPN baseball announcer thought Fiers was wrong in coming public. She is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Cora and other Astro cheaters unfairly stained everyone in that dugout. Obviously Hinch, Fiers, and probably others were repulsed by the cheaters but sport culture and peer pressure are hard to overcome (not justifying their no-action during the cheating time period).
  3. SarasotaBill
    (2) 1sts and (2) 2nds, 5 mil, GM & Mgr 1 yr suspensions for a World Series. 1. Above is a very light penalty. 2. $50 million penalty to the owner sends a signal to fix the cheat at all costs mentality. 3. Fine players caught in scandal. How about 50% of their salary? 4. Take away WS rings and team WS trophy. 5. Besides draft picks, no international signings over 100k for two years. 6. Two years suspensions for GM & Mgr Did the Astros and Red Sox not know right from wrong?
  4. SarasotaBill
    Big Mike is better because he's one year further from TommyJohn. Bailey is better than Perez. Hill is better than Gibson. Most significantly Big Mike and Hill will be available for the playoffs. Trust in Falvey and Levine - they have earned it
  5. SarasotaBill
    101 wins, improved starting pitching and kept all of the top prospects. I believe in Falvey / Levine until proven otherwise.
  6. SarasotaBill
    Hernandez pitched well in AAA. He would be a good candidate for a surplus OF.
  7. SarasotaBill
    Excellent write up - great job
  8. SarasotaBill
    Yes - a mixture of the following Dobnak Smeltzer Stashak Thorpe Use of bullpen games like the Rays Sanchez/Oliver low cost FA
  9. SarasotaBill
    1. QO Pineda 2. QO Odorizzi 3. Sign or trade for an impact pitcher 4. Limit Graterol innings in the minors (two to three months) so he can pitch into October. 5. Groom top pitching prospects for 2021
  10. SarasotaBill
    I see Lewis replacing Gonzalez's role in 2021. Playing everyday but at different positions: 3B, SS, 2B, and OF.
  11. SarasotaBill
    Wade, Baldelli, Johnson deserve F's for last night's game. 1. Wade must understand the game situation up by one run in a low scoring game that he can't take an unnecessary chance (esp. when his dive is short by 4 feet) to turn a bloop double into a triple. 2. Baldelli & Johnson set up Graterol to fail. First batter is a little weak .229 hitter so they order two sliders from a rookie pitcher who throws 99 MPH. Stats must be used correctly. If a weak hitter normally pulls the ball, what does he do against top pitchers or top velocity. Perez is a .225 hitter standing three feet from the plate. The most likely event is a slap hit in the opposite direction against 99 MPH. Let a new rookie who sure is going to amp'd up to pitch to his strengths.
  12. SarasotaBill
    The worse thing would be a "Archer" or "Capps" trade
  13. SarasotaBill
    I don't want to pay a "Archer" price based on potential instead of production.
  14. SarasotaBill
    How about a little out of the box: Rosario for Stroman and GIles
  15. SarasotaBill
    I want no part of anything close to the Archer deal. Every Twins fan would regret the trade next year and probably this year. Archer and Syndergaard are over rated.
  16. SarasotaBill
    Looked at the minor league statistics of Cave and Arraez. Cave has been .270 and 3:1 K:BB while Arraez is .330 and 1:1. Arraez K:BB ratio is similar to Mauer's ratio in the minors. Not saying he's as good. Just saying the K:BB is at an elite level and with a very high average.
  17. SarasotaBill
    Gordon has "better tools" is why he was drafted 5th overall in the draft. Arraez is a better hitter. He has demonstrated a higher average, a higher OPS, and his BB/K ratio is unbelievable. He's also one year younger. His better skills: - Pitch Recognition - Strike Recognition - Hand to Eye coordination Gordon is a nice prospect. Believe your eyes when Arraez bats.
  18. SarasotaBill
    Arraez is younger than Gordon. Gordon may not stay at SS. Arraez is a much better hitter. Watching Arraez take an at-bat is like looking at art. Gordon is rated higher here only because he was the 5th pick of the draft. Enough said.
  19. SarasotaBill
    Jose Miranda is rated way too high. His track record doesn't indicate elite hitter. One could argue he's being pushed aggressively through the system but I think his rating is from being drafted in the 2nd round and hoping he turns the corner in the future. I would have Luke Raley rated higher.
  20. SarasotaBill
    Celestino and Alcala are MLB pre-season #15 & #18 Twin prospects and rated 45. 50 prospects not on protected list: Thorpe, Gordon, Gonsalves, Baddoo. Plus a number of 45s. Not to re-hash the Ramos-Capps trade but I certainly don't want to repeat it.
  21. SarasotaBill
    Last year the Twins got quantity prospects for their players.
  22. SarasotaBill
    I hope any trade includes quantity instead of quality prospects. Trade 2-3 2nd tier prospects instead of one 1st tier prospect. The Twins roster is going to get expensive (especially SP) and they need low cost replacements. My 1st tier untouchable list: Lewis Kirilloff Balazovic Graterol Duran Enlow 1st Tier Nearly untouchable Larnach Javier Rooker Arraez Rortvedt
  23. SarasotaBill
    Interested in the reasonig why Jeffers wasn't in your top six.
  24. SarasotaBill
    Nice article on Chalmers http://oaklandclubhouse.com/oakland-athletics-2018-top-prospects-dakota-chalmers-rhp/
  25. SarasotaBill
    Twins also lost Chargois while keeping Kinley on the 40.
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