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  1. twinstalker
    None of this really matters, but EmRod isn't a great prospect. Beside Jenkins and Keaschall, both of whom I had well ahead of EmRod last year, I'd put at least three pitchers, too, before him. High OBP is not a predictor of success, and that's EmRod's best attribute. Rodriguez is a guy with a chance, but I don't think it's all that big of a chance to be a better than average player. Maybe 5%. Jenkins should be moved down simply for individual/team stupidity. I really don't understand how players are allowed to sprain their ankles.
  2. twinstalker
    I know of no can't-miss prospects on the Twins infield, other than what Keaschall has become. Lewis was only can't-miss in Twins goggles terms. Culpepper is definitely not can't-miss, either, as he's as old as his high A competition. Prospects taking normal routes aren't as old as their competition. Not that anybody is asking, but Schobel has more or less proven he's not a true prospect. I wouldn't let anybody like him take PT away from Eeles. Eeles has done nothing but succeed. He may not be a real prospect, but I'd see if I were the Twins. I still rate him in my top ten ahead of K. Culpepper and DeBarge for now.
  3. twinstalker
    If 3B isn't Lewis, what are we doing here? Frankly, if he gets hot again (ever) the Twins need to trade him. Nobody will want to trade him when he's mashing, but it's the thing to do. He's got just a year plus left with the Twins anyway, once they realize they got in bed with the devil.
  4. twinstalker
    This seems fishy
  5. twinstalker
    Prognosticate -- IDNTTWMWYTIM wonder? ponder?
  6. twinstalker
    I don't mind this relievers feature because it's fun, but there's otherwise no point. The day a minor league reliever from low A ends up helping the Twins, wake me up.
  7. twinstalker
    SWR has considerable upside?
  8. twinstalker
    Thanks for this. Not sure Jones is "hot," but it's interesting to get the update on his improvement over the month, just in case.
  9. twinstalker
    I was appalled before we even got to the punch line.
  10. twinstalker
    How could it hurt?
  11. twinstalker
    I've never had an issue doing this prior to this year. When I had cable, I DVR'd games, when I used the FSN app, I had the option to watch from the beginning, when I used Fubo, I had it record all Twins games, and now with the mlb.tv app, as you say, I can also watch from the beginning. I haven't watched a game live in over 25 years, usually starting 30-60 minutes behind (to skip commercials), sometimes after it was over, and almost never when I knew the outcome. I guess I've watched a few playoff games where it was live, but that was more for other people's sake.
  12. twinstalker
    Hrbek. That's a funny name. Did he play townball, too?
  13. twinstalker
    They're pretty different. Miranda can hit, Julien will have to change his approach to hit, and that's not a simple thing. If they need a 40 spot, I wouldn't blink if they let Julien go. Miranda I'd hesitate, but only because he has the ability to hit at the MLB level when all is normal. But I wouldn't get my shorts in a bunch. As we see, guys off the scrap heap can replace this sort. Gasper is sort of funny, and I'd love to see a breakdown of what he hits and doesn't hit at both AAA and MLB, meaning what pitches at what speeds, etc. etc.
  14. twinstalker
    This is probably right, though it is the Pirates. We could probably sneak Lewis in there instead of Keaschall.
  15. twinstalker
    Ha! A little sarcasm, irony, and trivia thrown into the Minor League Report. I like it.
  16. twinstalker
    I don't understand how this happened. If he truly had a "high ankle sprain," he shouldn't have been seeing the field when he did. Recovery from that is much longer than however long he was out. You don't want to exacerbate the injury. Of course, in my day, we just limped a little after sitting out for a week or two. Oops, my uncle has something to add. "Back when I played we gutted it out and rubbed some dirt on it. Everybody was sore in some way, so it was an even playing field." And finally, his older cousin: "If it hurt too much, we just cut it off."
  17. twinstalker
    I don't understand where the "progressing" comes from. It sounds pretty much the opposite.
  18. twinstalker
    Schobel is a reminder that prospect development is not always linear. He'll need at least another month of good hitting to earn a promotion to AAA IMHO, but he's doing what he needed to do to keep advancing his career. It was starting to look like he had his the AA wall and couldn't handle more advanced pitching, but he's made adjustments and is starting to look more like the kind of player we hoped he could be. Good timing because there's a wave of infielders coming in behind from Cedar Rapids... No, Schobel is a reminder that second cracks (in this case, third) at a level are generally superior to the first time around, especially when you've passed the too old line. Hitting prospects who've taken the standard route and are as old as their competition aren't really prospects, they're organization guys. I mean, next year at AA I'd expect Schobel to be even better. Guys like McCusker and Eeles are old, but they've done nothing but succeed. They may or may not be MLB-worthy, but I'll take a chance on their weird routes before I'd get impressed by a month from a guy playing his third year in a row at the same level.
  19. twinstalker
    Even if you're eyeballing it, you see Paddack's run is unsustainable. So perhaps you're closing your eyes as well as not accepting objective evidence.
  20. twinstalker
    This is such an odd exercise. I mean, wouldn't you basically just see what players have been ranked in BA's top 100?
  21. twinstalker
    Why is he fine? He's never been fine before.
  22. twinstalker
    As long as you all keep him as the number 7 ranked prospect.
  23. twinstalker
    There's not a player with any time who hasn't had hot streaks. Even bat speed isn't a constant. On the other hand, Dad suddenly and miraculously found a second wind some way, some how. Maybe he's advising. Seriously, though, Clemens has some power, so when your BABIP is two hundred points higher than your career average, you look like a monster. Some of that could be real, e.g. if his bat speed is truly new and real and he's never swung a bat at 73 mph before. But no, he's not this. ABs are not independent.
  24. twinstalker
    If you're looking for an old catcher who can help the Wind Surge in the future, he's your man. I expect great things from him one day in Wichita. :-)
  25. twinstalker
    Raya's week: 10 ERA with about 17 BB/9, Thinking we should move him up the rankings. (Thanks for these, love them)
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