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  1. gman
    Well I guess we know who your favorite Twin was when you were younger.
  2. gman
    Hopefully the Ground Hog won't predict another 6 weeks of long cold winter. But maybe Santa will put something great in the stockings.
  3. gman
    Overall team speed matters a lot. Yep they have power, but how many playoffs has it helped them win? If you have Buxton, Martin and Lewis starting in the field they can't all play center at the same time. Then can also bring in Gordon to add additional speed you might get a real balanced attack to win games when the power is not flying.
  4. gman
    No. You don't trade a prospect who is rated as the best athlete and fastest runner in your system. On scouting reports he was given "a significant upside at shortstop" review at the game's most valued non-catching position. If people didn't know before, they should know now that the Twins won't compete through the free agent market. That leaves them with competing through home grown talent.
  5. gman
    I will be following Julien next year to see how he does. He should start at double A or get there pretty quick. Along with 34 steals and 110 walks he also had 46 extra base hits and a 914 ops. Not bad for a first year player.
  6. gman
    I guess we've gotten past the days of the manager coaching third base and the pitching coach coaching first base. With the trainer running the dugout.?
  7. gman
    Advancing a player from double A to the major is not unheard of. With that said Sands, Balazovic, Duran, Dobnak, Jax, Ober, Ryan, Strotman, Thorpe, Winder, Vallimont and maybe Richardson as well as Bundy could see time as starters with the Twins next season. Most of these guys are on the 40 man roster and might as well have them all training with the Twins. You definitely would need a score card next year. Keep the shuttle to the Saints running.
  8. gman
    Minimalistic. Why spend $30-50mil more in the hopes of finishing 4th I'm their division? Spend the year incorporating rookies into the lineup and rotation. Shoot for 2023 or probably 2024. Remember it took Berrios 4 years of going back and forth to triple A before he solidifies his position in the rotation. It could take awhile to build a real rotation.
  9. gman
    If you look at the scouting reviews for pitching prospects you will see that no pitching prospects are rated better than mid rotation level starters.(#3's). Why? I don't know, probably no scout/management type wants to put that type of pressure on them. Look at the writeup's for the pitchers in this years top 100 prospects. Nobody is rated better than midlevel. Some have a "midlevel starter with top of rotation characteristics" description. (At least in the independent scouting reviews I've seen}. On the other hand I'm pretty sure fans of the top pitching prospects consider them ace material.
  10. gman
    I guess just because he is ranked the highest by multiple services doesn't mean the people doing the reviews know more than you.
  11. gman
    If only Jeffers hadn't been a rookie last year we could all act like he was a 6 year major leaguer. Shame on him for trying to play in the majors this year with only 140 at bats above single A. He should have known better.
  12. gman
    I agree that Lewis is a pivotal prospect for the Twins. But since he has not played in 2 years I would be satisfied with his playing at Triple A sometime this year with perhaps some time at Minnesota in late August or September. I think a more pivotal player for this year is Balazovic. The Twins need good pitching from their farm system to propel them forward and Balazovic as the best pitching prospect needs to lead the way. I would like to see him get 60-75 innings at the major league level. I would also like to see Duran get a similar number of big league innings but since he has only pitched 16 innings in 2 years, I don't think he will get here.
  13. gman
    Unless I misunderstood his contract Buxton could possible account for $11mil more of the $48mil payroll. Here's to hoping he earns it!
  14. gman
    I think the first name on the trade list should be Josh Donaldson. Unloading that player for a decent prospect would probably require tossing in some cash. So what, the money wasn't spent on ace starting pitching so spend it on top prospect pitchers or a shortstop. There are very few third basemen currently on the market. Might helps trade value because that boat has sailed. Next trade any other players who won't be a major contributor on the 2023 team or beyond. The Twins have the sticks to compete on a daily basis in 2022 but "at the very best rosy outlook " their current starting pitchers will only allow them to compete in 3 of every 5 games. Not win mind you.
  15. gman
    First after thinking about it, I wouldn't mind being referred to as MLB baseball team trash. Bring on the multi million dollar contract. Second, we put a lot on Johnson and his staff to turn failed or failing MLB pitchers into pitching staff regulars. They may fail more than they succeed, but they are getting good results overall. I can't ever remember a Twins pitching coaches being thought of as being so readily able to resurrect pitchers. Although they could probably make 1 or 2 of these pitchers hers work, it would be nice if they had some better material to work with.
  16. gman
    With Arreaz hitting behind Buxton, he could probably get close to 100 RBI's a year, since Buxton could score from second on any ground ball single.
  17. gman
    Get him some batting armor that he will wear. He was hit by pitch more last year than any other year. While only 6 times, of course one broke his hand. He was out 2 months with that. When he first came back from the broken hand he had a large batting mitt but soon threw it away. Later he had a much smaller wrist cover. In September alone he was hit an additional 3 times as pitchers tried to keep him off the plate. The more hitting success he has, the bigger target he will become.
  18. gman
    For the occasional day off I'd put Gordon in. When Buxton goes on the disabled list, I'd bring up Celestino to play every day.
  19. gman
    Seems like most of the teams signing players to big contracts are in the position of going for it the next couple of seasons. Why sign a starting pitcher over 30 to a 5 year 100mil contract when you know the last 3 years will probably be wasted. The Twins are in a position of expecting a lot of high level prospects to fill the team roster the next two years without necessarily being in a position to challenge in 2022-23. Keeping the prospects while hanging unto young talent like Buxton, Polanco, Jeffers, Sano, Arreaz et al, will see the team be a contender for a long time.
  20. gman
    My only thought on Cave is they must have more possible roster movement involving outfielders they anyone expects.
  21. gman
    The first player I would look to move is Donaldson. Large contract, injury prone. Of course, those 2 negatives also make it difficult to trade him. I would try to trade him to the Yankees for Peraza, a shortstop #3 on their prospect list.
  22. gman
    People seem to forget that Jeffers was a rookie last year. He only had 62 plate appearances total in 2020. That of course means he didn't see much pitching. His experience prior to 2020 only includes 96 plate appearances above A ball. Give a rookie a chance.
  23. gman
    There were 12 teams in baseball whose starters average less then 5 innings per start. The Twins were one of them. Tampa Bay with the best record win the American League got about 14 outs per game from there starters. The third fewest in baseball. They pitched even fewer innings in 2019. 5 years ago Cincinnati starters had the fewest innings in baseball with 859 innings. That would have been 4th most in 2021. So baseball has quickly been trending away from long innings from starters. Anyone who has been a baseball fan for a long time remembers starters who made 40 starts a year with over 20 complete games and 300+ innings. When was the last time you saw that. The future I expect to see guys who train as 4, 3 & 2 innings pitchers with no thought to starter or reliever. The matchups will move from game to game, with no real set "rotation" which won't exist anymore.
  24. gman
    In a manner of speaking the Twins already have given themselves some salary relief by trading Berrios. Granted not their fault since they were not going to go way over the market for him and Berrios wouldn't sign. The same may be true if Buxton won't sign and they trade him. Certainly not what you want to do with high upside younger players, but I think they know what their long term budget will be and have to plan for future years and not just 2022.
  25. gman
    Maybe he could see Buxton's career path and reconsider when to overextend himself.
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