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  1. gman
    I agree we should trade Sano when he's "39". We've waited what, 45 years to have a hitter like this in the lineup. Heaven forbid he hasn't made the hall of fame after 2 whole seasons. One of which he played half a season with a severe leg injury. Third, first, DH or whatever you bat him cleanup just as much as possible. Is there a bat with comparable potential in the Twins minor league system. I don't think so. I would take him everyday over a starting pitcher who plays maybe 30 games a year for 5 or 6 innings.
  2. gman
    1. As already pointed out, Joe's offseason home is in Florida not Minnesota. For a discounted 2-3 year contact, I see him prefering to go home every night and be with his family. 2. Firstbase is usually a position assigned to a power and production bat. Joe has never been that. Unless he suddenly rediscovers a 900 plus OPS, with RBI ability, his playing time would greatly decline over the life of an extension. 3. With 13 men pitching staffs, bench roles are at a premiun and not usually allocated to part time firstbasemen/DH's with little power. Joe was a great catcher, but I don't see him continue to risk his health to hang on for a few more years. That is, I think he retires.
  3. gman
    The Twins will very probably have an 8 man bullpen in 2018, with I think Pressly being the longest tenured member. A 50% or more turnover in the pen over the course of the season because of poor peformance, injury or hopefully pressure from improved minor league pitchers seem reasonable to expect. Since its not very likely they sign even 3 good free agent relievers, nor do they have 3 "known" dominant relievers on the roster, the bulk of the bullpen will be in development stage. In other words, I think wait and see is the story.
  4. gman
    Lots of potential here. With most of these players more than 1 year away, it will be interesting to see if the recent changes to system admin, coaches and I presume processes bring out a higher return on the minor league system than we have been used to seeing. When I look as this list, I have a hard time not trying to squeeze 30 players into the top 20 slots.
  5. gman
    I don't make a major trade of prospects until I know the Twins are a major WS contender. I don't know that. So I don't think 2018 is a go for it season. Hopefully they are a surprise and added a couple more wins to the 2017 total and continued roster development. But still too many question marks on what we have.
  6. gman
    I hope we are coming to the end of 30 years of failed pitching development, which starts with who you draft.
  7. gman
    So is the rule 5-er who doesn't get picked a minor league free agent? Can he then sign with anyone he wants?
  8. gman
    No and No. They are simply not good enough any more to take up valuable roster spots on coming Twins teams.
  9. gman
    Like most number 1's, I don't think it matters much who is. Could be 6-8 different players. I see a lot of talented players rising to the major league roster over the next 2-4 years and looking forward to their impact on a 85 win team.
  10. gman
    My hope is the same every year. That 3 or 4 will become impact arm in the Twins bullpen. This was a pretty amazing year in the bullpens for Twins minors especially when you consider none of the top talked about relief prospects from the beginning of the year was in the mix.
  11. gman
    I guess a question would be where does Littell fall into the Twins pitching plans. Is he ready to compete with Romero & Gonsalves in 2018 for a spot in the Twins rotation? Looking at his overall numbers, including innings pitched, he may be ahead. I would think all 3 could at least start 2018 at Rochester with best pitcher as first callup.
  12. gman
    Gibson has good enough "stuff", unfortunately he has rarely brought it to games the past 2 years. Right now I would plan to sign him in off season arbitration for next year more as a cheap place holder than as a proven 3 or 4 in the rotation. Hopefully 2 of Trevor May, Romero or Gonsalves will fight their way into the rotation at some point in 2018. I don't see much in the offseason free agent starter bin that I would want to budget 3 years for and Gibson will only cost 1 year and maybe 5-6 mil.
  13. gman
    They wouldn.t push him through the minors to be a 4th outfielder. By definition that would be someone who plays occasionally. By the end of next year they will need a firstbaseman who can hit and referably hit with power for a change. Be a run producer. The firstbase position should be opening up. Do we really want to put someone at a position that hasn't played there much in a couple of years? I don't think so. Therefore you move him to first.
  14. gman
    IMO, Rooker appears to be ready for Chattanoonga next year. I hope he gets off to great start and makes the Twins late in 2018. Or even early would be good too. Any chances he plays in Arizona this fall? P.S. I would put him at first base whereever he plays.
  15. gman
    I think that the long term goal is to have him pitch in Minnesota at some point next year, not squeeze a couple hundred more pitches out of his arm this year. At this point, control, command and movement have to be as big a factor as speed. He may not have the energy left in his arm to command where that fastball is going or the movement on it is gone, even though it appears to be as fast. I would finish up his year, by bringing him up after his playoffs are over, just to sit on the bench not pitch and start adjusting to the Twins team and talking to the vets and learning about the group I hope he is part of next year.
  16. gman
    He looked pretty good. His fastball usually at 96 and a good breaking ball. While he obviously had the jitters, which mostly affected his breaking ball, he put together a 1-2-3 inning with 1 strikeout.
  17. gman
    It's disappointing to realize the regular minor league season ends in about 1 week Saw Curtiss pitch in his ML debut yesterday (on TV). He's listed as the #19 prospect. Hildenberger and Busenitz are not listed at all. Can't wait to see the good relievers make it. Hopefully 2018.
  18. gman
    Or maybe not
  19. gman
    I give them an A for effort, an A+ for trying different things and an A+++ for willingness to move on from failed decisions and recognizng when things just aren't working.
  20. gman
    Rooker watch. In the 3 game Tampa series in 14 AB's he had 6 hits and 8 strikeouts. I guess that's called the good and the bad. But he also had 2 homers and 5 rbi's.
  21. gman
    Looks like Rooker has come on strong after his initial adjustment period in Ft Myers. He has 20 rbi's in 29 AB's with runners in scoring position. Also very good to see Tyler Jay back on the mound.
  22. gman

    Enns this experiment now!

    gman commented on huhguy's blog entry in Blog huhguy

    The Twins need to find out which players at the upper levels are ready or almost ready to help them next year. How else are they going to do it?
  23. gman
    When nearly a third of the roster is in one area (average about 8 relievers) maybe the program should include the complete identification and development of relief pitchers instead of drawing from a failed category. That is pitchers who don't make it as starters.
  24. gman
    It makes one wonder why the Twins would trade for or sign a free agent relief pitcher. With as bad as the Twins relief pitching as been, a lot of these guys should be getting tryouts with the major league club. It really makes you wonder what the program is.
  25. gman
    Interesting to note that 5 of the starters mentioned above pitched at some point for Elizabethton, although all 3 of he college guys have been move to the Cedar Rapid roster.
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