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  1. gman
    As much as it might scare people Gibson has matched Santana' performance pretty closely in June and July. I definitely am not saying he has pitched good.
  2. gman
    Palacios looks like a guy with a great hit tool but needs more work on plate discipline. It's hard to find fault wit a guy hitting .395 over his last 10 games and .340 at Ft Myers. However, averaging a strikeout every 5 plate appearances and a walk every 28 makes it seems like at some point he is going to have a difficult adjustment period coming. Maybe at AA next year.
  3. gman
    It is interesting that BA has three shortstops in the top 10 and a 4th, Palacios, and possibly a 5th in Marte that could be getting close to the top 10 next year.
  4. gman
    This start won't help Santana's trade value.
  5. gman
    Anybody at triple A except Garver, Curtis, Chargois, Busenitz.
  6. gman
    Maybe Santiago's not coming back? We are pretty sure Hughes isn't back this year.
  7. gman
    Average fastball less than 91 and a 1.33 whip. Somebody else said it. Why? I guess he's an arm.
  8. gman
    Does that mean in more than 40% of their games they given up over 6 runs per?
  9. gman
    FYI - TB actually has 3 more wins than the Twins at this point and are in the top wild card spot. I don't see them trading a pitcher at this point.
  10. gman
    Sometimes a pitcher is simply what his most recent record shows he is. Samardzija, Pelfry, Nolasco, Hughes etal. Do we really want to go back to this well. The Twins have never shown the ability to get the max out of a struggling pitcher. At least not in recent memory.
  11. gman
    Kintzler is a free agent after the season. Will the Twins resign him? I doubt it. It would be nice if 3 or 4 of their ace relief prospects were taking regular turns in the bullpen before the season ends. I don't see Kintzler's replacement in the pen now but then before Kintzler got the job I didn't see that happening.
  12. gman
    Part of our current bullpen situation appears to be usage related. It would be nice to have May, the Duffey from early in the year and Pressly from last year available. Tonkin even looked accceptable early last year, until Moliter continued to use him as a multi inning pitcher. Unfortunately, Rogers is beginning to look like an overuse candidate. Speaking of bullpen usage, in todays game Montgomery gave up 6 runs to the Twins in the second inning but was not removed. Then pitched 3 shutout innings(so far). A Twins starter would not have been allowed to do that. Maybe our starters can't, except for Santana.
  13. gman
    It would be nice to see him in the Twins lineup at the end of next year helping protect Sano. And playing First Base of course.
  14. gman
    What's seems to be missed is that Rosario injured his throwing arm. I watched the game and think it was in May. I can understand the team not broadcasting it much. Last year after Rosario came back from Rochester in July, his BA was 305 with a 335 OBP and 812 slugging. I think he didn't want to go back down.
  15. gman
    Palacios has continued to hit the ball at Ft Myers through 21 games with a line of 341/372/424. His OPS is down about 125 points from Cedar Rapids with only 5 walks Since Ft Myers is not considered a hitters league that might be impacting his OPS numbers. His hitting numbers are all better than Gordans were at Ft Myers. Also he has comitted only 1 error in those 21 games with a RF factor of 3.81.Gordans RF factor at Ft Myers was 4.65. If Gordans range at shortstop is a question for some, what would Palacios future position be assuming he continues to hit as well and might be availabe late in 2018 early 2019? He played 40 games at third in 2014, but exclusively at shortstop since. Then again, if he continues to hit like this they will find a spot for him.
  16. gman
    I think I've seen this movie before. The Twins sneak into the playoffs in a weak division, then get their brains beat out. In the process give up hundreds of games with more talented prospects. Let Cleveland make the big move and give up some of their future. Makes future Cleveland weaker as a result. Trade Santana, Dozier or whomever we don't include past 2018. Bring up more prospects, not simply sign some wornout vets. Continue to build toward a real playoff contender. At the end of 2018 the only current Twins with contracts are Hughes, Park and Castro and I don't think Hughes or Park will be here. Then with a young, rising team and money, go after some heavy free agents from the 2018 class. The possibility of signing with a rising team might interest free agents more than a 1 and done situation on some other teams. It 2019 it looks like our division challengers will be Cleveland for maybe 1 more year and a building White Sox. Talk to the cluhouse and fans and tell them what your plans are. Nothing worse then leaving everyone in the dark. I think getting the core team on board for a good future will keep them interested.
  17. gman
    I would give them Breslow and Santiago for Samardzija and money. That would get the Giants out of that horrible contract and help them sign someone for next year.
  18. gman
    It's great to see the power/speed combo numbers from Jermaine Palacios, as well as all the other categories he pops up in. I would like to see a few more walks in his numbers as he gets closer. Next summer hopefully he and Arreaz will be the double play combo pounding the ball at Chattanooga, although since injured this year, it may take Arreaz a little longer to get there.
  19. gman
    If you look back you will see that his season fell apart at the point in time his grand father passed away. The person who raised him. It is very apparent that this badly affected his focus and subsequent results. Family deaths obviously affect people dfferently. It would probably be better if the team could have let him have a long term grieving period but MLB only allows a few days. Could they put him on the 60 day DL for mental anguish? Don't forget that Sano's daughter passed away last spring and probably impacted his 2016 season more than people are aware of. Palanco may not be the player he is capable of for the rest of the season but long term he is going to be a very good player and a long time starter at second base for some major league team. Also obviously the Twins think enough of him to let him play through it.
  20. gman
    The Twins and their pitching have been so bad for so long, realistically expecting anyone to come in and build a playoff pitching staff in half a year or even 1 year is really hoping for miracles. I think 2018 is more of a continued pitching tryout camp from this year without expectations of making the playoffs. One way to quickly improve the rotation is to have a really good bullpen to bail them out. If we can get over the injuries (maybe a big if), a top notch bullpen is not that far away. But that would also rely heavily on rookies. I expect some of Berrios, Mejia, May, Romero, Gonsalves, Jorge and Slegers with some midlevel veteran starter signed in the offseason.
  21. gman
    Never said equal, I said measuring stick. Plus Quintana is no longer available.
  22. gman
    This was a good measuring stick for what the Twins could get for Santana. Hope we can pull off this kind of deal and get several more prospects. Keep the options open, the Yankees are looking for both starters and relievers and have a very strong farm system.
  23. gman
    I hope the team is and has been shopping players like Santana, Dozier et al. I also hope Falvey and Levine are too smart to shop Rosario like some on this website are constantly preaching.
  24. gman
    Are Santiago and Gibson being brought back next year? Is Colon or Gee a long term answer? Slegers or Hurlbut may not be #3 or 4 long term in the rotation but the team does need to find out if they have a 5, 6 or 7 available at AAA. This years pitching try out camps for both the bullpen and rotation hasn't give many long term answers for a (hoped) future playoff team. I continue to hope for better results next year. We are only 6 or 7 weeks away from the and of the minor league season and may see some future pieces be added in September..
  25. gman
    I think Slegers should get some consideration soon in this rotation. I don't think he gives you much less than Santiago and Gibson.
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