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  1. Bill Brown69
    It has been widely reported about the Twins clubhouse being upset 2 years ago when they got very little help. Evidently Tori was the one to keep them together. I am not sure who if anyone would do that this year. IMHO stand pat or sell ruins the chances of signing any of these young guys to a long term extension.
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    I choose to see the positive. Even though Kepler fails early he had 2 hits later, Sano with 2 hard hits, Dozier nearly had a homer. Our core hitters are not afraid of the Yankees like back in the day. I think it would be a very entertaining series if somehow we could meet them in the postseason, even though I doubt either team will make it.
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    Paul O'Neil is a very good comp. I said Ellis Burks in that thread. Either one would be great. I do still like a guy like Kepler in the #2 hole but we still need our version of Larry Walker to be our #3 hitter with Sano as cleanup. YES, I AM GREEDY!!!!
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    It was also a judgement call for Dozier on where to slide. Feet first straight into the plate will make catchers stop doing that.
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    Max looking like a doubles machine is why I think long term he is a perfect #2 hitter. 1/3 of the time they are at the plate with nobody on and 1 out. In that situation your job is to get into scoring position. Being left handed also shield the catcher a bit on attempted steals by the leadoff guy. Yes, I agree with Trevor, give him a 10 year contract!!
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    I get your use of the word maybe but I would plunk down a $100 on Max making 2 all star teams if I had 2-1 odds. I never bought in on Kepler until he came up to the Twins and then I became a fan. If he stays healthy I could see him have 750 xbh and I think he will be a fringe gold glove candidate. I would not bet on him winning one but he might be in the discussion as the best fielding corner outfielder a few years.
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    Think back to Kepler last August and that is Polanco right now. Kepler come out of it and so will Polanco. Mejia is averaging 5 IP per start, not bad for a rookie. He easily could be a solid starter for years but it will be a few years before he will be classified as an innings eater. Duffey is what he has been his whole career. Steady is not how you would define him. Rosario is maturing some at the plate. Frustratingly slow for me, I would want a rookie to have at least as much discipline as he does but he has already broke his career high for unintentional walks by 4. His D seems to have hit a plateau though. For me it is just sit back and enjoy the fact that when you turn on a game it is not with dread.
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    With Vargas down it really would have made sense to have Grossman working with a 1B mitt a couple months ago.
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    That is what my pre-season prediction was and I am sticking to it! July is the toughest part of the schedule so we will probably take a few lumps and be lucky to end it with a .500 record but then it gets easier. I predict 80-80 with 2 to go and we win both.
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    I asked for Felix to have a good enough start to earn a promotion to AAA. Not sure where he went but IMHO he should be due for said promotion. Not that I am saying I want him pitching at Target Field anytime soon, but I want him and at least 2 more just like him to start next year in Rochester so that when the injuries start we have legit candidates there next year.
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    There was some guy named Maddux that had that same thing going. I think he turned out OK.
  12. Bill Brown69
    we would still be waiting for to to come down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Remember during spring training when a lot of people were up in arms over the "wealth" of starting pitching we had and how that would probably mean wasting a year of Berrios and Mejia in the minors? I sure wish we had another Berrios and Mejia in AAA fighting for a spot instead of having to dumpster dive to have somebody throw a few innings so the bullpen doesn't have a rash of arms falling off. Here is a toast to Trevor May making his return June 1 of next year to Target Field. Health to Ervin, Jose and Alberto along with a little growth and 1 new starter and then maybe we can talk about having a decent league average+ rotation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    I am pretty sure he was talking about using 2 option years for Polonco to play in about 6 games.
  15. Bill Brown69
    Ozzie Smith only hit over .250 once in his first 5 seasons and didn't win a gold glove until his 3rd season. Patience.
  16. Bill Brown69
    If he can keep from killing himself and play 10 more years he will be in the Ozzie Smith category of undeniably the best ever defensively at his position.
  17. Bill Brown69
    MLB draft is much the same as signing day to college football. I can guarantee that Tennessee went after the consensus #1 QB after Peyton Manning's freshman year. There is no such thing as an overload of talent at a position, especially pitcher, catcher and shortstop. Pitcher and catcher because of injury and if you can play short you are athletic enough to play anywhere.
  18. Bill Brown69
    As a Twins fan since the late 70's I can tell you from my point of view that I would way rather have 10 straight 80+ win seasons, a chance most every year and never win the World Series than to win it (91) and then have to deal with the mid-late 90's again. I hate it when you know breaking camp that there is no way to win 80 games. The euphoria of the series win fades away pretty quickly if you spend all summer following a bad baseball team. Sure, I would listen but NO would be the answer to both Santana and Dozier. Right now they are 2 of the most popular players on the team for the average fan. I really don't think that I would want to make 70% of the average fans mad even if the return was significant for the future.
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    The trouble with ground balls into the shift is that is most likely a player trying to lift a pitch that can't be lifted, as in rolling over and hitting it to your pull side. Opposite field ground balls are often hard hit and can do wonders for a batting average. Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, George Brett, Rod Carew all hit a bunch of hard hit, low to negative launch angle balls the other way. Data is great if presented the right way but if every hitter decides they have to average 20 whatever degrees of angle then we could be hitting more grounders into the shift. Seems to me the better approach is to square up what you swing at. Inside and middle it is easy to get the backspin to create the launch angle, away it is probably sinking and moving further away so most times even what you think is square is going to result in a ball that lands before the outfield grass but if there is velocity it has a good chance to get through and it is impossible to shift somebody who uses all fields with any sort of an even distribution of fly balls, liners and grounders.
  22. Bill Brown69
    You're selling him short, he's going to be a #3 hitter . I have no doubt that he could handle #3 but my perfect lineup has right-hander guy a lot like him at #3, Sano at 4 and another power hitter at 5 with a 2017 May Joe Mauer hitting 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My thought on the #2 hitter is that it should be a guy who hits a lot of line drives and doubles. Speed at the leadoff can score from first on a long double. Second part is if the leadoff guy doesn't get on the #2 guy needs to be on second with 1 out.
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    Coors Field helped Burk's slash line but he had a 50 WAR career.
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    I always doubted Kepler when he was in the minors but fell in love when he got to the majors and I could watch him. I have posted this before but the player Kepler reminds me of is Ellis Burks only a left handed version. I can see Max becoming a 20-25 homer guy with 30+ doubles for years to come. To me he is the prototypical #2 hitter and could easily score 100+ runs. I say sign the guy to a 10 year contract!!!!
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    I am not sure where to rank them in all time context but this team is pretty close defensively to the greats. I agree that the Orioles of the late 60's/early 70's will probably never be touched but if Mauer would have started his career at 1st I think that we would be talking now about him rivaling Hernandez as the best 1st baseman of all time defensively. If Buxton doesn't kill himself and can play 10-12 years we could easily be saying he is the best defensive centerfielder of all time. Put 2 awesome together with the other 6 all playing above average to great and you have a team that is pretty special. Enjoy the ride and the best part is that it could get better!!!!!!!
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