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  1. Tomj14
    In the last 3 years.(avg/obp) None on - .267/.325 Runners on - .214/.289 scoring position - .207/.267 bases loaded - .235/.211 leading off - .244/.308 scoring position 2 outs -.147/.227 Is that clutch? Also last year they thought so much of him as a right handed hitter, they gave him 65 at bats and hit .185, he was good the two years prior.
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    IMO he gets exposed for the player he is.
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    Of course you could, but what is the better plan for success? Hope and pray or try to plan for all scenarios? Why do people think May is going to comeback and be something he never has been at the age of 28? unless I am missing something his last big league start was July 1st 2015, and since then had Tommy John surgery. I hope like heck he comes bad and turns into the pitcher everybody hoped he would be 6 years ago.
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    In a perfect world where Romero and Gonsalves pan out and can make 25-30 starts in the majors next year that works. But in the real world you have to plan in case things don't. Imagine we extend Dozier and Buxton, and Gibson sucks, Odorizz is average, Romero can't handle starting and Gonzo is just a 4 or 5. Then we are in the same place we have been, looking to trade Dozier/Santana and playing for 2021 or 2022 when the pitchers in A ball come up. I say offer Cobb or Lynn 15 million for one year and a team option for another 15 million with a couple million buy out. I am not worried about losing the pick or the 40 man spot. Since Vargas and Sanchez.
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    To me 2/20 or 1/12 would be a no brainer. If he is good, well that is great. If he is good and our young guys are good, that is also great. If he is bad, the Twins are out millions but what is 10-20 million to them. I don't see them saying crap now we can't sign anybody next year and if they do, well we weren't real players for the world series ever.
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    agree, but the only one I am not worried about is losing the pick, the odds say that pick won't in the majors for 4 or 5 years if at all. and if Lynn helps make the playoffs it will be worth it.
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    If the Twins have any thoughts of using him in the pen this year, and he proves he can do it this spring, he should come north with the club. If they only want him to work on being a starter, then it doesn't matter if he starts in AAA or AA, because it doesn't sound like he is working on a pitch refinement, it is more of stretching out and getting stronger.
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    If the Twins don't want to bring Romero with them to Minnesota, they best send him down quickly to stretch out, because if he keeps pitching this way it will be a tough sell to leave one of your two best relief pitchers in the minors. He seems like the perfect Sanatan/Lirano scenario.
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    Not sure I would do Gonzo and Romero, but I would be willing to look into some other option. two years at 42.5 million would be a great get for the Twins. Two years would get them to the next round of minor league prospects and he would only be 35. I mentioned a similar trade for Verlander last year. How about Littell, Jorge, Kirilloff for Hamels?
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    One could argue that before Jake started Pilates, he was as good as May hopes to be.
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    Agreed it seems high for Mauer, Castro and Rosario and maybe LoMo. Maybe a little low on Dozier and Buxton (hopefully). Sano is the wild card, but if they cross 220 I think this could be a good year because basically everybody would be healthy.
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    Seeing that Busenitz, Curtiss and Moya probably won't make the team, that makes losing those other relief pitchers to rule 5 OK. That would have just made two more minor league relief pitchers taking up 40 man roster spots. It also shows the opportunity cost of not trading some of your prospects before you end of losing them. When you have a glut of prospects at one position, you have figure out the ones you like and trade the others for spots you are weak at. I see the same thing happening with starting pitchers in the next year or two.
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    agreed, he needs to be in MN at some time this year. If not wouldn't it be his 3rd option?
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    Sorry I meant the top 10 that we have seen so far, I think Lewis is one of those prospects that have a really, really good chance of being a good major league regular.
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    I think he would be a little lower ranked but everybody would be higher on him. Meaning a fourth round pick that has moved this fast and played in AFL would have everybody excited and would be hoping that this is the year he really turns it on to be considered a real top prospect and if he didn't they/we would be saying we got a real good utility infielder or at least a real good prospect until Lewis gets here.
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    IMO so far the only two prospects in the top 10 that I would worry about trading and coming back to really haunt us is Javier and Graterol and possibly Enlow but that is probably 5 years away. I think a few will be decent to good in the majors. I
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    Couldn't an argument be made that maybe if they would have traded prospects instead of Dozier and Santana maybe they could have went further? Gray, Darvish, verlander for example?
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    So Berrios, Gibson, Mejia and a bunch maybe's. I would say irresponsible for sure.
  19. Tomj14
    The options are bad since we didn't get Darvish and didn't trade for somebody. I would rather have a cheap 1 year deal than force Gonzo or Romero into something they are not ready for and end up with Slegers and Hughes anyway and nobody after them.
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    He is a guy that has started the year the same place he ended the year before and now we are going to give him a shot in the majors, doesn't that seem like the Twins would be setting him up to fall flat on his face, so the first 5 years in the minors seemed to work really well, but lets change what has been working? Romero has been in the minors since 2012 (yes I know he had TJ) but at this point I don't think you can consider anything he does as advancing quickly IMO. I would love for Berrios, Gonzo and Romero to be our Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz or something even close but we all need to temper our expectations a bit on when this is going to happen. Remember a few years ago when the Mets had a rotation of pitchers with maybe the greatest stuff every (Smoltz said himself they were better then the Braves top 3/4) and how has that worked out?
  21. Tomj14
    Can't disagree it has been added to. I love Reed addition, But is Rodney an upgrade on Kintzler and Belisle? Duke adds good depth that we didn't have last year, and the young guys should keep improving. But to me Reed is the only real prize addition
  22. Tomj14
    I think everybody wants that but who this year is probably going to help us this year. (not who could if everything goes perfect) Gonzo - not the prospect Berrios was only has 4 starts in AAA and has never started more than 24 games in a year. Romero - Will be on a innings limit and has pitched 303 innings since 2012 Littell & Jorge - this year can you expect anything more than a spot start or two? and the rest are probably a few years or more away - Lewis Thorpe, Blayne Enlow,Brusdar Graterol
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    Not sure why you say that, the Twins have if I figured it out correctly, only 3 guys making more than the average for their potion (Dozier, Reed and Mauer) and all three are barely over that. Seems like the perfect time to spend, because at some point Buxton, Rosario, Sano and maybe others will cost a fortune and the story will be are payroll is too high for FA's. IMO
  24. Tomj14
    No one can argue that. IMO I would turn a few of those coin flips into players that can help us now, before those coin flips come up tails.
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    Totally agree, it might be a sign of are young guys in the majors and a few of are other "prospects" failing off that leads to this. But there can be no denying we have a ton of talent in the low minors, now lets hope it returns us something in a trade or they make big impacts at Target Field in a few years. (and not fizzle off and we get nothing out of them)
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