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Angels went 103-59? Must have been the Jason Castro signing.

Looking at the article photo, just put a fu manchu and some glasses on the guy and he reminds me of . . . The Dobnak.

I'll take the Berrios comp. Looks like a nice compact delivery but with a little more explosion at the end compared to Berrios. More controlled finish than Stroman. Facing Raya in high school must have been fun.

Ummmm ... that would be the 1965 Minnesota Twins.

I'd call it a pick based on projectable value. Just like there are only so many position player spots available, there are only so many pitcher spots available too on a major league team. Just because a player doesn't hold that impactful value for our team due to roster construction doesn't mean that player doesn't hold value for other organizations. I agree a 5-tool guy is always desirable, but in a weird year like this where games aren't even being played and roster evaluation is stagnant, let see how the remaining picks shake out.

I agree with Seth. Pitch framing, controlling the wild pitch, knowing your pitchers strengths and weaknesses vs the hitters strengths and weaknesses, and not having a rag arm. Now if we could just watch him play.

That's why I have Sano, Cruz and Garver on my team in the Cape Cod Wack-a-Mole League. We're pretty good.

Eddie Rosario is a baseball adventure and last year with his bum wheels his outfield play was down right maddening at times, but I'll take me some "big time" Eddie-R on my team. And he is definitely the rightful owner of the king of cool crown.

Hey, a Tom Froemming sighting! I see it as trying to balance out our response to the COVID-19 outbreak between the "Open it up and go for it herd immunity" and "I'm not leaving the house until I'm vaccinated". I'm healthy (if I'm going to get COVID-19, I'd rather get it when I am healthy) so I tend to lean toward herd immunity earlier for those who so choose, and realize its good to protect those who need or want protection. So, I'd like things to open up now, taking the precautions we've learned and practiced through all this. As an essential employee in an essential business that has been working full time, all shifts, we've had to adjust the way we work. We've had less people out and less hours-off due to any kind of sickness and health reasons the last 2 months than ever. Maybe washing your hands, practicing safe contact and 2-times daily sanitizing bathrooms and common areas works. Stay safe, stay healthy.

Futile hitting pitcher in Twins history: Dean Chance. Batted .066 and struck out over half the time. It's funny because he pitched at the same time as Jim Kaat (.185, 16 career HRs) and Jim Perry (.199), both really good hitters, for pitchers that is. And they could bunt.

That's interesting. It kind of supports my dislike of the DH rule. I wonder if other people feel that a player who is considered a DH is somehow not really HOF worthy? Seems rather contrary that you would create a "new" position for players to play, and by playing that position said player isn't really a "Baseball Player" and not to be considered for enshrinement, even if he is the best at it. At best it was a contrived rule to keep some slow, aging "greats" in the game longer, thus maintaining/increasing fan interest/revenue. But they just created a weaker variety of baseball in my opinion. Sure ,watching a pitcher hit is sometimes futile and painful, but it's also entertaining too. A good hitting pitcher has an advantage, and the variety of strategic options makes the game more interesting. Years ago I created the "Free Hitter" concept as a way to eliminate the DH but keep the idea somewhat. I tried, but it seems to not have gotten any further than a Baseball Weekly article. Pitchers hit, and a team has one opportunity per game to us a "Free Hitter", a pinch hitter who can bat and the player he hits for can stay in the game. We use it some when playing table top baseball games and its' pretty cool. You can have a bat-first bench player who effectively can bat twice in a game, once as a Free Hitter and once as a pinch hitter, both strategically placed. If he did this all year, thats 324 plate appearances and probably mostly at opportune moments. How many DH's get more?

Dump the DH.

Good question. A quick BBref rough comp: Mark Belanger - Career OPS+ 68, Def Runs total/Yr +19 Alcides Escobar - Career OPS+ 73, Def Runs total/Yr -3 So yeah, as much as you can value the defense performance vs the offense level, I think he does play. Not to pick on Mr. Escobar, but maybe he shouldn't be given a regular MLB gig, eh?

If he can cut down on the throwing errors he will be fine.

1- Nathan - For me 2nd to only Mariano Rivera as a closer 2- Aguilera - We got Aggie & Tapani for Viola from the Mets . . . suckers 3- Guardado - Every day Eddie 4- Perkins - Found his groove in the pen 5- Worthington - Old reliable And though I love me some Mike Marshall, Doug Corbett, Ron Perranoski and Bill Campbell, they just weren't here long enough. Ron Davis. Acquired from the Yankees (with Boris & Gagne) for a popular Roy Smalley. Quipped, It’s the owner (then Calvin Griffith) who should be traded . . . or put in an old folks’ home. I don’t want to be here." Nice. Saved 108 games in 5 seasons with the Twins. Won his arbitration case in '83, Griffith replied, "When I heard he won, I wanted to puke." Spring '85 on an east coast swing he gave up some 9th-inning dingers for losses. He was pretty broken up about it and felt he was letting everyone down, his confidence shot. He said he should change his name to Boo Davis so he could feel some love from the home crowd when they returned home and Tom Brunansky tried pumping him up. First time back at the Metrodome he gets called into the game, and the fans gave him a standing ovation (Twins fans, gotta love 'em). He told his wife we're buying a home here. Went on to have a pretty good year too (25 saves, 3 blown).

Ron Davis has the most win shares (38.0) for Twin's relievers in the 80's, yikes. Davis - - - - - - 38.0 Reardon - - - - 36.2 Corbett - - - - - 35.9 Berenguer - - - 27.1 Filson - - - - - - 23.0

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a complete re-appraisal of the whole organized baseball universe. Probably starting with the "new" value of franchises and down through attendance figures and ticket prices. Who knows if media/broadcast contracts get redone. It might end up with a smaller universe (smaller minor leagues) where teams leverage their cheapest assets (younger players) with less development time and earlier promotions and smaller, shorter free-agent contracts. Who knows, maybe we get a better baseball experience out of this. Go Twins.

Don't know Berrios' pitch count here, but I gotta think Rogers should be in to start the ninth in a one-run game.

I think suspensions should be adjusted to match a shortened season. Half a season? Cut the suspension in half. Not doing so over penalizes the suspension recipient in my view. 39 / 162 X (number of season games) should be Pineda's suspension length. A 4-man rotation does look rather tempting in a short season, with your 5th starter/long men available for double header duty, assuming an increase in double headers to get more games in.

Wait . . . Twins beat the Yankees in a playoff game . . . fake news.

Hey, I resemble that comment. People ask me if I was in the military, and I say no, I was in the Air Force.

I don't like the empty stadium concept, but if we could get in at least an 80 game schedule I think a season is doable.

Bench: Don Mincher 1B/PH Bernie Allen 2B/3B Jackie Hernandez SS/PR Lenny Green OF Jerry Zimmerman C

Hmmm... and now that Syndergaard has a "Thor" elbow (thorry), not making that trade looks awesome.

Lewis probably wasn't included because he is a shortstop and the article is about outfielders, but he is a great prospect. It looks like both Kiriloff and Larnach have the ability to make the adjustments needed to have success at the MLB level. I think Lewis has a little ways to go yet, but he has the tools and makeup to make an impact for the Twins.