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  1. bighat
    So Torreyes hit .292 with the Yanks in 108 games in 2017. He only got into 41 games last year in New York but hit .280. He's 26 years old. The knock seems to be that he has very little power. Just hit 4 HR in his career. But the Twins could do worse and he might be a good spare part to have in Rochester. I'm not down on Adrianza. Ehire hit 6 HR and drove in 40 runs last year in 114 games. Not terrible and it seems that the two players are very similar, stat-wise. Adrianza's 29 years old, maybe his experience is what'll land him that 25th spot. How about Tyler Austin catching fire the past 2 games? NOW what?
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    Think if you were drafting a fantasy team with just Twins players. Which position player would be your first pick? I think it would have to be Eddie Rosario. If healthy the guy's going to hit 28 HR, drive in 85 runs and bat .285. He's going to be hitting in the heart of the lineup (maybe 3rd/4th?) and is pretty much the straw that stirs the drink for this offense. The Twins have a boatload of outfield prospects who haven't had a chance to play yet. We'll be lucky if one of them turns in the numbers Eddie did last year - I'd like to extend him but I'm not sure the Twins are of the same mind set. Can't wait to see Eddie play this year - don't forget that arm, he'll certainly have his share of outfield assists!
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    It's crazy to see guys like Keuchel still available on March 8th. The season starts in just 2 weeks - back in the "old days" (ie: 4 years ago) guys like this would have been scooped up and signed for big multi-year deals. What I think is happening in today's market is a bit of an overcorrection to the contracts that guys like Pujols received. Nobody wants to be stuck paying $20 million per year to an aging superstar with no skills. Teams like the Twins shouldn't feel bullied into paying guys like Keuchel for 5 years because he won a Cy Young Award 3 years ago with another team. Players, on the other hand, think guys like Keuchel deserve "back pay" for overachieving years ago. In the end, I think the agents (like Boras) are primarily to blame for what's going on today. I think the second major factor is advanced analytics and high-tech scouting and development. The Twins' brainiacs seem to think that Martin Perez has 10 wins in him this season. I'm all for testing out this theory and letting Falvine run the team their way. Regardless, I'm sure when Keuchel eventually does sign, everyone will be watching his numbers this season to see if he was worth it.
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    Is Gardy really the only Twins manager with an above .500 winning percentage?
  5. bighat
    Much appreciated!
  6. bighat
    The Sano pile-on doesn't need any help from me. But that Marwin Gonzalez signing looks absolutely brilliant right now. I'm guessing the Twins knew exactly how bad that heel was when they added Marwin to the roster. Great move. I suspect one of the reasons the injury was downplayed in the media was so that the Twins could sign Marwin and save a few bucks while they were at it. A bad injury and a blow to the morale for sure - but very savvy handling by the front office.
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    He would've got the call last year, but he wanted to pitch in the Puerto Rico series - I think everyone understood that. Didn't Odorizzi end up pitching on Opening Day?
  8. bighat
    Saw Reed take over while watching a bit of the game on my lunch break. Didn't see the Grand Slam but saw him give up a hit right away, then got bailed out with a diving stop by Cron, then plunked a guy. He's looked just awful in every capacity for a while now. Here's hoping he's just "working out the kinks" - but it's fair to worry that this might be the real Addison Reed.
  9. bighat
    Gosh, came here to read the discussion on Xavier Moore and...now this! Glad the Twins made this move, I wasn't really big on acquiring another A-ball level arm. God speed Xavier. As for Granite, I was happy to have the guy in the Twins OF during that great 2017 season. But he'll always be remembered (by me, anyway) as the guy who missed stepping on 1st base during the huge playoff game in New York. I also remember how darn tiny he looked up there - like a little kid wearing his dad's batting helmet. He's got some talent though. I'd like to see him succeed. The only downside is if Buxton implodes again, we'll be watching Granite and Hicks play for other organizations... But I think this says a lot about how the Twins feel about Wade. I think Wade's impressed in Spring Training.
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    Austin will be claimed immediately, the Twins gave Lance Lynn away for free last summer. Oh well, it's a sunk cost and might as well move on. Here's hoping Cron works out because Austin would hit 35 HR if he started every day.
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    If you can see this about Gonsalves, so can the Mets. Heck, anyone with his baseball card can flip it over and see his 6.57 ERA and just 18 strikeouts over 7 games last year. Nobody's going to give the Twins anything for Gonsalves as things stand today. His audition last year went very poorly and he's behind a lot of other pitching prospects in the organization now because of it. The Twins pitching staff has to coach him up and hopefully he'll improve. I'm not giving up on him yet, but suggesting that Gonsalves could be a major piece in a Wheeler trade is the definition of homer-dreaming.
  12. bighat
    I just listened to the Hot Stove podcast and Rocco described the injury as a "small wound" that's almost healed. The article in the Pioneer Press describes it as a "heel injury" and that's what Twins reporters have been saying for the past week or so. I haven't seen any article pointing to an achilles injury, so maybe Tom just misspoke in his initial post (which can be forgiven considering his posts and videos are one of the best things about this site).
  13. bighat
    You're right. I think too many commenters think that Marwin is an Escobar clone. He's not. He's not as versatile in the infield and is more of a corner outfielder when he plays OF. My thought: he's a catch-all insurance policy for lots of players right now. Not just Sano.
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    LaVelle E. Neal just answered some Twitter questions regarding where/when Marwin plays. His response: "I think he's playing all the time, everywhere".
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    50-50 shot this guy's in the opening day lineup?
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    Too funny man, I literally had to LOL. Nice.
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    Isn't it so strange to see how many players come up to the bigs, hit between .265-.275, do everything right.....but they just never stick? Then you have guys with lifetime averages of .232 who seem to make an MLB roster every year, despite underperforming consistently? Baseball is a weird game, so much hard work for these guys plus you have to have really good luck as well.
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    Schoop's "Terrible Year" in 2018 had him batting .233 with 21 HRs. Brian Dozier last year hit .215 with 21 HRs. Schoop is entering his age 27 year, while Dozier is 31...the bottom line: the Twins improved the offense at the position. Schoop could just be the steal of this free agent off-season! His 2017 stats are incredible - he also played 162 games that year, and played 160 the year before. If he's healthy we should all be very, very excited about this guy. I also am surprised to see how much negativity there is surrounding Gordon. Just a year ago, before "Royce Fever" we were pretty giddy about this guy. He had a bad 2nd half in AAA, that's it. He seems to be saying all the right things. Give him a chance to go out there and prove himself, I look forward to seeing him up in the bigs this year with the Twins.
  19. bighat
    I think you have to go with Gagne here. He didn't win the WS by himself, but he was a big contributor and solid at his position. The numbers for lots of these guys look very similar. Gagne stands out as the guy with the rings. The guy could play his position, had awesome range.
  20. bighat
    Agreed. Kepler and Rosario aren't even in the same league at this point - Eddie's a legit 25 HR, 80 RBI guy who will hit .285. Kepler hasn't sniffed those numbers if we're being honest.
  21. bighat
    Yeah but you're forgetting about all those huge sponsorship deals, like the extra $10 bucks for an Ovaltine commercial or the cool $54.32 paycheck a player could take home for endorsing Lucky Strike!
  22. bighat
    Yeah, Kaat was broadcasting for the Twins in the early '90s, I think. He's good. Too bad about Hunter, but I'd imagine Torii might be leaning more towards coaching soon. He'd make a good manager and I hope his career in baseball continues on a leadership level.
  23. bighat
    And those added years of control will make Polanco a really nice trade piece if the Twins find themselves selling off assets. I hope it doesn't come to it, as I really like Polanco and I think any team in the league would be thrilled to be in the Twins' shoes with a middle infielder like him locked down.
  24. bighat
    Heck yes. Extending the one of our best players who has proven it on the diamond. Eddie Rosario's next up, I hope. Lock these guys down.
  25. bighat
    Dude's got some photo skills. Would love to learn how to get those long-exposure photos of the Milky Way, I need to up my game!
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