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  1. rdehring
    Another excellent read, Nick, thanks! Have several questions. First, do you believe that this FO was a tad bit prejudiced towards the players they brought into the organization when making 40-man decisions last week? Second are a couple questions about defensive ability. Saw that the Twins played Raley in center a few times in spring training last year. Although primarily a corner outfielder, is he serviceable in center? You also mention first base which was a bit of a surprise to me. How good is his defense at first? Serviceable? Average? Better than average? On a related note, who is the better first baseman, Raley or Kirilloff? If I recall, Blankenhorn is often referred to as very athletic. I see he has had some success stealing bases. Does he have good speed? I believe he was drafted as a third baseman. Is his defense adequate at the hot corner? Better than Sano? Or only serviceable as a utility player. He seems to have turned the corner last year, hopefully, he will be the answer for the Twins when Sano moves to first, DH or on in either a trade or as a free agent. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Blankenhorn now the top third base prospect in the organization...other than Lewis whom we don't know where he will end up?
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    I think you missed one prospect, Nash. As we saw in the AFL, Royce Lewis not only can play center field, but is pretty good out there. As the MVP of the AFL, it is likely he will debut in 2020. Although it could be in the infield, thus not relevant to this post, I will be surprised if he doesn't start in center when/if Buxton is injured.
  3. rdehring
    No, No and Hell No.
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    When I read Seth's article Wednesday evening, the first thing that hit me was that 4 of the 5 added were acquired by trade during the 2018 season. As I thought about that, I remembered that Smeltzer and Alcala were two more players acquired in 2018 who were already on the 40-man. So that meant that 6 of the 37 currently on the 40-man were acquired in that flurry of trades. Also stated that I wasn't certain if they were prejudiced in keeping their guys, but found this to be both interesting and exciting. I don't recall Gunnarthor as being overly negative about management and the owner. Perhaps I am mistaken. But rather than commenting about several points I disagree with, I think it best to leave it at being surprised at the tone of his comment.
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    Thanks Seth, that's what I thought. What is more exciting is that none of Lewis, Rooker, Kirilloff, Larnach, and Balazovic have been around long enough so that they needed to be added this year. Heck, wouldn't surprise me if all of them get added during the season next year because they have played their way onto the team.
  6. rdehring
    Got a couple questions, Seth, and thought I would ask about your opinion to them. The Twins weren't able to find a spot to protect Anderson last year and he was traded. Was that done prior to the final date to be added to the 40-man (yesterday) or was it between then and the draft? Based on your experience, is it likely the Twins could pull off a trade for one of these players before the draft in three weeks? I assume I know the answer (no), but could a team acquire someone like Jax in a trade next week and put him on their 40-man, thus, protecting him from the draft?
  7. rdehring
    Excellent article, Seth. Thanks. Don't have a clue who it will be, but I will be disappointed if the Twins don't fill one of the three remaining openings in the rotation by a trade. Hopefully, it will be something like this with a player who will join Berrios and Odorizzi at the top of the rotation.
  8. rdehring
    Expect Smeltzer, Thorpe, Graterol and Dobnak will continue to be the 8th man in the pen via the Rochester shuttle. That is unless one of them becomes the 5th starter, which would be good as that would reduce the number of roster spots they need to find. The one need I see is for a good lefty as long as Rogers remains the go to man at the end of games. Should be a good vet out there who can fill this role without breaking the bank. Assuming they find him, adding Romo would mean someone else would need to be jettisoned from the 40-man.
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    Mentioning names like that also points out, Seth, how much the Twins 40-man roster has improved. Isn't it exciting to have this problem. Unfortunately excitement will lead to sadness on draft day when someone is plucked from the organization.
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    Don't know what I expected, but considering 5 or 6 was all they could protect this seems reasonable. My first observation was that 4 of the 5 joined the Twins via trade during the 2018 season. Don't know if there was a prejudice to protect players they brought into the system. But adding Smeltzer and Alcala earlier means that a year later 6 players on the 40-man were brought in via trade. That's a heck of a success story looking back at those trades. Although there usually are surprises, I see three players who have a real chance of being selected in the draft, Javier, Jax and Rijo. Expect that Rijo could be the one most likely to come back and haunt us. The player I will be most disappointed in losing, however, is Jax. Hopefully, we get lucky and none of them are selected...which I suspect is wishful thinking on my part. When you take a look at the roster it appears to be the strongest roster I have seen since I began following these guys however many years ago. Great position players with reserves that can play AND exciting prospects already on the roster. All that remains is filling out the starting rotation, adding a good lefty for the bullpen and a backup catcher. Considering that could be up to five adds, there could still be another player or two removed from the 40-man or exiting via a trade should one include a current member of the team.
  11. rdehring
    In answer to your question, YES. And so glad that you agree. I expect his rate of swinging at pitches out of the zone will actually decrease. Saw him swing at miss at pitches out of the zone when he had two strikes. And he often got to two strikes because the ump called an earlier pitch a strike that was actually a ball. As the umps become more familiar with him and stop making bad strike calls, or we get the robo ump, he will convert a few of those swings to walks which will increase his OBP and further reduce the number of strikeouts.
  12. rdehring
    Now that we are at zero minus 25 hours, I can't see them adding more than 6. Maybe even only 5. Yet all 8 of the players you mention would be at risk if not added. Hopefully, we will learn of a trade before the deadline when they have either moved one of these players for a younger prospect or included one in a bigger trade which will create extra 40-man space. On the flip side, it is nice having a organization so strong that this would become an annual problem.
  13. rdehring
    No I wouldn't. But I am one of those who doesn't particularly like Boyd all that much. Don't see him as being much better than the foursome we saw pitching a lot last September.
  14. rdehring
    Rortvedt was hitting very well early in the season, before going down with an injury he played through much of the second half of the season. The Twins then sent him to the AFL for extra innings, yet, the injury continued to plague him as he was limited to action in only a game or two. Comparing Rortvedt with Jeffers, both began the season together in Fort Myers. When one was promoted, Rortvedt was the first to be moved up. Expect that tells us a lot about what the Twins think of him.
  15. rdehring
    Trade Rosario as part of the right package for a pitcher who makes a difference, yes. Trade him even up for Boyd, no. Trade Larnach even up for Boyd, no. Trade Duran even up for Boyd, yes. Trade all three for Boyd, good way for guys in the Twins FO to be fired!
  16. rdehring
    See Berrios and Odorizzi as a solid #2 and #3, in whichever order they determine next spring. Got to get someone like Wheeler who can come in and be an acceptable #1. The trade I see is something similar to when they got Odorizzi, ie, get someone as #4. Hopefully, they can do this again...get someone none of us are talking about with at least two years of control for a prospect or two outside the top half dozen or top ten. As for who would be coming or going, not a clude. That's what the FO gets the big bucks for.
  17. rdehring
    What a great view of how we are looking at Rosario. The only point you and others hit on that I question is the growing perception that Kepler didn't play when banged up. That is far from what I recall from last year. I remember him running into the wall, I believe against the Angels, and continuing to play much of the rest of the season on a gimpy knee. Yes, he developed an injury in his chest area late in the year that put him on the shelf for a few weeks. But he also played with that injury both before resting and throughout the play offs.
  18. rdehring
    This is likely the best feel good story of the year for the Twins. Getting these two, whom we have waited to perform for a long time, to pitch at a very high level of success is just flat out exciting. Can they keep it up next April? Only time will tell, but if they do the Twins don't need to go out and buy an expensive reliever as the back end of their bullpen is set. Yes, they need a solid veteran lefty who dominates left handed hitters. But that would be a complementary piece for what can be one of the better bullpens in the league. Thanks Mr. May and Mr. Duffey. Is it true that of the three, May, Duffey and Rogers, May is the first to become a free agent? If so, lets get him signed to a reasonable extension before they break camp next March.
  19. rdehring
    Tough number, John. If the Twins should be so fortunate to sign one of the top four starters (I include Wheeler and the Giant lefty who's spelling I don't want to butcher) they will be over your $130 million. If they aren't successful in signing one of them, I would hope they will be under. With that said and needing to pick one, I will go with the over...based on my being hopeful they are successful in their hunting trip.
  20. rdehring
    Very wise comment The Wise One. And I cannot disagree with anything you have written, Nick. I believe, however, that Eddie brings something more to the table. Something that isn't measured in WAR and all those other calculations I don't understand. And that is an energy that can energize an entire team at certain times. I expect a few of the writers see that in him and together with his strength in a few traditional numbers saw him as one of the most valuable players in the game. I can certainly see some Boston writer putting his name on his ballot. And I may sound like I am beating a dead horse, but when he is playing injured or while recovering from an injury he doesn't have the same energy. It is at those times when he is more likely to not run out a ground ball, jog after a ball that he may at other times catch, or go into one of his streaks where he isn't swinging like the Eddie we have come to love. I have a feeling if the Twins didn't need him in the lineup when he is beat up and he only played when healthy, a lot of those new fangled numbers would look a lot better.
  21. rdehring
    What a great look at his situation Old Twins Cap. Got a feeling you may be right on with his situation.
  22. rdehring
    This is great news. The Twins now have two of their top three starting spots filled. Need two more. If they don't get a fifth starter, have no problems letting the four young kids battle it out in spring training. Also hope the Twins talk to him about an extenstion. But doubt any of those discussions will take place until closer to ST when they know how the winter settled out.
  23. rdehring
    Let's not forget Rortvedt, Jeremy. Should be interesting seeing which makes it to the Twins first, my prediction is Ben will be the one. Other than that, love your outlook for 2020. Great seeing them keeping some bullets for the future with a budget well under most predictions. Hopefully, we will hear in the next six hours that Odorizzi will remain a Twin. Then they can start an all out push to get Wheeler signed. Looks to me that he is the next best up after the big two whom we have almost no chance of signing. Lets get it done.
  24. rdehring
    Couple of points of clarification. If a new reliever comes in to start an inning, he must pitch to 3 batters? Or is a pitcher who comes in during an inning only have to pitch to 3 batters? I understand that if you bring a pitcher in with two outs to pitch to one batter, if he gets him out he doesn't need to return to start the next inning. Also a clarification about something that was touched upon above, however, that hasn't been talked about. I understand the roster increases to 28 on September 1. I, like others I suspect, agree with a limit but think 28 is too low. Say 32 or something. Anyway, I recall one of the FO guys talking about it on a broadcast and referenced the changing of the roster with players scratched somewhat like hockey. Is that a roster for every game? Or maybe every series? If it is every game, the roster would still increase to 40, you would only have 28 of them dressed and in the dugout for each game. The other up to 12 would be in the press box? Has anyone seen the details of this or are we all grasping straws?
  25. rdehring
    Rendon is an excellent young player who just saw his value go up in the Series. But $33mm a year, no. And for 8 years, no way. Very few clubs can, or should, make that type of an investment in any one player. Expect Odorizzi is gonna cost more than $12mm per year for 3 years. Would love seeing Wheeler join a rotation with Berrios and Odor.
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