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  1. rdehring
    Was excited to see you have Rortvedt in your Top 15. Have been a believer for a couple years that he will be the Twins main catcher for much of the next decade. Will be interesting to see if the G'men can get their careers back on track after last year's blips.
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    I really like the above group of players, Seth. Wouldn't shock me if well more than half got at least a cup of coffee with a third or more having nice major league careers. If these guys are all outside the Top 20, this has to be the deepest the system has been...at least in my memory. Expect a lot of this is due to last summers trades. How many guys in the Top 20 were added last July?
  3. rdehring
    Do you remember watching Duffey pitch the first month or so he was with the Twins a couple years ago? I recall a game he started in Houston where he was unhittable. Remember thinking he could tell the hitter he was throwing his 12-6 curve and they still couldn't handle it. Maybe some within the organization are thinking this new staff just may help him find what he once had?
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    I have been thinking the same thing. Kept expecting Granite to be the one gone. After carrying only 14 position players much of last year, are they going to try to stay around 20/20 this year?
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    Thanks for reminding us about Helman, who I have forgotten about. What a season, career so far including college. Would agree he belongs in this group.
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    What a pleasant surprise that Law has Balazovic so high. Found it unfortunate that Graterol contracted Berrios disease. Am I correct that by not mentioning Rortvedt, he is in your Top 20? As for catchers, I would have Jeffers in this group as I don't see him as a Top 20 guy. I have been down on Stewart for a couple years, thinking he was over rated in previous year's Top 20's. But I was impressed with the progress he showed us last September and believe he should now be at least a Top 20 pitcher. Expect he will start the season in Rochester, but can see him getting regular innings with the Twins by year end and beyond. Also don't know where to put Arraez. Got a feeling if Schoop lands on the DL, we are going to see Arraez in a Twins uniform at second base. Wouldn't be surprised one bit if it leads to him being their lead off hitter come 2020. Looking at this group, man the system is deep, deep, deep!
  7. rdehring
    If everyone hits the number of home runs management is paying for, they easily are in the 225-240 range. Catchers (Garver/Castro)-15, Cruz-35, Cron-25, Schoop-25, Polanco-15, Sano-40, Rosario-25, Buxton-15, and Kepler-25. That's 220. Add 15 from the bench (mostly Cave) and you are at 235. Are all these career years, a few yes...most good years but not career. Granted, this puts each player on the team hitting what we should expect from them. But it also doesn't include someone coming up and doing what Cave/Austin did last year if one of the above is injured or doesn't perform. Now if Sano doesn't play like he has been expected to for several years, then it is less likely to get to 225+...or impossible. But if Sano doesn't have a good year, we are all gonna be talking about something else come summer anyway. But it is almost the first of February, isn't now when we are supposed to be positive about the coming season?
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    Yup. But shouldn't we expect 100 home runs from Sano, Cruz and Cron? I will be disappointed if they don't hit that many.
  9. rdehring
    Over two months to go until opening day, guys. Lots of time to get one or two of these players extended....Berrios, Gibson, Rosario. Will I be disappointed if no one gets extended, yes. Do I think it will be a mistake for the Twins, yes. Will that disappointment change my excitement for this team, no. Damn, I wish I could be going to south Florida next week.
  10. rdehring
    Am happy with the team going into spring training? For the most part, yes. Would I like to see some improvement before opening day, yes. But that improvement may come from one or two of those young players forcing themselves onto the team. For that reason, I have no problem with the guys reporting in two weeks. The fact they are costing about $100,000,000 rather than thirty or fifty percent more means nothing to me. Matter of fact I believe it is to their advantage that it isn't a higher payroll. Because it isn't, they are in great position to spend some dollars this spring extending a couple players and/or adding someone via trade during spring training if a couple of the young studs don't demand an OD roster spot.
  11. rdehring
    I have been waiting for someone to do a poll as to how many home runs the Twins will hit this year. Or maybe an over/under poll. Personally, I put the number of home runs somewhere between 225 and 240.
  12. rdehring
    Thank you, Nick, for a rational review of what is happening this winter. Was a pleasure to read it.
  13. rdehring
    You lost me. Are you saying Enlow is a Canadian? I think he is from Louisiana. They did get a couple Canadian's lately, Balazovic and Leach.
  14. rdehring
    Can we all sit back and wait until the season starts to bash the FO for what they did, or didn't do. Heck, last year they signed most of their big signees during spring training. And didn't they also complete their biggest trade (Odorizzi) during spring training? As for all the talk about what their payroll should be and how much the Pohlads make, none of you know what you speak of unless you have seen their financial statements. And I am guessing that none of you have. All the reports you hear are hearsay, even if the person making it maintains he/she did see their financials. For some of us, this constant bashing of everything management is doing gets very old.
  15. rdehring
    I couldn't believe it when I saw another Machado article for everyone to beat to death. Personally, I don't want Machado on my team.
  16. rdehring
    Was talking about the other Reed, the outfielder.
  17. rdehring
    So if he makes it to Labor Day or a few days more he gets $3.2mm. Interesting way of adding incentives. I don't recall seeing this type of bonus structure. Does anyone recall seeing this with the Twins? Now the question is who will be departing. Will it be another reliever? Or Granite/Reed?
  18. rdehring
    I don't see it that way. Romero is limited to every 5th day, but with the other 6 guys they have a 7 man bullpen (12 man staff + 13 position players). The other 6 only need to cover the other four starters. If those four starters average more than 6 innings each start (Berrios and Gibson at 7+ with Odorizzi and Pineda at 5+), they would pitch about 12 innings every time thru the rotation (4 of 5 games). That works out to 2 innings every 5 games for the 6 other guys in the pen...or about 64 innings for the season. Now no manager will have them all pitching the same and there are a few extra inning games, but that would be a light load for the pen.
  19. rdehring
    I like Mejia as #5. But rather than using an opener, why not give the bullpen the day off and stack Romero with him. Let Mejia go 4-5 and bring in Romero to close the game with another 4-5. Would keep Romero's innings down to say 130-140 which works with previous year's work loads.
  20. rdehring
    Expect that at least three of the guys you have in the lineup, Cody, will burn out on their way to the Twins or for various reasons be gone. Expect there is a good chance Austin will be gone by opening day. I like following minor league guys as much as anyone. But I don't see the Twins having a roster in 2022 that is made up almost entirely of players with three or less years experience. Gotta believe that more than Buxton from the current young core (Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Sano, and Polanco) will be with the team in three short years.
  21. rdehring
    Don't know what I was thinking, or not thinking, when I read that Seth. Guess was having a senior moment. Thanks for clarifying what I should have known!
  22. rdehring
    Agree Seth, that it makes a ton of sense to extend Gibson, Rosario and May. Would like to see Rosario extended at least three years with a team option that vests under XYZ. Everyone keeps writing articles about how the Twins must spend a lot more money. I don't understand that logic if they can field the team THEY WANT TO for less dollars. Anyway, getting these three under contract for the next 3-4 years makes a ton of sense, at least to me. Have a question about Buxton, Seth. If he has 2.160 years service time, what was all the hoopla about last fall? Another 30 days would put him at 2.460. Maybe that makes him a super-2, but doesn't change when he can become a free agent. What am I missing?
  23. rdehring
    Maybe it is wishful thinking, but doesn't Sano look smaller than last spring? I expect you are right and Astudillo begins the year in Rochester. Is the #13 player in my book and expect the Twins will open the season with only 12 players. Will be good to be in Rochester where he can play every day. But I really hope we see a lot of him over the summer...could easily become one of my favorite Twins.
  24. rdehring
    The only negative I see is that he is 33 years old. Will he be 34 by opening day? But that probably helps getting him signed to a 2 year contract, ala Reed. Speaking of Reed, real good chance that one of the two has a good year as the Twins closer. If both pitch as hoped for...look out Central Division!
  25. rdehring
    I can't remember, did that starting rotation look as bad five years ago as it does today? Questionable if most of those guys could start for Rochester this summer. Aren't most extensions done around the time both sides are going to their arbitration hearing? If Gibson is going to be extended, I hope he is, I expect that is when it will happen. Expect the others, Rosario and Berrios, could come shortly before spring training starts. Lots of other things to do right now, like get at least one late inning reliever.
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