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At this point, the 2019 Twins are 100% Based on rebounds from players to their 2017 forms. In order to have a successful club this yr. Gibson , Rosario and maybe Berrios May are some examples that we're great in '18... But nearly everyone else, including the newcomers need to go back in time. I have the White Sox 2nd in division right now: Cleveland 89-73 Chicago. 84-78 Minnesota 82-80 Detroit. 75-87 K.c. 72-90 Dylan Cease and Eloy Jimenez are unfathomably good young players that can take the Rodons, Nova's and Erv Santana's to next level... Kopech could help them Late season as well... Also Chicago probably has best bullpen in division. If healthy , fairly easily.

My Twins' list 1) Lewis (@-) 2) Romero (B+) 3) Gordon ( 4) Gonsalves ( 5) Javier. (B-) 6) Kirilloff (B-) 7) Rooker (b-) 8) Graterol (b-) 9) Jay. (b-/ C+) 10) Wade. (high floor) 11) Enlow. (C++) 12) Thorpe (C+) 55 13) Badoo (C+) 55 14) Littell (C+) 55 15) Diaz. (C+) 50 16) Blankenhorn c+ 17) Jorge. c+ 18 thru 25 Arraez, Garver , Bechtold , Pearson, Stewart , T. Watson , J. Miranda , J. Curtiss.

Indians got all world hitter 1b/dh type Yonder Alonso and we got Swiss cheese Logan Morrison. Cleveland being aggressive in FA and us waiting around was a Huge Loss for us in that regard (but only in this case)

I Really hope Logan Morrison proves me wrong. But I've Never Liked his Swiss Cheese Bat. He's a Swiss army knife in the worst way. There are more holes in his bat than a mouse bitten piece of stinky Swiss Cheese... As a Mariner and even a T.B. Ray last year I loved when our pitchers got to face him... Easy out or K. Maybe a long long foul ball once in a while. Kenny's Vargas should be getting these AB's fairly soon if Lo Mo or LoL Mo can't at least start drawing walks like he's supposed to be doing. Hack away LoMo but not 3 + times a game.

Good read , and I agree 2+ years ago I was unsure , even upset we chose Castro vs K. Suzuki , Wilson Ramos ECT ( who were FA's). However , I can say the Front Office was proven Right . Castro has dynamically improven the pitching staff vs Kurt Suzuki , Mike Redmond , Ryan Doumit yrs. I'd rank mlb catchers as follows: 1) Posey. 2) J.t. Realmuto 3) Sal Perez 4) Gary Sanchez 5) Wilson Contreras 6) Yad Molina 7) Jon Lucroy 8) Wilson Ramos 9) Brian McCann 10) Yaz Grandal After that Jason Castro is right there with guys like Gomes, Avila, Zunino, Vogt , Cervelli & the FA the Chi Six signed..

If Vargas had 600 AB's like Lo Mo had last year . I bet he'd hit 30+ bombs too and you would think his batting average would be a bit better than Morrison's .245 ish but Looks lo Mo has more speed and a better OB %

Mine: Catchers : Castro, Garver (2) Infielders: Mauer, Morrison, Dozier , Polanco , Sano , Escobar, Aybar , Vargas. (8) Outfielders: (4) Rosie, Buck yeah , Mad Max , Rob Grossman Pitchers: (11) Berrios, Odorizzi , Lynn, Gibson Rodney, Reed , Rogers , Pressly , Duke , Kinley or Duffey* , Hughes. Hildenberger in AAA , erv santana, t. may, m. Pineda on DL

7 Relievers w/ Hughes as the long-man. *** Hildenberger*** starting yr. off as 8th inning set-up guy for AAA Rochester . (prob just April and maybe May)

My prediction Catchers: Castro , Wilson (2) Infielders: Mauer, Morrison, Vargas, Dozier, Polanco , Escobar , Sano , Aybar. (8) Outfielders: Rosie, Buck Ya , Max Robbie Grossman (4) Pitchers SP : Berrios, Odorizzi, Lynn, Gibson (4) Relievers : Rodney, Pressly , Reed , Duke , Rogers , Kinley , Hughes Top AAA options : Garver , Ehire Adrianza , Nick Gordon , Zach Granite , Curtiss, Slegers ,May , Gonsalves , Romero, Moya , Reed.

Can't judge anything untill 2021 or 2022 about the '17 draft + Pearson and Banuelos

Great trade . stuff Wise Odorizzi reminds me of Brad Radke... Odorizzi is what I thought Kevin Slowey would have become. Odorizzi to me, is a #2 or legit #3. Starter... Those that try to knock him down to a #4 or even a strong #5. Don't know what the heck they're talking about. Try facing Yankees, Red Sox , Orioles and Blie Jay's lineups / hitters ~ 65 times a year in which probably 10 or 11 of Odo's starts were against

This trade shows that teams value top prospects and players of Youth at an all-time high and put a premium on them as opposed to simply going out and signing a player via FA to a contract to maybe fill a short term void. Add in the fact Palacios who I'm sure mlb.com or mlbpipeline (Mayo , Manuel , Callis) would have ranked inside the Twins top 15 or so prospects... (Updated list to be released next week) AND is a Short-Stop. Makes Palacios a bigger value add to a small market team like the Rays than initially meets the eye. The other interesting part is the Rays Just recently signed Int. F.A. Wander Franco away from us who also is a young SS. - A Prospect with a higher cieling than Wander Javier.

Or simply put, the twins like Landon Leach's young fresh arm and Rookers senior polished bat a bit more than Sam Carlson and his 'unique' but hardly repeatable delivery Carrlson could be the next Alex Meyer or just as easily Daniel moskos.

* Byron's pinkie finger is covering handle of bat =. Not good.

Pretty ridiculous assessment. Max Kepler is no cf he's a rf, 1b type who at best would struggle in lf. Cf is a once a month play at best. What I want to see is Byron Buxton choke up on the bat! If Byron does that the swing path isn't as long and time consuming as it is now . Currently. His left hand bottom hand is ponkie finger and some palm over or on-line of the handle of the bat!!!! How ridiculous is that? Especially w 2 strikes on him. Come on James Rowson plz correct this!!¡ Ty. Good for. Buxton choke up!!!! Look at bryzzo. They choke up 1/2 the bat. Buxton doesn't need to hit it 400 ft ever. Ty.

Ohh yeah, and absolutely Tonkin too He's never been any good in the Major Leagues at ANY point.

I'd Drop Buddy Boshers from the 40 man and possibly whoever loses out between C's J.R. Murphy and Chris Giminez that opens up 2 spots....one of which could go to a young arm like (jay) or maybe even Byung Ho Park Keep O'Rourke over Boshers....

i'm predicting Mauer to register a mere 415- to 445 AB's this year my prediction of his Triple slash? .253/.339 / .412 thats a far cry from the Joe Mauer than was one of the games 5 or 10 best players year in and year out. It begs the question the year he hit 28 hr's ect. was he using substances? i know it sounds absolutely bat-**** crazy but i'm 50/50 on Mauer using PED's that one or 2 year power run he had.

Love it I think that is close to spot on.! Great job awesome rankings

I"m leaning Faedo , Greene, Bukauskakas and then maybe some bat, possibly Kendall jumps out. Its early way early. A lot will change

Red Sox sure fooled us (all*) again -on Pat Light. The guy was smoke and mirrors, he doesn't have what it takes to be anything more than a quad A reliever. never a chance as starter in the show, despite a strong Monmounth track record as a starter. 97 MPH or 94 anyway with little command = Not too impressive.

yeah i have Minier 20 spots lower , at around #40 Melotakis 1/2 a dozen spots lower, Stewart 1/2 a dozen spots higher, i agree with the young catcher in the late teens Roertvedt. Yscuar Ynoa at #20, im glad ur bullish on him, personally i'm fine with 25 or so.

Some of That is absolutely not true, all Twins wanted all along, after Buehler ect. were rebuffed. (essentially) was Brock Stewart or Willie Cahloun as the 2nd and (basically) final piece in the deal . The Dodgers CLEARLY were not willing to that deal per Heyman and several other sources. L.A. overvalued their own C+ & B- talents ..... CLEARLY unless of course you actually think Brock Stewart is a B+ level talent, b/c IMO simply he's not.

Logan Forsythe is 85- 95 % as good of a player Dozier is. plus what draws him nearly as worthy is that he is very flexible, he can play 3B. 2B. and 1B all well. I"m Loving we SAID NO to a straight up De Leon for Dozier Swap (even if a C or 2 C prospects were included) We simply wanted : Brock Stewart , and De Leon OR Will Calhoun and De Leon the dodgers said , No. Their loss not ours.

No, it may not be totally clear. But i can put 2 and 2 together . Anyone with any semblance of minor league prospects (me) knows if Brock Stewart~??!?!?!!?!??!!?!?!?? wasn't available as the 2nd PIECE than ABSOLUTELY not was either Bellinger, alvarez, calhoun, verdugo, Buehler ect. KUDOS to the Twins front office for not giving in to the nearly Pathetic low ball offer ...the overly prospective rich Dodgers are.