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The whole thing with Slama is confusing but he was already old. He doesn't exactly strengthen the 'if Trout was a Twin he would still be in High A' argument.

Isn't the whole 'Twins don't promote young players' schtick getting old? The Twins have had very few young players that have actually deserved midseason promotions in the last decade. I've asked before but nobody has come up with a good list of players that were undeservedly held back in the low minors. It will be interesting to see how many HR's Kepler can hit. Early scouting reports had him to getting a lot of loft on the ball and projected him as a GB/LD hitter. I kind of compared him as a lesser Joe Mauer except that he'll player in a corner OF spot.

The problem is that this nonsense from him has popped up regarding nearly every prospect this winter. Berrios should absolutely be in Ft Myers this year. Rosario is MLB ready offensively right now. I can't remember all of his exact quotes but these are just a few of the other examples. Not only allowing him to post this crap but allowing him to write articles is sinking the credibility of this site. That sucks because this is becoming a very popular site. I also believe that I only attacked the analysis and never made a personal comment while showing substantial research and facts regarding how poor the analysis was. The thread did turn a little ugly but mnfanforlife has been dishing out just as much crap as anyone else in this thread and he acts innocent. This is completely uncalled for by someone complaining about people attacking him. hundreds of decent people?

I eat before the game and only get a drink if I need to at the game. Carrying snacks in works also. I find it hard to applaud Cleveland for anything. They lowered the price of a hot dog from an outrageous $4 to a still outrageous $3. it's a fricken hot dog.

I clearly stated this in response to CDog on page 2 and yet you continued to argue.

It's strange that seem to be aware of this yet think that he could handle the MLB offensively this year. If you continue to post nonsense you should expect to be called on it. Rosario would get absolutely destroyed against MLB pitching right now. Not even his bat is ready. It would be absolutely depressing to watch Rosario in the MLB this year.

I'll take the option where the Twins can have for 6.9 years (or 6.8 or 6.7) and the option to try to sign him to an extension buying out an additional if he earns it. The Twins haven't had many prospects as good as Gibson when getting called up in the last decade. I think gibson is going to stick in the majors for good when he gets called up. Hicks might need another go in the minors though. Unless an injury occurs I'm okay rolling with Diamond, Worley, Pelfrey, Correia and Hendriks and allowing gibson to be that guy that replaces the ineffective/injured one in May.

I don't even bother trying to predict lucky or unlucky seasons. Pretty much every hitter in the MLB aside butera, Dunn, Uggla and similar is capable of hitting .290. I see Hicks as a .260's hitter and would allow for a +/- 30-40 pt swing in peak lucky/unlucky BA's making it possible for him to hit anywhere from .230-.300 in any given season. Because that huge range I dislike bothering with peak projections. I'm significantly more interested in what a hitter is going to do each season.

-The scouts are mostly saying that he only has gap power (10-15 HR's and a lot of doubles) despite his great numbers so far. I will be watching very closely to see if he puts on a show in the FSL to prove them wrong. I also own him in my fantasy league...

Continue to cling to the player development exception instead of the norm. And again Torii Hunter isn't a .300 hitter because he did it (almost did it) twice in a 15 yr career. Players have lucky seasons all the time and Hunter had a .389 BAPIP (really lucky) last year. Do you also consider Kubel a .300 hitter?

I'll still pick Mauer. Maybe in a year I would pick Sano, Buxton, Meyer, Hicks or Arcia but right now there are too many question marks regarding them.

Definitely like the guy. I really hope that he gets 250 PA's every season as a reserve. I really hope he doesn't 600 PA's as a starter. I also really liked Nick Punto but people ragged on him because he was a starter out of necessity. In a different role he would have been liked much more. the same will likely be true of Mastro.

Perhaps there are special rules for Baby Jesus. Pretty awesome news though for him. And kind of perfect for the face of the franchise.

tbh - I really don't care about Parmelee's defense. I expect it to be somewhere between bad and awful in the OF and I expect a spot to open up at DH/1B by the trade deadline. Someone will be traded or injured by then. What I do care about is his bat. He needs to be in the .775-.800 OPS range to have any value as a starter. He has shown progress in the last 3 seasons cutting down on the K's and then adding the power back in but he still needs to do it at the MLB level.

I'm kind of thinking we should start a private FB group to take these discussions off here. I think I'm headed towards multiple suspensions in the future here because this place is overrun by idiots. Either that or I simply stop coming here.

If you'll notice that Hunter's 7pt BA improvement is a far cry from the 20 pt improvement that you projected by Hicks. Additionally there are dozens of examples where BA's fell by 10-30 pts. It's not like I cherry picked these examples to make my argument. If I had I wouldn't have included Hunter even though I knew you would latch onto the Hicks-Hunter without acknowledging just how rare it is for someone to do what Hunter did. Your analysis and projections continue to focus on the very unlikely scenarios while others live in a world of reality. Actually I did cherry pick the examples. I only included those that succeeded at the MLB level. That list would look far worse if I included the Restovich's and other AAA flameouts. Nobody is defending me. they are simply agreeing that your projections, analysis and thoughts are not very good.

I made my roster cuts today. Now I'm ready for an uneventful draft after the first picks.

I'm realistic in my expectations so I don't get disappointed.

The reason it bothers me is that a lot of people read the site and when they start seeing projections like this then they start believing that Hicks can be that type of player. And then they are disappointed when Hicks is hitting .265 with 14 HR's. He's a damn good player if he does that.

Based on your projections I think everyone is an elite prospect.

I now understand your comment. Ceiling doesn't equal Best season. Ceiling is what kind of player the prospect becomes for his career (or at least his 5 yr peak).

Why would I be interested in BEST MLB season? If I'm projecting someone then I'm projecting what you can expect him to do EVERY season and not just one flukey high BAPIP season. Hicks has .260's (or maybe even .250's) hitter written all over him. Luckily he walks a lot, plays great defense and has some (not 25 HR) power. Putting up a .700-.750 OPS with good CF defense is a very valuable player. Putting up mnfanforlife's numbers not only make him an all star but he's also an MVP candidate. That's how ridiculous those numbers are for a player of Hicks' track record.

Really? There is a huge difference between A+ and MLB. Rosario would get destroyed at the MLB level and I think he's actually a really good prospect.

Stuifbergen is definitely not in Twins camp like you say. I chatted with him for a minute last weekend at a WBC warm up game in Taiwan. I was hoping to see him pitch but no dice. I also saw Blyleven but barely. He was in the 'get to the bus as fast as possible' mood. After all there was a mob of at least 20 Taiwanese that he had to plow through and it's likely that none of them had any idea who he was.

So what's everyone think of the extremely lightweight Lake Show T-shirt material? I like the appearance but I'm not sure if there is enough shirt there to last for awhile. The red '91 T-shirt material feels perfect.