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  1. Monkeypaws
    Dump Sano - the guy is in his prime at 28-29 going into 2022, and as been posted, is a debit on the value chart. Donaldson, Kiriloff, and Miranda can find enough to share at 1B, 3B, DH.
  2. Monkeypaws
    Varland is a feel-good story to be sure. However, he was 1.1 years over average age in Florida, and only 0.3 below average age in Cedar Rapids. In fact he's almost a year older than Balazovic, who was competing in AA, at -2.7 years younger than average. JB is a full year younger than teammate Sands, nearly a year younger than Gipson-Long. I suppose this award is a pure comparison of raw numbers, and so Varland is deserving. However more than holding your own against significantly older competition is as impressive to me, especially at AA.
  3. Monkeypaws
    Think it's safe to pencil Ober in the 2022 rotation. Fun to see Buxton take his draft mate deep. Boy that was a draft: Buxton, Berrios, Duffey, Rogers, and although the Twins cut him loose, Chargois.
  4. Monkeypaws
    Betsy's piece sent me here as well. Very happy for Drew. Sitting in a major league dugout in a major league stadium, playing on a major league diamond against the best, if he were British he'd be "chuffed to bits." At the least he'll be able to show his grandkids, should he have any, his Twins MLB jersey, the ball that was his first hit, etc. : trophies beyond compare for us fans.
  5. Monkeypaws
    I saw comments recently about what a bust Sabato is. I think that .948 OPS in Cedar Rapids begs to differ. He does fan a lot, but he takes a lot of walks as well, and the power....
  6. Monkeypaws
    Positive September results for a last place team are welcome. So often they are but flashes in the pan though. Just a year ago we were all excited about Rooker, who is now featured in this year's "lowlights."
  7. Monkeypaws
    I also value the .300 hitter - however, the game is changing. Guess how many guys are hitting .300 as of today? 13, and only 5 over .310, topping out at Marte's ,320 I was shocked to learn a while back that the Twins .241 team BA puts them at 14th in MLB: better than the Padres, Dodgers, Yankees, Brewers, I guess good pitching is the key today. The Twins do rank well in HRs, SLG, OPS, so I think its clear where the problem lies. 4th worst team ERA. 2nd most gopher balls allowed, 8th fewest Ks, 7th worst BA against.
  8. Monkeypaws
    Rocco gets win 200, and the Twins top 200 homers for the season, 4th in the majors with 201.
  9. Monkeypaws
    Simmons was signed for his defense, and he stands at 1.8 dWAR at the moment, which is far from awful.
  10. Monkeypaws
    This year's trade deadline caught me on a all-time low interest in sports in general. My interest is slowly rekindling, and I took a closer look at Gant yesterday and liked what I saw. Did the same for Ryan and was amazed at his minor league career. Respectable 1st year in lower A : 3.72 ERA, 36 IP, 26H, 14 BB, 51K Phenomenal 2nd year covering 3 levels A- up to AA: 1.96 ERA, 123 IP, 77H, 27BB, 183K. Wow stuff. This year in AAA, 3.41 ERA, 66 IP, 40H, 12BB, 92K. You all have probably been over this before. but the low hits and walks allowed and many Ks per innings pitched are really stand out indicators that this guy can be an MLB pitcher.
  11. Monkeypaws
    It is totally debatable. Winning a division is nice, but if your playoff run is short, big deal. Graterol is becoming an effective MLB pitcher and just turned 23, and throws 100 mph. He's just a few weeks older than Balazovic, and we all have hopes of future development from him, no? I think Graterol has the potential to develop into top line stuff. Not saying the Twins lost the trade, yet, but 1 oddball year of covid success might seem pretty irrelevant if Graterol puts it together down the road.
  12. Monkeypaws
    I got to see him a couple weeks ago in Iowa. Sitting down near home plate, he got a lot of swings and misses. He looks very sturdy and athletic on the mound. The defense let him down and he gave up a couple home runs, but after 5 innings, I thought at the least the Twins has a bullpen candidate in Gross.
  13. Monkeypaws
    Too bad about Thorpe - he looked poised for greatness in the early days, power lefty.
  14. Monkeypaws
    Taking away pressure and expectations can do that sometimes. Even better, maybe they have a chip on their shoulders.
  15. Monkeypaws
    I was in Cedar Rapids the last 2 nights. Varland and Gross really pop the catcher's mitt. On a side note, the woman I ended up sitting next to and talking baseball with was Matt Wallner's grandma.
  16. Monkeypaws
    Tough to call trading your best hitter by a mile, and your best pitcher by a mile a win. However, given Cruz is in his 40s, and Berrios looked kind of set on leaving after next year, tough to dislike the return on those trades. Still hope to keep Buxton, got a decent core, Kepler, Polanco, the catchers, Donaldson. They are a few pitchers away from at least .500 ball. Won't miss Happ or Robles. Glad it wasn't a fire sale. So I think the front office did a nice job of gaining assets at the expense of the best but short term players on the team, while keeping a core to rebuild around. B
  17. Monkeypaws
    Get yer vaccines dammit. Florida just set a state record for new cases today with 21,000+
  18. Monkeypaws
    This is a good old-fashioned win-win trade. Both teams come away happy.
  19. Monkeypaws
    I guess I love the DH after all, because we got to enjoy 2 of the classiest guys in baseball because of it in the Target Field era, Jim Thome and Nelson Cruz. Gonna miss Cruz: loved the night someone gave everybody robes, and his became the regal cape in the dugout after runs scored. Also loved the routine he had with Sano. Losing Rosario in the offseason, now Cruz, the Twins have zero swagger about them, except maybe Donaldson.
  20. Monkeypaws
    I always enjoy watching guys who need to "pitch" to be successful, especially lefties.
  21. Monkeypaws
    Are there conditions for signing undrafted free agents, like how much money you can throw at them?
  22. Monkeypaws
    Here's what Seth Johnson had to say" Sounds like luck of the draw.
  23. Monkeypaws
    MLB draft is kind of like opening a new soda because the last one went flat. We get excited because they managed to manipulate the bonuses and eventually sign Will Holland and Willie Jo Gary, which seemed big at the time, but it has gone stale. P****TT! Fresh bubbles.
  24. Monkeypaws
    If none of Balazovic, Duran, Canterino, Enlow, or Sands pan out, I quit!
  25. Monkeypaws
    Man, some sad batting averages in Fort Myers: Urbina: 194 Sabato: 188 Holland: 171 Garry Jr: 171 OTOH Julien looks amazing: .315 BA, .985 OPS, 16 steals. was he not a guy who dropped and the Twins took a flier on him and managed to sign him?
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