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  1. gunnarthor
    Even with some modest savings, I suspect today will be pretty boring and include a few senior (cheap) signings. They don't have enough to nab a guy like Rocker but they might have enough banked to sign a few guys tomorrow in the 200-250k range. Anyone know who the top talents from Puerto Rico are? The Twins have taken a number of guys from there over the last few years.
  2. gunnarthor
    After day one last year, I was a whiny little bitch. So I'll hold off until we see what they do today. But they don't have a couple picks they could/should've had so I'm not sure what we're going to see. I think this draft is going to be more like the 2015 draft where we took Tyler Jay early, didn't have a second round pick, didn't sign our next pick and then used some money to get guys like Blankenhorn, Kendrick and Cabbage. I don't see an Enlow happening this year. Working on the edges isn't horrible but it's certainly not going to be as sexy as last year or the 2016 draft (which I still think will rival 2012). Getting a few extra 3rd/4th round types is probably what's going to happen.
  3. gunnarthor
    Well, I mean. OK. Not really where I thought we were going there. I guess we'll see if a Larnach/Lewis/Kiriloff OF does better than the Rosario/Buxton/Kepler one.
  4. gunnarthor
    He might be another Tyler Jay.
  5. gunnarthor
    Kowar.
  6. gunnarthor
    Well, this means one of Kowar and McClannahan will be there for us. College arms that could/should move fairly quickly.
  7. gunnarthor
    Big question is would we actually pick them?
  8. gunnarthor
    Yep, and there are some exciting non-pitchers as well - Gorman and Turang.
  9. gunnarthor
    I mean, we're pretty close to getting someone nice dropping to us. The question then comes, do the Twins nab a guy who wanted top 10 money? I hope we do.
  10. gunnarthor
    Can't imagine he falls to us but, at a certain point, teams probably are confused on why he's still on the board.
  11. gunnarthor
    Just drop another 15 spots!
  12. gunnarthor
    Apparently I was ok with the pick.
  13. gunnarthor
    Agreed completely. A college pitcher might also get up here quicker (not that that should be the deciding factor) and be part of the Lewis/Kiriloff wave.
  14. gunnarthor
    Want Kowar or Rocker, if possible.
  15. gunnarthor
    Changing subjects, anyone see the ending of the The Americans? One of my favorite shows and it had a strong ending, although not the one I wanted them to have.
  16. gunnarthor
    His babip is .357. He's striking out too much
  17. gunnarthor
    I agree with most of that but I'd point out that most players of his ability get some kind of insurance before they go to college to offset some of that risk. But our #20 pick is worth 3.1m and I'm sure the Twins could probably get that up toward 4m if they really had to. My guess is that they don't overpay since they lost two picks already but they could.
  18. gunnarthor
    I'd pay, assuming I could use the Pohlads money. Of all the prep arms, I think he's the one that's gonna end up being the best one.
  19. gunnarthor
    None of our starters is top ten in fWAR, bWAR, ip or era. On the hitting side, Mauer is 4th in OBP but hurt. Kepler and Rosario are both in the top 10 in doubles and Rosario is top 10 in fWAR among OFers. Frankly, after the top 4, the rest are all bunched together. You could make a claim that he's the fifth best OFer in the AL without looking too stupid (or tenth best). Given that he gives the AL a LH bench bat/pinch runner, I think he'll be the pick.
  20. gunnarthor
    Yep, sometimes pointing and saying we won't tolerate that kind of talk is the best thing we can do. The people spouting that nonsense are probably beyond saving but others aren't.
  21. gunnarthor
    I certainly wasn't as down on him as you were but I thought he'd need more time to get his hitting back on track. Really impressive season so far.
  22. gunnarthor
    I'd imagine he'll be up fairly soon, actually.
  23. gunnarthor
    Agreed. Really hoping Rocker or Kowar drop to us.
  24. gunnarthor
    We'll see if the Pohlads will spend it. They've been a pretty low payroll team for quite some time. Even the modest investments they made - as a playoff team - didn't move them up the payroll that much if you compare it to other teams. I believe we're 18th in payroll to start the year after being 21st last year.
  25. gunnarthor
    Ugh. Not sure what to do at this point but something should be done. This season is going to fall apart soon, if it hasn't already.
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