clutterheart

What am I missing here? Last 15 Games .193/.288/.596 Last 30 games .248/.328/.578 A good slugging % does not = productive What? There are at least 10 rookies who are having better numbers than Kepler We all like Kepler, but...come on, lets be realistic...He is hitting some homers and thats cool, but he has a ways to go.

Any idea if 2016 picks Balazovic & Benninghoff will pitch this year?

Too many conspiracy theories here. wins stunk this year. Twins had to fire someone. The owner likes Moliter and doesn't want a coaching carousel, so Ryan is gone while Moliter stays. Pretty simple.

Cabbage has 15 strike outs in 10 games. That can't be good.

Gordon has 17 errors now. He is still really young for his league, with a good Batting Average, and decent OB% his walks and SO are not terrible and he has no power - and if he starts developing power we will start to worry about PED's like his brother. I dunno. Im still high on him. I still think he is a a top 3-5 prospect in the system. Scouts still think he can play SS. But…there are some red flags that are starting to creep up.

Disagree. This is the real Suzuki. He has a few hot weeks, a few OK weeks, a few really stinky weeks. In the end he is a catcher who is not good, but not terrible and can play a lot of innings. Some teams value that. But I highly doubt this is a sell high moment on Suzuki. Every GM would know what they are getting with him.

I would really disagree with this. Ryan is decent at low risk/medium reward type of deals.He is not good at long term planning. Example: long term deals with pitchers

This job is Ryan's for as long as he wants it. Ryan's has to know that his legacy is trashed so he will probably want a few more years to try and turn this around before he slinks out the door.

"Pos-i-Tive?" What is the word doing on Twins daily?

Oh god...that would be....very bad

I wanted to vote before I read your votes and I just went from my memory of these players as I couldn't be bother to look up stats 1B Colabello - He killed AAA pitching turns out he was juiced but.. whatever 2B - Beresford I am hoping he gets added to the 40 man and given some shots this year. He deserves it SS - Bernier - classic AAA guy. Glad he got a few shots in the majors too 3B - Tiffee he was with them for a while and did well C - Fryer OF Restovich, Kubel, Span - Span saved his career in Rochester, a great story & Restovich was a AAAA all star SP Liriano, Slowey, Hendriks, Bonser & Albers - Albers 2013 season was amazing. His out of nowhere success gave a starved fanbase hope for 4-5 starts RP - Neshek & Slama - Slama dominated Dh - Ruiz This was the position I was least familiar with U - Dinkelman - Despite his funny name he had sustained success there.

I can't stop looking at Zach Granite's stats. Man. Young for his league, good speed,good k rates, good OB%, all he needs now is power...He is overcoming his bad April and keeps getting better. He should be at AAA next year and could be a Sept 2017 call up. I can't think of a prospect at AA/AAA who has improved his stock more than him.

Hated the Jepsen trade at the time. But in the end it was an OK trade. Twins got what they needed - seats in the stadium, interest in the team raised and hope in the fan base.

I think July 15 is the deadline. So we should know soon

Im no fan of the Twins FO but im not going to rip them for projections. Lets wait and see.

Two Promotions that need to happen: Luis Arraez needs to be at Fort Myers, Tanner Witt and Alex Perez should not be blocking him. Challenge the kid! Felix Jorge should be at AA. He needs to be added to the 40 man this offseason so they might as well get him going now.

Scarcity might be an advantage here. With this new playoff format, lots of teams still think they are in it. That means they won't be dumping capable starters and guys like Santana could be desired. Nobody is getting Santana as an ace, but getting him as 3-5 guy makes a lot sense for a team like Boston/Baltimore who have a good offense but some open rotation spots. Now can Ryan take advantage and get a good trade done quick before those team find replacements? I am not sure....

For a while now we have heard that Gonsalves' stats were better than his "stuff." If that is true we should expect him to struggle in AA until he figures it out.

Is Balazovic just waiting until the Twins have signed everyone they are going to sign and then he is going to try and get all of their remaining money? If so, that is a smart strategy - assuming that he wouldn't mind going to college if the Twins can't hit his number.

I think fans need to change their expectations to as what a player like Dozier could return. Dozier is probably in the range of the best 5 - 10 second basemen in the majors. 2B is not a real "value position" so I would expect the return on Dozier would be a C+ - B level AA prospect. (from the Sickels scale)

Very surprised that Cabbage isn't on this roster (and surprised Blankenhorn is on this roster) In 2015 they drafted 5 of the top 150 players. 1 year later, only 1 is above Rookie level ball. Just glancing around guys who were picked around them, they look behind their peers.

Gordon hasn't played in abit. Did he get injured at the all star game?

Why do people think Balazovic gets signed? We all would like it but I would expect his signing would have to be well over slot.

Who has "earned" playing time? Park? Nolasco? Santana? Look. lots of people are over the top here. Its not likely he becomes a serviceable player. But its a bad move for a last placed team to cut young players at the expense of old players

It would be an interesting experiment if season ticket holders asked for a refund. Not a publicity stunt via twitter or something stupid like that, but simply started submitted letters Andy Dufresne style.