Darius

Exactly. Believe or not, the Twins have a pretty bad track record of developing players, especially power hitters. He just made a decision that he felt put him in the best position to be succesful.

Look at all of the s-eating grins in the Reds war room.

Lol, for crying out loud. They actually left Hunter Greene on the table. We'll look back on this amazement (in a bad way).

I don't think you can use the #1 pick base upon need. You take the player with the best chance of being a superstar. I'll be ticked if they use the #1 overall pick on a guy that's projected to be a #3 starter. Draft for talent and upside, and take the pocketbook out of mothballs and use it for once on a SP in the short-term.

I have a sneaking suspicion that they're not going to take who everyone expects (Wright or McKay). I just don't know how how you can justify taking one of those two with the #1 overall pick. The upside isn't there. It's got to be Greene or Lewis in my mind. I'd also consider Gore, but it sounds like he's out. I'm probably wrong, because Twins, but that's my two cents.

For those worried about Greene's injury risk causing them to lean Wright (which may or may not be warranted), something of note: Wright threw 130 pitches in less than 7 innings last night in the college World Series Super Regional (credit to Gleeman & the Geek). 130. Who knows how many other times that's happened during his Vandy career. Not only that, but he got pretty thoroughly knocked around. I still don't know how you can pass on this kid (Greene). Sure there's risk, but at some point you have to take one. Wright and McKay don't appear to be high-end pitchers, more like middle of the rotation types. You can get that type of guy at pick 35 and/or 37, which they also own (that's roughly where they picked up Berrios).

Good comparison, I like it. I think he could easily be better than Yelich in the future. I think the sky's the limit for this kid. He'll get stronger and hit for more power. I think the average will come up with experience. His defense could get even better. He's already a very nice player. It's tough to be a corner OF All-Star. I'm not sure he'll hit quite that much (some of those guys are 30-40 HR, 120 RBI, etc). But, I don't know if it's totally out of trouble question for him to put up the requisite stats to get there at some point.

What did I miss? What does Falvey have to do with Grossman? He was here when Falvey got here. Does this have something to do with the somewhat recent Twincities.com article that headlined, "Twins Falvey shows initiative, grit from the start"? Is he really getting some sort of credit for walking in the building and literally doing nothing that meaningfully affects the current makeup roster or coaching staff (other than signing Castro)? He should probably be chastised for the abominable bullpen, which has cost this team a semi-comfortable division cushion.

FSN has tired every possible Sano pun (if you can call it that) imagineable. Sano-doubt about this or that, let it Sano, etc. FSN has a team of a dozen writers (or maybe just one Blyleven hammered on Coors Light) up until the wee hours of every morning that have exhausted all options. Myself, I'll just stick with Sano...shortening (the purpose of nicknames) is unnecessary.

I don't know about disappointment and heartbreak when the standard is 90 losses, and everyone is pleasantly surprised and, frankly, fired up about a .500 team. Masochism, however, is spot on.

Gibson was sharp. They need him to keep pitching that from here on out of this team has a chance. I still like his stuff and think there's a chance he puts together and turns himself into a darn good middle of the rotation to back end starter. I mean, this isn't Phil Hughes or Santiago and their BP stuff we're talking about here. Everyone likes to talk like Gibson is a total bum. He has excellent stuff, just needs to tighten up the command, and he could potentially take off. When you're as talent strapped in the starting pitching department as this organization is, you need to keep running him out there. This team still needs to revamp its coaching staffs throughout the organization, IMO. All of the sudden Meyer is throwing fire again, and putting up very nice starts for the Angels. The Aaron Hicks thing speaks for itself (and on the other side of the coin, JR Murphy being relatively effective for the Yanks and being totally awful here). There is decades worth of evidence of this team totally lacking any sort of coaching/developmental skill. The point im trying to make here: Who knows where Gibson would be right now in a competent organization. I don't think he's the known commodity most seem to think he is.

This pitching staff is embarrassing. The difference between the current team, and a playoff contender this year, is the FO (more likely ownerships) unwillingness to fork out a few million bucks (5-10 million) to bring in some competent relievers. Extremely frustrating for loyal fans of this incompetent franchise, who have been waiting a decade to see good baseball, while shelling out their cash to support them. They had a prime opportunity to be a very good team this year....but penny pinching always comes first wth them, no matter who the GM is.

I'm not advocating a call up, I'll lead with that. But, it doesn't take a whole lot to be one of the best 5 pitchers in the organization right now. Guys like Hughes and Santiago are not MLB starting pitchers anymore. There are high schoolers out there with better stuff (and that may not even fit the standards of exaggeration). Mejia is looking good. Berrios is in the rotation for the rest of the year. Santana will likely regress hard, but isn't going anywhere. Outside of that, there, literally, is not another competent arm in the organization at this time (other than the one they have filling the 6th inning role right now - Duffey). Not sure how you can blame, for example, a season ticket holder who is also contributing hard-earned tax dollars to this perennial loser, for expecting a quality product. There is sound logic in thinking the current top 5 pitchers on a first place club should be in the rotation....no?

Nice job on the write-up. I'm hoping we'll see some trade recaps from you in a month and a half. After these pitching performances over the past couple of weeks, It's become crystal clear that this team isn't going anywhere this year, which is unfortunate.

Do you trade an overachieving 34 year old SP with 1.5 years left on his deal if you're offered a near-ready prospect package? I'd try to find a word shorter than "yes" for the purposes or brevity, scared they might change their mind before I got the full 3 letter out. Obviously, you can't give him away. But I'd imagine someone would make a decent offer.

I'm no scout, but how do you explain Greene "falling" from the consensus #1 without throwing an inning? Hysteria over the dreaded "high school pitcher," or something actual? Indication that he won't sign unless it's the right team? I'd like them to take Greene over Wright, if possible. Conservatism has gotten this club nowhere (aside from undisputed title as worst franchise in baseball over 2.5 decades). A front-line, legit ace pitcher is absolutely necessary to be a serious contender. Another fast-tracked college guy that throws 92 just isn't getting this team over the hump. I don't want to endure another 5-6 year run of decent teams that get bounced in the first round after a decade rebuild. Also, let's be honest, we all know Wright will need TJ after a year in the Twins system like everyone else. He'll be delayed, be yo-yo'd back and forth for a couple years to milk service time, and finally arrive at age 27, just in time to see Miguel Sano pack up his locker to head to Bronx in 2022. For once, I'd like this team to grow a set, take a risk, and ask the hot girl to prom. Go after the ceiling, and stop worrying so much about the floor. I won't be overly upset if they draft Wright. But, if Falvey wants to do something that truly resonates with a message of, "We're doing things differently now," he should take Greene.

Couple of things I'm scared of: 1). They pick Wright because he has the quickest path the majors....on a team fresh off 3 of 4 seasons with nearly 100 losses. 2). They pick Wright, a RH college guy, because they're scared of picking a RH high school, Greene, a guy with more arm talent (plus the glove and bat). Both are highly irrational, IMO. Really worried they're going to miss out on a generational player in 5 years (Greene) to be safe with an OK player in any generation (Wright). Also worried that they pick the guy closest the majors because they feel the pressure to succeed early. All I know for sure is that I'm not making millions to make this decision...thus not making me open to criticism for making the "wrong" decision. It's about GD time someone in the Twins front office (milking tax dollars for nearly a decade now) make the right one.

I hate that everyone on the planet has talked themselves out of Hunter Greene at #1, because he's a high schooler. I'll never understand the logic (if any) that says because X and Y failed as high schools RHers, that Z is then a bad pick at #1....no matter the current skill set, projected skill set, and other options available. Going to college for two years, or getting drafted outside of the top 10, doesn't make anyone a different player (aka, they didn't fail because they drafted in the top 10). Take Greene, the most talented player in the draft, for crying out loud. Was Wright a RH pitcher in high school at any point? We may want to dig into that and scratch him off the lists.

Tim Laudner.,,,

Really disappointing. There was a stretch recently in which he looked elite. Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted. This pitching staff is in a full-on, unrecoverable, death spiral. The season is over.

That's probably the game with Archer on the hump.

Archer is a really good pitcher. Not too many better in the game right now. He throws his slider harder than anyone in the Twins' rotation throws a fastball.

This Sano guy is a decent ball player

That was a very inning. If he could locate like that consistently, he'd be great.

Exexuting with runners in scoring position? Where am I? What year is it?