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  1. nicksaviking
    Pelfrey. Milones 86 MPH heater doesn't really work in the pen. Works OK at Rochester though.
  2. nicksaviking
    We shouldn't expect rookies to come up and dominate. Historically rookies struggle. Teams have to ride out the roller coaster first. Letting rookies get their feet wet would be easier to stomach if they are called up when the team already stinks.
  3. nicksaviking
    I agree, but leading with an anecdote is pretty common when describing little known people. The led on Max Kepler is still that he comes from Germany. I don't like the organizational quotes about "bloodlines" either as I feel there is way too much weight placed on them. Hard to say if that actually affected his draft position at all. I tend to think it didn't considering the first three picks in this year's draft were all SS. Rodgers was a prep SS and went 3rd, I'm not sure he was any more impressive as a HS player than Gordon. His stats sure weren't.
  4. nicksaviking
    Is that something this team would want then?
  5. nicksaviking
    Max has been a one-level-per-year guy until this year. He started this season on Ft. Myers, I also have a hard time seeing him get a MLB call up unless it's September (he's already on the 40-man after all). I think his advanced approach at the plate probably does get him a promotion to Rochester though. Arcia, Danial Ortiz and Eric Farris are the starting OF there. If the organization isn/t picky about the Rochester OF defense, Kepler could probably bump the 29-year-old Farris.
  6. nicksaviking
    I agree, I would have had him lower on the list before his callup, but dispite his low BB rate, he looks like he can hit breaking balls. None of the other youngsters have shown that ability yet.
  7. nicksaviking
    I agree, most guys who age well seem to base their twilight years more on their power, Joe looks to be losing his. This is too bad as traditionally in sports, strength is the one physical quality that can hold up or even increase into retirement. I'm not talking about HR either. From my poorly trained eye, I think his the bat speed is greatly reduced. The line drives he hits certainly don't seem to travel far.
  8. nicksaviking
    Right, that would be Jason Kipnis and his .373 BABIP who currently sits 3rd overall in WAR. Seems kind of unfair to demand Dozier be top 2 in the league in WAR.
  9. nicksaviking
    I would have agreed last year. Coming from a guy who is as suspicious of the direction of this team as anyone: When considering his age, consistancy, and overall production in all statistical areas, if I had to pick one 2B in all of MLB to ride with over the next four years, it would be Brian Dozier.
  10. nicksaviking
    Derick Norris is ranked 4th overall for catchers. That places him at 48th of all players in baseball. Dozier menawhile is 14th overall.
  11. nicksaviking
    Your definition of elite seems to be pretty tight. 6 HOFers and a 1B who's first 4 seasons have put him on track to get there? Only five MLB players are currently elite? I think you're narrowing your criteria to support your batting average arguement. Dozier is 3rd out of all 2B in WAR, 2nd in the AL and 2nd in OPS. This while he has a sub-par BABIP of .289 while all of the other guys competing for the title of "Best Secondbaseman" have much less sustainable BABIP of .330+. There is easily a case to be made that Brian Dozier is the best secondbaseman in baseball right now. In my book that's elite.
  12. nicksaviking
    Anthony Slama's fastball sat around 89-91 MPH. Tonkin's runs about 93-95 while Oliveros is 95-97.
  13. nicksaviking
    Not a whole lot if he still chases pitches out of the zone and can't hit breaking balls. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wood--002ric http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=restov001mic http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mottol001cha http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=borcha001jos http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=harvey002rya All of those guys except for Harvey could get on base too.
  14. nicksaviking
    I wasn't counting on them winning this year, none of us were. It is/was a pleasant surprise, but I don't want to see the development of the young guys stunted because the team desperately wants to chase a winning record. Winning in the comming years may be expected IF the young guys develop, but they won't develop if they are getting yanked up and down, or even simply kept down past the point where they should be at the MLB level. I'm not saying all or any of these guys are past that point, just that the club really has to be carefull.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think he is special, I just think his one flaw, his inability to lay off pitches, is an insurmountable achilles heel. He's got to at least partially cover that issue up or all his talent will be wasted. And he does have tons of talent, more than nearly any other prospect. It's a crack in the dam that can't go unchecked. This shouldn't be a surprise though, it's nothing new, we see the inverse happen all the time. The Twins have had tons of pitchers in the system with great velocity, a killer slider and good offspeed stuff, but they never make it because they can't pitch IN the zone. It should be much easier to fix the hitter though as he is the reactionary part of the equation. All he has to do is, well, do nothing. Stand still and keep the bat on his shoulder more. It's kind of frustrating. It's like a smoker saying they can't stop, even though the act of getting into the car, driving to the gas station and buying a pack takes a ton more effort than sitting on your couch and doing nothing. Fight the urge!
  16. nicksaviking
    Right, but their lack of trust in Stauffer is pretty justifiable based on his performance. Their lack of trust in Graham seems to be completely due to his inexperience, as he has performed well. Lack of trust in young players due to inexperience seems to speak to a much larger problem, which is only going to get exhasperated going forward.
  17. nicksaviking
    So is it against the rules or just frowned upon to send the late round HS picks some pot and hookers and then send the NCAA some pics of the party? I think they'd be easier to sign if they got their college offers pulled. Seems like a grey area to me.
  18. nicksaviking
    I love all the day 3 HS picks. Even if signing them are long shots, the normal college guys drafted in rounds 20 or later are probably even longer shots and with much less upside.
  19. nicksaviking
    I'd caution anyone against looking at the Twins 2008 draft. Though I guess they did pretty well with George Springer and Kolten Wong.
  20. nicksaviking
    To me he sounds like Chris Parmelee and Dalton Hicks, two guys who had questionable hit tools but actually could. In the minors anyhow.
  21. nicksaviking
    Me too. This team needs to start seeing some results at the MLB level soon though. So many power armed relievers in the past four drafts and still nothing.
  22. nicksaviking
    I like the upside of both picks. Considering the home park, I'm not a fan of chasing LH power though. The team probably didn't, I'm just replying to the comments.
  23. nicksaviking
    The Twins have drafted and developed two ace pitchers since they moved to this state. Pretty sad indictment if you ask me. I could accept an arguement that Dave Boswell would have been a third. Still, no aces since Viola in 1981 with the next best, the good but not great Brad Radke, all the way back in 1991.
  24. nicksaviking
    I like Cody if they give him a chance to start. I'd guess they would.
  25. nicksaviking
    There you have it, Brock said Ryan is a huge mistake!
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