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  1. yarnivek1972
    I would. You’re talking about a professional athlete. Pitchers are still almost a week away from even starting workouts. E coli poisoning isn’t particularly serious unless you are very young, very old or otherwise unhealthy. None of these apply to Gibson.
  2. yarnivek1972
    For Granite, a power spike would actually be showing some power. This is a guy with 2000 career PA as a pro and 11 HR.
  3. yarnivek1972
    If it is true, it’s further evidence that this FO doesn’t have an actual plan that they are willing to stick to. This week they are going for it. Next week they are rebuilding. Next week they are biding their time. After that, who knows. It certainly doesn’t seem Falvine knows.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Big difference between starters and relievers. Most relievers only need 10 innings to get ready, especially a vet like Kimbrel. He’ll be fine.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Not having this kind of information IMO has a lot to do with the perceived underperformance of the Twins prospects over the last decade. Of course, the information is only useful if the player development personnel and the players themselves are able to use it and make adjustments. Some guys throw how they throw and trying to change how they throw can lead to unexpected consequences. Changing mechanics might make a pitch better. But it might not. You won’t know until he uses it in a game situation. Also, changing mechanics could increase risk of injury.
  6. yarnivek1972
    How many fifth starters do the Twins need?Resigning Odorizzi was justified by many on this board by saying he’s a great fifth starter. The Twins have a decent number 2 and 3 (assuming Gibson and Berrios stay healthy AND maintain or improve on 2018). If the Twins are really expecting Pineda to be a major contributor, I think they are in for disapointment. Let’s keep in mind the last three seasons he actually pitched he posted an ERA + of about 95. That’s not exactly moving the needle. So in Pineda, Perez and Odorizzi they have 3 4/5 starters, if things go well. See the problem? There’s a hole at the top of the rotation.
  7. yarnivek1972
    That’s actually not a bad idea that I had not considered. The more I think about it, the more I like it.
  8. yarnivek1972
    I suspect Garver will play more behind the plate than Castro.
  9. yarnivek1972
    Falvey and Levine put them on the roster.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Bunting should be a trick in his bag. Not frequently. I would say not enough that it causes teams to play for it. He also should be smart about doing it. Two outs with bases empty, probably not. Leading off an inning, absolutely.
  11. yarnivek1972
    Polanco is a good choice for the top of the order because he puts the bat on the ball consistently. He swung and missed about 10% of the time last year. Among Twins with more than 100 PA, that put him behind Mauer and Logan Forsythe. And that mark is consistent with his career to date. In an era of hitters that swing and miss a lot, Polanco is a contact type hitter.
  12. yarnivek1972
    The Twins had all of August and September to evaluate minor league relievers. Instead, they chose to give innings to Matt Belisle, Matt Magill, Oliver Drake, et al. If the Twins are planning to use last year’s minor leaguers in key relief roles this year, they should have been at the MLB level last year.
  13. yarnivek1972
    That’s 60-80 more than last year. Schoop probably makes up Dozier’s. Cron, Sano and Nelson would have to combine for 100-120 to hit that number.
  14. yarnivek1972
    I don’t think anyone thinks that Hildenberger is anything but a solid middle reliever. No one thinks he’s a closer or even an elite level set up man.
  15. yarnivek1972
    I guess I don’t call less than three weeks “a lot of time”. Free agency started 3 months ago. In other words, more than 75% of the time between free agency starting and the start of spring training has elapsed.
  16. yarnivek1972
    It MIGHT be a better team than the team that ended 2018. But, I don’t think most people believe that this is a better team than the one that broke camp in 2018. I definitely don’t.
  17. yarnivek1972
    I must have missed the game where Nathan struck out 561.
  18. yarnivek1972
    I think it is pretty clear based on last year the importance of having players in camp when it opens.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Pitchers and catchers report in 23 days.
  20. yarnivek1972
    I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that most winning teams are built from within. The key is and always has been drafting and developing well. It’s an area the Twins have been lagging behind the rest of the league for at least a decade. I have yet to be convinced that enough has changed in player development techniques and methods under the new regime. We’ll start to see soon enough I suppose.
  21. yarnivek1972
    I’ll bet it’s the Durham Bulls...
  22. yarnivek1972
    Since the Falvine era started the Twins have made only a handful of changes to the minor league coaching ranks and player development staff. I’m not sure that qualifies as “fixing” development. The proof is in the pudding. This third year is when the MLB team should start seeing Falvine development projects. Gordon doesn’t figure to help. He might get an obligatory cup of coffee in September. Of the Twins top 15 prospects via their own website that figure to be at the MLB level at all in 2019 are Gordon, Wade, Gonsalves and Thorpe. None of them likely to be impactful. None of them are under 23. NONE. Nick Gordon is not young. He’s 23 and was completely overmatched at AAA last year. I saw a report that stated 27% of MLB PA were by hitters 25 or younger - the highest percentage in 40 years. I don’t put a lot of stock into the age of prospects relative to the league they are in. Prospects are ALWAYS the youngest players in a given league. A typical A ball team has maybe 5 legitimate MLB prospects and 20 or more organizational filler types. The org fillers are invariably older for two reasons. They get promoted more slowly. Being older is the only way the org fillers can compete at the level they are at. And even then most of them struggle. AA teams have even fewer prospects and AAA teams are mostly guys that shuttle between AAA and MLB, with very few prospects without MLB experience.
  23. yarnivek1972
    This, exactly. Since 2000, the Twins have 5 seasons with a payroll that ranked higher than 20th. The first three years of Target Field the Twins ranked 10th, 9th and 13th. They ranked 18th last year and way back in 2003.
  24. yarnivek1972
    If you don’t learn from the past, you are condemmed to repeat it. Also, you ignored a key part of my post. I said the Twins need to draft AND DEVELOP well. I won’t get into whether or not Buxton and Sano were good signings. But it is undeniable that neither has developed well. As for the current regime’s impact on development, how does that explain Nick Gordon, who was easily the top position prospect they inherited? How does it explain them simply walking away from a half dozen fairly highly regarded pitching prospects over the past couple years?
  25. yarnivek1972
    Quote: Twins will never win by out-spending New York, LA, Houston and Boston. Umm, Houston? New York, LA and Boston routinely have payrolls over $200 mil. Houston is starting to get up there because they have a bunch of guys starting to “get theirs”. Even so, they “only” ranked 7th in payroll last year and were in the teens the two previous seasons. I suspect they will have to make some choices soon. But their organization is strong enough to do so.
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