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2024.06.04 18:00 markuseb91 Monte Carlo Inn - Airport Suites... more than meets the eye?
This is my second stay at MCI. I like them... they are clean comfortable and convenient to a number of things. I heard, however, that "other things" can go on there?
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2024.06.04 17:05 These_Chance_1894 Day 14, day 7, day 5 and day 1.
 | Diatoms attacked vigorously on day 8 but light has a dimmer so I reduced the light for 3 days and added some more floaters. Snails took care of green algae and diatoms. I kept light on 24/7 for 2 weeks (fatherfish tip). Light time from today is going to be 13 hours on 11 hours off. I added shrimp on day 10. I had to add a small filter with media from other aquarium after I noticed shrimp struggling the next day. submitted by These_Chance_1894 to walstad [link] [comments] Removed the Monte Carlo as it had a weird looking growth. Rearranged some plants and added a few more mid ground plants. How long to continue the water changes? I haven’t done any water change in 2 days. Shrimp seem to be doing ok. |
2024.06.04 16:25 newmusicrls Beatport Afro House Top 100 June 2024
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2024.06.04 15:52 noseonarug17 How Dumb and Wrong Was I? - A 5 Year Retrospective
In 2019, during the Before Times, I started getting more into the development side of the MLB, and decided to do some deep dives on top Twins prospects. Mostly, I just wanted to get a feel for each player, so I read varying amounts of scouting reports on each player and took a look at their performance/progression in the minors, based almost entirely in stats. Box score scouting is not exactly foolproof (though better in baseball than football), so my own investigation wasn't necessarily valuable insight, but it helped to write things out so I figured I might as well post my findings. I enjoyed it enough to check out some players from outside the top 30 who I thought had a shot, as well as the 2019 draft class.
With that class at the five year mark, and the 2024 draft coming up next month, I figured it was time to go back and see how our top prospects from that time did and if I nailed any picks (or, more likely, when I was horribly wrong). Of course, I still don't know what I'm talking about, so this is all just for fun! I don't really expect anyone to read every word, it's mostly for me. Here is a hub post with links to each writeup I did and a table for where each player appears. For the top 30 players, I had both an initial deep dive and a later update; sleepers have only the initial analysis. I'll link the initial analysis for each section, and baseball-reference page for each player.
This took entirely too long, and so there's a lot of context/detail missing, particularly for the guys whose careers flamed out post-COVID - I just kind of assumed most of those guys were affected by the gap year, but I'm sure there are other circumstances I missed. At any rate, scrolling through baseball-reference is a nice zen thing for me, so maybe I'll try doing this again with our current top 30...
I don't think I had any particular take on Royce (or most of the very top prospects), but he's gone through the most in this period, I think, so let's look at that instead.
When I first checked in on Royce, he was struggling a bit with the transition to A+ due to strikeout rate, but he improved a lot in the next couple months and had just earned a promotion to AA when I went back for an update. I wasn't yet aware that the FSL was a particularly pitcher friendly league, nor was I thinking about age relative to level, so I was a little confused about the situation.
At the time, Royce's ETA was 2020 and he was just 20, so it seemed he had a lot of work to do if he was going to get there in a year. Unfortunately, COVID killed any chance of that, and then he missed 2021 with an ACL tear. Despite all that, he got his debut in May 2022 - after just a month in AAA - due to an injury to Carlos Correa, but tore his ACL again after just a month.
It was a nightmare scenario, but Royce returned in 2023 and quickly cemented himself as a local legend and fan favorite. Despite having just 282 PAs in his MLB career, I think everyone is pretty confident about him as a player heading forward. It's just a question of staying healthy.
2. Alex Kirilloff, RF
In 2019, I thought Kirilloff seemed like a very consistent player, which really hasn't been true in the bigs thus far. He's certainly been starter level in the MLB, and had a 116 OPS+ last year, but has been prone to extended cold stretches. He was terrible in the playoffs last year, and had a bad May this year - though April was good enough that he's still about a league average hitter on the year. AK seems to have a lot of nagging injuries, particularly the wrist last year, which certainly contribrute. The book is by no means closed on him, but he's not yet the player fans hoped he'd be, and certainly hasn't been the consistent producer I pegged him as.
3. Brusdar Graterol, RHP
Brusdar was dominating AA in 2019, but I wrote at the end of July that we should "expect to see him in at least AAA [if not AA] for the majority of 2020." He made his MLB debut barely a month later, and pitched in 23 games in 2020 (for LAD). In my defense, he only spent 12 games at AA. He also made the transition to relief right around that time, so I was fully expecting him to be starting. We only got a handful of appearances in a Twins uniform, as Brusdar was part of the trade for Maeda. He took some time to acclimate to the MLB, but was elite in 2023 with a 1.20 ERA. Unfortunately, he was injured in spring training and has yet to play this year.
4. Wander Javier, SS
Javier was just returning from a torn labrum in mid 2019, and despite a few hot streaks, his numbers gave us a lot of reason to be concerned. After 2020, he spent two years struggling at A+, with decent slugging but a bad average and abysmal strikeout rates. They gave him the last three weeks of 2022 to try his hand at AAA, and he didn't look like he belonged, going 2-20 with a homer and a .100/.240/.250 slashline. He elected FA and was signed to the Padres organization, but retired prior to the 2023 season.
5. Trevor Larnach, LF
Larnach was our first round pick in 2018, the first year I paid attention to the MLB draft, and that's probably a factor in me being one of very few people to own a Trevor Larnach jersey. He raked pretty much immediately, and continued to at pretty much every minor league level, so I don't think I was wrong to be high on him right away. Before long in the majors, though, it became clear that he was a fastball hitter, and really struggled when opposing pitchers just spammed breaking balls. Though he hovered around 100 OPS+ in his major league time in 2022 and 2023, he lost his spot to Matt Wallner, and I really felt like he wasn't getting a fair shake - part just due to competition at the position, but also from the fans. That's not to say he didn't need to improve, of course. But with his opportunity so far this year, he has - he's currently got career bests in every slashline category, home run rate, and strikeout rate. Of course, he's almost exclusively facing lefties, but we can't really analyze that.
I think Rooker always kind of felt like the odd man out among our corner outfielder prospects. He raked in AAA in 2019, but never really broke the Twins lineup and was eventually included with Rogers for Paddack/Pagan in 2022. He had a weird path from there, getting traded to KC for peanuts before being waived in the offseason picked up by Oakland. It was a great opportunity for playing time, and almost inexplicably, he's an all-star who's on track to be even better this year. That's baseball, baby.
7. Jhoan Duran, RHP
Duran, you may forget, was part of the return for Eduardo Escobar. I don't think I knew he was such a flamethrower, but I liked what I saw:
8. Lewis Thorpe, LHP
A rare Aussie prospect, my analysis of Thorpe boiled down to that he had a decent baseline, but his stats were marred by a few bad games instead of being improved by some great games. He very briefly looked good in the MLB (timed well enough to fool me in my update post), but couldn't sustain any success. The absence of a minor league in 2020 probably hurt him, but he left the org in 2021 and had a rough year in KC AA in 2022, and is now playing in the Australian and Mexican leagues.
9. Blayne Enlow, RHP
Enlow was a high school pitching prospect drafted in the third round, and was just 20 in 2019, which gave us some reason to cut him some slack as he struggled at A+. He came out of the gate hot after COVID, but just didn't progress fast enough - he finally reached AAA last June, a full six years after being drafted, and posted an ERA just below 8 in 45.1 innings. He's now in the Giants system, where he put up an 8.22 ERA in 7.2 innings before suffering a season-ending injury.
10. Nick Gordon, SS
Even at the time, Gordon felt like a legacy inclusion in the top 10 Twins prospects. Despite a bit of a bounce back, he wasn't producing particularly well in the minors. Nonetheless, he had some good moments in his time at the major leagues, and provided some value as a utility guy. When he was traded for Steven Okert, I doubt many Twins fans were too broken up about it, but I think he earned a friendly farewell despite his certified bust status.
Gonsalves had already had an uninspiring 2018 debut, and spent most of 2019 injured, pitching only 13.0 innings. He already seemed like he was on a downward turn, so I wasn't optimistic about him, but between the injury and COVID, his time in the org was up after 2020. He's pitched a mere 4.1 innings in the MLB since, all in 2021 with Boston, and is currently in the Rockies organization during his 12th minor league season.
12. Akil Baddoo, CF
Baddoo had gotten off to a slow start in 2019 at A+, and it was ended prematurely due to injury. The Twins chose not to add him to the 40-man roster after 2020, and he was picked in the Rule 5 draft by the Tigers. He was outstanding as a rookie, leading to a lot of gnashing of teeth on this subreddit, but has dropped off a lot since - maybe a decent player, but not someone we need to be too sad about losing.
13. Yunior Severino, 2B
When I first investigated Severino, he was a 19 year old former IFA who'd barely played outside rookie ball and was injured, so there wasn't much to discuss. He's now the #22 prospect in the organization, and has had a steady rise through the minors, culminating in a 35 home run season in 2023 (about a third of the year at AAA, the rest in AA). The numbers are down so far this year, but have been getting better in the last few weeks. He's a high strikeout guy, but a little refinement can go a long way, and the Twins must have some faith as he was added to the 40-man ahead of last year's Rule 5 draft. This year might prove to be a crossroads for him - if his numbers keep climbing in AAA, he could be playing in the majors regularly next year, whether that's for the Twins or a trade spot. Here's a recent Twins Daily scouting report with some more info.
14. Jose Miranda, 3B
Miranda was showing signs of progress in 2019, but by late in the season I still felt like his long term spot was more likely a second option infielder than a bonafide starter. After a rough 2023, I think we might be able to say he's back now - he's had one fewer PA at the MLB level than last year, and aside from a low walk rate, his numbers are up from his stellar rookie season. At any rate, he's blown past my expectations.
15. Gilberto Celestino, CF
Part of the Ryan Pressly trade, Celestino had a sudden and absurd improvement in his hitting numbers between my original research and the update, but was always more of a defensive prospect than a bat. He debuted in 2021 and played a lot in 2022, but found himself stuck in AAA last year and is now on Pittsburgh's AAA team. I liked him in his time here, but I think we just didn't need him with the number of guys already fighting for outfield spots. Kind of wish we had him instead of Margot, though.
17. Luis Arraez, 2B
Arraez had already broken out by the time I wrote this, but this seems prescient:
Alcala had an up-and-down 2019, and was moved to the bullpen late. I was somewhat down on him but hoped he could condense the bright spots as a starter into quality relief pitching. He surprised me by actually debuting in 2019 (1.2 scoreless) and has mostly been good since; though his return from injury last year was disappointing, he's been good when healthy this year.
19. Jordan Balazovic, RHP
We had a nice streak of success stories, but this may be the end of them. Balazovic shot up to the #4 Twins prospect over the course of the 2019 season, and deservedly so, but cooled off post-COVID and has been plain bad in AAA, with a 6.43 ERA in 140 IP over 3 seasons. He was only mediocre in relief during his time at MLB last year - 4.44 ERA in 24.1 IP - but he's still struggling in St. Paul. He's still got a 12.9 K/9, but that won't matter if he can't keep baserunners down - currently a 1.775 WHIP. We'll see if he can ascend again, but it seems like a lot of Twins fans are kind of over him.
20. Misael Urbina, CF
The #3 international prospect in 2018, Urbina was in his first season in 2019, so I wasn't trying to project anything for a 17 year old in the DSL. He's still only 22, but he's had a slow rise through the minors and is in his second year at A+. The numbers are much better than last year, but that's primarily because last year they were bad. According to Twins Daily, he's still got great tools but - clearly - the production needs to catch up. Again, the COVID year was not helpful.
Littell pitched 57.1 MLB innings from 2018 and 2019, and was pretty good in the latter year, though he wasn't getting much high leverage work. I expected he'd done enough to get a bullpen spot in 2020, which he did, but he got blown up in his first appearance (4 R, 3 HR) and after just 6 appearances, he went to the IL for elbow inflammation and never pitched for the Twins again (remember, COVID season). Since then, he's had one good year in SF and has been decent-ish for the Rays for the last year or so.
22. LaMonte Wade, CF
When I got to Wade, he had found his way to the IL just a few PAs into his MLB career after he Buxton'd himself. Based on his numbers, I figured he was a high contact guy who'd play solid defense, but would need to find power to improve of odds of starting, and probably find a situation with more opportunity in the outfield. And hey - I was bang on! He was traded to the Giants for a reliever (we don't need to talk about it) and found himself in a big role. He had 381 PAs and hit 18 homers in 2021, and aside from a sophomore slump, has been a very good player. He's already accumulated 2.0 bWAR this year, probably because he has a whopping .470 OBP - which leads the league by .049 - thanks to a .050 walk rate. Much like Rooker, he's inexplicably found great success that he probably never would have had the opportunity for here.
23. Griffin Jax, RHP
I was pretty impressed by Jax's consistency in the minors, and thought he'd be good even with a likely move to the bullpen. I'm happy to declare that one a hit.
24. Ben Rortvedt, C
I thought Rortvedt was interesting, mostly because I have no idea how to tell if a catcher is good defensively and offense from the position is exciting. Also, this:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73236768/IMG_0302.0.jpg). He ended up as the smallest part of the Josh Donaldson trade, but was injured and wound up not playing much. The Rays acquired him in a 3-way trade of nobodies this offseason, and he was inexplicably excellent in April before going back to his usual ~.150 average in May. Surely that wouldn't have been an improvement over any Twins catchers.
25. Gabriel Maciel, CF
Maciel seemed like an interesting prospect: plus fielding, plus speed, contact, and physical power that was untapped as of yet. Sadly, he never found that power, and stalled out in the Twins' organization after his numbers dropped post-COVID.
In 2019, Raley was dealing with a serious injury, and I figured that meant that instead of being trade bait, he'd be our insurance against whoever we traded away (which turned out to be Lewin Diaz). He ended up getting traded before the 2020 season anyway as part of the Maeda trade in a return to the Dodgers (they'd drafted him and traded him away as part of the Dozier trade). He first found opportunity as a Ray in 2023, and is now a Mariner. He's been a plus offensively but not much of a defensive contributor.
27. Dashawn Keirsey, CF
Unlike Byron Buxton, LaMonte Wade, and (long after my original scouting reports) Royce Lewis, the Twins found a guy who already knew how to injure himself by running into an outfield wall. Despite a good start to his professional career, Keirsey was struggling with injuries in 2019, and there wasn't much to go on when I first checked him out. He ultimately slashed just .137/.245/.161 in 2019, and turned 24 early in the 2021 season, during which he hit .199 at A+. For most of the guys who were in that situation, that was the beginning of the end. For Keirsey, it was the beginning of a new beginning. (No, that didn't sound any better in my head.) His contact took a huge leap in 2022, slashing .271/.329/.395 in AA. He remained in AA for the majority of 2023, but his production took a leap again, and he found power, hitting .305 with 13 homers before his promotion to AAA. This year, he's slashing .302/.390/.539. Now, the caveat is that he's 27, which is why he's the last guy on the top 30 list, and wasn't taken in the Rule 5 draft. But it's been a journey, and it would be awesome to see him get a shot to continue the ascent in the majors.
28. Travis Blankenhorn, 3B
When I looked into Blankenhorn, he was on a potentially career-saving resurgence in AA after a couple of uninspiring years in lower levels, and it seemed too sustained to be a fluke. Then COVID happened. He did get his cup of coffee in 2020, going 1 of 3 for a double and HBP (what is with it with Twins getting HBP in their debuts?). But in 2021, he pinch ran for Donaldson in extras, scored the go-ahead run on a Buxton homer, and then committed an error in the bottom of the inning, which would lead to a loss. He was DFA'd two weeks later - with no other appearances for the Twins - and is now in the Nationals system. He's a big-time minors slugger, but seems unable to translate that to the big leagues.
29. Michael Helman, 2B
In 2019, Helman seemed like a no-true-outcomes defensive utility guy. It seems he's since figured out how to do a little of each - he's been average to above average in each category during his time in AAA across 2022-24, has hit around .260, and continues to play almost everywhere defensively. The rub, of course, is that he's now, 28. He provides great organizational depth, but he'll need an opportunity to show he can perform at the next level before we can slot him into any future plans.
30. Luis Rijo, RHP
Rijo had an incredible 2019 in A ball at age 20, and I was extremely bullish on him. But it seems he had a UCL injury in 2021, and sadly never returned to form. He's now playing back home in Venezuela, where it seems he had a decent winter.
Sands was a 5th round pick in 2018, but had tendinitis and didn't play professional ball until 2019. He ascended quickly, starting in A ball and getting promoted to AA in time to make his last start of the year. Surprisingly, he was actually better than he'd been in college, and I liked him a lot at the time He continued to pitch well in AA in 2021, but struggled more in AAA and the majors in 2022, quickly earning the ire of fans. He was better in 2023 - solid in the majors, and dominant in AA - but his ERA is hurting again this year. The rate stats are actually better, though - walks were an issue and are way down, strikeouts are up, and his WHIP is down from 1.523 to 1.029. Without looking (it's late), that says to me he's allowing his baserunners in bunches. His FIP is 3.36, far better than previous seasons. 26 is still young, though; he's shown promise and the Twins seem fairly committed to him, and he's on pace to contribute more innings than he ever has before. Don't sleep on him.
Chris Vallimont, RHP (#30 in July 2019)
Vallimont was acquired at the deadline along with Sergio Romo for Lewin Diaz. Diaz was pretty well regarded for a non-top 30 guy, but he didn't work out in the majors, so this trade was a win pretty easily...but only because of Romo. Vallimont had a very good year in A and A+ in 2019, but struggled post-COVID and was DFA'd in 2022. He's had a couple bright spots since, including a cup of coffee with Baltimore last year, but I regret writing 4-5 paragraphs about him 5 years ago.
Smeltzer was not in the best place statistically when he was acquired in the Dozier trade, but he turned things around very quickly with great minors performances followed by a call-up when Michael Pineda was injured. Smeltzer was a childhood cancer survivor, which made him easy to root for. Lack of velo and an effective fourth pitch were the main questions with him at the time. In terms of ERA, good MLB seasons in 2019 and 2022 bookended negligible to bad contributions in 2020 and 2021, but the rate stats were never great - and worst in 2022 - and he was ultimately outrighted before electing FA. He's now in the Marlins system, currently AAA. His time here was a bit rocky, but it was better than the rest of Dozier's career.
Cody Stashak, RHP
Stashak steadily worked his way up through the minors, and was dominating AAA in 2019 before getting the call up. He was solid in 2019 and 2020, and it seemed like he might be a long-term guy for our pen, but his workload dropped in 2021 when he struggled, and a bounce back 2022 was cut short by a labrum tear. After being outrighted at the end of the season, Stashak elected FA, though he wouldn't sign until after his recovery. He struggled initially with the Giants in AAA last year, but his numbers have improved this year and hopefully he'll get back to the big leagues eventually.
Randy Dobnak, RHP
I don't think I need to tell anyone the ballad of Randy Dobnak, but I'm proud of myself for discovering him before he got his call. I was a little off here, though:
Edwar Colina, RHP
When I found him, Colina was three starts into a promotion at AAA and was a dominant flamethrower. I thought this guy was the next coming, and guessed he'd debut in 2020. He did, in fact, debut for the Twins late in the 2020 season, trying to hold a 9th-inning deficit at 2. Here are his career MLB numbers, to date: 0.1 IP 81.00 ERA 18.000 WHIP -0.2 WAR
Wander Valdez, 3B
Valdez was 19, in his third year in the organization, and was raking enough in rookie ball that I thought he was interesting, despite the impossibility of box scouting a guy playing at that level. I wasn't super optimistic, just tagging him as a person of interest - wait, what's this note?
Barnes was a 4th round pick in 2017, but wasn't showing enough promise early in his career to crack the top 30. Despite a rough start in A+ in 2019, he pitched very well in AA. I liked him as a dark horse, future journeyman 4-5 spot guy, and he did start 8 games for the Twins in 2021 (one other appearance). He only had two or three good outings, but that's gratification enough for me. What's more, it looks like he's been the cornerstone of the Lotte Giants' rotation (KBO) since 2022!
Bailey Ober, RHP
A commenter who is no longer active suggested I check out Ober, who'd had some injury struggles early in his pro career as well as in college, and as a former 12th round pick, wasn't on the radar for 2019. If I didn't notice him, I should have. Ober was absurdly good in 2019. He's obviously been a hit; while the stats aren't there this year, we've seen him when he's on.
The final part of the Escobar trade (after Duran and Maciel), E de la T was hot in 2018, but struggled in 2019. I stuck him on my list to watch in case he found his bat again, and because he had a good walk rate, but the lost 2020 year meant he was 25 in 2021, and he didn't do enough to stick in the organization.
Josh Winder, RHP
Winder seemed to me like a guy who could be consistently decent, if unspectacular. That's kind of been the case in his ~100 MLB innings, but he needs to improve his baseline a little, and right now he's in AAA working on returning from a shoulder injury. I just want him to work out so I can continue my to the Winders! to the Wallners! til the sweat drips off my ballners! joke.
Adam Bray, RHP
Bray was an older pitching prospect and MN native who had been very good in A+ in 2018, then again in AA and AAA in 2019. I thought he'd end up being one of those AAAA roster manipulation pitchers for a while, but it seems he had some kind of injury that led to the end of his pro career. Looks like he's now a pitching instructor at a local baseball camp.
Trey Cabbage, RF
Cabbage was a guy who'd struggled to impress in the low levels of the minors, but broke out to a degree in 2019 (his AAA numbers looked a lot better before August) with boosted power and better contact alongside defensive versatilty. His production did continue to improve after COVID - he hit 27 homers between A+ and AA - but at 24, it was the end of his time in the organization. He elected FA and chose the Angels organization, where he'd be left in AA all of 2022 despite an 1.098 OPS. In 2023, at age 26, he finally reached AAA and needed just 107 games to hit 30 home runs. It was enough to earn his first callup midsummer, which involved hitting an absolute nuke. He's now in the Astros organization. The MLB numbers aren't pretty in 70 PAs, but the minor league numbers alone make this a win for me.
Derek Molina, RHP
Primarily an infielder in his one year college, Molina was drafted to be a reliever by the Twins. For a 19 year old making a position change, he was surprisingly effective right away. He earned a call up to A+ at age 21 in 2019, and was dominating there up until one bad outing (after which he went on the IL, perhaps a factor) reduced his statline from "incredible" to "pretty good." Unfortunately, his play dropped off post-COVID - seemingly loss of command - and he never got out of A+.
A third round pick out of high school, Chalmers missed most of 2017 and 2018, which cost him the advantage of youth and led to the A's sending him to the Twins as part of a deal for Fernando Rodney. The surface level numbers were never great, but Chalmers was an elite strikeout guy who intermittently struggled with command. In 2019, he had a 12.5 K/9 but 6.0 BB/9. Sadly, he's another guy whose performance took a hit, and he was waived after a rough start to the year. After apparently being out of baseball in 2023, he's now in the Diamondbacks system.
Andrew Bechtold, 3B
Bechtold is another guy in the "older prospect with defensive versatility whose bat seems to be coming around" mold. In some categories, he was a post-COVID success story - for example, the power jumped up - but he struck out a lot and hit for a low average, not reaching AAA until age 26. He's now in the Blue Jays organization...apparently as a relief pitcher.
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With that class at the five year mark, and the 2024 draft coming up next month, I figured it was time to go back and see how our top prospects from that time did and if I nailed any picks (or, more likely, when I was horribly wrong). Of course, I still don't know what I'm talking about, so this is all just for fun! I don't really expect anyone to read every word, it's mostly for me. Here is a hub post with links to each writeup I did and a table for where each player appears. For the top 30 players, I had both an initial deep dive and a later update; sleepers have only the initial analysis. I'll link the initial analysis for each section, and baseball-reference page for each player.
This took entirely too long, and so there's a lot of context/detail missing, particularly for the guys whose careers flamed out post-COVID - I just kind of assumed most of those guys were affected by the gap year, but I'm sure there are other circumstances I missed. At any rate, scrolling through baseball-reference is a nice zen thing for me, so maybe I'll try doing this again with our current top 30...
Top 30
This is the top 30 as of my first post - 5 years ago today as I write this (plus a day by the time I post).#1-5
1. Royce Lewis, SSI don't think I had any particular take on Royce (or most of the very top prospects), but he's gone through the most in this period, I think, so let's look at that instead.
When I first checked in on Royce, he was struggling a bit with the transition to A+ due to strikeout rate, but he improved a lot in the next couple months and had just earned a promotion to AA when I went back for an update. I wasn't yet aware that the FSL was a particularly pitcher friendly league, nor was I thinking about age relative to level, so I was a little confused about the situation.
At the time, Royce's ETA was 2020 and he was just 20, so it seemed he had a lot of work to do if he was going to get there in a year. Unfortunately, COVID killed any chance of that, and then he missed 2021 with an ACL tear. Despite all that, he got his debut in May 2022 - after just a month in AAA - due to an injury to Carlos Correa, but tore his ACL again after just a month.
It was a nightmare scenario, but Royce returned in 2023 and quickly cemented himself as a local legend and fan favorite. Despite having just 282 PAs in his MLB career, I think everyone is pretty confident about him as a player heading forward. It's just a question of staying healthy.
2. Alex Kirilloff, RF
In 2019, I thought Kirilloff seemed like a very consistent player, which really hasn't been true in the bigs thus far. He's certainly been starter level in the MLB, and had a 116 OPS+ last year, but has been prone to extended cold stretches. He was terrible in the playoffs last year, and had a bad May this year - though April was good enough that he's still about a league average hitter on the year. AK seems to have a lot of nagging injuries, particularly the wrist last year, which certainly contribrute. The book is by no means closed on him, but he's not yet the player fans hoped he'd be, and certainly hasn't been the consistent producer I pegged him as.
3. Brusdar Graterol, RHP
Brusdar was dominating AA in 2019, but I wrote at the end of July that we should "expect to see him in at least AAA [if not AA] for the majority of 2020." He made his MLB debut barely a month later, and pitched in 23 games in 2020 (for LAD). In my defense, he only spent 12 games at AA. He also made the transition to relief right around that time, so I was fully expecting him to be starting. We only got a handful of appearances in a Twins uniform, as Brusdar was part of the trade for Maeda. He took some time to acclimate to the MLB, but was elite in 2023 with a 1.20 ERA. Unfortunately, he was injured in spring training and has yet to play this year.
4. Wander Javier, SS
Javier was just returning from a torn labrum in mid 2019, and despite a few hot streaks, his numbers gave us a lot of reason to be concerned. After 2020, he spent two years struggling at A+, with decent slugging but a bad average and abysmal strikeout rates. They gave him the last three weeks of 2022 to try his hand at AAA, and he didn't look like he belonged, going 2-20 with a homer and a .100/.240/.250 slashline. He elected FA and was signed to the Padres organization, but retired prior to the 2023 season.
5. Trevor Larnach, LF
Larnach was our first round pick in 2018, the first year I paid attention to the MLB draft, and that's probably a factor in me being one of very few people to own a Trevor Larnach jersey. He raked pretty much immediately, and continued to at pretty much every minor league level, so I don't think I was wrong to be high on him right away. Before long in the majors, though, it became clear that he was a fastball hitter, and really struggled when opposing pitchers just spammed breaking balls. Though he hovered around 100 OPS+ in his major league time in 2022 and 2023, he lost his spot to Matt Wallner, and I really felt like he wasn't getting a fair shake - part just due to competition at the position, but also from the fans. That's not to say he didn't need to improve, of course. But with his opportunity so far this year, he has - he's currently got career bests in every slashline category, home run rate, and strikeout rate. Of course, he's almost exclusively facing lefties, but we can't really analyze that.
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6. Brent Rooker, LFI think Rooker always kind of felt like the odd man out among our corner outfielder prospects. He raked in AAA in 2019, but never really broke the Twins lineup and was eventually included with Rogers for Paddack/Pagan in 2022. He had a weird path from there, getting traded to KC for peanuts before being waived in the offseason picked up by Oakland. It was a great opportunity for playing time, and almost inexplicably, he's an all-star who's on track to be even better this year. That's baseball, baby.
7. Jhoan Duran, RHP
Duran, you may forget, was part of the return for Eduardo Escobar. I don't think I knew he was such a flamethrower, but I liked what I saw:
I've obviously gone from knowing very little about this guy to gushing about him over the course of a few paragraphs, so I'll stop to allow myself to finish today in case I get enamored with one of the other guys and do this again.I think we can say, with emphasis, that Duran has worked out.
8. Lewis Thorpe, LHP
A rare Aussie prospect, my analysis of Thorpe boiled down to that he had a decent baseline, but his stats were marred by a few bad games instead of being improved by some great games. He very briefly looked good in the MLB (timed well enough to fool me in my update post), but couldn't sustain any success. The absence of a minor league in 2020 probably hurt him, but he left the org in 2021 and had a rough year in KC AA in 2022, and is now playing in the Australian and Mexican leagues.
9. Blayne Enlow, RHP
Enlow was a high school pitching prospect drafted in the third round, and was just 20 in 2019, which gave us some reason to cut him some slack as he struggled at A+. He came out of the gate hot after COVID, but just didn't progress fast enough - he finally reached AAA last June, a full six years after being drafted, and posted an ERA just below 8 in 45.1 innings. He's now in the Giants system, where he put up an 8.22 ERA in 7.2 innings before suffering a season-ending injury.
10. Nick Gordon, SS
Even at the time, Gordon felt like a legacy inclusion in the top 10 Twins prospects. Despite a bit of a bounce back, he wasn't producing particularly well in the minors. Nonetheless, he had some good moments in his time at the major leagues, and provided some value as a utility guy. When he was traded for Steven Okert, I doubt many Twins fans were too broken up about it, but I think he earned a friendly farewell despite his certified bust status.
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11. Stephen Gonsalves, LHPGonsalves had already had an uninspiring 2018 debut, and spent most of 2019 injured, pitching only 13.0 innings. He already seemed like he was on a downward turn, so I wasn't optimistic about him, but between the injury and COVID, his time in the org was up after 2020. He's pitched a mere 4.1 innings in the MLB since, all in 2021 with Boston, and is currently in the Rockies organization during his 12th minor league season.
12. Akil Baddoo, CF
Baddoo had gotten off to a slow start in 2019 at A+, and it was ended prematurely due to injury. The Twins chose not to add him to the 40-man roster after 2020, and he was picked in the Rule 5 draft by the Tigers. He was outstanding as a rookie, leading to a lot of gnashing of teeth on this subreddit, but has dropped off a lot since - maybe a decent player, but not someone we need to be too sad about losing.
13. Yunior Severino, 2B
When I first investigated Severino, he was a 19 year old former IFA who'd barely played outside rookie ball and was injured, so there wasn't much to discuss. He's now the #22 prospect in the organization, and has had a steady rise through the minors, culminating in a 35 home run season in 2023 (about a third of the year at AAA, the rest in AA). The numbers are down so far this year, but have been getting better in the last few weeks. He's a high strikeout guy, but a little refinement can go a long way, and the Twins must have some faith as he was added to the 40-man ahead of last year's Rule 5 draft. This year might prove to be a crossroads for him - if his numbers keep climbing in AAA, he could be playing in the majors regularly next year, whether that's for the Twins or a trade spot. Here's a recent Twins Daily scouting report with some more info.
14. Jose Miranda, 3B
Miranda was showing signs of progress in 2019, but by late in the season I still felt like his long term spot was more likely a second option infielder than a bonafide starter. After a rough 2023, I think we might be able to say he's back now - he's had one fewer PA at the MLB level than last year, and aside from a low walk rate, his numbers are up from his stellar rookie season. At any rate, he's blown past my expectations.
15. Gilberto Celestino, CF
Part of the Ryan Pressly trade, Celestino had a sudden and absurd improvement in his hitting numbers between my original research and the update, but was always more of a defensive prospect than a bat. He debuted in 2021 and played a lot in 2022, but found himself stuck in AAA last year and is now on Pittsburgh's AAA team. I liked him in his time here, but I think we just didn't need him with the number of guys already fighting for outfield spots. Kind of wish we had him instead of Margot, though.
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16. Ryan Jeffers, COverall, Jeffers doesn't project to be an offensive or defensive superstar, but a guy that gives you decent offensive production at a position that often lacks it.I may have been wrong about this.
Depending on how his catching skills come along, that could mean anything from career backup to everyday starter.You could build an entire Triwizard Tournament event with all this hedge.
17. Luis Arraez, 2B
Arraez had already broken out by the time I wrote this, but this seems prescient:
Now, to be fair, his BABIP is .431, which is a titch high, but the way he pokes the ball through holes, it almost seems sustainable.18. Jorge Alcala, RHP
Alcala had an up-and-down 2019, and was moved to the bullpen late. I was somewhat down on him but hoped he could condense the bright spots as a starter into quality relief pitching. He surprised me by actually debuting in 2019 (1.2 scoreless) and has mostly been good since; though his return from injury last year was disappointing, he's been good when healthy this year.
19. Jordan Balazovic, RHP
We had a nice streak of success stories, but this may be the end of them. Balazovic shot up to the #4 Twins prospect over the course of the 2019 season, and deservedly so, but cooled off post-COVID and has been plain bad in AAA, with a 6.43 ERA in 140 IP over 3 seasons. He was only mediocre in relief during his time at MLB last year - 4.44 ERA in 24.1 IP - but he's still struggling in St. Paul. He's still got a 12.9 K/9, but that won't matter if he can't keep baserunners down - currently a 1.775 WHIP. We'll see if he can ascend again, but it seems like a lot of Twins fans are kind of over him.
20. Misael Urbina, CF
The #3 international prospect in 2018, Urbina was in his first season in 2019, so I wasn't trying to project anything for a 17 year old in the DSL. He's still only 22, but he's had a slow rise through the minors and is in his second year at A+. The numbers are much better than last year, but that's primarily because last year they were bad. According to Twins Daily, he's still got great tools but - clearly - the production needs to catch up. Again, the COVID year was not helpful.
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21. Zack Littell, RHPLittell pitched 57.1 MLB innings from 2018 and 2019, and was pretty good in the latter year, though he wasn't getting much high leverage work. I expected he'd done enough to get a bullpen spot in 2020, which he did, but he got blown up in his first appearance (4 R, 3 HR) and after just 6 appearances, he went to the IL for elbow inflammation and never pitched for the Twins again (remember, COVID season). Since then, he's had one good year in SF and has been decent-ish for the Rays for the last year or so.
22. LaMonte Wade, CF
When I got to Wade, he had found his way to the IL just a few PAs into his MLB career after he Buxton'd himself. Based on his numbers, I figured he was a high contact guy who'd play solid defense, but would need to find power to improve of odds of starting, and probably find a situation with more opportunity in the outfield. And hey - I was bang on! He was traded to the Giants for a reliever (we don't need to talk about it) and found himself in a big role. He had 381 PAs and hit 18 homers in 2021, and aside from a sophomore slump, has been a very good player. He's already accumulated 2.0 bWAR this year, probably because he has a whopping .470 OBP - which leads the league by .049 - thanks to a .050 walk rate. Much like Rooker, he's inexplicably found great success that he probably never would have had the opportunity for here.
23. Griffin Jax, RHP
I was pretty impressed by Jax's consistency in the minors, and thought he'd be good even with a likely move to the bullpen. I'm happy to declare that one a hit.
24. Ben Rortvedt, C
I thought Rortvedt was interesting, mostly because I have no idea how to tell if a catcher is good defensively and offense from the position is exciting. Also, this:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73236768/IMG_0302.0.jpg). He ended up as the smallest part of the Josh Donaldson trade, but was injured and wound up not playing much. The Rays acquired him in a 3-way trade of nobodies this offseason, and he was inexplicably excellent in April before going back to his usual ~.150 average in May. Surely that wouldn't have been an improvement over any Twins catchers.
25. Gabriel Maciel, CF
Maciel seemed like an interesting prospect: plus fielding, plus speed, contact, and physical power that was untapped as of yet. Sadly, he never found that power, and stalled out in the Twins' organization after his numbers dropped post-COVID.
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26. Luke Raley, RFIn 2019, Raley was dealing with a serious injury, and I figured that meant that instead of being trade bait, he'd be our insurance against whoever we traded away (which turned out to be Lewin Diaz). He ended up getting traded before the 2020 season anyway as part of the Maeda trade in a return to the Dodgers (they'd drafted him and traded him away as part of the Dozier trade). He first found opportunity as a Ray in 2023, and is now a Mariner. He's been a plus offensively but not much of a defensive contributor.
27. Dashawn Keirsey, CF
Unlike Byron Buxton, LaMonte Wade, and (long after my original scouting reports) Royce Lewis, the Twins found a guy who already knew how to injure himself by running into an outfield wall. Despite a good start to his professional career, Keirsey was struggling with injuries in 2019, and there wasn't much to go on when I first checked him out. He ultimately slashed just .137/.245/.161 in 2019, and turned 24 early in the 2021 season, during which he hit .199 at A+. For most of the guys who were in that situation, that was the beginning of the end. For Keirsey, it was the beginning of a new beginning. (No, that didn't sound any better in my head.) His contact took a huge leap in 2022, slashing .271/.329/.395 in AA. He remained in AA for the majority of 2023, but his production took a leap again, and he found power, hitting .305 with 13 homers before his promotion to AAA. This year, he's slashing .302/.390/.539. Now, the caveat is that he's 27, which is why he's the last guy on the top 30 list, and wasn't taken in the Rule 5 draft. But it's been a journey, and it would be awesome to see him get a shot to continue the ascent in the majors.
28. Travis Blankenhorn, 3B
When I looked into Blankenhorn, he was on a potentially career-saving resurgence in AA after a couple of uninspiring years in lower levels, and it seemed too sustained to be a fluke. Then COVID happened. He did get his cup of coffee in 2020, going 1 of 3 for a double and HBP (what is with it with Twins getting HBP in their debuts?). But in 2021, he pinch ran for Donaldson in extras, scored the go-ahead run on a Buxton homer, and then committed an error in the bottom of the inning, which would lead to a loss. He was DFA'd two weeks later - with no other appearances for the Twins - and is now in the Nationals system. He's a big-time minors slugger, but seems unable to translate that to the big leagues.
29. Michael Helman, 2B
In 2019, Helman seemed like a no-true-outcomes defensive utility guy. It seems he's since figured out how to do a little of each - he's been average to above average in each category during his time in AAA across 2022-24, has hit around .260, and continues to play almost everywhere defensively. The rub, of course, is that he's now, 28. He provides great organizational depth, but he'll need an opportunity to show he can perform at the next level before we can slot him into any future plans.
30. Luis Rijo, RHP
Rijo had an incredible 2019 in A ball at age 20, and I was extremely bullish on him. But it seems he had a UCL injury in 2021, and sadly never returned to form. He's now playing back home in Venezuela, where it seems he had a decent winter.
Sleepers
These are guys I (and sometimes commenters) noticed while trawling through minor league stats, researching oddities or gaining context. There's also a couple guys who cracked the top 30 during the season, either via performance or acquisition, and some other acquisitions and debuts that were unranked but interesting.Sleepers #1
Cole Sands, RHP (#26 in July 2019)Sands was a 5th round pick in 2018, but had tendinitis and didn't play professional ball until 2019. He ascended quickly, starting in A ball and getting promoted to AA in time to make his last start of the year. Surprisingly, he was actually better than he'd been in college, and I liked him a lot at the time He continued to pitch well in AA in 2021, but struggled more in AAA and the majors in 2022, quickly earning the ire of fans. He was better in 2023 - solid in the majors, and dominant in AA - but his ERA is hurting again this year. The rate stats are actually better, though - walks were an issue and are way down, strikeouts are up, and his WHIP is down from 1.523 to 1.029. Without looking (it's late), that says to me he's allowing his baserunners in bunches. His FIP is 3.36, far better than previous seasons. 26 is still young, though; he's shown promise and the Twins seem fairly committed to him, and he's on pace to contribute more innings than he ever has before. Don't sleep on him.
Chris Vallimont, RHP (#30 in July 2019)
Vallimont was acquired at the deadline along with Sergio Romo for Lewin Diaz. Diaz was pretty well regarded for a non-top 30 guy, but he didn't work out in the majors, so this trade was a win pretty easily...but only because of Romo. Vallimont had a very good year in A and A+ in 2019, but struggled post-COVID and was DFA'd in 2022. He's had a couple bright spots since, including a cup of coffee with Baltimore last year, but I regret writing 4-5 paragraphs about him 5 years ago.
Sleepers #2
Devin Smeltzer, LHPSmeltzer was not in the best place statistically when he was acquired in the Dozier trade, but he turned things around very quickly with great minors performances followed by a call-up when Michael Pineda was injured. Smeltzer was a childhood cancer survivor, which made him easy to root for. Lack of velo and an effective fourth pitch were the main questions with him at the time. In terms of ERA, good MLB seasons in 2019 and 2022 bookended negligible to bad contributions in 2020 and 2021, but the rate stats were never great - and worst in 2022 - and he was ultimately outrighted before electing FA. He's now in the Marlins system, currently AAA. His time here was a bit rocky, but it was better than the rest of Dozier's career.
Cody Stashak, RHP
Stashak steadily worked his way up through the minors, and was dominating AAA in 2019 before getting the call up. He was solid in 2019 and 2020, and it seemed like he might be a long-term guy for our pen, but his workload dropped in 2021 when he struggled, and a bounce back 2022 was cut short by a labrum tear. After being outrighted at the end of the season, Stashak elected FA, though he wouldn't sign until after his recovery. He struggled initially with the Giants in AAA last year, but his numbers have improved this year and hopefully he'll get back to the big leagues eventually.
Randy Dobnak, RHP
I don't think I need to tell anyone the ballad of Randy Dobnak, but I'm proud of myself for discovering him before he got his call. I was a little off here, though:
The big question: do we see him this year? Personally, I don't think so.He started a playoff game...things have gone in the wrong direction for Dobnak since, but I think everyone would love to see him earn a call back up.
Edwar Colina, RHP
When I found him, Colina was three starts into a promotion at AAA and was a dominant flamethrower. I thought this guy was the next coming, and guessed he'd debut in 2020. He did, in fact, debut for the Twins late in the 2020 season, trying to hold a 9th-inning deficit at 2. Here are his career MLB numbers, to date: 0.1 IP 81.00 ERA 18.000 WHIP -0.2 WAR
Wander Valdez, 3B
Valdez was 19, in his third year in the organization, and was raking enough in rookie ball that I thought he was interesting, despite the impossibility of box scouting a guy playing at that level. I wasn't super optimistic, just tagging him as a person of interest - wait, what's this note?
if you want to be a top MLB prospect, being an infielder named Wander is a good startuh yeah he didn't work out
Sleepers #3
Charlie Barnes, RHPBarnes was a 4th round pick in 2017, but wasn't showing enough promise early in his career to crack the top 30. Despite a rough start in A+ in 2019, he pitched very well in AA. I liked him as a dark horse, future journeyman 4-5 spot guy, and he did start 8 games for the Twins in 2021 (one other appearance). He only had two or three good outings, but that's gratification enough for me. What's more, it looks like he's been the cornerstone of the Lotte Giants' rotation (KBO) since 2022!
Bailey Ober, RHP
A commenter who is no longer active suggested I check out Ober, who'd had some injury struggles early in his pro career as well as in college, and as a former 12th round pick, wasn't on the radar for 2019. If I didn't notice him, I should have. Ober was absurdly good in 2019. He's obviously been a hit; while the stats aren't there this year, we've seen him when he's on.
Sleepers #4
Ernie De La Trinidad, LFThe final part of the Escobar trade (after Duran and Maciel), E de la T was hot in 2018, but struggled in 2019. I stuck him on my list to watch in case he found his bat again, and because he had a good walk rate, but the lost 2020 year meant he was 25 in 2021, and he didn't do enough to stick in the organization.
Josh Winder, RHP
Winder seemed to me like a guy who could be consistently decent, if unspectacular. That's kind of been the case in his ~100 MLB innings, but he needs to improve his baseline a little, and right now he's in AAA working on returning from a shoulder injury. I just want him to work out so I can continue my to the Winders! to the Wallners! til the sweat drips off my ballners! joke.
Adam Bray, RHP
Bray was an older pitching prospect and MN native who had been very good in A+ in 2018, then again in AA and AAA in 2019. I thought he'd end up being one of those AAAA roster manipulation pitchers for a while, but it seems he had some kind of injury that led to the end of his pro career. Looks like he's now a pitching instructor at a local baseball camp.
Trey Cabbage, RF
Cabbage was a guy who'd struggled to impress in the low levels of the minors, but broke out to a degree in 2019 (his AAA numbers looked a lot better before August) with boosted power and better contact alongside defensive versatilty. His production did continue to improve after COVID - he hit 27 homers between A+ and AA - but at 24, it was the end of his time in the organization. He elected FA and chose the Angels organization, where he'd be left in AA all of 2022 despite an 1.098 OPS. In 2023, at age 26, he finally reached AAA and needed just 107 games to hit 30 home runs. It was enough to earn his first callup midsummer, which involved hitting an absolute nuke. He's now in the Astros organization. The MLB numbers aren't pretty in 70 PAs, but the minor league numbers alone make this a win for me.
Derek Molina, RHP
Primarily an infielder in his one year college, Molina was drafted to be a reliever by the Twins. For a 19 year old making a position change, he was surprisingly effective right away. He earned a call up to A+ at age 21 in 2019, and was dominating there up until one bad outing (after which he went on the IL, perhaps a factor) reduced his statline from "incredible" to "pretty good." Unfortunately, his play dropped off post-COVID - seemingly loss of command - and he never got out of A+.
Sleepers #5
Dakota Chalmers, RHPA third round pick out of high school, Chalmers missed most of 2017 and 2018, which cost him the advantage of youth and led to the A's sending him to the Twins as part of a deal for Fernando Rodney. The surface level numbers were never great, but Chalmers was an elite strikeout guy who intermittently struggled with command. In 2019, he had a 12.5 K/9 but 6.0 BB/9. Sadly, he's another guy whose performance took a hit, and he was waived after a rough start to the year. After apparently being out of baseball in 2023, he's now in the Diamondbacks system.
Andrew Bechtold, 3B
Bechtold is another guy in the "older prospect with defensive versatility whose bat seems to be coming around" mold. In some categories, he was a post-COVID success story - for example, the power jumped up - but he struck out a lot and hit for a low average, not reaching AAA until age 26. He's now in the Blue Jays organization...apparently as a relief pitcher.
2024.06.04 15:11 TheIronyIsKillingMe0 Light for Fluval Flex 15
 | Hi everyone! I got my husband and I matching Fluval 15s, his is planted freshwater, mine’s a saltwater reef. For his, we want carpeting plants (monte Carlo) and a good pop of red (suggestions welcome here). submitted by TheIronyIsKillingMe0 to PlantedTank [link] [comments] I’ve already added co2 to his tank, using stratum and root tabs, and dosing ferts 3-4 times a week. Now I just need to upgrade the light, but lighting always confuses me. I don’t know what strength I need for the red and carpeting plants. Any suggestions? Would the Fluval plant 3.0 be enough? Bonus: Would love something with a timer (Bluetooth would be fantastic) as we both have adhd and will forget to turn the light off otherwise. Thank you in advance! |
2024.06.04 09:20 Some-Person-123 MCM Credenza - can't decide which one!
 | First world problems.... submitted by Some-Person-123 to interiordecorating [link] [comments] Two MCM display credenzas, but one wall. This is my little study/library. It also has a large bookshelf, 9 drawer credenza (solid) and small desk. https://preview.redd.it/ducwyofjai4d1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e389cfb82501859e31263fa3c11f44121106c0f3 https://preview.redd.it/cxg9npfjai4d1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31243144d4ce507378ba3ea0cb5cea436f2566b5 Option 1 - smaller more modest credenza - I like it quite a bit as it's the sort of unit you'd find in modest homes in the 60s-70s, but still with a flair. It has far less display room for my little tiki mug collection and may run short over time, but I can also store menus, booze, etc below making it my all-in-one. I just like it because it's unpretentious and honest. Option 2 - larger teak credenza - more sophisticated, with lighting, far more display room (though no hidden storage) which will be good over time, commands the room but not overly. Any thoughts? (Note - these are roughly placed for photos - no glass doors in either, not decorated, just to give an idea...) Thanks! |
2024.06.04 09:02 JSEfan2002 BEWARE OF THESE SCAMS ON EBAY
 | I found this listing for a Jeff Gordon car with $1,500 shipping. BEWARE OF THESE LISTINGS though this is the first one I’ve seen. There may be MANY more. submitted by JSEfan2002 to NASCARCollectors [link] [comments] |
2024.06.04 06:24 Braydn_I Been wanting one of these forever now, finally got myself one!
 | 2004 Monte Carlo SS, non supercharged sadly. Runs, drives, & stops! Needs some TLC, planning on turning it into a good looking show car. Super good steal for only 1300 bucks with 171k miles :) submitted by Braydn_I to projectcar [link] [comments] |
2024.06.04 02:22 Tshirtsplantsfish Facebook marketplace finds over the past 2 weeks
 | submitted by Tshirtsplantsfish to VintageTees [link] [comments] |
2024.06.04 01:43 SnailTrale3000 Recommendations???
 | 40 gallon 36x15x17 so not the breeder. It’s somewhat new maybe a month old (fully cycled >10ppm nitrate 0/0 nitrite/ammonia 7ph, 75 ppm GH). submitted by SnailTrale3000 to Aquascape [link] [comments] Should I take the log out on the bottom left and cover the whole bottom with something like Monte Carlo? I also want to get a skimmer as I have very low flow for my red root floaters. Any tips on how to keep red plants red? I don’t currently have co2 because of my budget but I am saving up for the small fluval co2 cartridge kit. I have more rocks or I can take some out I’m not sure what do you all suggest? |
2024.06.04 00:59 LyKii99 Take A Look! (Monte Carlo) (Need Your Honest Inputs)
 | hopefully my monte carlo grows lmaooo. I know the water is a little much for "dry start" but I think it should still grow, right?. submitted by LyKii99 to PlantedTank [link] [comments] I just added a picture of my lucky bamboo for fun lol. |
2024.06.04 00:46 stepchildzx Is Binomial pricing for buying Calls useful?
A bit of a noob question but I'm currently learning how to price options using formulas such as binomial, black scholes, monte carlo etc. My understanding is that these are all methods used to price options to sell. However, if I'm more interesting in only buying/trading call options for the time being, are these formulas relevant?
I mean, I try to calculate them using either historical volatility or Implied volatility but it's more or less the market price when buying calls. I'm a bit confused.
I'm currently only using a paper trading account and trying to gain some experience.
submitted by stepchildzx to options [link] [comments]
I mean, I try to calculate them using either historical volatility or Implied volatility but it's more or less the market price when buying calls. I'm a bit confused.
I'm currently only using a paper trading account and trying to gain some experience.
2024.06.03 23:36 Xerographia Non-comprehensive list of Italian radio stations
quickly taken from Wikipedia (only stations that operated pre 2000)
R101)
Radio 105
Radio 24) (mainly does news broadcasts but wouldn't hurt to scour)
Radio Capital
Radio Deejay
Radio Dimensione Suono
Radio Italia Solo Musical Italiana
Radio Kiss Kiss (devoted to soul, funk and disco)
Radio Maria
Radio Monte Carlo Network with a sister station named Monte Carlo 2
Radio Popolare
Virgin Radio Italia
there are plenty more Italian radio stations but they're all more for politics or other unrelated talk. if JAG was recorded before the turn of the millennium, then it most likely came from radio. and according to Gabor's daughter, he did not own any vinyls. of course the song could've came from Limewire otherwise but i think this is a good place to look in addition to scouring YouTube playlists!
submitted by Xerographia to NowIKnowItsJustAGame [link] [comments]
R101)
Radio 105
Radio 24) (mainly does news broadcasts but wouldn't hurt to scour)
Radio Capital
Radio Deejay
Radio Dimensione Suono
Radio Italia Solo Musical Italiana
Radio Kiss Kiss (devoted to soul, funk and disco)
Radio Maria
Radio Monte Carlo Network with a sister station named Monte Carlo 2
Radio Popolare
Virgin Radio Italia
there are plenty more Italian radio stations but they're all more for politics or other unrelated talk. if JAG was recorded before the turn of the millennium, then it most likely came from radio. and according to Gabor's daughter, he did not own any vinyls. of course the song could've came from Limewire otherwise but i think this is a good place to look in addition to scouring YouTube playlists!
2024.06.03 23:30 Cephalomagus 2024 Season 3 Release Notes [Pre-Release Edition]
iRacing has posted the Pre-Release Edition of the 2024 Season 3 Release Notes!
Find them below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/62937/2024-season-3-release-notes-pre-release-edition#latest
As for features, we have BIG NEWS! This release will fully implement the New Damage Model on ALL VEHICLES in the entire service! That’s right, every single car will now benefit from the improved physics and visual experience brought by using the New Damage Model. A few vehicles have received special attention with this release, including the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) and the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks. The Porsche has been updated to the latest available technical specifications, while the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks have received significant updates and improvements based on research performed in partnership with NASCAR, as well as extensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.
The iRacing application is also becoming fully featured with this release, with the addition of some long-awaited Stats and Results improvements: the Driver Leaderboard and Lap Charts & Lap Graphs. We are also rounding out the New Racer Onboarding experience by adding Sports Car as an option.
If you haven’t had enough to drink yet, you’re in luck - TEN additional vehicles are rain-ready, including the entire GT4 Class! And finally, all new content arrives AI-enabled. Get in gear and prepare for iRacing 2024 Season 3!
Season highlights include:
Full 2024 Season 3 Release details are below.
submitted by Cephalomagus to iRacing [link] [comments]
Find them below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/62937/2024-season-3-release-notes-pre-release-edition#latest
2024 Season 3 Release Notes [2024.06.03.01]
The iRacing 2024 Season 3 Release Build is here! This release includes new content, upgrades, and fixes for 2024 Season 3, which officially starts on June 10th at 0000 UTC! iRacing adds two new GT3 cars, the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and the Ford Mustang GT3. We’ve also added a two-for-one deal with the new Street Stock - Casino & Eagle - two cars included in the same package! The iRacing map expands with three new pins: Circuito de Navarra (3 configs), Oswego Speedway (2 configs, Dirt Oval coming soon!), and Sachsenring. We’ve also added a new track configuration to Indianapolis Motor Speedway that matches how the circuit is raced in NASCAR.As for features, we have BIG NEWS! This release will fully implement the New Damage Model on ALL VEHICLES in the entire service! That’s right, every single car will now benefit from the improved physics and visual experience brought by using the New Damage Model. A few vehicles have received special attention with this release, including the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) and the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks. The Porsche has been updated to the latest available technical specifications, while the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks have received significant updates and improvements based on research performed in partnership with NASCAR, as well as extensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.
The iRacing application is also becoming fully featured with this release, with the addition of some long-awaited Stats and Results improvements: the Driver Leaderboard and Lap Charts & Lap Graphs. We are also rounding out the New Racer Onboarding experience by adding Sports Car as an option.
If you haven’t had enough to drink yet, you’re in luck - TEN additional vehicles are rain-ready, including the entire GT4 Class! And finally, all new content arrives AI-enabled. Get in gear and prepare for iRacing 2024 Season 3!
Season highlights include:
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
- Ford Mustang GT3
- Street Stock - Casino
- Street Stock - Eagle
- Circuito de Navarra (3 configs) [FREE!]
- Oswego Speedway (2 configs, Dirt Oval coming soon!)
- Sachsenring
- New Track Configuration: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval) [NASCAR version]
- New Damage Model for ALL vehicles in the iRacing stable!
- Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) Extensive Updates
- NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks Aerodynamic and Chassis Overhaul
- Stats: Driver Leaderboard
- Results: Lap Chart & Lap Graph
- New Racer Onboarding: Sports Car
- Ten Newly Rain-Ready Vehicles [
GT4 Class Cars (Aston Martin Vantage GT4, BMW M4 GT4, McLaren 570S GT4, Mercedes-AMG GT4, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR), Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, Ford Mustang GT3, Global Mazda MX-5 Cup, Ligier JS P320, and Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)] - AI Racing for four new cars [Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, Ford Mustang GT3, Street Stock - Casino, and Street Stock - Eagle]
- AI Racing at seven track configurations [Circuito de Navarra - Speed Circuit, Speed Circuit Medium, & Speed Circuit Short, Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Oval, Oswego Speedway - Oval & Mini Oval, and Sachsenring]
- Over 700 professionally crafted iRacing vehicle setups
Full 2024 Season 3 Release details are below.
iRACING:
Legacy Membersite
- The Legacy Membersite (the classic and original members.iracing.com) has received an overhaul with the 2024 Season 3 Release. Functionality has been updated to focus entirely on Account Management and Support. From here, you can also launch iRacing WEB, the iRacing interface that operates within a Web Browser window and has extensive functionality.
- The Login page now authenticates using the same method used by the iRacing application for improved consistency.
- You can still download the iRacing software from this page.
- Any bookmarks saved for the existing Legacy Membersite will automatically launch iRacing WEB and take you to the same place.
iRacing WEB
- While using iRacing WEB, the URL displayed for the page now dynamically updates. For example, you can copy and paste Race Results or Series Info to a friend.
New Racer Onboarding
- A new third path, Sports Car, has been added to the New Racer Onboarding!
- - - Members may now select from any asphalt racing disciplines for their intro to iRacing.
- - - As part of this change, the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup is now REQUIRED content to download.
- As an existing Member, you can re-run the New Racer Onboarding by resetting the option in your Settings.
General
- Colors and height of the window title bar have been updated.
Local Service
- The “_useipv6.txt” and “_usesteam.txt” files have been moved to the Member’s AppCache directory (%LOCALAPPDATA%\
). - - - We have also updated the process for searching your file structure to find a few important files, including: the “/update” folder, the “_useipv6.txt” file, and the “_useSteam.txt” file. This should improve consistency when launching iRacing.
Time Attack
- Fixed an issue where Time Attack would not launch because another SIM process was already running. Now, only one instance of iRacing will be launched.
AI Racing
- The AI Racing Series page is now divided into a top and bottom section. The top section displays AI Series that you are currently running (My Seasons), while the bottom section displays an array of Official iRacing AI Season Templates. You can select to copy and start running in any of these Official Templates or make adjustments to make it your own. Once you begin running an Official Template, it will appear in the My Seasons section.
- - - The Official iRacing AI Season Templates will always remain at the bottom as a resource for you, and we have plans to expand these offerings. With 2024 Season 3, there are six Official iRacing AI Season Templates.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to Create or Delete an AI Season does not apply the selected action.
Stats
- The Stats page now includes a new third tab, Driver Leaderboard.
- Driver Leaderboard is a searchable database of ALL Drivers on iRacing.
- - - You can search by Driver Name and see a wealth of knowledge about drivers.
- - - You can take related actions with the drivers displayed, such as adding them as a Friend.
- Team Series Stats are now available!
Results
- Three long-requested features have finally arrived in the Results screen for events: the iRacing Event Log, Lap Graph, and Lap Chart!
- - - The iRacing Event Log displays a detailed table of all race control events that occurred during the event.
- - - The Lap Graph displays the event’s progression and key data in a graphical form.
- - - The Lap Chart displays the event's progression and key data in a highly detailed chart.
- - - - - Events longer than 100 Laps must be downloaded as a .CSV file - they will not appear in a user-friendly state.
Store
- A new “First Purchase” discount of 10% is now automatically applied to a Member’s very first full-price content purchase.
- - - Content purchases include car(s) and/or track(s). If a Member’s first purchase earns a greater discount, then the greater discount amount is used instead of this one-time-only 10% discount.
Car Classes
- The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and Ford Mustang GT3 have been added to the IMSA23 and GT3 car classes. The Ford GT GT3 car has been removed from the GT3 class.
Paint Shop
- Heusinkveld sponsor logo updated.
- Fixed an issue where lighting could sometimes not appear in the Paint Shop.
SIMULATION:
Race Servers
- Fixed a Race Server crash that could occur when a vehicle’s physics parameters reach unrealistic values (zippy).
iRacing Weather System
- New rain-ready vehicles:
- - -
GT4 Class Cars are now rain-ready! These cars now have a rain tire compound available for selection and use. This includes the following vehicles: - - - - - Aston Martin Vantage GT4
- - - - - BMW M4 GT4
- - - - - McLaren 570S GT4
- - - - - Mercedes-AMG GT4
- - - - - Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
- - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
- - - Ford Mustang GT3
- - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
- - - Ligier JS P320
- - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
- Race Control Related Improvements & Adjustments:
- - - The algorithm that determines if the track is wet or dry has been updated to better account for the current and trend in rainfall rate. This helps Race Control call the track dry faster once the rain has stopped and the track has dried out enough, and also call the Session wet a bit later if the rainfall is light, or sooner if it is raining hard.
- - - The threshold for transitioning from “wet” to “dry” session has been reduced. This change governs rain rules and the usage of rain lights - the system should also err on the side of caution and not make the call too early.
- Tire Related Improvements & Adjustments::
- - - Adjusted how wet gravel and sand operate with tires to reduce the hopping effect that can occur at speed.
- - - Water spray displacement has been updated to match visual particles better.
- - - The algorithm for car tires clearing water from their paths has been updated slightly.
- Rain Calculation Related Improvements & Adjustments:
- - - The maximum allowable rainfall rate for all weather types (Static, Realistic, and Timeline) has been marginally reduced. This will be the new maximum rainfall rate. This change is in accordance with tire development to improve the overall rain racing experience.
- - - Some algorithms for updating the dynamic track state based on weather conditions have been updated.
- Wet Track Related Improvements & Adjustments:
- - - Calculations for determining water content off of the racing surface have been improved, which will particularly improve tire interaction on drying tracks.
- - - Adjusted the code which manages the track surface parameter changes between Sessions (such as Qual to Race) to better account for the time change and weather changes over that time.
- Graphics Related Improvements & Adjustments:
- - - Rain spray particle counts have been optimized for various viewing distances.
- - - Increased the maximum angle for rainfall based on camera velocity.
- - - Windshield rain particle effects and textures have been updated.
- - - Windshield condensation textures have been updated.
- - - Raindrop textures have been updated.
- - - Improved the rendering code for mapping rain particles.
- - - Improved the rendering process for water spray and tire puffs.
- Audio Related Improvements & Adjustments:
- - - Ambient rain sounds have been added for rainfall on pit crew canopies.
- Bug Fixes:
- - - Fixed an issue where some cars could end up with a mix of rain tires and dry tires due to poorly timed pit commands by the driver.
- - - Fixed an issue where the wind direction could have loaded incorrectly in Replays.
- - - Fixed some inconsistencies that could occur when weather parameters were transitioned across Sessions within the same event.
- - - Rainfall is now appropriately blocked from falling onto surfaces underneath bridges and overpasses.
Tires
- The method by which tires detect the wetness of off-track surfaces has been adjusted to fix an issue where tires dipped in gravel or sand were producing unrealistic spikes in tire pressure.
- Reduced the effects differences in tire pressure and temperature have on how tires react to entering gravel and sand surfaces.
- For opponent cars, an issue was fixed where sometimes the tire compound in use was displayed incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where wheelspin on wet and soft surfaces raised tire temperatures dramatically.
Oval Racing
- As part of the Oval Refresh Project, some asphalt oval track surface parameters have been tuned.
- Some extremely minor heat and grip adjustments have been made to oval racing track surfaces.
Dirt Racing
- The tire wear rate for dirt tires has been reduced by about 25%.
AI Racing
- AI Racing is now available with the following four additional vehicles:
- - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
- - - Ford Mustang GT3
- - - Street Stock - Casino
- - - Street Stock - Eagle
- AI Racing is now available with the following additional seven tracks and configurations:
- - - Circuito de Navarra - Speed Circuit, Speed Circuit Medium, & Speed Circuit Short
- - - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Oval
- - - Oswego Speedway - Oval & Mini Oval
- - - Sachsenring
- AI Drivers have passed their swimming tests and are ready to captain the following vessels in rainy weather:
- - -
GT4 Class Cars (Aston Martin Vantage GT4, BMW M4 GT4, McLaren 570S GT4, Mercedes-AMG GT4, & Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR) - - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
- - - Ford Mustang GT3
- - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
- - - Ligier JS P320
- - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
- AI Drivers have received additional specialized training for driving the following vehicles:
- - -
GT4 Class Cars - - -
GTP Class Cars - - -
NASCAR Truck Series Class Trucks - - -
TCR Class Cars - - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
- - - Ligier JS P320
- - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
- - - SRX
- - - Super Formula Lights
- AI Drivers have received additional racing training at the following tracks and configurations:
- - - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (ALL Configs)
- AI Drivers have received additional specialized wet driving training at the following tracks and configurations:
- - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (ALL Configs)
- - Daytona International Speedway - Road Course
- - Lime Rock Park - Classic, and Grand Prix
- - Mount Panorama Circuit
- - Okayama International Circuit - Full Course
- - Oulton Park Circuit - International
- - Road Atlanta - Full Course
- - Sebring International Raceway - International
- - Virginia International Raceway - Full Course
- - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
- AI Drivers have completed their quarterly educational courses for the 2024 Season 3 Release. This session’s curriculum included the following classes and research materials:
- - Balancing Understeer, Throttle Backoff, and Juggling Pins
- - OVAL-300: Superior Superspeedway Racing Lines
- - Blow the Man Down & 49 Other Sea Shanties for Rain Racing
- - 360 Degrees of Perfection - A Guide to Steering (Updated for 2024!)
- - Racing with Umbrellas and Other Top Secret Rain Racing Techniques
- - Commitment in Relationships and Push-to-Pass
- Several bug fixes have been made for AI Vehicles, including:
- - Fixed an issue where AI Vehicles were not always throwing dust and marbles correctly.
- - Fixed an issue where skidding AI Vehicles generated far greater amounts of tire smoke than appropriate while on wet surfaces.
- - Fixed an issue where AI Vehicles’ engine oil temperatures could reach atomic levels when racing with damage disabled, which could cause the Simulation to crash.
Heat Racing
- Fixed a bug in Heat Racing that could cause problems if the entire field was selected to advance to the Feature from Qualifying, thus eliminating all Heat races.
Physics
- Rolling drag parameters for off-track surfaces have been tuned for improved realism.
- Some additional protections for unrealistic physics values for friction torque, wheel and rim velocities, and spring rates have been added to prevent “zippy” events.
New Damage Model
- The long-awaited day has finally come - The New Damage Model is now available and enabled on ALL vehicles in the entire iRacing catalog! The New Damage Model is now the only damage model!
- The New Damage Model has been enabled on the following additional vehicles:
- - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
- - - Ford Mustang GT3
- - - Street Stock - Casino
- - - Street Stock - Eagle
- - -
Rallycross Cars (Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Subaru WRX STI, VW Beetle GRC, and VW Beetle GRC Lite) - - -
Stock Car Pro Series Class Cars (Chevrolet Cruze, and Toyota Corolla) - - -
V8 Supercars - 2019 (Supercars Ford Mustang GT, Supercars Holden ZB Commodore) - - -
[Legacy] NASCAR Xfinity Series Cars (Chevrolet Camaro - 2014, Ford Mustang - 2016, and Toyota Camry - 2015) - - -
[Legacy] V8 Supercars - 2014 (Ford FG Falcon, and Holden VF Commodore) - - - Audi 90 GTO
- - - Chevrolet Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype
- - - Formula Renault 3.5
- - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe
- - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe - Dirt
- - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe - Rookie
- - - McLaren MP4-30
- - - Nissan GTP ZXT
- - - Pontiac Solstice
- - - Pontiac Solstice - Rookie
- - - Radical SR8
- - - Ruf RT 12R (AWD, C-Spec, RWD, and Track)
- - - Silver Crown
- - - Sprint Car
- - - Williams FW31
- - - [Legacy] BMW Z4 GT3
- - - [Legacy] Ferrari 488 GT3
- - - [Legacy] Mazda MX-5 Cup & Roadster - 2010
- - - [Legacy] Mercedes-AMG GT3
- - - [Legacy] NASCAR Nationwide Chevrolet Impala - 2012
- - - [Legacy] Pro Mazda
- - - [Legacy] Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype - 2008
- - - [Legacy] V8 Supercar Ford Falcon - 2009
- Going forward, The New Damage Model will simply be referred to as the Damage Model.
- The “Original/Old Damage Model” is now completely unavailable.
Graphics
- Regarding the frequent 20xx Series GPU crashes introduced with the 2024 Season 2 Release:
- - - iRacing remains committed to finding and implementing a solution. We are working directly with Nvidia engineers who have been able to reproduce the issue. This has provided them with leads internally, and they remain under active investigation. We plan to take any actions necessary once we have a clear plan of action with their support.
- GPU particles are now enabled by default and may not be disabled via the “renderer.ini” files options.
- The ability to disable Soft Particles has been removed as an option. Other features are already using this rendering process, so there is no benefit to turning them off.
- The shader processing for tires has been updated to better utilize the environment around the car for elements such as reflections and lighting.
- All vehicle glass shaders have been recompiled to improve the darkening effects.
- Windshield darkening shaders for weather have been updated.
- Updated wiper effects parameters on various cars.
- Refactored a method of sampling normals.
- Driver head and face textures have been optimized.
- Improved driver model and texture level of detail.
- Updated some PopcornFX code parameters for stability.
- Fixed an issue with SSAO processing at long distances, causing swimming shadow artifacts on distant scene objects.
- Fixed an issue where some environment textures could appear splotchy.
- Fixed an issue where dirt and rubber particle effects could appear at the wrong size for non-rain-ready cars.
- Fixed an issue with fireworks’ smoke colors.
- Fixed an issue where trackside camera-people could become demonically possessed, causing them to contort while trying to look in several directions at the same time. Be gone, Pazuzu!
Audio
- Fixed a crash issue when the XAudio device fails.
- Fixed an issue where the Simulation could crash if the audio device selected for use was a PS4 Headset.
Spotter
- The Portuguese-Guto_Colvara Spotter Pack has been updated.
- - - Obrigado, Guto!
- The Spanish-Ari_Cejas Spotter Pack has been updated.
- - Gracias, Ari!
- The Spotter Pack validation process has been updated.
- - This process runs to verify if spotter calls are missing from a loaded Spotter Pack and fills them in with the default spotter if it finds any.
Controls
- The latest Fanatec FullForce API has been enabled.
- The Logitech TrueForce API has been updated.
- Support for Simagic 360 Hz mode has been added.
- - - This feature requires SimPro Manager 2.0.338 or newer.
Chat
- Some chat macros with quotes from Mister T of the A-Team have been replaced with more polite and universal phrases.
- - - We pity the fool who never used these!
Cameras
- Fixed a potentially world-ending event that could occur whenever an opponent car left the world if your active camera was still inside it.
Options
- Changed the method used to write “.ini” files to disk. The Simulation will now write the new data to a “.tmp” file. If this is successful, it will remove the previously existing “.ini” file, and then change the file-type of the “.tmp” file to an “.ini” file.
2024.06.03 23:30 BolivianRedditor Encontrando al mejor presidente de Bolivia, día 41. El presidente comentado que tenga más upvotes será eliminado.
Seguimos conociendo y eliminando presidentes.
El eliminado en la anterior votacion es:
Tomas Monje Gutierrez.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Monje_Guti%C3%A9rrez
Después de las protestas en que se asesino a Villarroel entro Nestor Guillen Olmos pues era secretario de la corte de La Paz mientras se recuperaba Tomas Monje Gutierrez. Una vez recuperado asume la presidencia por ser presidente de la corte de La Paz. Goberno del 15 de agosto de 1946 al 10 de marzo de 1947 o sea 6 meses. Se encargo de llamar a elecciones donde fue elegido Enrique Herzog. Este fue su logro, lo que es un gran logro pero no da para ser el mejor presidente de Bolivia.
Presidentes restantes:
_2 Antonio José de Sucre.
_4 José Miguel Velasco Franco.
_6 Andrés De Santa Cruz.
_7 Sebastián Ágreda.
_8 Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuéllar.
_9 José Ballivián.
_11 Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humérez.
_13 José Maria Linares Lizarazu.
_17 Tomás Frias Ametller.
_18 Adolfo Ballivián Coll.
_21 Gregorio Pacheco Leyes.
_23 Mariano Baptista Caserta.
_24 Severo Fernandez Alonso Caballero.
_25 José Manuel Pando Solares.
_26 Ismael Montes Gamboa.
_27 Eliodoro Villazón Montaño.
_28 José Gutierrez Guerra.
_30 Felipe Segundo Guzmán.
_32 Carlos Blanco Galindo.
_34 José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Conde de Alastaya.
_45 Victor Angel Paz Estenssoro.
_53 David Padilla Arancibia.
_56 Lidia Gueiler Tejada.
_60 Jaime Paz Zamora.
Presidentes eliminados.
_1 Simón Bolívar 3. José María Pérez de Urdininea. _5 Pedro Blanco Soto. 10. Eusebio Guilarte Vera. _12 Jorge Córdoba. 14. José Maria de Achá Valiente. 15. José Mariano Melgarejo. _16 Agustín Morales Hernández 19. Hilarión Daza Grosellé. 20. Narciso Campero. 22 Aniceto Arce Ruíz. 29 Bautista Saavedra Mallea. 31 Hernando Siles Reyes. 33. Daniel Salamanca Urey. 35 German Busch Becerra. 36. José David Toro Ruilova. 37. Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga. _38 Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo. _39 Gualberto Villaroel López. _40 Nestor Guillén Olmos. _41 Tomás Monje Gutiérrez._42 Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal. 43. Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague. 44. Hugo Ballivián Rojas. 45. Hernán Siles Zuazo. _49 Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas. _47 René Barrientos Ortuño. 48 Alfredo Ovando Candia. 50. Juan José Torres González. 51. Hugo Banzer Suárez. 52. Juan Peréda Asbun. 54 Walter Guevara Arze. 55. Alberto Natusch Busch. 57. Luis García Meza Tejada 58. Celso Torrelio Villa. 59 Guido Vildoso Calderón. 61 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez Bustamante._62 Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. 63 Carlos Mesa. 64. Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé. 65. Evo Morales. 66. Jeanine Áñez
Fuente del orden de los presidentes:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Presidentes_de_Bolivia#Lista_de_Presidentes_de_Bolivia
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El eliminado en la anterior votacion es:
Tomas Monje Gutierrez.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Monje_Guti%C3%A9rrez
Después de las protestas en que se asesino a Villarroel entro Nestor Guillen Olmos pues era secretario de la corte de La Paz mientras se recuperaba Tomas Monje Gutierrez. Una vez recuperado asume la presidencia por ser presidente de la corte de La Paz. Goberno del 15 de agosto de 1946 al 10 de marzo de 1947 o sea 6 meses. Se encargo de llamar a elecciones donde fue elegido Enrique Herzog. Este fue su logro, lo que es un gran logro pero no da para ser el mejor presidente de Bolivia.
Presidentes restantes:
_2 Antonio José de Sucre.
_4 José Miguel Velasco Franco.
_6 Andrés De Santa Cruz.
_7 Sebastián Ágreda.
_8 Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuéllar.
_9 José Ballivián.
_11 Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humérez.
_13 José Maria Linares Lizarazu.
_17 Tomás Frias Ametller.
_18 Adolfo Ballivián Coll.
_21 Gregorio Pacheco Leyes.
_23 Mariano Baptista Caserta.
_24 Severo Fernandez Alonso Caballero.
_25 José Manuel Pando Solares.
_26 Ismael Montes Gamboa.
_27 Eliodoro Villazón Montaño.
_28 José Gutierrez Guerra.
_30 Felipe Segundo Guzmán.
_32 Carlos Blanco Galindo.
_34 José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Conde de Alastaya.
_45 Victor Angel Paz Estenssoro.
_53 David Padilla Arancibia.
_56 Lidia Gueiler Tejada.
_60 Jaime Paz Zamora.
Presidentes eliminados.
_1 Simón Bolívar 3. José María Pérez de Urdininea. _5 Pedro Blanco Soto. 10. Eusebio Guilarte Vera. _12 Jorge Córdoba. 14. José Maria de Achá Valiente. 15. José Mariano Melgarejo. _16 Agustín Morales Hernández 19. Hilarión Daza Grosellé. 20. Narciso Campero. 22 Aniceto Arce Ruíz. 29 Bautista Saavedra Mallea. 31 Hernando Siles Reyes. 33. Daniel Salamanca Urey. 35 German Busch Becerra. 36. José David Toro Ruilova. 37. Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga. _38 Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo. _39 Gualberto Villaroel López. _40 Nestor Guillén Olmos. _41 Tomás Monje Gutiérrez._42 Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal. 43. Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague. 44. Hugo Ballivián Rojas. 45. Hernán Siles Zuazo. _49 Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas. _47 René Barrientos Ortuño. 48 Alfredo Ovando Candia. 50. Juan José Torres González. 51. Hugo Banzer Suárez. 52. Juan Peréda Asbun. 54 Walter Guevara Arze. 55. Alberto Natusch Busch. 57. Luis García Meza Tejada 58. Celso Torrelio Villa. 59 Guido Vildoso Calderón. 61 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez Bustamante._62 Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. 63 Carlos Mesa. 64. Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé. 65. Evo Morales. 66. Jeanine Áñez
Fuente del orden de los presidentes:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Presidentes_de_Bolivia#Lista_de_Presidentes_de_Bolivia
2024.06.03 22:39 Defiant_Layer_2673 What do I need? 6 gal nano
 | I never done a nano tank before. It’s a 6 gal cube I got. I wanna do a betta. I’ve only done large tanks minimum 25 gallons. submitted by Defiant_Layer_2673 to aquarium [link] [comments] This little thing is only 6 gallons. What filter do I get? Does it need co2 or no bc it’s so small? Is a single betta okay in a 6 gal? Substrate is fluval stratum and I’m thinking Milano driftwood and some Java moss and maybe Monte Carlo? Maybe some Java ferns in the back? |
2024.06.03 20:16 Shot_Acanthaceae_345 Im getting rid of some Dale jr diecast if anyone is interested before i put them up on ebay....
 | The first two cars I'm looking to get $100 a piece or best offer.the the next four $50 to $100 bucks,16 car set and shadow box set$60-$100. The last one 1:18 platinum $200-300. If someone wants all of it I would $700 plus shipping or I would split shipping cost submitted by Shot_Acanthaceae_345 to NASCARCollectors [link] [comments] |
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 | Hello. I’m on day 5 cycling of a new planted tank. I’ve been taking readings everyday. submitted by SkyFit8418 to PlantedTank [link] [comments] My numbers have been consistent until today at Ammonia 0.25ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 5ppm Today on day 5, I’m seeing spikes: Nitrite (0.25ppm) Nitrate (10ppm) Ammonia has been consistent at (0.25ppm) Over the past few days, most of my top water dwarf water lettuce, and Monte Carlo from the pet store planted tank are melting. I read that melting plants is normal from another established tank. I understand this. Should I remove these melting plants or let them sort themselves out? |
2024.06.03 19:08 Gibbel2029 Posting my fits going into The Final Shape. Lastly, Warlock (the neglected one)
 | In order of appearance: -Void 1 (Made this on a whim after getting Tessellation, and it turns out to be pretty busted) -Void 2 (Standard Briarbinds build, but the primary I use changes more often than Hawthorn’s bird takes a shit) -Void 3 (Classic Verity’s Brow build. Unforgiven’s existence alone made this possible) -Solar 1 (Classic Dawn Chorus build. And no, I actually don’t use Dragon’s Breath with it 24/7) -Solar 2 (Classic Sunbracer build. Thank the Traveller for the blessing that is Monte Carlo) -Stand (Classic Necrotic Suspend build, but I still don’t know whether to stick with Thorn, or go back to Osteo) -Arc 1 (Y’all remember Centrifuse? Well I do, and Getaway Artist definitely does given how inseparable they are) -Arc 2 (Fallen Sunstar build. Why haven’t we given all Trace Rifles build in Lead from Gold?) -Prismatic (I genuinely can’t think of how I’m gonna build Prismatic Warlock. But at least I’ve got a fit for if I do) submitted by Gibbel2029 to DestinyFashion [link] [comments] |
2024.06.03 18:56 abjinternational Djokovic dismisses concerns and clashes with Monte-Carlo Masters crowd
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2024.06.03 18:04 SkyKilIer Quick question, does one two punch buff the monte carlo melee?
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2024.06.03 16:16 mickeybob00 Question on lighting.
 | I just setup this tank. I bought a twinstar 300c for this UNS 30A. It is about 12 inches deep. I am now thinking that light might not be enough for a good carpet of Monte Carlo. I was thinking about getting either the twinstar s series or a chihiros wrgb pro series. Just wanting some ideas if that is going overboard. submitted by mickeybob00 to Aquascape [link] [comments] |