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You hit the nail on the head. I like to see the Twins score as much as the next guy. But, if you're going to build your staff around pitch to contact types, then you probably should make sure the...

Well, he's given up 6 ERs in each of his last two starts, but before that I agree he was doing about what was expected. Look at the K's over the last 5 starts (in order) though: 5,4,3,2,0,1 - notice...

None of us really know and I really don't think Anderson has much to work with, but...
Diamond and Worley are both doing MUCH worse than expected, Pelfrey has just been plain bad. I'd argue that...

Well, we should be careful what we wish for. I'm not a huge fan of the Pohlads, but we could always end up with someone like Loria who looks at the Marlins as his own personal piggy bank. There's no...

According to an article in the Strib about the Vikings Stadium its: In the case of Target Field, the public would get 18 percent of the overall sale price initially. But that amount drops by...

We are approaching the end of May and it seems like every starter on the staff has gotten progressively worse as the year has gone on. Worley's start today is just the icing on the cake. We've had...

I keep waiting to hear that Worley has a bum arm or something. There has to be some sort of explanation for how awful he's been this year, doesn't there? I mean even if you account for the change in...

Just another example of how the current Twins staff/management still uses the "eye test" over statistics. Heck, these aren't even advanced statistics.

Hey, I would have liked to see Gibson, just because I'd like to see Gibson. Nothing wrong with giving Deduno a shot though. I don't necessarily have high hopes for him, but if nothing else he is a...

Well, I just don't think that we can fully judge these decisions based upon less than 10 starts for all these guys. I'll even go out on a limb and say that even with the lousy starts that by the end...

I don't know, I think you could see these numbers as a #2 (or a number 1 for most Twins teams of recent vintage). There are a couple of positives too - he's been pretty consistently good, he's been...

I have to agree that the quality of the pitchers is huge factor. But why are all these guys throwing fewer K's than they did before? Is it just the change in leagues? Are they all dealing with arm...

This is all true. However, I also think we've seen this philosophy for long enough to understand that where there is smoke there is probably fire. Let's see how things look in another month or so,...

Well, I think there is one general truth. A ball put in play has a much better chance of becoming a hit than one that isn't. That's why I think K's are so important. Yes, there will times when guys...

I agree that SSS is certainly a factor. However, we've seen the Twins staff featuring low k's, low bbs for the last several years. It goes beyond sample size and is an obvious philosophy. I do agree...

Just out of curiosity, why do I keep seeing 200M thrown out for Grienke? He signed for $159M. Is the implication the Twins would have had to outbid the Dodgers by 40M for his services? That seems a...

Well, I probably should have looked at BB/9 to see if it proves my opinion - sure enough - Worley - 2.3 BB/9 - Previous career low 3.1 BB/9 (thowing out 2.8 for 13 IPs as a rookie)
Pelfrey - 2.4...

Phil Miller's MLB insider at the Strib today: MLB Insider: Twins missing out on league's strikeout trend | StarTribune.com mentions that Twins starters are striking out about 1/2 the league average...

1. Disagree - there wasn't a huge number of elite pitchers, but there were A LOT of guys that could have helped the Twins.
2. Why not? Every team has a some limit. They certainly couldn't outbid the...

There isn't a cap on the number of players signed, but there is now a cap of the amount that can be spent. Each team now has a limited pool of money available. Teams with poor records are allocated a...

Umm, what the heck? There were more than 2 FA pitcher last off-season. That's what this thread started as. I thought the Twins should have been in on Sanchez, and several of these guys. Some of them...

Well I didn't paste the entire quote, but he does say Money is the #1 thing and that's it's disingenuous for guys to say they took more money for "their families" since they get so much anyway.
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Apparently that's what the Twins thought too. I was replying to your previous quote about 2nd tier free agents though anyway. AND I still stand by the statement that money is what matter 95% of the...

Actually this is what Grienke said “I could play for the worst team if they paid the most. . . . If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I’m going to go for...

This is true with some guys, but Grienke flat out said he signed for the most money. In some cases the money is what matters, and I think that's probably true in a majority of cases. I am very...