Article: Additions By Subtractions?

[Penthang]

I just have this to say: If Park gets claimed, how could they have chosen Danny Santana over Park? That makes no sense to me!

[Mike Sixel]

 

Danny Santana isn't IF depth or IF insurance.  He's horrible on IF defense but thankfully for us he is able to fall back on not being able to hit.

 

He can also try to steal bases.

[Lonestar]

Park was not the reason Sano was relegated to RF. Plouffe was. The Twins are bound and determined to play Sano in the field. I can't find the quote, but Falvine or Molly reserved the right to play Sano in RF.

 

Park and Vargas are not redundant. I think the Twins want a regular DH. Both have MiLB options. Both can play in Rochester if necessary. Neither is the 40th man on the roster. Danny Santana is.

 

So this is either a way of saving Pohlad money. Or it's an attempt to free up a spot on the 40 man roster. In either case I think they chose poorly.

[Doomtints]

 

I still like the signing of Park for the simple reason that the Twins went out in the IFA Market and competed against everyone else and completed a deal. 

 

The Twins could have spent this time evaluating other talent that could fill a position of need. There weren't just two options -- spending time evaluating Park or hovering around the margarita machine in the front office. A pretty good third option would be spending time evaluating pitching talent.

 

And this third option probably should have been the first option.

 

 

I was also never concerned about the logjam because there is no logjam unless multiple players actually perform at a major league level 

 

A logjam can also prevent the team from ever being able to figure out who can perform at a major league level. I think many of us predicted this exact thing would happen last year when Park was signed -- either Vargas or Park would get cut without being properly evaluated.

Edited February 6, 2017 by Doomtints

[Steve Lein]

 

A logjam can also prevent the team from ever being able to figure out who can perform at a major league level. I think many of us predicted this exact thing would happen last year when Park was signed.

 

I liked the signing as it was going a different route, but this idea was also my caveat to it. It didn't fully make sense from a roster standpoint unless Plouffe was gone, at a minimum. 

 

That never happened so they pidgeon-holed themselves out of the gate and things just got worse from there.

[Oldgoat_MN]

 

He can also try to steal bases.

 

Haha. That was pretty good,

I knew it was bad, but I had to look it up to see he had 12 SB and was caught stealing 9 times.

[David HK]

How long does the DFA period last, when the player may be claimed?  Is it 10 days?

 

I understand their reasoning, but I would still hate to lose Park.

[Squirrel]

 

How long does the DFA period last, when the player may be claimed?  Is it 10 days?

 

I understand their reasoning, but I would still hate to lose Park.

I think teams have 7 days to make a claim?

[ashbury]

I think teams have 7 days to make a claim?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions#Waivers

 

I think it's only 3 days.

 

The business about 7 is the obscure case where a team might DFA but not waive the player right away: since DFA has to be concluded within 10 days, they can't delay starting the waiver process for longer than 7 of those days.