REPORT: Twins Lose JT Chargois On Waivers

[Oxtung]

 

I don't see how you can say they got burned and this was stupid and a failure without any future knowledge of what is going to happen with him. 

Unless you think the Twins have a tarot reader on staff what happens in the future has no impact on whether this was a good decision or not. All that matters is what does Falvine know, in the here and now, and how did they use that information to come to a decision.

 

 

[Circus Boy]

 

Concur, concur, concur.

I take the player with proven big league experience almost every time, and I don’t care what some spread sheet says about “decline phase,” “over 30,” or much else.

Depending on minor leaguers is folly.

Of course you don't care about "decline phase" and "over 30." This board has been slandering you with those exact words, and you've proven the whippersnappers wrong every time. Carry on. /end operation brown nose/

[USAFChief]

 

Of course you don't care about "decline phase" and "over 30." This board has been slandering you with those exact words, and you've proven the whippersnappers wrong every time. Carry on. /end operation brown nose/

CBU. 

[kab21]

 

I am going to hate seeing him play well for another team.  This front office has to stop the rule V nonsense.

 

 

Chargois is healthy. According to him, there is no medical issue, and it was just a mechanical issue with his follow through which HE found after his release. Twins trainers and medical staff were apparently unable to figure the issue out.

 

https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/23/once-touted-reliever-j-t-chargois-lost-on-waivers-to-dodgers/

 

This was a huge failure. It doesn't matter if the first team claimed Chargois or the last team. The Twins were purposely coy about Chargois' health and it's not like Chargois has a screaming hot pedigree around the league. Teams are busy with free agents, their own rosters and Spring Training. The Twins gambled with a healthy, very talented, high ceiling arm. It was stupid and they got burned.

I really don't understand how fans that have almost never (or almost never) seen the bottom end of the 40 man roster play can be so bent out of shape by 40 man roster cuts. Yes, these guys have some amount of potential because they were on the 40 man roster but at the end of the day he is a 27 yr old RP that was only able to pitch 2.2 innings last year.

I am disappointed that they didn't think he was worth keeping. He throws 96 and had good K/BB rates when he was able to pitch.