Twins Trade Curtiss to Angels for Daniel Ozoria

[big dog]

 

2017 has nothing to do with 2018.

We ran with Belisle last year in a lost season instead of Curtiss or anybody else who could possibly increase in value. Belisle is then predictably not resigned and the return on the investment is zero and Curtiss is Taken off the 40 man leading to a trade of questionable return. No value from Belisle and Minimum value from Curtiss and back into the pile you go with absolutely no ground gained.

It was a lost season with selling at the trade deadline. Curtiss is the one who could increase in value. Belisle would not increase in value. They gave MLB work to the wrong guy.

Multiply Belisle times all the other players who we’ve let go with exhausted value for a decade or longer and the hindsight kinda hits you right between the eyes.

I certainly hope that replacing Molitor with Baldelli results in a major change in this approach.

 

[Seth Stohs]

 

If they're bringing in players deemed to have a High-A ceiling, they need new people responsible for bringing in players.

 

I guess thats' just not the reality. The reality is that they have to fill a bunch of minor league rosters too. I'm sure the goal and hope for every player is to get them to the big leagues... that's just not realistic. It's just not. 

[cmoss84]

 

This is a weird topic for argument.

 

But, if a player is deemed to have a High-A ceiling and he gets to AAA, does the team not deserve at least some credit (along with the player) for maximizing his potential?

It would be an interesting study to find out the average level a player gets to in each organization...I guess would be another way of grading organizational depth and development. Do "they" have something like this already?

[ashbury]

It would be an interesting study to find out the average level a player gets to in each organization...I guess would be another way of grading organizational depth and development. Do "they" have something like this already?

If this ever became a thing, and front offices knew they were being sized up according to this metric, they would fall all over themselves to bring each and every prospect (and suspect) up to AAA for a demitasse of thin, watery decaf before releasing him.

[yarnivek1972]

Twins sure like to DFA young pitchers brought on board by the previous regime. Melotakis, Chargois, Rosario, Curtiss, Slegers, Jorge... Also, Burdi and Bard left exposed to the Rule 5.

 

Has the current front office DFA'd a young position player off the 40 yet? There must be someone I'm forgetting.

Which probably speaks more to the lack of depth of MLB caliber position players in the organization.

[nicksaviking]

 

If this ever became a thing, and front offices knew they were being sized up according to this metric, they would fall all over themselves to bring each and every prospect (and suspect) up to AAA for a demitasse of thin, watery decaf before releasing him.

 

Kind of like how Harlod Baines happened to get into the HOF the same year that two of his former GMs were voting?