Twins Promote RHP Ryan Eades

[akmanak]

Just like making a trade or picking up a FA.

[USAFChief]

 

This is all about seeing what we have before the FO pulls the trigger on a trade

I think it's all about needing another arm, and Eades is the poor choice du jour.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

You never know until you hand them the ball. 

 

The Twins have to simultaneously look for acquisitions and players from their own system because it's important. They can't just plan for future acquisitions to fill up the bullpen, they need to find guys in their own system as well because we don't know who will get hurt in September and be out for the playoffs. 

 

They can't Mike Morin their way through the bullpen anymore. Mike has thrown 11 primarily non-stress innings and he has 0.64 WHIP. Yet, he goes from pitching in the Tampa Bay 14-3 loss to last night without throwing a pitch. 

 

You either trust Morin or you don't. If you don't... Move on. If you are not sure about Morin... Find out. If you trust him... use him. 

 

If Eades is coming to join us and he is... He must be auditioned fairly. 

 

This is critical because if we lose a couple arms out of the rotation... the spotlight on the bullpen is going to be bright... and I mean very bright. They can't predict the trade market, they can be hopeful but they can't predict it. 

 

Playoffs are coming... Get prepared for it... Don't burn roster spots with placeholders. They have built depth with the position players... now they must turn their attention to assembling depth on the pitching mound. 

 

If Eades can help... get out of the way and let him. 

Wasn't Morin used last night?

[Thrylos]

FWIW Torreys was in the temporarily inactive list in AAA because he was dealing with a family health issue

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Torreyes placed on the restricted list, whatever that is. He is no longer on the 40-man roster.

per the rule book it’s for investigation to periods to rules violations and when players fail to report, or have visa issues.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Eades was going to be eligible for minor league free agency this coming winter, so not much risk in DFA'ing him if we need to this season.

[Riverbrian]

 

its not so much that it's all they require, it's all they have available.

He'll almost certainly get innings that matter, because every reliever pitches at least some innings that matter. It's the nature of MLB. There are too many games that aren't decided until the final out to pretend that a reliever will never be asked to get important outs.

But he'll be the last option for them, and he should be.

 

There will be an end of the bench on all teams. You've been trying to teach me that for quite some time. 

 

WIth my right hand raised I promise that "I have always believed that there will be an end of the bench". 

 

Where you and I seem to be completely opposed. 

 

You seem to be not only OK but you actually seem to strongly advocate predetermination of who is at the end of the bench.  

 

I am the North Pole to your South Pole on this point specifically. I believe that predetermination is a root cause of something very very bad in the sport of baseball. 

 

Predetermination is how the 2018 Twins happened. Predetermination is how Logan Morrison happened, Predetermination is how Luke Voit ends up in a Yankee Uniform. Predetermination is why the Twins rebuild has taken so damn long. 

 

When Jorgenswest states that the front office knows who Ryan Eades is, I don't believe it. I believe the front office has been watching, measuring, taking notes and I don't believe the front office is negligent in the science but the task at hand is too hard because the margins are thin. 

 

I don't know Ryan Eades from a hole in a wall but he has been handed a roster spot so let's find out because the team needs to find out. 

 

If you believe that he can't out perform Matt Magill before he even throws a MLB pitch. I'm not sure how you are able to reach that conclusion in consideration of those thin margins...  However, if Baldelli agrees with you and refuses to deploy Eades. Then he can only be described as a waste of precious time and space and we've been doing a lot of wasting over the years. 

 

 

[Riverbrian]

 

Wasn't Morin used last night?

 

Yes he was and prior to that, the last time he was used was the final inning mop up of the 14-3 Blowout in Tampa. Morin has been on the beach for a long time and we watched Magill blow up 3 times during that stretch of not using Morin 

 

 

 

 

[USAFChief]

There will be an end of the bench on all teams. You've been trying to teach me that for quite some time.

 

WIth my right hand raised I promise that "I have always believed that there will be an end of the bench".

 

Where you and I seem to be completely opposed.

 

You seem to be not only OK but you actually seem to strongly advocate predetermination of who is at the end of the bench.

 

I am the North Pole to your South Pole on this point specifically. I believe that predetermination is a root cause of something very very bad in the sport of baseball.

 

Predetermination is how the 2018 Twins happened. Predetermination is how Logan Morrison happened, Predetermination is how Luke Voit ends up in a Yankee Uniform. Predetermination is why the Twins rebuild has taken so damn long.

 

When Jorgenswest states that the front office knows who Ryan Eades is, I don't believe it. I believe the front office has been watching, measuring, taking notes and I don't believe the front office is negligent in the science but the task at hand is too hard because the margins are thin.

 

I don't know Ryan Eades from a hole in a wall but he has been handed a roster spot so let's find out because the team needs to find out.

 

If you believe that he can't out perform Matt Magill before he even throws a MLB pitch. I'm not sure how you are able to reach that conclusion in consideration of those thin margins... However, if Baldelli agrees with you and refuses to deploy Eades. Then he can only be described as a waste of precious time and space and we've been doing a lot of wasting over the years.

For every Luke Voigt there are 2999 washouts where their past history proved correct, and they had no ability to perform well in MLB.

 

I dont want the Twins to sift through 2999 washouts looking for nr 3000. I want them to acquire and play the few who have demonstrated a high likelihood of success. I certainly dont want them to look at 2 scoreless innings from Ryan Eades, which consisted of modest pitches and 4 baserunners, and a runner thrown out at the plate, and determine there's more there than 6 minor league years have shown.

 

He's on the team, and will get innings so I hope he performs well. But I hope they dont stop looking for better options, so he can be returned to Rochester where he belongs.

[Riverbrian]

 

For every Luke Voigt there are 2999 washouts where their past history proved correct, and they had no ability to perform well in MLB.

I dont want the Twins to sift through 2999 washouts looking for nr 3000. I want them to acquire and play the few who have demonstrated a high likelihood of success. I certainly dont want them to look at 2 scoreless innings from Ryan Eades, which consisted of modest pitches and 4 baserunners, and a runner thrown out at the plate, and determine there's more there than 6 minor league years have shown.

He's on the team, and will get innings so I hope he performs well. But I hope they dont stop looking for better options, so he can be returned to Rochester where he belongs.

 

There will be a (impossible to determine) percentage of those 2999 washouts who were never given a chance due to predetermination. 

 

Those 1 out of 3,000 players all seem to be landing on the same rosters. IE Only Certain teams seem to be good at finding these 1 in a million players.  

 

You don't want the team to sift through 2999 washouts in search of that rare 1 out of 3000 player. I don't either... but I'm insistent that they sift through 25 players at a time.

 

BTW Giving Eades or anyone a chance should not prevent a team from looking for better options. The team should constantly be looking for better options. However... Not giving Eades or anyone the chance to be a better option due to predetermination is the very definition of "stop looking for better options". 

 

 

[Jham]

I love how the final spot on the roster is being used as a rotational position for relievers and shoot starters with options. It takes innings off other arms who may need to pitch well into October. I was frequently frustrated by the FO holding Rule 5 guys and rule 5 eligible guys they didn't intend on using while burning out our high leverage guys in low leverage situations. Having to use guys just because our designated long man was recently used was unconscionable to me.

 

Our issue isn't depth at the back end, it's depth and overall ability at the top end.