Article: Two-Weeks-To-Opening-Day Roster Projections

[mnfireman]

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[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc, align: left]Split[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]W[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]L[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]W-L%[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals]ERA[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]G[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]GS[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]GF[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]CG[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SHO[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SV[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]IP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]H[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]R[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]ER[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]HR[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BB[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]IBB[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SO[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]HBP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BK[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]WP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BF[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals]WHIP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]SO/9[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]SO/BB[/TH]

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[TD=class: tooltip, align: left]as Starter[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right].500[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5.67[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]27.0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]32[/TD]

[TD=align: right]18[/TD]

[TD=align: right]17[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5[/TD]

[TD=align: right]10[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]19[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]120[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.556[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6.3[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.90[/TD]

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[TD=class: tooltip, align: left]as Reliever[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right].667[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5.59[/TD]

[TD=align: right]23[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]37.0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]46[/TD]

[TD=align: right]26[/TD]

[TD=align: right]23[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]15[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]25[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]169[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.649[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6.1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.67[/TD]

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[mnfireman]

Those are Manship's career starter/reliever splits. Obviously the columns shifted to the right, but you see he is the same pitcher in either role.

[jorgenswest]

As they build the bench, they need to look for a some plus skill that the player can contribute.

 

Florimon (+ defense, speed?).

Burroughs (left handed bat).

Butera, Towles, Rivera (they can play C)

Hollimon (don't see one. Based on career, he shouldn't be used to pinch hit or as a defensive sub)

 

As for the bullpen. We need a mix of lefties and righties. We need a few with rubber arms that can pitch back to back days. We need a guy who can come in and get a strikeout. We need a couple guys that can pitch 2-3 innings. We need a guy who can give us a spot start.

 

Where do Manship, Fien, Waldrop, Burnett or Burton fit in? What skills do they bring to the pen? What roles can they fill? Lets look at the skills.

 

I hope the Twins are looking at skills as the build the roster. I hope the Twins are ignoring the spring statistics. It has no predictive value. None. Zero. The data is useless. Let's ignore it.

[Andrew Bryz-Gornia]

Hollimon (don't see one. Based on career, he shouldn't be used to pinch hit or as a defensive sub)

Hollimon has some power and he walks quite a bit. Unfortunately, that's come with high strikeouts and low batting averages.

[Todd G]

Carrying a 3rd catcher on the roster is just a waste. It eats up a bench bat that would be used more often than the possibility of needing the 3rd catcher to prevent a pitcher from having to hit (which is a moot point since Butera, Towles and Rivera don't hit much better than a pitcher would anyway). Also Doumit's defense hasn't proven to be too much of a liability in the limited exposure hes had so far this spring. Just say no to Gardy's nooky-blankey third catcher crapola.