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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    In the long run, I completely agree but right now, the team is handing away far too many games in late innings. May could stop that bleeding immediately. I'm doubtful whether Pelfrey or Milone would have the same effect.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree it feels that way with Pelfrey but I don't see why the Twins would cater to Milone. They didn't hesitate to demote the guy earlier in the season.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Another possible strategy. That makes sense.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not convinced it's that dumb. Yeah, in a perfect world you want May in the rotation and he's not the worst starter by any measure... But right now, the rotation is serviceable. The bullpen is not. It's possible that this is the biggest net gain for the team because it gives Molitor three good to great strikeout pitchers to go 7-8-9 and shut down games. Kansas City has used the model "serviceable rotation, ferocious bullpen" for a few years and it has worked brilliantly for them.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    That's what I expected to happen. Not really sure how I feel about it. I want May in the rotation but he could be a fierce bullpen arm and the Twins need that in a big way.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I recall Polanco and Kepler being well regarded but they weren't can't miss guys like Sano. Unless my memory is broken, I don't think either got even $1m.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I hope the Twins go big this year. It'd be a sound strategy because the CBA will likely change and if they buy several high profile prospects, there's a good chance they'll be coming to Minnesota just as the current crop of prospects are pricing themselves off the team.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I prefer a mix. While I'm all in favor of going big when you feel it's the right guy, I think a more solid approach is to cast the net wide and pick up a lot of "hey, this kid looks really good" players when the field looks like less of a sure thing. These are 16-17 year old kids. The wider you cast the net, the more likely you are to find a diamond in the rough... Unless, of course, there's a kid you absolutely must have at any price.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Semantics. Both are technically correct in a manner of speaking. Brian Dozier was not under contract with the Twins. He was under team control but the contract is year-to-year through arbitration years. So, technically both are correct. Maybe not the most perfect terminology but everybody understands what we're talking about.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Like you, I was skeptical of the necessity of the extension but I liked the message it sent to other players: perform and the Twins will take care of you. I'm glad it's working out for everyone involved.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I hope it's the bullpen. The Twins could use the help and Trevor doesn't deserve a demotion.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, but it's a mistake to bank on that being a possibility. Make the guy force his way into the conversation, don't alter his development cycle in hopes there's a remote chance he'll be a fit.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    But why? From a numbers and common sense perspective, if you're going to take a gamble on a lefty who can help the team in 2015, you start and end the conversation with Taylor Rogers. He's a starter but as we saw with Meyer, moving from starter to reliever shouldn't be much of an issue. He's not only dominating lefties, he's making them look foolish... and he's doing it at the highest level of MiLB, not a second-rate college conference. There are multiple ways to fix this problem. Jay shouldn't even be in the conversation.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    They want him to be a starter. The longer they punt on making him a starter, the longer it will take for him to reach MLB. That's pretty much the definition of "stunt". They've already signed Jay. He's going to head to the minors very soon and he'll get half a season to start stretching out and facing MiLB hitters. That's half a season wasted if they keep him as a reliever, put him in the minors, and hope hope hope he's good enough to face MLB hitters in the next two months. Nick Burdi had very similar stats to Jay in college. He went to the minor leagues and performed well in A/A+ but then lit himself on fire the moment he was promoted to AA. What makes you think Jay is ready to go to Minnesota straight from college? Virtually nobody else does it anymore, what makes Jay so different? There's a lot of hope in your opinion and not much else. There's no indication that Jay would fool MLB hitters when it took Nick Burdi over a month to start fooling AA hitters (and that was after he got a taste of the lower minors).
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    The problem is that Jay is probably not the answer. See Example A: Burdi, Nick And why is making the playoffs so important that the Twins stunt the development of a first round pick? I'd rather see them trade off a marginal prospect to pick up a reliever (what they should do is dig into their deep farm system to fix the problem internally) than screw with a guy who they obviously believe has the potential to be a long-term solution in the rotation. That's bad management of prospects.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't get the Tyler Jay nonsense. The Twins didn't draft Jay as the sixth overall pick so he could be a middle reliever. He's going to the minors to work on becoming a starter. And that's the right decision.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    2015 MLB is a very different animal than 2000 MLB. Less production is expected at all positions, particularly the up-the-middle positions.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, not saying it's good if he has zero power but if he ends up in the .075-.100 range (not far off his brother's marks) he's an acceptable shortstop (provided his average is good as well). But he doesn't have the outright speed of Dee so an ISO over .100 would be preferred. Dee gets a ton of his ISO from triples.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. He's not where you'd like him to be in the contact in discipline departments but he hasn't been disastrous, either. That gives me pause but I'm not quite ready to be overly concerned about it. Only time will tell how his power manifests but if he doesn't pick it up in discipline and contact (and he has done that in recent weeks), that could be worrisome in the future. Also, I'm not sure we want Gordon to show much power. He's (reportedly) so slick defensively that maybe it's best if he stays in the 6' range and never gets over 180 lbs. Given the way baseball is turning back to smaller guys up the middle, it could mean he's the first Twins SS who will actually stick at the position through his early 30s. The bigger he gets, the more likely it is that he moves away from the position at a younger age.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I consider this a general positive, actually. Dee started as a 20 year old in rookie ball. Nick started as an 18 year old in rookie ball. Dee was so unimpressive overall that he didn't get drafted. I wonder how much of that had to do with his physical appearance as an 18 year old. Nick's offensive ability (or lack thereof) is worth noting but we're talking about a lanky, 19 year old shortstop. He's an inch taller but 10 lbs lighter than his older brother. It can be said with relative confidence that Nick has at least 15 lbs more in his frame. Not everyone grows at the same rate. At 19 years old, I was 6'2"ish and about 160 lbs. By the time I was 22, I was 6'4" and 200 lbs. Gordon is so young that he's not even close to developed physically. There's a chance he never gets there but there's also a decent chance that the power comes with the weight and muscle, which won't finish developing until he's well into his 20s. Some guys (Kennys Vargas, Miguel Sano) are monster human beings seemingly from puberty. Other guys take time to reach maturity. At this point, I'm more concerned with Nick's plate discipline and his contact ability. The power shouldn't be much of a concern when talking about a defensively skilled shortstop who hasn't seen his 20th birthday.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Barry was a mere shadow of his father, Bobby.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Catching up on the game. I really enjoy how Buxton looks completely out of control whenever he's rounding first base. I've seen him do it three times now and he's arms and legs akimbo all three times.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I know it's been mentioned here and there but I hadn't looked at the stats very closely in the past month. Trevor May has turned into a really nice pitcher. 4.8 BB%, 21.0 K%, good for a 3.72 xFIP.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I absolutely believe Milone should receive a legitimate chance to compete for a spot, particularly at the expense of Nolasco. We've seen enough Bad Ricky where it's time to make him earn a spot, not have one handed to him.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm skeptical of Milone because he played all those games in Oakland, which may have influenced his stat line. He has an ERA of 2.98 in Oakland while his ERA for career away games (didn't feel like breaking it down further than that) is below league average at 4.33. That doesn't mean he can't be just as good or better than the guys you listed, it just means I'm skeptical.
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