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  1. adjacent
    "The Twins are tied to Nolasco, Santana and Hughes through 2017 for a total of almost $75 million, with the latter two deals running even longer. The monetary aspect is less bothersome than the lengthy commitments, because having these three vets entrenched limits the club's flexibility to plug in youngsters or seek out other options." I am not sure I agree with this premise. I think the best players and pitchers are the ones who have to play in the field or as pitchers, regardless of contracts. The thinking that if you are paying big money to a player, he has to play, no matter ho bad he is playing, it what lead to things like the May mess, the Nolasco mess, the Mauer mess, and so on. In the end, you lose more money playing bad players, even when they have big contracts, because fans get tired, and either don't go to the park or turn off the TV.
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    I agree with you. Once you bring him up, I would give him at least 3 starts to get the nerves out and show what he can do.. Having said that, what a sense of opportunity to bring SP prospects up! Last year, May on the road against the A's, that were the hottest hitting team at that time. This year, the poor Duffy against the Jays, that even the #8 hitter hits home runs left and right.
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    With the advantage that unlike those that you mention, Walker is not a statue in the field. He seems like a pretty athletic corner outfielder
  4. adjacent
    The thing is if you demote May to put Santana, and keep Pelfrey, this is a reversible move. If Pelfrey start to struggle, you call up May. But if you demote Pelfrey an either Santana or May struggles, you cannot go back to Pelfrey. So, in demoting May, you still keep your safety net. I am saying this even when I like May a lot.
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    Also it is nice to see some not so heralded prospects like Swim, Tray Vavra, Beresford and Danny Ortiz keeping their numbers up.
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    What I am amazed is at the pitching. 3 starters and 6 relievers with WHIP under 1 (and in the case of relievers, not even close to 1). Look at the K/9 and BB/9 of the relievers. We need some of them with the big club!
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    I watched a bit of the game. Meyer, when he was out of the zone, was way out of the zone. And when people didn't bite on those pitches out of the zone, he was coming back with fast balls down the middle. That is how Swisher got his double. It seems to me that is not a problem of the organization, he just does not have good control right now. Major leaguers are going to hit fast balls down the middle, no matter how hard you throw. You can get away with one or two, but in the end hitters are going to catch up.
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    Regading the Chattanooga game, one factor is thet the Stadium lights were pretty bad, at least for what is was showing in the Milb streaming. That could be a factor in the high number of strike-outs, for both teams in both games played.
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    I am sorry. When I saw the title I couldn't stop thinking "Upper 80s, right down the middle".
  10. adjacent
    You forgot Rochester, I think. You still can put Colabello there.
  11. adjacent
    Another name to add to the list is Rios. Rangers declined his option.
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    Very good article. I like the clarity of the spread chart. Also knowing what kind of work took gor Gordon to get where he is now. I hope whomever coach works with the outfielders next year pstarts a similar routine. I have a question. During the first part of the year in 2014 Willingham, Kubel, and even Barlett were in left field No wonder it was the worst in baseball. But from August on it was Schafer, sometimes Parmelee, a few times Nunezand I think Hicks was there a few times (maybe I am wrong in this one). How were the metrics of the last 2 months? Any sign of improvement? I know it will be an extremely low sample size, but just to get an idea.
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    One thing I noticed lately is that he is getting a lot of pop outs, in the type of pitches that he used to drive in the first half (high fastballs). I don't know enough to say what might be causing it.
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    If you are going to call up people that is not in the 40-man, I would prioritize the bullpen pitchers: Meyer (although he is going to be a starter, it would not hurt to give him a few innings from the bullpen as a first try), and Oliveros. From the hitters, maybe Beresford. You can argue for Romero, but as you say, that position seems to be covered by Plouffe, Nunez, and in the future, Sano. Bernier was already here last year, he is not going to help the Twins in any way.
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    For the first year in the position, Plouffe defense was really bad, and now he has really improved. Even Mauer, with his natural athletic ability, just now is playing a good 1st base defensively. That tells me that is not that easy to move players around and get them to play the position well. And the Twins have struggle for years finding competent 3rd basemen. So, for next year I would keep Plouffe at 3rd. Sano will have next year in AAA to show which position he can play (3rd base or outfield). And then things will sort out by themselves. Maybe the best option would be to trade Plouffe at that time, but my impression is that right noe is early to tell. What I don't think is a good idea is to jerk Plouffe around the field.
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    If everything develops as it should (and that is a big if) I would putSano before Dozier. Otherwise, just the same.
  17. adjacent
    So, basically, at worst is a left handed Correia, cost-controlled for 3 years.
  18. adjacent
    I shared with you being a fan of both baseball and soccer. One thing both share is incredible fan loyalty. In soccer is more intense because most soccer leagues have relegation. That is, if your team finish last, next year it plays in a lower division, and a team of the lower division goes up. Which is an unbearable tragedy for the fans of the team that goes down. You see grown men literally crying and weeping in the stands. But they stay loyal, waiting patiently for the team to go up again. And the traditions, and the coach is responsible for all the evil in the world, and so on.
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    First, don't count the chickens before they hatch. Let's see how Gibson does in the first 3 starts. Hopefully he will do well, but he wouldn't be the first one to struggle with the transition. In the meantime, they can hold Pelfrey back between disable list, rehab assignments, and so on, and by then we are at the deadline, and the situation resolves itself.
  20. adjacent
    They just reported that Benson is out with hamate bone surgery. That could explain a lot.
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