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  1. DaveW
    Sounds like Perez will be fine, which is good to hear. Apparently no hard feelings between the two either, just a good hard baseball play.
  2. DaveW
    How has alvarez been so far ?
  3. DaveW
    Was supposed to say East coast AND the original six. MTL is east coast as well fwiw and most people consider Toronto an eastern(ish) coast team as well.
  4. DaveW
    Rough loss. But the differance today was Crawford was on, and Duby was gassed.
  5. DaveW
    The PHW body that votes on this. They always have a heavy heavy heavy bias when it comes to the east coast the original six.
  6. DaveW
    While Hughes has had 4 solid to good years, he has spent 10 years in the majors. He has 12.1 total WAR and a career 4.41 ERA. His last 6 seasons he has a 4.50 ERA. While that isn't the end of the world, I wouldn't call that "good" either. Hughes is basically a guy who more than likely is a #4/#5 guy, which is a shame because he had a ton of potential. There are plenty of "good" pitchers out there, May could have been one of them.
  7. DaveW
    Not to victim blame, but she wasn't exactly an innocent bystander, she was dropping the most racist word one can say directly at him. He deserves all the punishment he has gotten and will get over the incident. But she is trash her self and shouldn't be dropping N bombs like that. Period.
  8. DaveW
    McKinnon is terrible though..
  9. DaveW
    When your 4th example is Hughes, a guy no has had injury issues and exactly ONE good to great SP season, you sort of make my point for me. Sale was also only in the bullpen for a third of a season and was heavily monitored. Smoltz was a starter for 10+ years before moving to become a closer. Weird examples overall TBH
  10. DaveW
    LOL I approve of this bit. I'm gonna steal it
  11. DaveW
    I think people tend to underestimate the value of a guy who can be a solid #3 starter. Those types get $12-$15 mil a year on the FA market (see: Santana) May isn't and wasn't going to be an ace, but he could miss bats, and could pitch well. This is a huge loss from the rotation IMO.
  12. DaveW
    Since this is partially in reference to my original statement, I hardly would call it loosely founded or wildly skeptical. I linked to one of the most well respected baseball minds who shares the opinion of putting a pitcher into the pen, then back into the rotation etc causes these sorts of issues. Additionally May has said as much himself, stating that the bullpen usage may be to blame for his back issues. Having a guy go from a decade or so of pitching every 4th or 5th day, to pitching back to back days or 3 in 5 days etc is going to have an effect. As is suddenly "stretching" him out again. Yes, the Twins are far from the only team to do this, but more often then not it results in said high upside pitcher ultimately getting injured on ineffective. Part of me wonders know if Hughes injuries are because the Yankees pulled the same nonsense on him. Ditto with Joba etc All of this in summation: I don't think the Twins helped Trevor may and his health etc by putting him back and forth between rotation and pen. People can disagree, which is fine, but for a team that has finished last 5 of 6 years, with a terrible pitching staff overall in that time, I have a tough time giving them the benefit of the doubt at this stage.
  13. DaveW
    At his best May was one of the better 8th inning guys in baseball and looking to be a good bet to be a solid #3 as a starter. Not to mention he very likely would have been the Twins second best SP this year. Hardly mediocre.
  14. DaveW
    Sheehan is one of the most respected baseball minds there is fwiw. This isn't just some random blogger or something.
  15. DaveW
    Santana was in the bullpen because he was a rule 5 pick and they had to stash him
  16. DaveW
    Mejia should get a shot. Berrios can take potentially Gibson's or Santiagos spot once Berrios has a few AAA innings under his belt. By June hopefully Santiago and Gibby are traded, Twins need to give innings to guys who can help in the future IMO
  17. DaveW
    LaVine isn't a good player for this team. Zero D, and not a great shooter overall. Anyone can chuck up 30 shots a game. LaVine needs to go somewhere with a veteran team where he can be a 6th man type,
  18. DaveW
    Either way, I think it's clear that there is zero benefit by screwing with the development of young pitchers with upside. Especially with a team like the Twins, who have had terrible SP for a half decade now. It's not like they had 5 aces in the rotation last year and their was zero room for May, a guy who could actually put up a sub 3.50 ERA. There is zero benefit from messing with development of high upside guys like this, hopefully they learn this lesson moving fwd.
  19. DaveW
    I can assure you there are plenty of people who believe this and there is some correlation to back it up: http://joesheehan.com/?q=node/648 From that article: What the two pitchers have in common is a career path that is destructive: moving from starter to reliever and back. Over the past decade, teams have ruined a number of pitchers by switching them from one role to the next and seeing the pitchers involved lose health and effectiveness in the process. The jobs have become so completely different -- as relievers' roles are narrowed to throwing 15 pitches 75 times a year -- that pitchers can't port their skills or their training from one to the other without putting themselves at risk.
  20. DaveW
    I even said above I wouldn't be happy with it. Just that they have to consider it if he slips to the 5th round. The Vikings current RB depth is laughable. Also I do believe in second chances, imho Peterson ruined his 2nd, 3rd, 4th chances by refusing to ever admit wrong doing. In mixons case he at least seemed contrite, and hasn't had any issues since then. Don't get me wrong though, I think he should have been banned from OU and I do think banning him from combine is a right move. Also I think a 2 game suspension is warranted as well. But yeah, id rather they just go get a Jamaal charles, or Blount in the FA market and then draft a high upside guy in the late rounds.
  21. DaveW
    It's never a good idea to screw with a young arms development cycle. This is one of the effects of doing so. Injuries of course can happen to a pitcher at anytime, but messing with them like the Twins did with May only increases those odds.
  22. DaveW
    This is what happens when you continually screw with a young pitchers development cycle by taking him out of the rotation, sticking him in the bullpen for a long period of time then trying to put him back in the rotation. He never should have been taken out in the first place. This injury is on Ryan, the old Front office and Molitor as far as I am concerned. A real shame bc he was looking good this spring, best of luck on the recovery.
  23. DaveW
    If mixon is in the 5th round I think you have to take a hard look at him, he has top 15 talent. He won't last that long, someone will jump and take him in the 3rd. The only reasons I would consider mixon in the 5th is two fold: 1. He was only 18 at the time, I think he has grown up since then. (I do think he should have been kicked off OU for life though) 2. According to reports he may have been called the N word by the girl and her friends. This doesn't excuse his actions in the least, but maybe can help his defense that this truely was a one time massive mistake. Again I wouldn't be "happy" with them taking mixon, but for a 5th round gamble, but I think you have to consider it. Let's not pretend the Vikings are saints, they have had plenty of scum bags over the years....one of which just left, thank RocketPig. For mixons sake I hope he has changed, the last thing anyone wants is another Lawrence Phillips case.
  24. DaveW
    Yeah this is a very good start to the off season. The line doesn't look to be world beaters, but doesn't have to be. If they could be mearly "average" they could be an 11-12 win team next year with this defense.
  25. DaveW
    More accurate this time
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