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  1. jokin
    As I posted elsewhere, with the signing of Santana, the Twins are now very near the point of never having to look at AAAA types or fringe starters being the back-end rotation guys- or first names on the depth chart. Besides May and Meyer, who should get good looks for the last spot in the rotation and/or in long relief, a good first-half by Berrios, and he's also right in the mix for a spot by the end of July.
  2. jokin
    With the Santana signing, we're finally very, very close to moving away, for good, from any starts from AAAA types or fringe starters. Besides May and Meyer, a strong first half by Berrios in AA and/or AAA puts him right in the middle of the fight for a rotation spot. This kid is driven to greatness like no other Twins pitcher in recent memory.
  3. jokin
    We disagree, it was a big bungle, the numbers say it, there is no doubt that the Twins needed his major league ready bat, but they've demonstrated repeatedly with many chances in the Cuban market, they aren't willing to entertain that type of risk. The Sox demonstrated that it is folly to try to time your "big signings" only after your prospects have all arrived.
  4. jokin
    I trust the Ivy League and Northwestern Kellogg School of Management guy to understand how to make the new economics of baseball work- and they've proven more than capable of extricating themselves from no longer desirable contracts just over the last year. I think the new tidal wave of money flowing into baseball isn't fully yet appreciated.
  5. jokin
    Let's just forget about the last 4 years of being the worst team not the Astros, despite a new ballpark, for exemplary sound strategy. Yeah, that last 10 years in the wilderness is the 90s up until 2001, offering a General Admission Season Ticket for $81 (One dollar per game!) and almost getting contracted because the franchise had been so beaten down, that was some sound strategy, right there.
  6. jokin
    if it means counting that 10th year, as I did, and getting a World Series ring, plus no 4 straight years of 92+ losses, I'm all for the emulating.
  7. jokin
    I'll politely suggest decaf, yet again. My pont is, yes, aggressive moves can flop, but so can making only safe moves. And playing safe, and playing the woe-is-me mid-market team, can lead to long, long dry spells, that the Twins are so famous for. We'll wait and see on the Sox, heck, we're used to a lot of waiting and seeing on the Twins, and all of the "just wait until tomorrows" they're selling year after year to the fan base. There's nothing wrong with going for it and missing, if you can quickly bounce back towards relevancy. The Sox finished 2nd in the Central in 2012, hit rock bottom and cleaned house in 2013, and now just a year later, they're already being called a legitimate contender by the national media. I hate the Sox, but I prefer this cycle to the one the Twins are on.
  8. jokin
    Two pictures worth at least 1000 words, each.
  9. jokin
    You didn't, I did, if that's OK. (May I suggest decaf?)
  10. jokin
    This is a conversation about Abreu, I've no idea why you would bring up Sano, totally irrelevant to this discussion- signing Sano at 16 and Abreu at 26 aren't just 10 years apart in age, in terms of relevance to this discussion, they're 10 Light Years apart. And regarding the circumstances around the Abreu signing, that was not spin, that was the straight facts leading up to the Sox signing Abreu.
  11. jokin
    Over the last 10 years, the White Sox have a .504 winning percentage- plus a WS win. The Twins in the same time frame have a .489 winning percentage- and are currently riding four straight 92+ loss seasons. As documented previously, the Twins have a history of very long boom and bust cycles- I prefer that the down cycles be shorter.
  12. jokin
    With the Duke and Robertson signings, plus their alleged continuing pursuit of Gregerson, the Sox are trying to emphatically answer what the Royals did, and buying a high-quality pen. I am also guessing that the Sox are betting that, given they are Shark's hometown team, he won't just be a rental. If every one of these high-priced pitching deals work out, plus at least two of Rodon, Montas, Adams and Danish really blossoming, the Sox might have the best pitching staff in the AL Central for a few years. (When you're going to go after "hometown" boys, I much prefer bringing home Shark and Gregerson to Hunter and Guerrier).
  13. jokin
    No, my logic was there were only a few teams who had the immediate need for Abreu, so there wasn't much of a bidding war, and it didn't include the big pocket teams, no matter how you spin it, this was a major miss. And nobody should have missed that Abreu's numbers in Cuba were comparable or better than the guys who had already succeeded at the major league level.
  14. jokin
    "A few" means Anderson and Micah Johnson (my guy, who has been in various top 100s at the bottom end, but who has 75-80 speed). I think these two are going to be the Sox middle infielders for many years to come, gamer Johnson arriving this year, Anderson by 2016.
  15. jokin
    Given the result, the "logical reasons" not to take a swing is still a "miss" when the pitch went right over the plate. A strike out is still a strike out whether you swing or not.
  16. jokin
    Actually, it's been well over a year of very bold and decisive decisions on the Whities part.
  17. jokin
    I think that would be a mistake on your part. Both Duke and Robertson were high leverage performers familiar with pennant races. Further, you glaringly glossed over the relative performances here- Petricka ERA 2.96 FIP 3.60 xFIP 3.76 K/9 6.78 Putnam ERA 1.98 FIP 3.08 xFIP 3.64 K/9 7.57 Duke ERA 2.49 FIP 2.14 xFIP 2.09 K/9 11.35 Robtsn. ERA 3.08 FIP 2.65 xFIP 2.13 K/9 13.43 And remember, Duke and Robertson are likely replacing big innings from guys who had negative value in 2014.
  18. jokin
    So adding a guy to their mix of Putnam, Petricka and Duke, from the pressure cooker in New York, plus following Mariano Rivera, is a bad thing?
  19. jokin
    maybe, but now he has LaRoche for plate protection.
  20. jokin
    I'm betting the A's don't get any of the Top Four, at least. They likely aren't getting Rodon, Anderson, Montas or Johnson.
  21. jokin
    Not assuming anything, but that's exactly what he's done over the last 3 years, mostly with a very, very bad team.
  22. jokin
    As Berardino pointed out, with the 19 game intra-division schedule, over the last two years, the Twins only had a strong and winning record against the Sox, they were the one team in the division which helped mask the Twins overall futility. With all of these quality Sox upgrade moves, an additional 5-7 Twins losses is not out of the realm of possibilities, either directly against the Sox, or from the spillover attrition effect after playing the Sox in close games that used to be Twins blowouts.
  23. jokin
    Or there's a Third Way- continually playing for a Tomorrow that never comes (and along the way, signing some aged "fan favorites" for Fan Mollification purposes)
  24. jokin
    There's talkin' a good game, and then there's what the Sox are doing.
  25. jokin
    Gilaspie- 27 years old, OPS+ 113 Slash .282/.336/.416/.752 (not even Arb eligible until 2016) Plouffe- 28 years old OPS+ 110 Slash .258/.328/.423/.751
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