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  1. IdahoPilgrim
    Twins website lists the signing but does not list him on the NRI roster.
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    I remember this topic being discussed late in the season. The general consensus (which not everyone agreed with, of course) was that TR had done a better job in the FA pitching market than most thought he had during the previous off-season, in the sense that many of the names people were hoping the Twins would sign ended up having poor seasons and Correia did end up having a better season than anticipated. That said there were still many who were frustrated with the general approach - shying away from top-end pitchers and concentrating on journeymen. He executed his plan well, but many still disagreed with the plan.
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    I'm not going to get all into stats because that's not my thing (not opposed to it, just don't spend that much time with it), but from what I remember of last season, up to the point where his arm started going, he usually gave the Twins a chance to win when he took the mound. He kept the game close. Not front of the rotation, to be sure, but still worthy of being in the rotation. Assuming we don't pick up 3 more starters in FA/trade, Deduno starts ST with the assumption he'll be in the rotation come April. Whether he retains that through ST or somebody (Gibson, Worley, etc) takes it from him is unknown, but the spot is currently his, IMO.
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    IIRC during the world series, weren't they talking some about his clubhouse leadership skills and ability to adjust to and work with a pitching staff? Given the young nature of our staff (and team in general once the kids replace the old guys) that in itself might be worth making this move.
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    I believe they are required to be active for at least 90 days, or about half the season. If they don't get that in the first season due to injury, it can carry over into the next season - same stipulation that they remain on the 25-man roster or they go back to their original team. In the second season, then, they are able to be optioned once the 90-day minimum is fulfilled.
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    Saying it is too early is not an excuse - it is a valid statement that many (including myself) believe is true. When you open a thread for discussion, you don't get to decide up front which rebuttals are valid and which are not. And as far as the french fry analogy, I'll propose this: A person goes to a basketball game, filled with high hopes and expectations. Four minutes into the first quarter the home team is down 8-2 after a slow start. The persons gets disgusted, decides the home team is just not trying and that the game is lost, and walks out. Reasonable?
  7. IdahoPilgrim
    Except that he didn't immediately go 16-8 with a 3.02 ERA - he went 3-2 with a 5.40 ERA and a 1.518 WHIP with Chicago last year - and ended up in their pen at least once too because of ineffectiveness. Time will tell whether the 2013 season is another blip on the Liriano radar that quickly fades into mediocrity (like 2010) or is the start of sustained success. In any case, it wasn't going to happen here.
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    I doubt they will disappear. What should disappear, if there are any, are racial slurs and threats of violence. Gatorade dumps and shaving cream towels are intended to be good-natured and are usually done for those who have experienced success, a "good day at the office." While the facts are still coming out, the Incognito-Martin situation appears to go well beyond good-natured ribbing, and there are some lines that can not be crossed, even with good intent.
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    If the results are good, does it really matter what approach he takes? And on the topic at hand, has it been statistically proven that the statistical analysis method is substantially better? Aside from cherry-picked anecdotal evidence (which can always be found for all sides of any issues) I would like to see some sort of statistical analysis about the relationship of statistical analysis to baseball success. I'm not sure how you would measure that - size of statistical analysis budget, number of analysts, a quantitative score based on percentage of weight statistical analysis carries when making personnel moves, number of times mentioned (or not mentioned) in a GM interview - but take that quantitative measure of adoption of statistical analysis and then correlate that with wins per season and playoff series wins and see what it looks like. Would the use of statistics actually be statistically significant?
  10. IdahoPilgrim
    I understand your point, but I don't think you can blame poor use of the DL for the 13-man staff this year - I thought they handled the DL pretty well and certainly more aggressively than last year. The problem was starting pitching that usually didn't get out of the 6th inning - almost have to have a 13-man staff when that happens.
  11. IdahoPilgrim
    This gets my vote for blog post of the year. Thank you.
  12. IdahoPilgrim
    I love this. We have a direct quote from a free agent that there is something more important than money on the top of his FA wish list - and people almost immediately start back on the "highest bidder wins" horse and assume that if we don't sign somebody it's because we're cheap, not because there were other factors involved.
  13. IdahoPilgrim
    C'mon, you need to give the whole quote and not just cherry-pick the part you want to jump on. The whole quote shows that this was a preseason analysis, and included the assumption that Gibson would add to the rotation, and concludes with his tacit acknowledgement that it didn't work as he hoped. And what did you expect for the second quote? That he's going to publicly say they're jumping in with both feet? Knowing that agents will automatically raise what they're going to ask from him when he calls?
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    We better hope not - if they do, that might cause a run on ladders which will cause the price to skyrocket (they only make so many a year, you know).
  15. IdahoPilgrim
    Good point. The A's have won 1 post-season series since the mid-1990s. That's no better than another team many of us follow.
  16. IdahoPilgrim
    At the risk of inciting a firestorm (which I am not intentionally trying to do) why are some people so enamored with the Oakland system? Let me explain my question. The Twins have been critiqued for not embracing the newer competitive advantages that other teams have developed (and that critique is not without merit), and the A's are often seen as a model for that. Yet, they have not been that much more successful than Minnesota. They have won 1 postseason series during Billy Beane's tenure (same as Minnesota during that time frame). Some have been critical of Gardenhire because of his post-season record, but Bob Melvin's in Oakland is no better. Since 2000 Oakland has won 6 division titles. So has Minnesota. Granted, right now Oakland is "peaking" and Minnesota is in the pits. But is their overall track record really that much better that we should be lauding them as much as some do?
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    I don't think this necessarily follows - it assumes that teams with high payrolls primarily are built from free agency and teams with low payrolls are primarily built from the farm system, but it needs to be shown that that is a valid correlation. Higher payroll can also sometimes come from re-signing your own players before they get to free agency (Mauer, Morneau, etc) but that still counts as being built by the farm system, and the OP pointed out two examples of FA signings that actually came very cheaply.
  18. IdahoPilgrim
    What Houston fans? Do they have any left?
  19. IdahoPilgrim
    Small in terms of time commitment required; but by far the most important part of what I do.
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    I agree that a college head coach is so much more than just being on the sideline, and from what I've heard Kill does do all the other stuff well. But it is still imperative he be there on the sideline running his gameplan and making adjustments as necessary. That's not an optional part of the position. Being a pastor involves a variety of different tasks, all of which are important - pastoral care, administration, teaching, outreach, etc. It's not just the one-day-a-week-job that some joke it to be. But even if I do all that well, if I'm not able to lead worship and preach on Sundays, for whatever reason, I'm not doing my job and I need to be replaced.
  21. IdahoPilgrim
    I was on vacation the other day, driving around, and I caught Colin Cowherd on ESPN radio. He said basically saying same thing (he was referring to the Cubs franchise), that rebuilding a MLB team is far more difficult than in the other major sports, because the draft only produces results a few years down the road, not immediately, and because adding one or two quality players has less of an effect in baseball than in the other major sports. I'm not taking a position on whether Ryan is handling the rebuild correctly or not (although I do tend to favor the build-from-within approach) but I do think it is too early to judge his efforts. A realistic goal for next year would be to win 80 games, and then contend in 2015.
  22. IdahoPilgrim
    I didn't take his post as meaning he thought Gibson should start in the pen - I took it as meaning that Gibson has done nothing yet to have earned a spot in the rotation, hence the need to see something out of him during ST before starting him at the MLB level again. Personally I would hope Gibson earns a spot in the rotation during ST next March, but if not then I'd let him be a starter at Rochester again.
  23. IdahoPilgrim
    It would have gutted me. I might have continued to follow baseball, but not with the passion I have now. I probably would have turned to hockey in default. I would probably have more hair now, though.
  24. IdahoPilgrim
    Except that most players on the 40-man but not on the 25-man won't get major minimum, since they won't be in the major leagues. I think they are guaranteed about $70K/year if they have any MLB experience and about half that if they don't.
  25. IdahoPilgrim
    If I remember correctly, they said the Pirates were encouraging him to induce more ground balls - pitch to contact.
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