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  1. Oldgoat_MN
    OK. I'll push them back a year.
  2. Oldgoat_MN
    So he's got an SO/9 of almost 9? Awesome, but he clearly needs work. No idea how long he'll be down but I suspect we'll see him pretty soon. I believe they are looking for him to be the full time closer no later than early next year. If he can establish value they will trade him and expect Tyler Jay to be ready by then.
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    I am starting to cool off on the idea of Buxton or Sano ever reaching the levels that they were initially projected to achieve. At this point I'd be relieved to see a Mike Cameron career out of Buxton. That's essentially almost a Torii Hunter career. I could watch a young Torii for another 10 years. The first go-around was fun.
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    Wow! Over 1300 words on why we can have at least some optimism regarding Santiago and you get no positive comments at all. I guess the lines: But can we be optimistic about Santiago delivering a solid season? Something in line with his career averages prior to last year? I think so, yet most Twins fans are trying to find ways to run him out of town. were not changing any minds at all. Everyone still wants to run him out of town! One of the comments even refers to Santiago's age (he's younger than Gibson). Here are a few things I would not put money on regarding Santiago in 2017: > being an All-Star pitcher > being below league average. > being worse than Gibson I think the article showed exactly why there is room for optimism. No idea how all the optimism around ESan having another really strong year, Hughes coming back from surgery and performing well, Duffey and Gibson ignoring last year and recreating their 2015 seasons and Berrios and Mejia pitching well in MLB ran out when it got to Santiago. Guess people just don't like him.
  5. Oldgoat_MN
    Is David Blaine a pitcher? Would he like to be?
  6. Oldgoat_MN
    You are clearly feeling good, reading a book called "How Optimist Survive" through Twins rose colored glasses while enjoying a fine glass of Twins Kool-Aid. And yes, we pretty much know you're nuts. That aside, it's great to remember that things really can go better than expected and that these young men are all going to do their best to be competitive. Go Twins!
  7. Oldgoat_MN
    Um, yeah. Kinda...
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    I just don't get the Haley thing. If I was DJ Baxendale (full disclosure: I'm not) I would be more than a little upset. I get that folks believe that Haley has more upside than DJ, but DJ is probably looking at it thinking, "Last year in AAA I had a lower WHIP, higher SO/9 and much better SO/W. How does he rate?". Haley is not a Johan Santana picked from a incautious team at the age of 20. He will be 26 in June. I suppose it's even possible he will be one of our better pitchers this year, but I don't see a track record that insists that this will be so.
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    I suspect that Kirby would have been disappointed that people saw it that way.
  10. Oldgoat_MN
    The problem is other teams taking it personally. Why? Old enough to do so, I remember Juan Berenguer celebrating strikeouts in the 1987 playoffs. I read that the other teams (Tigers & Cardinals) were annoyed by this, but he wasn’t rubbing their noses in it. He was excited to get an important out. Kirby Puckett pumped his fist as he rounded second base in the bottom of the 11th inning of game 6 of the 1991 World Series after hitting a walk-off home run. An iconic picture to Twins fans, is this an ‘in your face’ move by Puckett? No. If players stopped pretending it was all about them and that the other team is simply celebrating its own accomplishment(s) (Joey Batflips) perhaps people would be less intimidated by the ‘unwritten rules’. Enthusiasm is a good thing.
  11. Oldgoat_MN
    That's not at all what he said. Alex Meyer has issues on the mound. His WHIP in MLB has not yet ever been acceptable. Moving him to the pen is not going to keep him from giving up hit and walks.
  12. Oldgoat_MN
    I would not be surprised to see Tonkin do well someplace else.
  13. Oldgoat_MN
    Well, in his meaningless 7.0 innings he has a ghastly 1.57 WHIP. I kinda feel for these coaches. Only 6 Twins pitchers have thrown more than 10 innings. Is Wimmers a 1.57 WHIP pitcher? Probably not. I think he's better, but I have neither the eyes nor the training to say Wimmers is better than his 1.57 WHIP, or to say that Mejia is better than/not as good as his 1.12 WHIP and 8.79 K/9. Tom Kelly used to say that Kirby Puckett needed all of Spring Training to get ready for the season. He also said Hrbek could come in, play 3 games and he was ready. Everybody is different. A tough job. Hope our coaches make good choices.
  14. Oldgoat_MN
    DanSan would probably not be claimed and we could let Murphy and Haley go. Felix Jorge and Randy Rosario would probably get through without being claimed as well. Someone might claim Tonkin and use him to his strength (1 inning at a time) rather than how Molitor uses him. Buddy Boshers would almost certainly get claimed, as he was our best BP pitcher other than Trevor May last year. I just really cannot see keeping Haley unless the new FO believes they have some level of infallibility, so he must be good because they picked him up.
  15. Oldgoat_MN
    Hector Santiago is 29 years old and has posted an ERA+ of >100 3 years of his career. Alex Meyer is 27 years old and has yet to post a single year with an ERA+ of >=90. Not the same. It may happen that Meyer has a great year or 10, which would call into question our ability to develop young pitching. So far, based on data, the Twins have the better pitcher of the two.
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    So here’s the part that bothers me: Toward the end of Spring Training of 2011, Bill Smith said about the starting rotation that 4 of the 5 SP were determined and the last would go to Kevin Slowey or Scott Baker. Like it was some great showdown. No one anywhere thought that Slowey was going to beat out Baker for that position. It was insulting to the even slightly knowledgeable fan. In my book it spoke poorly of Bill Smith, treating us like children and trying to generate interest/excitement where there was none. Now we get this: Doogie: “There is zero doubt in anyone’s mind Tyler’s ability to make a major impact in the Twins rotation at some point down the road”. So is Doogie in disagreement with the FO? Are they schmoozing Tyler Jay? Are they just jacking us around? Is all the hype about our BP us just fooling ourselves? Duffey – alleged shutdown guy against LHB Boshers – best in 2016 by FIP, xFIP, 2nd in WHIP and SIERA O’Rourke – best WHIP on the team in 2016 Kintzler – healthy after a good year in 2016 Shaggy – high hopes for the young man (well, he’s 26) Pressly, Tonkin, Hildenberger, Burdi, Melotakis…. Yet we have to add Jay, Breslow, Haley, Belisle and Tepesch to the BP? Does our FO believe we have anything? Do we have anything?
  17. Oldgoat_MN
    1. I agree with Deduno Abides that if Haley weren't a Rule 5 pick he wouldn't even be in the conversation. Pitchers we had in AAA that had a lower WHIP than Haley in AAA last year include Sean Burnett, Jake Reed,Jose Berrios, Pat Light, Shaggy, Baxendale, Neil Ramirez, Nick Greenwood and Buddy Boshers. Keeping him would serve no other purpose other than to say, "we picked this guy so he must be good". 2. Vogelsong? You cannot be serious. The guy had a good MLB career. Congratulation! Goodbye. 3. I don't want to put words in Brock's mouth, so I'll just say I think Gibson and Santiago are practically the same pitcher. No telling which is going to be better this year. We will soon see, but I'm not going to cut one based on 1 good WAR year for one vs. better ERA+ years for the other. 4. That said, Santiago starting in the BP for Puerto Rico suggests Mejia only has to avoid getting lit up between now and April 3 to be in the starting rotation. Not sure who the other will be, but please, please please not Vogelsong. Even I'm tired of my whining now.
  18. Oldgoat_MN
    ChiTownTwinsFan, on 20 Mar 2017 - 5:27 PM, said: The Farmers Market restaurant does. That's the down home southern fried chicken place. They have good pie, with crusts made the right way, with lard. But, alas, didn't get there tonight after all. And besides, remember that I had a piece of pie for breakfast. I wasn't kidding about that. I really did. So, that was my pie allowance for the day. ChiTown - I see 162 pieces of pie in your near future. Correlation can have something to do with causation. Ever game day. Until they lose. We're counting on you!
  19. Oldgoat_MN
    Did Buddy Boshers really throw 3 pitches to get through the 8th inning? Cool. Maybe he'll pitch again next week.
  20. Oldgoat_MN
    Vogelsong was signed on January 11. It's not like the FO searched the world over to see who would be the best veteran to help the younger pitchers and provide a fallback option. They waited, Terry Ryan style, until the remaining players were starting to worry if anyone would sign them, then signed someone inexpensive. That said, I was one who was saying early in the off-season that we should not cut Santiago loose or we may find ourselves starting Pat Dean/Andrew Albers pitchers again this year. What with Trevor May going down to injury already, I'm not too upset that Vogelsong is on the roster. I just want Mejia, Berrios, et al, to have a real shot at the rotation if they perform well. Insisting on starting 5 veteran pitchers, most (or all) of whom will not be part of the Twins next contending season, feels like treading water.
  21. Oldgoat_MN
    We have a pretty crowded bullpen. Hopefully he gets all the chance he deserves. Sometimes I read about the players and I'm glad I don't have to make these 'make it/not good enough' types of decisions.
  22. Oldgoat_MN
    As I said in my post, I wasn't really sure what he did in 2016. He had 2 strong years in a row in AAA. If he didn't get his break with someone then he probably isn't ever going to get it. I agree that Mauer, Vargas and Park are ahead of him. Not so sure about Palka.
  23. Oldgoat_MN
    I am a big fan of Romero. Possible #1 starter. Don't know if the 'stuff' Gonsalves has will play in MLB higher than a 4 or 5. Tyler Jay occurs as a long shot to hit his ceiling, but his ceiling is a 1 or 2. I'm starting to warm up to Nick Gordon. Fun list Cody. Thank you
  24. Oldgoat_MN
    Well that’s pretty fun. Thrylos says 75+ wins. Cody says they will finish 77-85. Seth says they will finish 77-85. Maija says they will have 76 wins. Collin says they will finish around .500, but acknowledges he drinks Twins Kool-Aid. This is a interesting idea. Have you considered doing the same, quizzing bloggers of other teams?
  25. Oldgoat_MN
    Matt Hague in 2014 in AAA: .282/.371/.465 (.836) in 442 PA Matt Hague in 2015 in AAA: .338/.416/.468 (.884) in 596 PA He's had a total of 91 PA in MLB, most of which came in 2012. If we had a guy like that in AAA (we don’t) we’d all be screaming to have him get a shot at MLB. I’m not that adamant, as it’s not really clear what he did last year, but if he gets some at bats this year it’s likely not the end of the rebuild.
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