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  1. old nurse
    The Rays caught a year when some of the recent better teams had their struggles. They had players rise rather than falter or have injuries. .
  2. old nurse
    1. Falvey isn’t around anymore. 2. The organization had a higher ceiling on players than you give them credit for
  3. old nurse
    So when you go back and look at what the Dodgers gave up in trades have been fringe players the Padres gave up Gore and Abram’s for a couple of years of Soto. The pitcher they gave up for Hader is showing potential, otherwise not much success out of the prospects they gave up. People remember lots of prospects being given up. They don’t remember the outcomes
  4. old nurse
    The teams with the largest staffs have some of the fewest prospects come through their system.
  5. old nurse
    .765 OPS is not washed up. With the same number of AB, that would be 5th highest on the Twins 5 OOA at 1b. Twins don’t have anyone else other than Lee with that. Rarely does a team find long term in FA other than paying a decking player
  6. old nurse
    Some of the people seem to have their hopes for something better than a backup rh platoon player
  7. old nurse
    Here I thought you were able to earn enough money to be well aware of the taxman and other expenses.
  8. old nurse
    Maybe the small town Texas kid has enough money he can go back home and enjoy life. One year contracts mean you have no obligation past the current year.
  9. old nurse
    Last year the not elite relievers were getting 2 year contracts Sportrac has him valued at 7.3 million.
  10. old nurse
    Gonzales was highly ranked as a low minor league player. It means nothing now. He had potential, he isn’t reaching it.
  11. old nurse
    There should be a definition for timed you sucked versus times you didn’t. The relief pitchers have mostly small sample sizes and the mid level relievers will have any stats skewed by the you really sucked outing.
  12. old nurse
    If you believe Larnach has finally figured it out you have a slightly bettter than median part time DH/ LF. If you think you have a player who will regress back to his past performance, you hope someone wants to trade for him. The attempted trade signals the latter is the Twin’s opinion. Yup there isn’t much out there for 1b/dh types with limited 2b type players. That doesn’t change what the hole in the Twins roster is. Pohlad ran his mouth saying something fans want to hear. To build a team that wins the mid market teams still needs to have a strong development system and to lock up that developing talent for years 7 and 8. They did that with Buxton, butt he has that injury issue that rarely goes away. Free agency is to baindaid the weak spots.
  13. old nurse
    Carew’s career doesn’t quite fit into the coulda had a better outcome category
  14. old nurse
    Relief pitching is further down the list of needs. If they are spending on Vesia it would signal that there are no difference making hitters willing to entertain the notion of coming to the Twins
  15. old nurse
    The spending of money in a mid market team is almost irrelevant without a cost controlled core. That is what the Twins lack the core comes from development and trades. Development is not possible without underlying talent. Drafting players is not luck, but there also is no certainty in it. Trades are also a science. San Diego rarely gives up the prospect that turns into a star. The Soto trade was about it. The Falvey rarely traded his prospects, maybe Zoll will trade Falvey’s prospects better than Falvey traded Ryan’s prospects
  16. old nurse
    The Mets proved all things being equal, a fool and their money are soon parted.
  17. old nurse
    Kent Schrom does not exist, Ken Schrom was not a pitching coach, Kent Strom was retiring from Houston to spend time with his family, but took a job a few weeks later. Fired after 1 year in Arizona, then contract not renewed in Pittsburgh. With that kind of throwing of names out there, why would I have reason to believe you know what you are talking about
  18. old nurse
    Well, he probably had more people turn out for his farewell tour than the Twins did for their season.
  19. old nurse
    Really sorry my typo confused you. I will lower my expectations of people’s comprehension and maybe even proofread.
  20. old nurse
    If SWR had results similar to 24 and 25, the difference for 26 might be 4 more wins. Matt Wallner in 23 and 24 was a .875+ ops. He fell to worse than a backup defense first catcher. SWR probably doesn’t even win the most disappointing award
  21. old nurse
    The MVP is usually for the player who played most of the season with the team. The LVP shoud have to meet the same criteria. That should eliminate the injured for the year and jettisoned players from consideration. Position players who played. More than 100 games with an fwar less than 1 would be Lewis, Caratini, Bell, and Martin. They all have negative WPA for the season. Starters with at least 20 starts and an fwar less than one would be Zebby. Relievers who managed to pitch 40 innings and you could question would be Orze, and Adams, Adams is a development project, Orze had a decent FIP, but poor results. Zebby is a development project. That leaves the 3 position players. And Bell. It is a pickem on the players. I would thing voting would be a tie for Lewis and Caratini
  22. old nurse
    What have they been rigid on other than not letting SWP pitch to batters a third time and gradually increasing workloads. The MLB pitching coach will be responsible for the MLB team. He has the same limitation as the guy who was fired and the guy who quit He can only work with the talent he has. The consistent pattern has been to figure out what a pitcher can throw well and try to improve what they don’t or try a new pitch. Nothing wrong with that philosophy
  23. old nurse
    Once again you are saying I said something thatI did not.. That is what people do when they can’t do something else If I am repeating myself it is because you have shown no comprehension , Are you conflating major league pitching as the entire organizational development? There are plenty of stories out there about the analytics department and influence on the team. From Verlander’s complaints, to the analytics department changing pitch mixes, to the analytics calling the pitches in Miami
  24. old nurse
    The coaches work with the payers on the nuances of the mechanical side of pitching, not necessarily the theory behind the strategy and not the one coming up with the strategy, The strategy is developed by the front office, The value of a coach is in working with the pitchers to turn the pig’s ear into a silk purse That kind of skill is not based on a strategy from the front office but the skill of the coach.
  25. old nurse
    They have 42 players on the roster, they need to get to 40, so 2 must go. Although multiple sites seem to think Mercedes needs to be protected, there isn’t much more than a high ceiling that his performance is nowhere near. Nowhere near is also his status as a mlb player. There doesn’t seem to be much else for the content creators to write about. If the FO thinks there are multiple overlooked players going to be available, they could go down to 38 or 39. Yes there are players to be considered on the bubble. Gray, Sabato and Walllner are probably at the top of thhe list. Any pitcher on the list is more likely to be traded than released. Pitching is always scarcer than utility players. From there it is Ross’s potential versus Kreidler’s pulse. Lewis or Larnach are not going anywhere unless there is some confidence in a replacement. Despite all of the thoughts expressed on the talent level of the bubble list, most aren’t going anywhere until better is found. The replacements will mostly comes from their own system. The chances of finding significant upgrades elsewhere is to bet that you can find the guy who will have the turnaround year. Trades require assets you don’t love and, look good to someone else. The Twins no longer have Ryan’s prospects to trade
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