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  1. old nurse
    Hope springs eternal on a prospect list. 6-10 have a chance to be good.
  2. old nurse
    What you responded to is part of the charm of the comments section.
  3. old nurse
    https://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/11/5/9677606/minnesota-twins-top-20-prospects-for-2016 IDK, either you ignored a few or Buxton, Polanco and Kepler were not on somebodies list. Gordon was there,too. In the honorable mention there is Garver
  4. old nurse
    Cynically, if teams were not making money there would be no professional baseball
  5. old nurse
    There will be fans regardless. Trading Arraez will give the complainers 2 more things to complain about. One they traded him, two that player’s deficiencies.
  6. old nurse
    Bello, Borrego, and Gardenhire might be the only holdovers from the Ryan era. Tommy Watkins at the major league level.
  7. old nurse
    They cancelled the rule v for this year, next year is a long way away from worrying about ir
  8. old nurse
    Almora has not had a decent season in the last 4. It is more optimistic that he could bounce back to a level near adequate much less the player that was in the top 20 prospect status than the optimism of Buxton playing so much you don’t need an insurance policy.
  9. old nurse
    The value of the contract is such that it is a lot of money. The risk might be the never sign a Happ. That is not a bad thing
  10. old nurse
    Optimism in projections. 131 games would be breaking the trend
  11. old nurse
    Redmond was a great team player and understood the game. There is a translation problem. Redmond took a team of future batting stars and made them mediocre. Mattingly has not done any better. Redmond should not be the blueprint other than he has been gainfully employed as the bench coach for a mediocre Rockies team. Here is to hoping that Conger can make players better.
  12. old nurse
    I cab see that last year Martin played in CF or SS. There are people claiming that he is neither a SS or CF. Are both the Toronto and Twins organizations that clueless because there is the oft repeated postings. When was the last time thisTwins FO traded a top prospect.? Do people think that the FO is going to change how they have done business?
  13. old nurse
    When the title says DEBUT perhaps you should be less critical of meanings of words
  14. old nurse
    I hit the wrong spot on a tablet and got to a page where this article was a choice. Is the team in for another 2014? Baldeli hopes not if history does repeat itself
  15. old nurse
    There were 6 prospects from last year’s fangraphs top 100 that did not graduate to the major leagues. That would be a well above average number of prospects for a team. I guess that must be just natural fertilizer from the horse on the farm
  16. old nurse
    If John Henry were still running the team the Twins could have gotten all three for Lewis and Larnach had not the pitchers had already been traded to Detroit
  17. old nurse
    Mark Jr was signed by the Cubs. 30 something with a career MLB K% near 20. Perhaps the FO is more concerned with MLB than filling out the back end of the minor league team
  18. old nurse
    The problem this front office has is that it is still Ryan’s team. Kepler, Buxton, Kiriloff, Poloco, Arraez, Sano, and Garver are all Ryan additions. Miranda and Gordon are also Ryan’s.. In 4 years they have added Donaldson, Jeffer, Celestino, Rooker, and Lanarch with Martin as the next one up. The pitching addition to starting was Maeda and Odorizzi who is now long gone. They have added a lot of potential in Ober and Ryan but nothing else but potential. When you look at what Cleveland has done, their guys are up in a couple of years,not so with the Twins draftees. Years 5 and 6 are going to be pivotable for their careers as front office leaders. The Pohlad model might be tight with the money, but that really isn’t the problem here. A better outfielder really isn’t a concern.
  19. old nurse
    A club depends on a steady stream of new talent coming up. Despite a rocky 2021 that talent is Kiriloff, Larnach, Rooker and Celeatino. You could even add Contrera, Martin and late in the season Lewis to that mix. Utility players like Gordon and Arraez can be the 4th, Outfielders or 1B is well covered. A steady starter, an interim SS, shutdown relievers ate more pressing needs short term. The trade of am OF for a starter shifts the paradigm, but that is no certainty of happening.
  20. old nurse
    A trade would involve getting someone back of value. That would be a very good pitching prospect from a team needing a SS that gas pitching
  21. old nurse
    Article behind a paywall
  22. old nurse
    C Garver/Jeffers 1B Sano 2B Polanco 3B Donaldsom OF Kepler Buxtton/Kiriloff UT Arraez SS black hole, but if the other 9 are playing up to their potential that is a lineup that would average over 120+ WRC+. If the FO doesn’t think they can hit their potential they should have cleaned house. So far they have not. If they thought they could they should have addressed the weaknesses. Given the health and wellness problems of pitching (see any season injury report) I can understand the reluctance for avoiding the long term contract. They still have to try something
  23. old nurse
    It is called giving a player a chance., something like a rule v pick up that did not cost even 50K
  24. old nurse
    So a pitcher is an Ace a number three or less. Got it. A pitcher’s third and fourth pitch are as effective as their most used pitches.
  25. old nurse
    When a pitch is used rarely in a game that pitcher doesn’t have a four pitch mix. Whatever you want to believe. Have at it. A poor pitch is not a benefit
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