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  1. old nurse
    When you say something like this it makes me wonder if you read the comments posted on this site
  2. old nurse
    I think the purpose of this article was to discourage trading for a SS
  3. old nurse
    About 1/3 of the pitchers could be off the 40 man. Would anyone miss them? Only after that month they might perform well for another club.
  4. old nurse
    Celestino started the year by getting infield hits. Once the defenses adjusted they became less. Frequent and he finished out the year with an OPS near .550. Celestino could use time in AAA is an understatement
  5. old nurse
    You need to have a good scouting department. In regards to the Twins, to dsome that is a debate able issue for a different thread. You need to move on from mistakes. Actually this FO managed to move Lynn and Happ. Cut its with Shomaker, outright Smeltzer (not quite a mistake) and Dobnak (Contract mistake). The window is kept open by the continuous finding of players.
  6. old nurse
    For a Twins GM it is make or broke. Bill Smith would still be the GM if his plan wasn’t spend money to fix. Iy is more likely than not the dynamite duo in place will be fine as long as there is profit. As far as Kepler leaving,, when there are 6 better options the could try to trade him, or he hits free agency, and goes. Celestino is not an answer. Beckham and the other guy they brought in, and Contreras showed why they need so many outfielders at their disposal. When a team claims Cave, it shows there is a dearth of backups.
  7. old nurse
    The conundrum is not that Correa won’t be a good player for years, it is that he wouldn’t be a good player for all the years of the contract. Linder, Semien and Berlinger all signed contracts through their age 37 season. Just like the goods you buy at Dior, if used almost daily it is not going to last. Tulo was done by 32. Jeter, Larkin, Yount were done being elite at 34. I don’t think this FO wants to pay out for 3-4 years of less than elite play. For Correa to come back on a 7 year deal, which would set up his family for generations even if they multiplied like rabbits, there would have to be fiscal prudence by the long spending teams. That remains to be seen what they will do. It takes only one team
  8. old nurse
    https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2022/10/12/today-in-duh-but-its-technically-news-carlos-correa-says-hes-opting-out-of-his-deal-with-the-minnesota-twins/
  9. old nurse
    Polanco had a better 2021 than 2019 Nick Gordon had an OPS+ of 117 Larnach has not played at the major league level to know one wat or the other what he will be Your maybes are worst case scenarios. Maybe every say will be dark and cloudy
  10. old nurse
    Somebody from theOrioles has to be
  11. old nurse
    Cave is now an Oriole
  12. old nurse
    Maybe my post was just a reminder not to get to overboard on a pitcher.
  13. old nurse
    It is the blessing and the curse of the internet. You get a chance to see what people think and how they look at the world
  14. old nurse
    In the bullpen for part of this year was the reminder the other direction your starter can go, Michael Fulmer. ROY to setup reliever
  15. old nurse
    In addition to the other players mentioned Celestino, Hamilton and probably Stashak could all be DFA without losing them. 10 open spots on the roster is a lot. Wallner would be a 4th outfielder with Gordon and Arraez available. Kirilloff at 1b, They would then have to figure out shortstop and the annual disaster 7-8 starters as well as the annual bullpen issues.
  16. old nurse
    My bet is for 4 designs. One will be the traditional kind , one some shade of blue, one to appeal to the Hispanics, one for the urban/younger crowd. They will be different than anything before as they want to sell merchandise.
  17. old nurse
    If you look at the GIDP numbers the leaders are middle of the order power type hitters. Not exactly the guys who beat out throws A long time ago someone looked at a fairly large window of time. The average number of base runners driven in was 15%. The career best at that time was Josh Hamilton at 19%. IIRC one year Cabrera was at 14%. I am sure the FO analytics guys could tell the current numbers by base position and outs.
  18. old nurse
    Haven’t you been on this board as long as I have? No, you can never be happy. Never ever. Find the negative. Players playing well should make people happy. People forget that baseball on offense is a game of failure more than success
  19. old nurse
    GIDP is like RBI, a stat of opportunity, not skill
  20. old nurse
    287 players in MLB have made 300 PA. That’s as close to 9 per team as I could get. Gordon’s ops of 760 places home at 97.th best. His WAR is 1.9, 117 best If that is failure then most of baseball is a failure. The alternative would be to think Baldelli is a genius for getting that kind of production out of such a failure
  21. old nurse
    In2021 there were only 7 qualified innings pitchers that pitched more than 6 innings per game. So far there are 18 in the qualified category. Pretty much it is be a great pitcher and the innings will take care of itself.
  22. old nurse
    They called up Palacios and sent Beckham to retirement. As a pick to save slot money there isn’t an investment in the future with him so he can have haphazard development. They probably wanted to help Wichita intact and hope for a deep playoff run and thus not pull from them
  23. old nurse
    If they hire a coach that does not blow out arms and elbows a million dollar overpay would save the team money. Carl would be smiling up from somewhere
  24. old nurse
    The prospect list would look better but the team next year or the year after may be better with the players than the prospects. Cano was addition for the Twins by subtraction
  25. old nurse
    Lee Isola,, Carmago, and Julien as position players,. Varland is still a prospect as is SWR. There are a few relievers doing well. Of course relievers never rank high as prospects. That is until the major league team’s bullpen gets blown up.
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