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  1. old nurse
    Bailey pitched at a "role" or "solid" level depending on whose WAR calculation you chose to use
  2. old nurse
    Martin Perez started 29 games last year at a replacement level.
  3. old nurse
    If only 75 pitchers are better this year it is a good signing.
  4. old nurse
    Grandal and Keuchel are not one year deals. Length of contract is a moot point. Top 10 ranked prospects and immediate impact. Still waiting for Buxton or Sano to play a full year. How long ago was that they were top 10. It is all on paper. You have no idea if it will work.
  5. old nurse
    Yolmer Sanchez, GG 2B White Sox. Career OPS 80
  6. old nurse
    Last year the Phillies signed the 2,13 and 34 per ESPN. They went nowhere.
  7. old nurse
    Perception perhaps. Moncada had a hard hit 38% last year. That is about his average. That is league average
  8. old nurse
    Reported concussion. Therein lies the problem
  9. old nurse
    Mike doesn't remember the original post and neither do you.
  10. old nurse
    Bilateral leg weakness is part of post concussion. It once again shows how little willingness there is on the part of the public to understand brain injuries.
  11. old nurse
    Trading for Segura and Realmuto, moving top prospects and adding 400 million of payroll over time was just attempting to stay mediocre?
  12. old nurse
    The OP Not only did the Washington Nationals not go "all in" in 2019, but they went "all out" when they let Harper go. The Phillies went "all in" and I don't think they made the playoffs. Or maybe they did win the World Series and the Nationals winning it was a mirage. I would be very happy to see the Twins win the Central again in 2020 and then not go into a coma just because a team has NY on its unis in the playoffs. To answer your question IGK, you said this post was completely false.
  13. old nurse
    They also let a top position player walk. They let a 330 million dollar player leave for a 140 million one. That would not be considered going all in. The rest of the free agents was not major additions. Sanchez rose, Rosenthal and Dozier flopped. So signing Harper, McCutcheon, and Robertson after signing Arrietta and Santana the year brfore is not going for it?
  14. old nurse
    Whatever you cam do that is not too stupid.
  15. old nurse
    I did not claim that anyone had said that the Twins would have beaten the Yankees with Pressly, only that it did not matter if he was here or not in that series. Realism is that Pressly became better when he went to Houston. He would not have gotten worse under the coaching from Johmson, but there realy isn't any compelling reason to believe he would have gotten better. Pressly's was quoted as saying Houston wasn't saying anything different to him than the Twins were. His pitch mix changed. He bought into what was being said to him there, not here. he significance to the Twins for the 2019 season is what? They won 101 games without him and got swept in the series with the Yankees. Your own statement would be an indication that he would not have changed the outcome of that series. Realism is that there was no indication that he would have wanted to stay here. The tattoo on his back would be a great indication of where he wanted to be.
  16. old nurse
    Ryan Pressly was pitching to a FIP of 3 before he was traded. That is the pitcher he was here. That pitcher would also have been a free agent after last season. He might have helped win a playoff game. He might not have. He was also due to be a free agent at the end of last season. If you are going to be optimistic that he would have developed here as he did in Houston and sign an extension then you have to allow for the optimism that Alcal will develop control and have a one two punch of a 97 fastball and a good slider thus being an effective set up man Celestion can be a competent CF with a .300 BA and doubles type power. The optimist outlook that you have kept Pressly is you now have co closers in Rogers and Pressly, you still get swept by the Yankees. Trade, you get 6 years of a set up pitcher and a replacement for Buxton when once again the head is softer than the wall. Pessimist, you still did not win a playoff game and you now have nothing.
  17. old nurse
    Graterol starting once a week. There is a 26 man roster. He can be 26. In terms of being a fifth starter consider that only 89 piitchers last year had 130 IP in the major leagues. Things do have a way of working out.
  18. old nurse
    http://www.startribune.com/twins-dozier-lynn-and-duke-on-trading-block-as-deadline-nears/489458211/ Nobody reports what the Twins offer was. Maybe less, maybe more. Once traded the offer is gone. You could claim he gave Arzona a discount because he liked so many things, felt like he was a team leader, or something else. Claims without evidence are easy to come by.
  19. old nurse
    There is something that is being ignored here. Terry Ryan is not running the club anymore. The new front office has roots in a system that has developed pitchers. Sabathia, Roberto Hernandez had a couple of great seasons, Carrasco, Kluber, Salazar, Clevinger, Beiber. Now maybe Plutko, Plesac or Civale. Westbrook and Bauer came over as rookies and developed. One would think a person working in baseball operation would have picked up on how the system works and develops pitchers.
  20. old nurse
    The mortgage of the future to win in the present is not proven. The trade for Cueto cost them no future value. What they gave up for Davis and Shields may not equal the production of them as Royals plus Soler. The players cited as signed were gone before the star contracts came due. Sean Mamaea was not going to carry a team from bottom feeder to contender.
  21. old nurse
    differebt
  22. old nurse
    Talent on paper is pretty useless. The results of this talent after 3-5 years has been inconsistent or non existent Chicago's infield defense is worse than the Twins Keuchel may have a problem
  23. old nurse
    Regression can be a brutal thing. Last year the White Sox got career years out of Giolito, Moncada, Anderson, McCann and Beckham. They still won only 71 games. Luis Robert and Madrigal could be the real deal to add to the mix with Grandal. Is that 15 games better? The same regression that the fans here say can happen to the Twins players can nappen in Chicago.
  24. old nurse
    Rosenthal reports it is believed the Twins and the Nationals have 4 year offers out to Donaldson. one may be as high as 100 million
  25. old nurse
    The five young pitchers Alcal Duran, Graterol, Balazovic and Colina have thrown about 100 innings in a year. Not quite ready for starters for a full big league season. An optimistic outlook is for 3 of them to develop their pitches and ability to use them develop over the year for a lights out bullpen for the playoffs.
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