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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. old nurse
    Under the radar player who has done nothing but done well. Edwar Colina comes up.
  6. old nurse
    Hamilton has 7 years in the big leagues to have a career WPA of -7.75.
  7. old nurse
    The whole team needs to take a step forward in some facet. For the three listed, Berrios was taken out after 4 innings in the most important game of the year.. The season should be planned to end in late October. Buxton needs to stay healthy. Kepler, IDK if he could have done more during the season. He disappeared in the playoffs. Nelson Cruz and Garver arehe only 2 players that really can't improve from last year's team. The rest all need to get better. Here is the proof. https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2019_ALDS2.shtml
  8. old nurse
    Relievers still have a future at 32, fringe starters do not. As a starter it is easy to see why you would pass on him. As a reliever, he would be Rochester shuttle material.
  9. old nurse
    Littell seemed to have figured something out in AA that year. I don't think it would be an incorrect observation that at the time there was not a whole lot of pitching prospects in the organization that were near major league ready. They maybe could have got him in the rule v draft. Maybe not. If over the next 4 years he is a good set up pitcher then the trade is a good one. I don't think it was a bad one. Garcia was not a long term solution, nor a short term one. The 4 million was wasted anyways. Garcia had a decent run in St. Louis. Nobody kept him long after he was traded the first time. To get anything for him was a plus. In trading Ynoa, they were giving up on a prospect while he still had some value. Like Littell he has some talent but has not reached it. It will still take a couple years to see if it was a good trade or not.
  10. old nurse
    They got Cash from Atlanta, Not revisionist history but an omission. Revisionist history is thet the Yankees were going to DFA a player not even on the 40 man roster.
  11. old nurse
    Smak and Bird are the types of free agents teams loke the Royals should persue on one year deals. Cheap players that if they do not rebound you can cut, if they do well you can trade to a contender needing a bat
  12. old nurse
    Prospect valuations by the teams are getting better. Except for the Cubs there isn't the star prospect being traded very often. The Sale trade for Moncada, but . Dombrowski isn't a GM anymore. It really shouldn't be a "what if" concern on prospects. If you think their ceiling is going to be met.
  13. old nurse
    Upside, downside. Free agents will have years they are not worth the money. There are more stories like Cueto and Zimmerman than Scherzer. Trades for linepitchers viewed are top of the rotation the same way. Gray and Archer come to mind There really isn't an option not worth trying.
  14. old nurse
    In the coming back mode, from June to suspension Pneda had a fip of 3.15. If that is who he can be and he is a 3-4 starter, good luck finding 3 better pitchers to fill out your rotation
  15. old nurse
    The problem with the plan is that the projection numbers have been way off.
  16. old nurse
    A trade for a top of the order starter there will be more open roster spots. Position flexibility had been a buzz word. I don't think they will add a 1b only player. Rule V will have a selection. There is always somebody to love out there. There is always a high ceiling fixer upper out there. At worse they are returned, just like most selections are.
  17. old nurse
    Two of the pitchers are pretty much in 2019 who they are, The orher one the question is "Is that what he has become?"
  18. old nurse
    There is no shortage of highly touted pitchers who become less than what they were predicted to be. There are plenty that cost you no prospects. The Orioles did well to land the prospects. On the other side of the coin. The Angels are pitching starved. Why are the giving up on prospects for the back of the rotation? I don't thinl either team is going to win this trade
  19. old nurse
    Treinen was used over 80 innings in 2018. Not many relievers have good seasons the following year. Justin Wilson in a similar career arc got a 2/10 deal. It would be fair to say that Trienen is no Wilson in terms of talent, so it would be fair to say 10 million would be a steal for him, Otovino numbers would be more the high end at 9 million a year. 7.5 million or so does not seam unreasonable yet since seasons end Oakland couldn't even trade him for .195 A ball hitter. There is something wrong here that bears some watching. I am not recalling an Oakland player that was very good being let go for nothing.
  20. old nurse
    Franmklin Barrto, Sean Nolin, Brett Lawrie and Kendal Graveman. or their equivalent. 3 prospects with a high ceiling the team is not in love with but somebody else is and a mlb player with potential. Rosario, not Buxton is the mlb player Prospect wise I don't know.
  21. old nurse
    2019 ops predictions for Steamer/Razzball Polanco .751 Melson Cruz .895 Schoop .769 Kepler .772 Crom .804 Sano .782 Marwin .768 Castro .671 Astudilo .763 Garver .722 OK, last winter it would give someone a talking point. Accuracy? IDK how it could be called accurate.
  22. old nurse
    Rijo may have a high enough ceiling for a team to take a flyer on. Too many teams do not have a 5th starter for Jax not to be taken. Is there a dearth of pitching bad enough for Clay to be taken as a reliever with the death of the LOGY. Taken, yes. Kept, unlikely Javier. The only thing a team can be certain of is that he can field. Does a late innings defensive replacement make sense on a rebuilding team? I would doubt it. Is his bat going to develop? IDK If a major league team's pipeline lacks a shortstop, he could be taken. My best guess is that other teams have a similar but not equal to Javier player. He might be worth the 50k flyer, he might not be worth the final cost, including salary and benefits. Miami, Baltimore, KC, Detroit all can take a player or two and stash on their roster without doing any damage at all to the likely goal for 2020 hence Javier comes into play, as does Rijo if any team likes his ceiling. Therein lies the unknown. Who likes which players.
  23. old nurse
    Due to the overweight being an issue that he was trying to take the easy way out on and 3 years already lost due to injuries, Pneda is a year to year player. Base and bonus would be reasonable. 5-10 base, 10 available bonus. He is also 5th starter, not in talent but in terms of planing a rotation
  24. old nurse
    A diuretic is not a PED. As for a masking agent, HCTZ works slower than furosimide, thus it not ideal for a masking agent
  25. old nurse
    Ironically Cave was traded for shortly after the Twins had given up on Granite. On an age timeline, Granite is due to break out like another former Twin CF. Somebody named Hicks. I hear he is oft injured like a current Twins CF thus requiring a plan C and D lest the team has to go out and buy a LeMarre.. That is how you end up with Cave. The really silly thing is in this thread there are people bashing the FO for trading for high risk, high reward prospects and also bashing them for trading them.
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