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Everything posted by old nurse
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When the fans are knowledgeable it is free scouting. Are you saying something bad about the knowledge of the TD fanbase
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Rosario is now the new Duensing
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Front Page: Calculating Clubhouse Chemistry
old nurse replied to Matthew Trueblood's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Front Page: Calculating Clubhouse Chemistry
old nurse replied to Matthew Trueblood's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Baseball teams do not stay together. Players move on, players get old. -
Kershaw would cost starters. Graterol and Balazaviv. Likely Colina.
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Archer would be buy low. Why would the team want a 4th starter except if there was no other option?
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If you can get Paddack for Graterol, one of the outfielders and a couple of the 40 fv prospects, sure.
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Sonny can't pitch in New York. That makes him a perfect Twin and why he shoul not be traded for
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Hicks, gone Dozier declined and gone Buxton injured again Gibson E Coli hell You all might want to rethink most improved player award.
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It could mean more walks. It could mean there was a change from the all or nothing swing and thus more contact and less FB. . The approach that would net the most return is finding out what to change so he is not missing 1/3 of the season.
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Betting on yourself is something people say the contract offered did not meet expectations. Sano last played a full year how long ago? I would think the Twin's offer would reflect that. Sano would not think that way. Not many players would consider that they might have an injury problem.
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HR/FB is a little meaningless when you lead the league in K%
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Dr Google is the bane of the world. If you are wondering why the doctors would not have considered it, consider the diagnosis of the patient and then try to understand that the disease is fiirst.
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As to the relative genius status of the front office. Is the team better than it was 4 years ago? Are there more good prospects in the pipeline added over the last 3 years? Ok, debatable. Really won't know for sure for 5-10 years if it is a trend or not.
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On rental players. I guess people use the term rental because that seems nicer than calling them one night stands. No long tern commitment . Most rental rental seem to follow the pattern of one night stands. r a reference.Return on trades. Where did anyone from the front office say there would be an immediate return on prospects? Your expectation is that. Many others do, too. Deadline trades for pitchers to me seem to require a condition. One is a team definitely out of it. The second is a team with a pitcher to trade valuing prospects more than the team wanting starting pitching does. The Mets do not trade the prospects they do for a couple years of Siemens if they think they will be middle of the rotation starters or better. The other side why would the Jays make the trade if they didn't think one of the players could be that. For the Twins hard to trade for a front of rotation pitcher when so very few teams with one to trade and the front office probably liking the ceiling of their pitchers. Dyson and a prospect for a prospect. I don't think anyone care about Dyson. If he worked, great. If it did not work out the cost was minimal
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Last championship team McPhail presided over was a long time ago. Something must have fallen out of his briefcase after 1991. I think it was his blueprint. Zach Littell has done more than Ynoa has to this point. So far they came out ahead. That was hardly a fiasco. Pressly took the coaching in Houston that he did not here. You can't assume he would have had the same success here if he had not been traded. They got a starting pitching prospect for Kintzler that is still in the system and still only 22 plus international bonus money that you will not know if it was well spent for a decade. That was for a rental player as Kintzler was going to be a free agent. Kintzler was a closer by default. He has had 2 saves since being traded from the Twins. What the Twins got in return make this not a bad return for what he is
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A stellar half year does not make a long term contract unless that time frame is you won your team a World Series.
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Boras wanted a 5 year contract. That is what hamstrung Keuchel. Boras lost a game of chicken and Keuchel paid the price.
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Ian Miller. Your answer to why they did not add Hamilton.
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He hit .360 and was promoted. It is almost time for their seasons to end
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No hit batters by the Yankees after they were down by 10 and giving up more runs.
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The Reds gave up a former all star, a top prospect, and more to get Bauer. That is a lot. To give up more would be crazy. Kennedy is above average in relief. Not elite as he is paid to be. Good arms from Miami. The Twins have good arms. I suppose the could have traded good arms for good arms but in the end you do not improve the team. The only thing it does is create new people for fans to complain about.
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Trades are weird when they involve prospects.What is comperable value in Toronto's mind? The view on prospects is different enough from evaluation group to another the further down from the top you get. Would you give up the 3 and 6 from the TD poll of prospects for Stroman (Graterol and Balazovic)? So the choice becomes one of many choices. It could be there is something the Blue Jays see in these prospects that others are not. Equally possible is that Ross Atkins get the "Bill Smith Bad Trade" traveling trophy from Neak Hunnington. The answer will not be known for years. There is this to consider. If Van Wagenen can get somebody to pay more for Stroman, he is ahead. If he gets someone to pay way more for Thor, he is ahead. If he can now get something of value for Wheeler, he may be ahead.
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The Mets must not think Kay is going to be much of a starter. You would not trade 6 years of a mid rotation starter for one full year of a front line starter. A high ceiling with a long shot of being a star. The other pitcher is in the low minors, also a high ceiling with a remote chance to get there. So the answer to your question is the Twins do not have to high ceiling pitching prospects that another team believes is but the Twins do not.
