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  1. old nurse
    The big if in the equation is called hitting. High WAR players do well in arbitration. Light hitters do not do well in free agency except for maybe catchers. In the end 13 days service time may not be a big deal for the number 9 batter in a lineup.
  2. old nurse
    If it is a normal rate than why is it that Chris Davis, Yoan Moncada and Joey Gallo are the only batters with "qualified" AB to post that number this year.? 378 playerss have 150 ab, 19 have a K% greater than 33.0% Sorry, 33% is not normal.
  3. old nurse
    Day game after a night game in 90 degree weather. Seems like a good idea to play your bench. A starter after an opener that neither have had great success. The bench is what it is because the young fringe players are not doing very well enough to be called up and being left on the 40 man roster. You can't promote what is not there.
  4. old nurse
    What would change in a meaningless game. The game showed the FO what some of the September call ups could do. Get out the pitch forks. The whole season and people's career rested on this one.
  5. old nurse
    I read somewhere that his delivery for his pitches are similar so he has the added deception.
  6. old nurse
    Short term results are all that matters then? In Ryan's second go around most of his failure was due to trying to fix things with band aids. for the here and now. To look at the success of a team rather than the organization as a whole is as poor of choice as could be. To expect them to pull elite players out of thin air is unreasonable. To have major league ready available players available for CF, 3B SS, Ace pitcher as well as tanking 2b, and top set up man who was never injured gets injured is a bit much for any team to absorb.
  7. old nurse
    Cuddyer netted the team the draft picks that became JO Berrios and Chargois. The trade would have had to been made by Smith, not Ryan Morneau should have been traded in the Bill Smith era, between the 2012, and the 2013 Morneau there would be little difference in value. Wilingham never had value except in fan fantasies, Kubel was a liability in the field. If there was a market for him after his breakout season it was again a Bill Smith era thing to do. By the time Ryan took over again, Kubel was well known and down to a slightly above replacement level player. . Yup Arizona gave him a fat contract. At that time fat contracts were easier for teams to give for a player than a prospect. The prospect turned out to be Luke Bard as the compensation pick. That pick has not worked out, but a reasonably good choice. Edwin Diaz would have been better, but every GM passed on him a time or two when they should not have. Epstien got lucky. Right time, right place. Got a better deal than Boston did for worse pitchers. He still has the same job, Cherrington does not. Epstien dealing mediocrity having a great season for great prospects was about the last time it happened.
  8. old nurse
    The Tigers have 0 starting pitchers with an ERA under 4. FIP and XFIP disagree on the year Boyd is having. I am not agreeing on the AAAA pitching bit. AAAA pitching is Slegers. That is not what a team sees in September. They may see a few innings from players close to the major leagues who have had ok seasons. I don't recall the lifer minor league pitchers getting a reward call up playing. other than a mop up It doesn't mean they don't exist. It is just highly unlikely
  9. old nurse
    A business controlling costs of labor any way they can. Unethical some say. Welcome to the real world.
  10. old nurse
    As you have not listed a team with a better record with similar talent then Molitor has more than done his job
  11. old nurse
    Bote would be considered a nobody as the Cubs brought him up as a utility player. Utility players do not get ranked. That is unfortunate because the first player off the bench is as valuable as any other player. Relief pitchers do not get ranked as prospects very often. That Bote was not ranked doesn't mean the scouting services disliked him. I did find a couple spots mentioning his bat and lack of position. I don't think the Twins have any minor league players other than Rooker who are bat first, figure out a position later kind of player. Astudillo isn't the hitter Bote is. Molitor did use him. Although not a first year player, Tyler Austin is getting played most every day, Cave is playing in 2/3 of the games. Grossman had a season and a hlf of big league play when he came to the Twins, Molitor shoved him out there. Grossman does have Bote's bat control, just not the power. The what would Molitor do in a pennant chase is a debatable idea.
  12. old nurse
    2015 Eddie Rosario 474 Byron Buxton 138, Sano 335 2016 Max Kepler 447 Park with an ^ 244, Polanco 270, Centeno 192 2017 Granite 107 2018 Cave, LaMarre,
  13. old nurse
    Reputations and repeated phrases becoming truths. Molitor does not play rookies and prefers veterans is one of them. In a poor hitting offense , Molitor would play Bote. . The guy hits. An OPS over .800 Why he doesn't show up on prospect lists is that that hand to eye thing doesn't work so well with leather instead of wood. Those players do not get ranked as high unless they are huge HR hitters. What player in the Twins organization that hits like that has and sat? You hit like Bote, you play. The thing is, other than Sano, what rookie in a Twin's uniform has hit like that?
  14. old nurse
    I hear that the Chicago starter last night throws pretty hard. hmmm Austin sits. Rodon not as hard, Austin plays
  15. old nurse
    If you look up baseball lotery ticket, Chalmer's picture might be there.
  16. old nurse
    http://oaklandclubhouse.com/oakland-athletics-2018-top-prospects-dakota-chalmers-rhp/ https://www.mlb.com/news/top-draft-pick-dakota-chalmers-adjusting/c-141551706 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dakota-chalmers-rhp-oakland-athletics/vp-BBLJnKb
  17. old nurse
    Austudillo appears to like to eat. That might be difficult to lead the good life in Saint's' wages.
  18. old nurse
    Luis Castillo. No. Luis Rivas and Nick Punto, before that, yes.
  19. old nurse
    The Yahoo twitter feed has led to this. Barrie was released after one season of play . Looks like he got his amateur status back and played for the University of Northwestern Ohio. He will be a senior next year. http://www.unohracers.com/roster/15/3/4111.php
  20. old nurse
    Optimism from the Chief that the Twins will be in contention before the All Star break before Pressly retires. I would rather be optimistic that Alcala would be more than capable of providing what Pressly has.
  21. old nurse
    Luis Rijo – 18-years-old, RHP – The Yankees signed Rijo in 2015 and he has one year of DSL experience under his belt and is playing well in his first taste of the GCL. He has a 3.75 ERA and 49 K : 9 BB in 48 innings this season. He’s a low velocity guy, sitting in the high 80’s, low 90’s right now. He has good secondary pitches though and at his age should add some velocity as the years go on. from http://bronxbaseballdaily.com/2017/09/whos-hot-on-the-farm-rookie-leagues/
  22. old nurse
    So you look at the batting average and not the result of the batting which shows him to be near the top in run production. RISP to talent suffers from SSS and that SF do not count towards RISP but do count towards run production
  23. old nurse
    You said runs are what matters. Dozier scores runs and drives in runs. Runs were your stand and Dozier has number that are very favorable for run production.
  24. old nurse
    from 15-now Brian Dozier has scored the sixth most runs in baseball. He has had the 18th most RBI. If it is all about runs the Dozier would be a superstar
  25. old nurse
    Subjective measure or objective measure?
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