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  1. old nurse
    I merely pointed out the fatal flaw in the whole line of thinking. The game had other players
  2. old nurse
    Houston and Cleveland had the best hands and it wasn't even close.
  3. old nurse
    The number not mentioned. 29. That number has not declined. If Vargas was consistently around 19 Vargas would be a full time player. A Maueresque 15 and Grossman is still somewhere in the minors. Vargas' limitation is his strikeout percentage. Second problem is the number 47. A home run hitter could have a ground ball percentage that high if the HR/FB was in the 30+ range. Vargas is under 20
  4. old nurse
    The award is for the year that it is given, not cumulative. Since the manager is responsible for the 103 loss season, he gets credit for the turnaround, too. What happened? Unlike some many people in this world he got smarter learning from his mistakes. He managed the mediocre pitching staff down the stretch better than the more talented teams and finished ahead of them. For that learning, that marshalling of the old, unskilled, under experienced team Antony should be GM of the year. Nolasco's season versus Santiago//Busenitz's season is likely key to this year's season. Nunez for Aldaberto the strikeout machine will look even greater when those nasty umpires quit calling all those balls on Mejia's pitches.
  5. old nurse
    Compared to the Chapman and Miller trades it was not an overpay. Maybe the Giles trade because people were slow to accept that Appel was a raisin. You are right that Raisel is no Kimbrel, or Miller or Chapman. The trade to look at is Davis for Soler. The unfortunate part for the Twins is that the Reds are likely to think that the return should be like the former, not the later. Over valuing you player is not new, see Brad Hand still being a Padre. Just Gordon would be an underpay, a couple of low ranked prospects thrown in would be the norm. Graterol has too high of ceiling but is also so far away that I doubt that he wold be considered. A third piece would be of the low minors, but not as high of a ceiling
  6. old nurse
    Adama, Sheffield and Acevado for the pool money. Maybe make them throw in Guzman.
  7. old nurse
    They gave up a defensive CF blocked by an All Star, a potentially good SS, a mediocre 2b and a lotery ticket. Maybe in a few years it will look bad, depends on how long Kimbrell plays for the Sox and if they get a ring.
  8. old nurse
    To summarize in one or two badly constructed sentences. Bautista is old and declining. Frazier has seen better days as a Red. Carlos Santana plays the same position as Joe Mauer and this team needs 1/3 of the payroll paid to what are currently middle of the pack 1B.
  9. old nurse
    Other than Bumgarner, the last two pitchers to pitch over 20 innings in a WS were? Santana could hold up with the two 4-5 inning starts and couple relief innings.
  10. old nurse
    The hall of fame is subjective also. Koufax had 7 years of being dominate. Johan Santana had a similar run. The biggest difference is WS. Subjective, but it isn't Santana's fault he never had a chance to be a WS MVP. He isn't going in like Koufax did. Early Wynn is in the HOF because he pitched until he almost had a foot in the grave and got to 300 wins.
  11. old nurse
    Subjective data such as All Star, and end of season awards should not become objective statistical data.
  12. old nurse
    Molitor won or placed high in awards as a player. A fine, storied organization like the BBWAA may have a lot of members still there from Molitor's playing days. Some here may be too young to remember, or too old to, but I seem to remember Molitor being very accessible to the press. Not that the fine people inside the velvet rope would have anything but high journalistic standards when voting.
  13. old nurse
    Your teams all have a better 1b prospect than Diaz and no DH. The thought on his ceiling is correct. In the AL he could get time as a DH
  14. old nurse
    When the pitch well, yes. If they pitch like Verlander did in 06 or Darvish in this WS, no. You need good pitchers, you also need them to pitch well when it counts.
  15. old nurse
    The current valuation of the Twins is around a billion. Valuations of the Pohlad fortune is at around 4 billion. The Twins are hardly chump change in their pocket. It can be a fun thing, but being fun doesn't change the position in the Pohlad portfolio
  16. old nurse
    Last Twin prospect of note traded that was blocked was Chris Hermann? My gosh, Kurt Suzuki was blocking Chris Herrmann. It might have been the best blocking of the plate he ever did in his career as a Twin.
  17. old nurse
    Business wise, what is the value of the franchise when they bought it versus now? Business wise it is one of the best returns they ever have. The set up does not lose money and just sits there and appreciates
  18. old nurse
    Morton has always been a very good pitcher when healthy. The Astros took a medium level risk and won.
  19. old nurse
    His 5 great games in August and September were 2 against KC while they were still in the race and one against Toronto, while they were still in the race. Maybe KC will give a decent prospect up in trade for Gibson.
  20. old nurse
    There were a few 18-20 year olds in the rookie ball leagues throwing 92-93. There was something somewhere about Falvey and training methods that could add a couple mph to their pitches. That could make for some interesting prospects in a couple of years.
  21. old nurse
    Gibson and Mejia throw too many 4 inning games to be considered locks to make the rotation. I would not be surprised if one of them is dealt
  22. old nurse
    The bad part about this discussion is that given there are not any OMG prospects on the list there are not 5-10 names son the list. As the new regime brings in new ideas we shall see if the prospects start improving.
  23. old nurse
    Brian Dozier hit 16 HR for his minor league career. Nick Gordon is still younger than Brian Dozier was before he started playing professional baseball. Altuve did not show much for power until he was 25. Odor was 22 when he started hitting for power. Schoop and Jose Ramirez 24, Gordon just turned 22. Not saying Gordon is similar to any of them, just HR power comes later for middle infielders.
  24. old nurse
    One would hope that GMs have learned not to give large contracts to LOGYs. Sipp has been on the bad side of mediocre and Bastardo was so much worse that the Pirates gave him a paid vacation. Where is the link to the rest of the story?
  25. old nurse
    Interesting how there are times when winning your division is not winning anything and making the wild card game over another team is actually winning something.
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