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  1. old nurse
    Atlanta essentially gave up nothing to get Garcia
  2. old nurse
    Thank goodness a trade does not take as long as a dfa. The speculation is something else.
  3. old nurse
    For almost the equivalent of Lamont Wade and 3 filler for Phelps. the rest of this year and next year. I do not see it as a bad trade for either side
  4. old nurse
    For virtually nothing? Opinions are great. As are fantasies. Wilson has drawn interest from multiple teams, Verlander has a no trade.
  5. old nurse
    A lead of 4 runs or more is a very low leverage situation.
  6. old nurse
    The fire sale Sox still have time to trade Clippard for another prospect.
  7. old nurse
    Kyle Kendricks was traded for.
  8. old nurse
    This is now the third year of Rosario being up in the majors. The shiny newness has worn off. Good but not not great, he becomes expendable in people's eyes. That changes when the 28 year old figures things out and becomes a monster.
  9. old nurse
    If the Twins ae 9th in the league in base stealing with such noted speedsters as Castro, Escobar, Gimmenez, Grossman, Mauer, Sano and Vargas in the lineup I would hardly think Mauer is the blame. from pregame blurbs on the radio, Mauer is well aware of his player's chances for stealing.
  10. old nurse
    I am sure that all that AJ Preller knows comes from reading the fans at Twins Daily
  11. old nurse
    The games were played, the team won. That is fact. Anything else on the 1987 is opinion. In regards to the current team, there is not that much difference between the standings of the WC and Cleveland for wining percentage over the next 70 games to say the team is out of one or the other race. With varying degrees 3 starters and a few relievers have to get their fecal matter together for this team to get to the playoffs. Comparing and contrasting how the teams would do in the playoffs in different eras is also a pointless. If Juan Bernguer had 4-5 days rest between starts and needed to only pitch 5+ innings a game he could have been that third srart and had been dominating. The knowledge of steroids is better, Carlton could have recaptured enough youth. All conjecture. If today's pitcher had the rubber arms of a bygone era and pitched a lot more pitches a game Hector Santiago would be a better pitcher. Maybe under Dick Such Meyer would have become a stud like Viola. One can make a case for anything for what wants to believe in the baseball world.
  12. old nurse
    438 players last year has at least 100 PA. 39 of them hit .300 for a season. Rather limited in what is a not to shabby t hitter. . If a hot streak of 2 weeks is good enough to be not too shabby, Drew Butera hit 300 for a two week stretch in June
  13. old nurse
    If they ahd value the Twins would not be looking like sellers. If they were above average pitchers to have value it would be likely the Twins would have a few game lead in the division
  14. old nurse
    The 2014 Giants 88-74 Wild card winner. World Series winner. The 2011 Cardinals were the worst team by wins entering the playoffs and won. The 1987 Twins won their division. That is all they had to do. They were in first place the whole season. Won when they had to. They beat Detroit in Detroit to win the ALCS, no dome field advantage needed. Minimize the team all you want. The bottom line is, they won.
  15. old nurse
    Drew Pmeranz cost the Red Sox a level of pitching prospect the Twins do not have. Likely anyone you could get in trade on the cheap would be on the level of Gibson. Look what they gad to give up to get Santiago
  16. old nurse
    Heston, Wilk and Gee have a combined 1 start between them for the Twins. Nor are they doing much at Rochester, either. They hardly enter into the equation of Twins pitching. Gee at one point was a serviceable starter. There is nothing wrong with having him in Rochester to see if there is anything left. With Jorge's one start there wasn't anything that said don't start him again. As Santiago is on the DL it is likely he will get the call. Like with Houston, at this point it is their best option. You found one exceptional talent that could be promoted quickly. The results for the other two are less certain. 2 young pitchers on the roster with little high minors experience for a half season with an ERA over 5 the board would be all over the FO about rushing players
  17. old nurse
    Musgrove and Paulino each have an ERA over 6. The push to the majors for these players is called lack of alternatives for Houston.
  18. old nurse
    I like the fantasy of picking up Archer, Kershaw and a couple of relievers from teams going nowhere Reality does set in.for spare parts in the system. Pick up Cozart as a rental to give Polanco a breather, Then there is reality
  19. old nurse
    When the poster insinuates that there is something wrong with the dollar amount spent by ranking there would give every appearance of believing the rankings.
  20. old nurse
    When you look at dollar amounts and rankings there is no correlation. Hence the problem in the picture is someone believes the rankings mean something. Unfair. Try cherrypicked numbers for his post http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2017-team-team-international-signing-trackers/#QKg194xFZh19rleW.97
  21. old nurse
    Somebody believes the accuracy of prospect rankings of 16 year old kids
  22. old nurse
    36 and older is not 34-35 and you know that. There are usually 3-4 pitchers that are 34-35. Usually not the injury prone. There is no reason that Santana could not be one of them. If he breaks down, then not. I would not be signng him to a long term contract, either. Year at a time with performance options.
  23. old nurse
    They do not make trades just to make trades. Their stated pattern is to gain long term assets for trades. If there is any crazy deal done it will be near the deadline. Cheer for Santiago and Santiago to keep doing well. Crazy deals where a team gets back a great growth asset usually involves pitching. As far as making additions, they did as every other team did and brought in some veterans to see if they had anything left. Of the mid tier and lower free agent pitch/minor league signings not many have a real stand out season. I think there were about a dozen that I could find or posted as a retort. None of them Twins The success rate was less than 10%. I can understand why they did not bring in much for the position players as so many are in the make stage.
  24. old nurse
    League average ERA is 4.5. A crafty veteran that can hit their spots should be able to be league average
  25. old nurse
    I read on a couple of these kids. They talk of their commitment to go to a school. Going up to the max over without losing a draft pick really doesn't get them first round money. It is unlikely they will sign. The Twins did draft 3 top 200 talents in the later rounds. They do have the money to go after them.
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