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  1. old nurse
    Santana is having a career year. If he makes 200 IP next year or 400 IP this year and next he has another year on the contract. Regression to his average is as likely an outcome as continuing pitching like he has for the next 2 1/2 years. Montgomery has been high strikeout, league average pitcher who is likely to get better. The trade becomes 5 years of a starter with a maybe serviceable bullpen arm for 1-2 years of a starter who is on average slightly better. Not anywhere near an equal trade.
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    Every GM in MLB baseball would make your proposed deal in a heartbeat except 1. Brian Cashman
  3. old nurse
    They worked him out late. If they saw what they were looking for and a ballpark figure I think they are going to take him.
  4. old nurse
    My take away from some of the comments here and elsewhere would be to get a spin rate on a curve ball is like a god given talent. You can refine the mechanics of the pitcher to make it more consistent, but you can't teach how to throw it at 3000 rpm. FWIW and to confuse people http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/3/1/14766552/2017-mlb-draft-profile-hunter-greene-rhp-sherman-oaks-california One of the well respected writers of minor league ball says his curve can be a plus pitch.
  5. old nurse
    Brad Hand was round 2, overall 52 pick by Miami perhaps is who you are thinking of.
  6. old nurse
    A lot of late round picks in 17 years Over 500 players drafted. The list of Twins players signed after being drafted after the 10th round is sparse. Rodgers, O"Rourke, Manship, Valencia, Achter and Valencia are the few that made it. It is no big deal to draft Minnesotans in the late rounds. Luke Gregerson, Sergio Romo, Kevin Kiermaier, Nyjer Morgan, Rajahal Davis, and the mow Twin Brandon Kinzler are the few that made much of a career after being drafted in the late rounds. Mostly bullpen arms.
  7. old nurse
    I think that Kepler is just like Carl Furillo but just a little bit different.
  8. old nurse
    What in house prospects? Guys with an ERA over 4 in AAA? AA starters with little time at that level?
  9. old nurse
    Ryan Mills was a long time ago. The thought process that went into drafting a player likely to be there with your fifth round pick should be long extinguished. You can't use the cheap label as Mills signed a draft spot appropriate contract ergo they liked what they saw as a player. The can't miss prospect in a draft of can miss players as Adam Johnson. Again, anything that went into the decision making process of Johnson is long gone.
  10. old nurse
    Longenhagen's take on Wright Kyle Wright Wright has an impeccable pitcher's frame and his stuff's consistency has improved as the spring has worn on. He sits 92-94 with his fastball but will bump 97 with life, he has a plus, low-80s curveball with two plane movement and a mid-80s slider that is effective when well-located. The Red's version of Nick Nelson had this to say Physically, Kyle Wright has everything you want from a starting pitcher. He’s 6′ 4″ and 220 lbs. His mechanics are clean. He’s shown the ability to absolutely dominate high level college baseball. There haven’t been any health concerns during his time in college. The stuff is unquestionable, with four potential plus offerings depending on where you look, but it seems everywhere gives him a chance for at least three above-average pitches and a fourth average one. When you are drafting at the top of the draft, Kyle Wright is exactly the kind of player you want to look for. There’s superstar potential there. He’s going to be relatively close to the Major Leagues as a college pitcher coming out of the SEC. The concern, if there is any, is what happened to start the 2017 season and the inconsistency he showed at time time. With that said, the run he’s been on over the last five weeks shows he’s capable of rebounding and self-correcting (I’m sure with the help of his coaches, too). While I’m not entirely through all of my draft research, as things sit right now, Kyle Wright would be at the top of my draft board if I had to make one.
  11. old nurse
    Funkhouser did not have a great senior season and thus fell. The inconsistency factor by reports. So far in A+ he is doing well. Cody did not develop so his stock dropped. Funkenhouser lost 1.25 million with his gamble versus a negligible gain. Cody lost a half million versus a couple million gain if his off speed pitches had developed.
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    Vanderbelt won the Clemson regional of the NCAA tournament over Clemson
  13. old nurse
    Listed at 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, the Phillies 25-year-old right-hander has a matured build with a strong lower half. Appel has lots of moving parts in his delivery making it tough to repeat and throw consistent strikes. His arm works well and it’s a fringe-average three-pitch mix at best across the board (fastball, slider, changeup). Appel’s fastball was 91-94 mph and fairly straight and hittable. The lack of movement and overall command results in an average grade fastball. The slider was 81-83 with short, vertical break grading as an average grade pitch but does not project to be a legit swing-miss offering. The changeup was 83-85 and a clear third offering that was straight and fairly flat, playing more as a BP fastball. There’s not much, if any, projection left with Appel and he appears to be a solid Triple-A organizational depth arm that could make a few spot starts in case of emergency at the major league level. http://www.thegoodphight.com/2017/4/25/15405352/its-time-to-make-mark-appel-the-reliever
  14. old nurse
    I thought the Twins were sending a message with their finger Seriously Wimmers is best suited for a long relief role. With this staff, you need them. Mejia, Santiago, Hughes, Gibson have been 5 innings or less pitchers. A team needs a long reliever. Molitor might know a thing or two
  15. old nurse
    Ricky Molasco and Phil Hughes haters say hello. All the mentions of Mauer's contract. A lot of people seem to care where the money is spent because it does have an influence on the team. The point was about finding solutions to the bullpen issue. Year in year out consistency is hard to get. The number of busts in the free agent market outweighs the success. Analytics have not figured it out.
  16. old nurse
    Daniel Hudson, Brad Ziegler, Brett Cecil, Mike Dunn, Junichi Tazawa, Travis Wood, Santiago Cassila. Joe Blanton Neftali Feliz, Plunk down the money and be on the hook for a bad contract. Of the 18 contracts over 4 mil a year handed out, half are not living up to the contract at this point.
  17. old nurse
    Economics. If they do not sign they have no leverage next year. Slot values. 1. Twins: $7,770,700 2. Reds: $7,193,200 3. Padres: $6,668,100 4. Rays: $6,153,600 5. Braves: $5,707,300 6. A's: $5,303,000 The money drops quickly. There is no need for the top three clubs to sign someone for full slot value. Appel signed for 1.5 million underslot . Swanson went 2 million underslot. Moniak was almost 3 million under. Aiken did not sign and lost a lot of money http://m.mlb.com/news/article/183906680/2016-draft-signing-and-bonus-tracker/ http://m.mlb.com/news/article/130246508/2015-draft-signing-and-bonus-tracker/ http://m.mlb.com/news/article/79082538/2014-draft-signingbonus-tracker/ Top picks generally do not get full slot value
  18. old nurse
    Belisle has 2 bad outings in blowout losses. Molitor continues to you him in leverage situations. I don't think he is going anywhere unless it is a trade. Haley would likely be the next candidate to go if they think a AAA arm is ready. Busenitz might be the next one up. Hildenberger might be viewed as the second coming of Slama. That is his deception works well in the minors but his offering will get killed in the majors
  19. old nurse
    Of all of the Ryan trades the only minor league he ever traded that amounted to anything was Scott Downs. Ryan brought in quite a few short term players at no cost. A couple players with major league service time were gone for little return.
  20. old nurse
    Is Dougie Baseball performing a miracle with the Miracle? Some of the chatter here was the team was going to be bad,
  21. old nurse
    Matt Bush or Justin Verlander? Justin Upton or Ryan Zimmerman Hochevar or Kershaw? Moustkas or Price Beckham or anybody Mark Appel or Kris Bryant. Harper or Machado is win/win Curse of being number 1 Despite the last few years a Mauer over a Pryor.
  22. old nurse
    Low minor leagues when not on the 40 man
  23. old nurse
    Wainwright was a starter throughout his minor league career. The head scratcher is Wainwright was the same age and experience as Anthony Reyes yet Reyes was the starter and Adam was the reliever.
  24. old nurse
    As long as this forum has existed it has been filled with complaints. It is not anything new.
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