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  1. old nurse
    Maybe Garcia as a rental has less valur than you think. In 14 games how big of swing is he going to make in the win column? Is he going to get you 3 more wins than a healthy Santiago?
  2. old nurse
    2015 deadline trades of Scatt Kasmir, JA Happ, and Mike Leake trades would say you are wrong.
  3. old nurse
    That they wanted a prospect back would give one reason to think it was Stewart. His pecking order as AA prospect is probably behind the other three starters. That they were rumored to want a prospect back indicates they still think highly of him. Romero would fit the same profile of pitcher with medicals. I do not think they would ask for a prospect back if it was one of the many relievers with medicals that are currently pitching.
  4. old nurse
    Top 30 of Atlanta, not baseball. Dykstra not projected to be much of a hitter, Eliis has a ceiling of middle relief, not even set up. Gant lacks command to be a starter. At almost 25 still has not shown command to be a starter, has given up too many runs yo be a reliever. That is not any different than a year ago. The Cards dumped a starter for low ranked prospects.
  5. old nurse
    The beloved 87 Twins, 05 Padres, 07 Arizona, 84 Royals, and the 97 Giants. made the playoffs with a negative run differential. Texas in 15 and 16 were very close to even. Less than 20 to the positive The 2014 Cards, also sneaked in. As the back end of rotations get worse it will be possible for good teams to have negative run differentials and still have some success in the playoffs.
  6. old nurse
    Maybe Miami did not value Wade and wanted something that the Twins were not willing to give up. Maybe the Twins' lottery tickets are viewed as scratch offs where miami was looking for powerball tickets.
  7. old nurse
    Ellis and Dykstra show up where on prospect reports? Ellis has an ERA of replaceable. Essentially nothing.
  8. old nurse
    The premise that Minnesota is a destination for pitchers based on Colon signing? The improving defense helps the team, the rest is dependent on money offered.
  9. old nurse
    What is your opinion that you are trying to support? Bottom third of 36 pitchers in a 15 team means absolutely nothing given that the nl has used 127 starting pitchers By WAR he is 41. That looks better. By any metric of pitchers starting 5 or mre games he is in the 40-50 range. All any of it means is he has good days and bad ones, just like any league average pitcher. 1/3 of the games he stunk. 1/3 he was very good. That is better yhan the other 4/5 pitchers the Twins have thrown out there
  10. old nurse
    Atlanta essentially gave up nothing to get Garcia
  11. old nurse
    Thank goodness a trade does not take as long as a dfa. The speculation is something else.
  12. 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
  13. old nurse
    For virtually nothing? Opinions are great. As are fantasies. Wilson has drawn interest from multiple teams, Verlander has a no trade.
  14. old nurse
    A lead of 4 runs or more is a very low leverage situation.
  15. old nurse
    The fire sale Sox still have time to trade Clippard for another prospect.
  16. old nurse
    Kyle Kendricks was traded for.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. old nurse
    I am sure that all that AJ Preller knows comes from reading the fans at Twins Daily
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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
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