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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. old nurse
    Somebody believes the accuracy of prospect rankings of 16 year old kids
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. old nurse
    League average ERA is 4.5. A crafty veteran that can hit their spots should be able to be league average
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. old nurse
    Every GM in MLB baseball would make your proposed deal in a heartbeat except 1. Brian Cashman
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. old nurse
    Brad Hand was round 2, overall 52 pick by Miami perhaps is who you are thinking of.
  15. 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.
  16. old nurse
    I think that Kepler is just like Carl Furillo but just a little bit different.
  17. old nurse
    What in house prospects? Guys with an ERA over 4 in AAA? AA starters with little time at that level?
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. old nurse
    Vanderbelt won the Clemson regional of the NCAA tournament over Clemson
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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