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  1. old nurse
    Palka and Walker say that you are wrong
  2. old nurse
    Likely the least of the issues. Other teams have far greater potential and resources than the Twins. As other teams get lucrative TV contracts, tje Twins will drop. Anything a new GM wants to do will cost money.
  3. old nurse
    Yet you are the one comparing Twins to Vikings. . I guess one conference final under this ownership group in 10 years is a winning tradition and an elite formula. Elite formula for baseball would probably be defined as consistently putting yourself to be in position to be lucky in the post season. How do you get the right player at the right moment for the right price and move on? How do you get the career year out of someone than move on? It is not an easy answer because in the AL no teams have been consistently there near the top with a rotating team.
  4. old nurse
    Wilf will make money regardless if the team wins or loses. That does not change. Player procurement, development and costs of mistakes are far different than in baseball. Is is like comparing fruits to vegetables. Illitich wants to win in the worst way. His team has not won and are not getting any closer but it would seem further. Getting better in baseball is not an easy task. Just look at the White Sox.
  5. old nurse
    Considering that at the MLB level the Yankees have Tanaka and a lot of questions I would doubt they would deal major league ready pitching. Now you go blockbuster mode and trade Ervin, Dozier and a prospect for a pitcher and a catcher then it could get tempting for the Yankees.
  6. old nurse
    Not trying to derail the thread but being that Ryan is no longer here I wonder how many of the coaches will be returning. I can't help but think that Vavra and Glynn were Ryan's guys as possibly were Allen and Guardado. They brought up Allen to be assistant hitting coach, so how many will be staying if Molitor stays is a fair question and probably worthy of discussion as any pitcher in return is going to be a prospect. I would hope that they do not take an pitcher coming off injury.
  7. old nurse
    It is not s much the BABIP as it is BA to BABIP. A 40 point difference would seem to be the new normal. 68 points for Rosario would probably be unsustainable. Votto sticks around 50, It can be done, but rare. It would require resources I do not have to figure out why it has gone up. Aggressive swingers may make that difference. Higher LD% low IFFB % might play a factor for high BABIP. Aggressive swings on 2 strike pitches rather than just trying to make contact seems logical, but I would prefer to see data.
  8. old nurse
    If one believes O'leary, if the arm is up before the hips rotate and the front foot lands, all is good.
  9. old nurse
    You must have missed the earlier comment I made in the exchanges about multi position players with Levi when I said a pad fielder is a bad fielder wherever you put them. Doumit and Hermrann were brought up when Levi mentioned flexing Suzuki to the outfield as a way to illustrate my earlier comment a bad fielder is a bad fielder wherever you put them. Levi in the same post mentioned the article on Maddon. The article made out Maddon to be some cutting edge genius. How you are thought of when things work (Maddon) and things don't (Twins) a good one to point out.
  10. old nurse
    When I said Suzuki in the outfield has already been done, it was called Chris Herrman and Ryan Doumit I really did not put any words that resembled great idea so I do not know why you would think that I would be suggesting that.
  11. old nurse
    Suzuki did play in the outfield. Except he went by Chris Herman or Ryan Doumit Maddon's actual quote "In the Minor Leagues, everyone was always afraid of moving guys around, for it would hinder their development. I have no idea why not, but that's always been the conventional wisdom," said Maddon. "I think its becoming more obvious now that if you get a guy who is positionally flexible, you can get him to the big leagues more quickly if his bat is ready." Isn't it a bugger to be on the cutting edge, not know it, while trying to figure out how to do it. Terry Ryan on the cutting edge without knowing it.
  12. old nurse
    Levi, just for you reading pleasure http://m.mlb.com/news/article/189242190/more-infielders-converting-to-outfield-in-bigs/ "All athletes," said Mets manager Terry Collins, who is considering trying Jose Reyes and Wilmer Flores, both natural infielders, in the outfield. "One of the things we're finding today is player development continues in the big leagues. It doesn't stop anymore." But it also speaks to the ideologies shared by progressive baseball thinkers like Maddon and Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein.
  13. old nurse
    A poor fielder is a poor fielder. If you don't try something different you will never know if you have a player who is suited to that new position better than the old . Other than Sano, you list all people who were utility players. Did I mention Zobreist and Bonfacio? Throwing more innings as in getting over 70 innings of relief work. Many relievers don't seem to like more than 70-80 innings. Little distracted. Betance last year threw more than one inning 26 times. Don't think it had an effect.
  14. old nurse
    Why weren't you using an advanced metric rather than a team metric like ERA to prove your point?
  15. old nurse
    In regards to Cuddyer, I picked a name you might have recognized. Since you are the one with the issue of infielders playing outfield , prove it can't be done. You can't do it. Opinion once again stated as fact by a poster. Tonkin's average velocity on his fastball is unchanged somewhere just below 93. Top end was 97. Unchanged even though he is throwing more innings. The two problems with throwing more innings are a decreased velocity or too many innings. Neither has happened. The poor statistics are likely due to all the poor coaching and bad catchers who can not pitch frame rather than anything Tonkin does. I am sure if Searge were his coach and Molina his catcher he would be mentioned in the same breath as Miller, Davis and Robertson.
  16. old nurse
    On Tonkin. In some of his stints of longer than an inning he has faced fewer batters than he did when he pitched 1/3 of an inning. Is there a drop in his average velocity of his fastball, which is what you would expect if pitching to more than 3 batters an outing. Data. None from the calling foul party. Molehill being made into a mountain. Infielders made into outfielders. Sorry I didn't list every single player who has played multiple positions in the infield, outfield catcher and pitcher for you. Does it really take that kind of effort? I really also love the too big to be an outfielder argument so when he is the largest 3b ever not making plays it is suddenly rose colored glasses time with what is happening..
  17. old nurse
    Cuddy, Larry Chisenhal, Alex Gorden, and Ian Desmond are many of the former infielders who say hello from the outfield. Moving infielders to the outfield was not a TR invention. Tonkin pitched multiple innings in games last year , and in other years. in the minors. It is not like it is not something he hasn't done before.
  18. old nurse
    Silly me to not have gone further over the top in poking a little fun at Ashbury John's lighthearted appearing post.
  19. old nurse
    Meh, Dozier should be traded while his value is highest. Kepler is very productive in producing errors and fielding mistakes, Mauer is about the 20th best hitting 1b which is abysmal for his contract, Santana is the 4th starter on any good team. Kinzler is a lucky pickup by the front office.
  20. old nurse
    When it is about the major league club any accomplishment seems to get minimized. The keeping of Duffrey on the roster while struggling was ridiculed, followed by ridicule for sending him down. Any chance to take a shot is not missed. The negativity will not go away.
  21. old nurse
    During their run the only defense first players that stuck as starters were middle infielders. Even those would be moved on from if their bats did not develop. Maybe what is missing is the extra work to get better. Maybe they do not have the talent to get better.
  22. old nurse
    Promotion by title, not duties. Unless the DeWitt family goes into money saving mode, there is no reason to switch to a smaller market by revenue.
  23. old nurse
    What was a GM is now called director of baseball operations. What was an assistant GM is now called a GM. Changing nomenclature is modernization.
  24. old nurse
    Chris Hermann It is bad to be him AVG .290 HR 6 RBI 28 R 21 ops .853
  25. old nurse
    Grossman plays defense like Arcia. That is a problem. OPS +of 1 20. I don't think Arcia was near that. Danny Santana. IDK Ask Molitor
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