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  1. 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.
  2. old nurse
    Silly me to not have gone further over the top in poking a little fun at Ashbury John's lighthearted appearing post.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. old nurse
    Chris Hermann It is bad to be him AVG .290 HR 6 RBI 28 R 21 ops .853
  9. 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
  10. old nurse
    You are right, but I didn't compare them. I found it odd that the OP brought up Arcia when talking about Vargas.
  11. old nurse
    It is the battle of the small sample sizes. Vargas' July vs August numbers. Which numbers are a reflection of his true talent? Love the Arcia reference. Yup, sometimes being able to mash a ball isn't enough. It isn't enough when it does not happen enough. It has to happen even more when when you can't catch the ball.
  12. old nurse
    Not after they resigned Mauer and Morneau. With Mauer's contract adding another 20 million a year player to a 120 million budget would mean 2 players are eating 1/3 of your budget. The Twins are not going to find the 20 million in revenue to do that. Television contract doesn't come until 2023. There isn't the long term money other clubs have.
  13. old nurse
    This whole meme the Twins could have spent money on one great pitcher gets old, really old. The year they signed Nolasco and Hughes there was no other free agent pitcher out there. Tanaka required a posting fee. His 4 year contract plus a posting fee Nolasco's and the original Hughes contracts wouldn't come to meeting that. close to paying that. Add in Santana's the next year and you would be OK for Tanaka. But not for Sherzer. r Really old wanting what isn't available
  14. old nurse
    Saying Molitor will be the manager for 2017 in no way makes him untouchable. Utter nonsense. Whatever the background of the new is will be an indication of where the problems in the organization lies. They need to be addressed before you worry about the manager. Secondly, with a new GM, Molitor might not want to manage as a lame duck. I would hope that he isn't doing this for the money.
  15. old nurse
    I do not know why there is the outrage over the GM not having their guy as manager. Jim Pohlad does not operate that way. Ryan did not choose Molitor. as Pohlad was in on the interviewing process. If Pohlad didn't leave the choice up to Ryan, he sure is not going to let hiring a manager be the first thing a new first time GM does. To call it vile is to ignore how a team with an active owner works. The notion that a first time GM has a clue the day they walk onto the job that qualities of the people underneath them is absurd at best.
  16. old nurse
    The rate for pitchers ranked outside the top 10 having a WAR leas than 3 over their first 6 years is over 40% That he was rated as a top 100 prospect really doesn't mean much.
  17. old nurse
    Mauer to the Brewers for some prospect named Lucroy and their injury prone SS whats his name. Sweeten the pot by throwing in Baker and get some outfield prospect named Cain. The Brewers were trying hard to win now by adding veterans. Since Morneau was coming up for a contract, Morneau straight up for a young pitcher named Kershaw. Colda woulda shouldas Edit. Of course in one of these deals adding Brian Duensing would be the deal clincher. how bad could have Anderson screwed up Kershaw?
  18. old nurse
    Put A-Rod at 3b. Claim Gomez for CF. Send Berrios, Chargois, Polanco, Sano and Kepler down so Rochester can win a title and the players can remember what winning baseball is. Bring up Beresford, Britton, Van Mil, and Walden up so they can get a taste of the big leagues before they retire. September call ups is anyone on the 40 man roster you think has no real reason to be there and not already in the major leagues It would be a perfect plan for Antony if he thinks there is no shot to get the GM position. As the oposing team would be far enough ahead not to worry, ARod could get up to maybe even get to 715 with a little juice and a Whizzinator. 110 here comes the Twins.
  19. old nurse
    3 weeks in the minors is no big deal. Hopefully he makes it look like batting practice.
  20. old nurse
    League average LOB% is around 72% . Santiago is a little better at 75%, Not exceptional but a whole lot better than Nolasco. Nolasco was down around 65%
  21. old nurse
    If you ever mentioned that Nolasco had a better FIP or xFIP than ERA there was some backlash. Now with Santiago suddenly it means something. One way statistics for the boo birds
  22. old nurse
    Please copy and paste where I said McPhail was a failure as a Twins GM. McPhail did not have success with the Cubs or Orioles. He is a great example of hiring success from outside your company to a higher level doesn't always work. If your comment was your retort to which GM was promoted from assistant GM, you should know what assistant GM was promoted from a failure, I would have expected you to know that Ryan was never an assistant GM, nor was he recently promoted,. There to my knowledge was never a book or movie of him. Sandy Alderson's last 5 years with a team were an abject failure. His replacement was his assistant
  23. old nurse
    A college player drafted in 2008 is not even through their peak years. A high school player drafted then is just starting their prime. That is the problem with trying to figure out how good your draft guy is.
  24. old nurse
    Slid down prospect ranking, he was as high as 4 in the Giants organization. Ranked as high as 86 on a prospect ranking list. Before you all get exited, one study showed it was about a 35% chance of a pitcher of this ranking accumulating 3 WAR.
  25. old nurse
    http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/eyewitness_pit.php?reportid=137
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