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  1. old nurse
    From preseason 2016 rankings 12) Adalberto Mejia, LHP, Grade C+: Age 22, posted 2.45 ERA with 38/18 K/BB in 51 innings in Double-A, season cut in half by PED suspension then a sore shoulder. Some see him as mid-rotation starter with fastball, change-up, slider, but I think he is more of a bullpen asset in the long run.
  2. old nurse
    You still missed the point. As far as Antonyy not understanding metrics, you haven't shown that he does not understand the metrics that Jack Goin presents or works on. It is what have you said lately sort of thing. I know it is a real difficult concept for some here to grasp but even past 30 one still can learn You should know the answer to your question on successful assistant from a failed GM. The team he was an assistant on in the 5 years previous lost over 90 games twice. Had the benefit of strike shortened seasons so as to not lose even more. Pretty famous guy, too. Got promoted to executive vice president recently. Had a book written about him. Movie, too. Similarities to Antony end there
  3. old nurse
    I would doubt that they are not going to get a successful GM to come here. They could get a candidate with past failures to come in. Any of the assistant GMs it then comes down to subjectivity in determining who is better qualified. If there is some charming individual out there with a strong player development track record, great. Go get him. Number crunchers as your best candidates, it will be a crapshoot.
  4. old nurse
    You still missed the point. Your comment in Antony disinterest in analytics is also unfounded.
  5. old nurse
    Kahn was a local example of a miserable fail. The point that sailed past you is that hiring outside is not a sure answer. The Reds hired the assistant GM of a mid market team that was doing well. It didn't work out. They then hired an experienced GM from a team with a winning tradition, it still hasn't worked. San Diego hired a bright assistant GM . 3 bad drafts, trades that produced only one prospect it would be hard to say Hoyers time in San Diego was anything special yet some say he should be hired here. If Antony can in a couple months on the job articulate the strengths and the weakness of the Twins system and how the fixes will work he might be the best candidate. He certainly had a front row seat as to what went wrong, nor was he in a position to change it. It would not be certain either way because I don't think anyone here knows what he knows. I know he can articulate the company line, I don't know if he had ideas on how to do things differently. I have worked with people who could espouse the company line and when they went into management changed the garbage in tolerable. Had one who turned the place into hell. You just don't know.
  6. old nurse
    He gets the blame when the scouts guess wrong, Ryan can get some credit for scout being right.
  7. old nurse
    There is a lot of season left. When clubs get done selling assets it might be hard for a team to tank when Atlanta, the Reds, Brewers, Rays are done. The White Sox, Angels, Arizona and San Diego could also implode. That would be a lot of bad teams. I seem to recall a lot of past Twins teams giving hope for the future with a strong second half . I also think Molitor is too much of a competitor to tank
  8. old nurse
    Andy McPhail went from genius in Minnesota to idiot in Chicago. Sandy Alderson has been from genius to bum and back. Time will tell if the "bold" move of Larussa's hiring shows much. Glen Taylor got rid of the country club and ended up with Kahn. Outside isn't always better. If Antony is auditioning the first thing he better do is bring in a mind that understands pitching as an assistant, special assistant and/or minor league pitching directory. After that, if he can sell his organizational philosophy to Pohlad and get a job, he probably wouldn't have a hard time selling players on Minnesota. He wouldn't have to complain about not being able to give money away.
  9. old nurse
    To make a big trade Ryan would be trading highly ranked prospects or first and second year players. That is not, has not nor will ever be Ryan's method of doing things. Anything else the Twins have to trade would not fall into the big trade category
  10. old nurse
    What changed is the regression of talent and the inability to fix it. Minor league players being undisciplined and looking like they were not coachable. Health concerns undetected for longer than they should be piled up. When they looked at what wasn't working it was called the minor league development model. It needed changing. The changes made last offseason in someone's eyes was not improving the product. Dave St. Peter's title and what he does are 2 different things. In the actual baseball operations the Twin's GM is what many other organizations call the president of baseball operations. That is what Pohlad must have figured out be reading mlb.com's front office information. It doesn't mean anything in terms of what St Peter does, titles will shift.
  11. old nurse
    That is like trusting anyone here proposing a trade. A fanblog should not be deemed reality.
  12. old nurse
    Jim Pohlad is becoming George Steinbrenner
  13. old nurse
    Carl did not like baseball, Eloise did. Carl did like the assest that appreciated
  14. old nurse
    The 2008 56th best by B.A. would be a worse prospect. A 22 year old Drew Pomeranz was the 61 in 2011 and moved up. The riskier the prospect, the better it is when it works out.
  15. old nurse
    Players under team control are much cheaper. Before you say Jepson remember that he was dur to be a free agent after this season.
  16. old nurse
    They had Tulo on the market for months. It wasn't about the money, it was about getting the best possible prospects back. They traded a star, they needed a future star
  17. old nurse
    Oakland is a good example what happens when you go all in and fail. Going all in when starting with 2 cards not of the same color, low, and not near each other is a fool's bet.
  18. old nurse
    For the most part it is success after changing organizations several times and several years. In 2020 with 20/20 hindsight maybe Arcia will head your list
  19. old nurse
    They are 7-2 in their last nine games. If they continue that pace they will finish above .500. Well above .500. Before you post a retort, remember that this thread is supposed to be all in fun.
  20. old nurse
    Catching throughout the league is bad. OF defense it depends on what metric you like. Kepler, Buxton and Rosario have the range, but DRS does not seem to like them. MI, might take 2 more years for Gordon. Polanco should be up. Pohlad said something like they are looking at what they are doing wrong. Ryan has to come up with an answer. If the answer does not satisfy Pohlad, Ryan goes. If there are no changes in the minor league structure then they would be depending on the staff to change how they do business. The general public will probably never find out what they discuss but unlike the pas Twins, no one would call the current group well versed in fundamentals and defense. The other side of the coin is that decent offense gets you to the majors.
  21. old nurse
    Then when you say that "this was not happy inducing" your fun is not being happy? 7-2 in their last 9, on pace now to finish above .500. That should make you less unhappy
  22. old nurse
    Depends on what kind of numbers you want to look at. Danks had a much higher ERA than Nolasco does. 246 pitchers so far have started a game so far this year in the majors. By ERA, 87 of them have fared worse than Nolasco. By SIERRA, there are 137 worse. By fWAR, 196 of them have fared worse than Nolasco. That is why they don't just release him. He is not bad enough to do that. As it is, they still have had worse production from the 5th starter position. There is still some value there. More if someone looks at WAR and FIP and not LOB%. If Dean/Milone had pitched better then the team has to consider their options.
  23. old nurse
    Did not say do not make a trade. The near major league ready prospect hunkering down at the bottom of some preseason list may not have the upside of a lower level prospect. At this point I would rather see a prospect with great potential than a prospect with a higher flow but not much higher than that ceiling. I would rather see the Twins pick up multiple prospects that gain their way up the list. Milton and Ortiz were not ranked prospects when obtained.
  24. old nurse
    Didn't you complain about too many DH types on the construction of the roster? Actually Santana and one of those numerous prospects for Swihart might be a win/win situation.
  25. old nurse
    Don't be swayed by the term top 100 prospect. History is littered with failed top 100 prospects. Matt Gamel, Tomas Neal Nick Hagadone types excite you? Nick Blackburn, Phil Humber, Guerra? Near ready top 100 prospects that fizzled. Santana is what he is. A couple of high ceiling young top 100 prospects one could get excited about. More cup of coffee players, not so much.
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