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  1. old nurse
    Vargas still has one option left as reported different places. Arcia has 853 PA at the MLB level. It should give the team a good idea where the problems lie for Arcia with a bat. There should be more than enough AB in the spring to get an idea where Arcia is at. Quentin probably will need all of ST and a little time in AAA to get back, if he does. The only report I have seen is that he says his knees feel better. That really is not terribly encouraging. On a team that had only 2 players OPS over .760, and one was a pitcher, there is a need for some power.
  2. old nurse
    Is it the catcher, Mauer or Suzuki, or the pitcher Gibson . Mike Fast already had no life. If there still is doubt that it is the catcher's action that gets the call then the pitch framer wonks did not do a very good job of convincing people.
  3. old nurse
    Pressly 101 games, Roeneke 68 games, Tonkin 60 games, Aaaron Thompson, 48 games, Tyler Robertson 42 games, Graham 36 games, O'Rourke 28 games, Hoey 26 games, Waldrop 24 games. Nope, the Twins never give a chance to the young pitcher
  4. old nurse
    Plantar facitis is such a career altering disease
  5. old nurse
    What is the Twin equivalent of Dickerson? Kepler? 2 fer with Rosario and Vargas?
  6. old nurse
    Pettit and Rodney were the only relievers not to sign multi year deals. Villanueva did, but he is, and reportedly wants to be, a spot starter, Unless you gave a player essentially 2 years pay for one, they are not going to sign for one year if they are good. Prove it players and players wanting to stay on the same team sign for one. Clippard is still available. Made 8 million last year.Ego would say he does not want to go backwards too far on a contract. His problem is he didn't have a 8 million sort of year. Great candidate fora one year contract, but he would probably hold out until just before camp starts to settle for a one year contract. Even then he would try to find a team he could close for. The Twins rank low on that unless there is a great sales job about Perkin's health late in a season and GM's remember late season pitching.
  7. old nurse
    For those who are expected to be rbi producers yes it would be an ok measurement. Other players are effective without driving in runs, examples would be like Dee Gordon or Blackmon. Your typical top of the lineup batters Relief pitcher effectiveness would not be effected by wins. Rather than wins in win+whip perhaps an inverse of blown saves and losses would be more appropriate way to measure.
  8. old nurse
    Was the list of available free agents a way to say Abad isn't bad in comparison to what is left. There must be confidence in the numbers from AAA or AA that would parlay to major league success
  9. old nurse
    Your description looks like the metric is a measure of gullibility. Sort of like opsbi
  10. old nurse
    Ztmmerman, Upton, Iglesias,McCann and J D Martinez are what is young and good about the team. Age and injuries determine the rest of the team. Holy crapshoot Batman.
  11. old nurse
    Radcliff has 13 names. Perkins, May, and Fien are the only one certain to be here longer than this year, Jepson will be a free agent after this year. There are those who think May should be in the rotation. Injuries do happen. That means you are counting on a 50% success rate from your minor league players. You are counting on 2 of them being the back end of your bullpen, and 4 of them if you really are going to be a contender. That is a lot of faith in your relievers in the minors.
  12. old nurse
    The likelihood of Nolasco getting cut and thus a sunk cost is small. Cutting Nolasco for a cheaper player would cost more than the other player's salary. Spring training is a ways away. Given the number of quality unsigned free agents out there, the demand for trades is not there. The mediocre free agent is cheaper than Nolasco. When that dries up, teams may start sniffing at Nolasco
  13. old nurse
    A Sano-cam and a web page so these people can watch?
  14. old nurse
    The Twins are a competitive team as they stand. Unless injury and severe regression hit no one would mistake them for Cincinnati, the Philies or the Fresno Grizzlies. Unless there is some serious progression, ALCS tickets are something another team is going to print. They have a lot of above average players. Unless Sano or Buxton steps up, they have no studs. The progression of the non arbitration eligible players this year will be the key for the success. One or two holes are easier to fill at the trade deadline than the team of question marks.
  15. old nurse
    IIRC Burton was effective for a couple of years. Burrows was used as bench player and was gone by May. His spring training numbers S Burroughs .333 17 42 2 doubles, one single would have given you some hope. Kubel had a good first month before father time discovered he was playing baseball again, Abad for his career has been better in low leverage situations. I can't prove the Twins know this, but if I can find the statistics, I would think it would be reasonable to think the Twins know this.
  16. old nurse
    The only similar recent history with a pitcher on a minor league contract with a ST invite was Guerrier. He did not get to the 25 man roster until May. I think he replaced Pelfrey on the roster.
  17. old nurse
    It is just baseball dreaming on a winter day. As John Phillips wrote all those years ago, "I'd be safe and warm if Nolasco were in LA. Baseball dreaming on such a winter day". Something like that.
  18. old nurse
    There would be an international draft only if it saves the owners money. The draft pool seems to be working and is cheap. With the pools being between 2 and 5 million a team there is not a whole lot lower you can go to use as a bargaining chip. That chip would be used by the players to get more for themselves.
  19. old nurse
    The half that was bad was really bad. Batting practice bad
  20. old nurse
    Career WRC favors Plouffe, career OPS+ favors Plouffe. Nunez had a career year.
  21. old nurse
    Bluegill Hughes had a good month once.
  22. old nurse
    10/14 players last year stuck from the rule V draft. That success rate should perk up any GMlooking for talent. That should be almost every GM. I do not think that $25K for a flyer on somebody is an unreasonable gamble in mlb. The question would be how many teams have room on their 40 man to take flyers on players.Despite other people's opinions to the contrary, quality bullpen depth is not so easy to get. There were quite a few drafted last year in the rule v, a few stuck.Bullpen is usually a position of need. It would not be out of the realm of possibility that a team will take a flyer on a Twins pitcher, as there are 6 pitchers deemed possibly close enough to be major league ready.I wonder if the Twins view those pitchers not anywhere near major league ready. If another team get intrigued enough on a flyer, then there is a shot for a fleece of a trade. Looking at Sean Gilmartin, did the Twins think Dean=Gilmartin so they peotected him?
  23. old nurse
    Axford or Boyer? Colorado DFA Axford, so he is available. He made 2.6 million last year. and is arb eligible. 2.7 road era, so escaping Colorado is a plus. I should add he is 6'5" so he fits the Ryan mold of tall pitchers
  24. old nurse
    In regards to the Pirates losine players in the December 03 draft Rich Thompson, Freddie Brooks were returned Chris Shelton, minimal playing time Jeff Bennett was the mop up man for the Brewers 4 out of the 5 say the Pirates did not lose anything but gained revenue. Jose Bautista was with a lot of differetn teams in 04, ended up back with the Pirates, and still did not develop for a few more years
  25. old nurse
    If he does not progress to at least a September call up you might find out in 2017
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