Jump to content
Our free agent ranking is up to 100 names, and now you can filter by player position! Click here to check it out! ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

old nurse

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    7,599

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by old nurse

  1. old nurse
    The Verlander trade shows that giving up medium prospects does not hurt your team. When Verlander did not immediately say yes to a trade to a team that has 7 current or former all stars on it and a former Cy Young winner that was a legitimate contender there is not much evidence to say he would have accepted a trade to the Twins coming off how many 90 loss seasons playing better than anyone expected. Given the top prospect list from 2017 https://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/11/8/13555840/minnesota-twins-top-20-prospects-for-2017 how many would have been missed in the system? Garver for sure, Likely Kirillloff, maybe on Romero Gonsalves or Thorpe but would not have missed it if one of them was traded at this time. The trade that was made that the Twins fans here should be mad about would be the Gerrit Cole trade. Near major league ready prospects or brief appearance prospects were traded. Moran has been a league average 3b
  2. old nurse
    A fresh voice instructing you on the same thing might be the first thing to consider. Different systems, same message. The second is that the voice has a little more weight from a team on a winning streak rather than a losing one. You also have to remember that Ryan was all Texan. Happy players play better.
  3. old nurse
    4-5 of the prospects below number 5 on the rankings as long as they don't have a plus fastball would never be missed.
  4. old nurse
    There is a premise that prospect rankings mean something more than the player has a Chance. Drew Henson sat near the top of these lists for a long time. That someone thought superstar is on them, not Sano. It is hard to be a failure as a superstar when the player never achieved it. Some players develop slower than others, see Nelson Cruz.
  5. old nurse
    Looked good. Until he did not
  6. old nurse
    Teams agree verbally to contracts. From MLB.com here are the penalties for going over A team that outspends its pool by 0-5 percent pays a 75 percent tax on the overage. At higher thresholds, clubs lose future picks: a first-rounder and a 75 percent tax for surpassing their pool by more than 5 and up to 10 percent; a first- and a second-rounder and a 100 percent tax for more than 10 and up to 15 percent; and two first-rounders and a 100 percent tax for more than 15 percent. In six years with these rules, teams have outspent their allotments a total of 95 times, but never by more than 5 percent. The sad tale of Brady Aikin, Jacob Nix Mac Marshal and the Astros. Ailin agreed to a below slot value which allowed the Astros to offer Jerome Nix and Marshall a 1.5 million dollar signing bonus. 2 parties with verbal agreements in place. The fateful MRI on Aiikin caused the Astros to lower their offer. Aiikin refused to sign. They couldn't sign Nix. In the end each player lost out on around a million dollars each. They also ended up each with UCL damage and missing time.. Houston came out way ahead. The following year they drafted Bregman in the second slot.
  7. old nurse
    Drafting of pitcher is such a crapshoot. Finding consistent front line pitching is difficult. In drafting 13-42. teams are not going to get Verlander Price, Cole, Scherzer, Strassburg, or Kershaw . They did not fall that far. Even then top 13 doesn't mean success. Hochevar off the top of my head comes to mind Past drafts pitchers drafted between 13 and 42 2011. 15. pitchers Jose Fernandez, Sonny Gray. Fulmer if you want to stretch front line pitching. 12 others sis not develop into top of rotation pitchers 2010 14 pitchers. Thor and Sale 2009 13 pitchers. No way could you call Gibson a consistent front line starter 2008 15 pitcher 2007 13 pitchers Porcello did win a Cy Young. 2006 14 pitchers Drafted outside of the top 42 you find as recent top of the rotation pitchers, DeGrom, Kluber, Arrietta, Keuchel Worth looking at is a Ruesse rant on Twins drafting of pitchers. It is safe to assume he was not a fan of Deron Johnson. http://www.startribune.com/taking-college-pitchers-with-high-draft-choices-failed-as-twins-strategy/475175653/ Want to spend money for information? It might be good information, might not. I did not spend the money. If somebody does, please discuss. https://d1baseball.com/prospects/d1-analytics-top-2019-draft-eligible-pitchers/
  8. old nurse
    Once he clears waivers there is no longer a claiming process. It becomes Rodney can choose which team to sign with. The signing team paying the minimum wage.
  9. old nurse
    The only source for the contract is Passan. No one else has reported a dollar amount other than to quote Passan. Average wage for a player is about 300k. The 7 million for 6 years is way out of line for that. Historically Japan's teams other than the Giants have not made profits. My guess would be that what the contract has in it is language that Stewart can make 7 million if performances are met. The other way it would make sense is the team is betting on the posting system to recoup the money. High risk, high reward. That is betting Stewart can land a 35 million dollar contract. Kikutchi was a star pitcher and could land only a 43 million contract. Is Stewart's ceiling really that high? Japan's major league rosters can have only 4 foreigners on it. The minor league teams can have as many as the team wants.
  10. old nurse
    As hard as it is to find 5 starters you want to find about 15 because 10 days is the minimum that someone is sent down has to stay in the minors, The second problem is that I think Berrios is the only current starter with options. Without options the player can be claimed by another team. Without those 2 major, fatal flaws your idea is not a bad one.
  11. old nurse
    Duffey=Pressly, there is a stretch.
  12. old nurse
    The stations owned by Sinclair are cheap on the news production and staff. What they do with sports is a different situation, an entirely different type of production. Stations cutting local news production costs is not limited to Sinclair. Paul Douglas was cut from WCCO years ago to shave costs. Sports programming on cable is not the local news. I don't see how you can equate the two. On the sports stations when they have cut, it is not the production of what drives the revenue, the sports presentations remain high quality. The fill in shows, yes, they have had cuts. They also have low ratings. So, again, name a major sports production that anyone has cheapened.
  13. old nurse
    Broadcasters paid by the team? It doesn't say FSN hired him. I didn't think there could be an argument about that. https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/sports-business/2011/11/twins-select-new-radio-voice.html Teams changing broadcast rights to different providers. at the end of their contract doesn't happen. WGN says hello. The Dodgers switched. If you can find a team that stuck with a poor production company by all means spit it out. What I responded to was a comment that Sinclair could because of their history cut production costs and have an inferior product. Between the two of you come up with a team and station that has done that.
  14. old nurse
    On air broadcasts are presented by team employees. Preparatory information for the announcers is likely also provided by the team. Sincllair would not have a bearing on that. Less camera may be the outcome. Then there is that if they are too cheap with their support teams will find other carriers when their contract is up, leaving Sinclair with a load of debt, nothing to broadcast on a sports network, thus no revenue.
  15. old nurse
    The 78 ad highlighted 4 players, one was gone after that season, one gone in the middle of the next season, one a never developed. It shows why they are not showing ads highlighting players. Players go, the game itself stays. Interesting that they did not edit Dozier out of the commercial. I would guess running an ad in the game they would expect the people watching to already know who Rosario, Berrios and Buxton are.
  16. old nurse
    The ad labeled current is history, although recent. The ne from 1978, the team does not need that advertisement ever again. petty much anyone in that commercial went on to a bad year The Lumber Co went on to hit 80 some HR, ranking 14th out of 14 teams
  17. old nurse
    MLB had no control over who Disney sold to. I doubt that the owners do not dislike the conservative bias of Sinclair. Sinclair would not have paid 10 billion to lose money. If they radically slant their coverage of sports they will lose viewers, thus ratings go down, meaning revenue goes down.
  18. old nurse
    If the shift is working the ball is going to where Sano aint, the other side of the field.
  19. old nurse
    It is kind of early to make any greay judgements on the Twins bullpen, or many other facets of the team. With about a third of their schedule against 2 of the worst teams in baseball it is hard to have a clear picture. They have had only one blown save. The pitchers used in high leverage situations have all performed except for Mejia. . The back end is not as lights out as one would like. The front end is not as deep as one would like. Almost every team has that problem.
  20. old nurse
    228 PA against right handers, 107 against LH. Started 82 games, appeared in 102. I don't think the numbers would begin to support your statement
  21. old nurse
    Pazsos went to the Rockies
  22. old nurse
    Does 18 words make up the entirety of a person? 6 innings against one of the best offensive teams does not mean the entirety of what a player can be or is.
  23. old nurse
    Kepler in a small sample size of 27 AN has an OPS of .870. I wouldn't call it a failure to put him there Buxton has led off an inning 12 times and had better results. Buxton could be moved up to wherever Gonzales is batting. Batting 6th might not have the pressure of leading off a game yet is important.
  24. old nurse
    It well may be Dustan McGowan who gave up 5 in a relief effort.
  25. old nurse
    Bet you loved watching him at Sportsman Park
×
×
  • Create New...