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  1. old nurse
    In the last year of their contracts Santana and Hughes become tradeable assets if the team is not contending. Depending on the situations and what is available, a team "going for ir" might consider taking on a longer contract as they might not go bust as badly as Oakland did.
  2. old nurse
    SSS But Santana UZR150 outfield -10.7 shortstop -13.6 bref dwar outfield 0.4 ss -1.1
  3. old nurse
    Johan Santana. Win some, lose some.
  4. old nurse
    Hello, God. Can you put mom on the phone?
  5. old nurse
    One could contend that Ogando and Chamberlain were not great in either role. The held the tools to keep getting chances. Feliz was injured the year he was a starter and never was the same pitcher afterwards.
  6. old nurse
    You would have no bench? The reports are that the A's are going to use Valencia as a full time 3b. Last year he had far more AB against right handers than left, hardly used as a platoon.
  7. old nurse
    Morneau had a 9 million option. Colorado did not think he was worth it. I would not doubt that Morneau wants to play. I don't think he wants to play for relatively free. Given how long it took last time for him to recover from concussion I would guess the best offer would be minor league with invite.
  8. old nurse
    5 starters, 7 relievers, 1 backup catcher, 8 position players plus a dh. You can't afford to keep a right hand bat to play only one position and play against left handers. They have to be able to play more than one position. That is why you can't afford to keep the Valencia's around.
  9. old nurse
    It would be unlikely that even half of the 3 million people living in the metro are would identify themselves as Minneapolitans over Minnesotans.
  10. old nurse
    Plouffe's value is at the trade deadline, but only as a short term contract. There would also need to be a contender with a 3B out or having a real bad season. That would require someone having bad luck for the Twins to have good luck. It would also require Plouffe having a good year. The same scenario would repeat next year.
  11. old nurse
    Molitor did learn something from Gardenhire
  12. old nurse
    http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GlJnycE.m5iyYQtrejpGWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9NjQzO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTk2MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201603061341492816334
  13. old nurse
    Yup, was wrong on Arrietta. How does that change the observation that over the last few years the team selecting players in the draft have gotten the far better player despite being "close to the same " pick,. Also it is one trade that worked. Also the one the few scrap heap signing that year that worked. When the gambles do not work out like trading oft injured shortstops for relief pitchers, or young starting pitching for a multi talented outfielder that never utilizes the talent, you end up fired. Gambling on upside. Alex Meyer. San Diego gambled on upside and ended up with a mid rotation starter for Rizzo. When they are wrong, they are criticized as the hindsight here is 20-20
  14. old nurse
    Javier Baez or Levi Michael? Almonte or Buxton? Bryant or Stewart? Schwarber or Gordon. Happ or Jay? Similar draft picks? One or two slots up may make a difference. Rondon or Pressley? It even matters in rule5 Similar assests to trade. Twins equivalent for Cashmier and Samadiija available for trade? After 2011 what player did they have from their farm system to trade for top talent
  15. old nurse
    True, a team like the Twins should have been looking for upside pitchers. Some of the upside pitchers that are risks were ones coming off injury like Pelfrey and Harden. Then there are the pitchers who had seemed to lost their way like Kazmir and Liriano. They would only come to the Twins if better options were not available. They were not going to come and have Anderson as their pitching coach, as there was no track record of helping them . Searge is the pitch whisperer, Francona managed Boston to World Series wins. Decision time, who would you rather play for.
  16. old nurse
    In the scrap heap of 2012 starting pitchers that switched teams Feldman, Kazmir and Liriano were the ones that performed. The sad truth was Correa was the second best at that point. A 2 year contract really prevented him from being a rental. A pitcher looking to build value for themselves on a one year contract probably wasn't going to sign with a low profile team. Even then, Liriano was not likely to sign with the Twins, As the Twins had a friend on the Skeeters in Gaetti, I would not think it unreasonable to say Kazmir did not want anything to do with the Twins. Feldman was the only one to perform. He was also the only one that signed a one year contract likely to perform. That is a low percentage bet with free agent starting pitching. Easy to say in hindsight, not easy to do in practice.
  17. old nurse
    The 2013 Twins did not have a starter that season that they could have traded for to a franchise going for WS victory. Sorry, not any team. Baltimore also needed a backup catcher, which the Twins really did not have to offer as Pinto was still in AA
  18. old nurse
    Soler was an international free agent that spent 2 1/2 years in their minor league developing. Fowler, Montero, Rizzo, Russel are position players they traded for. Szczur on the bench is home grown, LaStella traded for. Hendricks, Arrietta in the starting rotation were trades for as well as Strop, and Wood in the bullpen. Rondon is a rule v pickup. The core of the team was not built through free agency. Over the last four years they have had better talent to trade to get prospects to build a team. It really helps to have an opposing GM think your player is going to make the difference in a playoff run.
  19. old nurse
    What there are no metrics for. The ability to learn. What happens when you mature, or when you will mature. They can spot the regression candidates, but not the actual regression. They really can't measure what they progression will be.
  20. old nurse
    You may be aware that talent the Cubs had was more high end than the Twins have. The holes the Twins have to fill to compete were also far mare numerous. As far as the Twins signing free agents goes, Casey, Ervin, Ricky, Phil and Kurt say hello. Last year also had Hunter, Boyer, Robinson, Pelfrey and Fryer as free agents.
  21. old nurse
    There was an expectation posted of what Park should produce. Cespedes averaged an .800 OPS and 25 HR. Look at the contract he received. If one official on any team thought that Park would produce near those numbers there would have been more generous bidding. Chris Young got 2/13. Half the length, same average annual value. Career OPS near .750, HR 16 If Park hits like Cespedes, Ryan made a great deal. If in the end he produces ike Young, he got what he paid for. Even if the player didn't see the money
  22. old nurse
    Until they make it in big league any player's floor is bust
  23. old nurse
    If only Mauer could see the ball If only Suzuki could pitch frame and hit If only they had traded Plouffe so we could have a real outfielder. If only Hughes were pitching like he did in 2014 What is up with Perkins, tired arm again? Fien blows another what were they thinking with abad if only Dozier had a better OBP (string of bleeps) Nolasco Any veteran is eligible to be the scapegoat as there is not a veteran on this team without flaws
  24. old nurse
    Non pitcher it will be Plouffe as the person included in trades. Fien is at the point in his career where Duensing won the "trade chip that makes the trade possible" award. Minor league player that pitches, Kohl Stewart. So like if Nolasco is pitching wellthis spring and a Cubs pitcher goes down you can get the proposal of They will trade us Baez for Stewart and Nolasco
  25. old nurse
    If you have 3 teams in your division filled with AAA type players then won't your numbers look better,? Add in the other three teams in the league that lost 90 games should improve your stats also. The AL only had Oakland as the 90 loss team. The Royals did not have near those kinds of numbers hitting or pitchung yet somehow found a way to win
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