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They needed to bring up someone after they released Buehler. Tolle was the first choice then they have gone to Early. They probably figured Tolle could do no worse than Buehler. When they were wrong, they brought up Early.
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Why would Boston trade a starting pitcher like Tolle unless they don’t think he will make it as a starter. That is the only reason a team should be willing to trade a cost controlled arm unless the are getting a prearb pitcher back. For 2 years of Ryan they aren’t giving up a potential front line starter.
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You make the deal when you think everything is going to work out It did not work out. Nobody could see the plantar fasciitis coming. This year was either disinterest or the aging curve started to hit. If Lewis elevated to star level, and most of the prospects worked out to solid major leaguers it was a great plan. Even the 160 million payroll year was a gamble it would all work out. When it didn’t, Jim Pohlad cut the money. Correa had to go sooner or later. It was actually luck that Houston needed him,
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Diamondbacks had it worse for television contract cancelation cost. They have a decent team in the playoff chase, recent WS. The fans in the stands are even stronger now, so they could afford the Burnes contract. They are even surviving his injury. When they signed Correa the second time they had the potential of Wallner, Kirriloff, Larnach, Miranda, and Lewis, with Steer hitting well in AAA. They took a risk that the next 4-5 years with a healthy Buxton and the bat of Arraez with all these great prospects, they had a shot. We saw how it worked out.
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You brought up the Mets as a counter to my comment. In asking you the question of uniqueness because the Mets, nor no other team, had a bearing in my comment, so why did you bother to bring it up? AAAA players are usually players that have excelled throughout the minors but bomb once they hit the majors. Like the Mendoza line of .215, meanings get changed to fit whatever the person wants it to
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If everyone else stayed healthy and performed to their potential it is possible they thought they were a Carlos Correa at full potential away. It is quite possible with an expiring TV deal they thought the next one would be larger. They did a poor job of monitoring the business of tv because cable was losing customers for a while before the Correa contract.
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The term fan favorite gets bandied about here quite a bit. Currently it means nothing. Fans here do not come out and watch players play great. Attendance would have spiked when Grey pitched in 23. It did not.
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Fans complain they aren’t winning. Fan complains when they try to win. The injury was not from pitching but on fielding. Bad luck, not overuse
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The message would be we are going to be cheap. That is not the message you want to send. Cheap baseball doesn’t draw fans. The Twins are already one of the cheapest tickets in baseball. The Saints have empty seats. When Saints baseball was winning independent leagues they drew capacity and it was an event. When Target Field was new, it was an event. The Twins shouldn’t have laid off the scouts, the sales and game day people have failed so miserably they should have been let go
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Keirsey would be considered the prototypical AAAA player. Elite at the AAA level, miserable at MLB level. Rodrigues strikes out at 32 % in the minors. That is a lot of swing and miss. Better pitchers will be able to hit the spot until he learns how to not miss it. If the Twins could manage some sort of blockbuster type trade with multiple players, but I doubt there is a straight up trade.
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Pitch counts are used by the Twins. Not innings. The amazement should be that a Twins pitcher could be efficient enough to get through 6 inning on an 85 pitch count
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There is always the possibility that the management doesn’t think Rodriguez is better than Keirsey. Why else would have they taken on both Outman and Rodon if they had any faith in him
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Your first response comes across as condescending , hence my question. Nice to see you can’t answer it. The response of what goes on in other clubs to my comments is saying the situation the situation is not unique to the Twins. There was no need for any of your retorts,
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Wins and longevity seem to be the criteria. That Gardenhire and Kelly also have the most losses did not seem to matter.
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Met stadium held 45000. In the 60s and 70s a season averting 15000 fans was very good. Before 1976 if the team was playing well the fans came out.
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Cody is a genius at clickbait. Baldelli triggers people here. One can’t help but laugh at the comments.
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And of course anybody can honestly tell the batter if they think the pitch was a strike or not.
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There was nothing in my pst to suggest that this was unique to the Twins.
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13 guys can’t develop camaraderie? 13 batters can’t get along. Will there be a player that is difficult to work with? Yup. A set lineup is not going to change that.
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Yet another journeyman that did not have a job. After joining the Twins
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2007 would be their birth year. 18 years old is 18 years old. There are a lot of 18 year olds in the FCL I would bet that some of them are pitchers. That they are a few days older really doesn’t matter the least bit. With the state of pitching it would be unlikely for pitching talent to be at the inappropriate skill level in the. Minors
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J.F.C. SWR jest got the Twins Daily this story is not going to age well curse.
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Considering that May college players do not do well until their second or third year, these kids hitting well at that age is a good sign. Hopefully they are learning defense and baserunning, too.
