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  1. old nurse
    So you expect them to talk the talk? The walk is almost always going to be to not spend their own money. Cohen is a rarity, he is also in New York where he could actually recoup the money if the team consistently wins
  2. old nurse
    It worked pretty well in 1991. The winning years in the first decade of this century the money was pretty divided. The thing is not really the money for one rather it is do you have a couple of young position players and a couple young starters performing. This year is not going well because of the money spent on Correa. Had two of Julian, Miranda, Larnach, and Lee developed into above average hitters as well as one of Festa and Mathew’s into an above average pitcher, this season would be looking a lot different
  3. old nurse
    About the only comment that i recall making Correa out to be a villain was not a fan but a clickbait artist on a Twins fan site claiming he negatively influenced the young batters.
  4. old nurse
    What year did any of them lose money. Washington spent when they had a 2.5 million attendance . Reds had 2,5 million attendance, they had a higher payroll after that, attendance went down, spending went down. Same for KC. Payroll did not go up unless attendance did. Nobody was losing money. Expecting someone to come in and spend more than they earn does not happen in low revenue teams.
  5. old nurse
    Sell the team they say Orioles sold a year ago March. No new GM, no new spending Royals sale, GM promoted from within, no new spending Miami sale, Hill retained and promoted, dysfunction continued Reds sale. Not spending Nationals sale, not big spenders Brewers sale, Athletics stayed moneyball Rays stayed the Rays. Briefly went up with Longoria Those are the markets with less than 400 million in revenue that have sold in the last 20 years. Why do people think a Twins sale would be any different?
  6. old nurse
    League average ERA for pitchers is 4.12. Of the pitchers who have 80 IP, there are only 66 pitchers who have above average ERAs. League wide there is a dearth of pitching. Nobody is going to beat down the door for either of them. Somebody though will need one of them. Service time wise, they are about the same. Sears is 4 or 5 years older. He gives up more runs per game. At 24, teams could still think SWR can improve enough to league average. I doubt the same would be thought of Sears
  7. old nurse
    JP is already in El Paso. I would say he is a talent that 3 organizations failed to unlock
  8. old nurse
    If Painter was considered to e a top of the rotation pitcher by the Phillies it might have taken throwing in Ryan to get a deal for Painter. Check back in 5 years to see if San Diego made a mistake. I would bet not.
  9. old nurse
    From a perceived talent, I think the White Sox are probably the most disappointing team in
  10. old nurse
    Projections are based on the top position players and top starters/ relievers. The drop off for the Twins with the second line players is not accounted for. The projection systems have a hard time with rookies and aging players. Those 2 conditions were the 21 Twins. The same could be said for this year. The projections being off by 3-4 games would be considered fairly accurate by most.
  11. old nurse
    The horizontal axis had distance from starting point as well as difficulty of the play. There was only 2 or three plays he did not make outs on. The graph did not show that balls landed further that 70 and less than 100o . So when you want to say that he only catches the balls hit to him, where is the proof? Twins are a flab all pitch team, the infielders will have less chance hence less OAA and less chance for DRS
  12. old nurse
    In the past the Twins have stated that there approach to hitting is tailored to each player’s strengths. New hitting coach, not much different results. The thought that Correa does better as not having to be the center of a team could be validated by the tear he is going on in Houston.
  13. old nurse
    A young player with a high ceiling was probably a better get than an AA player with a low one. Paddack has had a FIP of 4.7 something since the middle of June. That number is less damning than his ERA over 6. The FIP is sixth starter territory. The ERA is trade for a PTNL or cash territory. The grade for value received is likely better than the outcome, but when the results are in, Paddack will be long gone fishing
  14. old nurse
    The 60 day IL is what will prevent the team from signing him long term. If the recent additions show talent there is no need to hang onto him. There will be a trade next year if he shows he is healthy this September and has returned to form. That is the Cleveland and Tampa way of pitching
  15. old nurse
    Statcast Fielding Breakdown 2025 2024 ▾ Batter Perspective ▾ Brooks LeeResponsible Plays for 20250ft20ft40ft60ft80ft100ft120ft140ftDistance From Ball Landing12345678Hang Time (Sec.)◀▶▼▲League Wide Catch Difficulty Scale★★★★★★012345OutHitWallBack * Click Any Legend Option to Reset Chart | Save Chart well it wouldn’t take the handy dandy Savant fielding diagram that they would appears to show he makes the plays he is suposed to
  16. old nurse
    They made it known the asking price of players. They talked to Correa. They had a plan. The plan shifted once Jax asked for a trade. They did not get as good of return as Duran but they did honor the player request. When you look at the journey of Varland as a starter he never got the chance to start regardless of outcome has Festa and Mathews. I suspect that the trade offer by Toronto was in their opinion a blown out of the water deal. They did not seem to value him. If the Phillies think Painter is going to be a front of the rotation starter the Twins probably would have to give up that level of talent in pitching. Them giving up Abel would indicate they did not foresee greatness. The same could be said for when Tampa gave up Ryan and the pitcher for Jax. The staff here probably has ideas on how to make these pitchers better, hence the trade.
  17. old nurse
    I posted to merely show that even someone who appears to follow the minors and prospects gets it very wrong. I thought that it should be obvious which grade was correct. Since you so politely asked, or in spite of it, here is your answer. Dozier was coming off 3 great years and was having a down year, but the return was a D. Your reaction to me not saying which grade was accurate means that I made an incorrect statement. Duke was having an above average reliever year. The return was nothing. The only other grade you could argue you were correct n was Lance Lynn, only because it got rid of Lance Lynn. As far as the prospects go, that was a D return
  18. old nurse
    The only Twins team I can think of that wasn’t selling hope was the 87 Twins. From the first game it just seemed like their year.
  19. old nurse
    Well, there are the Rockies
  20. old nurse
    Last year both Ober and Lopez were i the top 30 starting pitchers for K%. Festa and Mathew’s are well above league average. The asking price for Ryan was likely higher than what Crochet or Cease was traded for. No team would meet that price. Larnach is not having the kind of season a pennant contender would add as help for a playff push. Bader was far more valuable as defense and CF
  21. old nurse
    In 2018 Tom Froeming wrote this: Twins give: Eduardo Escobar Twins get: OF Ernie De La Trinidad, RHP Jhoan Duran, OF Gabriel Maciel Tom’s grade: B Twins give: Ryan Pressly Twins get: RHP Jorge Alcala, OF Gilberto Celestino Tom’s grade: A Twins give: Lance Lynn Twins get: Tyler Austin, Luis Rijo Tom’s grade: A Twins give: Brian Dozier Twins get: 2B Logan Forsythe, OF/1B Luke Raley, LHP Devin Smeltzer Tom’s grade: D Twins give: Zach Duke Twins get: RHP Chase De Jong, 1B/3B Ryan Costello Tom’s grade: C One out of 5 grades was accurate. I tried to link the story, sorry.
  22. old nurse
    Louis is having a breakout year. The alternative is that he is having a career year. Last year Cole Sands had a breakout year. This year, regression. The Twins sold high to a dream that was a little desperate to keep up with the other teams. If their assessment of Rojas is correct, ,a starter for a reliever is a trade you have to make.
  23. old nurse
    Baseball rules prevent that due to the Wilpon fiasco
  24. old nurse
    Larnach for a reliever is a likely outcome for a trade. The Louis would be someone in the lower levels with a high ceiling or someone in the higher minors with a lower ceiling.
  25. old nurse
    Short answer since the long answer got erased by the page reloading. The front office has 329 people listed. None of them are coaches, managers or scouts at any level. The one that needs to be fired is the director of revenue analytics, but I digress. There is a board of directors, Dave St Peters and 4 others that share the same last name. CEO and Director could be very well paid. Average S&P CEO pay is 19 million. Don’t forget, my three sons also have kids who need a paycheck. Major League Baseball has pretty stringent rules on debt and what they can borrow for.
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