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  1. old nurse
    My point was the haul they got for Arráez with 2 seasons of control left was large in number but on the surface looks weak, this regime may take a haul of players they like that are suspect. Arraez is similar in years of control left. With a bat he is a much better player than Luzardo is as a pitcher. That suspect pitcher occasionally learns control and doesn’t walk a batter an inning and becomes a Luis Gil 6 years later. That is probably why they take the high risk, high reward players. discount rate warm bodies, retail rate 3 players with perceived upside and a warm body
  2. old nurse
    Luzardo is on a $$m contract. Even if it is saving some money. Miami is not going to trade him at a discount rate. Obtaining better prospects by other means would cost more . They took 3 lottery tickets and a decent a level prospect for Arraez.. it isn’t like giving up something similar to that would be all that difficult if the Twins wanted Luzardo.
  3. old nurse
    “The moment that Joe Ryan was acquired for a shell of Nelson Cruz,” Joe Ryan as a prospect at that time was not as highly thought of as Festa. Tampa had 5 other starting pitchers rated higher than Ryan . Would they trade their 6th highest rated pitcher this year for such a hitter? In a heartbeat. Twins needs for pitching is greater than their need for a hitter would be why that kind of trade would not happen
  4. old nurse
    Cruz had an OPS of .907. That is not a shell. I know you people don’t claim to be journalists, but really? How hard is it t be a little closer to accurate.. He did nosedive afterwards, but not before the trade
  5. old nurse
    Of course he did. There were 3 out of four good trades. Robles for a prospect now in Indy baseball was the only trade that was about equall. For a worn out Happ they got a couple games out of Grant and a prospect they used in part t get a season of Taylor. Everybody should remember the other 2 trades.
  6. old nurse
    Mahle pitched in 33 games the year before he was traded, Dyson 74 the year before he was traded. About the last player to not have issues was Cal Ripken
  7. old nurse
    Hindsight is such a wonderful thing. Mahle and Dyson. How could you know they were or going to be injured.? Lopez. Mediocre career now having a lights out year. F for thinking about trading for him. F for having Cano throw more sliders than he should have. I can’t fault them for trading him but they shouldn’t have included Povich So what did they lose by trading? 2 designated hitters,, 2 6th starters, a reliever that didn’t fir the Twins way and suspects. How can it be failing when you did not lose much?
  8. old nurse
    Anemic, by your definition then is 1/3 of the batters who are qualified statically.. Anemic would be 66% of anybody who has swung a bat in a game before today . Don’t like the numbers I post you can look them up
  9. old nurse
    Snell, 30 million player option for next year. The FO can’t trade for that. Blackburn only makes sense if his trade value is a low minor league reliever with a high era. Cobb might be a good add
  10. old nurse
    Good luck finding a 30 something pitcher on a bad team that is good. Maybe Chargois, but this is the front office that waived him
  11. old nurse
    Farmer has been hitting just below league average by WOBA since May1. He isn’t going anywhere.
  12. old nurse
    Participation awards for Tonkin and Boushley.
  13. old nurse
    A contract based on performance (games played, awards won) would be reasonable. The agent is Boras. I think there is a greater chance of a blizzard postponing a game than Boras negotiating that type of contract. It makes no sense to give out the kind of contract that Boras would want.
  14. old nurse
    The thought of extending a player that has not played a full season in over 5 years is a head scratcher.
  15. old nurse
    If anything happens it will be the Twins way. They have to identify a pitcher with under 4 years service time in with identifiable upside or underutilized in a swing role.
  16. old nurse
    With 2 win and 3 win series all it takes is a couple of peak performances by your pitchers to advance, A wild card win is always possible with Reagan’s and Lugo’s pitching,. Then, a little luck and they are in the league championship series. Closers cost good players set up do not.
  17. old nurse
    The last wild card spot is up for grabs. Maybe by the all star break standings will be more differentiated, but as it stands now these teams are as likely to be buyers as sellers. The market may be expensive. A player like Farmer might even fetch an AAA emergency starter
  18. old nurse
    You can think what you want, though what is the point of weakening your team for a prayer of a player?
  19. old nurse
    The chance of finding a prospect that is going to be good for a league average bat has a less of a probability of happening than Wallner reducing his 33% strikeout rare in St. Paul at the major league level.
  20. old nurse
    Don’t expect a great return if you are trading Kepler
  21. old nurse
    3 injured pitchers and a prospect that is only OK at the A+ level for a 2b having a bad year statistically is a lose lose at this point
  22. old nurse
    What did the Twins get from dealing with Seattle last time..
  23. old nurse
    Three broke pitchers and an above average hitting prospect type package improves the Twins?
  24. old nurse
    Non All Star, above average corner outfielders don’t fetch much as rentals. Do you think they can find an undervalued prospect like they did with Ryan? The haystack is pretty big to find that needle
  25. old nurse
    The front office may have to be savvy enough to identify which trams have surpluses in areas of Twins needs and what the Twins have to fill their needs. They should discuss every player on the Tampa Bay roster for prospects to see what prospects they should probably not be trading
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