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  1. old nurse
    Every year brings a new bench, new opportunities. Sometimes the players brought in have a career year like Castro, some show it is time to move on like Gallo I am not sure what is historical about 2 minor league players coming up and hitting well. That is what the farm system is supposed to provide for the team to be successful.
  2. old nurse
    Hard to wreck something that was never there
  3. old nurse
    Just like the team needs to have a 6/7/8 starter in St Paul, the teams needs available relievers. There will be minor league retreads signed, maybe a major league signing. Considering what Pagán got, the major league signing might not bring much enthusiasm from the crowd
  4. old nurse
    TD is also the only place that would expect a significant return for a trade of Kepler. A replacement in free agency better than Kepler would cost significantly more, Larnach hasn’t shown he can hit major league pitching. That would leave one of the infielders learning how to play outfield. That would likely lead to a weaker outfield defense on a team that tends to have more than average balls heading to the outfield. Perhaps the casual fan is smarter than expected.
  5. old nurse
    Stroman probably expects the big contract. I don’t think he will get it. I think there will be the Lance Lynn Twins effect.
  6. old nurse
    Tampa’s MO on trades seems to be pre arb players or near MLB ready prospects. It would have to be a 3 team trade with Jeffers going elsewhere It would probably also include another pitching prospect that people would go “why him” and their answer would be great reliever in the shuttle system
  7. old nurse
    Maeda has been in the big leagues 8 years one full season of good pitching, 2 half seasons. It should not be shocking they let him walk. Sonny Gray probably would have been resigned had they not signed Buxton nor Correa. To contracts that are concerning for the amount of money spent and the return.. Kepler is a good player but not a building block for a team. In a trade he is insurance that a team got something for their pitcher along with a high ceiling prospect that may never reach that ceiling. Polanco’s injury history decreases his value. Like Kepler, he would need the high ceiling prospect to make a trade. Neither player would have value to a rebuilding team but to a contender there could be value in that they temporarily plug a hole
  8. old nurse
    It is barely December., of course things haven’t happened yet. You probably don’t remember Vodka Dave. He was a regular contributor who was adamant that Dozier was going to LA for multiple prospects, DeLeon was going to be a Twin. It was a done deal. A few years and quite a few teams later DeLeon became a Twin. People claim all sorts of things. You just have to ignore their posts or just smile at them. I do wish Dave would have come back when DeLeon was called up and said “I told you so, DeLeon is gonna be a Twin”
  9. old nurse
    It wouldn’t be the internet without a dig when you disagree with something
  10. old nurse
    Every place I have worked always had a budget based on revenue. Expensive people were forced out to decrease costs.. People I know in corporate America run into the project scenario all the time. They are asked to do more for the same pay, yearly wage increase of1-2 while the CEOs get a million dollar raise
  11. old nurse
    Complain about spending now as why did the leak it, or complain all winter that they are not signing anybody. No real difference between the two, except one offers a little transparency to the process. I guess transparency is a bad thing. a lot of eyelashes were batted when Berrios was traded because they couldn’t extend him a lot of eyelashes were batted when Torii left
  12. old nurse
    Pretty much now anybody beyond 4 years of service with the Twins get roasted, or should be traded, by a lot of people.
  13. old nurse
    Tampa Bay feasts off the scrap heap. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&lg=all&type=8&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&stats=rel&qual=20&pageitems=30&team=12
  14. old nurse
    4 year history of not performing well in high leverage situations. Great 6th inning type pitcher. Great when ou are a couple of runs up or down. That does not seem like an 8 million dollar reliever
  15. old nurse
    With how the Twins use their roster there would have to be enough relievers for a St Paul shuttle to pick a player to stash. If the player could help this year they would select them. The likelihood of that happening is small considering the teams ahead of them in the draft
  16. old nurse
    Pagan 2/16 plus incentives. Despite uncertain revenue, relievers with some success are not coming cheaply early in the process. The Twins are more likely to find 3-4 pitchers with potential on minor league deals. That would require a fairly deep dive to predict what relievers the Twins would target. Robles and Colome experiment failed. I wouldn’t look for them to spend money. In spring training if one of the rehab relievers haven’t signed and would do a minimal contract they would be a possibility. I doubt that would happen.
  17. old nurse
    I was looking for a reason as to why they should keep him. Notice I typed If. One thing that I figure on is a few of the people here are good with easily finding the answer. Thanks for knowing where to look
  18. old nurse
    If a part time catcher makes the choices that makes the starting pitchers 0.25 war better they are worth their 10 million dollar contract. As much as people have tried to forget, one shouldn’t ever forget that Doumit scrunch the strike zone so much that Glen Perkins said he felt that he had to pitch to a strike zone the size of a postage stamp when Doumit was catching.
  19. old nurse
    This front office’s late first round picks thus far have not produced that kind of player
  20. old nurse
    Warp does put a new perspective out there as does the presentation of it here
  21. old nurse
    Anderson played a 123 games on a dreadful team that was long out of the playoff race. If Anderson was injured and affecting his play there was absolutely no reason to play him. As far as the injury bug goes, Anderson came down with a case of the loser blues would have been a fine answer what ailed him last year. It is also why to avoid him.
  22. old nurse
    If the 26th pick keeps the trajectory he may well be a valuable pitcher. When the 36th pick busts because they picked another college batter the howls will be loud
  23. old nurse
    If Adell is out of options, has not performed well. He would be available as a DFA at some point. A swap of Gordon would be enough. The Twins probably had similar in Celestino. The top 5 prospect ranking reflects just how much stock to put in prospect rankings
  24. old nurse
    Why would a chronically starved starting pitcher team trade a starting pitcher ? If you are counting on them making a mistake the you hope they would take a trade of SWR, Balazovic, Winder and Sands
  25. old nurse
    The Pohlads built their fortune off corporate raiding with Irwin Jacob’s I think they understand maximizing profit. I would think as bankers they understand debt.
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