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  1. h2oface
    "In the hitter-friendly Florida State League,"...... Never heard it called that. Perhaps an opposite day?
  2. h2oface
    Garver will not regress, but be a bit better, if he stays healthy. He is smart, calculating and has been working on it this off season. I'm on the record with this call for Garver. Maeda with be better but Garver gets worse? Not buying.
  3. h2oface
    Shine that up, eh? A #5, 6, or 7 on the Dodgers is a #3 with the Twins? I'm not buying. He is still Maeda. Still not the upgrade in pitching we were promised. Not even close. Instead of Maeda for Graterol, we also lose the second draft pick we have (already lost the next one) in the 2020 draft, and get a catcher that will only catch in the minors until he is released. The best deal was no deal for Maeda.
  4. h2oface
    There was a reason Maeda couldn't crack the Dodgers starting rotation when eveyone was healthy. He just is not much for a #3 prospect. I know they got a bit more, but the Dodgers got Raley back too. I hate this trade. An innings eater for a star prospect that is ready for the show and to be the next Kenley Jansen. So much for getting a great pitcher with all that money available. Damn.
  5. h2oface
    Well I certainly called that wrong. Damn. Watch him be the next Kenley Jansen. For Maeda. Damn. I hate this trade.
  6. h2oface
    Super over-hype. Results matter. Can't wait for all the "young for the league" excuses.
  7. h2oface
    From what I hear on Dodger Talk out here, the Dodgers really aren't interested in Graterol. They would like to make room for their wealth of young pitchers that are MLB ready, and Maeda is taking up space.
  8. h2oface
    All it takes is a fine season by Graterol and it all goes away. He isn't going to get any more money this year, anyway. It is up to Graterol to be a star, and he will be paid when he can.
  9. h2oface
    Maeda was not very happy out here in LA, especially come play-off time. There were even times during the last two seasons, and not just the playoffs, with the Dodgers pitching depth and clever carousel with the AAA club and IR list, that Maeda was asked to come out of the pen, especially when Jansen became a risk. So was Ross Stripling. Plus, every so often, Hill and Ryu and the other oft injured would all get healthy at once, and there was just not room for them all to be in the rotation. Maeda, because of his success out of the pen, would be the the sacrificial lamb. I didn't realize, until the trade, that it benefited the Dodgers financially, and limited the money Maeda made. While he would get hot at times (hey, even Ricky Nolaso and Mike Pelfrey would have a good month once in a while) and be lights out, as his stats show, his upside seemed to be capped, and still does. The previous poster(s) that claimed that he just wasn't one of the 5 best starters was(were) correct, especially with the emergence of Buehler and Urias. Stripling had a great starting streak while Hill was hurt last year, and he would get sent back to the pen, too. Also now traded as part of the Joc Pederson to Angels trade. I really don't see Maeda as an upgrade, regardless of his MLB pedigree, to what we could field, and still have Graterol and all the upside and the power in the pen for this year. The more I write about it, the more I really don't like this trade. But it is what it is now. One thing is for sure - you can never have enough good pitching. Which is a reason to add Maeda, but is also another reason for not trading Graterol, especially, since he could have made the pen even stronger. You can never have too good of a bullpen, right? I just have a gut feeling that Maeda will bomb, and Graterol will shine like Ortiz did in Boston.
  10. h2oface
    Maybe. But I see it as Boston just really wanted Graterol, and that was the driver. Price was a salary dump, and the Dodgers had to find a way to get Graterol for Boston to get the deal done, and the Twins needed a starter. Since Kershaw was off the table (ha) and the Twins couldn't get Beuhler - already had passed on him in the 2015 draft (24) for Tyler Jay (6) - the Twins had to settle for Maeda, and that is the best they could get. The prize was Graterol, and Boston's keen and savvy fleecing of the Twins.
  11. h2oface
    I smell David Ortiz all over again. The one pitcher that should have been off limits is gone. At least we got a #3 for him. That is something. 32 as the season starts. I would have rather went with Grateral to help us. Not a fan of the trade.
  12. h2oface
    Nick for Brian Schales, who had a horrible year at 4 levels - extended ST, High A, AA, AAA, and back to A, where he was claimed off Fort Myers waivers by the Toledo Mudhens on Dec 12. Brian who?
  13. h2oface
    Unless there are injuries, I expect none of these to break camp with the Twins. ST filler, that is all. Jake Reed best get out of this organization, unless he just likes playing AAA ball for hardly any money. He should have bailed to Asia a couple of years ago. Thielbar's short story is over.
  14. h2oface
    Ever since I was a kid, I just hate the phrase "innings eater". If you get called one, it usually means you suck, and that is the best someone can say about you, and a replacement for how they really feel - you know - the brutal truth. Much ado about nothing. He won't break camp. Put it in the bank.
  15. h2oface
    I don't know his motive, no will I pretend to. But I am a huge fan of the late Jim Bouton and Ball Four. Truth is truth, no matter the motive, anyway. I will not villianize the whistleblower. He could have been the guy (as a pitcher, he didn't benefit at all) that was forced by peer pressure to assimilate into the team, and just stay silent. But after all the lies, and he didn't need to be part of the team, he spoke up. Good for him. Good for the good cop that doesn't buy into the crooked code blue. And I am one that doesn't care at all about sign stealing, and thinks it is up to the defense to figure out how to keep the signs secret, regardless of how they are stolen.
  16. h2oface
    For benches to clear, and the childish BS that ensues, is the most ridiculous part of the game, and always has been. It is way past time for MLB to make a rule with suspension attached, for any player that comes out of the dugout or bullpen, just like the NBA has done for anyone coming off the bench in any altercation. Time to grow up MLB. I, for one, do not have a problem with players being vocal about things that happen in play. I don't see it as a problem. The problem is always the childish chest pumping and postering like it should be something that one should get in a physical fight about. To come off the bench, out of the dugout or bullpen, when what has happened on the field has nothing to do with you, is really just ridiculous. Let Donaldson talk. Nothing wrong with that. No big deal. Other than arguing balls and strikes, I don't see a single rule that he broke to incite all the shoolyard shenanigans.
  17. h2oface
    Funny stuff. But....... 5. September 20, 2016 - Donaldson vs. Umpire Arguing a pitch that the umpire correctly called a ball (-2 points) How does a guy strike out on a called third strike (that was a ball incorrectly called a strike according to the pitch f/x) if the umpire called it a ball?....... which he didn't. Hence, the called third strike. Am I missing something, here?
  18. h2oface
    The bad guy is the honest one. This is the zeitgeist we live in. The old "have my back" even if I am the dishonest one - and you are a good teammate.
  19. h2oface
    I wonder how long Marwin has with the Twins. This has to affect how he is regarded by his teammates, no? While I am personally not someone who really cares about sign stealing, and feels the method is not important, if the goal/result is the same...... it is surely not the majority opinion, nor MLBs, and certainly not the players. This has to make him a tainted person in the clubhouse. I don't see how it can be good for "chemistry".
  20. h2oface
    "Every year, to survive the dog days of summer, teams end up having to find games from outside their planned five starters. So how many of those did the Twins need in 2019? Exactly 16 games. They came from Devin Smeltzer (6), Randy Dobnak (5), Lewis Thorpe (2), Kohl Stewart (2), and Cody Stashak (1). The good news for 2020 is that three of those five names are the first three in line to get starts again. They’ve been there." The good news...... and the bad news..... The bad news for 2020 is that three of those five names are the first three in line to get starts again.......
  21. h2oface
    Thanks for the article. I love this stuff, and you made it very understandable. Interesting that the Twins consider $3 million for Hill to maybe essentially flush down the toilet a low risk, but ponying up the $375 K to keep Berrios happy becomes an issue and something to fight over. Baseball is a weird business.
  22. h2oface
    B minus overall. The number one goal was a pitcher that could challenge or take over the top spot from Berrios. Massive fail. The starters = treading water, (Odorizzi, Pineda - partial year due to suspension, Bailey ~ Gibson) and one - Hill - may not even pitch all year. The relievers - treading water - and I hope Clippard can repeat his last year instead of doing a Dyson of some sort. The bolster gomes from Grateral Catcher? I hope Jeffers comes up and force benches Avila (ala Arreaz/Schoop) when Avila goes out with injury. So average move. Bringer of Rain (thankyouthankyouthankyou) is a godsend makes it all above average, but the thing we needed most, the top of the line pitcher (and really, we needed 1 top pitcher and one 2-3, but one would be a top grade, just with no +) is the limiting factor, and I mean limiting.
  23. h2oface
    Is the -.2 for Dyson his total fWAR for the whole year, or just for the time he was on the Twins? And Perez was 1.9 for the year? That amazes me. Sure seems to leave out a lot of his horribleness for a lot of the year.
  24. h2oface
    If they can get Salazar with a minor league contract, that is my pick. Maybe he is ready to stay healthy?
  25. h2oface
    Interesting that Garver could be a Johnny Bench Award (college baseball's top catcher) finalist (1 of 3) in both 2012 and 2013, and runner up to Turner in 2013, it he was a terrible catcher. Try to stop him now, eh? https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/johnny_bench_award.shtml No, this FO did not hold him back. The previous did, in my opinion. I know many did not appreciate Garver until recently. I read about it for years. I guess I still will. I also think Jeffers is and should be ahead of Rortvedt (hence the original quick post), but it is great to have both near. Things can change in a wink with catchers.
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