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  1. PseudoSABR
    You have to have talent in order to develop it. Garza, Liriano, Santana did come up through our system. The Twins haven't exactly failed to develop pitching talent when they've had it--trouble is pitchers have gotten hurt (Wimmers, Gibson) or the talent hasn't been acquired (what Shooter Hunt and who else?). I'd also listen to the broadcast as Parks is pretty articulate and specific about how the Twins have helped Meyers and what can mean for guys like Gonsalves and others.
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    If I could 'like' your post, Hugh, I would (but alas that feature seems to have disappeared). Regardless, nice, even-handed take.
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    The availability and longterm effectiveness of such players is severally limited. Arroyo on a two year deal does nothing to interfere with the teams long term competitiveness. Beyond Tanaka (and even him), every other free agent will be questionably valuable in 2016. The Twins need innings and have money to spend, not every deal can necessarily contribute to the future club, and nor should every deal be some boom-or-bust model. I think opposition to signing Arroyo suffers from some romantic idea of what the Twins can actually accomplish in free agency. Signing Arroyo isn't mutually exclusive with signing any other free agent pitchers, and as I argued earlier, it may help mitigate the risk from signing another, boom-or-bust pitcher.
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    With this logic, we should sign no one, because there are no free agents (in any combination) that bring us to guaranteed competitiveness. Whether the Twins are actually competitive next year, sidesteps what value Arroyo could have as a trade chit. I also totally reject the notion that these "typical AAAA types" are so readily available once the season actually starts--as the Twins learn each and every year.
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    Given Arroyo's consistency and fortitude, his signing would likely make a riskier signing like Kazmir, Johnson, or Hughes more palatable.
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    That's a pretty extreme take for having such certitude. But this stuff happened years ago, so it's best to just drop it.
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    I never claimed that it had; however, it does put to bed the notion that Gardy choose Castro based on some personal beef with Bartlett. Again, I'm not defending in any way the Castro move.
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    Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson 2m For those saying the #MNTwins are fine w/ Pinto/Herrmann/Doumit: Told they've reached out on Saltalamacchia & at least one other FA catcher.
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    Hey RP, My load times are insanely slow--they have been for weeks, but today it takes as much as a minute for any page on TD to load. Maybe this problem is isolated to me, but it's been consistent and particular to this site. (I've tried using both Firefox and Chrome.)
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    Though this is--just that--a minor deal. I think this should subdue the notion that Gardy was ill-disposed with Bartlett.
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    I'll be interested to see if the move from catching has an affect on Mauer's hitting, especially his power, which generally, is said to come from the legs, as they should be far better rested. Unfortunately, (imho), this move likely nixes any chance for Morneau to resign (unless Doumit or Willingham is traded).
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    That number three guy goes five and a third, gives up a hit, a walk, and strikes out seven in the AFL on Friday.
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    In positive news, I just saw London Fletcher speak on Sportscenter (via a locker room report); the man was flabbergasted as to how this (Martin-Incognito) could happen, that there was such a lack of veteran leadership as to allow this indignity to happen. Fletcher was disgusted to the point that he seems to question not only the coaching leadership, but the veteran player leadership on the Dolphins, that such behavior could not just be ignored, but was perhaps, disgustingly, tolerated (er, encouraged).
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    Even non-violent forms of hazing can have a traumatic effect on the victim (that's kind of the point). Cut it out.
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    That JJ didn't receive a QO makes signing him more palatable. And I agree, that if the Twins are interested in Johnson long term if he returns to form, a one year deal is the best way to make that happen. That said, I don't blame the Twins for their apparent lack of interest in JJ, given his health.
  16. PseudoSABR
    Meyer pitched well in the All star game against a pretty stacked lineup. He went three innings, allowing three hits and one walk, striking out three.
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    Hi, Jack, welcome! I imagine what statistics/analytics (and the given weight to such metrics) the team uses is a secret formula of the trade, so, I hope, no one here expects some verification on what you use and how much you use it. But rather, so many of us worry that the Twins are intransigent against innovative analytical approaches. What can you say that would put to bed such worries without compromising your competitive advantage? Again, thanks for checking in.
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    Do you sincerely believe that's the "plan" Ryan sold the Pohlad's on?
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    Well, this is just an aggregate of their Top 20 lists (the chart is titled: FARM SYSTEM STRENGTH BASED ON LEAGUE TOP 20 RANKINGS), and, evidently, does not reflect the depth of prospects beyond those lists. So I'm not sure this list reflects BA's actual ranking of the league's farm systems.
  20. PseudoSABR
    Wolfson gives a pretty good interview. Lots to chew on: clarification on Molitor, Mauer to firstbase, sabermetrics, and everyone's favorite, free agent pitching.
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    Give us your monies!
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    It's hard not to read Molitor being on the staff (whatever his designation might be) as a manager in waiting whether that's next year, in two, or somewhere down the line. I wonder if Gardy could retire in the next couple years, ala TK, and that's already been communicated. Wasn't Gardy just one year short of his retirement vesting or something like that?
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    Do they need to make room for Molitor or can they simply add him to the coaches already on the staff?
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    I think you're probably right, RB, but there MAY be another path through the dollars-to-democratic-power stranglehold. (Though this take is totally rose-colored). We can already see it happening to some extent (with the public reaction to the Shutdown), but if a significant voting majority grows so disenchanted by ideological politicians and that same significant majority remains totally cynical of political advertising, that that majority might begin doing their own independent research (thank god for the internet!) and form their own opinions on the actual issues. With each generation of voters/consumers, the capacity of which media and technology can manipulate that generation decreases. Throwing money on somehow creating an echo chamber won't work as the populace gets more and more cynical of echo chambers altogether. That combined with the traditional (dated) core beliefs of the extreme right, shrink their ideological appeal twofold. The connection between right wing politics and Christian ritualism can't be ignored; so much rightwing polictical headway is made from the preacher's bully pulpit. However, I do take some solace, that at least in Catholicism, the new pope seems to be moving towards the center (if not being outright progressive). Now, I don't believe any one priest changes their tune because of a new pope, but I do think it will allow for more progressive priests to gain sway within the church and even for progressives to have a calling to the church, which in turn, might affect their partitioners rejection of an ideology that works against their own interst.
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    No, this deal would not have been prohibitive in signing another or two more similar contracts (though 68mil isn't chump change, even if over six years), but the reality is that the Twins are likely to only commit that kind of money to one non-organizational player this offseason. And I'd rather that player be a pitcher. If Abreu turns out to be Viciedo (to whom he's been compared), having that contract on the books for the next years will get less and less palatable.
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