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  1. Thrylos
    Sub "Rosario" with "Buxton" and let me know how you feel...
  2. Thrylos
    Polanco played in the majors last year and held on his own. Unfortunately the manager did not play him enough. I would not be surprised if he is the Twins' starting SS by mid-season 2015. Much higher ceiling (and floor) than Santana & Escobar. And we kinda saw Santana's ceiling last season. Hope we don't get to see his floor.
  3. Thrylos
    Are we sure that Rosario is not better than Tomas?
  4. Thrylos
    I see absolutely no reason for Rosario not to be a starting OF for the Twins in 2015. Are there 3 better OFs (bat/glove combination) who are MLB-ready right now in the Twins' organization?
  5. Thrylos
    The Marlins have won 2 World Series titles. This is more success than the Twins had since '91. I'd rather have rebuilding teams than teams that compete on weak divisions and go one and out in the post-season against better teams.
  6. Thrylos
    If they can swing a trade to LA, I'd be happy
  7. Thrylos
    Shelby Miller's FIP and xFIP last season was higher than Mike Pelfrey's in 2013, and had identical K/BB ratios. No.Thank.You.
  8. Thrylos
    I think that the best pitch depends on the pitcher and the situation. The one problem with the Twins' philosophy is the cookie cutter approach that the former pitching coach was the father of, and unfortunately, seems to be running around the organization. Got to play to each pitcher's strengths and ignore their weaknesses. If someone has a horrible sinker, don't teach him one and make him throw it, focus on improving his good stuff. Better results, more impact right away and less work to get from good to great than from average or below average to great.
  9. Thrylos
    Large Market has to do with the area, and not how much $ the franchise is worth, or how well it is drawing. Chicago.
  10. Thrylos
    I'd love to know a single pitcher who Mason turned around and made a star. There is a better internal candidate. Ask Johan, Pedro and the Big Unit...
  11. Thrylos
    Unfortunately, the Twins did not follow the Marlins' model of rebuilding: That "horrible" team with the smallest budget in the majors won 7 games more than the Twins in 2014 with much younger players and now they have a foundation to build upon and compete. Say what you want about the Marlins, but it is a better-run franchise than our Minnesota Twins...
  12. Thrylos
    Correct. Allegedly it has a no-trade clause.
  13. Thrylos
    That's a joke, correct? It happened 90 years ago About the Walter Johnson delivery: these old cinema news reels were played back at about 1.5-2 times the actual speed. Got to think the action happening in slow motion compared to what you see. No, they did not ran that fast Johnson's delivery was pretty much the standard in the time, nice and easy and almost side arm (think Neshek), which allowed them to pitch 350+ innings a season... Too bad that the Twins really discard their history as a founding franchise in the AL and try to adapt as their history that of minor league affiliates of other teams that happen to play in the same area. It is ridiculous not to have a Walter Johnson statue outside Target Field.
  14. Thrylos
    I don't know, but: If they keep the same players, how are they going to win 92 instead of losing 92? And if they determine that they cannot win 92, I think that they are better served by playing young people instead of signing mediocre people. Likely applies more to the Correia-type FA SP that Ryan wants to sign, but to the bench as well. So, I'd rather see Danny Ortiz and Levi Michael on the bench than Schafer, Parmelee, Colabello, & Nunez and will be fine with a Rosario, Hicks, Arcia as the starting OF
  15. Thrylos
    They are two different kinds of dollars amount here: a. B-P's VORP, fangraphs "value" and their derivatives, which calculate someones' performance, add a position-based replacement "value" and give out a dollar amount. And the idea here is grading on the curve. Cs, SSs, etc are rarely among the top bats out there. b. Market-driven contract actual dollar amounts. a and b are not related, other than they are represented with the same measurement unit. Think 20 pounds (sterling) and 20 pounds (of steel). (and, yes, the British coin used to represent the value of weight of one pound of sterling silver, thus the name) You are talking about a., while b. is the reality. Contracts are market-driven. And one cannot calculate the market, because it runs on supply and demand and (in baseball) on crazies who want to outspend each other. Last year, the Mariners spent $240M for Cano's ages 32-41. The Yankees spent $153M for Elsbury's ages 31-38, the Rangers $130M for Choo's ages 32-39. That establishes the market (and I expect that this season, it will get about 10-20% higher. The Twins spent $184M for Mauer's ages 28-35. Which of those 4 contracts will be a better value? Time will tell, but methinks Mauer's. Thus, the Twins got Mauer bellow market.
  16. Thrylos
    Well... That is revisionist history: a. He is not a free agent b. The Twins absolutely had to sign him, otherwise there would had been a revolution (maybe with Prince) in the Twin Cities c. I have always thought that his contract was fair at the time, compared to then comparables. d. People want to have their pie and eat it too. And they want a scapegoat for suckage. And Mauer should be the last one.
  17. Thrylos
    There is spending and there is spending. Spending $17M a year for the ages 37-40 of an aging DH with bum knees is not good spending...
  18. Thrylos
    I take that back. Here is the guy. Indeed he does. Also, scarily enough, in the organization that produced GardyNAndy. From here: After stints as manager of the Elizabethton Twins and GCL Twins, he was a coach with the Swing of the Quad Cities in 2004. From 2005 to 2008 he was a coach for the Beloit Snappers. He moved to the GCL Twins in 2009, the New Britain Rock Cats in 2010, the GCL Twins again in 2011, the New Britain Rock Cats again in 2012, and the GCL Twins again in 2013-2014. Looks like he has been shuttling North and South every year or so in the system, so he probably knows most of the guys from his AA and A swings.
  19. Thrylos
    Might be wrong, so please correct me, but I haven't found any pro (MLB or MiLB) games played for him. Looks like he is a coach coach...
  20. Thrylos
    Never say never. Kennys Vargas (who was an undrafted free agent signee) has a similar issue, and that for diet pill stuff long prohibited in the US.
  21. Thrylos
    The thing with the outfield is that infielders can also become outfielders. Remember that crazy Ryan talk about Sano being an outfielder potentially? That would give the Twins the top OF pair of prospects in all baseball. Add Rosario, Kepler and Harrison (another convertible IF) and you got 5 potential good OF prospects, before you even get to Adam Walker...
  22. Thrylos
    Energy supplements likely did the job here in the off-season, but, gee, the kids need to know what gets in their bodies before they take that stuff. For Real.
  23. Thrylos
    There are better options out there for the Mets. Also the Twins have zero incentive to trade someone like Polanco, unless they get what the Red Sox got from the Marlins for what's-his-name.
  24. Thrylos
    take your pick http://stitchylizard.com/_sports-uniforms/baseball/sublimation_series/ZBA_sets_3.png
  25. Thrylos
    Indeed. Also keeps running into bases wrist first.
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