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  1. TheLeviathan
    Oh cmon, totally different situation. Look, we all know we're not going to bamboozle someone about his long-term likelihood to maintain this production. That doens't mean someone with a NEED won't take a chance and pay the price to reflect his production.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Is that what's best for Santana though? I'd rather have a crappy placeholder then mess with the development of an important spec.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Sometimes teams pay just for the two month rental if they're a contender and are hurting at a position like catcher.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Morales could have gone on a 20 for 21 binge and still not looked that sexy to trade for. Pryor doesn't have much to like...but this is a great trade because it's the first of a few that need to happen, so having one domino fall already is a great sign. I do wonder if we had kicked in cash if that had mattered, but I really don't care.
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    This is such an astute remark. I think people get the impression that the anti-insularity vein you see in this thread is only because we've had a run of awful teams. But to me, this team has been too insular for FAR longer than that...back even when we were running off division titles. Fresh ideas and perspectives should always be welcome. And one last point - Burton is an example of one of Ryan's greatest strengths which is finding small signings to turn into good bullpen pieces. They find youngish talent, with team control available, and some talent to work with and they mold them. Why is the bullpen the only place we apply this strategy?!? We might do it a bit with starters, but with position players we always seem to go with the same low-upside retreads.
  7. TheLeviathan
    By including Duensing you can get anything your heart desires.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Right but there is a perception that if you add the DH then this style of play has to go away. I'd argue that's not necessarily the case as John pointed out above. The only thing that would for sure happen by putting the DH in both leagues is ending the absurdity of having an incompetent "civillian" (good term) pretending to be a major league hitter 2-3 times a game. You can still bunt to your heart's content.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Which are not great players. But they also represent an option other than your 23 year old rookie SS playing CF.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Ben I think teams can still play that way if they choose to and we'd save watching inept players taking at-bats. I think the attachment of that style of play to making pitchers bat is a misconception.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Ugh, was really hoping for more with my trip up. That Sunday matchup is depressing on both sides.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Tigers have a weak farm...but still a nice haul for a guy they 2/8 to on a gamble.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I feel like you might be missing the forest for the trees here. Individually you can attempt to rationalize each move, but the problem is the insular approach overall. I think Nick is just shining a light on that. For team going through this for the fourth year now they sure remain resistant to outside changes and I'm not sure there is a good way to defend that.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I'd rather both leagues just adopt the DH. Having the pitcher bat once every nine turns is like making your 1B pitch once every nine innings.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Look, there is a discussion happening. You don't have to try to force it to be some overdone talking point when it's not. I totally understand why May isn't up, but his recent injury has zero bearing on the question. Calling up May at the beginning of the year would've been less crazy than Danny Santana in CF, yet here we are with May pitching great and still down there in June and Santana running around CF from basically the onset of the season. How can "readiness" be SO different for position specs vs. pitchers? Or maybe better yet, why are the Twins so willing to look past readiness for position specs and not pitchers?
  16. TheLeviathan
    Right, I don't think the Twins are lying that they think these guys are unready in some capacity. I'm sure they believe that for some reason or another. I'm also quite sure this team is aware that Santana isn't ready. Or that Arcia wasn't ready. Or that Hicks wasn't ready. (All of which in some capacity or another) And shouldn't their readiness matter more than the "best alternative"? I sure hope it would. I also think that argument is hard to completely agree with when the team has basically opened the way for a guy like Hicks - actively clearing the roster to give an opportunity to a guy that had far more glaring signs of "unready" than either of these two arms. He only became the best alternative after deliberate moves by the team. It's just perplexing how unbalanced this phenomenon has been for the Twins the last few years.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Well you could argue that's true about Pinto and he still got the callup with known deficiencies in his game. (A deficiency this team is usually very focused on avoiding)
  18. TheLeviathan
    Like what? Doesn't it seem lately like we've been much nit-pickier about readiness with our pitchers? Maybe that's a league-wide thing with injury concerns, I'm not sure. But you can't tell me Arcia came up without flaws and you definitely can't with Hicks. So why is it so much harder for the pitchers to be "ready" even as they post great numbers?
  19. TheLeviathan
    This doesn't answer my question, just changes the comparison of weaknesses. If you aren't interested in the conversation, you don't need to participate.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Sure it's a small sample size, who is saying otherwise? That's a total dodge of a legit question. And I'm being very nice about how I feel about this response. Why are Meyer's expectations to get promoted harsher than Arcia's? Arcia's K rate is just as troubling for his success at this level as Meyer's tendency to throw strikes. Why is one kept down but the other brought up? I think Brock is probably on to it, the spotlight is on pitchers for one whole game and their flaws more apparent. Hitter mistakes tend to bleed out into the rest of the game more easily forgotten.
  21. TheLeviathan
    That reason MIGHT explain this one (not sure I buy it) but it doesn't explain Gibson last year.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I hope you're wrong and players aren't being called up just to plug gaps whether they are ready or not. Seems like a poor way to develop guys. For the record, I'm honestly curious what people think on that. I'm not bashing the FO, I just don't understand that stark contrast in handling of prospects.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I'm curious though....why does one flaw like that hold back our pitchers but not our hitters? I'm not necessarily saying this is a problem, but Arcia is up and his strikeout rates have always been an issue. Hicks' splits have always been an issue and that didn't stop us from sinking hundreds of futile at-bats into him. I could mention Florimon, Pinto's defense, etc. It just seems that if there is an aspect of a hitter's game askew we don't seem to mind calling them up. But one thing with a pitcher and we drag our feet. Why the difference?
  24. TheLeviathan
    I'd eat his salary and get the best A ball player I could, but Brock's right...he needs to go.
  25. TheLeviathan
    You have laid out very well how a rational person should see things. And, in so doing, shone light on how stupid all this stuff really is. I doubt Blyleven accused Dozier of stat-padding.
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