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  1. drjim
    And none of the guys brought in by the new front office have any sort of investment that would prevent them from being cast aside when younger/better options are ready to go.
  2. drjim
    You cut out the part of my quote which provided the context. Veteran move.
  3. drjim
    I agree with you on Santana. I don't understand why he is on a 3 person bench.
  4. drjim
    Also, fun fact - looking at ESPNs analysis of rosters at the moment, Twins are second youngest: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/rosters/_/sort/average_age/order/true This obviously is more of a 40 man look with some non-roster guys, but does kind of contradict the complaint taht they didn't get any younger. This is a fuller roster of players that are likely to be used throughout the year. Once the 25 mans shake out they might drop a couple spots for opening day roster, but certainly not that many, and perhaps none at all.
  5. drjim
    Almost certainly would have made them older. Any young players added by trading Dozier and/or Santana would have been prospects that almost certainly wouldn't have broke camp with the team. And they would have had to add veterans to fill those roster spots on opening day. This is especially true for Santana. As bad as shape the rotation is in right now, no chance they would go opening day with Mejia or Berrios instead of Santana. They would need a 9 man bullpen. It's really hard to add young players right? It's not exactly clear how they would do that unless they wanted to force a young guy from the farm he isn't ready. Better to develop them and call them up when they're ready. Even teams that traded everyone and stripped to the studs filled a large part of the roster with veterans to hold a spot until a young guy is ready (I don't think Houston or Chicago were ever the youngest teams in the majors).
  6. drjim
    Why wouldn't people be disappointed? I'm disappointed. But isn't that a different point than a specific question of why a team would start with a sub-optimal roster on opening day?
  7. drjim
    I'll follow them exactly as I have in the past. I don't usually give up until mid-season.
  8. drjim
    Good point. They should fire the General Manager.
  9. drjim
    They should get older. Their young core wasn't going anywhere and it all aged a year. Trading someone like Dozier would have made them even older. Santana likely too.
  10. drjim
    To preserve depth to make it through 162 games and not blow through it on April 1. To give out of options guys one more shot. To hold on to minor league signings. Have you never observed this before? This is boring, run of the mill roster construction done by every team every year. And the outrage is the same every spring training. Every spring training.
  11. drjim
    It's a long way from here to there. But they clearly value Dozier at a certain level. Not sure that's about saving face.
  12. drjim
    I assumed Haley was kept as a long man, but reading more does seem like they are going to hide him. Just doesn't seem worth it. Probably should have kept Wimmers instead, at least he's usable. Keep Park, put Duffey in AAA to get a couple more starts while they check out Hughes. Seems like a better overall roster.
  13. drjim
    Mine too. But I doubt it would have made much of a difference at this point. I would have like an extra FA or two, maybe culling some of the edges of the 40 man, but it wasn't a great roster (obviously), and much of the value is locked into young guys that a rebuilding team wouldn't want to move rather than vets than can be flipped for prospects.
  14. drjim
    It's definitely a bad roster. Not sure Park moves the needle that much.
  15. drjim
    I personality think they are doing right with the rotation for the reasons you mentioned. Do think they could have done better in the pen and on the bench with FAs.
  16. drjim
    That strikes me as an obvious point. There is nothing more overrated than the opening day roster. Front offices build for 162.
  17. drjim
    I support giving Hughes a handful of starts to see if he has anything before they move him to the pen. That's the type of move, along with a stretched out Santiago that can change the makeup of the roster pretty quickly. Heck, Chargois might take off too.
  18. drjim
    I can say with a straight face I don't care either way. Neither adds more than the other.
  19. drjim
    Yes. Roster crunch excuse is pathetic. Get an eraser, we can make some space.
  20. drjim
    And I'm not really making an excuse for the roster. It's really disappointing.
  21. drjim
    Protect starting pitchers that are question marks right now. I think when Santiago stretches out and they see what they have with Hughes/Mejia/Berrios/Duffey/Haley/others they can adjust the pitching staff and hopefully go down with 12.
  22. drjim
    I would agree they have much bigger issues to solve. I'm sure they agree. And Meyer has been brutal right? What would he solve?
  23. drjim
    I suspect Duffey piggybacks on Hughes (or Mejia) to start the season. While I think he would be a good reliever, I hope they keep him stretched out before they change his role.
  24. drjim
    It's opening day. It'll change fast. Their last day moves actually made them younger than expected. They'll still be around the 5th youngest roster on opening day. You might need some new material.
  25. drjim
    They might keep the coveted top waiver claim spot all season!
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