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  1. drjim
    I agree on Rosario. I think people will underrate some of his value because he is not a conventional hitter both on poor bb/k rate and power from 3Bs and 2Bs. Good on defense, value on the basepaths and hitterish. His big asjustment will be dropping his k rate more than increasing his bb rate. I think that is doable.
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    I'll second the emotions on AT&T and PNC, great parks in great settings. I'd rank them (that I've seen): 1. AT&T 2. PNC 3. Target Field --------------- 4. Wrigley --------------- 5. Great America --------------- 6. Miller 7. Minute Maid 8. Rogers 9. Metrodome Need to get to more parks.
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    i agree on the hate for retractable roofs. Just leads to massive parks with no sight lines. Depressing to look out and see wall in the outfield. Twins absolutely made the right call in keeping Target Field open air.
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    Why the urgency? Good chance that 2 of the 4 start at Rochester next year and also a good chance that any of them could bust. Good to have quality depth.
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    Limiting starts to 5 innings absolutely hurts development. Starters need to learn to turn over a lineup 3 times to be effective in the bigs. Skipping starts or 6 man rotations could have been an option, but it does have to be acknowledged that shifting from a development plan would have consequences. The question is whether it would have outweighed the benefit to the postseason push. I would have called him up for May's spot start, given him starts and transitioned him into a multi inning reliever, but that would have had consequences on his long term development. Perhaps even kept him down at the beginning of next year for an extended time.
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    None of the three look the same because they had different starting points and different contexts. I actually think Target Field was actually a negative in that it made a complete tear down much more difficult to sell to corporate sponsors and to a lesser extent season ticket holders. Cubs had more leeway because it was a complete house cleaning after decades of attempted rebuilds. Astros had an owner that was more willing to completely tear down because the team was bad, farm system was barren, there was sagging attendance and no tv deal. I give their owner a lot of credit for giving the go ahead and the front office for executing the strategy (so far).
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    It's not just a theory it's pretty much standard operating procedure for mlb teams. I'll also add that if you have a veteran under contract you might as well give him another shot in the start of the season before you cut him loose. So welcome to Nolasco breaking camp with the team and Berrios in the minors.
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    I just watched a Doug Eddings behind the plate game. I take back what I said before... Though in his defense it was Atl-Phil and he probably wanted to get the heck out of there like everyone else.
  9. drjim
    You could certainly be right. It was a quick search to see numbers. My sense is teams are quicker with bats and a little slower with arms (esp starters) recently, but I have not done the research.
  10. drjim
    Since we spent some significant time debating how the Twins got Sano and whether that was only because of Smith, thought this might be a worthwhile read. http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/The_story_of_how_the_Twins_landed_top_prospect_Miguel_Sano090515?t=2 Of course it doesn't answer the question, but does show all the leg work was done outside the GM's office, would have been a question of whether Ryan was wiling to ask Pohlad/St. Peter for money above and beyond the budget. Considering they seemingly were enthusiastic to approve the request, hard to believe that Ryan wouldn't have done it. But again, don't know. Another take away from the article, in my mind, is the reputation of the Twins front office. Again confirms that they are among the most respected front offices in baseball from outside sources and that directly contributed to them landing Sano. That counts for something, right? Ryan and the front office certainly have their weaknesses/blind spots, but I've always thought this was was an underrated strength of the organization (and on a side note, one of the primary reasons I enjoy being a fan of the team and give them the benefit of the doubt-perhaps more than they even deserve). Maybe some minor issues in the short term for bigger gains long term. Despite all the advanced analysis, etc. baseball is still at its core a people business.
  11. drjim
    If you think the Maddux zone was bad, you should see the Livan Hernandez zone from the same game. Eric Gregg was probably the worst umpire of the era. It's gotten better.
  12. drjim
    I blame Trevor May much, much more than I blame Ryan.
  13. drjim
    I don't think posts putting Ryan in Cooperstown can be quoted enough.
  14. drjim
    That should probable be mike's avatar by now.
  15. drjim
    While true in theory, I think there would have to be a premium towards acquiring pieces that help immediately as the Twins should absolutely be thinking division title next year. Another thought on this (not necessarily from you specifically) is the idea that the Twins have to trade Plouffe at the point they get the maximum in return, peak value. No they don't. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Twins capturing most of that excess value themselves as they try to win.
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    Late night typo. I can't get around the name change....
  17. drjim
    This reminds me of the scene in early Simpsons where there is a poker game with 5 guys and Barney jumps in with "after this case and the next case there is only one case left. Yeah, let's get more beer...."
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    And think about the previous 50 years. Cleaning up and rebuilding a mess takes some time. Kind of like a baseball gm.
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    Sportsradar
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    Which brings it all back to another point that is often in dispute - Target Field. Ryan didn't spend on open markets his first tenure, but funny, does now. He has paid the largest signing bonuses for international and draft in team history, while maintaining a decent payroll this season 9and 2012). When budgets were at their highest ever, the year before Target Field, the Twins spent more on international signings. Not exactly a shocking development. Articles at the time and quotes by Smith suggest that Polanco and Kepler were within the budget that was set, and Sano was special money requested by Smith when the circumstances on Sano changed and many of the bigger bidders backed out based on the age inquiries. I absolutely give Smith credit for Sano, great move, and very uncertain if Ryan would have pushed the budget at the time, probably would not have.
  21. drjim
    Unfortunately if you mismanage your most important assets probably doesn't matter what the previous GM did or didn't do. Hopefully that sates your curiosity.
  22. drjim
    A couple thoughts on this. -I still think 63 wins and an organization in bad shape was the most significant aspect of the firing. -Dumping players and losing resulted in much less money for the Pohlads than spending money and winning would have. -Polanco and Kepler were not that big of outlays and they fell within the typical international budget at the time. Why would Ryan not spend that? He spent on international guys before and since, including spending more on Javier this period than any international signing in Twins history.
  23. drjim
    I actually think Smith is right where he should be, managing facilities in Fort Myers. Twins can probably do much better than Smith (and Ryan) when it comes to international signings. Though Ryan did sign off on the biggest Twins outlay ever for an international guy, so who knows.
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    Agree on this.
  25. drjim
    My other thought on the issue at hand, Smith was GM for 4 international signing periods, why did he only do this once? I'm not going to argue Ryan would have signed Sano, but in the last several years he has outspent the other 3 Smith signing periods. Sano was always a unique signing for a whole lot of reasons. The Polance/Kepler signings fell within budget, I think Ryan would have signed off on those.
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