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  1. drjim
    I suppose it depends on what you mean by whole staff. 1 of the top 7 relievers was home grown. And he was close to a non-factor by the postseason. 3 of the top 6 starters were home grown, but by the playoffs one was injured and the other was demoted. Of course the other was Bumgarner.
  2. drjim
    Maybe Preller will be available pretty soon.
  3. drjim
    That would be amazing.
  4. drjim
    Polanco back at SS, has to be the end of Santana right?
  5. drjim
    Absolutely a failure of plan. Which is why he had to trade for a reliever (and should have been 2-3). And May is now the 8th inning guy. Or at least will split the higher leverage innings with Jepsen.
  6. drjim
    This doesn't end well for the 25 man. A case can be made for everyone but Boyer to stay.
  7. drjim
    He said that a couple of months ago.
  8. drjim
    Hey, provided an asset to pull off a trade. So successful.
  9. drjim
    What do you mean by "rely on this bullpen". I don't think it is anything like he planned on. He had six guys - Pressly, Tonkin, Burdi, Chargois, Reed, Jones - that had a legit shot to contribute at this point and haven't. Variety of reasons, but here we are. His one signing flamed out, got some short term success out of unexpected sources. Probably should have acquired 2-3 bullpen arms, so that is on him. But I think saying he went into the season planning on relying on this specific bullpen is not accurate.
  10. drjim
    Here is another thought I had - if Terry Ryan is clearly willing to get taken to the cleaners - why didn't more teams take advantage of him?
  11. drjim
    Was he talking about teams or people on message boards?
  12. drjim
    Because he is a deception guy with acceptable command, not a stuff guy. Those guys do well in lower levels, might even surprise the first time they are seen in the upper levels, but just don't develop into the type of guys that stick in rotations.
  13. drjim
    This is all fair.
  14. drjim
    Makes sense the worst prospect would go for the worst reliever, right? Are people really that mad at this trade specifically, mad because it was the only trade made, or just mad? I understand how the second part can bleed into the first, but man people are flipping out about these prospects.
  15. drjim
    Candlelight vigil?
  16. drjim
    Twins Daily readers immediately flock to the internet to respond to the latest trade.
  17. drjim
    I agree with this completely.
  18. drjim
    And I also don't think this is nearly enough. A fine second reliever to pick up. So if this is all he trades for it would be a problem.
  19. drjim
    Cardinals made a better trade. But I also think people are badly overreacting to what the Twins traded. Cost and control factor in too.
  20. drjim
    I'm not overrating the acquisition - Jepsen is what he is. But Hu and Tapia are what they are too. This is what they are worth. If people want to make trades and trade prospects they should probably understand what they are worth. If they got a better reliever it would have required better prospects.
  21. drjim
    Shocked that people would overrate our prospects.
  22. drjim
    I assume you are aware of the current contents of the Twins bullpen?
  23. drjim
    I'm going Achter and Jones.
  24. drjim
    Two minor league pitchers. No names yet. Controlled next year too.
  25. drjim
    They actually are pretty close except Jepsen k's nearly twice as many per 9 (which is a small detail).
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