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  1. drjim
    I'm not sure what the front office is going to do, but if he stays at 5 innings a start through the end of the month, would add about 25 innings to his total. Would potentially make sense to call him up in September, give him 2 inning outings every 3 days or so, give him a taste. Never let him come in the middle of an inning. I would very much hesitate to call him up for starts in the bigs, but a limited bullpen role when the rosters are expanded could be a good way for him to wind him down this year and break him into the bigs. You could then start him at AAA next year, build up the pitch counts and innings, give him a taste of success, and he could be ready by mid-May as a rotation replacement with the potential to make it through the season. It's not popular, but I would keep Gonsalves down through the end of the Chattanooga season. He'll need some more innings, so could call him up after that for some end of the year starts in the bigs, or perhaps send him to Arizona. Would put him in good position to start next year at AAA and be ready as a rotation replacement relatively quickly next year. Finally starting to build some meaningful minor league depth.
  2. drjim
    I agree, I am quite interested in what they do this offseason. I imagine it will be quite frenetic. Possibility for a new manager, significant change to coaching staff, lots of front office restructuring/hires, a handful of trades and some free agent signings as well. Should be fun.
  3. drjim
    Sure, but deadline events would suggest otherwise, at least when it comes to bullpen pieces.
  4. drjim
    As an explanation for a specific decision or set of decisions, not as an overall ethos. I think I forgot a couple of words.
  5. drjim
    That's my position. I prefer incompetence to malevolence or conspiracy or other unprovable explanations.
  6. drjim
    It's possible, but if they had such steep constraints I would have anticipated shedding more salary at the deadline rather than taking on money. At the least, the money taken on would have been relatively close to the difference between Belisle and some of the other free agent relievers talked about. This isn't to say they have unlimited resources, but that they weren't so constrained they couldn't have spent more on a one year reliever flyer. I personally find the most plausible explanation to be that they didn't think they'd be even this good coming off a 59 win season and wanted to exhaust all internal options this season and avoid multi-year deals.
  7. drjim
    A good game, call him up! I wonder what is happening with him, he pretty much pitches on a set every 3 days. I'm not sure this is a formula for getting ready for the bigs.
  8. drjim
    He has 11 starts left. Hard to see him getting a win in 8 of them, especially with the dicey (to put it mildly) bullpen. Don't see a complete game every time out.
  9. drjim
    Good developmental philosophy questions. Minor leagues will pull guys if they have high pitch innings. But on the second questions, it is a good question on the tradeoff between learning to work deep in games and finish the season early vs. learning to take the turn every time throughout a season. Probably need to work on both. I would like to see Romero get some run in September in the bullpen in the majors, and am hoping these inning limits are working towards that goal. But either way, for the concerns you have raised, he is going to start next year in the minors building up his pitch counts and innings before they'll call him up.
  10. drjim
    There is also a difference between a problem and a "problem".
  11. drjim
    I still think it's amazing that Santana has more complete games than any other team in baseball.
  12. drjim
    On the flip side, good thing they didn't sign Volquez.
  13. drjim
    We absolutely underbought pitching depth. But it is really hard to add quality minor league depth without subtracting from the major league roster. Or signing major leaguers and pushing down deserving prospects. They did inherit a massive mess.
  14. drjim
    That's probably relatively typlical. The system is better, but that was pretty much inevitable since there was going to be a lull in graduations and they had the #1 pick. Not sure if they deserve credit for new developmental practices as of yet.
  15. drjim
    Guess I don't see the problem with having him work as a starter in camp and then move to the bullpen after evaluation. Seems like a relatively common progression.
  16. drjim
    A handful of spring starts is an overkill investment of evaluation? And he was the 5th/6th reliever (depending on how you rate Breslow) coming out of camp. Seems about right, and I wouldn't be opposed to him having the same role next year out of camp.
  17. drjim
    Is Duffey even any good?
  18. drjim
    My opinion of reliever prospects has shifted quite a bit. I'd be fine with the flyer, like I am with any rule 5 guy, but would have minimal expectation with a guy with that injury history.
  19. drjim
    I was a soft advocate for adding another starter in the offseason, and didn't think there was a shortage of options.
  20. drjim
    Tl;dr, the Twins should have signed better relievers. A very accurate and oft pointed out position.
  21. drjim
    They probably should have signed another pitcher, but now advocating they should have traded for Garcia in November is a little rich.
  22. drjim
    Could be those sneaky Braves. Using the pretext of a trade to get a full look at the medicals before popping him in the Rule 5. If there is a roster crunch, I wouldn't lose a lot of sleep keeping Burdi unprotected. 2 major injuries and a couple minor ones before he even reaches the majors. Just don't see him as much of a long term asset.
  23. drjim
    It's a long ways from a logjam at this point. I personally hope all three perform enough to make it a decision worth pondering.
  24. drjim
    Plus, if they had any notion that he could be an effective starter, I suspect he'd have been up by now. He may get a token call up later, but I doubt he factors much in any long term plans.
  25. drjim
    I'd also agree on Diaz. Digging more into him, just don't see a guy with his performance/profile in Low A getting picked. I think the Twins will be able to fit everyone who needs it and also add a few more players this offseason. Digging through the list, I'm not especially concerned anymore.
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