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  1. DuluthFan
    The team should return or trade the rule 5 pick Kinley first. You would only lose one player from the 40 man roster. By keeping Kinley and waiving anyone else you potentially could lose two players on this one decision. You would lose the waived player plus Kinley as well if he doesn't make the 25 man roster. A trade to attempt to keep Kinley won't work in this case because he would have to pass through waivers after being removed from the 40 man roster to make room for Reed.
  2. DuluthFan
    Buxton has yet to establish a baseline or floor on his production. Is he a career player like the first half or second half? You can't offer a long term extension based only on half a season's worth of production. He won't accept a contract based on his first half and the team cannot offer a contract based only on the second half. If you wait until numbers are exchanged in the first year of arbitration, you will find out what kind of numbers the player is looking for. At worst the team will be on the hook for a single year contract based on his actual production in comparison to other players of similar age and skill. A long term extension can then be negotiated with an idea of what both sides are looking for. Buxton also ended the year with an injury. It would be hard to sign a long term contract with an injured player without seeing if that injury had affected his play.
  3. DuluthFan
    I was unaware of the search for new writers. I was aware of the blogs section but have never really spent time reading from there. Perhaps a link to a permanent page explaining the search and possible pay of writing for the blogs and eventually the site. Also regularly (weekly/monthly/or bimonthly) promoting a blog to the front page would keep the idea fresh in the viewers minds that there are other articles in the blog sections.
  4. DuluthFan
    If the goal line was not involved in that play, it would still be ruled an incomplete pass. The ball hit the ground and moved. He didn't have control. In all receiving situations, possession and control of a catch must be established no matter the location on the field. The difference in this play and a runner crossing or diving across the goal line is the runner has or had possession prior to crossing the line. While a runner may fumble after crossing the line, the play is considered dead when he crosses. The receiver in this case had not yet established a catch with possession while crossing the line and the ball hit the ground. Even if he was fully in the endzone, the ball hit the ground and moved, confirming no control.
  5. DuluthFan
    He was probably signed while still in his home country. He then had to acquire a work visa to enter the country. Without the signed contract, he probably couldn't have entered the states. The physical was probably performed in the states by team doctors. US healthcare is probably better than what was available in his home country.
  6. DuluthFan
    Four spots remaining? Could it be room for free agent pitchers? Please?
  7. DuluthFan
    There most likely won't be one unless there is a home playoff game. No use making any if there isn't a place to use them.
  8. DuluthFan
    The waiver trade deadline runs through August. IF a trade is made, those spots given to those minor league non-40 man roster players may be needed. While other moves could be made, it would simplify things if you didn't have to contend with working around moves that didn't have to be made or decided yet. Additionally, if you promote them to the major league team and then acquire a player before the waiver trade deadline, you would then have to option that player back to the minors, using an option year. If you waited until September you could keep the player on the team without wasting an option.
  9. DuluthFan
    Adding a player to the 40 man roster now and leaving him in the minors uses an option. Adding a player now and calling him up to stay on the 25 man roster does not. However if he is sent back down before the end of the season you would again use an option. At this point of the season, you may as well save them for the September call ups. In the meantime if a need arises they are available to use on journeymen who can fill a short term need and who won't be missed if they are DFA'd or optioned before the end of the season.
  10. DuluthFan
    Well look at that, post number 250. How convenient that this thread just happened to show up when I was just one post away from a (somewhat) round number and that I happened to look at the number of my posts in my profile and that I happened to see this thread first at 2:45 am when I should have been sleeping and there wasn't another more interesting thread available to read and post on before reading this thread.
  11. DuluthFan
    The player has to be on the 40 man roster for an option to be used when a player is sent down. Park is off the roster so if he starts in the minors he is not using an option. Players added mid-year who do not get sent back down, do not use an option. The 'option' is only used when the player is sent down from the big league team while still being on the 40 man roster.
  12. DuluthFan
    I don't see it. It's a newspaper/magazine that publishes rankings. How can a conflict of interest come about by someone in the baseball world owning it? I can forsee perhaps bias creep in, maybe a monopoly system develop. They can merge with another ranking system, fold it into a team's front office. I can't see how a conflict would develop.
  13. DuluthFan
    Conflict of interest? Where? Owning a minor league baseball team(s) and a newspaper that reports on baseball is not a conflict of interest.
  14. DuluthFan
    It is entirely possible that during the interview process, Falvey could have been asked what immediate changes he would make with the coaching staff. It is possible that names could have been leaked to the staff.
  15. DuluthFan
    While Mauer's skills may have diminished, he still leads the team in OBP, OBP w/ runners in scoring position, tied for 2nd BA w/ runners in scoring position, 3rd OPS w/ runners in scoring position,most walks on team, highest BA, triples and stolen bases among 1st base candidates (Sano, Plouffe, Vargas, Park) on team, and plays defense well. You're premise that Mauer is hurting the team is false. He performs better than the alternatives. Your only argument is with the amount he is being paid in comparison to others. Yes, he is getting paid a lot. He has earned it with his past performances. He is still earning it by outperforming the alternative options on the roster. Cutting him will not relieve the team of the salary, and it will surely not make the team better as seen by the stats. Mauer may not be leading the team in power numbers, but he is still among the best performing players on the team. He has two seasons left on his contract. He has earned his spot on this team.
  16. DuluthFan
    Albers and Dean are filling their roles exactly. They are roster fillers. They are there so you don't waste development time, service time or options on a prospect before they are ready or scheduled to be promoted. The major league team is NOT the place for development, that is the role for the minor leagues. If you continue to call up prospects and semi-prospects without letting them develop properly your roster will be filled with players that have promise but are not quite ready and before you know it you have multiple players at the same position with no options left and you have to choose between player one or two, neither of whom is ready to step up.
  17. DuluthFan
    Sometimes it's hard to believe some of the posters are longtime Twins fans. For as long as I remember, the Twins have delayed promoting players at the end of the season if their minor league teams are in pennant runs. This hasn't changed. Why do you expect it to now? Is playing a month on a losing team worth more than a month on a pennant chasing team? Playing with a team in playoff contention is more beneficial to a player's development than promoting him to a losing team just trying to finish out the season. The Twins have an obligation to provide players to the minor league teams. While the overall goal is to eventually promote them through the system, they also have to provide quality players to fill those rosters for the entire season. Those teams are not there just to provide prospects for the parent club, but to put on a quality product for each level. Explain to the Rochester / New Britian community that it's in their best interest to surrender all of their prospects to the major league club right in the middle of a playoff push. Never mind that those prospects will probably sit on the bench most of the time while up with the big league club. Playing in meaningless games even if they did play. You can make do with the minor league signings the parent club made in case of emergencies. Good luck. You won't have minor league affiliates if that continues.
  18. DuluthFan
    Berios with a 9.24 era has no business pitching in the major leagues.
  19. DuluthFan
    Now is NOT the time to randomly promote players to the 40 man roster so the fans can see a player play. With September callups just a couple weeks away, it would be best to leave the roster shuffling until then to the unexciting role players that won't hurt the organization if they happen to be lost to another team. Leave the prospects on their normal / scheduled promotion schedule. With potentially a new GM entering the organization probably after the season, you do not want to create additional roster headaches for him to address. That random roster addition you are asking for may be a non-roster candidate for the incoming GM. He may want to clean house and promote his own guys. By adding that random player, you may be exposing him to waivers prematurely if the GM decides to DFA him. That player would have been safe in the organization until the rule 5 draft at least. Do not be surprised if their are not any 40 man roster additions for September call ups this year. It would be in the organizations best interest to not mess with the rosters before the new GM has a chance to have his / her say in who should stay or go.
  20. DuluthFan
    Exactly! Plus at the time of the move, everyone wanted to copy the blueprint of the KC Royals with 3 hard throwing, strike-em out relief pitchers at the back end of the pen. May was the only one on the roster who fit the bill.
  21. DuluthFan
    Hahahaha! Always fun to read an article by someone who has overindulged in recreational drugs. No, just no.
  22. DuluthFan
    This is what Berrios needs to learn at AAA: how to pitch and get people out WITHOUT striking batters out. He should be told 'NO strikeouts', learn to pitch without relying on striking out batters. Yes, pitch to contact, but pitch to induce bad contact. Let your defense field some balls. This should also help his pitch count so he can get out of the fifth inning.
  23. DuluthFan
    The Twins already have a 4th outfielder on the roster. A no-bat, late inning defensive replacement. His name is Buxton. Wait, he was demoted already for poor offensive performance.
  24. DuluthFan
    If Suzuki is traded, the responsible move would to bring Murphy back up to the majors to finish out the season with Centeno. Both Murphy and Centeno need to be evaluated before next season. Their success or failure could lead to an offseason signing. Depending upon who is signed next season, or for that matter, who is acquired in any trades in the next month, Garver may or may not be in the short term plans.
  25. DuluthFan
    There IS a reason to not bring him up. The Twins need to evaluate the rest of their pitching prospects. I think it is safe to say that Mejier WILL be on the 40 man roster if not the 25 man roster next year. The Twins need to evaluate the rest of the roster and to decide whether to bring any of them back. They need to use September to try out some of the AAA staff if not to look for major league players for next year, but to find possible DFA candidates to make room for promotions from the AA team and for rule 5 considerations. Mejier's evaluation will take place in AAA this year and in spring training next year.
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