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  1. DuluthFan
    He was still playing in games last week. Physicals are usually the last step before signing. He can't negotiate with any other teams so you don't need lots of time to make a deal.
  2. DuluthFan
    The question posted by the thread starter is whether Maeda is worth the projected money that is being talked about when you consider Johnson put up a similar season last year and Johnson is/was only worth about $500K. Would you offer Johnson $90 million based on his one excellent year in Japan? Probably not when you look at his career in the US. He never approached the numbers that he put up in Japan. A fluke year or pitching against inferior competition? Looking at Maeda's numbers, he has repeated those numbers several years in a row. Is the Japanese league comparable to the MLB? Probably not, but it could compare to AA or AAA. If so, then when you factor in his age, Maeda could be considered a prospect with upside. How much? That is the question.
  3. DuluthFan
    You need to read/dig a little deeper. Maeda is 4 years younger and has put up similar numbers for the past 4 years in a row and 5 of the last six. Johnson put up those numbers once. He has never come close to those numbers in his 9 minor league and 2 major league seasons.
  4. DuluthFan
    Your chances of ever signing an ace pitcher using this method just became zero. This may work if all the pitchers were young, no name journeymen who just want a shot to pitch, but I highly doubt any established major league pitcher or their agent would readily accept this significant change in their workload. This would need to be thoroughly tested. Any team would then need to fully blow up and start over with the pitching roster, not only at the major league level but in the minors as well. Trying to trade for that pitching upgrade at the deadline? Those prospects you are offering will not look so good to the receiving team who is not using the same system. Any significant pitching injuries would expose your rotation to more AAA pitchers making starts. In a 4-man rotation, that inexperienced pitcher would pitch more often than in a 5-man rotation. A 4-man rotation, you only need 4 starters. Nope. Under this proposal you really need 8 pitchers who can pitch multiple innings like a starter. The 4 starters and the relievers who replace them. I don't think any organization is that deep in starter type pitchers. Sure everyone has a long reliever in the bullpen now, but he is not needed often. He is normally a starter that couldn't cut it and should be at AAA, but there is usually that one start a week that he is needed when a starter gets knocked out early.
  5. DuluthFan
    So who's got the pink painted nails? Gleeman or the Geek?
  6. DuluthFan
    Escobar has three years of arbitration coming up. He has yet to play a full season at shortstop. There are several prospects working their way through the minors. It is not yet time to consider offering him a guaranteed multi-year contract. And IF he is offered a multi-year deal, you would also have to then consider moving Polanco and Santana since they would not have clear paths to the majors. Are you ready to make decisions on Polanco and Santana right now? Signing Escobar to a long term deal would mean decisions would also have to be made on them as well.
  7. DuluthFan
    Pitching on 3 days rest might work for one start, but I wouldn't stretch that to two in a row. The Twins also need to evaluate the effectiveness of the other starters before the end of the season in case they need to pitch in the post-season.
  8. DuluthFan
    1. Publicly blasts management for trying to make the team better. 2. Proceeds to play poorly when he is given a new role on the team. 3. Throws a temper tantrum where he injures his pitching hand. 4. Will be a free agent in one season. 5. Will be coming off an injury with no time to prove health for upcoming season. This is what you want to trade for? This player looks to be bad for team chemistry. He would also have an unresolved injury issue in the only season you have team control and he can walk after that. There is also no clear path for him to pitch in the role that HE wants. Pass.
  9. DuluthFan
    I don't recall Terry Ryan promising a World Series win or appearance this year. I believe he said something about playing meaningful games in September (or something similar). If you are to judge the season on any preseason predictions, this season has been a success.
  10. DuluthFan
    No, rosters are NOT SUBMITTED TODAY. They are submitted right before the post season starts. However, players ELIGIBLE for the postseason roster must be in the organization / on the 40 man roster as per rules discussed elsewhere by today.
  11. DuluthFan
    A team who WANTS Plouffe is going to want him and value him for his ability to play 3B. His ability to play 1B will not factor into the their offer if he is being sought to fill 3B. A team looking for someone to play 1B will pay more for an actual 1B rather than a 3B. You lose trade value in this case since Plouffe is a 3B rather than a 1B. He would be competing against all the available 1B as well. A team looking for a utility player who can play both 3B and 1B will not offer top dollar. Because it is a UTILITY player. These are the players that are easy to find. Most teams have this type of player available. You will not get as much in a trade if you are trading a utility player vs a player with an established position. Most teams when looking to acquire a player, are looking to fill ONE position. They are not looking to fill two positions with one player. If they were looking to fill two positions, they would look for two separate players. Plouffe will have more trade value as an everyday 3B, not as a utility player, or part time any thing else.
  12. DuluthFan
    I have to disagree with this. Plouffe has been playing first base so that Sano can play in the field at his better position 3B, not because Plouffe is better than Mauer. Plouffe is better than Sano at 1B. The move of Mauer to DH while Sano gets field time rather than moving Plouffe to DH is questionable, but if Molitor is trying to rest or protect Mauer from lingering effects of the concussion it makes more sense. If Sano could play 1B better than Plouffe you would not see the multi-player roster shuffle. While 1B may not be as difficult to learn as 3B, it is a more important position since there are more plays made at 1B per game than at 3B. Plouffe should be getting the DH time when Sano plays 3B, rather than Mauer. It offers more defensive continuity and stability over moving several players out of position. If the SS-2B double play combo is important, then so should a consistent presence at 1B be important.
  13. DuluthFan
    The last time Buxton struck out 4 times in a game, he was put on the DL the day afterwards with a wrist injury. And if I'm not misremembering the specific game, Buxton was also up in the 9th inning with the team down one run and needing a base runner. He was NOT pinch hit for in that situation even though at the time there were three available hitters on the bench, all of which had on-base numbers that crushed Buxton's at that time. This was a situation of a rookie batter with horrible numbers who had looked bad striking out four times earlier in the game, in a game deciding at bat. This is a no brainer, pinch hit situation. Buxton may be a top prospect, and a prized rookie with potential, but he is not yet a proven major league player. He still has a ways to go.
  14. DuluthFan
    I recommend that the term 'sunk cost' become a restricted phrase. No one may use it unless they use it correctly. As site moderator, the power is available to delete posts or even ban posters. Make it so.
  15. DuluthFan
    The Twins ALREADY HAVE something similar to the 'Rule 6', it's called the 40 man roster. They can stash players on it and they don't even have to put them on the major league roster. There are several players on it right now that are taking advantage of the protection that it provides from being selected by another team. The point of the Rule 5 draft is to allow players stuck in the minors in a deep system a chance to play for someone else. Ideally you would draft major league ready players in the major league portion of the draft. Is / was there another player in the Twins organization that could have provided similar numbers to that of Graham? Probably. But the thing is, he is still in the organization, hopefully still improving, and he is not taking up a place on the 40 man roster while he is learning his position. He cannot be lost to another organization DURING the season unless the Twins release him. During the offseason the Twins had already made their choices on whom to protect and whom to leave exposed. If they lose anyone, it is with the knowledge that they knew it could be a possibility.
  16. DuluthFan
    At the lower levels, it is your coaches' job to teach good mechanics and technique. You don't want your players to self diagnose problems when they haven't yet established good habits. You may end up with players who won't listen to their coaches and become set in their ways. There is also the matter of smaller sample sizes for the newer players.
  17. DuluthFan
    Wasn't Fryer removed from the 40 man roster when he was sent down the last time?
  18. DuluthFan
    The Twins could also SIGN a pitcher in the offseason. They don't need to trade for one. They should keep Plouffe until he becomes a free agent and then offer a qualifying offer to get a draft pick. Sano has only played 2 or 3 games at 3B at the major league level. That is not enough to gauge his skill at this level. From all indications his AA defensive numbers were not all that impressive. He was promoted to the majors for his offensive potential, NOT for his defensive skills. He will still need to work on that. He will most likely need some additional time at AA or AAA to work on his defensive skills unless he is projected to start at DH again next season.
  19. DuluthFan
    Comparing minor league numbers to major league numbers without adjusting for level of competition points out the flaw in your comparisons. You need to adjust downward any minor league numbers downward if you want to compare them to major league numbers. And in case you haven't watched a single game this season, Molitor has shown NO tendencies for platooning.
  20. DuluthFan
    With how the bullpen is performing, it is in the team's best interest to keep May in the bullpen for now. If the team had not had this past week of short starts and dipping into the bullpen too early, May could have been considered for the rotation. But with the recent bullpen usage as it is, it doesn't make sense to move a player into the rotation who is not expected to pitch deep into a game, further taxing the bullpen. Had the past week gone better with longer starts and a rested bullpen, a move of May to the rotation could have been considered.
  21. DuluthFan
    Confused. You don't want to read "Joe Mauer has a no-trade clause", or "The Twins should trade Joe Mauer"? I think he actually falls under the 10-5 rule now. Ten year veteran, last five years with the same team. He can veto any trade. The actual no trade clause was only for the first couple of years of this contract which covered the years between his signing and his qualifying for the 10-5 rule. There were comments about that during the press conference. Either way he can veto any trade now.
  22. DuluthFan
    The Twins are tied for 2nd to last in pinch hit at bats with 35 (Royals 16) and last in pinch hitter batting average at .086. Molitor plays his starters most of the time. His bench players typically play once a week. He therefore has his best hitters in the lineup already when possible pinch hit opportunities arise.
  23. DuluthFan
    Well I put this entirely on the posters who were wanting Arcia back on the team. There you go! There is now an open position at DH for Arcia to fill.
  24. DuluthFan
    Tyler Jay has six years to develop before the Twins need to add him to the 40 man roster and start his option years. Add three more option years and Jay has nine years in the minors to prove he can pitch in the major leagues. So he had a bad start to his career, he has many years ahead of him to work on his pitches. The reason teams convert college relief pitchers to starters in the low minors is to provide more opportunities to work on their pitches. A relief pitcher typically works one or two innings and throws less than 30 pitches per appearance. He may only need to throw fastballs and changeups. A starter will typically work five or six innings and will be able to use & work on multiple pitches during an appearance. This is the opportunity to add the third and fourth pitches to a pitcher's repetoir.
  25. DuluthFan
    Nick Blackburn. Joe Mays. Both were extended while they were still under team control. Other than Johan Santana, have the Twins developed any other top line pitchers that left via free agency that you wish they could have kept? Lohse and Garza are the only big name pitchers that come to mind and neither left via free agency.
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