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  1. Willihammer
    TR is on fire! 3/3 in my book. Hicks was growing on me but a rebalancing was coming one way or another. They needed to do this and Murphy is as good a target as any IMO. Good trade.
  2. Willihammer
    Interesting thread. I still see no rush to move Plouffe. All it would take is another 60 day DL stint by one Joe Mauer and we'd be short a bat. Having said that, if Park pans out then that would lessen the blow.
  3. Willihammer
    He and Gladden together for a few innings on the radio could be fun to listen to also.
  4. Willihammer
    Looking at Jay and Duffey's first year side by side. Both players relieved, Jay in A+ where he did well and Duffey in Rk where he destroyed. Next year should tell us a lot about Jay.
  5. Willihammer
    I can't rip Seth's list (or anyone's) because I love reading all of them. Where would Chi Wei Hu or Alexis Tapia have fit?
  6. Willihammer
    Not bad for the 20th pick
  7. Willihammer
    Here's an interesting read on the value of draft picks. http://www.hardballtimes.com/how-much-is-a-draft-pick-worth-in-2014/ Average cumulative WAR during cost-controlled years for #15-20 picks taken in 1991-2005 drafts = 4.3. However there may be a trend teams missing fewer elite talents and capturing them in the middle of the first round, due to improvements in information/scouting.
  8. Willihammer
    IMO Saltalamacchia on a 1-2 year deal would be fine. AJ too. Or a trade for someone who could be better than all of them.
  9. Willihammer
    I wouldn't trade Berrios either but its worth pointing out he was a # 30+ pick. And they could sign a FA on a 1-2 year deal, keep the 17th pick, spend the savings elsewhere, and not have the inflexible roster in 2-3 years. I'm not opposed to a FA solution like that. There are times I wish the Twins made bigger splashes in free agency. Signing a 30+ year old catcher to a long term contract when they already have one under contract is not one of those times.
  10. Willihammer
    BTW can you imagine the "Twins are carrying four catchers again!" jokes if that happened.
  11. Willihammer
    I'm less concerned about payroll and more concerned about carrying a second can't catch, not good enough to DH player being under contract and hogging a roster spot. What do the Twins do with two of those players?
  12. Willihammer
    Another trade, FA, or promotion. Question for you - hypothetically, if the Twins sign Wieters to a 4/60 deal, and he pulls a Mauer or Suzuki at age 32, what is the Twins move?
  13. Willihammer
    Matt Wieters isn't the last functional catcher there will be. If the Twins scouts are able to identify a young talent in someone's system they believe can be functional for them, then that seems like a more cost effective route and quite possibly a better one in absolute terms, because we know 30+ year old catchers don't typically produce as they did in their 20s, with a few exceptions (like AJ), and very often have to be moved off the position altogether. Since the Twins already have one of those players, and he is a big fat logjam in the system, there is additional downside of having two of those types under contract. On the other hand if a cheap young catcher doesn't work out, the Twins can just outright him and move on.
  14. Willihammer
    If you define functional as an established veteran catcher then you are going to be limited of course. I would expand the definition to include younger, cheaper, less worn down and less proven players. Someone along the lines of Roberto Perez, JR Murphy or Martin Maldonado maybe.
  15. Willihammer
    His framing took a hit too, which has been known to happen as catchers age. If the Twins want to solve the position long-term this winter, a trade would be a better route IMO.
  16. Willihammer
    They have Zuke another year anyways. They can kick the can down the road another year, roll with AJ or maybe Saltalamacchia on the other half of a platoon and spend the 4/60 on other things. Like a certain Korean slugger.
  17. Willihammer
    Too old, too broken, too tall, not enough bat to transition out of C, and too expensive.
  18. Willihammer
    There is no way the Twins are forfeiting the 17th pick. I would be shocked.
  19. Willihammer
    So you're saying Santana didn't win the AL batting title? Seems likely he regressed more than he should have. Something like .270/.300/.370 next year seems reasonable if he can fix that swing. His roster spot ought to be safe safe.
  20. Willihammer
    That's an interesting way of looking at that part of catcher defense. An extra base is an extra base, whether it comes on a SB, PB, or WP.
  21. Willihammer
    An amazing career really. I only wish 100% of it was as a Twin.
  22. Willihammer
    The CS% are encouraging. I also noticed Turner allowed just 4 PBs last season in 97 games. That is not surprising as he is all of 6'3" and broad.
  23. Willihammer
    I agree with the principle that the Twins need to take the biggest upgrades they can find without bias to making the team look a certain way. If that return isn't in the rotation, so be it. The Royals are showing for the 2nd year in a row that you can go pretty far with a bunch of aging, FA 3s and 4s in your rotation. Still, it will be interesting to see how they do against the young aces in the Met rotation.
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  25. Willihammer
    Why isn't reach ever measured, like for boxers? Or is it measured?
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