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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    You are correct, Thrylos is incorrect. Rule 5 players can be traded at any time, but their Rule 5 restrictions follow them.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    No, Haley's rehab started June 26 (to a rookie league team). So they have to activate him by July 25th (or put him back on the DL, I suppose, but I think he needs to be back by mid-August anyway to meet the 90 days active requirement to remove Rule 5 restrictions before next season. It would kinda suck if we couldn't even option him next spring...).
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    And to disguise his public inquiries, he has cleverly added a letter "h" in his last name!
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    They actually have a little more value now that they are off the 40-man roster. Except I think Tonkin will be eligible for minor league free agency in a couple months unless he is added back. Pat Light was darn near that point of low value when we acquired him. Of course, an Abad type pitcher might be pretty worthless too. I'd rather go big or promote a minor leaguer.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Haley only has 5 days of rehab left, then he will need to be activated...
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Colon may have to survive 2 innings on the mound in order to have a turn at bat in LA. I am not sure I like those chances either. (Assuming we don't move him up in the order )
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    The evidence of him being effective in early innings this year is pretty much just this one game. I wouldn't get my hopes up on that front. Even a 8-9 ERA pitcher can string together a few scoreless innings, but I don't think it's possible to predict and avoid the blowups. His stats by inning this year: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=colonba01&year=2017&t=p#innng::none
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Maybe the Twins signed Colon to convince Hughes, Breslow, and Belisle of retirement too?
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    David Murphy.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    That is fair. I assume you are referring to the fact that Luzardo already had TJ surgery too? Thorpe is a little more proven/advanced now, though -- should throw a few more innings this year, already looks ready for AA. I was thinking Ynoa or Graterol as Luzardo comps. Would probably come down to Oakland's scouting (same would apply to other pieces in the deal), but I feel like these offers would have been competitive, could have gotten counter offers.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Interestingly, 20 wins is actually a more notable achievement now, with reduced starter workloads. Still not a great primary Cy Young Award criteria, of course.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, who knows how Berrios would have done in a pen role at the end of 2015. Does Duffey's 2016 mean the Twins were wrong to promote him in 2015? Wouldn't have cost them anything to find out, really. And the point was, they said the same thing about not messing with his starting routine, etc. Doesn't seem to matter that he never had surgery.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't know if technically this should be called his first full season back after TJ. He had the surgery way back in June 2014. They already slow paced his recovery and conservatively held him back in 2016 (probably his real "first full season back"). At some point you can't lean on that excuse anymore. Manage his innings and expectations and I think you can do whatever you want with him this season.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    The Twins employed some of the same excuses for the perfectly healthy Berrios a couple years ago...
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    It works, in the sense that it shows the amount of thanks that each particular member deserves.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    Radke's shoulder may have naturally healed over the last 10 years, right?
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    Shades of Bret Boone, 2005?
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Mauer could be activated today too.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Gee is still listed as starting today, which means he wouldn't be able to start in MLB on Tuesday. Really wonder what they are planning there... Colon should really have another AAA tuneup. I guess Jorge could do it again, but that is not too inspiring...
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Haley has to be activated within 10 days (he's already been on rehab for 20 days).
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    "Houston, we have a problem."
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    We've heard that for awhile... once he gets comfortable after his late start to the season... the AA midseason break... the MLB all-star break... but still in AA. At this point, it feels like they are trying to keep Chattanooga strong for their playoffs.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    Poster drjim had the theory it is pitch efficiency. Gonsalves is averaging more pitchers per batter faced than Romero or Jorge. Perhaps a sign that he won't be able to put away advanced batters. He's only gone 4 and 5 innings his last two times out, despite 90+ pitches each time. I'd probably guess that this is the Twins FO line of thinking too, although perhaps it's a little too strict? I've found several other AA prospects who have already been promoted to AAA (and even MLB, in one case) who had similar pitches-per-batter-faced averages this season. And a AAA challenge wouldn't really cost anything, and might illuminate any problems (and hopefully solutions) better than more AA work.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Technically, a player needs to spend 20 days on "optional assignment" to actually burn an option year. Although next week would be a little early, they could call up Gonsalves in the near future and option him back August 13th, and recall him September 1st when rosters expand (whether he pitches again or not) and not burn an option year, for example. I don't think it's likely, but if they were considering it, they could give him a look in early August and still have the ability to send him back to the minors for a few more starts without necessarily burning an option year.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    If the link doesn't work for you, I am pretty sure it means you are in violation of one or more of John's voluminous conditions. Posting from Canada, or close to Canada, or with a Canadian accent? Ineligible. Have you ever "volunteered" to start a game thread? TD considers you an unpaid employee and thus ineligible. Perhaps you have someone living in your house, unbeknownst to you, 3 months of the year, who has already entered? You better believe that makes you ineligible. Turns out only one person is eligible, by the name of "Bohn Jonnes." Looks a lot like our esteemed site owner John but with a mustache and sombrero. Not what I would have imagined based on the name, but in any case, he wins all the prizes.
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