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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think service clock would be an issue, for a team in our position. We're contenders right now, Gallen is in MLB right now, and he still has 6 years of team control after this season. (And even more if you have to option him in the future, although ideally he'd stick in MLB -- but he does have all 3 option years left if the need arose.) Now, I don't know Gallen from Adam. He's had a good year, but only 35 innings so far in MLB -- is he a better bet going forward than Smeltzer? I don't know.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    Poppen was already sent down earlier today, so we could activate Dyson. Littell is eligible to return now, so we may see him swapped in for Stashak.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    No hold for Dyson, per MLB -- you have to record at least one out: "A hold occurs when a relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation and maintains his team's lead for the next relief pitcher, while recording at least one out." http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/hold
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, Kirilloff has slid to 40th at Fangraphs and 43rd at BP. Still probably more valuable than Gallen, although the gap has narrowed a fair amount in 2019. If we had an immediate need in the rotation, I think one would have to consider it.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Here is a good list of upcoming free agent eligibles: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/08/2019-20-mlb-free-agents.html
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Of course, as impressive as they were, those A's had yet to win a playoff series (and still haven't, outside of sweeping us in 2006). In any case, I am not too pessimistic yet about our chances in 2019. Should be fun!
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Guess we don't need him, after the Dyson trade. Link: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/twins-release-cody-allen.html
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Diplan is on the 40-man. Diplan was DFA'd because the Brewers acquired Jordan Lyles in trade 2 days ago. He is also having a poor year... and I guess the Pirates possibly passed on taking him as part of the Lyle trade... I suspect he will be a top candidate for 40-man removal, should we need a spot. But he should get a little time to see if he can get straightened out in the Twins org.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    You know, there's a game thread...
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Dyson is probably thrilled to see so much activity in his thread!
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Oh sure, Cole has some say in the matter. And the QO shouldn't affect his market much. But the Astros should be able to make a competitive offer.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    It's maybe not quite that simple. He left off Milwaukee (dome, I guess), but included Toronto. He also left off Cleveland but included Cincinnati. Also left off both Chicago teams, Pittsburgh, and the Mets (but not Yankees). And he included all of the California teams...
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    Depends how they structure it. Greinke and Verlander are both only signed 2 more years, and Cole will sign for a lot longer than that, so there will be some opportunity to backload. They will probably start paying a luxury tax penalty next year but they are still pretty far under the top penalty threshold, which seems to be the only one anyone worries about these days (and even Boston has passed that). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KggX-IVrw6TywbOR6OIooQyxAY1MpTlnq88PqnNkuWQ/pubhtml
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    I understand the no-trade is a roadblock, but it is one that I hope my FO can overcome. Just like luring free agents who may be apprehensive about coming here. My pipe dream was if we could have sold him on Minnesota, we could have outbid the Astros and maybe Arizona doesn't even tell him about any Astros offer when he has to decide about us. Would have been interesting, anyway!
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    See my post above -- deferred money, including bonuses, is always the responsibility of the team he earned it for -- in this case, Arizona. Houston only has to worry about the 2019-2021 salaries and any deferred payments of those specific salaries, plus the small trade bonus, less the money Arizona is including in the trade.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    Any deferred money he has already earned, including any deferred signing bonus, is still the responsibility of the team he earned it for, meaning Arizona. He will only earn $76.5 mil over the next 2.5 years, including the trade bonus. And of course, Houston is only responsible for ~$53 mil of that now, per their trade agreement with Arizona.
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    ...except us.
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    So we get Dyson... Greinke to Houston??!?!
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    More like 1 month left to audition, unless he comes up to Minnesota in September, which seems like a longshot given his AA numbers. Kind of a crowd too for pitchers, no? We're still auditioning/rotating quite a few ahead of Diplan...
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Hopefully the front office figures out faster than that -- we're on the clock here, people!
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    Diplan was DFA'd, but teams won't be able to trade for those guys after the deadline. Only waiver claims at that point.
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    I guess Diplan can take Lewin Diaz's place in this offseason's 40-man crunch.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    And I just checked, his BB/9 has actually increased with his move to the pen this year (6.2).
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Diplan is in AA, has never appeared in AAA let alone MLB, and was DFA'd by the Brewers 2 days ago to make 40-man roster space for Jordan Lyles. Edit: not to imply he's bad or anything, I don't really know -- just clarifying for anyone reading that he is not a major league addition here.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    Pomeranz has actually been all right this year, outside of a disastrous May.
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