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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    I would guess that waivers pertain to the player. But, once a player is outrighted and then re-added to the roster, waivers would have to be secured again to outright him a second time anyway. (Which makes sense, otherwise teams could freely and repeatedly add and drop certain players from the 40-man roster.) The way that waivers remain in effect for a longer period is if you secure outright waivers, but don't actually do anything with them. So a team could secure waivers on a player today, but leave him on their roster, and they would be free to outright him (once) any time between now and the end of this waiver period (which runs roughly May 1st through August 31st). http://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3530
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    But, Stewart is eligible for Rule 5 this winter. So if you move him to the pen this season and he shows promise, you might have to use a 40-man spot just to keep him around for 2018. Might be better to let him continue starting this season, and try a bullpen conversion next spring? Force other teams to draft "blind" this winter, so to speak? Just a consideration.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    In 2017. People seem to ignore he was epically bad to start 2016 too. I suspect even when he's finally "established", he might just be a streaky hitter (which isn't necessarily bad, but probably caps his offensive ceiling a bit).
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    Park is still on the DL at AAA. With Vargas and Grossman doing well, I don't see an opening for him in MLB either. Guessing it's a bit premature to think about holding a 40-man spot open for him, they will need a 25-man spot for him too and I'm guessing that will only come if there is an injury. I suspect the next 40-man addition would be a relief pitcher, like Baxendale, Hildenberger, Turley, etc. Or even Chapman.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    True -- but it worries me because this front office has thus far shown a tendency to clog the roster with these types of pitchers. And they've got an open 40-man spot to play with now...
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    To be fair, I suspect the cash is roughly the equivalent of the waiver fee.
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Although Nunez too was DFA'd at the time. It is quite possible that we could have acquired him even without Sulbaran, using any number of interchangeable assets. It is quite likely we could have instead acquired Nunez for, say, Tyler Jones. Not that I have any problem with the Butera trade, but giving it credit for Nunez and then Mejia is probably overstating it (even if it is technically true in a transaction tree sense).
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Sometimes the team resists sending out guys without options, that's all. Not a big deal, but this is different than getting a non-40 man guy like, say, Miguel Sulbaran. Another difference is that Chapman is eligible to become a minor league free agent after the season if not added to the 40-man roster, which might nudge the team to call him up this season for evaluation purposes even if he doesn't necessarily deserve it.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    And while Chapman not being on the 40-man is nice, the Twins actually have an open 40-man spot with Tonkin removed. And if we add Chapman at any point, he is out of options which might limit our flexibility.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Actually Santana wasn't claimed -- he was never waived. Likely he would have been claimed by a couple clubs, though, and the Braves offered Chapman to essentially jump the line.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Chapman was available to us twice on waivers back in March. The second time he cleared completely, which is why Atlanta was able to outright him off their 40-man.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    It's generally considered that hitting to pitching would be much easier. You can take a long time off the mound and come back to it successfully (Matt Bush being a recent example), but I'm not sure if you can put down the bat for years and come back so easily. Rick Ankiel did it, but just barely -- in the NL, he was getting reps at the plate throughout, and he had a pretty severe drop-off on the mound that prompted the switch.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    The Twins signed Alexander Smit for $800k back in 2002. It certainly was not a regular amateur outlay for the club, but they had done it before, and in Europe, no less. Actually Polanco at $750k may have been our record signing for Latin America, at least until Sano was inked a couple months later.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    FYI, Sano already had the nickname "Bocaton" ("big mouth" in Spanish).
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    If he's got an 18.6% BB rate and a .367 ISO, he doesn't need BABIP to be dominant. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2017&month=0&season1=2006&ind=1&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=49868&players=0&sort=18,d
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    Usually those kind of deals only go to veterans later in their careers:
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    Hunter Greene is having a pretty underwhelming season at the plate, according to Max Preps: http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/hunter-greene/uMJm9ZrFEeOzMAAmVebBJg/gendersport/baseball-stats.htm He was better in previous seasons, though. Would he really be a top-10 draft pick if he didn't pitch? Admittedly I'm not a HS baseball or draft follower....
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Canceled because of prom? Think of it like a Axe Body Spray rainout.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Wasn't there a recent scouting tweet that Turley had significantly improved his velocity this year?
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    You could have said the same thing about Nick Tepesch a couple days ago. Or, frankly, Michael "Walking DFA" Tonkin. We've got an 8 man bullpen, and not a particularly strong one, there are plenty of opportunities to evaluate new players like Turley if they warrant it. I'd probably get Turley in AAA immediately, and if his success carries over, get him up to MLB. He's not the kind of player you make repeat his success for X number of months at a level before his next challenge.
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    This is incorrect. Polanco spent only 11 days in MLB combined from 2014-2015.
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    It's actually a really nice redesign at Baseball Reference, if you give it a chance! You should see the Splits links in roughly their old location, under the Summary section near the top. On desktop, you will see the "Splits" drop down link right there, and on mobile, you have to tap "More Polanco Pages" to show it (and the game logs, minors, HR log, etc.). On desktop, you should see a banner under the summar
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    It's mostly defense (which makes sense, given how little he has reached base). His UZR/150 right now is an insane 48.1. Buxton is a fantastic defender, but that's likely some small sample size noise -- for comparison, Billy Hamilton is also well-regarded and has a comparably outstanding 42 UZR/150 right now -- but in 3 previous season, he's never finished with even half of that. Even as an elite defender, Buxton will probably finish about 10-20 runs, or 1-2 wins, lower than his current defensive pace, which is a gap he's going to have to make up at the plate soon if he wants to maintain his replacement level status (much less improve to average).
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, Buxton's performance at the plate is still worse than these other guys: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=14161,18314,15172,13185,13593,12564,14162&sort=17,d
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    Even for his career, though, Gibson has an 86 ERA+, 89 since his rookie season, and hasn't racked up a great deal of innings either. He seems more like a home-grown Correia or Pelfrey in terms of overall effectiveness. The fact that he's still not stepping up from the level of performance at age 29 is concerning, even if his peripherals haven't fallen off. I have no issue with saying Buxton is more more concerning, of course, and probably Hughes too.
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