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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Actually we did spend it! On one year of Hector Santiago.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    With Santiago's arbitration salary, the trade was cash neutral. The Twins paid all of Nolasco's remaining salary last year, and are paying $4 mil of Nolasco's salary this year. EDIT: Actually the Twins did appear to save $1 mil -- the buyout on Nolasco's 2018 option. At the time of the deal, arbitration estimates for Santiago were $8-9 million and I guess his poor finish helped ensure he came in at the lower number. Had he come in at $9 mil it would have offset Nolasco's buyout too. In any case, it was effectively cash neutral.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    Obviously Meyer is more likely to fail than succeed, etc. But his current line might be influenced a bit by the Pacific Coast League too. His K and BB rates are good through 3 starts, but he's got a .429 BABIP. And the two parks he's pitched in so far were recently ranked just behind Colorado Springs as the most hitter-friendly in that league: https://www.milb.com/international/news/toolshed-final-triple-a-park-factors-review/c-155266172/t-209979210 Of course, he did the high-BABIP thing back in early 2015 with Rochester too. He's still a project. It will be interesting to see how the next few months go for him, and to see how the Angels handle him.
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    He's had a rough start, but interestingly Nolasco has managed to limit the damage from those dingers about as well as could possibly be expected. 7 HR, but 5 of them have been solo shots and the other 2 have been 2-run shots. I was expecting to see a pretty horrendous overall line for him, but he's managed to be run of the mill Nolasco bad.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, Nolasco had a nice 11 start run for the Angels last year too. I wouldn't be so quick to pat the Twins on the back after 3 good starts from Santiago. FWIW, 2 of those 3 starts have come against the White Sox and Royals, who rank 11th and 15th respectively out of 15 AL teams in runs per game, 13th and 15th in batting average, 12th and 14th in walk rate, etc.
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    John, is this a typo? The BP site says the cost is $45. Face value of a grandstand ticket for that game is $27 right now, so I suspect BP is right: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/MLBEventInfo?orgid=9&agency=MLB&pid=8391920
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Ervin Santana had a terrible year as a starter early in his career too -- 5.74 ERA / 5.13 FIP in 2007. The Angels were wise to let him continue starting. Even roughly league average run prevention as a full-time starter can be pretty valuable. (For that matter, Ervin had two later poor years too.)
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Yeah, this does seem premature. Through 4 games last year, Duffey was looking pretty good too -- 8.5 K/9, 1.5 BB/9, 0.7 HR/9, 1.85 ERA, 2.96 RA9. And that was 4 starts, three times the innings he's logged so far this season, and they weren't all against slouch opponents either -- Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington (plus the White Sox, which might be a slouch opponent ). I mean, I hope he can keep it up too, but I don't know how helpful it is to invoke Andrew Miller at this point.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    Has this been posted yet? "Minnesota Twins considering Louisville lefty Brendan McKay along with Hunter Greene" http://www.twincities.com/2017/04/09/minnesota-twins-considering-louisville-lefty-brendan-mckay-along-with-hunter-greene/ Here's some stats for McKay: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=brendan-mckay http://www.gocards.com/cumestats.aspx?path=baseball
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Cincinnati had the 2nd best record in baseball at 5-1 a year ago today. LOL? If you want a list of best 2017 records, you can sort the standings by winning percentage. Obviously ESPN's rankings are trying to accomplish something else. (I don't pay attention to ESPN so I have no idea how successful they are at accomplishing that goal, but the discrepancy between the Twins current record and rank would not be a valid criticism of their efficacy.)
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Out of curiosity, I looked up Buxton's 2017 WAR so far. I know it's a super-small sample size and quite likely meaningless of the defensive side, but I thought it was interesting. At B-Ref, he's -5 runs batting so far (basically the negative mirror of Sano at +5), but he's already +3 runs with the glove. Of course, Fangraphs isn't even publishing UZR or defensive WAR for 2017 yet, which is probably wise.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    I would guess the "petition" language sometimes used is just a formality. I have never heard of a player meeting these eligibility requirements but the team being denied the option. The requirements are pretty cut and dried, there is no subjective criteria to them: http://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3521 And of course if a team didn't bother to file paperwork to get the option, that would be rather negligent. Not quite on the level of the Twins failing to tender Travis Lee a contract in 1996, but maybe on the level of giving Polanco 92 days active in rookie ball in 2010. I'm going to assume Kepler has an option this year until I hear otherwise. (I imagine we simply haven't heard about it because his spot on the roster has been a lock for some time, unlike Vargas.)
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    Kepler has an option remaining for 2017. He has been on the 40-man since November 2013, so he has been optioned 3 times. But since he hasn't yet played 5 "full" pro seasons (90+ days active, generally means seasons above rookie league ball), he qualified for a 4th option year. Same for Vargas -- 4th option this year. Almost the same for Polanco, but he spent 92 days active between two rookie leagues in 2010, thus counting as a "full season" and making him ineligible for a 4th option this year. Note that if Kepler and Vargas don't get optioned this year (i.e. spend the whole 2017 season on the MLB roster or disabled list), this option would not carry over to 2018 because both would then have 5 "full" pro seasons. Unlike the first 3 standard options, which are still available if unused (hence how the Twins were still able to option veteran Kyle Lohse in May 2006).
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    Eduardo Escobar has been the emergency catcher in the past, so I assume he still is.
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    No. At least not the 60-day DL, if that is what you are referring to. A player put on the 60-day DL in spring training can't be activated until day 61 of the regular season. The regular 10 day (formerly 15 day) DL can be retroactive by up to 3 days before opening day. http://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3538
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    Hot dogs are still a dollar on Wednesdays!
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    I think they tried that a couple years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3b5aOelFL4
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Papa John's Pizza is the disappointing veteran of the food roster. Sounds like a lot of arbitration price increases. Just wait until these concessions hit free agency!
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Mid May? That is when prices rise regardless of team quality, because the weather is better and schools are letting out. April is where it's at for the cheapest tickets. And also September assuming we're not surprise contenders.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    I sense a new remix opportunity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMk1qffPNM
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    DL for Adrianza over Santana. Health/stretching out for Santiago. Those are time-related issues that could be resolved by April 15th (although likely later for Adrianza, assuming rehab). If they are really most worried about Hughes in the rotation, I might have just swapped him to the pen. Let him be a caddy for a younger guy rather than the other way around. Not quite sure on Park, I really dislike locking in Grossman and Mauer as everyday players, but at the same time, I am curious if Park can even learn to mash AAA (he didn't last year). Maybe it's not bad to give him a month to try that again?
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    Actually it was almost 2 months ago, but I agree with the general point. Although, given his lack of service time, I think the Twins will be able to outright Park off the 40-man roster anytime they want until he starts performing well. I don't know if his spring training was enough to change that? Or should we even be worried about losing him on waivers if he still doesn't hit in MLB? Park will be able to opt for free agency next time we try to outright him, but he would have to forfeit his salary to do so (the same decision that Tommy Milone faced in May 2016). So if the opportunity is there (and it certainly seems to be, we need a RHB 1B and taking some DH at-bats away from a possibly hobbled Grossman shouldn't be that big of a deal), and we've got 25-man and 40-man roster guys we can cut (and it certainly seems like we do), perhaps we should have added Park back.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't know if a 103 loss team, with so few changes/additions, can truly have a roster crunch.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think Meyer would solve anything, but he would have been an interesting option to keep around through his last option year. He showed some progress at the end of 2016 with the Angels. I'd probably rather have him than Santiago right now (even if Meyer was optioned to AAA, it would open up a rotation spot for Duffey).
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    So that means "mop-up duty" right? I'd add Santiago to Duffey's potential piggypack list in the early going. Hopefully he doesn't injure his back in the process!
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