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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Yup. As you previously alluded to, the Twins are 39-7 in Rodney's appearances this year, and 2 of those losses he entered when we were trailing already. He's blown 6 saves/leads, but we won 2 of those anyway. So even if he was 100% perfect in save opportunities, it would only net us 4 wins. He's only lost 1 game he entered as a tie too (and preserved 3 ties that became wins vs Cleveland). Interestingly, the only pitcher who is 100% perfect in save opportunities this year, with more than 3 opportunities, is Ken Giles -- who has a 6.29 ERA on the season in MLB (and 8.44 during a minor league assignment too). Every pitcher with more than 12 opportunities has at least 2 blown saves with the exception of Doolittle and Kela who each have 1.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    That's a ridiculous suggestion. Garver should be the "opener".
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    The more I think about it, the more this sounds like the Belisle situation all over again (where they announced they were activating Magill, then took their time to find an injury for Belisle). My guess is we'll hear about Morrison to the DL this afternoon?
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think the A's will be using him as closer.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, he doesn't "have" to be added to the 40-man. He will just be available for selection in the Rule 5 draft if we don't. But his profile and resume doesn't suggest he would be selected in Rule 5. If he's not selected in Rule 5, he won't be eligible for minor league free agency any earlier than the end of the 2021 season. So we should have plenty of time to evaluate him and work with him.
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    This is fair. And this return doesn't seem like the kind to make us change our mind about whether to keep him either. So that seems to suggest we were strongly thinking about moving him anyway.
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Worth noting that neither Mauer nor Morrison played in Thursday's game, so maybe one of them is going on the DL. Maybe they are checking over Morrison to see if he caught the bad knee from Belisle. His leadership may not be contagious, but perhaps his "injuries" are!
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, Helman is 22 years old, and he was a pretty solid hitter in college too. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=213871
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    Three, actually (1998, 1999, and 2000). Although of course Knoblauch contributed more to the first two. Interestingly, he was still starting (in LF) when they lost the WS in 2001 too.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Last year's standings are only used for waiver priority in April. This was based on 2018 standings, where Oakland has the fourth best record in the AL right now. August trade waivers also go by league first, so no NL team had a chance at him. Among contenders, it looks like Cleveland and Seattle both passed on claiming Rodney.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, Chalmers, like most of the prospects acquired in July, does not have to be added to the 40-man until after 2019.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, I was just laying out the facts there, not really commenting on the wisdom. Although MLB minimum salary on the 60 day DL is pretty minimal risk. Service time is irrelevant at this point. They're going to get 30+ days to work with him in the minors, and they can easily get 30 days in MLB after rosters expand if they want. Re-evaluate at that point. The biggest cost to them so far was the roster spot from December into February last winter. I am not terribly confident that Burdi will pan out, but it hasn't cost them much to find out. Considering he's been stashed on the 60-day DL, the real costs are probably not that different from the Twins and, say, John Curtiss.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    Well, Bailey and Harrison were nowhere near as team-friendly. Kluber 5/38.5 plus 2 options Carrasco 4/22 plus 2 options Bailey 6/105 plus 1 option Harrison 5/55 plus 1 option Moore and Teheran were, and there was plenty of praise for those two deals, even as neither became stars -- there wasn't much risk on them. With help from his contract, Moore was flipped for Matt Duffy, and Teheran probably could have been flipped similarly in recent years although the Braves declined to do so. But yeah, I agree with your larger point -- health and effectiveness are more important than contracts.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    With 6 K's! .625 BABIP. 8 singles, 2 doubles.
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    The current CBA runs through 2021, so I think it is safe to assume the qualifying offer should still be around after 2019.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    After last year's slow market, and this year's large crop of pending FA infielders, there is a good chance they don't have to make a multi-year offer to get a better player than Forsythe. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/2018-19-mlb-free-agents.html
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    I hope not. There will be quite a few infield alternatives on the free agent market, and our lack of financial commitments suggests we don't have to go cheap on the position.
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Season and a half! Castillo was our everyday second baseman in 2006, then again through July 2007.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    I agree with you about playing Adrianza over Forsythe, but worth noting that Adrianza is almost 29 years old (birthday on August 21, which my wall calendar says is also Senior Citizens Day ). So he's not that young, but he's definitely a bigger part of our future than Forsythe.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Because Adrianza has to be available to pinch-hit for Johnny Field, obviously! Now Field may not be here next year either, but what do you expect Molitor to do, consider the future of multiple lineup spots simultaneously? While grieving over Belisle's knee?
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    They just listed the top 20 candidates -- it wasn't a prediction that 20 guys would get dealt. Heck, they listed a top 75 before the July 31 trade deadline...
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    Don't forget Rooker could also go to the Arizona Fall League. (Of course, that wouldn't preclude a brief promotion to AAA either.)
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    Yes. They use the season of the first minor league team to which the player is assigned, which for Graterol was indeed the DSL. https://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3517 "If a player signs his first contract after the conclusion of the season of the MLB or minor league club to which he is first assigned (even if he signs prior to the Rule 5 Draft), the next season is considered to be the player's "first qualified season" for Rule 5 eligibility purposes. (Depending on the minor league, the conclusion of a minor league club's season could be as early as the first week of August, or as late as the second week of September)." Hypothetically, had he first been assigned to the Appy League in 2015 (whose season ended on August 29 in 2014), he might have been Rule 5 eligible a year earlier.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Yup, he needed to find a way to overuse Moya in this game too!
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    Hey, Harmon also played a few years in a Senators uniform! Maybe we could compromise and let Mauer play for the Nationals next year.
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