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  1. Kwak
    There were reasons he signed with the Twins and for a small (MLB) salary. The starter? we shouldn't be surprised given the contract renewals, the over-belief in AAA experience, and an incentive to delay a player's promotion date.
  2. Kwak
    The silver lining is that all of the people who love prospect lists and the Rule 4 draft will have something to look forward to in 2015.
  3. Kwak
    It seems to me people are more upset with a projection of a sub-par Mauer season than with another 90 loss season for the Twins. Without knowing the algorithm used I find it difficult to evaluate his projections. I suspect that team HRs are weighted quite heavily--which penalizes the Twins accordingly. There hasn't been many changes in the Twins hitters to suggest a significant increase in runs scored, and projecting huge improvements from young hitters isn't something I would expect to find in a computer-generated model. Therefore, while many Twins fans expect to see the young hitters make vast improvement in hitting/scoring a that is not something to be expected in a projection-model.
  4. Kwak
    The byline was DEC 29, 2013. Sometimes players sign one-day contracts in order to retire from a specific team.
  5. Kwak
    RE: front-loaded contracts Example: 4 years $52MM total; $20MM, $20MM, $6MM, and $6MM. It would be easy for a negotiator to conclude that a team is willing to pay $20MM per season and to conclude you are willing to pay $20MM per season for his client. At best the team would negotiate was the final two years would be at player option--a really bad deal for the team. They might just as well offer a two-year contract at $20MM each and eliminate the risk of the last two seasons.
  6. Kwak
    The salary structure of 2016 is difficult to project, but given the present budget in the $80-85MM range can be expanded 40% and still be in the 52% of revenue parameter, I don't see the addition of an extra free agent to pose a future problem. If the plan truly was to add a quality free agent SS next year (somebody better than Drew) then waiting makes sense--but if that isn't a future commitment, then adding him now makes sense.
  7. Kwak
    This entire SS debate of Drew vs. Florimon was caused by Twins management years ago. Oh, for so many years, and they still can't draft and develop a quality SS for the parent team.
  8. Kwak
    Let me pose the question: Why not both Nolasco and Garza?
  9. Kwak
    Garza would not cost a draft choice. I find it distasteful the "sour grapes" responses to Garza signing elsewhere. I wish (hope) it wasn't an either/or situation--but I fear it was. I do feel that had both players signed with the Twins that nearly all of the posters would have responded very warmly to Garza signing with the Twins (I sure would!).
  10. Kwak
    Combining threads eat posts. Back to subject. I believe the Twins always planned to re-sign Pelfrey--it was just a tweak of the price that held things up. The approved budget probably didn't include enough to sign Nolasco and Garza plus that necessary for arbitration settlements, and a veteran catcher--but there was enough to sign Hughes and one of either Garza/Nolasco. Nolasco took the deal and Garza didn't. On a curious note, why is it that Milwaukee has become the collection basin for free agent pitchers with issues ​(Lohse and Garza)?
  11. Kwak
    The other owners want revenue sharing more than winning. The price of one year of Ricky Nolasco can buy a couple of minutes of advertising during the Super Bowl, a replica trophy of the World Series, pay an appearance fee to the Commissioner of MLB to hand the owner said trophy proclaiming him the best owner in MLB!--and probably money left over! Change the system to put in a salary cap--not happening!
  12. Kwak
    Given this article, all those who miss Joe Benson raise your hand.
  13. Kwak
    Why should we be upset with what the Yankees spend? Their fans spend a great deal of money to watch the Yankee BB team to be entertained and the owners invest much of that money in players so their fans can maximize (their) enjoyment. Are you advocating that Yankee owners slash their player budget and pocket as much of that cash as possible?--So other teams can win and have other fans be happy? Hmm, sounds rather short-term thinking to me.
  14. Kwak
    This sounds so 20/20 hindsight driven. Teams never know if a guy is ready until he has proven himself at the major league level for years. Success at AAA? Hasn't proven that a guy belongs in the majors--and certainly not with the Twins. There have been a host of failures for the Twins that were big successes at Rochester. Hicks had 4 1/2 years of minor league experience (sort of like a guy attending a 4-year college for baseball players), compare to athletes in other sports who regularly have to prove themselves at age 22/23. I'm not advocating giving-up on Hicks but rather, there is no formula for proper progression to the majors that guarantees success. Blaming his (Hicks') failure with the Twins due to lack of time at Rochester is a lame excuse especially in light of those guys who had substantial success (and time!) in Rochester yet flopped with the Twins.
  15. Kwak
    This thread illustrates the difference between "NY way of thinking" and "Minnesota way of thinking". Wildcatters do have dry holes--but the winners make up for them.
  16. Kwak
    I fear too much is being read into team payroll. 2011 season exposed that the franchise had been hollowed-out from the inside. The past two seasons simply confirmed that and also that bandaids, duct tape, and bailing wire would not suffice to solve the problems. What has been done to solve the root of the problems? No, Bill Smith himself wasn't what caused the collaspse. Nor was it caused by Mauer's contract. Either the system must change or a whole bunch of lottery tickets have to hit. Actually, hitting the lottery doesn't solve the problems--it only obscures the problems for awhile. So, to me, signing some free-agent pitchers (who at best raise the rotation to average) isn't enough--it is only a start. We can all hope that the "prospects all pan out as stars", but that requires too much suspension of disbelief. Besides, better players can still be acquired and we can still keep our hope/dreams of prospects becoming future stars--while watching a better team.
  17. Kwak
    I inferred something else--Anthony needed experience in the operations side of baseball in order to become a GM. Since he wasn't (like Ryan) a former MiLBer, he had to be trained to evaluate skills and project them.
  18. Kwak
    Remember the glee expounded after the PHL trade? Two good starting pitchers for Ben Revere?--Now, we're hoping that May becomes Matt Guerrier in order to salvage something from this trade.
  19. Kwak
    Dead man walking.
  20. Kwak
    The age old question: Who to play? The better hitter? or The better fielder? The debate continues.
  21. Kwak
    Drew wouldn't be the first player to shift positions in order to play Jeter at SS.
  22. Kwak
    I voted "Other"--because "Nobody" wasn't a choice.
  23. Kwak
    If, as posted, the ranking is in large part from the organization (Twins), the ranking for May could be inflated due to input from the Twins. Could the omission of Pinto be because he is already deemed "Major League" and thus no longer a "prospect"?
  24. Kwak
    BABIP is more of a function of the pitch than "luck". It shouldn't be a surprise to learn that flat pitches are more soundly struck than pitches with considerable movement or those of a significantly different speed than the preceeding pitch. Ergo, better pitchers often change speed and movement more than lesser pitchers. The result is fewer base-hits.
  25. Kwak
    When I first saw Arcia play I commented "this guy is a White Sox outfielder". Last season and this video confirms that. I'm not sure how he progresses as a hitter, but I'm am sure his future is as a DH and not a fielder.
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