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  1. cmathewson
    This is what bothers me about this purported deal. This year, he would be an upgrade over Correia. But I think he'll be below Nolasco, Hughes, Gibson and Deduno. Next year, he'd be below those four plus Meyer. By the end of his contract, there might be another kid who shoots up through the system. I suppose they could trade him prior to the end of his contract. But that is a big risk to take on. According to reports, the Twins have not found a buyer for Correia. The same thing could happen for Santana, especially if he gets hurt in one of the three years.
  2. cmathewson
    At minimum, he's a better option than Diamond, who needs to be so fine with his control that he is highly unlikely to have sustained success.
  3. cmathewson
    I wouldn't make that assumption. I'm sure they'd rather not lose them, but they have often DFA's guys who didn't fit. Their offseason investments suggest that they will take the best guys north. I have yet to hear anything from the Twins to the contrary.
  4. cmathewson
    I don't get this. How is he better than Presley or Mastroianni? The Twins have three center fielders for two spots on the roster. They have a top prospect who will be waiting for an opportunity within the next year. Why do they need another one?
  5. cmathewson
    The Twins have a strict policy to not reveal this information until all is said and done. They have reported that they made offers to people like Garza. But only after he signed elsewhere. As you said, the agent has a vested interest in reporting these things. Some agents manufacture "offers". That is the reason I am skeptical, but this one seems specific enough to be credible.
  6. cmathewson
    Doumit is no great loss. Odds are pretty good they'll get better production out of those 538 PAs.
  7. cmathewson
    Zoilo.
  8. cmathewson
    Willingham was hurt for much of last year. Mauer was hurt for six weeks. It is unlikely both will be injured as much this year. Also, Arcia was not with the team for much of the year. Dozier started off very slow and turned a corner in June. That's four reasons for optimism. It's not a lot, but "none" is a bit strong.
  9. cmathewson
    Everybody has issues. Presley has issues. Mastro has issues. Parmelee has issues. It's not clear to me that AAA is the place to fix every issue. If not, why send guys down and force the team to be worse than they would be with more talented (and still developing) players? If they can learn up here and they're the best players right now, bring them north.
  10. cmathewson
    Not sure Berrios will be ready by then. But it is intriguing.
  11. cmathewson
    I missed it: Are you saying Bartlett can't back-up third base? I've heard he is working at all the infield positions, including first base. It is news to me that he's doing poorly at any of them.
  12. cmathewson
    What? Where does this come from? Pinto, Meyer, May, and Santana are all in the mix for graduation this year to go along with Hicks, Arcia and Gibson from last year's class. Sano would be in that first group if not for the injury.
  13. cmathewson
    I heard your new nickname is Lobster Boy. Sorry for your pain, but it sounds like you had a great time anyway.
  14. cmathewson
    Also Baker. To me a pitching coach should assess the natural movement a guy has and help him amplify that with complementary secondary pitches. Baker had good hop on the fastball, but he couldn't make it sink for the life of him. His sinker was actually straighter than his four seamer. Anderson persisted in trying to turn him into a sinkerball pitcher. It just never worked. Baker was most successful when he ignored Anderson's advice.
  15. cmathewson
    Yes. Probably the best example. Like I said, not a fan. He better not do it to Meyer.
  16. cmathewson
    The fact that he was suspended might have absolutely nothing to do with this. Let's not jump to conclusions.
  17. cmathewson
    I wouldn't call what the Red Sox did rebuilding. They already had the foundation. They just needed to add a few pieces (and subtract the worst manager in baseball). Rebuilding starts with the foundation. That takes time.
  18. cmathewson
    Guys who can induce Ks and get a lot of grounders are very rare. I'm thinking of King Felix as the paradigm. Of course you want guys like that. Good luck getting them and keeping them on your team. Most guys add a sinker to stay in the game.
  19. cmathewson
    Great points. I can't agree more. Somebody else said he didn't throw all that many sinkers when he pitched well in the NL. That surprised me because it was his out pitch. I'm talking about the pitch he throws at the left handed batter that breaks back over the plate for a called strike. Some people mislabel it a cutter. If that pitch isn't working, he's gonna struggle. Even if it is working, AL hitters have an easier time with it. I saw a lot of them end up in the seats last year.
  20. cmathewson
    I am no fan of the way Anderson has coached guys like Garza, Baker, and Slowey. I think the whole sinker philosophy is antiquated. I also have come to deplore pitch to contact. But I understand why the Twins have not adopted the new emphasis on strikeouts: It's just hard to acquire strikeout pitchers. Strikeout pitchers are like shortstops who can hit. If you're a pitching coach and you don't have strike-out pitchers, what do you do? Teach them how to keep the ball down and sink it. It is the only chance they have.
  21. cmathewson
    That wouldn't suck. Pretty much what they did last year after the all-star break. It would take a roster spot to move Mastro off the 40-man to fill the fourth outfielder spot. And since he's out of options, you'd have to DFA him to send him down when you want to call up Hicks. Maybe they'd do that. Not sure 100 PAs against weaker pitching makes that much difference in the grand scheme of things.
  22. cmathewson
    Yes. So you're saying you want a fourth outfielder starting in the majors, with little hope that he'll improve? I don't.
  23. cmathewson
    If two players have about the same success in the majors, all things considered, you take the more talented guy because he has higher upside. I don't know what Hicks can learn in AAA. When healthy, he did fine in AAA. His problem there was an injury. All that said, the team they go north with is rarely the team they have in June. As long as he's the starter in June, I'll be OK with it. But I still think he's better now and in the future than Presley.
  24. cmathewson
    No offense intended. Sorry if it came off that way. It was just an analogy. Lots of posters are giving Escobar far more credence than his number warrant. It seems like a lot of them like him better simply because he's not Florimon. That's the point I was trying to make.
  25. cmathewson
    You're right. FWIW, my attitudes vis-a-vis Worley are unrelated to this one bad start. At the risk of repeating myself, I take a dim view of guys who rely so heavily on the sinker. Having seen what happened to Mays, Silva, and Blackburn, I question whether that type of pitcher can have long-term success in baseball in this day and age. Blackburn came into camp in 2012 in "the best shape of his life" with a healthy elbow and velocity readings touching 94. The harder he threw, the straighter he threw. Without a decent slider, he was a batting-practice pitcher. That's what we saw from Worley last year. I hope he's better, but I have grave doubts that he will be.
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