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  1. The Wise One
    Someone thinks that the Twins can sign a player to a contract with the intent of helping the player build back up their value. You are counting on an agent and pitcher believing that the defense will be better or thinking that defense does not matter. Lots of luck. I do not think there are many pitchers looking to rebuild their value who are K% of 100
  2. The Wise One
    The gain for trading Street was four prospects that did not pan out. I must be kinda dense. Why should anyone be upset that Perkins was not traded when the better closer at the time brought back scrap?
  3. The Wise One
    Ken Giles netted the Phillies a prospect falling on the recruiting lists, 2 org fillers for the minors and 2 org fillers for the majors. Giles has a lot of team control remaining. When relievers could be bought for relatively cheap there is not going to be a return. A deadline deal maybe, hell somebody got a all star catcher for a relief pitcher near the deadline, once. Somebody here once called a relief pitcher a fungible asset . People's minds do change
  4. The Wise One
    Bull. Considering the time he spent on the DL there was no way a team was going to trade for him and give the Twins anything but salary relief. He had a career year. I guess more teams than the Twins do not have a metrics department that would be predictive of future play. Ditto for Suzuki. You are correct that they should have traded Danny Santana after his career year. Again, a metrics department probably cured that notion. Even the amateur GM's here knew that Santana couldn't put up those numbers again. In case you mean Ervin Santana, to go with Dozier, the people have not even been in place yet who will be making the trades. Try at least a little realism
  5. The Wise One
    The lack of advancement must be leading to why they traded for so many of their pitchers.
  6. The Wise One
    Willingham had no value. Oft inured and 2 years on a contract equals no value Suzuki had no value. Hughes after one good year would have a little value but because he had never had sustained success not a whole lot. The demand was not that great for him the previous winter. . you would have to find a GM with a love for Hughes. Ryan was already taken. Trading Perkins in the offseason may have netted something. The Reds sure did not get value for Chapman.
  7. The Wise One
    Nolasco 33 gone Fien 32, gone, Jepsen 31, gone Abad, 30 gone Mastroianni, 30 gone Albers, 30 gone Logan Schaffer, 29 gone Millone 29, gone Nunez, 29 gone Suzuki, 32 likely gone That is 9 to 10 players that brought up the average on your list gone. The question becomes what replaces them
  8. The Wise One
    Since the topic is DH, the difference in having an above average dh from what they did would be in the range of 20 runs. Not really enough to make much of a difference in those rankings. It would also do little to change the defensive rankings. Rankings will change as the vaunted prospects mature and grow as players, much as many others have done before them.
  9. The Wise One
    Off season blueprint. Fires in the fireplace. Some snow shoeing. A trip to thaw out in February. Probably have to dig out a few times. Wait for Revival to open in Saint Paul so maybe there will not be an hour or more wait. Not watching the Gophers if they play in the Toilet Bowl that is the Music City Bowl or their equivalent. Beyond that, it really takes a lot of time when you work for a living. Hey, thanks for asking what the blueprint for my off season would be.
  10. The Wise One
    Pelfrey, like the Cuban many here are casting a lustful eye at, is a sinkerball thrower.
  11. The Wise One
    ESPN lists stats DH as DH. Twins rank right in the middle, number 8. They could have kept Morales or Ortiz and been better off. They could have signed Nelson Cruz. They could have signed Gattis, Laroche or any other number of respected hitters that went into the tank. The game of 20 20 hindsight is a painfull one. What the Twins have done is average for the league. That it is a revolving door is immaterial. What to do going forward is the question. For a rebuilding team, they should get as many AB to developing hitters. Revolving doors are just fine as long as they don't hit you in the behind http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/seasontype/2/split/86/league/al/sort/OPS/order/true
  12. The Wise One
    Why would a team bother to sign a player that you could draft the equivalent of in the later rounds of the draft for more money than a late round draft pick? The description of him as a pitcher is Masterson on Blackburn. Why would you spend more money on middling talent? Just what the Twins need, more back of the rotation starters
  13. The Wise One
    Director of amateur scouting since 2010, assistant since 05. One good year get cited so he is a genius. 2012 could be Deron Johnson's genius year
  14. The Wise One
    In looking for upgrades it is doubtful it would come from Palka or Walker as how would a sub .200, 200+K be an improvement
  15. The Wise One
    Spent 85 million and they have a half dozen warm bodies and Arrieta. Not many teams can do that
  16. The Wise One
    Shottenheimer was fired because the GM couldn't stand him. Not winning nor losing entered into the equation. As time goes by, people can make it out to whatever they want it to be on paper. Sort of like the fangraph scouts here
  17. The Wise One
    Perhaps you can explain how striking out at a record pace with a likely .200 ba benefits a club. You might as well think that Grossman will learn to play defense over the winter Rosario and Kepler can play center.
  18. The Wise One
    Have you seen what signing bonuses? http://m.mlb.com/news/article/183906680/2016-draft-signing-and-bonus-tracker/ since you did not bother to look at\ what players get signed for when drafted.
  19. The Wise One
    There seems to be plenty here who think he can be productive enough to get the AB needed to shatter the record.
  20. The Wise One
    I would think that it is more likely for Granite to develop into a .350-.360 OBP guy than Palka or Walker getting below the 30% K rate. It is also more likely that Granite could be a obp of .370 than those guys getting down to a 27.5 K%. A blogger here will get a POBO job before they could ever be league average K%. I digresed. A mlb OBP slightly above his minor league career would make Granite more than a decent 4th outfielder. Grossman had a 127 WRC+. If that is not a mirage then he is a decent hitter if used properly. Likely better at playing bat than catch. The new guy in charge will figure it out.
  21. The Wise One
    It is likely the coaching staffs at all of his minor league stops, roving instructors, major league staff during spring training and maybe even the batboys have all told him to cut the strikeouts, make contact. A BB% usually near 9% shows he might understand the strike zone.
  22. The Wise One
    There is a need for a fourth outfielder with Grossman being the fifth. That would also necessitate relieving the logjam of 1b/dh types on the 25man.
  23. The Wise One
    Justin Masterson. In honor of the incoming person in charge, I picked a Cleveland pitcher
  24. The Wise One
    An equally comparable pitcher would be available in a later round. Spending more than 500,000 on the upside of a back of the rotation pitcher is not spending well.
  25. The Wise One
    Granite Palka and Walker are the disaster plans. After Kepler, Buxton and Rosario there is Grossman. Unless there is somebody advocating for Santans, there needs to be plan b and c.
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