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  1. The Wise One
    Then look at posts 25, 26, and 28
  2. The Wise One
    For some given their contracts and performance so far this year, giving away might be a bargain for the Twins
  3. The Wise One
    Hicks might be available as soon as this winter as a cast off outfielder, maybe even sooner as a dfa
  4. The Wise One
    I can see that there are players on the roster and read the standings, that is how I know they have players to move. How do I know that nobody wants them, there are no trades. I suppose I should have been more detailed in my statement and said nobody wanted them for a deal that Ryan would accept. Ryan stated why he would not move Plouffe was that they would have to replace his production. To get Plouffe then, the team would need to offer a player that could produce what Plouffe did. That is hardly illogical. Nobody offered. I will remember to be more specific next time I make a comment.
  5. The Wise One
    There are more than enough situations where a player is more effective to the environment than a coach. See Philly. The Twins could have all first and second year position players except for Mauer, Escobar, Nunez, and Suzuki. It would be an all upside team, but teams do need player leadership.
  6. The Wise One
    Any trades require 2 things. A player is obvious. What does not seem obvious is that it requires a team to want that player. The Twins have players to move. Nowhere to move them.
  7. The Wise One
    Wonder Monds Jr, was a CFL legend. His son played baseball, he was the 3 wonder of the world.
  8. The Wise One
    The team defense for the Tigers is not at the bottom of the rankings. Even though the so called fielding independent statistics say there are better days ahead for these guys, I think otherwise. A high BABIP is either rotten luck, or the pitcher is not fooling people as much. The latter is more likely, thus they will continue to suck
  9. The Wise One
    There are many a faulty statements in this thread 1. Twins wanted Mauer to become a power hitter 2. Santana was a productive outfielder 3. The premise as to why Sano was Dh 4. May as a quality starter 5. That somehow a whole off season was not enough time to prepare oneself to play outfield. That there is that many flaws in the rationale behind the premise is thought provoking
  10. The Wise One
    Baseball America said a few years ago. Cal Quantrill is a righthander from Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ont. His father, Paul, spent 14 years in the big leagues. Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/draft-qa-cal-quantrill/#DXWuDQWWCsg1OKZs.99
  11. The Wise One
    Boom or bust. Perhaps the study then should be difference in outcomes between boom or bust hitters and the shortened swing and try to make contact outcomes. There is some reason why many teams have more of a no fear of striking out approach
  12. The Wise One
    Glad you listed the candidates, now how many actually are tradeable? Also, there should there be 2 Santanas listed.
  13. The Wise One
    As the comparison was Sano to Santana for your counterpoint, considering Santana's injury are you saying Sano then should not run.? Inciarte hurt his on the basebath. Ethier injured his leg with a foul ball. Perhaps then by the equation, Sano better not bat as given his weight, he might shatter his leg with a foul ball.
  14. The Wise One
    The people who complain that Sano in the outfield is a danger to his health would be the ones to have the data to say that it is more likely for him to get hurt. So far all I have ever seen is speculation without data. If one argues for a change from the status quo, saying prove me wrong is not the best way to prove the argument.
  15. The Wise One
    Yup Clippard was an All Star, so wasn't Mauer. Jepsen versus Clippard. One has 17 wn saves in 391 games, the other has 53 blown saves in 490 games. Sorry, Jepsen blows less.
  16. The Wise One
    Buxton had 59 AB in AAA and hit over .400. What more would Buxton have to learn at AAA? He came, he saw, he crushed. His batting average last year in the majors was the learning curve and adjustment phase. Now that he is all learned and adjusted, with his speed he can hit well over .300, Surely he will have a hit for every third at bat.
  17. The Wise One
    Try over his career to get something approach a sample size that can not be called limited. BABIP is going to be "unsustainably" high with a much higher than average LD% It will also stay unsustainably high when you have a higher than average hard hit ball percentage. BABIP is not totally luck. 7.4 versus 7.9 is not that big of difference.. again, you continue to argue small sample sizes and "Throw out the one bad outing" which happened against one of the worst offensive teams last year. Again nothing you post shows someone who is going to be anything different than the middle of the rotation starter that people complain of the Twins signing
  18. The Wise One
    1 year 3 million on Marquis. There are many free agent busts let go in the last year of the contract, but before them it is hope for the best,. The best hope for moving Nolasco was a team having a couple of disasters
  19. The Wise One
    Last player anybody released with multiple years left on a contract was? Dump Nolasco? Not happening without someone wanting tortrade for him
  20. The Wise One
    There are 3 things that seem to escape the May as a starter crowd. One is the ERA climb as the innings went on as a starter. It goes up by 2. The out of zone swinging strike rate is average at best. The second or more times they see him, the more bad things happen Two, He has a league average strikeout rate as a starter. To have that as an upside is of little use when he also ranks as a very hittable pitcher as a starter. Three, the numbers all go in a positive direction as a reliever. Small sample sizes all around. 25 games as a starter, 33 as a reliever. So what is there to base the mythical upside on?
  21. The Wise One
    I can use the same dark rose colored glasses you wear and say that Nolasco has had a history of seasons with 4 WAR, Santana and Hughes had seasons in the 5+ That is their upside. As a starter May had an xfip of 3.98, The percentage of hard hit and weakly hit balls served up by May is the upside you people ignore, He is hitable as a starter. Fangraphs, the holy grail of some people, offers this piece of brutal news The Quick Opinion: May has taken over for Casey Fien as the closer-in-waiting in Minnesota, it would seem. As a reliever, May is a fireballer who will help your rates. As a starter, he's a bit too hittable to be more than a back-end guy. Keep an eye on his status in the spring. As a reliever being able to have a couple more MPH on the fastball makes him effective. Fret not, if the higher upside of Meyer, Burdi, Chargois, Reed and Melotakis comes through, May will start at some point late this year, early next year.
  22. The Wise One
    Molasco was 31 when he signed a4 year contract, not 33 For a 6 year period Nolasco totaled over 21 WAR, above average as a pitcher. . Trevor May with 2012 being the only year he registered as a top 100 prospect in 7 years in the minors is not, nor will be, top of rotation. 16 starts for May, Above average SIERA, xfip, and ERA where being above average is not a good thing. Dramatically reversed as a reliever. At a time where more value is being placed on relief pitching, the well above average relievers were getting 3/18 or better contracts. Norris and Fister, below average starters that were young and once full of promise got one year deals.
  23. The Wise One
    Players peak at 27. Why then are people wasting time on a guy who is almost over the hill.
  24. The Wise One
    What if What ifs is all the people have to go on. Whatever it is that the Twins are not seeing out of May last year as a starter that caused them to call up Duffrey still exist.
  25. The Wise One
    Being in the bullpen will not hurt May's contract . If he becomes a great reliever he will make more money than being a mediocre starter. Nothing says he will be great as a reliever, then again nothing saying he would be great as a starter
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