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I don't want to read through the MLB rules for this so here goes: What prevents a team from drafting a player, signing them to an ultra low bonus, and then paying them a higher wage in the minors? This subverts the bonus pool system but still compensates the player. Agents might be wary but teams have been pushing the slot bonus rules for their whole existence.

I don't think Jeremy's intent was to blame the ball to the face for Rosario's approach. In general, looking at splits is interesting because we think it is telling us something about a specific change. In this instance a ball to the face seems less arbitrary than say May 1 or June 15. But, there are too many other variables to consider this as the definitive change that resulted in the current version of Rosario. It seems to me the Twins have valued BA above other offensive statistics for a long time. I'm sure that played into Rosario's change as much as anything.

Evaluating based on wins? Last night is a prime example of why that is a poor way to determine effectiveness. For me the reason to trade Santana comes down to the return. I would expect Antony to say he thinks keeping Santana for the rest of his contract is a good idea. That is what he should publicly say. If that is what he thinks, that is a different story.

According to Darren Wolfson: Darren Wolfson‏ @DWolfsonKSTP Distracted by this this week. But told any thought of philosophical differences approaching Aug. 1 handling = wrong. (The distraction refers to a picture of a lake)

One conclusion to draw from this research Is that drafting and developing starting pitching by just one team is extremely difficult and an unreliable method for building a major league rotation. This is just one small slice of a much bigger issue--the best way to build a major league rotation for a team that limits its free agency spending. I don't think it is illogical at all to say that nearly all teams struggle to develop their own pitching. There are so many ways to acquire pitching talent and so many ways for the talent to progress. The OP only set out to examine a very small portion and discover a specific bit of knowledge. I would like to see further analysis along the lines of how a staff is constructed in an effective way for small and mid-market clubs. Maybe the case is that it takes 2, 3, or 4 teams/coaching staffs to unlock a pitcher's potential, especially so for non-elite talent. The accumulated knowledge and experience comes to fruition only after the original team has let go. Like an Arcia situation but for pitchers.

I see that Buxton's defensive statistics are mediocre. What's up with that? I only occasionally watch on tv but most reports are that he is amazing defensively. Why don't these match up?

Span might be able to get multiple years on the FA market. I don't think the Twins need to sign a multiple year contract with an OF right now.

Cueto has had poor babip numbers since being traded. Very poor. Only a few starts in AL are not enough of a sample size to say his stuff doesn't play in this league.

Also troubling is that it is phrased as "at least one more season."

Miguel Cabrera has a career .349 BABIP. Has surpassed it significantly twice (.379 and .365), been in the .350's twice, and .340's twice. This season it is at .415 in 90 games. 13 career seasons. It can be done even though I agree that Sano may not hit for average as well as M. Cabrera.

Jamey Carroll has exactly 1000 hits.

How does Derron Johnson compare to similarly positioned executives in other organizations? What kind of a track record do those others have? How does injury play into your evaluation of Johnson (I think half the pitchers listed from his drafts have had Tommy John surgery). I'm not sticking up for the guy but more so interested in the draft success of the Twins compared to other organizations.

Conducting trades over instant messenger must not be a pressing matter for Ryan.

With the best hitters in the Pirate's lineup coming to the plate in the 8th inning, it would make the most sense for Perkins to be used in that situation. Despite Boyer's performance, I don't trust him to face a struggling McCutcheon. Let Perkins shut down the heart of the Pirate's order, then bring in Boyer to mop up against lesser hitters in the 9th.