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  1. KGB
    http://archive.naplesnews.com/sports/mlb/mlb-twins-brian-dozier-homers-on-day-of-contract-extension-ep-1006473395-335529341.html Here's an article saying they worked on contracts from 4-8 years, but settled on 4 years.
  2. KGB
    Finally a Craig Breslow replacement. Just like the trade deadline and last off-season, a strong effort by the front office to build a playoff team.
  3. KGB
    Given the moves at the trade deadline, I think you could make a very good argument that the Twins won despite the front office, not because of the them. Unless we are going with the "Major League" analogy and their lack of supporting the playoff run helped motivate the team.
  4. KGB
    Agree, plus now you have to keep Kinley on the roster or trade another asset to keep him. If you had put one of your pitcher on the roster, you could have moved him up or down to the majors without exposing him. Hope this selection is better than last years.
  5. KGB
    Just like the Hermann - Daniel Palka trade, last year we thought the Twins won that deal. This year, they drop and lose Palka. Arizona is trading what they feel is marginal prospects and getting a couple years of a backup catcher. Seems like a good move by Arizona.
  6. KGB
    And be in playoff contention or they would shut him down. Coming off 100 lost season and probably a better year, the front office did not seem interested in moving him. I doubt they consider it this off-season.
  7. KGB
    With 4 open spots and a couple easy roster waiver candidates,it looks like they are planning a busy off-season.
  8. KGB
    http://www.1500espn.com/twins-2/2017/08/twins-gm-levine-addresses-sanos-weight-molitors-future/ I think Levine address Sano' s weight more here and it sounds like they have some concerns. I think both Strib article and the Levine article all describe how important Sano is to Twins future and his size at this age could be a sign of future problems. I don't see how stating an obvious concern is negativity.
  9. KGB
    Garcia > Jepsen. We can hope, Jepson was outstanding in the playoff drive in 2015.
  10. KGB
    Sano`s glove will never be a plus, but if hits like he hit in 2015 it will not matter. Big year for him to see if he an all star bat or another Chris Carter.
  11. KGB
    It's also possible DeLeon's value could drop. Prospects are not a guaranteed to increase in value. Dodgers would be gambling more than the Twins since their expectation for the year are World Series or bust.
  12. KGB
    What happen with ABW is the normal process, so I don't think they made a mistake. They made Landa a free agent, so he could have gone to any team. It just worked out well for the Twins that he didn't sign with another team. I think it might work out better for the player too, instead of getting bounced around on waivers like ABW is doing now, probably until a team can get him to clear waiver and sent back to the minors. If a team really wants Landa, they would have to put him pay him a major league salary. Landa may have been agreeable to resign with the Twins as a free agent prior to the move where ABW might have not agreed to resign, so trying the waiver move would have made more sense for him.
  13. KGB
    •Mike Berardino informed us early in the day on Tuesday that the Twins had re-signed RHP Yorman Landa to a minor league deal. That is almost surprising because why wouldn't they wait until after Thursday's Rule 5 draft to do that. Assuming he's actually signed (and hasn't just agreed to terms) before Thursday morning's Rule 5 draft, he would be eligible to be selected. I was confused on why the Twins just dropped Landa from the roster, but I'm liking how they handled this now. If they tried to get him through waiver, any team could have claimed him and kept him by putting him on the 40 man roster. By letting him become a free agent and resigning him after the draft, you can keep him in the organization without exposing him to waiver or the rule 5 draft. Even if he is exposed in the rule 5 draft, the team has to commit a roster spot for the year.
  14. KGB
    Just look at the set back it was to Miguel Cabrera's career when the moved him to the outfield to start his career. Bottom line - no matter where Sano plays, he is a bad fielder. It's his bat they need in the lineup.
  15. KGB
    Since he already on the 40 man roster,he would have to go through waiver and a team could just claim him a put him on their 40 man. Since he still has options they wouldn't have to keep him at the major league.
  16. KGB
    Maybe, but isn't also hard to say he needs to be a short relief specialist when he has 18 games of less than an inning and a 12.97 ERA? Was he pacing himself for a long outing?
  17. KGB
    I base it on this boards ability to judge talent, compared to the ability to complain,see Achter/Slama.Hick/Arcia. The Twins will be getting a new front office, so we'll see next year where Tonkin fits in. But my bet is he will either be in a similar role or in the minors somewhere instead of being a closer or 8th inning man in the majors. But everyone will have forgotten this discussion by then.
  18. KGB
    Seems like we are just going down the AJ Achter/Anthony Slama complaints. His usage this year is likely what his MLB role will be if he has any future. If they had any confidence in him preforming at a high leverage situation, they have had plenty of opportunities to give it to him.
  19. KGB
    Games IP ER ERA <1 Inning 18 8.33 12 12.97 1 Inning 16 16 5 2.81 >1 Inning 22 39.66 18 4.08 56 64 35 4.92 Looks like Tonkin's main problem isn't when he goes over an inning, it mainly been when he pitched and inning or less.
  20. KGB
    We agree, Ugh I've never said player of today are not better than players 50 years ago. What I'm saying is you can't just look at WAR to compare players from different era's. WAR is a calculation based on the competitiveness of the players during the season and the total available WAR points. WAR doesn't factor in talent level from different years. So you can't compare just the raw WAR numbers from 2015 to 1965 because the calculation are based on yearly stats. What you can compare is what a player did against the league during the year his WAR was calculated. The comparison isn't between a regional little league final and the college world series. It's between the 1965 MVP and the 2015 MVP. Both are MVP of the best league during there season. How is that not comparable?
  21. KGB
    But WAR doesn't actually correlate to wins. It's at best a compilation of many stats during a year to compare players across positions during the year. So, it ranks player during a given year. The 5th best player in 1950 is the 5th best player for that year. Same as the 5th best player in 2016. WAR doesn't show which player is better because the era's are so different.
  22. KGB
    That not the point I'm making. I'm sure Ricky Nolasco would dominate the 1900's You said "What was 5th in a 16 team league should be roughly 9th in a 30 team league." In 1970, Tony Oliva had the 9th best WAR in a 24 team league. If they had actually expanded more teams in 1970, none of the new players would have been better than Oliva, so it's reasonable to assume he would have remained with the 9th best WAR. But with the increase in teams, the better players probably would have received a larger portion of the additional WAR points available. All stats need to be looked along with the players of that era. Nobody is going to have Ty Cobb's career batting average, but that doesn't mean players today are not better hitter.
  23. KGB
    When you add teams and players, you would not be adding additional top ten players, so your 5th best player wouldn't drop down. Think of it in terms of expansion, the expansion teams are not going to playoff or MVP type talent, they are filling out the bottom half of WAR not the top 50. The actual WAR isn't as important as the player rank, when comparing different era's, It's like batting average, the numbers look the same from 1965 to 2015, but unless you look at the context of the era comparing the actual number is meaningless.
  24. KGB
    Since this is over an 11 year time period, you have to divide out the rankings. But if you look at his top 7 years, it compares to taking his ranking for each year. Over the 11 year period his he would rank 24 among position players and if you added up each individual ranking, he would rank 22. For comparison, Mike Piazza top 7 years from 1993 - 2004, he would rank either 13th or 15th depending how you wanted to look at it. I think looking at them over a time period is better since it would value Mike Trout #1 ranking in 2013 with his 11.9 WAR higher than Albert Pujous 2006 #1 ranking with a 8.1 WAR. Also this is valuable when comparing WAR to different time periods. For example, you can't compare Oliva's WAR in a 16 team league to Mauer's WAR in a 30 team league since the total WAR points available increase with more teams. The 30 team league has 1,000 available points (including pitchers) where a 16 team league would only have 533. So a 4 WAR in 2015 is different than in 1965, so it's better to compare player rankings.
  25. KGB
    If the argument is he belongs in the HOF based on JAWS 7 year peak, I'm not sure how looking at the other years in total is absurd. Nothing absurd about flipping over the coin to look at both sides. I also think Tony Oliva should be in the HOF with his 3 batting titles, but the votes didn't agree with me. Maybe another shot through the veteran committee.
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