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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Dang you! I was just wondering if one of them was a thread on the Little League situation in general. No surprise to me that the commissioner another major sport has screwed it up, yet again. (Yes I am counting Little League Baseball as a major sport, what with it's new $60 million contract and highly compensated executives). /rant
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    Yup. And I think he only finds that in Miami or LA. That's just how he's wired. nothing personal. If Ryan can clear that salary as soon as possible, all parties will be happier for it (assuming the gaining team in the trade is happy, too).
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    I appreciate the way you look at things. My hunch is that Ricky Nolasco's days are numbered. I'd bet he's moved before the end of the season. I liked the signing, but it's obvious Nolasco doesn't want to be here. I'm ok with Ryan admitting it was a mistake and if he can merely clear the salary somehow and just send him back home to LA or Miami.
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    Wainwright. He is listed as 6-7. Not sure about his "lankiness" when he was Meyer's age. There are some comparable and not-so-comparable developments between Meyer and Wainwright and then Wainwright and the more recent class of young Cardinals pitchers. By these comparisons, according to a general Cardinal's schedule of pitcher development, we should expect Meyer to pitch the entire 2015 season in the Twins bullpen.* *lots of conditional factors / not all pitchers are the same / etc etc
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Maybe there are shoulder concerns, but that is not a reason to have him start in AAA Rochester, in my opinion.
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    Great story. A quick read. What were the two threads?
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    Although last spring it didn't really pan out this way. Everyone stayed healthy. The concern was that Gibson was ready to go, would pitch well in spring, and then be sent down to AAA because of options. But I thought the Twins did the right thing by bringing him north with the team. I'm not really pulling for Milone but not opposed to him either, if only because Milone has pitched to Suzuki and Suzuki swears Milone can get the job done.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Old fashioned scouting is making a comeback.
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    LOL Actually Hunter is the real deal. The story could get overdone but at least he won't be faking it. It's good to have him back in that respect.
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    Agree completely. But good that integration was at least mentioned. For some ownership groups in those days, one of their recruiting tools for the best unsigned players was to swear they wouldn't integrate, that you would never have to shake a black man's hand on our team. So it went beyond just a slow reaction to the issue. Yet there are accounts that the vast majority of white players who were eventually introduced to their first black teammate had no problem with it. So it would seem these GM or owners view on race was not held by most, even then.
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    I was sitting in a bar one night with the Twins game on, talking to some guys, when this topic came up. They had already mentioned they had played against Mauer in that high school tournament. I told them I was amazed that Mauer apparently had struck out only once in his entire Cretin high school career. When I mentioned that Mauer struck out only once, they both said without hesitation: "on a foul tip." Don't know if it's true or not but makes the story a little better.
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    Agree with 100% of this except for the pitch clock (so maybe just 94% of it). Like Jim Kaat said, make it about the batter. That seems to be one of the main culprits anyway, the time the batter takes between pitches. Instead of an actual clock you could just empower umpires to give the ready signal to the pitcher, that way we wouldn't have an actual ticking pitch clock to distract everyone. There's a possibility that a single spring training season of strict enforcement would get guys moving fast again, as long as MLB fully supports the umpires. Which is no sure thing. Batter up!
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Dozier and Gibson. set up man Burdi with a sub-1.00 ERA and 10 K/9 by the All Star break, just for fun.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Seems like a harsh comment but I think you began to explain your point pretty well in the intro thread. Maybe the Schuerholz selection was based mostly on a comparison of timelines and the case for him was built around that, without the benefit of open ended, face-to-face interviews. Also seems like there would be fewer surprises on the list as we got closer to the top? (Beane ranked #11 was surprising to me, ahead of Alderson even)
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    True that's just one case but there's a trend. Twins, Rays, and a couple other teams are the slowest to promote pitchers. (The data is out there on other threads.) and unfortunately the Twins have to defend their handling of pitchers against the backdrop of four 90-loss seasons and league worst ERAs. But fortunately this should be the year it turns around.
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    Go ahead and compare Brandon Finnegan and Nick Burdi and get back to me. Think Finnegan is ticketed to start at Double AA this year?
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    Warne just implied that the Twins promote pitchers quickly. I'd say that's, ummm, debatable.
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    It feels good to know at least Kaat will advocate for common sense to the commissioner directly.
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    I'd rather see him in the MLB bullpen and traveling around with his future teammates than getting bored riding buses in the International league. He has a good attitude and probably deserves to be up just for that. I don't care if he can't throw strikes like Phil Hughes yet. Unless he goes totally off the rails I'd hope the Twins give him at least a couple months in the bullpen, even if no opportunity opens up in the rotation.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Great article! Tip to Terry: Let's just name Trevor May our 5th starter and let that trade start paying dividends.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I would argue that Joe Mauer has been untradeable since June 5, 2001.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This is similar to what I've been thinking. Mauer is an elite hitter who probably needs less coaching. Also I wonder if not hitting in front of Morneau was a factor last season. Not because Morneau was Miguel Cabrera but that Mauer and Morneau had such a long, good working relationship, maybe just those moments of quick comparing notes during the game with someone you built trust with might have contributed to the slow start.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Thin bench, thin bullpen, guys like Kinsler and Cespedes aren't very intimidating anymore, Castellanos may not be ready, JD Martinez may not hit as well as last season, and so on. Ausmus looked lost at times. Wouldn't surprise me to see these guys closer to the bottom of the division this year.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    That lineup looks awfully slow. If Mauer is going to become strictly a walk machine (not saying he will, but) he will need to bat second. Dozier needs to be 2 or 3 if only for some speed. Otherwise I think we'll need to increase our power significantly with a slow lineup like that. Maybe it's not that slow but it look slow on paper. Though with Molitor I'm guessing we'll see one or two things happen we aren't expecting.
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    Oh, I don't know....Goodell?
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