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  1. tobi0040
    Milone has a career 3.84 ERA. Arroyo, 4.19 ERA signed a 2 year deal @ 11.75M a year Feldman, 4.60 ERA signed a 3 year deal @ $10M a year Nolasco 4.37 ERA (before this year), signed a 4 year deal @11.5M a year I think the difference between free agency and the trade deadline is teams in the hunt A) have pretty good starting pitching and b are looking for really good upgrades. In free agency, you have 30 teams and 10-15 of them have starting pitching needs (the worst from the previous season) and they are all bidding on 8-10 guys. That is why you see silly contracts.
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    I agree with the comment about Karabell being a fantasy guy. Milone's numbers on the FA market = $10m a year
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    Jerry Crasnick#Twins and Kurt Suzuki still "very far apart'' in extension talks, says a BB source. eric.karabell Hard to believe the Twins want to extend Kurt Suzuki. I know he made the All-Star team, but still. Kurt Suzuki? They should see what Josmil Pinto can really do back there. http://espn.go.com/mlb/notebook/_/page/tradedeadline_countdown/mlb-countdown-trade-deadline
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    Rosenthal says "reasonable chance" an extension gets done today. I think TR has a trade in his back pocket, but not a huge haul and he thinks that is the best he will get. Now he is hoping to get a deal done or we will settle. IMO, either option beats keeping him sans extension.
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    Nice. Glad to see our asking price for Kurt is way too high, the same thing we heard about Josh over the last 2 years before he became worthless.
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    Very surprised Bean is doing this. Really the opposite of his typical strategy. My guess is he knows he will replenish his minor league system with potential flips in Gray, Donaldson, Norris, Redick, Chavez, etc.
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    That would be nice. The best thing that could happen to us is the Blue Jays do some crazy trade and freak the Orioles out.
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    I agree with that. .767 OPS, 17 HR so far. The biggest asset for him is his contract. Another year and a half at $8M per is pretty good for that production. I am sure Boston will give him a ton of money. On a side note, Lester has made it known that he will re-sign with Boston. It seems like his goal here was to get some more talent in Bean Town, then go back there. If all goes as planned and that happens he will be a hero in Boston. It does seem like a risky strategy for him. What if he gets hurt in his next start?
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    We will never know what is being offered or demanded. But if Suzuki would be an upgrade for 5-6 clubs that are in first place or in the hunt...I have a tough time believing we can't get somebody's 8th-10th best prospect, maybe equivalent to our Burdi, Vargas, etc (10-12 with us). The Orioles have been really bad for a long time and had a taste last year. Suzuki is having a career year, but even his career OPS is 80-90 basis points higher than their production at catcher this year. If we are aiming our sights too high and end up getting nothing....than that is a failure to me. I would also give KC away just to clear room. That is worth more to this team this year and next year, IMO.
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    I view this deadline as a failure if Kurt Suzuki is not traded or extended. The Orioles are 2.5 games in first place in the east and have catchers with a .599 and .573 OPS. Or another franchise in first place, the Dodgers with AJ Ellis really struggling this year (.594 OPS) and Drew Butera. Not that I should have to cite his OPS but I will (.560). I didn't even look at the 10+ other teams that think they are in contention. I find it really hard to believe we can't get anything for Kurt. If he didn't sign with us prior to the deadline, he is going to free agency.
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    If Meyer is in AAA because of a super 2 deadline, then the "poor" starts are really a side show. The "poor" starts were mainly due to him not making it to the 4th inning. Here they are: 3.2 IP, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K 3 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K 2 IP, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K If his pitch count was 100 instead of 75-80 and we add a full inning or an inning and a half to each of these three starts, nobody on this site is talking about the really awful stretch he had. 7 ER in 3 outings?
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    Surely a shred of truth exists to the Twins not bringing up prospects right? I am guessing not every team in a clear rebuild position would have went out and filled their roster with veteran players with no upside and frankly, not certain to outperform the younger players they are taking reps from. I am thinking Pelfrey, Bartlett, Kubel, and Matt Guerrier to name a few. Then there is Pinto, who spent 60% of his time here DH'ing and a ton on the bench. That is great you think Meyer will be up in August, but if he is on a pitch count like many believe he may see no more than five starts. IMO, other franchises would have used this throw away year to get him at least 10-15 starts. They could have brought him up after the 6/15 super 2 deadline most teams use and still had 10-15 starts.
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    I am guessing the Twins are done trading players to the Pirates, forever.
  14. tobi0040
    The guy has been up and down too.....ERA in the 2's, 3.98 last year, mid 5's the year prior. If we can trade him at peak value and get an upside player....works for me.
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    I would be surprised if they brought up Buxton in September. They said he was over-matched in spring training and he hasn't played much at all this year. Seems like a high risk, low reward proposition to me.
  16. tobi0040
    Very good article. It is nice to see that change up developing as an out pitch. That would likely give him 2 plus pitches, minimum.
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    It has been more interesting to follow guys like Meyer and Berrios all year, IMO. One edit on the article, Gerrit Cole is a right hander.
  18. tobi0040
    I would think Buxton gets up to AA. That is where he was supposed to be all year, dominated the league he is in last year.
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    Yeah, it would not be a shame if he missed one start and Meyer comes up, then ultimately takes Pino's or Swarzak's spot when Hughes comes back
  20. tobi0040
    Glad to see someone is as high on Ryan Eades as I am.
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    Maybe Pelfrey is simply not very good? He had a career 4.60 ERA in the NL. Two years with a good ERA where he was a tad lucky. His stuff is simply not very good.
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    This is kind of a funny mis-direction. But I don't knock people for questioning a few of the guys that have been successful elsewhere. Gomez, Hardy, etc. The worst recent example was probably Hardy. He came off a year in which he had an OPS of .714, then we signed Nishy. Did we think Nishy was going to match that? We had to know we were giving up upside as Hardy had two good years in Milwaukee.
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    I agree with the division sans the Reds. They won 90 games last year and have Cueto, Cingrani, Bailey, Latos, and Leake in their rotation. I am going to take the liberty of adding my favorite Gardy-ism. Our pitchers are "really flipping it".
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