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  1. Taildragger8791
    Gotcha. I haven't followed the Dodgers closely so I don't know what he's been doing throughout the year. Just skimmed his stats page and saw he wasn't a total trainwreck, which is what I assumed it would take to demote him. I wonder if he's been hot dogging on defense again too? That was a sticking point with him early on.
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    Thanks, I actually found the screen capture online elsewhere and used it since the wiki page has probably been fixed by now. Otherwise I'd have grabbed a clean capture.
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    Ha, you're welcome. It gave me a solid chuckle.
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    I'm confused. Puig had ok avg and obp in June and July, just not a ton of production. I assume he's been a pain in the rear based on the whining I keep hearing from the LA media about him.
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    That's unfortunate. Rookie of the year was looking like a good race in the NL.
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    I posted this in the Max Kepler thread, but it was worth sharing here too. The Cleveland Indians Wikipedia page seems have a new owner listed.
  7. Taildragger8791
    On a surprisingly related note, Wikipedia lists a new owner of the Cleveland Indians. http://m.imgur.com/NvBtkjo
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    The Angels probably figured they can't or won't resign Santiago after '17 and won't compete next year anyways, so they flipped him and took on a bad contract in order to gamble on Alex Meyer. Their farm system is barren and they took a chance on finding a new stud pitcher. Santiago isn't going to nab a big return but he could certainly net something if we don't need his services next year. He's far more serviceable than Nolasco, Milone, Hughes, or Duffey.
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    Not a free agent next year. Sounds like he has another year of arbitration remaining. Should bring a little more stability to the rotation while waiting on pitching prospects to come up next year.
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    It is, no doubt. I don't see a reason the Twins can't afford to do some of the same if they allocated resources better, and were willing to pull the trigger when opportunity arises. But it's unreasonable to stockpile the number of big FAs that the Yankees are capable of acquiring.
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    I'm jealous of the ability of the Yankees to reload so easily like that. Even if their drafting is terrible they will always have pieces to trade and for some reason teams loves forking over their top prospects for them. They make it look so easy.
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    Agreed, and I'm not intending to poo poo the trade. This is likely what Abad was worth, and I'd rather shoot for upside over low ceiling/mediocre floor types. Just providing some context that he doesn't have just a "little" control problem, he's vintage Ricky Vaughn at the moment.
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    Just pointing out that the examples you listed are guys who broke into the fringe of the top 100 in their first year. Those types of guys are considered good prospects. That's a very different context from AAA/AA guys with 3+ years experience who are still barely in the top 100. Those types of players are likely approaching their ceiling.
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    Pat Light has a walk rate of 6 per 9 in AAA between last year and this year. That's far worse than Alex Meyer, the poster boy for control issues. Seems far fetched that he'll suddenly learn to find the zone but could be useful if he gets that rate down below 4.
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    I don't think the Twins will outright waive anyone other than Nolasco and Milone in an attempt to clear their salaries. The rest will be waived only if they find a trade partner or in a last ditch attempt to find one at the waiver deadline, and they would surely be claimed. Other teams might claim just to block the trade attempt. It's a risky move if a team really is set on getting a particular player.
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    This article pretty well clears it up. Polanco isn't going to play much this year barring injury or trade. In which case you may as well trade the guy or leave him in AAA, but whatever. Molitor doesn't see any opportunity for playing time with this totally loaded roster (paraphrasing). http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20160730&content_id=192663010&vkey=news_min&c_id=min "We might have to wait for an opportunity to get him more consistent play, but we'll try to get a little bit of a look at him this time around between now and the end of the season if we can."
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    I just wanted to second this notion. I'm starting to think the Twins have a hard time assessing and developing the more skilled positions. Too many players come up that ooze talent and then can't execute at their primary position. It's getting exceedingly harder to believe that these athletic and dedicated players figured out that they have two left feet somewhere between AA and MLB.
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    After watching Revere bounce balls to the cutoff man I can't believe that Dozier is anywhere near that tier of arm strength. Even his off balance throws are on a rope, I've never noticed a slow or droopy throw from him.
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    At this point I'd prefer to trade Dozier and put Polanco at 2nd by the start of next season, if they're sure he can hit. This team can play .500 ball in a year or so with the right moves and some luck in development from the young guys. Having a 30-error butcher at SS would be a handicap to a contact-heavy pitching staff. I'm getting tired of Dozier's extreme hot/cold spells, especially at the top of the lineup. After his crazy June he had a 3 week stretch hitting .145/.253/.339, then heated up again over the last week. I can understand that volatility out of your #7-#9 hitters, but it's maddening at #1-#4. Seeing opposing teams IBB Mauer to get to your clean-up hitter is a pretty big indictment on what other teams think of Dozier, even if he did pull off a hit in that spot.
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    This was the thought I had to improve the analysis as well. Weighting for the draft strength of each year would help as well. Adjust the final result based on total WAR produced compared to the average draft in your sample period, for example. If the draft over/under-performed by 20% then it seems reasonable to adjust each draft slot's expected result by the same amount.
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    AAA has another catcher that needs to play a lot and salvage himself, in JRM, as well as a clogged DH spot. I don't think there's a big enough difference between AA and AAA to stunt development by staying a little longer. What do you propose to make the puzzle pieces fit there?
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    Nobody will talk about Burdi for some reason, so I assume we'll hear about him having some sort of major surgery around the start of next season and then see him return to game action mid-2018. Whenever he does come back he still needs to find success pitching above A ball, so he could be a year away even after that. At this point I'd forget all about him when making future plans for the MLB bullpen and if he has a resurgence you can deal with the logjam later. Wonderful problem to have. In better news, his draft buddy Jake Reed seems to be righting the ship at AA finally. ERA is 1.80 for July. June looks like he had bad luck with a 4.15 ERA but only gave up a .186 batting average and had a 0.98 WHIP. The walks are coming down finally. Maybe we'll see him next year after all, I was basically writing him off for MLB help anytime soon as well. Hopefully he keeps it up.
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    I'm hoping for the best with Buxton but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. Reports said he was super raw and talented coming out, and thus he got by on raw talent until he got to the majors. If he can learn to handle those bendy pitches he'd do great but unfortunately baseball is littered with guys who washed out for that same deficiency. Buxton's strikeouts aren't like Sano's where he's working the count to get an advantage. He just doesn't seem to recognize good pitches yet. Hopefully he figures it out.
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    Haha. Unfortunately Buxton forgot to also match Sano's immense power and ability to work a walk.
  25. Taildragger8791
    Interesting article regarding Sano's all-time historic strikeout rates, and why it works for him. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=29933
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