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  1. alarp33
    No one thought of Miller as a bona fide front of the rotation starter, I think you are misremembering. I cannot recall a trade in MLB history that was as universally laughed IMMEDIATELY upon it's announcement as the Miller trade was.
  2. alarp33
    Twins fans do want the President / GM model, I think they can and will do a lot better than 2 guys with practically no experience in Front Office roles (I know Stewart was in a FO at one point, but I think that was 10 years prior to getting AZ job). I later clarified I think the Greinke deal was defensible... I called him a 32 year old because that's pretty relevant when discussing a long term contract, not to belittle his ability. As for Miller, here a couple of quotes from the day the trade was announced. Really no hindsight about it calling him a mid-rotation starter. If I was using hindsight, I would've called him a #5 or 6 starter "Miller is the big name here but the Braves got an absolutely terrific haul of talent for a dependable, mid-rotation starter. Heck, Inciarte may be worth more than Miller by himself and is certainly proof that executives Dave Stewart and Tony La Russa are out of touch in the analytics game." - Dave Schoenfield ESPN "But, you know, Miller’s career xFIP is worse than the league average. His regular career FIP is worse than the league average. Last year, his ERA looked good because of home-run suppression. He’s not a proven No. 1, nor is he a proven No. 2. He’s a No. 3 with potential and a lot of innings of not quite tapping into it." - Fangraphs
  3. alarp33
    I'm speaking more based on the Keith Law column, that really went into detail on the mistakes... Yoan Lopez, leaving $1.7 million in draft budget, selling Toussaint, trading Swanson, not knowing trade rules. I'll give them a pass on Greinke and some other moves with the major league roster, if you think you can compete I think it's a defensible deal, knowing full well the back-end of his contract would likely end up as a mistake.
  4. alarp33
    Which is probably why a team like the Padres, which someone suggested above, might be a better example of pushing all your chips in. The Diamondbacks made so many bad decisions, that literally no other team in baseball would have made.. I'm not sure there is much of a parallel. If we want to argue whether the Twins should throw their hat in the mix the next time a $200 million pitcher is available on the FA market like AZ did with Greinke, that's a good debate. I don't think we'll have much fun discussing whether the Twins should avoid not knowing the rules when it comes to trades, international free agents, selling 1st round picks, trading away a top 10 prospect in baseball for a mid rotation starter... because we'll probably have universal agreement
  5. alarp33
    I'm probably just nitpicking the 1st paragraph. Practically none of the steps the Diamondbacks took under Larussa/ Stewart I would want the Twins to repeat, and I'm not concerned in the least that they will.
  6. alarp33
    Well the point the Twins are at is hiring a President and GM... I don't think anyone would advocate them hiring a name like Larussa to be in charge of Baseball Ops when he's clearly not qualified. It was a trickle down from there. The Greinke signing was the least of the Diamondbacks issues. If you didn't get a chance to read Keith Law's article on the Larussa / Stewart era, I highly recommend. Link below goes into detail on the article (which is an ESPN insider only article) http://arizonasports.com/story/797630/keith-law-tony-la-russa-diamondbacks-laughingstock/
  7. alarp33
    I don't think the Diamondbacks are a very good example because many of the moves they made were practically universally hated the moment they occurred. They were a laughingstock the moment they made the Miller trade, when they sold a pitching prospect, etc. It wasn't a team just going all in, it was a team who had no idea the value prospects held, and sold them for 25 cents on the dollar.
  8. alarp33
    "Many" Twins fans want the Twins to follow the AZ path? - Hire a big name with little to no experience to be president - Ditto, GM - Sign a 32 year old to $200+ million deal - Trade a top prospect in baseball for a mid rotation starter. - Draft almost all pitchers in 1st round I read this site pretty regularly and I don't think I've seen anyone, let alone "most" pining for the Twins to follow this model.
  9. alarp33
    You can call him whatever you want. 25th man doesn't have a definition. But he plays most days he's been on the active roster, this is his 3rd DL stint and he's played in 75 games
  10. alarp33
    The same Plouffe that has an OPS under .700 over the past 14 months is this "good" 3rd baseman? Miguel Sano wasn't around in December? You could certainly count on Vargas as much as a complete unknown 29 year old transitioning from South Korea to the Major Leagues Phil Hughes had an ERA+ last year of 91. The lowest of Brad Radke's career was 91, when he was a 22 year old Rookie. Outside of Radke's rookie year his ERA+ averaged 114 per year. A mark Hughes has never once reached as a starter. Hughes career ERA+ is 95.
  11. alarp33
    I'll pick on these. Sano's "lack of range" or maybe it was the fact he had never played a single professional inning in the outfield - something the Twins could have "planned" for easily by trading Plouffe from December - March? We're the Twins lacking in Right handed DH bats? Hughes was supposed to be the next Radke? Oh boy I don't even know how to answer this one. I mean I don't think even Phil Hughes agent thought he was the next Radke
  12. alarp33
    The Danny Santana issue is one that bothers me more than anything, so I'm probably more sensitive to it than most. But from what I've read/ heard Nick is absolutely right in that he gets a total free pass from Twins management to the local media.
  13. alarp33
    He was likely referring to newspaper columnists, broadcasters, etc. when he said "publicly admonish" Sano and let Santana skate by. It's pretty clear Sano has become a whipping boy for the media, while DanSan can get his 1st hit in 18 plate appearances and Bert or Dick will talk about that great at bat for a full inning. Have you ever once heard Lavelle or any of the other beat reporters question why Santana plays nearly every day? But we get a daily Sano's weight update from Reusse
  14. alarp33
    Also - I thought we were being too negative? Positivity about Sano is not allowed now? I agree with your comment about Santana, I've always found it interesting from the manager, to the broadcasters, to the reporters, basically nothing is ever said about how terrible he is, and how laughable it has become that he's practically a starting corner OFer now
  15. alarp33
    This isn't true. Houston has 386 in that time frame *I would much rather have bottomed out like Houston did, but the point remains they have less wins in that time
  16. alarp33
    Wasn't most of the negativity this offseason that there didn't seem to be any sort of plan? And that's basically exactly how things turned out...? Is that negativity that people looked at this roster and thought "what are they doing"?
  17. alarp33
    What spin did I put on Dean? That no one expected things to go so poorly he would be making multiple starts?
  18. alarp33
    Fair enough. I'm sure even plenty of the "May to the rotation" people thought the rotation depth was a little better than Santiago, Albers, and Dean starting a series in late August...
  19. alarp33
    Reality is actually a 49-81 record.
  20. alarp33
    Correct - I could have phrased that as a question. Obviously people are allowed to change their mind, I just was recalling Nick as the one most firmly in the "you are wrong if you think May should be a starter" camp, so it's interesting that's one of the "planning failures"
  21. alarp33
    Hmmm - you seemed to argue pretty hard back a few months ago that anyone who said May should be in the rotation was flat out wrong.
  22. alarp33
    Boshers should absolutely be gone. Santana should be gone as well. Planning on going into 2017 with him on the roster (no options) seems like setting the bar extremely low. If there's doubts to Buxton's readiness come April, they can do a lot better than Santana.
  23. alarp33
    Holy cow, you lost me at the last line. You don't think he's that far off from being a Bryce Harper type? Is there perhaps a different Bryce Harper I'm not aware of? One that didn't win the MVP while hitting .330/.460/.649 with 42 home runs at age 22
  24. alarp33
    Crawford was also in his 5th season in the Majors by the time he was Rosario's current age.
  25. alarp33
    To be fair, it's more like 24.5% in the Majors... If he doesn't learn to stop swinging at pitches way outside the zone, I have to imagine that number will climb, as pitchers simply won't throw him strikes.
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