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  1. alarp33
    I'm unclear why there is so much angst recently about the 40 man roster, and lack of "room". Anyone have a red marker to hand me, I'll cross some names off that 40 man if a need for a spot (Berrios, Burdi) arises in the next month. Pat Dean Ryan O'Rourke - nice loogy, but not much value with a 12 man staff, especially if they prefer Abad. And Melotakis is on the way Michael Tonkin - I'm fine keeping him for now, but not going to lose much sleep over losing him JR Graham - see above Casey Fien - not going to happen, but its my list... see ya
  2. alarp33
    Over. I'm actually surprised how many people are down on the Tigers on this board. Keep in mind, this was a .500 team last year at the All Star break before giving up. I think Castellanos has a breakout year, they score a ton of runs. Anibal Sanchez bounces back somewhat, same with Victor Martinez, they've got a solid top 2 in the rotation, a much better bullpen, Daniel Norris on the way. Also with all the aging roster, I think they have tons of incentive to go for it this year if they are in it at the break. I'll say somewhere between 84-87 wins, not enough to win the division but in Wild card race to the end
  3. alarp33
    Quentin was never going to be a bench player this year either, because he hits from the same side of the plate as Park, and can't play a position in the field. And hasn't been healthy in years
  4. alarp33
    I don't see any real reason to not honor his request if he asks for a release. They don't lack RH bats, or designated hitter options
  5. alarp33
    1) Tonkin is not in a competition with Buxton, never has been, never will be. 2) I would put the odds of carrying 13 pitchers to start the season somewhere between 0 and 1%, but lean much closer to the 0 side of that.... It's absurd to even discuss the possibility
  6. alarp33
    Ok thanks for clarifying... I'll just leave that one alone...
  7. alarp33
    Well he had a 10.5 k/9 rate in the minors, and was a top 100 prospect, for one... and seemed to finally work out his control issues before being put in the pen. He's pitched 25 games in the majors, the last ~10 of which were pretty good. Personally, I like how some people are just assuming May does not have #2/3 starter potential based on... I don't know, his 1st 15 Major League starts? PS: God forbid we risked losing this unbelievable starting pitcher depth by removing Nolasco or Milone from the rotation
  8. alarp33
    Huh? Buxton is a center fielder, Tonkin is a relief pitcher
  9. alarp33
    I'm not the biggest Santana fan, but that's not going to happen. The bench would consist of Nunez, a backup catcher, and 2 DH's (Arcia, Quentin). Mastroianni makes more sense in a scenario where you are releasing Santana
  10. alarp33
    Yeah I was going to comment, I'm not sure how he sees Arcia and Quentin making the team. Quentin has hit the ball ok this Spring, I don't think that changes anything that everyone said back when he was signed. He doesn't fit the roster in the least... I could see him making sense if Park was so overmatched in Spring they needed to send him to AAA, but that's obviously not the case
  11. alarp33
    I looked quickly at games where he had hits... maybe missed some, but I see 2 infield hits out of the 22 total hits
  12. alarp33
    Without any real evidence that he will learn more in AAA than he will in ML, I think it is and should be a given he makes the roster. I firmly believe he becomes a superstar, but would not be surprised at all if his obp hovers around .300 this year, but his value in the field and on the bases is far greater than any other option can provide.
  13. alarp33
    >20% of his hits were extra base hits, yet "most of the hits" were rollers in the infield or bloops?
  14. alarp33
    That's what I was trying to allude to when I said the 1st 3 months, I think he would have to do well for a long period of time before he was an option. If he makes 3 good Rochester starts in April I don't believe it moves him up the pecking order. Based solely off how bad last year was, and how long its been since he has started. And I agree with Chief as well, it wouldn't shock me if he is pitching well he's 1st man up in the bullpen
  15. alarp33
    Talk about going out on a limb! If Buxton can't hit he isn't going to be a star!
  16. alarp33
    Alex Meyer made 8 disastrous starts all last season, I'm all for moving him back to the rotation and hoping something with his control/ command clicks, but if there is an injury in the rotation at any point in the 1st 3 months he might be the 9th or 10th option. It's not only Berrios, it's the Duffey/Nolasco loser, and probably other Rochester arms.
  17. alarp33
    I see zero reason to believe Alex Meyer would be even remotely an option for the Twins Rotation at any point in the first half of the season, maybe all season. He only started 8 games all last year, he's got a long ways to go to get back into that mix. Not sure how you deducted he would be ahead of Berrios?
  18. alarp33
    I think you answered your own question with the 3 names at the end of your paragraph. Of course none of them should or would prevent Berrios from getting a crack early this season.
  19. alarp33
    Yeah this makes no sense. The starting rotation is not full with pitchers better than him, which is kinda the point. Part of any business? So a company should move their best salesman to the IT department because they have enough salesman?
  20. alarp33
    To be fair, part of the reason he has shown it for 1 year is it was the first time he was fully healthy. I have no problem with him getting a month or two in AAA. Even if they had traded Plouffe, I wouldn't have handed Kepler the opening day start for sure, it's possible they would've needed to use an Arcia out there for a month. The lineup is extremely right handed, and I frankly don't think Plouffe provides more offensively than an Arcia (April/May)/Kepler combo could have. `Then of course in this scenario, you aren't messing with your 1st or 2nd most important asset by having him learn a new position in March.
  21. alarp33
    If winning the most games in 2016 was the teams top priority, they would not have ignored the bullpen all offseason. Right or wrong, it clearly is not the top priority
  22. alarp33
    There's certain "takes" that are so off base its better ignoring. No one was surprised by the news this Spring, but I think with Duffey looking so bad it's reasonable to bring up again why was May not an option.
  23. alarp33
    http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2015/10/09/153905934/kyle-schwarber-hits-nlds-bunt-single "Painfully slow"? And while Schwarber's speed may seem surprising with his large, Hulk-like body, Statcast™ estimated the Cub at 20.07 mph. For those wondering, that's .03 mph faster than Rougned Odor, who ran the Blue Jays ragged earlier in the day.
  24. alarp33
    Kyle Schwarber is also 6' tall, not pushing 6'5" 265-275. Whether that is going to make a huge difference or not remains to be seen, but Sano's size is absolutely part of the equation you cannot just ignore
  25. alarp33
    To be fair, if we're simply talking about K's as you said, I'm not sure why Perkins is part of the conversation. His K rate was higher in August, September, October during his struggles.
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