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  1. alarp33
    "More good years ahead of him" than Kinsler is pretty meaningless in this conversation in my opinion. They're both under contract for 2 years. It doesn't matter to the Dodgers if 5 years down the road Dozier will still be around and Kinsler may be retiring. Also, if Dozier "doesn't work out" I'm not sure why he'd be flippable... 1 year left coming off what I assume is a bad year since he didnt work out. Kinsler has a longer track record of success, I'm not saying I would necessarily take him over Dozier, but I certainly could see why teams would.
  2. alarp33
    April / May - 25.6% K/rate 2.5% BB/rate July - Sept - 25.8% K/rate 3.9% BB/rate The difference? A .387 BABIP from July to end of year. Smoke and mirrors
  3. alarp33
    Why would the Twins include Dozier if they are trying to win now by trading the farm for Sale?
  4. alarp33
    So then why would the Twins include Dozier? I'm all for hypothetical trades but this one is utter nonsense.
  5. alarp33
    Why in the hell would the White Sox trade Chris Sale for a 30 yo with 2 years left on his deal? Come back to reality
  6. alarp33
    Toussant was not a part of the Shelby Miller trade. He was sold to the Braves (Dbacks took on the Arroyo contract)
  7. alarp33
    Not to mention, if he was from Topeka we wouldn't be discussing him as a free agent... He'd be subject to a draft
  8. alarp33
    In most years of free agency with many starting pitching options, where a guy like Hellickson may be the 8th or 10th best option, I would be in favor of trying to sign him to a 1 year prove it deal, maybe $10 million. With this free agency class, where he's likely to get WAY more than that, and possibly have a draft pick attached to him? No way
  9. alarp33
    Hilarious to log-in and see people complaining about the Twins potentially looking in different areas to improve the pitching in this organization. The amateur scouts should also try to get a line in to Falvey and make sure he knows that Nick Blackburn threw sinkers and wasn't good, so he should never sign someone with that repertoire
  10. alarp33
    Buddy Boshers? Huh?
  11. alarp33
    One was the last month, not the 1st. Since this is about "Most Improved" I just found the reasoning to pick Vargas to be odd
  12. alarp33
    Vargas had one good month. From Aug 1 to end of season Vargas hit .163/.252/.380 He is a designated hitter, not a gold glove caliber center fielder. If that's forcing his way into the 2017 picture, that says more about the state of the organization than anything he did
  13. alarp33
    "Better days ahead" - Dave St. Peter every September for the past 5 years
  14. alarp33
    9 home runs and 17xbh in a month is nice and all, but I know a lot of posters were concerned with his bunting, did he address that?
  15. alarp33
    I'm guessing he missed some sort of qualifier, obviously they aren't the last 2 homegrown starters, there's multiple on this years roster.
  16. alarp33
    Seems like a little bit of a simplistic way of putting it, no? Last year was ok, this year has been a total disaster. I'm not sure 83-79 quite evens out with 60-102 (or whatever this season finishes at)
  17. alarp33
    It might take more work, but couldn't that be seen as a positive (assuming Pohlad gives complete control and a budget thats plenty big)? A total blank slate to work with
  18. alarp33
    My point is I think we are seeing the exact same Rosario we saw in April / May, with a lot better luck. I don't think anything was fixed in Rochester, as he's still allergic to walks and swings at everything. I guess it depends how much you believe plate discipline can be learned at the MLB level, for whether you think he will be a solid starter going forward.
  19. alarp33
    He has a 3.8% BB rate and .387 BABIP since returning from Rochester. Resurrected? Not so much
  20. alarp33
    I'm not sure what this question means exactly, but I doubt the Twins, no matter who is named GM, are trading for any of those players. Harper and Fernandez are both FA in 2 years, so no I wouldn't trade Buxton (and the many other pieces required) for them.
  21. alarp33
    Why would you worry about that? What in his past has suggested he would trade a 2nd year guy who oozes with potential but maybe hasn't fully realized it yet?
  22. alarp33
    The Wells trade is good example. But there really isn't a comparison though for giving up a 4 war Center Fielder (with 5 years of control), 1st overall pick in the most recent draft, and a top 100 pitching prospect, for a guy who at best is a #2 starter with 3 years of control left.
  23. alarp33
    I don't know, Swanson was literally the #1 pick in the draft 5 months before this trade. They also gave up a top 100 pitching prospect AND Ender Inciarte. There were articles written at the time that argued 5 years of Inciarte was worth more than 3 years of Miller... completely ignoring Swanson and Blair. I get the overall point you are trying to make in your last paragraph here about timelines, I'm just disagreeing with the notion that the Diamondbacks are a good comparison. The Twins aren't hiring Larussa and Stewart who are so far over their heads.
  24. 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.
  25. 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
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