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  1. USAFChief
    When "not bringing back Duensing or Boyer" is listed among your GM's greatest offseason accomplishments, you're having to squint pretty hard to come up with a list, no?
  2. USAFChief
    Who are some of the many good relievers still out there?
  3. USAFChief
    He filled most holes? He got a backup C while opening a hole in the OF, and took a flyer on a fairly cheap potential DH. The rest of the team hasn't been touched.
  4. USAFChief
    Yeah, AZ paid a stiff price, but the over the top reaction across the interwebs is vaguely similar to the reaction to the Myers-Shields trade. Swanson is a nice prospect, but he's got 1/2 a season of pro ball under his belt. In two years he may be a great prospect. Then again, in 5 years he might be out of pro ball, never having made the majors.
  5. USAFChief
    He said "things," not "players." 1-2 things...like, scoring runs and preventing them.
  6. USAFChief
    "Nothing imminent"
  7. USAFChief
    Are we sure Terry Ryan is even AT the meetings?
  8. USAFChief
    Yeah, I can't see any team coughing up that much. Berrios and Kepler is too much to make sense, and I'm a "prospects are always overrated" kind of guy. Miami is free to demand anything. What they might actually get is different.
  9. USAFChief
    I disagree. 200 innings of meh isn't more valuable than 60 strategically placed innings of dominance. I also believe if you're making a point, if you toss out the bad points for one side of the argument, you come to a more accurate conclusion if you also toss out the bad points of the other side as well. Or don't toss out the bad at all. It's not like May's bad starts didnt happen, just because someone thinks they shouldn't have.
  10. USAFChief
    I think both sides would look at something like this favorably. It gives the teams incentive to get players to the majors as quickly as possible, since the clock is ticking whether the player is in Rochester, Ft Myers, or Minneapolis, so the union will like it. It removes disincentive from teams to not field their best roster, so teams should like it since they don't have to dance the service time clock dance any longer.
  11. USAFChief
    If we get to throw away the clunkers, take away his relief appearance July 19 at Oakland, when he was still "getting his feet wet" as a reliever, and the 3ER he gave up in 1 IP. Lets also toss out the 0IP, 3ER outing at Houston Sep 6. Now compare numbers. How's he look, starter vs reliever?
  12. USAFChief
    Right...the risk with Shields is that age and heavy use has taken an irreparable toll on his arm, and he's in a death spiral. He'll just continue to get worse, rathe than rebound. But the opt out isnt really any sort of risk. If he takes it, you've gotten one really good year and now don't have any risk at all. Someone else is taking on the risk.
  13. USAFChief
    One mega off season thread gets rather unwieldy, too.
  14. USAFChief
    How many are publicly benched over the issue. Did Mat Williams also never watch Harper play?
  15. USAFChief
    Yep. I, for one, would be ecstatic if Shields came to the Twins and pitched well enough to opt out. One really good year, vs two of Nolasco? Where do I sign?
  16. USAFChief
    "Move to middle relief." Now you're paying FA starter prices to a reliever, and chances are he's not an asset there, either. So you're not just wasting money, you're weakening the pen.
  17. USAFChief
    I think it's possible to separate the behaviors and recognize Paplebon's asshatery while simultaneously recognizing a lack of effort.
  18. USAFChief
    There is no actual DATA here Mike. There s conjecture. Nobody can possibly know how far a hitter might advance on an error. IMO, there is no such thing as false hustle. Either you run, or you don't. And in the case of this player, it's not an isolated incident. He had a history. If it were one popup, out of frustration, it wouldn't have been an issue. I understand YMMV, but for me, it irks me. Respect the game. Run the damn thing out.
  19. USAFChief
    Ricky says "Ricky is about to turn 57, but Ricky could still draw enough walks to get on base more than Ben Revere. Ricky don't have the wheels these days though. Ricky might not steal more than 30, 35 bags tops."
  20. USAFChief
    I also take exception to describing Burton or Fien as "striking gold." More like "striking adequate."
  21. USAFChief
    Running out balls in play is "old school?" Failing to runout balls in play doesn't hurt his team? He knew, when the ball left his bat, the exact timing and placement of a misplay such that if the ball dropped he'd be out at second, but safe at first? He calculated all that in the moment immediately after his bat made contact? Possibly. Or possibly that's all after the fact rationalization to explain away a player who is talented but gets the benefit of the doubt because of talent, not character or play. This wasn't isolated, either. He's been benched for it. An extraordinary step, if you think about it...not one a manager would take lightly or take if there were any question about it. I'd prefer to pay to watch the player who cares too much, than too little. If that makes me old school, so be it.
  22. USAFChief
    There's little reason to believe Shields is a sure "problem." In a down year last year, he would have easily been one of the Twins best five starters. Easily. Also, can you name these three relievers? Once you've done that, explain why the Twins couldn't add Shields AND sign these three.
  23. USAFChief
    I'd trade Nolasco for Shields without so much as a second thought, but that's a pipe dream. No way SD gives away Shields for nothing. Shields still has value. Right now,you couldn't give Nolasco away. A more realistic deal would be Nolasco for Melvin Upton.
  24. USAFChief
    Nolasco for Melvin Upton makes sense to me. You would, in effect, be getting Upton as a fourth outfielder on an approximate 2/7 deal. I like Upton's chances of being an asset as a spare part better than Nolasco's chances of being an asset anywhere on the staff, and the Twins need an outfielder more than a starter.
  25. USAFChief
    Concur. Those aren't the only options, though.
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