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  1. USAFChief
    I don't much care who is at AAA and who is at AA. I care who is on the big league team. And when you are constantly filling holes on the big league team with non roster spring invites, as Plan A no less, it's no wonder you've won one post season series in decades. One of Mastro/Benson is going to be on the Twins out of camp. At least one bullpen spot will go to one of the above names. Those are near locks, IMO. Not a fan of this approach.
  2. USAFChief
    Off the top of my head, just in the past two years, Norris, Cervelli, Montero, Wellington Castillo, Martin, and Grandal have changed teams. There may be more I'm forgetting. Sure it's difficult. It's not impossible, and it IS what is expected, no? Find good players?
  3. USAFChief
    I hope so. We'll see.
  4. USAFChief
    you're not alone.
  5. USAFChief
    If you want an example of why I have grown less and less patient with the Twins operating model, Murphy is exhibit A. I would prefer looking for guys with a ceiling of "damn good." Instead, we trade for a guy described as having a ceiling of "competent." This, to me, is sorta the position player equivalent to picking up minor league free agents to fill the bullpen. Looking for starters with very hittable stuff, but by gosh they don't walk many. "Settling for" instead of "pursuing." I don't see the ultimate reward as very likely with this approach.
  6. USAFChief
    I'm guessing it means he realizes he's going into 2016 with zero proven OF options. One if you count Rosario, which I think is stretching the definition of proven.
  7. USAFChief
    If "they don't want him, why would we" is valid, it's valid. But it's not valid. In either case,
  8. USAFChief
    Why would the Yankees be willing to trade Murphy?
  9. USAFChief
    off topic, but a pet peave of mine: I often read that the bullpen is "the easiest position to fill." Nothing could be farther from the truth. You need about 10 relievers, minimum, to get through a season. There aren't enough good relievers available to put even 5 on each team. I'd be willing to wager every single team in contention over the past 40 years was, to one extent or another, looking for bullpen help at the trade deadline. If it were true that bullpen is the easiest position to fill, we all should be calling for TR's head on a platter, no? He hasn't adequately "filled" the position of bullpen for any team he's ever been a GM on. It's possible no GM in the last 40 years of baseball has "filled" the bullpen well. Finding enough good relievers to "fill" a bullpen might be the single hardest thing a GM is faced with.
  10. USAFChief
    Not to mention, didn't TR himself identify bullpen upgrade(s) as the team's highest offseason priority?
  11. USAFChief
    Our definitions of "depth" must be different.
  12. USAFChief
    I have a bad feeling about this trade. Real bad. I hope I'm underestimating Murphy, and overestimating Hicks.
  13. USAFChief
    Unless I'm missing something, Terry Ryan has never--not once--signed a reliever from another organization to more than a 1 yr contract. In going on 2 decades as Twins GM. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised.
  14. USAFChief
    Dunno. But the title of the thread is "Shields for Nolasco would you do it?"
  15. USAFChief
    No matter the specifics, no matter who's decision, it does seem odd that the Twins would allow him to play winter ball, he'd choose to play winter ball, and then all of a sudden, he's not going to play winter ball. There could be benign reasons for this, but let's not kid ourselves...there are no GOOD reasons for this.
  16. USAFChief
    if you could trade Nolasco for Shields it wouldn't be $65 m for Shields.
  17. USAFChief
    In a heartbeat.
  18. 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.
  19. 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?
  20. 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.
  21. 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?
  22. 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.
  23. USAFChief
    I also take exception to describing Burton or Fien as "striking gold." More like "striking adequate."
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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