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  1. USAFChief
    "It wouldn't shock me Berrios suffers an arm injury as hard as he throws." It wouldn't shock me if any pitcher suffers an arm injury.
  2. USAFChief
    Trout was drafted in 2009. As a 17 year old in 2009, Trout hit .352/.419/.486 in 207 PAs across 2 leagues. For the record, in Trout's 2nd year, as an 18 year old, he hit .321/.428/.480 in 600 PAs, also across two leagues. By the end of 2011, he was in the big leagues to stay. The comparison is not off to a good start.
  3. USAFChief
    I imagine being traded is a little hard on any player, but dont think this was a great deal harder.
  4. USAFChief
    Well I hope you're right, because "too many starters" doesnt seem to me a problem that cant be worked around.
  5. USAFChief
    I'd put the chances we have too many starters, at any point this season, at roughly zero.
  6. USAFChief
    it's certainly possible, probable even, the Dodgers are trying to find another team to take Maeda. I'm pretty confident Boston isnt.
  7. USAFChief
    16. Check MLBTradeRumors for status of Maeda trade. Grumble, repeat every 2 hours.
  8. USAFChief
    Boston is shopping Maeda around? Maeda belongs to the Dodgers, not the Red Sox.
  9. USAFChief
    WE TRADED GARRETT COLE FOR KENDALL MAEDDA!!1!!1 IDIOTS11!!!
  10. USAFChief
    The whole "precedent" rationale is weak at best. Regardless, taking Berrios to arb over$375K, whether over "precedent" or not, is still, IMO, penny wise and pound foolish.
  11. USAFChief
    Trevor May and the Turtle are not remotely close to the same type.
  12. USAFChief
    Depends. Is there a groupon available?
  13. USAFChief
    First, It wouldn't even have been precedent setting...by your own statement it would have been the 2nd most for his service time. Second, arb salaries have been creeping up forever, just like other MLB salaries. Third, a difference of $375K can't, by definition, in relation to today's MLB salary structure, "break" any mold. It's relatively minor creep. Fourth, in light of the above three items, I highly doubt MLB owners would have "flayed" the Twins for settling, but even if they did, so what? What were they gonna do, not invite the Pohlad's to next winter's owners meetings?
  14. USAFChief
    No. Yesterday.
  15. USAFChief
    You'll just have to trust me on this one...plan for the future, and start collecting adult-large.
  16. USAFChief
    if retained, I'd expect 50-60 MLB innings from Graterol. They werent going to send him down to start, and he easily fits into the MLB pen.
  17. USAFChief
    that sounds more like a reason to give Berrios his asking price than not to.
  18. USAFChief
    Eh... Teams and arb eligible players settle all the time. When was the last Twins hearing? What was so special about THIS one? $375k isnt resetting the arb market much.
  19. USAFChief
    In a departure from all things Grateral/Maeda all the time, Heyman (per MLBTradeRumors) is reporting the Twins won their arb hearing with Berrios, and will pay him $4.025M this year instead of $4.4M. I mean, I guess...but it has a sort of "penny wise, pound foolish" feel to me. Adds more to my gut feeling that a Berrios extension just ain't happenin'. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
  20. USAFChief
    Not to mention, the deal as reported was Graterol to the Dodgers for Maeda. Technically, if that's true, the Dodgers would have to be the one to object to medicals, no? The Red Sox' beef is with the Dodgers, from whom they're getting Graterol.
  21. USAFChief
    I think it's just the opposite. Teams don't see "medicals" or schedule physicals until trade parameters are agreed to. That's why we often see "pending physical" when we learn of trades on MLBTradeRumors. And it's why, to the best of my knowledge, this trade was never formally announced by any of the three teams involved. It was reported widely in the media, but by none of the teams. And again...the simplest explanation is, when Boston did see the medicals, they didn't like what they saw. No PR considerations, no conspiracies, no attempts to squeeze more from the Twins. They just don't like his chances of being a full time MLB reliever. My guess is the shoulder is the problem, not the elbow, but that's pure speculation.
  22. USAFChief
    Could it be the simplest explanation? The RS looked at Graterol's medical history and didn't like what they see? Sheesh.
  23. USAFChief
    So your theory is Boston didn't know Maeda's contract was cheap until they read about it on MLBTradeRumors after the deal was made? Because otherwise, why wouldn't they just have asked LA for Maeda instead of Graterol?
  24. USAFChief
    I would expect the four pitches to be: "Fly Delta to Tokyo." "When Miyumi and I celebrate another Twins win, we always dine at Sven And Ole's All-you-can-eat Lutefisk, Lefse, and Sushi Buffet!" "Sheboygan Brats!" and "Like Joe Mauer-san, I drink Kemps!"
  25. USAFChief
    An admirable pivot from failure, to be sure.
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