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  1. Loosey
    According to a scout on that site on his takes on Kirby Puckett was "Good base stealer, free swinger, makes contact, No power, weak arm, good range but uses reactions instead of instincts." I thought that was interesting especially since it was written in August of 1985 during his 2nd season. The following year: 31 HR's, A Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger.
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    If we are going to go that far back we can pretty much say every reliever in baseball was a failed starter at some point in their respective careers. I can't recall many kids growing to saying, "I hope to be a middle reliever". Starting pitchers get the glory and the money, when they aren't good enough to do that they move on to the next step which is reliever. If they are really good in that role they move into a better relief role (back end relievers) and build themselves nice careers and end up getting paid that way.
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    But to get Storen the Twins have to give up assets other than money. The Free Agent relievers could essentially be bought for multiple years with cold hard cash. Storen will require a player, and then if the Twins want him for longer than a year they will have to ante up the cash part. And there is no guarantee he will stay here even if we make an offer, so the Twins could possibly just give away a prospect for 1 year use of a guy.
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    Thank you for the honest and open article. I agree 100% with every take you made and have the same feelings of doubt and skepticism. The fact the Twins had no interest in the best bullpen arms make me question Terry Ryan and if he really has a plan.
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    Remember the last time the Twins had a catcher named Brian?!?! He was pretty good and the Twins won the World Series! Good interview, Seth. Was he old for Elizabethton or is he about average age? Either way it's nice to see catcher in the org that may develop into a decent hitter. Hopefully he can continue to develop as he progresses through the system.
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    I think completely changing swings is not a good thing. 1st of all the player was drafted, traded for signed, etc because they had success in some regards. To go ahead and change that swing they have become accustomed to in order to fit into a mold the "Teacher" feels more comfortable teaching tells me it is more on the coach not knowing how to coach all swing types. Yes, I agree there are flaws in swings that can be removed, swings shortened a bit, hitches, etc. But the foot down philosophy just seems to be a hinderance to power and driving the ball. If the bat can get through the zone on the right plane with a good amount of speed don't mess with it, adjust as necessary. Think of golf swings. Jim Furyk is the prime example of a "what the hell was that" type of swing. What matters is he gets the club in the slot and generates the plane, speed and power necessary to be successful. Should be the same with baseball swings. Let them wiggle and shake and use a leg kick. If they can make good contact leave it be and let them learn the advanced pitching with one less thing to worry about.
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    May might never be a #1 starter type, but I think he will be a very good starter. One other thing which is totally a guess by me (I'm not a Dr or body type analyzer - Is that a thing?) he has a build which looks like he could pitch a lot of innings without fear of injury. Just has that "strong" type of look on the mound to me that he could be a consistent 200+ inning guy that actually performs well too.
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    He had that one start late in the season when they put him on pitch count and he pitched 3 innings. That was the 16th start.
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    Using ERA can make some points but I don't think it works in this argument. Trevor May is a young pitcher who was improving as a starter at the ML level. Hell, if you just take out his first start of the season in which he got shelled by KC, he ERA drops down to 4.06. Also he started 16 games and had a 4.36 ERA in those games. On the flip side Mike Pelfrey had a 3.86 ERA in his first 15 starts but ended his last 15 starts with a 4.77 ERA. Basically the point I am trying to make is sometimes the numbers alone don't tell the whole story or take into account nuances such as young starter who is learning vs veteran who is having best year of his career and much of it was based on luck.
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    Example, although not a free agent, would be Drew Hutchinson. He is still very young so highly unlikely to happen. But hear me out. As a starter the kid strikes out 8+ per nine. His ERA is inflated vs FIP. He could be a monster out of the bullpen in 1-2 inning stretches.
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    I want to see my best pitchers pitch the most innings which is why I want May to start, not relieve. Ideally the Twins would know what to target in the Wade Davis mold. Instead of May, why don't the Twins target a FA starting pitcher that has had minor success as a starter and throws hard, but just can't get over the hump to be consistently good for 6-7 inning stretches. I'm sure there is a metric for it, but somehow target a starter who can dominate innings 1-2 and use FIP, SO/9, etc and see if you can convince that player to give up being a starter and sign him to pitch out of the pen.
  12. Loosey
    I still hear on occasion about how great of an athlete Mauer still is. Wouldn't moving him into a platoon role in the outfield/1B make more sense and give the team more flexibility? Mauer can platoon with Rosario/Hicks in OF and at 1B platoon with Plouffe/Park while Sano plays 3rd/1st and DH. I know it makes for an unstable consistent lineup this seems to in my head to make most sense. I do agree though that Mauer does seem to be the piece that is clogging everything up right now.
  13. Loosey
    I would prefer Arcia as well, however, I don't think any team will trade for him knowing the Twins current situation at OF and DH. He has to make the 25 man roster otherwise he is out of options and will be on waivers. So unless they really really want him they can wait to see if he even makes the Twins roster which could be a stretch at this point given the current log jam at his spots.
  14. Loosey
    Well, with the Park posting Vargas may have become suddenly available as the Left Handed Bat, + Plouffe and Nolasco. Maybe Polanco as well? There are 3 of their needs right there for Shields, Kimbrel and Norris? I would say unlikely but on the track to getting there. I also wonder how active San Diego will be in the trade market this year after last years cupboard emptying resulting not very good results.
  15. Loosey
    I agree that Twins fans overrate Plouffe. Especially since he seems to be the best of the expendable players on the roster. I would rate Plouffe as a top 15-20 third baseman in the league, probably closer to 20 (so bottom half). But I think the piece that would make him more valuable than other players of similar ability to him in terms of hitting would be his contract and the fact he is a very reliable defensive third baseman compared to other strong hitting ones. But as Nick said I wouldn't just trade him to trade him. The best option may be to wait for one of his multi-week hot streaks during the season and trade him then.
  16. Loosey
    Seth mentioned how to the Twins can get to $25M of room to potentially sign a guy for that salary. What I am about to say is based a lot on hindsight but also is based on planning and building the team for the future. 2 years ago the Twins were, bad. Really bad. They then went out and signed 2 decent (at the time) starting pitchers in Hughes and Nolasco for $9M and $12M. Then last year they signed Santana for $13.5M ($34.5M Total) Most likely Ryan knew the Team was not going to be competitive in 2014 and most thought 2015 was going to be another 90 loss season. 2016 was always the year in which the team was going to hopefully be able to start to be competitive again. If Ryan had that thought process wouldn't it have made sense to sign some lesser priced pitchers in 2014 for shorter term deals so for this coming year instead of having $34M locked up in 3 mid rotation pitchers the team could now go out and get an true ace type pitcher and have some money left over to build a pen and surround the Ace in the rotation with guys like Gibson, May and Berrios and Duffey. I know it's very much a hind sight thought and there is no guarantee you can get an ace. But looking at it this way wouldn't the team be in a great situation. The other side of this is the Twins wouldn't sign a high priced guy because that $34 was never been earmarked on 3 mid rotation guys since the signings never happened or they would do the same type of thing in 2016 and just sign 3 Mike Leakes and Tim Stauffer.
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    Defining an ace is hard. But in my opinion the Twins have only had 1 in my adult life. Johan Santana. When I think of an ace I think of a guy who I have no doubt is going to go out and win. Every time Johan was on the mount I just assumed the Twins would win because he would shut down whoever they were playing. I never once thought, he gives them a chance to win, I assumed they were going to win and because of him. For a brief period that was also Francisco Liriano in 2006 too, but sustained it was Johan.
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    2 years ago.
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    17th overall picks by WAR going back to 1965: http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?overall_pick=17&draft_type=junreg& I wouldn't let the 17th overall pick be the piece that sways the Twins from doing this if it comes down to it. As I mentioned before, my biggest concern would be how much longer does Wieters stay a catcher. Nick Nelson doesn't seem to think that is a concern yet. If he is signed for 4 years $60M and plays catcher the whole 4 years. I'd do it.
  20. Loosey
    Most of his value is due to the fact he is a catcher. If he can't catch or become a liability as a catcher sooner rather than later this could be a bad contract. If he continues to catch then I would be ok with it. But like I said if he isn't a catcher then he essentially becomes Trevor Plouffe.
  21. Loosey
    Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought Gonsalves said he was NOT throwing a breaking ball in Cedar Rapids and essentially getting guys out with a good fastball/change up mix and excellent, excellent control. It seems that he was told to get out better hitters in high-A he had to start throwing the breaking stuff because the more advanced hitters would sit on fastballs and change ups and hit them hard no matter where they are located unless he mixed in a breaking ball.
  22. Loosey
    I'm with you on Buxton. If you were to go and watch video of him in his first stint with the Twins and then watch video of him in his last week or two of the season I think you would be seeing an almost different player. Even though he wasn't a world beater by any means towards the end, the quality of his at bats and the contact he was making were tenfold better than his first stint. I think he only gets better for the next few years in big leagues. I still think he is All-Star quality all around player. If he hits slightly better than people project him he could be MVP quality. Just my two cents.
  23. Loosey
    If the height thing really is an issue I doubt the Twins would trade for Sonny Gray. He's only 5'11". That being said he is borderline "Ace" material. So like most of the other posters I don't think height is an issue.
  24. Loosey
    I think the Twins will be good next year. World Series good? I don't think so. In that case in a perfect world Phil Hughes reverts back to 2014 performance. Then I would package him with a prospect of need for the other team and trade for young stud. Phil is from Tampa and wouldn't mind playing there is my best guess. So in the 2016 offseason assuming Phil is stellar in 2015 I would do a Phil Hughes, Gibson and Kepler for Chris Archer. I doubt Tampa does that, but Tampa isn't afraid to trade and the Twins get to keep Berrios.
  25. Loosey
    I've loved the site since it began. I think that for the most part what separates you from other sites is you invite the readers to also be the writers. Reading comments I notice lots of commenters also write their own small stories on the forums page and can then banter back and forth with people who read it. Additionally, it's different from larger sites in that it does strangely have a community feel on a website. The comment section isn't so much a comment section as it is a discussion section. It's weird how happy I get when I see someone either liked s comment I made or even better quoted it and commented back. It's nice to have discussions with very knowledgable baseball fans. In my real world life 90% of the people would think I've lost my mind if I mentioned something called OPS or xFIP. It's nice to have these discussions even if I know none of you in real life.
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