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  1. Loosey
    https://twitter.com/BBTN/status/760162385034346496/photo/1 One down . . .
  2. Loosey
    You say, sorry to Escobar and play Polanco at SS almost every day and play him at 2nd on occasion to let Dozier DH like yesterday. That's only way I can see it.
  3. Loosey
    I don't either. Although I think Dozier could bring in a nice return. But I want to Polanco to prove he is the real deal for the next two months before I would trade Dozier.
  4. Loosey
    I could also be horribly wrong. I have no idea how GM's minds work.
  5. Loosey
    I think the mindset is different in the off-season. Teams lose guys to Free Agency or get guys hurt the rest of this year or just evaluate their team after the season differently and decide they have needs that are different than when they are making a push for a playoff spot, it's a longer term thinking. That's just my opinion.
  6. Loosey
    I'm beginning to think it might be better for the Twins to hold on to Santana and look at an off-season trade. That is if they don't get the return they want today. The Free Agents are not very appealing this year and Santana is a guy who I think would be a Top 5 Free Agent pitcher. A playoff caliber team looking to add a mid-tier free agent for a shorter term would would have to look at Santana a very nice option. He would have 2 years $13.5M/Yr. I could see some teams willing to give up more in the off-season to get that than right now.
  7. Loosey
    It's kind of funny if you think about it for a second, but how in the world are the Padres so bad? They have traded away 60% of their starting rotation to playoff teams that wanted them, their starting Left Fielder and a their closer. You would think if playoff teams wanted those guys, the Padres would have at least been in the playoff hunt themselves.
  8. Loosey
    I like this deal for the Twins. Now if they can make room for Berrios ASAP and then possibly get this guy in there they can see what they have or don't have for next year. If anything, the Twins acquired another asset. Or a guy who can bridge the gap until the next wave of pitching prospects arrive in 2018 or longer.
  9. Loosey
    I think the bullpen is probably the long-term solution for him. He has one plus MLB pitch. His fastball seems pretty flat and doesn't get much faster than 91. If he isn't locating his fastball near perfect he gets rocked. If he can locate his fastball perfectly he is a good pitcher, but that in my opinion is difficult to do consistently for 6+ innings every 5 days. Now if you pitch him every other day and couple days in a row here and there out of the pen for an inning of two I think his repertoire can play in the majors consistently.
  10. Loosey
    I can get on board with these assumptions. The young guys "Should" get better. Assuming Berrios will be as good as we hope he can be, a rotation to start 2017 of Berrios, Santana and Gibson as the main 3 could be decent core. My main concern with Santana however is when does his age catch up with him? Additionally, Assuming those three are the core of the rotation who fills out the next two spots? If they plan to compete I don't see Gonsalves or Jay making the jump to fill it out to start the season. Do they move May into a spot? Sign a veteran to a one year flyer contract? (this is assuming Nolasco and Milone are gone)
  11. Loosey
    It's a bet by both GM's is why. For example Antony could bet he declines next year, while the trade partner GM bets that he has at least another solid season in him. Then comes the posturing by both GM's taking the other GM's stance in order to get/pay the right amount for his services.
  12. Loosey
    If the Twins were willing to eat large portions of his salary I could see a team taking on Nolasco as 5th arm. Yes he is pretty bad overall, but one thing he has done is pitch lots of innings and give the bullpen a rest. If some team has a young back-end starter they aren't comfortable with down the stretch run I could see this. However, I put the likelihood of all these parts coming together to be at about 10%.
  13. Loosey
    *crickets'
  14. Loosey
    I never said they were over-valuing their players. I said they probably want something similar to the Pomeranz trade, and the reason I said that is because Antony has stated they basically will need to get a very great return on Santana if they trade him. And I don't even really disagree with him on Santana. If the Twins FO is honest with themselves and think they can compete next year for at least a Wild Card then they should hold out on Santana for something great or keep him. But if 2018 is more reasonable opening up rotation spots and cash should be a priority.
  15. Loosey
    I don't agree with the Twins keeping Berrios down this long. I think he should be up, especially in a losing season to get MLB experience. That being said if they kept him down this long because he threw 4 Non-MLB quality pitches out of 100 in his last start, why did they bring up Buxton so quickly? He should have been left down there to rid himself of some bad habits, get used to the leg kick and shorten his swing. If the Twins would have played this out correctly they could be bringing up Buxton and Berrios on August 1 together.
  16. Loosey
    The Twins are in a position to unload players that are not (Should not) be in their future plans. Santana is a good a starting pitcher. He is not an Ace but he is also a lot better than a #4 or #5 starter. The Twins probably want something similar to what the Padres got for Pomeranz, which is never going to happen. However, if the Twins can get a decent piece they open up a permanent spot Berrios and free up an additional $14M for them to play with in the offseason to bolster the roster. The trades the Twins make right now should not be entirely about the return they get and Antony should not be so worried about winning the trade, that he forgets the main objective is making the team better, or at least better positioned for the future.
  17. Loosey
    This season's trade deadline is looking to be different from last season when there wasn't a definite line on who were sellers and who were going to be buyers. This year however, the buyers and sellers have been pretty well established and the trades have begun. However, the team that should be the the biggest seller is still sitting on its hands waiting. That team if you haven't already figured it out is the Twins. Realistically the team has 5 or 6 reasonable trade candidates (Santana, Nolasco, Nunez, Kinzler, Abad and possibly Dozier). But while other teams establish themselves and and begin trading, partners begin to disappear. Boston received a nice starter in Pomeranz, the Cubs upgraded their pen and other rumors have begun to swirl with many other teams talks heating up. So should the Twins get in on the action now and find their partners or is it in their best interest to wait until the the big deals have gone down and hope the remaining teams are A) Desperate Willing (That sounds like me back in College). Personally I don't think the trade chips the Twins have are going to create a team to desperately give away more than they should. And its beginning to look like their might be more sellers than buyers this year, so I'm hoping they get on the phone and start moving parts. Because when it's all said and done the party might clear out and the Twins could be left standing alone with the Dudes they came with.
  18. Loosey
    I think they need to bring back the bullpen cars to drive the relievers in. Speeds it up and brings an entertainment factor.
  19. Loosey
    I agree you can't legislate that type of thing. Which is kind of what I was trying to get at. I don't want Pitch Count Minimums or innings minimums for relievers. Outside of a pitch clock, I don't want many changes. And Better quality players will make the game quicker and more enjoyable, which is true in every sport.
  20. Loosey
    The reality of long games starts with effective pitching. Look at the Twins game the other day when they lost 1-0. That was a 2:26 game. Both pitchers were throwing strikes and getting guys out. Even if that game would have been a 3-2 game it would have still probably been about a 2:45 game. When pitchers start to throw ball after ball and get 75% of the hitters into a 3 ball count it lengthens the game. In general that makes for a more enjoyable baseball game and that has nothing to do with length. When you are watching a sport where the majority of the plays (pitches) nothing happens you need to get more efficient. I don't know the number of pitches that are put in play (or even swung at) vs the total number of pitches, but throwing strikes makes it more exciting in my opinion. And that can only improve with the quality of players. No rules will change that.
  21. Loosey
    I would agree with you on that. My 5 year old gets bored if he doesn't have constant action. But in reality 2:50 game or a 3:05 game is a long time for a 5 year. Now when you start talking 10-12 years olds it might make a difference. But really my son likes to go to Twins games because he gets to eat ice cream out of a helmet and is obsessed with TC Bear. The baseball part of the game is the side show to him.
  22. Loosey
    Maybe they should just put a time limit on the games like my softball league has. Can't start the 9th inning if the bottom of the 8th hasn't finished up by the 2 hour and 50 minute mark. (Sarcasm) The speed of the game is fine, these things seem to ebb and flow from year to year. If a 15 minute difference in a 3 hour game bothers someone they probably don't like baseball that much to begin with.
  23. Loosey
    I hope the Twins realize how important Kepler might become to them. I still have faith that Buxton will become a great player, but if he doesn't I am also realizing that they have another very young, potential All-Star quality CF if he doesn't in Kepler.
  24. Loosey
    I know everything is an assumption and you know what happens when you assume. But If it were about the money (getting people in to the stadium) I wonder if Terry Ryan was wanting to stay the course, no major trades, move some pieces to get A-ball prospects that will be here in 3-4 years and Pohlad wants to make a splash of some sort, generate some excitement and get people to Target Field in a shorter time frame. Trading Santana, Plouffe, Nolasco etc might not net lots in a return, but if Pohlad were to say we are going to reinvest those salaries plus more back into free agents to improve the team, I could see that move the needle a little quicker. Again ASSuME.
  25. Loosey
    Money talks. . . And there are usually two ways to improve the the operation margins on a P&L, Cut costs or increase sales or a combination of the two. Sometimes in order to increase sales costs need to go up, In the Twins case that could be payroll. I hope that Pohlad is going in the direction of hoping to increase sales, because that will mean he cares that the team is winning because winning in baseball usually correlates to increases sales.
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