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  1. Loosey
    Thanks, I assumed it was under 10 but I forgot he had a few longer "punishment" stints in AAA in the Mid 2000's that would take away service time. I was thinking somewhere around 9, but under 8 makes sense when I think about it from an actual service time perspective.
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    How close is Perkins to being a "10 and 5" guy? This is his 10th season in the Majors, but I believe you have to be on a roster for a certain number of days to accrue a season for this to take effect. But assuming next year he earns those rights, I imagine he will use it since he is from MN, his wife is from here, this is his home. So unless he is going to a place that would be using him as he would want to be used and is a winning team I don't see a trade happening unless it happens quickly. Which would be dumb since he is the only really good arm in the pen.
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    Short answer, No.
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    In prior years when the Twins kept guys more deserving of positions in lesser role they weren't contending. This year they actually are contending at least for a Wild Card spot. And they aren't a great team either, so they do not have much room for error. Tossing out Pelfrey every 5 games when he is pitching poorly weakens their chances of winning each time out vs the other options and therefore diminishes their playoff chances.
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    I worry about stupid long-term things that probably don't matter much. One of those things I was thinking about was what if May turns into a very nice #2 quality starter and has a contract year coming up in a few years. I wonder if this type of treatment would be water under the bridge by then or if he will take it into consideration when time to re-up.
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    It just makes no sense for a multitude of reasons. As a starter you would think they would be using him often keeping him stretched out. He is better than every single guy in the bullpen with the exception of Perkins. He is probably the 2nd or 3rd best starter right now depending on where you would rank Gibson. They need to either send him down to AAA and bring up Duffey for a Bullpen role or actually, you know, use him in the pen or even better put him back in the rotation.
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    I know I am not the only one wondering this, but what is the plan for Trevor May? He was developing into a very solid starting pitcher. He had one rough outing against Milwaukee but then came back and pitched great against the Reds and was rewarded with a demotion to the bullpen. When the Twins made the announcement that May was the odd man out when Santana came back I personally thought he deserved to be left in the rotation because he pitched well enough and earned it. But then I thought how he could be a great addition to the bullpen until he was needed in the rotation again. Well, fast forward 25 days and May has pitched a total of 6 innings out of the pen in a mere 5 outings. Additionally, none of those outings were in very high leverage situations. Instead they keep rolling with Blaine Boyer and struggling Casey Fien. I don't get it. Add in the fact Pelfrey has crashed back to reality and is what most expected him to be and you have recipe for me being confused. Were the Twins trying to showcase Pelfrey or Milone for a trade? Either way, the Twins have essentially taken one of their best pitchers and put him into pitching pergatory, letting him emerge for an inning of mostly mop up duty once a week. Does anyone have a clue what is going on?
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    Well the Angels are a very good team playing great baseball. The Twins are an OK team playing bad baseball the last week. Put them together and it's a recipe for disaster.
  9. Loosey
    I assume MinnFan4Life doesn't mind I have started writing Gonsalves write-ups so I will continue: After his last two starts Gonsalves has a full year ERA of 1.68 between low A and high A. As expected the domination he had in Cedar Rapids has been occuring in Fort Myers, but he has been playing very well and appears to be on track to take the next step, most likely next year at some point, but the concerns of him stumbling in Fort Myers have appeared to pass. His FM line is ERA 2.50 with a 22/20 K/BB ratio. He has only been going about 5 IP/start in FM but has yet to give up more than 3 runs (earned or unearned) in a start hopefully as he learns the league over the rest of the year he will go deeper into games. His most resent start on Sunday he went 5 innings giving up 1 run on 6 hits, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Bringing his July ERA down to 1.06. Again we do have to remember he just turned 21 a few weeks ago and is considerably younger than his competition. I am excited to see his development as he matures.
  10. Loosey
    I completely agree. Escobar at least for the rest of this year makes the most sense at SS. An in-house option to make SS "not a black hole" anymore. Tulo would be cool, but the chances of that happening are minimal in my opinion mainly due to the cost in dollars and prospects it would take. So just plug in Escobar this year and hope Polanco can take over next year.
  11. Loosey
    Arcia was extremely hot then the last 10 days or so he has been not so hot. I think he is striking out in about 40% of his AB's over that time. I know it's a small sample size, but the timing of his slump corresponding with Sano's ankle weren't good for him. That being said I would rather see him get at bats here than in Rochester to provide some pop.
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    Personally I would be fine with Escobar out there on a daily basis vs. the Santana/Nunez combo we usually see. Santana is essentially the worst SS in the major leagues right now (at the plate). Escobar would be very middle of the pack for shortstops but they continue to play him LF. Tulo would be the ultimate get, but the cost would be much more than a team on the upswing should pay.
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    Realistically how many more years is Tulo still a SS? 2-3 years tops? The idea of Tulo is intriguing but I say the Twins roll with what we have right now and not give up any top prospects or Major League level players.
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    I'll take it. Because that means they at least played in the World Series! MATH!
  15. Loosey
    I agree with everything you mentioned. I'm not saying the Twins are going to be able to get Aroldis Chapman for ABW or something. However, if they can get an upgrade for the pen with some maybe an team option left on the contract I would maybe do that. Yes, it would be better to know what each guy is before they let them go, but if that were the case no prospects would ever be traded. I'm also not advocating trading all of them. The two with the the least upside (name recognition) are probably Harrison and Ortiz, If one of them can get you a piece to improve you this year, I say do it.
  16. Loosey
    I've mentioned it before. This might be a good time for the Twins to really take a look at themselves and determine who are "real" prospects. The Outfield has a lot of talent and a lot of bodies. Even if every single one of them ends up being good enough to be a major league starter you can only play 3 at a time and realistically keep 4 at the major league level. So I think if they haven't started that evaluation yet they should and can then painfully start to deal one or two of them for veteran reinforcements for the bullpen and possibly catcher depth. Here is who I have as Twins Outfielders who have legitimate ML capabilities or are already here Buxton Rosario Hicks Arcia Kepler ABW Danny Ortiz Travis Harrison?? That's 8 guys. Someone's gotta go at some point. Might as well get something in return that helps the team at other areas of need.
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    I'm not a sabermatrician. (Did I even spell it right?) But it from a sabr standpoint I would assume lineups would be constructed with high OBP guys in front of high Slugging % guys, followed up by high OBP guys again at bottom of order so if you put the batting order on a loop it would be OBP,SLG,OBO,SLG. Again, I am just guessing and that seems to be the way lineups have been constructed since the beginning of time except maybe years ago Batting Average was mixed in instead of OBP.
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    I think in the next year or so the Twins need to bat the top 3 spots almost purely base on OBP. That might not be Buxton next year. If Sano continues to trend in the direction he appears to be I want as many guys on base for him as possible in every at bat. But for the sake of the discussion here is my hypothetical 2016 lineup. Dozier Rosario/Hunter Mauer Sano Plouffe Hicks/Rosario/Hunter Buxton Catcher Polanco/Escobar/Santana
  19. Loosey
    I would say if you are at a loaded position, (Say CF for the Twins) and are currently in AA or High A your chances of making the Twins roster as a CF is not great right now. So that player may wish to be traded to an organization with the cupboards bare at CF. But in reality if you are good enough to be a Major League ballplayer, either the team you are on or another team that needs good players will make it happen.
  20. Loosey
    In 5 years Ben Revere will not be young. He will be 32 or 33 years old. And for players who's main attribute is speed, age is usually not a good thing. Maybe he will be able to sustain a long career as a singles hitter, but once that speed goes his career may quickly go as well.
  21. Loosey
    One thing that I don't have numbers for in front me, nor is it an individual player but Outfield Defense has improved greatly. Does anyone have a statistic in front of them that can show this improvement in numbers?
  22. Loosey
    If Pelfrey is traded and Berrios is brought up I think for this season anyways Berrios would be moved to the pen for a number of reasons and May back to the rotation. I don't think they would throw Berrios right into the starting rotation when they have a guy like May available who has been there and has been successful as recently as this season. Berrios in the pen building up to higher leverage situations over the course of the next 2 1/2 months would a fantastic situation for all involved. Twins get an improvement at starter (May v. Pelfrey), a young electric arm in the Pen who is also future piece of the pitching staff getting his feet wet.
  23. Loosey
    May seems to be taking it in stride and is just rolling with it. I mean he did provocatively pose in front of a Bull Dozer for his teammate, so I assume he doesn't take himself or the game TOO seriously. Hopefully, he knows that everyone else knows he is better and more deserving to be a starter than at least Pelfrey but he is better for the team in the pen right now.
  24. Loosey
    Damn, Ubaldo is playing with fire today but the Twins can't seem to strike.
  25. Loosey
    Man, Hicks continues to impress as of late. Keep it up.
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