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  1. jimmer
    Last year around this time some people were professing he had finally turned the corner and would be really good this year (finally) and then he has this season. He'll be 29 this year. Most pitchers are who they are at this point.
  2. jimmer
    Wish I had YOUR enthusiasm, sounds like you had faith at some point that something would happen :-)
  3. jimmer
    I believe that Suzuki won't be traded. I think we will re-sign him. I imagine the same with Nunez.
  4. jimmer
    Yeah, my whole adult work-life has been about Supply and Demand. The supply is flooded when there is no urgency and when every avenue is open to acquire arms. Not only is FA open in the offseason (though weak is still an avenue to acquire players) there's also the fact that EVERY team is willing to deal with EVERY team. It won't just be a handful of playoff teams looking for a few decent established starters from non-contenders for a playoff push. It will be where the season is over, urgency is over for playoff push, and everybody is looking at every team to see what they can get. Yes, more teams may be looking for pitchers, but there will be WAY more pitchers available to get too. So, yeah, I don't buy your premise that what you are saying is simple supply-demand rules. There's a reason the experts use the term Deadline Premium Prices in regards to team trading at the deadline time frame. Sellers get more at the trade deadline than in offseason. Sense of urgency to push for the playoffs with those teams looking to only a few teams in sell mode that have players that can help. Again, doesn't matter. No need to continue this debate. Believe what you want. Like I said before, he's likely not getting traded this offseason or this trade deadline, so the debate is moot.
  5. jimmer
    A team like Baltimore would be a great fit right now.
  6. jimmer
    It may be a weak market for FA pitchers, but the trade market will be larger. No desperation moves by teams either. Trade market is at it's peak in the offseason as opposed to the deadline, the deadline having many teams that aren't buyer and many teams aren't seller. Anyway, my bet is he doesn't trade him at the trade deadline OR in the offseason.
  7. jimmer
    Yeah, every team will be looking at every team (and FA) for pitching. The market will be flooded. Right now contenders are looking for starting pitching to push for the playoffs and Santana is under-paid and under control for two more years. Contending teams have the urgency to get a trade done now for the push, an urgency not found in the offseason. Additionally, only some teams are selling. Makes the supply less., That is why it's described as Deadline Premium Costs.
  8. jimmer
    AJ will never make the HOF and will be off the ballot after the first shot.
  9. jimmer
    Well, if Gagne said it, it must be true :-) Thing is, I think a lot of people forget that the '87 team just wasn't that great. It won a weak division with only 85 wins and the '87 rotation was meh (including Blyleven and his league-leading 50HR allowed). The '91 team, though it had better pitching than the '87 team, was carried by the offense/position players. And the thing is, Santana isn't a very good pitcher. He's a #3. Just cause he's our best doesn't make him very good
  10. jimmer
    ouch :-)
  11. jimmer
    I don't think you have much to worry about. This team has never been much of a player in trade deadline deals. Likely wouldn't have been under Ryan and likely won't be under Antony. Wouldn't shock me in the least to see zero action, to be honest. But, I did find it funny you suggested to keep trading to a minimum while, at the same time, suggested we trade four players. For this team to trade four players, that'd be like the biggest trade deadline action we've seen for this team in a very, very long time.
  12. jimmer
    have a good night all!
  13. jimmer
    'having to' might be a stretch, since we certainly didn't have to, but yeah :-)
  14. jimmer
    yeah, this bunting carp is out of control.
  15. jimmer
    carp!
  16. jimmer
    yeah, but why do that when Santana is such a stud.
  17. jimmer
    nasty pitch
  18. jimmer
    So he should play for the Braves?
  19. jimmer
    indeed. good thing we had two guys in scoring position.
  20. jimmer
    I'm even worse when I text. I did a three line text that, when finished, there were no words spelled correctly and there were a bunch of commas where spaces were meant to be :-)
  21. jimmer
    supposed to say 'strike ZONE' not 'strike one'. Hard to get the batters swinging in protective mode when they know that no matter what the count is, they'll get really hitable pitches. Again, I'm the worst typist ever.
  22. jimmer
    I could be the worst typist ever.
  23. jimmer
    Happens when our pitchers keep throwing balls really close to, if not in, the strike Zone on pitcher's counts.
  24. jimmer
    has someone been dogging Sano here tonight? Did he already make his second error of the game? I've missed it. But yeah.
  25. jimmer
    Any way we can stop discussing Mauer and whether or not he should be playing or traded, or his body dumped into the water with concrete bricks tied to his ankles? This is supposed to be lighthearted thread. There's many threads where one can discuss Mauer's ineptitude. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/23032-article-mauer-outage/
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