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  1. spideyo
    Kinda like how Valencia's Rookie year made us think we had a .300 hitter at the Hot Corner for the next decade? Or how Slowey circa. 2008 made the team think they had a solid #2 or #3 starter for the next few years?
  2. spideyo
    The argument about the merits of Swarzak got me thinking about Long Relief guys. I'm not sure where to go to find the stats, but I'm curious to see what the numbers look like if you were able to compare how our pitchers have done in Long Relief situations vs. Standard Relief (inning or less) vs. Situational (specific matchup based) vs. Starting. Duensing has been used in all four roles over the last several years...it seems he's been most successful as a situational guy, but do the stats support that? Strictly based on what I remember from watching games and reading box scores, it seems like Swarzak has been terrible as a starter but decent as Long Relief, and that Gray has been serviceable in a Standard Relief spot, but terrible when trying to be a long reliever. Besides the stereotypical "6th best starter" idea, how else does a team (or SHOULD a team) decide who to put into the Long Relief position? Have there been any pitchers who have made a career out of being the long man, or is it pretty exclusively a way station for guys on their way into or out of a rotation?
  3. spideyo
    We totally need more intimidating facial hair on our pitching staff
  4. spideyo
    All I know is, Mr. Ryan has been very grumpy and stressed when he comes into the lunch room lately. He is certainly facing some tough decisions, without easy and obvious answers.
  5. spideyo
    Hey, the Rockies have an even worse record than we do. If we trade Span, we'd have an opening at RF, and a lineup of the M&M boys, The Hammer, Babe Plouffe, Mr. Doom, and Magic Mike could be pretty damn impressive. Improbale? Yes. But slightly more likely than non-lethal super-power level Gamma Ray exposure or Nishioka turning into a superstar
  6. spideyo
    Uhh...who is JR? Do you mean Terry Ryan? Personally, as a fan I'd rather see Revere hit an inside the park home run than clear the fences. Waaay more exciting
  7. spideyo
    This isn't nesc. a move to allow Duensing to start, as it is a move that allows Perkins to close. Even if Duensing stays in the bullpen, he's still going to be a candidate for long-relief duty, and may be unavailable for a couple days because of his long outing saturday. If you want Perkins to be available in the 9th inning, you still gotta have someone to come in against that tough lefty in the 7th or 8th.
  8. spideyo
    Well there you go. My point is valid, there isn't really any player that you can point at and say "Joe Vavra made him a crappy hitter"
  9. spideyo
    Having a shorter DL would also discourage players from playing hurt. How many times has a guy been out for 3 or 4 games, and then got into a game because they really needed him, and then got hurt worse and ended up on the 15 day DL anyways?
  10. spideyo
    It's going to depend a lot on if Capps ends up on the DL. If he does, I would expect that they add Maloney, French, or some other lefty to the 40 man and bring them up, so they can use Perkins as a closer and have more than just duensing to work as a LOOGY.
  11. spideyo
    So, I was wandering the Plaza yesterday after work and was checking out the placards with all the old team rosters, and I noticed Billy Beane on a few teams. I had no idea Mr. Moneyball used to play for the Twins. It got me thinking, how many former Twins players have gone on to become Managers and GM's? Anybody else besides Ron Washington, Ron Gardenhire, Billy Beane, and Tom Kelly?
  12. spideyo
    It's always hard to judge how good a coach is, because you don't always have the opportunity to make a fair comparison with how other coaches would do with the same player. The two people off the top of my head that did better with other teams than they did with the Twins under Vavra are Delmon Young (who did have streaks of greatness with the twins, and still has a long way to go to prove he can be a consistent great hitter) and JJ Hardy (who was coming off a terrible year and struggled with inures during the one year he was with us). What other hitters have worked with Vavra and done significantly different when working with a different major league hitting coach?
  13. spideyo
    I don't think an expansion of the active roster would be all that useful, but I think maybe introducing a 5 or 7 day DL would make it a lot easier to deal with the day-to-day injuries that leave the bench or bullpen thin for a week.
  14. spideyo
    Actually, now that I think about it, it seems like the biggest mistake they made was getting rid of Hardy AND Punto. They really should have kept at least one of them around, just as insurance.
  15. spideyo
    Ok, so I typed trade when I meant signing. Sorry. As far as the rumors, all I remember is reading things and hearing people talk about Hardy potentially leaving the twins. I don't remember the sources, it was a year and a half ago. I didn't say Hardy was awful, but he wasn't spectacular at the plate, and was nowhere near his 2007-2008 peak numbers. Based on his 2009 and 2010 numbers and injuries, it wasn't hard to make the assumption that he wasn't going to return to All-Star form. And in the field, he absolutely did do worse in 2010 than he did in 2009. He had the lowest fielding percentage he'd had since his rookie year. Again, it was easy to assume that he wasn't going to make a sudden recovery. I would guess they were expecting that either Nishi or Casilla would field better than Hardy. They weren't expecting to need that much offense from SS, with the assumption that Thome, Kubel, Young, Mauer, Morneau, Span, Cuddyer, and Valencia would perform well at the plate. Clearly, that was an incorrect assumption, but after 2010 it was a fairly easy one to make.
  16. spideyo
    I'd have rather seen Manship than Duensing, but I'm very happy they have apparently decided not to risk another Swarzak start.
  17. spideyo
    Yes the Nishioka trade has turned out to be an utter complete failure, but honestly, I don't know that Hardy would have stayed wether they got Nishi or not. As I recall, there were rumors that he would be leaving the team before rumors started that Nishioka might be coming to us. Hardy didn't exactly do a great job with Twins in 2010 either. He was coming off the worst season of his career, and didn't improve all that much at the plate and actually did WORSE in the field. He hit 6 homers that year. In 2010, Plouffe was still considered a SS and hit 15 HR's in the minors, and 2 HR's in only 22 games with the Twins. My guess is that had Nishi not been signed, Plouffe would have come to ST battling for a starting spot in the IF and Hardy would still have been traded.
  18. spideyo
    Wait, who is the other hitter worse than Liriano? And hey, Butera's WHIP and ERA are WAAAY better than Liriano's, so he's got that.
  19. spideyo
    Just out of curiosity, what do you guys think is the biggest reason he hasn't panned? Different style of play, heightened competition, language barrier? Slightly different sized ball? Two-year jet lag?
  20. spideyo
    I think it was just bad luck more than anything. He missed much of spring training and the first part of the year dealing with his daughter's accident, and by the time he joined up with the Twins, things were already headed downhill. Hard to find your groove and connect with your team in a situation like that
  21. spideyo
    I went to google Luke Bard, and this thread is already the #4 thing that comes up. There really hasn't been much buzz one way or the other about him
  22. spideyo

    1b?

    spideyo posted a topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    I know there have been rumors swirling around about trading Morneau, but I'm really questioning wether he would be worth the big contract and injury risks for anyone to offer a decent package. Now, if Parmelee got significant playing time, or they sent him back to AAA and he tore it up, I'm thinking someone might consider a "prospect swap" type trade for him. To a team that doesn't have the Twins overwhelming number of left-handed bats, and needs a regular 1b, I think he might be a very valuable asset. Yes, he could be a long term solution at 1b for the Twins, but right now there isn't a spot for him, and it does seem like 1b is one of the easiest positions to fill. Right now, besides Morneau and Parmelee, they could have Doumit, Mauer or Plouffe play 1b, and I'm sure Casilla, Carroll, and Willingham could cover it in an emergency. And it seems like there are always veteran hitters looking for a DH/1b position. So waddaya think? Should we be grooming Parmelee to be a trading chip? If you had a choice, which would you trade first? Should we just go nuts and trade them both?
  23. spideyo
    Somebody brought up in the trade rumors thread the idea of the Twins having a "core" group of untouchables to build upon, and be willing to move everybody else for the right price. So what would your core be? For the sake of discussion, let's limit it to 5 players who are currently under contract with the Twins and could be ready to play in the Majors no later than next spring. Mine would be: Mauer Diamond Willingham Revere Dozier
  24. spideyo
    I would actually put Carroll into the "Moveable" category, simply because they are still weak in the middle IF, and shouldn't move him unit they have a solid third guy besides Casilla and Dozier in the middle. I would also consider Perkins and Burton as part of the "core" rather than Burnett. They have both shown flashes of brilliance, and both could rack up a lot of holds and saves if the rest of the team handed them the lead in the 8th more often. They aren't as young as Burnett, but I don't know that youth is nesc. as valuable in a relief pitcher as it is in other positions. Willingham is another one I would add to your "core" group, simply because I think we benefit from having a guy older than 25 in the OF mix, just to help be mentor and an example to the young kids. I think we're going to have a veteran one way or the other, and I'd rather it be willingham than a rent-a-wreck guy like Rondell White
  25. spideyo
    I'm starting to become a Plouffe Believer...a Plou-liever if you will. If he doesn't lead the league in HR's for the whole month, he may end up leading them in walks. Let's just hope he stays healthy. On a related thought, since his sudden outburst of power, how many times do you think he's been targeted by "random" drug testing?
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