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  1. jud6312
    http://static8.depositphotos.com/1008522/872/v/950/depositphotos_8721797-stock-illustration-happy-cute-robot-vector-illustration.jpg I am so glad we have these four fine, upstanding gentleman in the clubhouse. I'm sure they will set a great example for the young players on the team despite their diminishing on-field abilities.
  2. jud6312
    I'd rather have the musical Culture Club on the team than these four guys.
  3. jud6312
    Stop, you're ruining their narrative for why this isn't a permanent move.
  4. jud6312
    The negative energy started after they kept bringing in washed up vets after inking the king of pitch framing.
  5. jud6312
    What are you even talking about? It appears you're either confused, or you didn't bother to read my post. I mentioned that you should be trying to fill the top of your rotation when drafting that high. If you think those 27 pitchers were drafted that high with eyes toward solidifying the bullpen, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
  6. jud6312
    I hope you're right, and at times I think you are. Then guys like Breslow and Vogelsong are brought in and I'm left scratching my head. If there's one place that veteran JAGs aren't needed, it would seem to be in the bullpen/back of the rotation.
  7. jud6312
    I think it's just that it seems to be happening so early in his career. Fad he been given more time to start and either fail or continue experiencing arm fatigue, or whatever we want to call it, people wouldn't be so critical of the pick. It just feels rushed and/or an indication that, despite what both sides are saying, they don't think his arm will work in the rotation. The other problem I have with this is that it's being done under the guise of getting him to MN quickly. While most/all of the other young arms are seemingly being brought along slowly, why are we to believe that Jay is the exception? He's had arm "issues," so why are his issues not as big of a deal as Burdi's or Romero's? The whole thing just seems weird to me.
  8. jud6312
    Don't get me wrong, I hope Tyler becomes the next Billy Wagner, and he, Burdi, Chargois and Reed have to have a Royal Rumble-style contest every game to see who gets to come in and strike out the side to secure another win. I just wish he didn't have to come to it by way of an early draft pick.
  9. jud6312
    Goodrum has piqued my interest a bit. He looked a lot stronger than I expected. Glad to see he performed well.
  10. jud6312
    The point isn't that it's not a nice piece to have, but not with the 6th pick in the draft. That's where you should be finding your heart of the order and top of the rotation, not a new version of Norm Charlton.
  11. jud6312
    Who'd you like better, Denard Garbe or Aaron Revere?
  12. jud6312
    Was he really that guy though? I honestly don't remember him being thought of as a steal at #6. I seem to recall him being rated in the mid-teens, behind a few guys that went after him. Followup question: how often does a a college reliever become a frontline rotation piece? Common or a longshot?
  13. jud6312
    Really disappointing to have a guy drafted that early moved to the pen so early in his career. Definitely makes that pick look a whole lot worse. On the bright side, it would now be plausible to have 4 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year winners in the bullpen by season's end - Jay, Perkins, Slegers, and Wimmers. It's always great news when three first round picks end up being bullpen arms. Might as well try to pry Cory Luebke from the Sox and really go for it.
  14. jud6312
    Jeez, how many accounts does the Vogelsong family have on this forum?
  15. jud6312
    So we're totally skipping the part where I mentioned he struggled mightily in recent years in the NL? Good/decent/average pitchers come to the AL and get taken down a notch, so what do we think will happen to Vogelsong? Unless we're assuming he's at the absolute floor of his ability and it couldn't possibly get any worse. Even if he put up the numbers he did in Pittsburgh last year, (which I think is a HUGE reach) I wouldn't want him on this team over virtually anyone in the organization. There's virtually zero upside to trotting a 39/40-year-old pitcher out to the mound on a rebuilding team.
  16. jud6312
    Once upon a time there was a 33-year-old pitch-to-contact pitcher named Ryan. In the year of our lord 2000 and 11 he made a deal with a shifty looking wizard that allowed his average stuff to not get teed off on like batting practice and the results were good. So good, in fact, that he was named to the "Team of Stars" and even earned 1 whole point in the annual Best Pitcher Competition. Sadly, the wizard's spell quickly dissipated Ryan became below average again. As he aged and became more and more awful, he lost the confidence of his mates and was banished to the wastelands known as Pittsburgh - with equally terrible results. Sensing his impending expiration, Ryan waited patiently for his opportunity to strike. When the penny-pinching tyrant in the northern lands of Paul and Minnie finally replaced his 900-year-old grand wizard with two fresh-faced young lads to run the family empire, Ryan swooped in and baffled them with 6-year-old WHIPs and WARs and FIPs, turning the dynamic duo into Sabermetrics pudding and rendering them defenseless to his wise veteran ways. Soon his younger, better competitors began hobbling around, joining the Puerto Ricans in battle, or simply being cast aside, and Ryan triumphantly claimed is spot atop the very bottom spot it hurler lineup. Or something like that.
  17. jud6312
    Assuming a soon-to-be 40-year-old pitcher that has been below average 3 of the last 4 years in the National League is going to come to the AL and be even a serviceable pitcher is a bit of a reach.
  18. jud6312
    Boring is definitely not the word I'd use, but we can go with that.
  19. jud6312
    I hope someone runs over Vogelsong's foot with a golf cart so this can't happen.
  20. jud6312
    If they do indeed add 4 of those 5, I'd like to retract my statement about 70-75 wins ... it'll be much, much lower.
  21. jud6312
    I'm with Rosterman. With that rotation, bullpen and bench, this team is destined for 70-75 wins.
  22. jud6312
    Is that you, Mrs. Vogelsong?
  23. jud6312
    I've been predicting it since they signed him. I'm guessing he has an opt-out, and no matter how below average the veteran is, the Twins seem to fear losing that veteran more than anything else. I can't imagine a worse scenario than going a rotation featuring Hughes, Santiago, Vogelsong and every other start Gibson. Yikes.
  24. jud6312
    My gag-inducing best guess is Vogelsong is the leading candidate for the spot. I told a friend when they signed him that I expected him to win the #5 spot ... because it seems "veteran presence" trumps "ability" and "talent" with Molitor and, at least it appears so far, the new front office.
  25. jud6312
    While Romero is obviously the one I'm most intrigued with, I still can't seem to quit the idea of Kohl Stewart. Obviously, the walks need to come down and the K/9 rate at Chattanooga wasn't good, but his repeat at Ft. Myers yielded better K numbers than upon his initial promotion. I'm hoping that trend repeats this year. I look at the steady numbers, the ridiculous lack of HRs allowed and can't help but wonder what could be if he turns even one of those BB/9 into an additional K/9. I'm stubborn and holding out hope until all the hope is gone ... just like I did with Real Deal Durbin.
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