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I mean, the whole league makes fun of how poorly the Rockies are run, but all jokes aside, there's no way they think they're contending this year. I can't imagine they have any interest in Kepler. Larnach and Wallner, for sure, but they have next to nothing on the MLB roster I want, so that would take Wallner off the board for me entirely. I'd be willing to swap Larnach for a prospect though I suppose. Regardless what happens with Kepler. -
Why would the Twins trade for a guy who's got no business being in their rotation while enabling an AL Central rival more flexibility to sign a free agent who could beat them in the playoffs? There is no reason for the Twins to trade for or sign a #5 starter. #5 starters shouldn't be guaranteed a rotation spot and that's pretty much what you're doing when you pay 12M or give up prospect equity for a pitcher. If you want depth, sign this year's Dallas Keuchel or Aaron Sanchez and stash them in St. Paul until you need them. They're rarely any worse than the Happs, Shoemakers, Bundys and Archers. Or more preferably, trade for an actual top of the rotation starter.
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Yup. KOC runs the game plan like the Lions did for 3 1/2 quarters and then runs it like Mike Zimmer after that. I think overall his offensive strategy is good, I think the players listen to him and he comes from a great system. But something changes late in the game and he's a completely different guy. His game management, specifically his late game management doesn't seem to match the rest of what he does. I'm not sure if a coach can grow that 'foot on the throat' mentality.
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Funny, a playoff game and the QB comes out of the tent with no concussion. 95% of the time in the regular season they take his helmet away.
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I'm in favor of signing Hoskins or Turner, but aside from those consistent vets, I don't see Miranda as a less reasonable result than other options.
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I want to see the Lions be a consistent contender before I rely on them for advice. But five playoff appearances in seven years, two Super Bowl appearances and winning once, yeah, I'd like to know what McVey knows that he didn't pass down to KOC. Certainly the Rams know how to draft and trade for defensive players better. So maybe it's their GM?
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Mariners Still Looking For Additional Infielder
nicksaviking replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Right, Seattle's not going to give the Twins a Sonny Gray replacement for free. I'm not looking to deal Julien, but getting another top of the rotation arm seems more important than trying to hang on to all of the young players. -
Just a guess, but with the offensive explosion with the onset of the steroid era, these guys caught a break with many peer pitchers also being terrible. Dave Stevens, Jose Para and Pat Mahomes were all negative. In less than 80 innings, Scott Klingnebeck just missed the list at -1.6. On the other hand, like Rodriguez, Rich Robertson was somehow positive. This all probably goes to show WAR is fun for these exercises and less than accurate for real-world evaluation.
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I think Staumont's option makes him less likely to break camp. Actually, I think all the new additions are unlikely to break camp with the team. Staumont, Harris, Jensen and Alexy have awful control problems. Bringing all of these guys in is puzzling because currently all of them are too wild to hand a bullpen spot too unless the Twins think there is some kind of mechanism to fix this. As such, I don't think whatever this mechanism is is simple enough to cure these guys in spring training alone. I think they all go to St. Paul to sink or swim with whatever this crazy plan is. Most won't want to hear this, but I think Sands, Winder, Headrick, Balazovic and even Henriquez are more likely than these guys.
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Was that suggested? Whether you go with Miranda, some vet or 1993 Frank Thomas, you're still only hoping for the best.
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I know this is going to draw rebukes, but Dak and Kirk are so similar. They can make every throw, put up huge numbers and do everything that's asked of them. But they aren't able to do more than what's asked of them. I can't exactly put it into words, but there's something missing that keeps them from hanging with the elite QBs. To be clear, I'm not laying this playoff loss on Dak any more than I would lay last year's playoff loss to the Giants on Kirk. They didn't lose those games for their teams, they just didn't win them for their teams.
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This weekend I'd been thinking that if Belichick goes to Atlanta or Washington, as has been suggested, I'd expect him to bring in Cousins (and take those places out of the rookie QB market) as he's not going to want to start over again with a rookie. But yeah, he'll be in Dallas as soon as Jerry Jones finishes his half-assed attempt to meet the Rooney Rule. On the other hand, Belichick might have no interest in working with Jones who demands 100% control.
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He's certainly benefited from the offensive system, but tonight was never going to be a good showing. The Dolphins scored about 7 more points than I thought they would. When Mostert got stuffed on the first two offensive plays for Miami, it was pretty much over.
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Attending Lewis Cine's rehab party?
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I'm guessing their owner felt a kinship in this regard.
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I'd buy into this transition better if it was a reliever who didn't already have significant control problems. And a reliever with more than two pitches. I'd buy into it better, but still not much.
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I'd be happy to have Hoskins or Turner on this team. Woodruff won't pitch this year and Urias is more likely to be given a long suspension than than be of any use. I wouldn't say no to Montgomery, but he doesn't have a high ceiling, I'd rather trade for a younger more dynamic pitcher who could lead rotation for several more years. And I'd rather have a hitter for the middle of the order than a reliever.
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Who are you talking about though? Seems only Montgomery or Snell fit that bill, and I personally have no interest in Snell. Trading for a pitcher who is still in his prime, then spending the money on a big bat seems like the more productive move.
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This will miss the point by drilling down a bit too deep, but I'd rather see Julien and his superior on base skills against a lefty with a history of terrible control. In the minors, even while his other numbers were down against lefties, his walk rate wasn't. So I can understand about wanting to pinch hit for him against a lefty late in a game, but not always, and probably not usually. Even if he's not getting clutch hits, he should still be getting him on base better than most hitters.
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I don't think you're recalling that era well. All of those guys were crushing it in AAA and most had years where they were more than capable MLB players. But that's hardly the point, aside from his unwillingness to even consider using math to form a roster, Terry Ryan's biggest sin was never using his prospects to trade for the pitching needed to win a World Series. Same boat now, different prospects. Go get a top of the rotation pitcher.
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Cuddyer, Kubel and Restovich were all top 30 prospects. I won't disagree that the Twins didn't know how to build a championship team back then, but that's mostly because they traded the less valuable guys, like Kielty, Buchanon and and Lawton (who'd be the Polanco comp here) instead of trading the more revered prospects for pitching. We were begging for them to trade for the top arms like Halliday, Sabathia and Lee but they never did. Losing Cuddyer would have hurt, but if this team uses one of those guys to get Curt Schilling in 2004 instead of the Red Sox, maybe we'd have had a World Series trophy. Also, keeping them all not only meant wasting the equity, but it was pretty crappy to the players too. Of those three names listed above, one sticks out for being a bust, but that possibly had nothing to do with him as a player. In the very spotty opportunities he got with the Twins, Michael Restovich had a MLB OPS of .807. The Twins didn't set him free until he was 26 and out of options. He's now a middle-age man who certainly looks back and wonders what could have been had he been given an actual chance.
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Cuddyer was moved to the outfield because Koskie and Casey Blake were blocking him and he wasn't good at 2nd, He played almost exclusively in the OF in 2003 at both the MLB level and AAA. Then Lew Ford took the job and ran with it in 2004 and the team traded for Shannon Stewart mid season so they pushed Cuddyer back to infield momentarily only BECAUSE the outfield depth was so strong. But Allen and Mohr were absolutely legit considerations. Both were killing it in the minors, Mohr had a .961 OPS before he was called up. They weren't hitting the top prospects lists, but they earned their call ups over the higher valued prospects, who were at the same levels in the minors. They were certainly the Yunior Severinos and Anthony Pratos of that group.
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The Twins had a half decade logjam of corner outfielders back in the day. With Hunter and Jones locking down spots, vet Matt Lawton was blocking Brian Buchanan, Chad Allen, Michael Cuddyer, Dustan Mohr and Bobby Kielty. And THOSE guys were blocking Michael Ryan, Lew Ford and top prospects Michael Restovich and Jason Kubel. The Twins did well trading Lawton, Buchanan, and Kielty, but you could make an argument that they should have traded more, considering they never had an issue developing this type of player during that time period. If you have value that you can't put into your starting lineup or starting rotation, swap it for equal value that you can.
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I don't see a reasonable way to sign Cousins and Hunter and extend Jefferson. And even if they did, they'd still be the worst team in the NFC Central. Or maybe second worst. Justin Fields still stinks no matter if Chicago believes in him or not.
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I'm sure this is the opposite. The Wilfs hired Adofo-Mensah and THEY told HIM they wanted to try to avoid a rebuild. A new GM wouldn't call the shots and tell the owners what needs to be done, the new GM would need to follow the wishes of his new bosses. And I get it, they wanted to put fans in the seats, but Kwesi got the job because he agreed to putting off a rebuild; if it was their choice, most GMs would want to start over and build a team in their vision. Now that it's clear it won't work, hopefully the Wilfs will agree to put Spielman's Frankenstein to bed and start building the team the right way.
