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  1. nicksaviking
    Is a soft tosser with an increasing walk issue going to be average in the AL though? He looks like the kind of guy who will be a liability in short order. I don't have an issue losing Burdi, I just think the odds of this guy actually patching a hole are quite slim. Isn't this basically replacing Hector Santiago with a softer tossing Hector Santiago who's only pitched in the NL.
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    After nearly every sports surgery in all of mankind's history, the team and player call the procedure "a success!!!". I'd guess sometimes they are exaggerating.
  3. nicksaviking
    He could be pitching hurt. What we learned after the Padres shady dealings last year, I believe any issues or discomforts a player mentions to the trainer must be added to his medical file.
  4. nicksaviking
    2nd tier sounds generous. He looks an awful lot like Hector Santiago to me.
  5. nicksaviking
    Sounds like I might be alone, but I'm not expecting a soft tossing career NL'er to do well in a mid season trade to the AL. Particularly one who is barely average when he's at his best and has a walk rate trending in the wrong direction.
  6. nicksaviking
    Twins agree to take on a salary dump is all, I hope. Please don't let the prospect be devisive.
  7. nicksaviking
    This won't be popular, but the Rays released Danny Farguhar, I'm intregued by him. He's had control issues that range from effectively wild to unusable but when he's on he misses a lot of bats and he's controllable until 2021. With the strikeout potential and controllability he looks like a great lotto ticket.
  8. nicksaviking
    To me it makes little sense to have guys drafted out of the SEC, ACC or other power conferences to ever go to rookie leagues except for a wood bat tune up, and even then I don't see the issue with adjusting to wood bats in A ball. I'd also bet lots of GMs feel the same. But most organizational players don't get demotions, they get released and I'd also guess that the rookie leagues are much more likely to be filled with players who appear certain to washout. Meaning there's rosters to fill in the rookie leagues and the higher up you go, the better players you have to cut loose. There probably are teams (maybe this one) that are conservative or hesitant or coddle guys or whatever way we like to describe it. But most teams still do it and we don't view all teams in these terms. So I'd guess it's systematic. Though I'm usually for trying something new.
  9. nicksaviking
    And the fact that a 2016 2nd round draft pick doesn't have "priority" in the Appy League really speaks volumes about how many exciting SS capable prospects there are in the system.
  10. nicksaviking
    I'm willing to compromise for the Kernels. Rooker goes to Ft. Myers, but CR gets a consolation prize in Lewis
  11. nicksaviking
    As far as I know they haven't made any trades. I wouldn't expect a ton in season. As far as the pitchers they add on minor league deals, every club does that. I was never expecting that method of acquiring players to be a big part of putting a team together. Like I said, I'll give them the year to evaluate; come snowfall they better be making the trades and free agent signings needed to put together a contender.
  12. nicksaviking
    Have they tried to find any yet?
  13. nicksaviking
    It hasn't but I understand why his track record is appealing to others. I admitted I've been wrong predicting his demise every year but I still don't care much for crafty lefties; not just him.
  14. nicksaviking
    Ha, it is really difficult to determine if this is a tongue-in-cheek pot-shot at the Twins or not.
  15. nicksaviking
    As far as the AAA scouting skills, is there someone you're referring to? Or do you just mean the Breslow/Rucinsky/Tepesch/Wilk stuff? Yeah, none of that was impressive. I'm not sure it was supposed to be though; I sure hope not. I always said I'll give them the first year free to evaluate. After that I'm going to expect to be wowed by their moves because I'm not settling for half measures made to desperately try for a .500 record and one-and-done playoff appearances.
  16. nicksaviking
    I wasn't a fan of Quintana last year either when his name was mentioned as a trade target for teams. I've never been a believer. Perhaps it was always the fact that he was a scrap heap pick up who had been DFA'd by two different teams despite the fact that the teams had never even needed to use an option on him. These kind of guys always seemed to be a flash in the pan who's bubble soon burst. I always thought he was a smoke-and-mirrors lefty though I'll readily admit that for the previous five years my lack of faith was in no way supported by his results. He clearly proved me wrong every year. But he's still a 2 1/2 pitch pitcher with sudden control issues. I'll never trust him. I don't know what's up with him this year, but I'd guess the sudden loss of curve in his curveball isn't helping: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/velo.php?player=500779&b_hand=-1&gFilt=&pFilt=FA|SI|FC|CU|SL|CS|KN|CH|FS|SB&time=year&minmax=ci&var=pfx_z&s_type=2&startDate=03/30/2007&endDate=07/12/2017
  17. nicksaviking
    I'd like to think the new front office has their teams looking for the undervalued guys. I'd rather look for the upside guys you can buy low on. Get our own Arrieta, or Straily or Scherzer (2009) or Kulber or Robbie Ray. Except for the elite arms, trading for good-not-great pitchers rarely seems to payoff for the buyers. I don't think many of these guys available are elite.
  18. nicksaviking
    Perhaps, but as we saw with the Dozier situation last winter, demand is more important. It'll probably always be relatively high for pitchers though I concede.
  19. nicksaviking
    He hasn't been nearly as good this year and he's all of a sudden developed an issue with walks when his success has always been based almost exclusively on good control. Also, he's all but a two-pitch pitcher now as he rarely uses his change-up. I mean if you can get him based on the value of his numbers this year, sure, I'd be interested. I doubt the White Sox would trade him under that pretense though. Also there's the issue of helping the White Sox reload. Yuck.
  20. nicksaviking
    I agree, that's why I wouldn't bother with any of these mid-season asking prices and would wait until the off season when the selling teams have to also compete with free agents who cost zero prospects.
  21. nicksaviking
    Of the names bandied around, only Chris Archer really interests me. Nearly everyone else looks like injury or regression candidates. If this team is trading away top prospects, I'd rather they go big and get a guy who would be #1 with a bullet, not a Gray or Straily or Quintana who have big question marks. So I'd wait until the off season because I doubt there's an package the Rays would accept for Archer that didn't either include Sano or Berrios.
  22. nicksaviking
    Interesting they are calling it Stranger Things 2. Like it's a sequel, not a new season. Until recently, sequels have historically been panned and the 1980's might have been the worst offender when it comes to terrible sequels due to all the bad slasher films. I wonder if they are intentionally playing up that angle to set and then (hopefully) break expectations. The first season wasn't really self-aware though, so I hope the second doesn't come off like it is.
  23. nicksaviking
    I love Buxton's speed but Glynn's read was fantastic, and he's had quite a few unorthodox reads this year. He's a fantastic 3rd base coach. Being comfortable with the unconventional makes me think he could be a good MLB manager. Somewhere.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'd rather buy them in the off season if this team just cannot develop their own. Even the most expensive of relievers is still affordable to the Twins. Can't say that about the best starting pitchers or position players. Relievers are so combustible I'd not want to trade off top 5 organizational talent for a guy just as likely to bust as to contribute. I'm about as far away from trusting a pitcher coming from San Diego as I am from trusting one straight out of Junior College.
  25. nicksaviking
    Camera work at Kaufman is sometimes like watching an old VHS. Really, there was no better angle or zoom function to check the Dozier foul ball? At least they fixed the outfield camera that would get drenched by the waterfall every time there was a gust of wind.
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