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  1. nicksaviking
    Yup. I want the players to be really good or really bad. Really bad guys get replaced, the ones that are just OK, usually don't. The young guys might not pan out, but we need to know. And I'd rather find out now, than have to wait until 2017 when this team will hopefully be ready to contend. If the youngsters spectacularly implode with little hope of improvement, I'll be all aboard the free agent bandwagon this time next year.
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    I agree and I wish they would have. I like taking away as many safety nets as possible so they are forced to do this relatively soon though.
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    I've said multiple times that I liked Mark Lowe, think he'll be the biggest free agent relief steal and I would have taken him.
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    Jones is only gone if Milwaukee keeps him on the 25 man all year. If the control sensitive front office isn't concerned about their control, neither am I. I have no problem with some wildness, particularly from relievers. And I'm sure you know that all three of those guys' control improved significantly after dreadful starts to the season. Also, Melotakis can be added to your list. And Reed, Peterson and even Alex Wimmers and Michael Tonkin throw harder than the journeymen, low ceiling, safety nets everyone seems to want around here. It seems that when the team looks to add safe, blase vets to the rotation and lineup like Correia, Pelfrey and Hunter, there is a lot more resistance. Yet we talk about adding these types of guys to the pen and lots of people start drooling.
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    I agree, that $12.5M posting fee is no different than the Twins spending $12.5M adding a new bar to Target Field. Park doesn't have to claim that on his taxes, it's not payroll. I agree with the bullpen approach though. The Twins can't get guys that throw 97 MPH in free agency, they can get them in AA though. I understand folks' concerns about losing extra games in April/May because the team may not have the stones to call up the hard throwers right out of the gate. I know it may not be popular, but I'm fine with losing a few extra games in 2016 if it means we actually get to see these guys in 2016 instead of having to wait another year because the bullpen is stocked with guys who aren't good enough to be a part of the solution, but not bad enough to lose their jobs. The team has had a history of being so conservative that that last sentence should be a real concern. Loyalty to veterans and fear of the unknown may be this team's biggest problem. I like thinking that the team may be putting themselves into the position where they cannot fall back into their comfort zone. 30-year-old relievers are definitely part of their comfort zone.
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    I would really, really like the chance to find out.
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    As do most left handed relievers. Non-closer lefties in the pen might be the most combustible position on the whole team. Sipp and Bastardo haven't been models of consistency, simply less inconsistent than many of their peers. Lately. I'd much rather take the gamble on the upside of Melotakis and/or Rogers than two low ceiling vets already on the wrong side of 30. A guy on a minor league deal won't make the front office think twice about promoting them, a guy on a two or three year deal would.
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    I agree, Rogers should be in the pen, but I'm a bit worried he's going to be considered for emergency rotation help. After Milone, the only remotely viable lefty before you get to Gonsalves in A ball is Dean, and I'd barely consider him viable. And I still think the Twins are pretty set in the idea that lefties are needed in the rotation, even if the right-handed options are better pitchers.
  9. nicksaviking
    How about Chargois? Frankly I hope he says both often this year. I don't look at the list above and see anything remotely interesting.
  10. nicksaviking
    It's hard to buy with his surgery and missed time, but logic says the Twins wouldn't have protected Melotakis if they didn't think another club thought he was MLB ready. But pretty please, if we are hypotheticly only going to have one young player tear up Spring Training, can it be Byron Buxton?
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    I like Eddie and don't think he'll completely go in the tank this year, but it seems guys with poor OBP are the most prone to regression and slumps. I don't care so much about the strikeouts but 0-20 hitting slumps just don't seem to compound if your still getting on base 3-4 times by drawing a free pass.
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    Yes, and completely off topic. Thanks for your patience.
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    Chattanooga's rotation is looking a bit suspect though. If any of those four guys end up starting in AA, I'd have to think it's Gonsalves.
  14. nicksaviking
    I would like your post out of commiseration but I didn't want to send the wrong message.
  15. nicksaviking
    That rotation is becoming very underwhelming. It used to be a group of fireballers that would make the batters walk back to the bench with bat in hand a dozen times a game. Adding Norris, Zimmerman and Pelfrey promises those days are gone. Verlander's 95-97 MPH heater is gone and because of this, his once killer changeup is also done and rarely used last year. Cabrera had a history of playing hurt and still playing well. That ended last year as he finally missed significant time due to injury. He's still a great hitter but his power is fading, we've been saying he's a time bomb for years, one of these years it's going to be true. I think they're trying to patch a sinking ship. Good for them, they haven't given up, but it looks to me like they are just drawing out the inevitable.
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    No I just re-read the article and saw lightening rods sticking up throughout the interview. Looks like Jack's got you whipped into shape anyway!
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    Do any of Sweeney, Benson or Matroianni have opt outs if they aren't called up by xx/xx/xxxx? Because the AAA situation has potential to be a problem. If Buxton isn't ready for opening day, the AAA OF absolutely should be Buxton, Kepler and Walker, but I have a hard time seeing the team sitting multiple vets like Sweeney, Benson and Mastroianni on the bench for long stretches at a time. I have to think at minimum, one of the three vets will have to be released by opening day, and if they aren't looking at a lot of bench time in AAA, it may be something that the vets request.
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    Just a preemptive reminder, let's please not derail this thread going crazy on that old interview. I think it's quite safe to assume that if we as fans have a better grasp and more knowledge of baseball statistical analysis than we did a half decade ago, Rob Anthony surely does as well. Edit: I'm not implying anyone has done anything wrong here.
  19. nicksaviking
    If the Twins wait 7-8 years to sign those guys, they're as good as gone, unless they aren't very good.
  20. nicksaviking
    Sure, there are literally a half dozen guys that should be in AA-MLB that have a shot at what his potential could be as a reliever. Like I said, if he was out of options, then yeah, stick him in the MLB pen and cross our fingers.
  21. nicksaviking
    I don't care about Randy Johnson or Jim Hooey or Wilt Chamberlain. I don't care if there hasn't been a reasonable comp in the history of the game. If he still has three pitches, he should be given a shot at starting, and not just at AAA. A starter who can throw 95+ is way more valuable than a reliever. Besides, if control is his issue, it's not like that's going to improve in the bullpen pitching far fewer innings. I'm more than willing to ride the starter train for one more year, if he was out of options that would be a different story.
  22. nicksaviking
    Chapman and Rosenthal never got a chance, and it's probably too late now. I would have given both a shot, just as I'd give Meyer a shot.
  23. nicksaviking
    I don't want to see them spend money just to spend money. I'm not trying to defend the team, I'm just more concerned with the fact that they still only have 25 roster spots and I want as many as possible to go to players in their early to mid 20s. I'm not against free agents or vets, I'm just against more free agents and vets. We can't un-sign the ones we have, those horses are already out of the barn.
  24. nicksaviking
    How about they put that down as an operating expense akin to advertising, stadium maintenance and hot dog vendor fees. The money went to Park's previous team, not Park. I don't know why a negotiation expense would be added to payroll. It's not going to effect Park's FICA deductions. "Payroll" is pretty arbitrary anyway, an expense is an expense, adding the posting fee to "payroll" is only to inflate the appearance. I doubt there are any rules for calculating and publishing payroll. Should they want, they could probably add the cost of uniforms, travel reimbursements and per diems for the players on road trips to "payroll". Those would elicit an obvious eye roll.
  25. nicksaviking
    I want the Twins payroll to increase. Though I want it hoping/expecting guys like Sano, Buxton, Duffey, Berrios, May and/or others will need attractive pre-arb extensions to keep them in Minnesota through their peak years.
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