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  1. nicksaviking
    Yes, finding a star is remote with the Rule V, however is that the bar to set? Shouldn't the goal simply to upgrade either now or the future? Even with last night, Graham has yet to be the worst guy in the bullpen one time this year, and before he got hurt, Pressly was the only guy aside from Perkins that I had any interest in keeping. Neither guy is exciting, but I'd rather have them than the rest of the circus.
  2. nicksaviking
    The median leaguewide K/9 has risen by 14.5% since the first decade of this century, meanwhile the median HR/9 rate has dropped by 6.5%. Offenses are more willing to take a strikeout while trying for HRs which are no longer as common. Yet the Twins pitchers K rates are declining AND they are giving up more HR meaning they aren't taking advantage of the free outs. Baseball has changed, the Twins didn't change with it.
  3. nicksaviking
    I would like to add another issue. While it has barely come into play lately due to all the poor starts, the 100 pitch rule still seems to be in effect. The bullpen needed a rest and Pelfrey had been pitching pretty well all things considered. Why the hell was he pulled after 5 1/3 just so O'Rourke could pitch to the bottom of the Yankee order? I say just start bringing up the hard throwers, who cares how they've been pitching in AA or AAA. See if you can catch lightning in a bottle as there is a lot more margin for error when you throw hard and can miss bats. Besides, the results could not be any worse than what they are currently getting. Are Meyer, Burdi and Chargois likely to get torched? Yes. Are Achter, Duensing and Fein likely to get torched? Still yes.
  4. nicksaviking
    I don't think you really want Anthony, he's still young enough that he could hold onto the job for a long time. I've always thought Ryan was too indecisive, and the last time that he was put under this much pressure he balked when it came to making decisions regarding the extensions of Hunter and Santana, and soon after stepped down which intentionally or not allowed him to avoid similar extension decisions of Mauer and Morneau. I'd bet he will strongly consider walking away again, or taking a different job within the organization this off season. I find it pretty hard to imagine that he's been enjoying his job much lately.
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    And the youngest of the bunch is 29-years-old. Maybe it was getting rid of the PEDs, maybe it was getting rid of the "greenies" maybe it's just pure Darwinism, but this is clearly a young man's game. The overwhelming odds show that you want players who are on their first contract. If you don't have enough internal young players who can help, it seems one of the best alternatives for getting them is by signing free agent vets to tradable 1-2 year contracts. It's not even about the money, that's six freakin' spots on the 25 man that are inflexible, and in most of their cases there's no real solution other than cutting them, and that's not happening.
  6. nicksaviking
    Why? Seems MN pitchers always strain their necks in NY.
  7. nicksaviking
    Might be a cultural thing. Is a Canadian chicken as dissimilar to regular chicken in the same way Canadian bacon as very sadly not bacon?
  8. nicksaviking
    Why does Dick continue to make a big deal about Graham being a Rule V guy? He has four times the experience O'Rourke has.
  9. nicksaviking
    Wow, I think Suzuki's pitch framing has improved?
  10. nicksaviking
    Man, let's sign that guy who is 9-for-19. That would be a revelation right about now!
  11. nicksaviking
    I would think the poor results compared to other clubs is largely due to the fact that other clubs are often able to make the batter walk back to the dugout with his bat in his hand after an 0-2 count. This team has to find a way to get outs without putting the ball into put into play. Also looking at some random stats, it does look like there are quite a few other teams that see more Yankee batters per game than the Twins (39.25), however only Detroit is allowing more HR per contest to the Yankees (Twins HR/game 2.0). However last year the Twins did only give up 4 HR in 7 games to these clowns. I wouldn't have guessed that, though seems fair to assume A-Rod would have hit four more himself had he not been suspended.
  12. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure that he's cooked, but I'm pretty sure that this team could not handle another un-cuttable 4 year albatross contract if he is. I've said it before, it's not the money that's the issue, it's the length of the contracts and the roster spots they are taking up that is the problem. The team needs more flexibility with all the young guys they need to audition.
  13. nicksaviking
    Nunez isn't good, but he never was considered the long term answer. He's a stopgap in a season in a nosedive so I'm not too concerned. I of the opinion that his decision to throw to first may have been the result of him knowing the run would score and the game was over, however getting the out at first would save him from getting dinged with an error. Pessimistic? Yes. Accurate? We will never know.
  14. nicksaviking
    Glen Perkins says no. Though I hope no decisions are run through Perkins at this point. With the extreme catching woes this team currently has, he really should be given another chance should his health permit it, even if previously the team had silently taken that option off of the table.
  15. nicksaviking
    Very interesting monthly splits. Clearly something happened in June, BABIP sure wouldn't explain the one time spike in BB% and dip in K%. Just playing assumptions, his approach changed in June. It sure looks like someone told him that he needs to start taking more pitches, which as a weak hitting middle infielder is something that likely seemed like common sense. It looks like the numbers reverted closer to previous levels after June. So what does that mean? In the first part of the year he was swinging at everything, in June he swung at nothing but in doing so he started to learn to wait for better pitches to hit? Could all just be a fluke, but at least it's a fluke in a positive direction.
  16. nicksaviking
    Seems to me, most modern closers fall into one of three catagories. The kind that miss bats until the day they hang up the glove (rare these days, but Billy Wagner for example) the kind that start to lose the ability to miss bats but figure out how to get outs other ways (Trevor Hoffman, Jon Papelbon) and the guys who start to lose the ability to miss bats and ride out the rest of their career on a series of rebounds and busts (Francisco Cordero, Jose Valverde, Troy Percival). Perk looks almost certainly to be in one of the later two catagories. As he tends to have pretty good control, one would hope that he can learn to pitch to his limitations, but there is a long history of pitchers flaming out once their velocity leaves them.
  17. nicksaviking
    Every year Perk's strikeount numbers plummet in the 2nd half. Even if in past years he has held on to his other attributes, his diminishing strikeouts were bound to become a problem. This isn't new. If there's anything we can take away from this, it's to trade him come the deadline next year after he regains his value.
  18. nicksaviking
    I can't speak for other nights, but his opponent probably had a lot to do with this. The Yankees are a flyball team and are among the leaders in lowest GB%; with their ballpark, this is obviously by design. Gibson's sinker likely will have little impact on these uppercut swings. Still, it's best to go after them instead of nibbling and loading the bases with free passes. Another sinkerballer, Pelfrey is going tonight, could be more of the same. A team full of veterans who will foul a half dozen pitches off if you can't make them swing and miss really highlights the problems your club faces when you can't strike batters out.
  19. nicksaviking
    You can't just "DL" someone. Hunter would need a semi-legit reason for being shelved, and old age doesn't cut it. I assume you are saying the Twins can't have Hunter ride pine for multiple days because Hunter would object. What do you think he would do if the Twins suddenly told him he had an injury unbeknownst to himself and he'd be taking 15 days off?
  20. nicksaviking
    I agree all the vet contracts are causing and will continue to cause developmental issues. I do not agree that the front office doesn't like Berrios. In fact I think they love the guy. I've been critical of the front office about many things, but Berrios is a pitcher with nice control and a strong work ethic, this is a Twins kind of guy. They may not like arrogance, but they certainly want guys with confidence. Don't mistake what appears to be a fairly strict adherence to promotion by seniority for dislike. Also, while some teams would have had Berrios up, not all would, last I heard he was still the youngest pitcher in the International League. Most teams like the 2015 Twins with a large quantity (not necessarily quality) of starting options wouldn't call him up.
  21. nicksaviking
    I guess I'm of the opinion that if Duffey pitches well enough the rest of the year and shows he's a MLB capable pitcher (big hypothetical) I don't think he should be squirreled away in AAA as the backup backup. I'd prefer All of Duffey, May, Berrios and Gibson in the rotation with all but one of the vets getting moved but that won't and probably can't happen. But I don't think it's fair to the game or the player to keep multiple MLB level talents in AAA for a rainy day.
  22. nicksaviking
    I want May in the rotation, but nothing but good can come from Tyler Duffey pitching adaquetly at the MLB level. He would make a perfect trade piece this offseason, assuming there's no room for him in 2016.
  23. nicksaviking
    I guess I was trying to think of a top pitching prospect. I don't think Buxton can get an ace, only a prospective ace.
  24. nicksaviking
    Most people think there are already too many arms for the rotation, an eight man rotation sure is a unique solution. The 31 man roster would probably require some kind of waiver though.
  25. nicksaviking
    This team is already swimming in over priced unmovable veteran pitchers, so that should be out of the question this upcoming offseason. Still, Mike Leake would be the last guy I'd want from that list. He's just another noodle armed righty who can't strike anyone out. The Twins already have that in spades.
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