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  1. nicksaviking
    I don't think it's only the fans that need patience, the front office is calling these guys up and down all over the place and not letting them struggle at the MLB level.
  2. nicksaviking
    For me, I'm of the mind that all things being equal (but when are they ever?), pitchers should be promoted earlier than batters. Not only is the shelf life for a pitcher generally shorter than a batter, but pitchers are the causation to the batters reaction in the pitcher/batter matchups. It's the batters who have to first learn to react and adapt to a pitcher, not the other way around.
  3. nicksaviking
    Yes Howard has always had strong walk rates. He has a career .351 OBP and that's despite the past 4 seasons being pretty awful.
  4. nicksaviking
    It's just frustrating that anyone taking this position isn't understanding that High K + Low BB = high production is not a possible equation at the MLB level.
  5. nicksaviking
    And I'll give it a try: http://www.baseball-reference.com/japan/player.cgi?id=restov001mic http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wood--002ric http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mottol001cha http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=borcha001jos http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=harvey002rya And these are just the high profile guys I could think of, meaning these were guys who had huge strikeout issues but those ranking them still rated them as a top prospect. Walker isn't even getting that hype. All of those guys except for Harvey could get on base too. Edit: It seems that BBR's minor league pages are having some issues loading the stats. I'm sure they'll be back up shortly.
  6. nicksaviking
    His production could not stay the same at the MLB level. In this day and age of scouting, every MLB manager would be sure his pitchers only throw off speed stuff out of the zone to him. He would never see a pitch to hit. Think about how upset we would be if our staff was facing a guy who can't lay off anything but the pitchers still for some reason threw him strikes?
  7. nicksaviking
    Right, but I said lately. Why would the decision be based off of April stats? May has been equal if not better in June. It would be foolish to put his development on hold so we can play make believe with Mike Pelfrey in 2015. This team doesn't have a difference maker in the rotation, there's no one to run out there in a game one, or more worrisome, a play in game. It's a long shot, but with his ability for a plus K rate and a hugely improved walk rate, May might be able to get close to being that guy in 2016, heck if we want to be optimistic, perhaps by the end of this year. Pelfrey doesn't have that ability, he won't even be here next year.
  8. nicksaviking
    I don't remember many "Win Now" guys, I do remember many "Fix it Now" guys. I don't think any of them were "Fix it just for this year" guys. Ryan's canine teeth haven't come in yet, and this team will barely be able to break the skin with this odd combination of baby teeth and dull and yellowed dentures they are using.
  9. nicksaviking
    Pelfrey has not been lights out. The guy has a 4.3 K/9. That is beyond absurd and his success is clearly not sustainable unless we jump into our time machine and head back to 1876. May has been better than him lately, putting the rookie in the pen or AAA instead of moving a vet smells like country club antics to me. This team has one of the worst offenses, below average defense, perhaps the worst bullpen in the league and a group of starters that are number #3s at best, and absolute time bombs at worst. The games are fun to watch and I hope they keep winning, but the future is not now, and any move to stunt or impair the future for this year is a huge mistake.
  10. nicksaviking
    If it's me, I'm playing for the future and I'm not making moves that do any kind of harm to that vision. Still, there are too many corner OF/IF types on the farm, some have to be moved or they'll just fade away without getting a shot. However I don't want these guys traded for veterans on dumb contracts. Young, cheap catcher, SS or fireballing RP? Sure, maybe. Don't go and get more 30+ year-olds on multi-year deals though.
  11. nicksaviking
    Meyer perhaps shouldn't be the answer. But neither should two guys who throw about 90 MPH on a good day and miss bats at a historically awful level considering their job duties.
  12. nicksaviking
    Why is May the odd man out? Even with his bomb of an outing this weekend, he has been better than Pelfrey in June. Not saying Pelfrey wasn't pretty good in June, May was just better. May's development is more important to the future of the team than any kind of short term glory and appeasement of vets in my opinion. May looks to be a future cornerstone member of the rotation even if he's not an ace.
  13. nicksaviking
    Quite the contrary. I think most fans are reasonable and believe nearly all rookies will struggle with a MLB transition, it is however a neccisarily evil if a team ever wants to build from within. Letting them get their feet wet when the team isn't contending would be ideal. Now there are just tough choices to make. Personally I'd sacrifice this post season for a legit chance to win it all sometime in the next seven years or so.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yet you listed a bunch of prospects you believed didn't work out and blamed it on the fans while at the same time saying the front office has done a good job of promoting prospects.
  15. nicksaviking
    I doubt the front office called up any of those guys because of fan demand. I don't even recall many fans demanding Santana or Vargas, who by the way actually played well in 2014. I do think that if any front office did call up prospects because of fan demand they should all be fired. I can't imagine this team did though. If they did and the prospect(s) in question failed, it sure as hell wouldn't make them any less culpable, at best it would simply mean the fans were equally as deluded as the front office. Bottom line, there is zero correlation between any fans being wrong and the front office being right. Unless someone actually thinks the front office is craven and caves into the will of amatures.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yup, because what to KC and TB have in common? James Shields, who has been among the league leaders in innings each year for about a decade. TB also gave David Price huge innings. Neither team has a true front line starter now so it makes sense to limit the innings of the marginal starters.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yes. I'm not saying the Twins aren't capable any kind of new age philosophies, but clearly the current one is still based on pitch count.
  18. nicksaviking
    Sounds good. Chris Herrmann and Eduardo are still OK to do it then.
  19. nicksaviking
    I would have to disagree. I think it's important to not only make the playoffs, but win in the playoffs in the years ahead. This team is not built to win in the playoffs even if they should happen to sneak into it. I want to see them play in October, but let's try on the hypothetical situation where the Twins make the playoffs, but once again are knocked out ASAP. Fair or not, the fans and media will say this is the same old Twins and nothing has changed. I think it's more important for the Twins to be relevant most of the year, even if they fall short of the playoffs. If they can hang on and contend for another month, it will be a wildly successful campaign from what I can see. It will whet the fans appitite, much as it did when they came up just short in 2001.
  20. nicksaviking
    They seem less risky when the slide doesn't appear to be an attempt to either belly-flop second or pick up a pretty rock you see while traversing on your stomach. For the athlete that he is, he looks extremely uncoordinated when he tries to slide.
  21. nicksaviking
    I kind of think SS arm strength is a little over-rated, mostly because even on the few occasions where the additional velocity actually will get the out, all we're talking about is an infield hit or possibly not getting the back end of a double play. An outfielder with a weak arm might let a guy get to 2nd, 3rd or score. An infielder with a weak arm, in almost all scenarios, is giving up what amounts to a walk. I'd guess a pitcher who has a 3.5 BB/9 as opposed to a pitcher who has a 2.5 BB/9 would end up allowing more baserunners than a SS with a below average arm. And I don't get too riled up over a 3.5 BB/9. Of course I'm talking about arm strength; accuracy is a different scenario.
  22. nicksaviking
    Not that any excuses would need to be made, but one would also have to think that even if it's only 15 days, Buxton will more than the typical few games on rehab assignment. Let's see if he can take what he learned at the MLB level and dominate Rochester.
  23. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't doubt they're willing to trade him, however I doubt a mere three months is going to lower the asking price from Tijuan Walker to Adam Walker.
  24. nicksaviking
    Especially since Espinosa was as disappointing the last two years as Desmond has been this year.
  25. nicksaviking
    Pelfrey. Milones 86 MPH heater doesn't really work in the pen. Works OK at Rochester though.
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