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  1. nicksaviking
    I can only assume you're trying a bit of reverse psychology on the Gods.
  2. nicksaviking
    Yup, can't uncry that wolf. Even if he pitches symptom free the rest of the year, every front office will now put much more weight on the Astros original concerns, and for all we know, they were putting weight on the Astros concerns even while the fans were not.
  3. nicksaviking
    It does and he's handling it a lot better than Perkins did when he was told his opportunities as a MLB starter were over. Of course Perkins greived all the way to a pretty nice payday and a couple All-Star games. As have many a failed starter. Here's hoping he makes the most of his opportunity. And here's also hoping somehow that opportunity may benefit the Twins.
  4. nicksaviking
    Considering how much time Pelfery takes between pitches, his warmups may take two commercial breaks. Still, the pen's the best place for him. Let's see if he can dial up that heater a few more MPH.
  5. nicksaviking
    Nonsense. Barardino can tell us that there is a leg kick, but he can't tell us WHY there is a leg kick and what it means to Hicks' swing. Berardino's got nothing on you. Unless you count a Florida vacation paid for by his employer and Torii Hunter's ire.
  6. nicksaviking
    You sure it wasn't blocked simply because of all the naughty words being written about AP?
  7. nicksaviking
    For those who wanted option years, he's still under contract for four more years. There will be plenty of time to talk extension should Polanco, Santana, Escobar, Gordon et al bust or get moved. My vote will still be 'Nay' though. 31 just seems like the perfect time to part ways with a middle infielder. A corner bat who doesn't need to worry about declining range might be a different story, but I'd rather always cycle through young guys up the middle.
  8. nicksaviking
    Technically they still could I believe but it wouldn't make any sense if the option was $12-15M considering the going QO rate at this time is already higher than $15M. So basically the Twins would turn down that $15M option, then go ahead and offer him a $16M QO, which would clearly be a sham aimed at getting that comp pick.
  9. nicksaviking
    Well that's because you look at Thorpe's arm as an organizational asset while Thorpe looks at his arm as an actual appendage made up of his actual flesh and blood, which if cut open would impact his actual life. It's easy for any of us to say what would be better for the Twins and project those desires as also being the best move for Thorpe, since it's not our arm.
  10. nicksaviking
    I didn't see anything about the guys getting extra rest. If they did, I fail to see how the bullpen would be any more efficient.
  11. nicksaviking
    I agree, and as a fan I would like to speed up the process and get it done with at first tear, but we too often see these guys as 2D characters. If I was faced with 100% certainty of delaying my career AND the loss of my dominant arm for months, I'd probably try for the lotto ticket too.
  12. nicksaviking
    Aside from Ervin Santana, R&R does not show much success. Still, it's easy for us to say he should have had surgery, we aren't the ones getting knocked out, sawed open and incapacitated for months. Last I checked Thorpe is still an adult privileged with making his own choices with his body. I'm guessing even if the Twins tried to force Thorpe to have surgery, they would find a stiff rebuke from our legal system. Hey, perhaps a team could start looking into setting up their training facilities in Cuba now if they were interested forcing medical procedures upon teenagers.
  13. nicksaviking
    Yup, because they aren't going to have that 95 MPH fastball forever. Use it before you lose it, don't waste it on International League batters.
  14. nicksaviking
    Due to Ryan's comments about taking the best pitchers regardless of handedness and Molitor's comments about a different usage of the pen, I don't think Theilbar is a lock, and I certainly don't think Mione is a lock if he doesn't make the rotation. While Ryan obviously has final say, Molitor doesn't strike me as a guy who will keep quiet if the GM tries to stick him with an 85 MPH flyball pitcher in his pen. And for what it's worth, Ithink Ryan knows better as well.
  15. nicksaviking
    I hope this turns out to be nothing, I really don't want the Astros proven right, even though they actually may have been on to something. Seems if they saw this issue due to his medicals they might not actually be the villain after all. Which would make those of is roasting them the villains?
  16. nicksaviking
    The Twins are in the perfect situation to try this and bully to Molitor for recognizing it. Every other bullpen seems to be, or is trying to be made up of max effort fireballers. The Twins have (notoriously) been late to the velocity party with a pen mostly full of low 90's cast offs and swingmen. Teams with max effort slingers probably can't ask their guys to consistently throw 30 pitches. About time someone in this organization thought of a way to turn a deficiency into a unique opportunity.
  17. nicksaviking
    I picked zero simply because defensive measurements are still so entirely subjective. It all basically boils down to saying Player X missed a play that Player Y would have made and it cost the team a run. I don't know that Player Y would have made that play, as my machine that turns hypothetical judgments into fact recently broke.
  18. nicksaviking
    Thanks, I was this close to searching the term in Urban Dictionary at work, but was worried the returned results might get me a visit from HR.
  19. nicksaviking
    Is a yard goat an animal native to New England or do they simply have some very lax livestock laws in that area?
  20. nicksaviking
    How's that old Sinatra song about the Twins outfield go? If you can't make it here, you can't make it anywhere?
  21. nicksaviking
    Besides, if the Phillies are willing to eat 83% of his salary, that probably means they will do anything to get him off the roster, which means they'll likely cut him in short order anyway. They are probably just dangling this carrot to see if anyone will give them $10M before they cut bait completely.
  22. nicksaviking
    Can he play CF? If so then, well, still no.
  23. nicksaviking
    " Mike Pelfrey is back from elbow surgery and (evidently) finally healthy. And then there's Milone, who might be the most accomplished big-leaguer of the bunch." "Is back from" and "most accomplished" are phrases that show the club is still trying to capitalize on players' past accomplishments, so is giving pitchers in their early 30's four-year deals. I know this front office is eager to see the young players, but it just always seems they can't help themselves and will always go with experience over potential if both options are available to them, and I don't know why. The organization's two most successful rebuilds came from a near 100% youth movement.
  24. nicksaviking
    So Stauffer had an ERA+ of 96 and Boyer was at 94 last year. Stauffer had an FIP of 3.02 to Boyer's 2.93, all while playing for the same team. Yet because the Twins got a wild hair to offer Stauffer guaranteed money while Boyer was only offered a minor league deal, Stauffer is all but a lock to get a job while Boyer is likely out of luck? I could do without either guy, but this just doesn't seem sound like very sound decision making to me.
  25. nicksaviking
    I'm blinded by Buxton so my concern with Rosario defensively is barely on my periphery. However, should the Twins ever find themselves with too many OFs (I know, it sounds like science fiction), being able to put CF on his resume likely would increase Rosario's trade value, even if it's not actually his best fit.
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