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  1. nicksaviking
    I'm starting May and Meyer until the prove they aren't functional in that capacity. Good relievers can be manufactured from failed starters, and failed starters are everywhere. So if it was me, I'm not going to try to manufacture relievers from unproven starters since they are obviously a better commodity.
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    That would stink, but I'm of the mind that nothing increases a players immediate value than being able to stamp "closer" on his resume. So a silver lining would be that if the Twins were able to promote a new "closer" (my short-term to intermediary dark horse: Lester Oliveros), suddenly when Perkins is back, the team automatically has a guy with significantly improved trade value simply because ninth inning experience counts 5x more than any other experience for some reason.
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    You're right, Ryan could very well intend for Meyer to get the job. His comments sounded pretty defensive, though there may be room for interpretation considering Souhan loves to stir things up. I don't like the "earned" philosophy though. Rookies are rarely going to show as much polish as MLB veterans no matter how lackluster the vets are. At some point you have to throw the prospects off the diving board into the deep end of the pool to see if they can swim, even if some non-essential vets get their feelings hurt because he budged.
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    Better ribs than an elbow I guess, though we've seen plenty of pitchers go down for extended stretches with injuries to their core. Who closes should he go down? Fein? Let's have Burdi MLB ready by June.
  5. nicksaviking
    I'd like to hear an honest answer from Pohlad, Ryan, St. Peter and the rest of the gang when asked the hypothetical quesion: Would losing 100 games in 2015 be worth it if it meant winning 85 in 2016 and improving from there? All this positive talk makes me worried that the team is still going to go with aging vets over young players simply because they think it will help salvage a few more wins.
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    Well what did everyone think would happen when a bunch of vets who aren't or shouldn't be part of the future were brought into what clearly called for a rebuild situation? So theoretically, if Meyer never out "earns" the likes of Stauffer, Millone Pelfrey and who ever is their equivalent in 2016, 2017, 2018 etc, he should never get a shot at the bigs. Good grief. I don't want to try to imagine what the future of the organization is going to look like if the team insists on pandering to journeymen AAAA pitchers at the expense of development for guys like Meyer.
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    The FSL ballparks are notorious for that. I'm sure his luck will change in the Eastern League.
  8. nicksaviking
    So Danny's regression is already starting.
  9. nicksaviking
    Not sure I want to tinker with Hughes either. Sounds like a guy you'd want tied to Meyer though. If Allen is your organizations best change up teacher, don't you want him with the guy trying his damnedest to improve his? I really don't like the notion that learning has to be done before a pitcher reaches the majors when your club is supposed to be rebuilding.
  10. nicksaviking
    They could have signed Chris Young for a million bucks plus incentives. I doubt they would have interest in the Twins high priced flops.
  11. nicksaviking
    It sends up red flags for me as well though it shouldn't; your middle section really is the main point. Using ERA for relievers is just a not sound measurement. Four bad outings in April could crush one's ERA he could never recover from. Additionally, the guy who comes in with men on base gets off Scott free when he let's all the runners score before closing out the inning. Digging deeper is going to be needed to evaluate relievers.
  12. nicksaviking
    I agree he'd say 80 wins was a success. But I also think that he believes the club could be a lot better. I don't think he brings in aging vets like Santana and Hunter if he doesn't secretly think they can help the team make the playoffs. I think most of us fans think that is a pipe dream though which is why I believe the team should have stayed the course and kept plugging away with young players, even at the expense of a few extra wins.
  13. nicksaviking
    Seems to me nearly the whole division is relying on players who had outlier career years last year (Kluber, Brantley, JD Martinez) young players with only one season of positive performance (Abreu, Ventura, nearly everything good about the Twins) or star players clearly on the decline (everyone on the Tigers). There are barely any established franchise stars in their prime in this division; David Price and the injured Chris Sale seem to be about it. Perhaps you could toss Alex Gordon in there. I think this division has a whole lot of average and wishful thinking.
  14. nicksaviking
    I doubt he nor any other ball player would try to taylor their technique or approach based on road stadiums.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think the whole division is going to stink. I wouldn't be surprised if there was only one .500 club.
  16. nicksaviking
    No more players over 30 please. Besides, let these deep pocket teams suffer from their mistakes. They think, "Sure, we can afford to gamble on player X, we got money!" Well last laugh is on them, because they still only have 25 roster spots.
  17. nicksaviking
    Here is the quote about his extreme pull tendancy: "Extreme pulling is generally a hallmark of a player harvesting power near the end of a career, when it’s basically all that he has left in his offensive game. The most comparable 2013 pull factors were posted by the likes of Jonny Gomes, Raul Ibanez, Chris Young and Andrelton Simmons; three guys who appeared cooked in 2014, and another who is struggling to find an offensive identity. Dozier didn’t become an extreme puller to extend his major league career; he did so just to have one, at least as a regular, in the first place." I'm not a fan of the extension, but Blengino is using conjecture here as to why Dozier is pulling the ball when anyone who has followed the history of Target Field doesn't need conjectur. Dozier is an extreme pull hitter because Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe showed everyone in 2012 that the only reliable way to create power is to pull the ball down the LF line.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing that's one of their "experts" rankings. ESPN also projects stats and they rank Mauer 23rd and that's with Buster Posey who will play catcher, Carols Santana who will play 3rd, Victor Martinez at DH and Brandon Moss and Mark Trumbo who may be in the outfield. Not very impressive, but not the worst. http://games.espn.go.com/flb/tools/projections?display=alt&slotCategoryId=1&startIndex=15
  19. nicksaviking
    Molitor could also tell Pelfrey to go to the pen. Ryan can make roster decisions, but Molitor ultimately decides when and where we'll see them. Judging by how long Pelfrey takes between pitches, perhaps Molitor has a point about his warm up time. Still, I'd give the pen a shot for him as his repertoir and velocity could make him a quality releiver. He does nothing for me as an AL starter.
  20. nicksaviking
    A six year deal for Santana would have been perfect. He was a 25-year-old Cy Young winning lefty, the best in the game. If we're assuming all things remain equal as far as injuries go, he would have been healthy through the first five seasons and only gotten hurt with a month left in the final year of his contract. I agree with not siging Dozier to a six year deal though. He's not on the same level or the same age as Santana, Hunter, Morneau or Mauer.
  21. nicksaviking
    I don't disagree, the Twins screwed the pooch on those two extensions. But both were younger and better players at more premium positions. They were also part of teams that were trying to maintain their current winning tradition. A lot can change in six years. A few 2B from 2008 were still productive last year, but probably only Cano, Kinsler and Pedroia (depending on how much you like dirty uniforms) you'd still want to pay starter money today. The 2008 2B WAR leader board: Chase Utley Dustin Pedroia Ian Kinsler Brian Roberts Dan Uggla Mark DeRosa Mark Ellis Brandon Phillips Marco Scutaro Placido Polanco Akinori Iwamura Kelly Johnson Rickie Weeks Jose Lopez Freddy Sanchez Felipe Lopez Robinson Cano I really like Dozier, but he doesn't seem elite like Utley, Kinsler, Pedroia, Cano and even Phillips did back in 2008. He seems really solid with some great flashes, more like Scutaro, Ellis, Uggla, Weeks, Johnson and of course Mark DeRosa.
  22. nicksaviking
    Oof, a six year extension is a long time. It seems to me middle infielders decline a lot faster than corner posiiton players. Not sure I want to pay a 33-year-old starting kind of money. If the Twins buy additional years, I really hope they are vesting options based on health and plate appearances, with how the Twins prospect tree looks, and the volitile nature of middle infielders, it wouldn't take a whole lot for Dozier to become a platoon/bench player in a few years.
  23. nicksaviking
    Didn't the Twins kind of break these rules when they sniped Sano from the Pirates?
  24. nicksaviking
    Good for Curt. I disagree with most of what he says but nice work on this one. At some point social media vigilantism will probably go too far, but I'm fine with these dirtbags getting what's coming to them. Is it just me or is Deadspin kicking Twitter kind of like watching the Cowboys beating the Packers? Both are 99% BS and phony as hell so while I'm glad the lesser of the two evils came out on top, I'd prefer they both just disappeared.
  25. nicksaviking
    Call me old school, but I still think catching flies with chopsticks is the most superior way of measuring quickness.
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