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  1. nicksaviking
    Last year the injured starters were continally replaced by AAAA pitchers because their seniority "earned" them the promotion. And Nolasco was never demoted despite a full season of making the fans turn off the TV. Besides, I don't want Meyer, May, Berrios or any other true prospect to make spot starts, what good does that do? If they are going to start for the Twins, they should have a permanent position in the rotation until they prove unable to cut it.
  2. nicksaviking
    I guess that I think in three years they'll either be very good starters or in the back of the bullpen. But I don't want to think, I want to know. We shouldn't be unsure of what they can do this time next year. We MIGHT get to see enough of them this year, but now that is not certain. This can't turn into a Chris Parmelee situation where he got five odd games here and 7 odd games there and we try to make a judgment based on piecemeal information. We shouldn't evaluate these guys based on a scattershot of data from spot starts and periodic bullpen appearances.
  3. nicksaviking
    Theoretically they could get 30 starts. Theoretically they could get stuck in Rochester all season too. Sticking the youngstes in the rotation at the onset regardless of other options would have been the best way to ensure we get a clear idea of what they will give us in the furture. It could have shown that they won't cut it, but I don't care, we need to find out sometime, now is better than next year assuming being competitive is more of a future goal than a present goal. It is on the Twins to make room for prospects, but I don't trust them to put development ahead of country club ideals. This is the club that put Kris Johnson, Logan Darnell and Johan Pino at the head of the line because they were more veteran and had put more time in. It let Ricky Nolasco put up a historically terrible season for an entire year and re-signed Mike Pelfrey to a two year deal because they liked him in the clubhouse.
  4. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't want Porcello or Fister, would have less interest in Kazmir, but there are look to be a lot of options next year. There may be bounce back seasons from Buchholz, Estrada and Masterson. There are just more pitchers. Regardless, I was already counting on 2015 to be a development year, meaning I was fine letting the young guys play even if they struggle. We need to know. We still might get some answers, but now it's not certain the picture will get any clearer.
  5. nicksaviking
    This move really seems like the team is hoping to compete now, however I still dont think they can if they don't have an ace. It may be a long shot, but the team's only chance at getting an ace is to hope one of the young pitchers will turn into one. Santana's a fine pitcher, but I still think the best move was to give a full season to May and Meyer and then if one or both don't pan out, 2016 is when you go and find long term pitcher, Cueto, Latos, Zimmerman, Porcello, Fister, Kazmir, or Greinke, Samardzjia, Price for those of us with too high of expectations. Next year's free agent class projects to be so much better.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it could easily be argued that Ryan's best moves have been the unhearlded BP acquisitions. There have been some flops, but there have been some steals as well.
  7. nicksaviking
    I think most talent evaluators have the Cubs system stronger than the Twins system.
  8. nicksaviking
    I wasn't a big advocate of a big payroll this offseason as I wanted to put as many players under 30 as possible on the roster. Still it has been a welcome sight to see Ryan agressive early on both of the last two offseasons. Ryan and Hoyer have been making similar moves, but not the same moves. Hoyer's (and Epstein) moves do seem intended to push for a rebuild while Ryan's moves seemed intended to inject stability. Hoyer made a bad long term deal in Edwin Jackson (I also think Lester will not pan out in the long run), but he also bought low on a bunch of known pitching commodities that seemed aimed at soley flipping them at the trade deadline. Aside from perhaps the first Pelfery contract, all of Ryan's pitching moves seemed to be made for the purpose of adding and keeping veterans in the rotation. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to have Phil Hughes, but for an actual rebuild and restocking of the system, Ryan should have had fewer two year deals to Correia and Pelfrey and more one year deals like the Cubs did with Feldman and Hammel. Also, the Cubs agression in the international market is obviously the opposite approach to the Twins.
  9. nicksaviking
    I'm getting awful tired of you complaining about people complaining about Mackey complaining about fans complaining about the Twins payroll.
  10. nicksaviking
    Man, I feel like an idiot! I've been diving too deep into these numbers all this time! I get it now though, I'm going to just round to the nearest whole number and OPS should really look like binary code; you either get a 1 or you get a 0.
  11. nicksaviking
    At least they had him in the rotation, unlike certain reality based models.
  12. nicksaviking
    Right, and what changed with Santana that the Twins only offered him 3/33 last year but this year they offered 4/55 plus an option year? A draft pick was included both times. To answer my own question, the Twins were displaying more desperation this year. Sometimes when you're back is against the wall you make great decisions that that free you from your circumstances. Other times you make rash decisions that worsens them. Hopefully this is the former.
  13. nicksaviking
    I wanted guys on short term deals, but it looks pretty clear that Masterson didn't want to come here. He reportedly wouldn't schedule a sit down with the Twins, and most people predicted that he'd receive more than he did with Boston, which indicates that he wanted to go back there to try to rebuild his value. Latos is under contract for only one year though and do you really think the Twins will be contenders this year? Why would you want to give up some nice prospects to get him in a losing year? If the Twins want him, they can go after him as a free agent next year, no prospects attached.
  14. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't trade one year of Escobar for 2 years of Gee.
  15. nicksaviking
    Clearly not. Have you missed all the well thought out Duensing trade suggestions that have failed to come to fruition through the years?
  16. nicksaviking
    Right, but you don't have to trade prospects to get a defensive minded CF.
  17. nicksaviking
    Personally, I'm not big on trading for no-hit outfielders. You can get defensive minded outfielders on the waiver wire. His bat is about the same as Alex Presley, he seems to be a player that has a bigger rep than he deserves.
  18. nicksaviking
    They should have, in 2005. That would have been just about right to buy out that second free agent year instead of only one.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Pelfry in the pen could work. Milone needs to stay away. I don't care what hand you throw with, guys with low velocity and stuff that weak should not be coming into games with men on base.
  20. nicksaviking
    Gilmartin wasn't on the 40-man, that's why the Mets were able to draft him. The Twins will have to DFA or trade someone else, and there are plenty of options for both.
  21. nicksaviking
    And it was a looooooong journey to get him to the point of being an average reliever. I'd expect an equally long and even more unlikely journey for Gilmartin to match him.
  22. nicksaviking
    Everyone knows you can't have just one.
  23. nicksaviking
    I was thinking that 2nd starter was a bit of a problem actually.
  24. nicksaviking
    With a 3rd year option. If we weren't in such a Santana frenzy we'd probably be talking about how crazy it is for a team to sign a full time DH with a .612 OPS to a 2 year $17 million deal. He's lucky he didn't get a Kubelesque minor league offer.
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