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  1. nicksaviking
    Molitor's involvement with Ft. Myers just highlights why the Twins need to stop making the Midwest league a full year pit stop for the young HS draftees. I know Arcia got an early bump, though as it has been pointed out he was on a rehab assignment and they simply decided to keep him there once healed. Hopefully the standard Midwest layover is over. If the Twins are going to have an unwritten rule about keeping prospects at a certain level for one full season regardless of performance it should be Ft. Myers where the best facilities, weather, coaches and instructors are.
  2. nicksaviking
    Sounds right. Why does a team need a manager to make pitching changes when the starter can decide for himself? Surely pulling him would have been more destructive than losing the game itself. Correia needed to be pulled because he does not have the ability to strike batters out and the Twins were up one run while a runner was on third in the 8th inning with less than two outs. This isn't 1980, the other 29 teams have learned that the strikeout is the most efficient way to prevent runs. Grab Gardy, Terry Ryan and go take a class from Brian Sabean or Dave Dombrowski. Learn the game.
  3. nicksaviking
    Yes considering Hank Conger is the best HS catcher drafted since Mauer. I'd be furious. There is too much to learn defensively and calling a game the offense seems to take a back seat.
  4. nicksaviking
    It doesn't make me any less optimistic but Hicks is demonstrating this trait with negative consequences currently. Did these guys have Joe Mauer posters on their walls growing up?
  5. nicksaviking
    I think the Twins actually might have gone over their allotment last year. I don't recall the penalty system exactly but if you go over by less then something like 10% the penalty is only monetary. If you go over by something like 25%, like the Rays did, you lose your alloted money for the following year. That list shows the Rays with an allowance however so I might be talking out of my butt.
  6. nicksaviking
    No one wants to reach for lesser value, but why would you think it's a reach to take a pitcher but not a batter? They have to take someone, even if there is not a true #4 value. I'm not claiming to be an expert, but from my view, the pitchers look like they have much higher upside than the HS bats being discussed. I'll try this another way. The college arms aside from Manaea are likely all fairly close to MLB ready. They throw hard which everyone can clearly see is the number one factor in a dominant MLB arm right now, and they have a strong grasp of multiple pitches. There, I've made a minimal case that Appel, Gray, Manaea and Anderson are in fact the BP'sA, those that think the batters are better please rebut because I've heard no legit arguement for any of the bats, only implied trepidation that a pitcher surely can't be more valuable.
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    I think you can throw Bryant in that group too, but none are standout. I think they'd all take a backseat to Appel and Gray and at best are only equal to Manaea and Anderson. Some people will look for any excuse not to draft a pitcher, I don't believe you are one of them, but I thought this year will be a good test case because I think the top couple of players are clearly pitchers and the BPA arguement for a hitter holds little water because none of them will clearly be the BPA at the #4 pick.
  8. nicksaviking
    Is BPA code for people who always want to take a hitter with the first pick? I think for some people it stands for Batter Pick, Always. This year should be a good test case as the offensive options do not look to be overly special.
  9. nicksaviking
    I agree this one is on Gardy, not because Correia pitched into the 8th but because of the situation that developed in the 8th. If there is a runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs and your team is up by 1, you can't have a guy on the mound who isn't able to strike anyone out. I don't care how well he pitched up to that point, without strikeout ability that runner is most likely going to score. This is 21st century baseball, the other 29 teams have realized the strikeout is the most efficient way to prevent runs. Isn't that why the team cut ties with Burnett despite him still having an option remaining? Every time this team seems to make an effort to get away from 1980's baseball, they seem to take another step back toward it.
  10. nicksaviking
    The BPA arguement is rediculous. We're talking about pitchers and batters how could you possibly go about comparing the two? This isn't basketball or hockey, heck it's not even football, the players have no skill sets in common. Is Justin Verlander better than Pedro Florimon? Obviously. Is Miguel Cabrera better than Liam Hendriks? Of course, but how do you even begin to compare Verlander and Cabrera? WAR? Please.
  11. nicksaviking
    With the risk of also taking a beating, I have to say, despite the tone of the OP's first two paragraphs, his third seemed very hypothetical, and it actually is a good question. No one, including the OP is advocating a Parmelee demotion, but how long do you give him the job if he does end up struggling? In the big picture, Parmelee may not be a huge piece of the puzzle, but his presence on the 25 man roster is balanced by two large and opposite variables. If star prospect Arcia deserves a promotion should the Twins block him be sticking with a hypothetically struggling Parmelee? On the other hand can you really resolve the Morneau delimma without a firm opinion of Parmelee's future abilities?
  12. nicksaviking
    So you Vavra can't be evaluated off of one performance but Correia can. Got it, thanks.
  13. nicksaviking
    I have to disagree about the best thing about the win. To me, the best thing about the win was that it was only game two and the Tigers are already panicking about their closer situation. They just signed the powder keg that is Jose Valverde, the guy they had all offseason to bring in, but didn't because they knew he didn't have it anymore.
  14. nicksaviking
    You probably have to keep the unexciting vets in Rochester around for a bit. Hicks may have made the team, but he's no lock to keep his job all season. I'm sure the club wants to keep Boggs and Thomas around a while longer to make sure a Hicks isn't going to need to be sent down.
  15. nicksaviking
    Or simply to platoon with Plouffe if he continues to have troubles with right-handers.
  16. nicksaviking
    It could just be blowing smoke I suppose, but Bruno has said more than once he doesn't want to be a manager. If he had, he likley would still be in the minors at the helm of one of the affiliates.
  17. nicksaviking
    Well he was a top 100 prospect as recently as last year. He plays 3B and while I don't believe he is a standout defensively, I've never heard about him needing to move positions. The nice aspect about his game is he does bat left handed, which the Twins were looking for to complement Plouffe. The unfortunate aspect is his bat took a step beck last season. He clearly needs more minor league seasoning.
  18. nicksaviking
    You guys are missing the most frustrating part of the Beradino article for me. The last paragraph about deciding who will bat second: "Once we start, I'll make that final decision," Gardenhire says. "I'll sit down with my staff and our stat guy and see what that computer spits out, and then we'll go from there. If it's coughing, then I'll do it my way." And before that he dispragingly called Sabrmetrics "Cybermetrics." This pretty closely echoed what Ryan said this offseason. The team has 1 "stat guy" and in their opinion, his function within the organization is a source of derision and punchlines. Grow up, this isn't 1980's baseball any longer; it's a multi-billion dollar industry and your competitors are using every tool at thier disposal to come out on top while you shake your head and say their is not room for evolution in MY game.
  19. nicksaviking
    I liked the signing and still do, still looks like the Twins backed the wrong high-risk high-reward, recently-out-of-baseball-fireballer. Scott Kazmir has made Cleveland's rotation and has looked good this preseason.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'm surprised the Jays had room for him. Aside from the blockbuster trades they made, it seemed to me they made a ton of waiver claims this offseason.
  21. nicksaviking
    And the Twins could have had him. If they had traded for him it would have cost a token non-prospect and the Twins surely could have afforded the contract. The one year deal would not have hindered the rebuild and it would have made the Twins at least 20% more competitive.
  22. nicksaviking
    He's neither, he's just an indecisive GM. He doesn't make bold offers so he ends up sitting back and waiting for something to fall in his lap. The problem is that by the time something falls in his lap, the agressive GM's have already grabbed the better prizes. This year was worse though. This offseason he took to the airwaves and complained to everyone that no one will come here and take his offers. CMATHEWSON earlier said he took the high road this offseason. That woe-is-me airing of frustration that no one was taking his (likely low) offers was certainly not the high road.
  23. nicksaviking
    It certainly is schadenfreude that we need not feel guilty about.
  24. nicksaviking
    Not if you remember the Metrodome during the lean years. I still loved the games but there was a reason I got every batting practice ball hit in my section during those years. Kids ride the wave of public support more than anyone, they get excited about the team when they are winning and everyone is talking about Twins baseball. When they stink they may still say they like them but most will put them on the backburner. Diehard baseball fans will always show up, but we only make up a fraction of those in attendance.
  25. nicksaviking
    Brett Myers signed with Cleveland, at the time they looked to be doing nothing other than routine offseason maitenance they also appear to have chosen the better bounceback candidate in Scott Kazmir. The Cubs signed Baker, Feldman, Villanuava and Jackson, yet no one views them as contenders. Iwakuma signed with the Mariners. The Pirates signed Liriano and Karstens, and that's not counting all the minor league deals pitchers signed with both contenders and non-contenders. Most of these guys are not stars, but most were a better deal than what the Twins gave Correia and Pelfrey and none of those teams were viewed as contenders when the players signed. Pitchers are fragile, they will almost always chase the money or the years to get their paycheck now. The Twins are just bad at free agency.
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