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  1. snap4birds
    I was thinking it was right next to "So-so". But I'm not sure which is higher on the scale.....
  2. snap4birds
    I'm a Cardinal fan, and I think Lance Lynn is somewhat underrated. Missed last season (Tommy John?), but otherwise is pretty consistent. Will give you 175-200 innings, average about 3 BB & 8 K's per 9. I think he's a solid #3 starter, so maybe not a great fit for the Twins, who seem to need a #1 or #2. Columnists who cover the Cardinals estimate he'll be asking for a Mike Leake size contract (roughly 6 years, 80 million), and they assume the Cardinals will give him a QO, so he'd cost a draft pick. He definitely adds good depth to a rotation, and I think the Cards will miss his dependability. But they feel they've got enough good, young pitchers to replace him.
  3. snap4birds
    In 2016 there were 85 pitchers that topped 150 innings. Just less than 3 per team. I think you could use him as the 5th starter/skip a few starts or otherwise maneuver somehow to keep him from exceeding 150 innings. Not that I'm advocating this, just pointing out that nowadays, 150 innings makes you a #4 starter.
  4. snap4birds
    Man, looking at the first round of that 2013 draft, maybe the best pick would have been to not sign Stewart, and they they would have received the 5th pick in the 2014 draft. (I think that's how it works, anyway.) They would have then had the 5th & 6th picks in 2014. Probably a good strategy if you can tell beforehand that a draft is extraordinarily weak.
  5. snap4birds
    Reminds of the dreaded 'rotator cuff surgery' back in the 70's/80's. It was the kiss of death for a pitcher. Can't remember hearing of anyone having that surgery in the past 10 years....
  6. snap4birds
    He's in danger of having his nickname changed from "Buck" to "Buck Ninety Eight" if he doesn't figure out how to get that average above the Mendoza line. With the luck of the Twins, he'll probably figure out how to hit about a year before he becomes a free agent.
  7. snap4birds
    Game Thread: Twins@Angels , 7/1@9:07pm CT This should have quite a few comments by the time this game starts a month from now......
  8. snap4birds
    Has anyone asked Buck Showalter his opinion about the Twins in the last 3 days? Was that the biggest jinx in team history?
  9. snap4birds
    As fans, we tend to fall in love with the prospect who throws the hardest. Probably because that's the easiest measurement. But even the hardest throwers have to have good secondary pitches to remain effective in the majors. So I think that is what the scouts have to figure out, does McKay or Wright have the secondary pitches to be at least a #2 in the majors? If so, I think you go with one of them. Have any high schoolers that threw 100 made it to the majors? The only one I remember is Colt Griffin, and he never got close to the majors. It seems like there have been a lot more in recent years, but I don't remember who they were or if they've advanced very far.
  10. snap4birds
    I think you can trade those competitive balance picks now? The next CBA they might even up it up more, to allow all picks to be traded. Or maybe I'm wrong on the competitive balance picks....in that case, never mind.
  11. snap4birds
    "Across the two turns he got 44 called strikes against just 14 swinging. That's not a guy who is getting outs by nibbling around the edges or inducing chases out of the zone." This statement seems kind of backward to me...wouldn't a hitter be more likely to take a strike if it was borderline? The next line might back up your argument better: "He's succeeding by throwing it over the plate, early in counts..." That makes more sense to me, a hitter is more likely to take an early strike.... Or maybe he has good, late movement that is fooling the hitters, I would think that would lead to more 'looking' strikes. That would also bode well for his success at the major league level. So I think that is the best case scenario for his ratio of looking/swinging strike percentage.
  12. snap4birds
    "The Tigers took advantage of six games with the Twins as 25% of their victories have come against Minnesota." So, 25% of 12 wins=3. Six games against the Twins, that means 3 wins, 3 losses for each. Is that really "taking advantage of 6 games with the Twins"? The Tigers are .500 against the Twins, .500 against other teams.....
  13. snap4birds
    Yep. The Cards have promised him the opportunity to win a starting spot, though. Last year, he worked as a starter in ST, briefly. This year, it's more of a real opportunity, but the stories I've seen expect him to be more of a RH Andrew Miller. Seung Kwan Oh took over the closing role when Rosenthal struggled last year (he also had an injury of some sort that he is supposed to be recovered from).
  14. snap4birds
    OK, I haven't read the report. Did it name any pitchers that have had the repair? I believe Seth Maness might be the first major leaguer to go through it. He is with Kansas City now, had spent years with the Cardinals. The Cardinals also have Mitch Harris, who went through the repair. He is in camp and throwing well, but it's pretty early. The stories I've read make it sound promising for a quicker recovery, but there is no long-term data as of yet. If May has the repair procedure, you may want to keep an eye on Harris and Maness this year.
  15. snap4birds
    Where did you hear this? This is a direct quote from the story on MLB.COM "Major League Baseball's investigators interviewed dozens of witnesses, examined thousands of documents and did a forensic search of both teams' computer systems, and were convinced that the case began and ended with Correa." http://m.mlb.com/news/article/214753354/with-ruling-in-cards-and-astros-can-move-on/
  16. snap4birds
    Interesting that Sickels had DeLeon as his #5 overall prospect at the end of '16, but here he's not even in the top 5 RHP. I know there should be a variation between different evaluators, I guess I'm just a little curious why Sickels had him so high. He seems more like a 2/3 starter from what I've read elsewhere.
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