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  1. wabene
    Strotman is coming off Tommy John and it is said control is the last thing to get back after rehab. That is why there is hope for a turn around.
  2. wabene
    Good thing the off-season isn't over.
  3. wabene
    Another breath of optimism from the, I'm sure, quietly frustrated Nick Nelson! That is quite the lot of young pitching. I don't see the point in predicting 90-100 loses. There is talent here and even if they are just mediocre this year, if we get to see these pitchers it will be an interesting season.
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    Not so sure letting Cantering pitch out of the pen means he can't start later. The guy hasn't pitched and it will be a while before he gets built up. Might be a way to ease him in this year. Thorpe has had his chance. Maybe they try him out of the pen but I don't see it happening. HIW (hope I'm wrong). Dobnak is a starter or maybe long relief, but definitely not short relief, high leverage. Not too optimistic with him, but we'll see. Normally I would say to move Jax to the pen, but this non-traditional approach could work with him. 2-3 innings. With the injuries and lack of innings pitched by our top prospects, it would be great if they got them up, worked them in shorter stints and rotated them to the Saints and back. Rotating them based on workload and performance. This would not only avoid wasting their bullets in the minors, it would also make watching even a mediocre team way more fun than the marginal veteran types.
  5. wabene
    Of course Nelson Cruz didn't become Nelson Cruz until his late 20's.
  6. wabene
    Double thumbs up on this! Calling for people to be fired is so widespread on all sports sites. Is it prudent to so casually insist on impacting others lives with a major negative event like being fired? Are those who indulge in this questionable anonymous behavior subjected to such quick trigger firings by their own bosses? Not my cuppa.
  7. wabene
    Skipping free agency and going the trade route doesn't make sense to me. One way just costs money and the other doesn't improve your organization as much or at all because you must give up talent. The Maeda trade shows just how important it is to the front office to not have to spend retail on pitching. Getting great deals like Maeda's ridiculously team friendly deal, Odo's super low aquisition cost and Pineda's cheap injury impacted deals are great and everything, but are they always available? We will see. If I was running the team, I would be willing to spend retail on a top anchor for the rotation. Isn't it a competitive advantage to add talent while stockpiling talent? There is no reason you can't do that and still have a middling, say $140m, payroll. Cripes the deals for Rodriguez and Gray were pretty reasonable. Many are much higher on Stroman than me, and he did get about $22m a year, but it's only 3 years. I can understand not wanting to sign 5-6 years at $110-140m, but if you are going that route, then you better be aggressive in free agency because you are only going to have a couple of options. All that being said, we still have to wait quite a while before we can judge the Falvine off-season.
  8. wabene
    Sign me up!
  9. wabene
    I want some of what Danielspr is smoking.
  10. wabene
    Aaron Gleeman just dropped his chopsticks
  11. wabene
    Celestino has always intrigued me. Good comments, I see a floor of a busy 4th outfielder. Man his D didn't look good in the bigs, but he seemed a little overwhelmed. Yes the AAA bounce back, as Mr Lease said, has probably got many of us excited. His ceiling has got to be above average center fielder. If he and Alcala top out it'll be Pressley who? Good things come to those who wait. This series of articles has got me excited. I'm not so into speculation on possible trade or free agency targets, but self scouting? That is crucial and here's hoping the FO is working harder on this than you guys!
  12. wabene
    He was their offensive coordinator. Not maybe exactly apples to apples but he has the ultimate responsibility for the Marlins production.
  13. wabene
    Yeah could be something especially if Duran goes the opposite way. Still would need two FA starters though but yeah maybe just one frontline guy.
  14. wabene
    I just came from reading a similar article in the Strib and the comment section was filled with complaints that the Twins where stupid and that James Rowson was the second coming. They talk about how high they were on Rowson when it is unlikely any of them have ever even laid eyes on the guy. The Marlins had the second worst offense in baseball while the Twins were 11th. Gawd drives me nuts. With the Twins situation this year I don't think there is any scapegoating. They were caught a little off guard with their staff losses last year and scrambled to fill rolls. Varela has many good qualities, gets on with the players, speaks Spanish etc. My guess is they have come to realize what they want in a hitting coach and Edgar wasn't as strong in those areas so they moved him to a spot that is a better fit. These coaching moves getting a more technicle hitting coach, a pitching coach with big league experience who may not be as technicle as Wes but have more real game experience and a bench coach that they feels compliments Baldelli. I can see the logic behind all this and it could be a real difference maker. They had their team torn apart last year and now they are taking the time to carefully reconstruct it.
  15. wabene
    Something not mentioned yet, but of course most know, is that Big Pappi cleared wavers as every team turned him down. That allowed Boston to sign him on the cheap. The Bosox won the lottery here similar to the Twins hitting the jackpot with Santana. If the Twins can't get a deal done they will have some leverage in a trade. While that is going down it will be a **** storm of interweb vitriol. Be very afraid
  16. wabene
    Another analogy pertaining to bring injury prone would be the boxer's chin. Some have it and some don't. It may be the most underrated talent the assinine Floyd Mayweather has. Muhammed Ali had a phenomenal chin and sadly relied on it heavily, possibly contributing to his health conditions later in life. Wladimer Klitschko had his fragile whiskers exposed and had to revamp his fighting style to accommodate it. It is quite possible that Buxton and, say, Mike Trout could run into the same wall at the same speed and have completely different outcomes. A wide receiver vs a fullback. Would you send Randy Moss as lead blocker into the hole on a halfback counter? (Ok, maybe because you don't like him).
  17. wabene
    3 out of his first 4 seasons Kyle Rudolph played in only 8 games missing half of each season and earning the dreaded injury prone lable. He publicly lamented this and vowed to change it. He did not miss a game the next 5 seasons garnering the iron man lable. It could happen for Buxton too. As Lev stated some are more injury prone which can be genetic but I believe that protecting yourself while playing sports is a skill. Some are better at it than others. I would sign Buxton to a long term deal as long as incentives are a big part of it. His track record dictates this type of deal. 12.5m a year base salary with up to double that, 25m a year, if he plays.
  18. wabene
    One thing people forget about teams in places like Florida is the population is from all over the US and they bring their fan allegiances with them. Add in crappy ballparks and the time of year when people are indoors, it's just not conducive to that boys of summer experience.
  19. wabene
    The one thing I noticed reading through this is hardly any mention of Cave, Garlic, Refsnyder and Astudillo. That is as it should be. They have been useful but with Gordon, Celestino, Rooker, Arraez, Rortvedt and Larnach they are now unnecessary. I could see a few of these guys turn into above average regulars. In particular Celestino really turned it around and I like his ceiling. Gordon, if he can fill out and gain just 20lbs could surprise us. Time to prune the 40 man!
  20. wabene
    Age is a factor but not the whole enchilada. There are so many variables. All you have to do is look at Nelson Cruz' career.
  21. wabene
    Ok I'm going to agree with this. Considering how many starters the squad needs next year let's give Jax another chance as rotation depth.
  22. wabene
    @big dog Guys like Jax and Barnes sure got a lot of time in the bigs, though. Head-scratcher. Perhaps because they were healthy. Duran, injured. Winder, injured. Balazovic, AA not ready. Drew Strotman was ineffective and maybe not ready, but since he is on the 40 man I could see an argument for him. Cano is not on the 40 man and I can't remember why but there was an advantage to waiting till next year for him (it was mentioned on TD, of course). I'm not sure who else could be causing your itchy head. We got to see more rookies this year than I ever remember happening. Out of the pitching auditions we can be excited about Ober and Ryan in the rotation and perhaps Jax and Moran in the pen.
  23. wabene
    At the time Wells was the one that had me shaking my head. Starting pitcher of the year, big fastball, really good stuff and a huge frame at 6'8". C'mon man!
  24. wabene
    Any reason Woods-Richardson came out after only 3 innings? I like him as a prospect, but starters only throwing 3 innings in AA doesn't exactly make my socks roll up and down. Since they didn't use him in the Olympics, he didn't pitch for weeks. They are cautiously building him up.
  25. wabene
    I think Miller went 6 for 6 or something like that the other day. Hell get there. Another outing like this from Strotman and perhaps a start for the big club is in order. He is on the 40 man. He could even give Ryan a week off although he is one day behind him pitching schedule wise. Miranda's mini slump is ova and the power stroke is back. Gleeman may be right about not calling him up. He is not on the 40 man yet and let him finish his green of a season on a high note right where he is. He won't be up until a ways into next season anyway ?
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