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  2. yarnivek1972
    We’re talking about PRACTICE. Not a game, PRACTICE.
  3. yarnivek1972
    At some point the Twins need to get him back into a game to find out if he can be used in higher leverage situations.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Depending on how much longer Cron is out, I would expect Stashak and Thorpe to both head out and replaced by Devin Smeltzer, but I think he has 4-5 days before he is eligible (Smeltzer).
  5. yarnivek1972
    That the asking price for relief arms was apparently so high makes the decision to trade a very good, controllable one for a couple lottery tickets look very bad.
  6. yarnivek1972
    What are you talking about? The Royals won the AL Central by 12 games in 2015. And they had the second best starter RA/G in the AL. I wouldn’t call that “mediocre”.
  7. yarnivek1972
    The Royals had a shut down bullpen.
  8. yarnivek1972
    I don’t recall the word “solid” being used to describe reliever targets. The word I recall is “shut down”. That doesn’t describe Romo or Dyson.
  9. yarnivek1972
    Getting strikeouts is important for middle relievers. If they are brought in with runners on, simply allowing contact may allow them to score.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Both of the recently acquired relievers have a k per 9 below MLB average.
  11. yarnivek1972
    I think we broke TD...
  12. yarnivek1972
    Bringing up Cody Allen is just like trading for a great reliever.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Make sure you are properly equipped. Plenty of toilet paper, etc...
  14. yarnivek1972
    The Yankees probably do to beat Houston.
  15. yarnivek1972
    Yeah, just the team that is 1 game behind them in the standings.
  16. yarnivek1972
    This reminds me of 2001. The Twins traded for a closer and a starter a couple days before the deadline. But getting the starter cost them their leadoff hitter, Matt Lawton. Ortiz and Guzman were already hurt. Doug Mientkiewicz remembered that he was Doug Mientkiewicz after doing an impersonation of Rod Carew for two months. The offense was scuffling, bad. The common wisdom (as I recall, the main messgage board in those days was on espn) was that the Twins were going to trade away some surplus OF prospects for Shannon Stewart or Brian Hunter. Suffice to say, that didn’t happen.
  17. yarnivek1972
    That’s probably a .5 move...
  18. yarnivek1972
    The title of the thread is “what if the Twins do nothing”. My post simply answers that question.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Not making additions also sends a clear message to potential free agents from the FO and/or ownership. That message being “we don’t care”.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Bottom line is that fans were lied to. Ownership claims money isn’t an impediment to additions. Front office claims that additions will be made if the timing is right. One of them flat out lied.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Who’s going to pitch next year? Plenty of position player talent. MLB caliber arms are not plentiful. Unless something changes, the Twins 2020 rotation is Berrios, Perez, Smeltzer, Thorpe and Stewart.
  22. yarnivek1972
    As was mentioned, there is an extra roster spot next year. The NL has an automatic extra position player anyway because of no DH. Sure, there is no way a contending team could do that unless the guy contributes. But a non-contender absolutely could roster a guy like that. The Orioles are still rostering Chris Davis. Diaz can’t possibly be much worse than he has been the last two years. I suspect the Marlins will call him up in September for a look see.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Here’s an honest question: How many teams don’t have their own Kirilloff? I would suspect almost every team has a high impact bat, corner type under 25 with at least 5 years of control remaining that is projected to be MLB ready within two years.
  24. yarnivek1972
    For a non contender like the Marlins? Probably. What do they have to lose? 95 games instead of 90?
  25. yarnivek1972
    Well, most GMs rely pretty heavily on professional scouts. Like, just as an example, the professional scouts that do these rankings.
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