Where are they now? Ex-Twins in 2019

[USAFChief]

 

Nick Burdi out for the year after thoratic outlet surgery:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/nick-burdi-undergoes-season-ending-surgery.html

Best wishes to him. Darn shame.

[a-wan]

 

Nick Burdi out for the year after thoratic outlet surgery:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/nick-burdi-undergoes-season-ending-surgery.html

 

Watching the sequence from the evening he got hurt and left the game I would have sworn his arm was going to fall off from the elbow down. So thoracic outlet syndrome might not be so bad compared to that.

[Vanimal46]

 

Hot free agent just hit the market!

[Riverbrian]

 

Hot free agent just hit the market!

 

I am personally conflicted with my thoughts toward Morrison. 

 

I'm mad at him for playing through injuries last year and being a major part of our 2018 overall problem and I'm mad at him for conveniently scheduling his surgery so he would be fully recovered by spring training for another team. 

 

In other words... I'm upset with him for staying and upset with him for leaving.

 

Either way... I don't want to see him back in a Twins uniform ever.

 

All the other 29 teams are fine with me. 

[nicksaviking]

 

Hot free agent just hit the market!

 

Wow, I just looked at Morrison's AAA numbers, Lou Mike Ford has been hitting well enough to get called up, but, yeah I can see why a 31-year-old who's played his last nine seasons at the big league level and is OPS'ing .999 in AAA might be a little frustrated.

 

Not that I would have wanted it any other way if I was a Yankees fan.

[Monkeypaws]

Was looking at Tyler Austin's numbers yesterday.

 

For his MLB career, he has 483 ABs, 31 HR, 86 RBI. Impressive enough.

 

Unfortunately, those accompany a .222 BA, 201 Ks, and an .OPS of .745

 

One does wonder what he would do with regular playing time.

 

 

[jkcarew]

 

Was looking at Tyler Austin's numbers yesterday.

 

For his MLB career, he has 483 ABs, 31 HR, 86 RBI. Impressive enough.

 

Unfortunately, those accompany a .222 BA, 201 Ks, and an .OPS of .745

 

One does wonder what he would do with regular playing time.

With a K% north of 40% and a .655 OPS vs right-handed pitching, we're not going to find out anytime soon.

[Vanimal46]

Was looking at Tyler Austin's numbers yesterday.

 

For his MLB career, he has 483 ABs, 31 HR, 86 RBI. Impressive enough.

 

Unfortunately, those accompany a .222 BA, 201 Ks, and an .OPS of .745

 

One does wonder what he would do with regular playing time.

30 HRs is the new 20 HRs of the past. After this year I think we're all going to yawn over those numbers... Don't forget over half of the teams in baseball are on track to set a franchise record in HRs.

[mickeymental]

yesterday's news: Veteran Fernando Rodney came on in relief of Strasburg and induced an inning-ending double play in the eighth before handing off to closer Sean Doolittle for the ninth.

[mickeymental]

... and today's news:

RODNEY PITCHING FOR WSH
> B. Anderson grounded out to second.
> Cooper struck out swinging.
> Castro singled to center.
> Alfaro singled to left, Castro to second.
> Ramírez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Alfaro out at second.

[AlwaysinModeration]

yesterday's news: Veteran Fernando Rodney came on in relief of Strasburg and induced an inning-ending double play in the eighth before handing off to closer Sean Doolittle for the ninth.

You forgot to mention that Rodney’s relief appearance was to preserve a 2-0 lead, which was provided by a Brian Dozier two-run homer.

 

The Nats are 27-11 since May 23, in the NL wild card spot and only 6 back of Atlanta. Any dreams of trading for Scherzer (who struck out 11 and stole a base yesterday) are looooong gone.

[USAFChief]

You forgot to mention that Rodney’s relief appearance was to preserve a 2-0 lead, which was provided by a Brian Dozier two-run homer.

 

The Nats are 27-11 since May 23, in the NL wild card spot and only 6 back of Atlanta. Any dreams of trading for Scherzer (who struck out 11 and stole a base yesterday) are looooong gone.

yup, and to think they were literally a bad week from blowing that team up.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

yup, and to think they were literally a bad week from blowing that team up.

I don't think they were ever a week away from blowing it up to the point of dealing Scherzer. They still had too many long-term assets to do that.

 

Rendon and Doolittle, on the other hand, were probably close to the trading block. As well as Kendrick, Dozier, etc.

[Vanimal46]

Byung-Ho Park is back to all star form in the KBO!

 

[yarnivek1972]

I’ve never understood why pitchers aren’t included in fan voting.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

I’ve never understood why pitchers aren’t included in fan voting.

I've never understood why fans get to vote.

[ashbury]

Byung-Ho Park is back to all star form in the KBO!

Wonder how much it would cost to pry him away from the Kiwoom Heroes.

 

In other news, there is a team called the Kiwoom Heroes.

[Brandon]

My issue with Grossman is two-fold and both points are the opposite of each other... My issue with Grossman is both... that we needed him in the first place and that he didn't play enough while he was here.

 

We traded Hicks because we didn't need a 4th OF'er. We didn't sign another RH OF'er to provide insurance for Rosario, Buxton and Sano like Chief and I were asking at the time.

 

It was May 17th, 2016. Buxton had already been sent down... Kepler was back down (he was never really up) he came up and sat bench for while with Polanco while the team crashed around them. That was the day that Grossman was signed to a minor league deal after he opted out of his minor league deal with Cleveland.

 

That night... the Twins were playing the Tigers in Detroit.

 

We had:

Rosario in LF hitting .196

Danny Santana in CF

Sano in RF

 

 

We lost 7-2 to go 10-28 and Eddie Rosario was sent down to AAA leaving Sano as the LONE SURVIVOR from the opening day OF . Grossman probably doesn't get to enjoy Rochester at all because he is quickly called to the Twins.

 

Once he was here... He was as good as we had in 2016... Still only got 389 AB's. So yeah, he probably should have played more.

 

But, I can't stomach that he was the best we had. And we've had the chance to find better every off-season for 2017, 2018 and 2019... And we have yet to accomplish it.

Didn't we sign him after the OF we wanted to call up retired instead.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

I don't know of anyone posting with "joy" about Robbie's deficiencies. But in an era of 13-man pitching staffs leaving only 3 bench spots in the AL game, you could probably say the same thing about any one-tool player - there will be times they suffer for not having a dedicated power bat on the bench, or not having a truly glove-only whiz on the bench, or not having a Herb Washington type of pinch runner on the bench (OK, teams figured that out long ago ). Grossman isn't a horrible player but he's a tweener who puts a lot of pressure on the roster when you have him.

Yep. I've never understood the Grossman hate. He's not a bad player but I think that one defensive outlier year when he went full Washington Generals sticks in peoples' minds.

 

He's a limited capacity player, a guy with deficiencies... like pretty much every other player on an MLB bench, otherwise they'd be a starter, not a bench player.

 

Maybe it's the fact that Grossman's single skillset - getting on base - isn't really eye-popping so it tends to be ignored.

[John Kelsey]

Lance Lynn......who saw that coming?

[ashbury]

Lance Lynn......who saw that coming?

Our front office......a year too early.

[big dog]

Short piece here about the decline of Dereck Rodriguez with the Giants.  Really strong first year last year, began in the rotation this year, sent to the minors, brought back as a reliever, now back in the minors.  Hope he can make some adjustments.

https://aroundthefoghorn.com/2019/07/05/san-francisco-giants-dereck-rodriguez-cautionary-tale/

 

Nick Anderson is striking out 14 batters per 9 innings, FIP of 2.69.  WAR is 0.3, ERA is league average.

 

Someone previously brought up the Schoop/Dozier comparison.  At the break:

Schoop WAR 1.8, OPS .779, BA .260, OBP .311, SLG .469

Dozier   WAR 0.4, OPS .767. BA .233, OBP .322, SLG .444

 

I'd rather have the BA and the slugging than the BBs, but I'm glad Dozier hasn't completely fallen off a cliff. Good luck to him.

[Twodogs]

Lance Lynn......who saw that coming?

I think it goes to show that spring training does matter a little. Wow, could you imagine the Twins with Lynn and Pressly still on the squad?

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Someone previously brought up the Schoop/Dozier comparison.  At the break:

Schoop WAR 1.8, OPS .779, BA .260, OBP .311, SLG .469

Dozier   WAR 0.4, OPS .767. BA .233, OBP .322, SLG .444

 

I'd rather have the BA and the slugging than the BBs, but I'm glad Dozier hasn't completely fallen off a cliff. Good luck to him.

Interesting. That WAR difference is almost entirely defense, where the two are separated by 8 runs so far (~0.8 WAR). Only 2-3 runs separate them on offense/baserunning -- and even that separation seems tied to park factors.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

I think it goes to show that spring training does matter a little.

Don't know about that. Inspired by the Shannon Stewart thread, I looked up Kenny Rogers -- the Twins signed him at about the same point in March 2003. He was pretty much unaffected.

[bighat]

 

Lance Lynn......who saw that coming?

 

Came here to post about Lynn, see a few of you have beaten me to the punch!

 

12-4 with a 3.69 ERA.

134 K's in 122 innings.

 

Never in a million years did I think he'd succeed in Texas. I'd pegged him as a 7-9 game winner with an ERA north of 5. Unreal comeback year for him!

[Doctor Wu]

Not only is Lance Lynn pitching well for Texas, Danny Santana continues his steady play for the Rangers too. He drove in the winning run last night, with two outs in the bottom of the night, and Texas beat the Astros for the second night in a row. Hmm ... are they for real? Santana had 3 hits on the night, including his 10th HR of the year. He is now batting .307. Who woulda thunk it?

[USAFChief]

Former Twin Eduardo Nunez DFA'd by the Red Sox. No word on whether he lost his helmet when he heard the news.

[stringer bell]

Interesting in that the Twins got Mejía in exchange.

[yarnivek1972]

It’s almost as if that trade was the temporal junction point of the universe.