With very few exceptions, throwing a baseball 90 miles per hour will eventually wreck your shoulder, elbow, knee, back, wrist, or even the tip of a finger. Doesn't take much to lose it. Addison Reed was a very good relief pitcher. Looks like the Twins may have gotten the last good season out of him. I wish the man well. 

Here is the headline of an article written on the mlb website:

 

Pressly matches Kimbrel's record streak

Astros reliever has made 38 straight scoreless appearances

 

I'm trying to forget this trade and move on.  But it's tough when articles like this get thrown in your face!

 

Here is the headline of an article written on the mlb website:

 

Pressly matches Kimbrel's record streak

Astros reliever has made 38 straight scoreless appearances

 

I'm trying to forget this trade and move on.  But it's tough when articles like this get thrown in your face!

Let it go, man. Alcala will probably end up in our top 20 prospects this year.

 

Here is the headline of an article written on the mlb website:

 

Pressly matches Kimbrel's record streak

Astros reliever has made 38 straight scoreless appearances

 

I'm trying to forget this trade and move on.  But it's tough when articles like this get thrown in your face!

 

My sentiments exactly. This trade feels like Ramos for Crapps, even worse. I hated it, hate it, and will continue to hate it. Prospects aren't the present need. A reliever like Pressly was the need then, and certainly is now. No way you could trade the same prospects for Pressly now. 

 

Or bring Romero back up and give him a full workload. He had 7 consecutive scoreless innings when demoted. He was demoted because the Twins didn't need an 8th man at the time.

 

He is hot and cold in Rochester, too. Went down and got rocked in his first appearance. 5.40 ERA for Rochester, 5.63 ERA for the Twins (I only get 4 consecutive scoreless innings, in 5 appearances, 1 of which was a 1 batter walk). I wish he would find it. Maybe the Houston staff could help him?

 

https://www.mlb.com/player/fernando-romero-622864?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2019

Edited May 17, 20197 yr by h2oface

I still think a trade is the more likely way the Twins will go.  If the AA relievers were as great as some think, they would be here now.

Still have hope for Vasquez, too early to tell.

Despite Reed not being a double amputee, I feel for him.  It's probably not how he wanted the sunset of his career to happen.  Hopefully he finds a passion after baseball.

He is hot and cold in Rochester, too. Went down and got rocked in his first appearance. 5.40 ERA for Rochester, 5.63 ERA for the Twins (I only get 4 consecutive scoreless innings, in 5 appearances, 1 of which was a 1 batter walk). I wish he would find it. Maybe the Houston staff could help him?

 

https://www.mlb.com/player/fernando-romero-622864?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2019

 

Fun with numbers (although probably not for Romero):

 

He has pitched 10 innings at AAA and given up 5 HR to the 41 batters he’s faced.

I was not pumped about the Reed signing.  I live in upstate NY and can watch the Mets whenever I want.  A good friend of mine is a Mets fan and he absolutely hated Reed.  He had a penchant for sucking when he was most needed.  He was a guy who had nice looking numbers for a few years, but was not all that great.

 

No more pitchers named Reed from the Mets please.'

Good riddance

 

 

I was not pumped about the Reed signing. I live in upstate NY and can watch the Mets whenever I want. A good friend of mine is a Mets fan and he absolutely hated Reed. He had a penchant for sucking when he was most needed. He was a guy who had nice looking numbers for a few years, but was not all that great.

 

No more pitchers named Reed from the Mets please.'

Good riddance

NY fans expect perfection. A quick glance at his splits during his time in NY show that Reed excelled when "most needed".

Excellent numbers in late & close, and high leverage situations.

NY fans expect perfection. A quick glance at his splits during his time in NY show that Reed excelled when "most needed".

Excellent numbers in late & close, and high leverage situations.

Fan perception /=/ reality

 

NY fans expect perfection. A quick glance at his splits during his time in NY show that Reed excelled when "most needed".
Excellent numbers in late & close, and high leverage situations.

His postseason numbers are dreadful and was not really that good before his stop in NY.

 

I did not understand the excitement some showed when we got him.

His postseason numbers are dreadful and was not really that good before his stop in NY.

 

I did not understand the excitement some showed when we got him.

The extent of his postseason experience in NY was 8.1 innings. He had one awful appearance where he gave up 4 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning. He only gave up 1 ER over the other 8 innings combined.

 

The one bad appearance happened and it counts, but we are talking about a tiny sample size, and a bunch of appearances where he was good, spoiled by one awful blow up.

 

I'm not saying the signing can't be criticized. There were legitimate concerns about his ability to hold up to the work load he'd had, but overall the numbers don't show someone who struggled in important situations.

His postseason numbers are dreadful and was not really that good before his stop in NY.

 

I did not understand the excitement some showed when we got him.

I think some of the excitement was the fact that the Twins showed the ability to go out and sign decent to big named players to supplement their roster. I think that was also the feeling with Duke, Santana, Hughes, Nolasco, etc... Even though some of them didnt work out as well as others it was a feeling that for many year we as Twins fans never got. The willingness to go out and get some help. But as you can see it doesn't always work out and you can't dwell on it, just have to move on and it appears that this front office is doing a way better job of just moving on when things don't work out?

 

Let it go, man. Alcala will probably end up in our top 20 prospects this year.

 

Pressly Schmessly. Morin's got a streak going too ya know.

 

Oh, and that Celestino is rocketing through the system! Prolly makes Seth's Top 40 next season.

I'm not saying the signing can't be criticized.

Yet you're presenting an argument against my criticism in high volume.

 

I think Reed was sort of adopted here because of the fact he talked sabremetics. I had concerns about the guy going in. I'd seen enough in Chicago and NY to know he wasn't anything special. Generally speaking relievers are a crapshoot and Reed is of that variety.

 

Sometimes things go beyond the numbers. I wasn't sold on him and I observed him quite a bit more than you did with his time in NY and Boston.

Maybe there is merit in that? Maybe fans can see things beyond just the numbers

Yet you're presenting an argument against my criticism in high volume.

 

I think Reed was sort of adopted here because of the fact he talked sabremetics. I had concerns about the guy going in. I'd seen enough in Chicago and NY to know he wasn't anything special. Generally speaking relievers are a crapshoot and Reed is of that variety.

 

Sometimes things go beyond the numbers. I wasn't sold on him and I observed him quite a bit more than you did with his time in NY and Boston.

Maybe there is merit in that? Maybe fans can see things beyond just the numbers

I'm only presenting an argument against a specific criticism; that he wasn't good in clutch situations. Factually, there isn't much merit in that claim.

 

Fans that watch him can see things like pace, body language, leadership, clubhouse presence, etc, sure. Outside of those type of things, there isn't much that happens on the field that isn't captured by the numbers.

The criticism of the Reed signing, as I recall it, was that his velocity was already declining...

 

My perception. May not equal reality.