Article: Twins Sign Lefty Reliever Rafael Perez

[ashbury]

 

WAR is a very overrated stat.

[mcrow]

I guess you didn't see that superbowl ad.

 

Nope, no idea at all what you mean.

[jokin]

I'm all for kicking tires so if it doesn't cost you much why not?

 

I'm guessing the fact of Perez not having his tires kicked since November AND being a lefty, means the Twins got him for realllly cheap. The Twins have 2 legit lefty BP options- unfortuantely, one is the Closer and the other they continue to have wet dreams about returning to the rotation. The current third option still has a lot to prove if his upside is anything other than a LOOGY. While this is clearly a move from weakness rather than strength- If Perez gives 50% worth of Burton's production in 2012 (0.9 WAR) then TR successfully repolished a tarnished gem, certainly worth finding out.

[ashbury]

Nope, no idea at all what you mean.

 

Kia fembots get a bit protective over their distant cousin. Had to be there, I guess.

[greengoblinrulz]

21 posts on this thread vs 12 (tho you can only see one!!!) on the main page (which I didnt initially see either).....you guys are gonna get someone mad!!!!

 

148Ks in 137IP 108h 38bb 1.06whip in 07/08 but only 105k in 179.2IP 202H 73bb 1.53whip since......what happenned??

Obviously the past 4 yrs caught the Twins/Rick Andersons attention!!

[Thrylos]

He will be the Matt Malloney replacement. I have no issues with this, unless they consider him ahead of Tyler Robertson as far as depth goes...

[jokin]

21 posts on this thread vs 12 (tho you can only see one!!!) on the main page (which I didnt initially see either).....you guys are gonna get someone mad!!!!

 

148Ks in 137IP 108h 38bb 1.06whip in 07/08 but only 105k in 179.2IP 202H 73bb 1.53whip since......what happenned??

Obviously the past 4 yrs caught the Twins/Rick Andersons attention!!

 

According to Rob St Antony and Dave St Vodka, those numbers make him a prime starting candidate.

 

He's continued to lose a ton of velocity in the last few years and has been begun relying heavily on one pitch the last two, apparently resulting in his arm to begin to breakdown. Okay, then, let's give iron man the ball every 5th day., then.

[Mike Sixel]

Thank god we taxpayers built target field, it is signings like this that make paying higher taxes totally worth it. But then, now that they have target field, Dave is saying payroll does not matter.

[LaBombo]

WAR is a very overrated stat.

 

In what way? In single season serving size and unadjusted for age and other factors, it's not a very good predictive tool, but then it wasn't meant to be. As far as quantifying what a player did to help his team win in a give season, it's awfully good.

[LaBombo]

Oh, Brother.

 

So Vodka goes off topic and you're blaming it on jokin?

[Oldgoat_MN]

There is no blame.

There is only peace. And what it offers us and our brothers.

[DaveW]

Thank god we taxpayers built target field, it is signings like this that make paying higher taxes totally worth it. But then, now that they have target field, Dave is saying payroll does not matter.

Not my tax dollars!

 

I have never said payroll doesn't matter, I have been saying I wouldn't give out any 2 year contracts that restrict payroll for 2014 on forward when we have a good shot to compete. Also the entire off-season I was saying I wanted to give guys like Johnson, Marcum and Saunders one year deals. Though maybe giving guys like Hendriks and lesser guys like DeDuno a longer look this year it could be more beneficial for the future as well (let's find out who is legit and who isn't). We really should have tried to bring in a MI with upside though. That is very disappointing.

[ashbury]

In what way? In single season serving size and unadjusted for age and other factors, it's not a very good predictive tool, but then it wasn't meant to be. As far as quantifying what a player did to help his team win in a give season, it's awfully good.

 

Was responding to a tongue-in-cheek posting invoking the name of the old rock band War, with a bit of silliness of my own, that wound up being too much like trolling. Maybe should have gone with "War, what is it good for, absolutely nothin', say it again" instead. I have nothing really against WAR as a handy all-purpose yardstick if it's not taken overly seriously.

[ashbury]

So Vodka goes off topic and you're blaming it on jokin?

 

No, now I'm blaming it on you, my brother.

[old nurse]

Was responding to a tongue-in-cheek posting invoking the name of the old rock band War, with a bit of silliness of my own, that wound up being too much like trolling. Maybe should have gone with "War, what is it good for, absolutely nothin', say it again" instead. I have nothing really against WAR as a handy all-purpose yardstick if it's not taken overly seriously.

Subtle humor gets lost on this board unless most of what you post is snark.

[Mike Sixel]

Dave, I meant Dave St. Peter is now saynig payroll does not matter.....which is fascinating, given all the lobbying he did to get a new stadium to make the team more competitive....because, you know, they needed more revenue.

[fairweather]

Payroll doesn't really matter look at Tampa. Still the idea of those snakey freaking Pohlads pocketing a larger percentage of the profit makes me physically ill. As far as looking at Perez as a SP I say why not. Still I think this signing means Duensing will start the season holding down Diamond's rotation spot is the more likely outcome.

[LaBombo]

No, now I'm blaming it on you, my brother.

 

In the absence of reason, consistency will have to do.

[edavis0308]

Payroll doesn't really matter look at Tampa. Still the idea of those snakey freaking Pohlads pocketing a larger percentage of the profit makes me physically ill. As far as looking at Perez as a SP I say why not. Still I think this signing means Duensing will start the season holding down Diamond's rotation spot is the more likely outcome.

 

Those high draft picks for a decade didnt hurt either.

[LaBombo]

Was responding to a tongue-in-cheek posting invoking the name of the old rock band War, with a bit of silliness of my own, that wound up being too much like trolling. Maybe should have gone with "War, what is it good for, absolutely nothin', say it again" instead. I have nothing really against WAR as a handy all-purpose yardstick if it's not taken overly seriously.

 

Fair enough, although the stat is much, much more useful than the juvenile, nonsensical song it shares a name with. Correlates to wins at about an 85 or 90 percent clip.

[LaBombo]

Dave, I meant Dave St. Peter is now saynig payroll does not matter.....which is fascinating, given all the lobbying he did to get a new stadium to make the team more competitive....because, you know, they needed more revenue.

 

In the movie As Good As It Gets, Nicholson is a writer who is asked how he 'writes women so well', to which he replies "i think of a man. And I take away reason and accountability".

 

That's pretty much the Twins. A professional sports franchise, minus the reason and accountability.

[ashbury]

Subtle humor gets lost on this board unless most of what you post is snark.

 

I remind myself of that frequently, and sometimes I care, sometimes I don't. You're right that a percentage of around 50% is almost exactly anti-optimal. Unless 100% of my snark quota is funny, which it ain't.

[snepp]

I remind myself of that frequently, and sometimes I care, sometimes I don't. You're right that a percentage of around 50% is almost exactly anti-optimal. Unless 100% of my snark quota is funny, which it ain't.

 

I'm 100% certain that I'm at least 25% confused by 50% of this post.

[LoganJones]

In the movie As Good As It Gets, Nicholson is a writer who is asked how he 'writes women so well', to which he replies "i think of a man. And I take away reason and accountability".

 

That's pretty much the Twins. A professional sports franchise, minus the reason and accountability.

Might not want to quote a character line that was written to make him look like a misanthrope to support your position.

[ThePuck]

Those high draft picks for a decade didnt hurt either.

 

Pittsburg...Kansas City...

[raindog]

Might not want to quote a character line that was written to make him look like a misanthrope to support your position.

 

Exactly.