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  1. nicksaviking
    This isn't going to be popular, but is it possible that the bullpen might be better without Kintzler? Even if it's only because Molitor is using his bullpen in better ways? With Kintzler gone there's room for Gee, who is probably the long man this team desperately needed. Pressly and maybe even Duffey can go back to being one inning or even being one batter pitchers if that's whats needed and Molitor is forced to use a young guy like Hildenberger more. Now Belisle slides into Kintzler's 9th inning role, almost always starting a clean inning where there's rarely anyone on base. I never previously would have thought I'd say this, but perhaps the closer is the least necessary arm to strike guys out. Now Belisle and his high contact repertoire is unavailable for the spots when there ARE runners on base, something that his poor 62.5% LOB% suggests he should not be doing but Molitor did anyway.
  2. nicksaviking
    Seems to me perhaps the best predictor of MLB success is if a guy in the minors can avoid strikeouts and draw some walks. Though obviously there's not a hard and fast rule about taking good at bats in the minors, these are the types of players I tend to worry about the least. I'd certainly be disappointed if he didn't get another shot to redeem himself next year particularly considering even in this down year, he's somehow improved both his BB% and K% by a significant margin.
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    They can and have won with inferior players at those positions. But would winning be easier if those two were replaced by cheap young players and their earmarked dollars were reallocated to drastically improve the pitching staff?
  4. nicksaviking
    Why do teams use innings to measure a pitchers workload when individual games are measured in pitches? It goes without saying that all innings are not equal. They do not create the same amount of stress on a pitcher, physical or mental.
  5. nicksaviking
    What do you mean negatively affect his market, that sounds positive to me! Oh, from Santana's perspective, yeah sucks for him.
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    I like the thought, and I like the defense, but I don't think I like the player. He has a career .303 OBP which is only slightly better than his .305 this year in his career year. I'd think he's going to get paid really well for a guy who is really bad at getting on base.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'm going to predict that Falvey will try to sign Carlos Santana to play DH next year. He's a former player of Falvey's, has the veteran leadership the front office craves and takes professional at bats. It's hard to slump when you take 90+ walks each year.
  8. nicksaviking
    I heard Rome's team stinks. I hope the goal is CLE/CHI/LAD.
  9. nicksaviking
    Chief has no magic powers except to make disappear those who derail threads
  10. nicksaviking
    The Twins have had some rotten luck over the years come the trade deadline as they never seem to have anyone who is peaking, but they need to start getting the right kind of players if they want to start flipping them. Dozier's production has come during a 2B Renaissance, nearly every team has a pretty good one. Kintzler was a fantastic pick up, but he had little value for the same reason most of us derided the team for giving him the closer role in the first place, he can't miss bats. We've known for a decade now that other teams value that ability more than our club does. To me it didn't seem like Twinsnation even embraced this guy until about June, getting next to nothing for him would have sounded accurate last fall, even this spring. Unfortunately, for a year Santana's warts didn't impact his production, they only started hurting his performances about a month before the trade deadline. However, unlike a decade ago, the other teams do evaluate the warts not just the production, so even had he not tripped up he still may not have brought back the return we hoped he would. Maybe he can find his leprechaun again in the second half and pitch over his head. Or even better, maybe he can start missing more bats and issuing fewer walks and actually improve his peripherals. He seemingly still has the velocity and command to do both should he get locked in.
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    I would suspect a couple of those guys may be used to acquire better quality MLB pitchers. I'd also hope that Curtis and Reed are givens, but prior to his DFA, I would have guessed Melotakis was above them in the pecking order. Hard to read how the new guys feel about the minor league relievers.
  12. nicksaviking
    This front office made their bed in March. Everyone knew the rotation and bullpen in place weren't capable of making the playoffs and any reasonable mind could see there were too many holes to fix in season to make them worthy. And that speaks nothing of a lineup that can't adjust when the other team's bullpen enters the game. This was always a trial and error evaluation year. Glass half full: the Twins made it fun to watch for four months. Glass half empty: they teased us with unsustainable hope for four months. Frankly, if they start calling up some of the young pitchers, I'm going to enjoy watching even if they get their clocks cleaned.
  13. nicksaviking
    We're really not going to be able to do the comp thing with the Gray/Yankee deal because we have no idea how either team values injured players with high ceilings. That's surely not something measurable like statistics or comparable like position.
  14. nicksaviking
    Watson? Or the odds of Kintzler's return? Better than zero for both.
  15. nicksaviking
    Nice call Van. As long as it's Washington's 20-year-old and not Seattle's 24-year-old.
  16. nicksaviking
    I think it would be hard to extend him. He and his agent are probably going to be looking at his numbers while the Twins brass would be looking at the glut of middle infielders not only in the league but in the system. I would think on the open market, Dozier would probably be vastly underpaid based on his production, I'd hate for the Twins to have to more than market value to keep one of their own. A reverse hometown discount?
  17. nicksaviking
    OK, there are just way too many Tyler Watson's in the minors right now. I vote the younger guy has to change his name to Bubba to stop the confusion.
  18. nicksaviking
    I like both players, but I think Kepler has the easier corner spot at Target Field. 39-year-old Torii Hunter went from being the worst corner outfielder in the game with Detroit to above average at TF.
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    Starting to look like I'll have to walk back from this one. It's probably going to be hard to trade Santana if Gray and Darvish are going to go down to the wire. Damn A's, just make a deal already! I wonder if it's possible that Santana can be moved in August.
  20. nicksaviking
    Geez, what a tough problem to have. I'd like the Twins to be in that position soon. Of the Astros starters all but McCullers and Musgrove were of the "Hey, look at what I found here!" variety. There's definitely a knack to finding diamonds in the rough, or at the very least seeing their flaws and turning them into diamonds. I have to think there's a way to quantify and identify.
  21. nicksaviking
    I agree, partly because most teams are willing to give up those types of players which are so far away, and partly because the front office probably is already going to have their hands full with 40-man decisions next year.
  22. nicksaviking
    I bet Santana gets moved but for a return most folks here are underwhelmed by. The front office surely sees his peripheral stats indicate he's much closer to being a liability than he is a front of the rotation guy. If he pitches to his stats the 2nd half, this is likely the last chance to deal him.
  23. nicksaviking
    Good, both could pass through waivers and perhaps moved prior to September.
  24. nicksaviking
    At the very least he's at the Swarzak, Duensing, Manship threshold where the time has come to toss him into the fire to see what he's got.
  25. nicksaviking
    I like the players this team is getting but they are starting to take on quite a few 2018 40-man responsibilities. With the ensuing trades ( if there are any) I hope they consider "sweetening" the offer with guys like Vargas, Park or Vielma.
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