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  1. nicksaviking
    May and Meyer should both have debuted early 2014. The team stunk so extra team losses should have had zero influence on the decision. I fail to see how pitching in AAA as opposed to the MLB can make a pitcher "more ready" for MLB competion. Besides, a GMs best pitching coach supposed to be the one at the MLB level? Meyer's is going to have a hard time learning Neal Allen's change up six states away.
  2. nicksaviking
    Cleveland released Scott Downs. It seems the Twins have flirted with him for years. He can't strike anyone out anymore, he's a lefty and he's old as dirt. Even money says the Twins are already on the phone with his agent.
  3. nicksaviking
    Three of which premeired over a decade ago. Gomez on the otherhand debuted with the Mets; I have serious doubts the Twins would have done the same.
  4. nicksaviking
    Well I'd hardly say Gibson was fast tracked. He had TJ consideration so there is some room for benefit of doubt, but he also could have been called up in early 2013 instead of late 2013. The team was already in the tank and Gibson could have had a shot at getting his struggles out of the way early in the year instead of late in the year and carry over into 2014. As for the other players listed, yes, they have been promoted earlier than expected (though only because they stayed so long in the lower levels) which is what has some of us perplexed. Why are the position players allowed to come up and learn at the MLB level but not the pitchers? Pitchers have shorter useful careers, they should be called up when they are young to get everything you can out of them.
  5. nicksaviking
    I don't like the advanced age of the prospects, but that's really only the overlying issue. As Indiana Jones said, it's not the years honey, it's the milage. May has 775 minor league innings on his arm that we will never get back. It's silly to continue wasting them in Rochester. It certainly seems like the organization thinks they only have to run the counter when they pitch in the majors. They should know better considering how many of their prospects have gone under the knife before they even debuted with the big club.
  6. nicksaviking
    Well I've nearly given up on Hicks so I'm basically on Buxton watch it this point, but playing Schaffer, Robinson and Hunter do nothing to help the future. My frustration lies mostly with the May situation. Overlooking the notion that he actually may have been the best of the three this spring, it shouldn't matter who is the best person for the job now, the projections for the club this year are bleak. It should matter who is best for the future, and letting May work out his issues now, so he's better down the road is best for the future.
  7. nicksaviking
    This is why companies get and use earnings reports. If the projections are not favorable, they take steps that are in the companies future best interest. Target's not popular with employees or consumers of their stores due to layoffs, but it is the best for the future of the company. Ryan's blind optimism or desperation is causing him to year after year ignore the projections. Going in each of the last several years, the team has operated like they expect to compete, in what appears, at least in part, to be an attempt make the employees and consumers happy at the expense of meeting future goals.
  8. nicksaviking
    I think he was agreeing with you using thinly veiled sarcasm.
  9. nicksaviking
    Tyler Jones misses too many bats for this team, a concerted effort needs to be made to stay at this level of futility. A league worst bullpen K/9 of 6.66 certainly would indicate they made a deal with the Devil. Usually the Devil gives you something in return. I wonder what this team got?
  10. nicksaviking
    So young bullpen arms shouldn't be called upon unless the team is in the toilet? That doesn't sound like a way to breed a winning atmosphere. There's always room for an arguement regarding potential vs past production but the "vets" in the pen hardly have a track record to carry much weight.
  11. nicksaviking
    We never seemed to hold that against Miguel Cabrera even though for the last half decade he gets to hit against minor league pitching 18-19 times a year.
  12. nicksaviking
    Milone coming in from the bullpen and giving up contact nearly every at bat with runners on base sounds worse than him pitching in the first inning, and that doesn't sound good either.
  13. nicksaviking
    I'm sure Rosario would be quite the mentor.
  14. nicksaviking
    It makes you a better person than me, because I only hope May throws a phenomenal game while Pelfrey and Milone get blasted and yanked in the first inning. But let's just keep that between you and me. Wouldn't want it getting out that I'm an evil dirtbag who has a personal bias in the matter.
  15. nicksaviking
    I can only assume you're trying a bit of reverse psychology on the Gods.
  16. nicksaviking
    It does and he's handling it a lot better than Perkins did when he was told his opportunities as a MLB starter were over. Of course Perkins greived all the way to a pretty nice payday and a couple All-Star games. As have many a failed starter. Here's hoping he makes the most of his opportunity. And here's also hoping somehow that opportunity may benefit the Twins.
  17. nicksaviking
    Considering how much time Pelfery takes between pitches, his warmups may take two commercial breaks. Still, the pen's the best place for him. Let's see if he can dial up that heater a few more MPH.
  18. nicksaviking
    Nonsense. Barardino can tell us that there is a leg kick, but he can't tell us WHY there is a leg kick and what it means to Hicks' swing. Berardino's got nothing on you. Unless you count a Florida vacation paid for by his employer and Torii Hunter's ire.
  19. nicksaviking
    For those who wanted option years, he's still under contract for four more years. There will be plenty of time to talk extension should Polanco, Santana, Escobar, Gordon et al bust or get moved. My vote will still be 'Nay' though. 31 just seems like the perfect time to part ways with a middle infielder. A corner bat who doesn't need to worry about declining range might be a different story, but I'd rather always cycle through young guys up the middle.
  20. nicksaviking
    Technically they still could I believe but it wouldn't make any sense if the option was $12-15M considering the going QO rate at this time is already higher than $15M. So basically the Twins would turn down that $15M option, then go ahead and offer him a $16M QO, which would clearly be a sham aimed at getting that comp pick.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yup, because they aren't going to have that 95 MPH fastball forever. Use it before you lose it, don't waste it on International League batters.
  22. nicksaviking
    Due to Ryan's comments about taking the best pitchers regardless of handedness and Molitor's comments about a different usage of the pen, I don't think Theilbar is a lock, and I certainly don't think Mione is a lock if he doesn't make the rotation. While Ryan obviously has final say, Molitor doesn't strike me as a guy who will keep quiet if the GM tries to stick him with an 85 MPH flyball pitcher in his pen. And for what it's worth, Ithink Ryan knows better as well.
  23. nicksaviking
    " Mike Pelfrey is back from elbow surgery and (evidently) finally healthy. And then there's Milone, who might be the most accomplished big-leaguer of the bunch." "Is back from" and "most accomplished" are phrases that show the club is still trying to capitalize on players' past accomplishments, so is giving pitchers in their early 30's four-year deals. I know this front office is eager to see the young players, but it just always seems they can't help themselves and will always go with experience over potential if both options are available to them, and I don't know why. The organization's two most successful rebuilds came from a near 100% youth movement.
  24. nicksaviking
    So Stauffer had an ERA+ of 96 and Boyer was at 94 last year. Stauffer had an FIP of 3.02 to Boyer's 2.93, all while playing for the same team. Yet because the Twins got a wild hair to offer Stauffer guaranteed money while Boyer was only offered a minor league deal, Stauffer is all but a lock to get a job while Boyer is likely out of luck? I could do without either guy, but this just doesn't seem sound like very sound decision making to me.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yes, that's a valid argument for a contending team; weighing "win now" vs "future" is a sticky subject in all team sports. It means jack squat when your team loses 90 games four consecutive years.
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