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  1. nicksaviking
    I agree that the options shouldn't matter. However if someone would have suggested the same thing for Oswaldo Arcia three years ago, I would have said the same thing. Different caliber prospects obviously, but to think that what has happened with Arcia, or Hicks, couldn't happen to Buxton would be dangerous.
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    I don't know why there is any reason to think Burdi's former delivery was causing control problems. If anything the new one is, possibly it's simply because it's foreign to him. Why try to fix something that isn't proven to be broken?
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qsXVt0qnWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyj2sZAWaQ4 He sure looks prettier in the second one, but if it's at the expense of results I'll take ugly. It would also explain why he was still effective last year, the Twins, and likely most teams have said before that they don't work on changing mechanics the summer after the draft. While I'm no lip reader, it sure looks like they are working on Burdi's arm slot in that video. And that stride to the plate makes me want to cry. Why do all Twins pitchers have to have a stride long enough only to step over a sidewalk crack? So much wasted velocity.
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    His delivery in the minors looks much different than in college. He looked pretty unorthodoxed and out of control in college but the results were good. He had a longer stride and he seemed to deliver the ball from behind his ear. Now he's got a shorter stride what lookes like a 3/4 arm delivery from the videos I see. Seems to me, it would be harder to pick up a pitch that looked like it was coming from the pitcher's ear and a released a foot closer to the plate. I don't need my relievers to look pretty throwing, I would let them do what worked for them in college and only make them change if it didn't professionally or if an injury causes a change of mechanics.
  5. nicksaviking
    It sounds silly, but I'd keep riding Duffy. It is my belief that all rookies are going to struggle. Let him ride out his struggles for the rest of the season. Gibson and May sure were better after letting them flop their first year. Of course, I'm also in favor of still finding rotation spots for May and Berrios. A GM would need to get creative to make room for all three, though looking at the contract situation, he's going to have to be creative to find spots for the young guys next year anyway.
  6. nicksaviking
    I agree that the season was already slipping away past redemption at the deadline. However the bullpen has taken the loss 17 times this year. Had the pen been addressed in early June, the Twins might have have an even larger lead in the WC chase come the deadline. Still, if Ryan wasn't going to go trade crazy because he too felt now was not the time, why was/is he sticking with the vets instead of prepping the young playes for contention in 2016? It's all half measure with Ryan.
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    I like Rosario, but considering he has difficulty taking pitches and drawing walks, perhaps he's the one to move. It seems to me, the other young players who have had a hard time doing this tend to regress quite a bit, and Rosario must have some helium at this point.
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    Let's hope so, because the alternative for getting pulled in that situation is usually an injury. Or a top secret CIA South American cartel execution mission.
  9. nicksaviking
    Dear lord, please don't let Detroit get one of the Mets young stud arms for Cespedes.
  10. nicksaviking
    I don't see where there's room for all of Rosario, Hicks, Buxton, Arcia, Sano, Plouffe, Mauer, Kepler, Pinto, Vargas and Harrison to all get legit MLB time.
  11. nicksaviking
    The prospect part might be different, but the glut of corner OF wasnt. Hunter and Jones were locked in in the OF with Keilty, Mohr, Cuddyer and Ford all getting reps. Meanwhile Kubel, Restovich, Garrett Jones and Micheal Ryan were all options in the minors and serious options, these were legit prospects. I can't recall if Buchanon had been moved yet, but there were a ton of options. The trades for Stewart and Bartlet were made because of the glut and the Twins STILL let plenty of chips go to waste. Restovich in particular could have probably been used for a nice trade and he barely got a chance at the MLB level. I'm pretty picky about the type of trade I'd like, but I don't want the current group of talent to go to waste.
  12. nicksaviking
    If Ryan can't handle multiple trade fronts, he shouldn't be the GM. All the other teams who are actually active buyers seem to be in talks with multiple teams and are discussing multiple options. If Ryan is simply waiting for SD to make a decision, Preller isn't being sneaky Ryan is just being stubborn using his self-aknowledged approach of making other clubs come to him and not initiating deals. Of course full disclosure, I'm more than OK not cruising for ugly contracts and aging vets. I won't be when this team is ready to win though. And Fernando Rodney? I'd check his stats first. Yuk.
  13. nicksaviking
    Didn't Ryan say that he'll only make a trade if it's not forced? That doesn't sound like an aggressive trade stance. Also, your last sentence makes me think if the trade is say for Fernando Rodney, you're still going to champion Ryan as making a trade to satisfy his "promise".
  14. nicksaviking
    So who had Aaron Hicks improving his batting average by 80 points and his OBP by only 10?
  15. nicksaviking
    I think it was waived without us knowing when the front office let the bullpen lose a dozen games but didn't do anything to fix it.
  16. nicksaviking
    I think at this point it might be wiser to dangle Plouffe, Hunter, Perkins, the SS crew, Milone or any other starting pitchers.
  17. nicksaviking
    The Twins might have blown it. It's going to be hard to tell though as going to Toronto and hitting in that ballpark and among those sluggers is probably the next best thing to Coors Field. Heck, it might be better than Coors Field. I'll definately concede I was wrong though if his offense is passable and he can still play SS the last couple years of that contract.
  18. nicksaviking
    Yes, and the Twins aren't even to that point. The young Royals core players Perez, Cain, Hosmer, Goron, Butler and Moustakas all had more than a few months under their belts and their bullpen wasn't half the disaster the Twins is.
  19. nicksaviking
    I don't get the outrage though. Everyone keeps pointing to the Royals but the Royals didn't start trading the farm until they were ready to win. Does anyone seriously think the Twins are in that position yet? There will be superstars available at next year's deadline, and the deadline after that and after that. Perhaps some won't even have terrible contracts. If the Twins are actually a good and team worthy of contention at that time, then we can all join together in indignation when Ryan once again is too indecisive to act.
  20. nicksaviking
    He's not a good one now. His range factor is negative and that generally doesn't increase with age. If he's a SS in 2017 it's only because Toronto has nowhere else to put him, he's definately on the Hanley Rameriz train to Cornertown.
  21. nicksaviking
    I really doubt Tulowitzki will be a SS in 18-19, maybe not even 17.
  22. nicksaviking
    Offensively? I'm tempted to put them ahead of Suzuki at this time.
  23. nicksaviking
    If Arcia is going to be traded, do it in the off season, the destinations will be greater and you might get a similarly controllable young player at a position of need.
  24. nicksaviking
    But who gets replaced? Unless it's another lefty, O'Rourke is probably staying. May could get sent down, though that seems like a waste. Graham is staying unless they Braves suddenly get generous. To get a new lefty, Boyer has to be released. To get two it absolutely needs to be Fien. I also don't get the hesitation to use the unproven guys late in games. The proven guys are proving not to be able to handle it.
  25. nicksaviking
    I agree that at this point Duensing is the best of the three, but none of them should be in the 7th either. Low velocity and low strikeout pitchers shouldn't be used in any kind of situation other than mop up duty. A bullpen that has one guy with an inability to strikeout a batter should reconsider what they view as the necessary skill set for preventing late-inning runs and the Twins current three most trusted and used arms all have a K/9 under 5.3. It's beyond baffeling how that even happend, and I don't know how the front office could have let this go on for so long, it should have been addressed months ago.
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