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sansterre · 04-09-2015, 03:21 PM

At the end of July we're 51-45, but with a pythag of 45-51 and only 12 WAR between my players. We've got a decent lock on a wild-card spot, but we're already ten games behind the stupid Cleveland Indians. Even with a fairly solid record, I still have no faith in this team. We're wildly out-performing every reasonable indicator of how good our team actually is. So even with a record that makes us the #1 wild card team, I have no faith in it keeping up.

Add to that the fact that I had four injuries in these months and I'm not feeling great (Arcia for four weeks, Mauer for 2 months, and a reliever and OF that I don't remotely care about.) Byron Buxton is whispering sweet nothings in my ear from AAA and his ratings are getting much better, (11/11/10 with 18 CF and solid steals) but I harden my heart to his pleas. No sense in starting his ML service timer any earlier than I need to.

The draft is reasonably decent. Because of the nature of the first draft, there aren't stats to look at, so I just look at my scout + osa. Here are my top five picks:

1) Brady Aiken, SP, 4th overall pick, 3.5 stars scout, 5 stars OSA, 12/15/15 projected (scout), 19 yo, 8 million bonus.

2) John Aiello, SS, 34th overall pick, 5 stars both scout and OSA, 14/15/10 projected with 12-13 SS fielding, moderate speed, 1.8 million

3) Alonzo Jones, 2B, 64th, 4.5 stars scout, 4 stars OSA, 10/7/14 projected, 15 fielding, monster speed, 650k

4) Ryan Sloniger, C, 94th, 4.5 stars scout, 2.5 stars OSA, 11/14/11 projected, 12 fielding, 270k

5) Niko Navarro, 3B 124th, 4 stars scout, 5 stars OSA, 12/13/11, 13 fielding, average speed, 150k.

I'm fairly happy with this group, or as happy as I can be without stats to look at. Aiken is a monster. I don't care what my scout says; 8 mill bonus players are never not a five-star prospect. And frankly, Aiello could be very good. Jones cracks me up; the AI is pretty optimistic to look at a 10/7/14 with 15 fielding and give him 4.5 stars, but whatever

Slinger and Navarro may be good some day.

All in all, I feel decent about my first draft; I had better, since I had the fourth overall pick.

Transactions:

I extended Brandon Morrow (SP, 30 yo, 15/12/12) to a one-year 5.8 million dollar deal. I think it's a fair price for a decent starter.

I claimed John Jaso off waivers (DH, 31 yo, L, 11/9/14) 3.6 mill. You may be thinking, "Sansterre, this guy can't hit, and you're paying him 3.6 to DH for you?" Good point anonymous reader. That said, I had the money to blow (at this point I had 10 mill in padding) and I had no DH worth mentioning (remember, Mauer is down.) I thought it a reasonable gamble.

I brought up Kennys Vargas (1B, 24, Sw, 11/14/11 with a bit of room to grow) once Mauer went down. He's doing tolerably.

I claim Juan Nicasio off of waivers (SP, 28, 12/13/14, 2.6 million.) Again, beggars can't be choosers.

At this point I start to suspect that Trevor Plouffe (3B, 29, 11/12/11) is expendable. I know, you're wondering where I'm going to replace his 0.2 WAR from. Sure he put up 4 WAR last year, but that was last year. And Miguel Sano is lurking in AAA, and Plouffe's rating is inflated because of his stats last year. I shop him a bit and find, much to my surprise, that the San Diego Padres need a 3B (and apparently have seven thousand SPs; I already got Morrow off of them.) I trade Plouffe for Josh Johnson (SP, 31, 13/13/13, 1 mill) straight up. Dumb trade for them to make. Shrug.

Glen Perkins is making me sad. He's 32, making 6+ mill a year for the next four and is putting up a 3.83 FIP as a closer. Now that's not bad; if I were the yankees I wouldn't have a problem with that. But I'm the twins, and I can't pay anyone that kind of money without a serious justification. Salary dump time!

Perkins (32, RP, 15/12/15 flyball, 6.3 mill), Max Murphy (OF, 23, 10/10/10 pot, 1.5 star), Emmanuel Morel (2B, 18, 6/7/10 pot, 1 star) and 5 million for Erick Meza (1B, 17, 11/16/15 pot, Lefty, 3.5 stars prospect.)

Not a great trade, but I cleared Perkins off and got a decent prospect for it. I'll take it.

I extended Eric Jokisch to a 3 year, 1.7 mill a year deal. I know he's not that good, but he's actually putting up around a 4 FIP, and I'm slightly attached to him since he's the first non-crappy pitcher I got. Also, 1.7 is nothing.

That's about all for these months. I'm going pretty quickly right now; I expect I'll slow down once I get a season or so into it.

Thanks so much for the support guys; I appreciate it

In the name of disclosure, any time I give three slashes of stats (i.e., 10/14/9) those are out of 20, and they are contact, power and eye, or stuff, movement and control for pitchers. If it's a prospect I'm talking about, it's probably their potential (though I tried to mark it where I could.)

Over half way through the season; we'll see if my silly team can hold on to this level of performance.

04-09-2015, 03:21 PM	#6
sansterre Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 251	At the end of July we're 51-45, but with a pythag of 45-51 and only 12 WAR between my players. We've got a decent lock on a wild-card spot, but we're already ten games behind the stupid Cleveland Indians. Even with a fairly solid record, I still have no faith in this team. We're wildly out-performing every reasonable indicator of how good our team actually is. So even with a record that makes us the #1 wild card team, I have no faith in it keeping up. Add to that the fact that I had four injuries in these months and I'm not feeling great (Arcia for four weeks, Mauer for 2 months, and a reliever and OF that I don't remotely care about.) Byron Buxton is whispering sweet nothings in my ear from AAA and his ratings are getting much better, (11/11/10 with 18 CF and solid steals) but I harden my heart to his pleas. No sense in starting his ML service timer any earlier than I need to. The draft is reasonably decent. Because of the nature of the first draft, there aren't stats to look at, so I just look at my scout + osa. Here are my top five picks: 1) Brady Aiken, SP, 4th overall pick, 3.5 stars scout, 5 stars OSA, 12/15/15 projected (scout), 19 yo, 8 million bonus. 2) John Aiello, SS, 34th overall pick, 5 stars both scout and OSA, 14/15/10 projected with 12-13 SS fielding, moderate speed, 1.8 million 3) Alonzo Jones, 2B, 64th, 4.5 stars scout, 4 stars OSA, 10/7/14 projected, 15 fielding, monster speed, 650k 4) Ryan Sloniger, C, 94th, 4.5 stars scout, 2.5 stars OSA, 11/14/11 projected, 12 fielding, 270k 5) Niko Navarro, 3B 124th, 4 stars scout, 5 stars OSA, 12/13/11, 13 fielding, average speed, 150k. I'm fairly happy with this group, or as happy as I can be without stats to look at. Aiken is a monster. I don't care what my scout says; 8 mill bonus players are never not a five-star prospect. And frankly, Aiello could be very good. Jones cracks me up; the AI is pretty optimistic to look at a 10/7/14 with 15 fielding and give him 4.5 stars, but whatever Slinger and Navarro may be good some day. All in all, I feel decent about my first draft; I had better, since I had the fourth overall pick. Transactions: I extended Brandon Morrow (SP, 30 yo, 15/12/12) to a one-year 5.8 million dollar deal. I think it's a fair price for a decent starter. I claimed John Jaso off waivers (DH, 31 yo, L, 11/9/14) 3.6 mill. You may be thinking, "Sansterre, this guy can't hit, and you're paying him 3.6 to DH for you?" Good point anonymous reader. That said, I had the money to blow (at this point I had 10 mill in padding) and I had no DH worth mentioning (remember, Mauer is down.) I thought it a reasonable gamble. I brought up Kennys Vargas (1B, 24, Sw, 11/14/11 with a bit of room to grow) once Mauer went down. He's doing tolerably. I claim Juan Nicasio off of waivers (SP, 28, 12/13/14, 2.6 million.) Again, beggars can't be choosers. At this point I start to suspect that Trevor Plouffe (3B, 29, 11/12/11) is expendable. I know, you're wondering where I'm going to replace his 0.2 WAR from. Sure he put up 4 WAR last year, but that was last year. And Miguel Sano is lurking in AAA, and Plouffe's rating is inflated because of his stats last year. I shop him a bit and find, much to my surprise, that the San Diego Padres need a 3B (and apparently have seven thousand SPs; I already got Morrow off of them.) I trade Plouffe for Josh Johnson (SP, 31, 13/13/13, 1 mill) straight up. Dumb trade for them to make. Shrug. Glen Perkins is making me sad. He's 32, making 6+ mill a year for the next four and is putting up a 3.83 FIP as a closer. Now that's not bad; if I were the yankees I wouldn't have a problem with that. But I'm the twins, and I can't pay anyone that kind of money without a serious justification. Salary dump time! Perkins (32, RP, 15/12/15 flyball, 6.3 mill), Max Murphy (OF, 23, 10/10/10 pot, 1.5 star), Emmanuel Morel (2B, 18, 6/7/10 pot, 1 star) and 5 million for Erick Meza (1B, 17, 11/16/15 pot, Lefty, 3.5 stars prospect.) Not a great trade, but I cleared Perkins off and got a decent prospect for it. I'll take it. I extended Eric Jokisch to a 3 year, 1.7 mill a year deal. I know he's not that good, but he's actually putting up around a 4 FIP, and I'm slightly attached to him since he's the first non-crappy pitcher I got. Also, 1.7 is nothing. That's about all for these months. I'm going pretty quickly right now; I expect I'll slow down once I get a season or so into it. Thanks so much for the support guys; I appreciate it In the name of disclosure, any time I give three slashes of stats (i.e., 10/14/9) those are out of 20, and they are contact, power and eye, or stuff, movement and control for pitchers. If it's a prospect I'm talking about, it's probably their potential (though I tried to mark it where I could.) Over half way through the season; we'll see if my silly team can hold on to this level of performance. Last edited by sansterre; 04-09-2015 at 03:24 PM.