Comments for joncolosimo.com - a baseball/Minnesota Twins blog http://joncolosimo.com Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Photos by jogos do ben 10 http://joncolosimo.com/photos/comment-page-1/#comment-369 jogos do ben 10 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:05:53 +0000 http://joncolosimo.com/?page_id=352#comment-369 <strong>TOP'S 2011…...</strong> [...] the best blogs will be mentioned below [...]... TOP’S 2011……

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]]> Comment on WAR Games with Bill Smith after the Santana Trade by Dan http://joncolosimo.com/2011/08/war-games-with-bill-smith-after-the-santana-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Dan Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:33:32 +0000 http://joncolosimo.com/?p=885#comment-352 You're mistaken Jon, the deal was taken off the table because Theo Epstein wouldn't include Jon Lester under any circumstances, the proposed deal was Ellsbury Masterson Bowden and Lowrie, which still would have been a fantastic deal for the Twins and possibly a lousy one for the Red Sox, but everything looks better in hindsight. The problem was trying to "win" the deal instead of making the best deal, look at what the Rays did in the Garza trade, they accumulated higher talent ceiling than the Greinke trade, for a pitcher (Grienke) who is considered by most to be better. Then again isn't the best Mets prospect like being the tallest midget? And Fangraphs has Santana's total WAR at 10, which is hardly what the Twins were getting from him at clips of over 7 WAR a year for 3 seasons, and certainly not what the Mets were paying him for. I know you can't predict injuries but if Santana had even one season like that in NY the trade would have been a disaster, whereas now it's just a series of unfortunate GM events. And probably evidence that the front office needs to go into a new direction with improved scouting of other team's farm systems, as they can draft their own talent but cannot evaluate others and can't afford to be major players in free agency. You’re mistaken Jon, the deal was taken off the table because Theo Epstein wouldn’t include Jon Lester under any circumstances, the proposed deal was Ellsbury Masterson Bowden and Lowrie, which still would have been a fantastic deal for the Twins and possibly a lousy one for the Red Sox, but everything looks better in hindsight. The problem was trying to “win” the deal instead of making the best deal, look at what the Rays did in the Garza trade, they accumulated higher talent ceiling than the Greinke trade, for a pitcher (Grienke) who is considered by most to be better. Then again isn’t the best Mets prospect like being the tallest midget? And Fangraphs has Santana’s total WAR at 10, which is hardly what the Twins were getting from him at clips of over 7 WAR a year for 3 seasons, and certainly not what the Mets were paying him for. I know you can’t predict injuries but if Santana had even one season like that in NY the trade would have been a disaster, whereas now it’s just a series of unfortunate GM events. And probably evidence that the front office needs to go into a new direction with improved scouting of other team’s farm systems, as they can draft their own talent but cannot evaluate others and can’t afford to be major players in free agency.

]]> Comment on WAR Games with Bill Smith after the Santana Trade by phairwethrfn http://joncolosimo.com/2011/08/war-games-with-bill-smith-after-the-santana-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-351 phairwethrfn Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:13:51 +0000 http://joncolosimo.com/?p=885#comment-351 Let's not forget the Yankees offered Milky Cabera and Ian Kenedy as well. Let’s not forget the Yankees offered Milky Cabera and Ian Kenedy as well.

]]> Comment on WAR Games with Bill Smith after the Santana Trade by Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Weaver, Cano, Thome | Forex News http://joncolosimo.com/2011/08/war-games-with-bill-smith-after-the-santana-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Weaver, Cano, Thome | Forex News Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:32:57 +0000 http://joncolosimo.com/?p=885#comment-350 [...] Jon Colosimo takes a sabermetric look at what the Twins got back in the Johan Santana trade. [...] [...] Jon Colosimo takes a sabermetric look at what the Twins got back in the Johan Santana trade. [...]

]]> Comment on WAR Games with Bill Smith after the Santana Trade by Linkin’ Ballpark: The Jered Weaver Gets Paid Edition | Blog Archive | Getting Blanked | Blogs | TheScore.com http://joncolosimo.com/2011/08/war-games-with-bill-smith-after-the-santana-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Linkin’ Ballpark: The Jered Weaver Gets Paid Edition | Blog Archive | Getting Blanked | Blogs | TheScore.com Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:37:21 +0000 http://joncolosimo.com/?p=885#comment-349 [...] Girardi had a mini-clash on the mound, which in New York translates into fourteen pages of coverage.WAR Games for the Johan Santana trade that wasn’t.FanGraphs takes the good with the bad when it comes [...] [...] Girardi had a mini-clash on the mound, which in New York translates into fourteen pages of coverage.WAR Games for the Johan Santana trade that wasn’t.FanGraphs takes the good with the bad when it comes [...]

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