tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post115215349974192093..comments2023-11-05T06:49:09.637-06:00Comments on Twins Geek: Arbitration NotesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907268840665045299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152247333110392432006-07-06T23:42:00.000-05:002006-07-06T23:42:00.000-05:00God Bless you Geek,This is awesome....GamerGod Bless you Geek,<BR/>This is awesome....<BR/>GamerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152223902305030812006-07-06T17:11:00.000-05:002006-07-06T17:11:00.000-05:00There's 3 other articles on that page that are ver...There's 3 other articles on that page that are very good as well. Yeah, it's all Tribe related, but it's really a good primer on "how MLB works". <BR/><BR/>http://letsgotribe.com/story/2005/10/18/154322/64<BR/><BR/>http://letsgotribe.com/story/2005/10/19/04112/304<BR/><BR/>http://www.letsgotribe.com/story/2005/10/19/02852/222<BR/><BR/>There's a link to all of these articles on his/her front pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152214923572728202006-07-06T14:42:00.000-05:002006-07-06T14:42:00.000-05:00I wasn't suggesting Bartlett was sent to AAA to sa...I wasn't suggesting Bartlett was sent to AAA to save on his service time. However, the decision not to start Liriano in Rochester will come back to haunt them for big big dollars down the road. I know one can argue that his bullpen stints "better prepared" him for the starting role, but a month in Rochester would have been just as effective, in all likelihood.<BR/><BR/>As for other decisions, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152205417114351272006-07-06T12:03:00.000-05:002006-07-06T12:03:00.000-05:00Neshek just got his call up, according to his web ...Neshek just got his call up, according to his web site. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like he's excited to get his shot... and not yet thinking about when he'll be eligible for arbitration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152197303551126832006-07-06T09:48:00.000-05:002006-07-06T09:48:00.000-05:00Although the Batista cost was most egregious, we a...Although the Batista cost was most egregious, we also paid Castro rougly $400k for his 2+ months of work. Bartlett would have still made less than that playing the entire season. I can't imagine delaying his arbitration was their motivation here -- there are a lot of guys better (i.e. more expensive) than Bartlett or Tiffee whom they haven't delayed at all, or starters they've kept in bullpen spycakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227715984943318813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152193300243396102006-07-06T08:41:00.000-05:002006-07-06T08:41:00.000-05:00By having him spend two months in Rochester, they ...<I>By having him spend two months in Rochester, they gained an extra year of affordability.</I><BR/><BR/>By signing Tony Batista to a $1.3 million contract, it could be argued that they negated that affordability.SBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163925336991434440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152186800076362602006-07-06T06:53:00.000-05:002006-07-06T06:53:00.000-05:00Great article, John. More fans should be made awa...Great article, John. More fans should be made aware of all this stuff because I'm quite sure the Twins use these data in making what we think are occasionally indefensible personnel moves. I didn't figure out the decimal vs. days of service time notation in Cot's until about two months ago, and then it begins to make more sense. S'pose we should have figured since every player's service time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1152168733670341472006-07-06T01:52:00.000-05:002006-07-06T01:52:00.000-05:00By having him spend two months in Rochester, they ...<I>By having him spend two months in Rochester, they gained an extra year of affordability.</I><BR/><BR/>They may have also burned some bridges by starting out the season so slowly. More wins early could've meant more tickets sold, so potentially they lost money on this little transaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com