Comments on: Me at Baseball Prospectus http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/ Baseball news, insight and analysis from Aaron Gleeman Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Doug MacLennan http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10134 Doug MacLennan Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:35:31 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10134 I have always suspected that the Yankees & Red Sox signalled to each other that each would drop out and let Santana go to the NL.

]]> By: the kid nyc http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10116 the kid nyc Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:38:15 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10116 In 20-20 hindsight, 2008 was probably the year the Twins should have gone all-in and kept Santana rather than continuing to build for the future yet again. Baker’s ERA was 3.45 that year and Liriano’s was 2.74 after the all-star break. It’s tough to believe now but even Slowey had a 3.69 ERA in the 2nd half. Mauer won the batting title that year and Morneau finished 2nd in all star balloting. They would have been a very formidable playoff team with Santana leading the rotation and who knows how far they could have gone. Not that this was knowable in February of 2008 but it does hurt to think what could have been.

]]> By: DaveA http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10101 DaveA Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:11:20 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10101 Congrats Aaron. Dreams come true are great, even when they involve geekdom.

]]> By: Twinsconsin http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10084 Twinsconsin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:52:59 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10084 just when I thought that scab had healed… great article, Aaron! I remember the relentless debate as to what the best deal was; and whether it would become a Knobloch type deal for us, or a Herschel Walker type deal for the other team. Ended up a combination of the two…

]]> By: AM. http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10080 AM. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:20:11 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10080 “great” gig…dumb iPhone…

]]> By: AM. http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10079 AM. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:19:27 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10079 I recognize that stack of BPs…they are in my attic. I even attended a BP “pizza feed” that included Chris Kahrl years ago. Congrats on a fret gig…hope it turns into a regular job.

Speaking of which, do you have a viable path to get into BBWAA? It was a big deal when BP got a couple of spots….

]]> By: mike wants wins http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10078 mike wants wins Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:38 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10078 Great article, and congrats on being on BP. That was an awful trade by the Twins. Just awful.

]]> By: Matt http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10077 Matt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:46 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10077 This is why the Twins love back-end pitch to contact starters. They’re cheap, and if they get hurt it’s not a disaster, because there’s legions more of them in the minor leagues.

]]> By: doofus http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10076 doofus Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:56:06 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10076 The trade wasn’t that bad for the Twins we did have several useful pieces for the 2010 team Rauch and Hardy. We also don’t have the financial baggage of Santana’s contract. THe only question is would keeping Santana for 2008 better than Rauch and Hardy and the other players we were able to get by not having Santana’s contract for 2010 division winning team.

]]> By: BR http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/07/me-at-baseball-prospectus/comment-page-1/#comment-10074 BR Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:39 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69017#comment-10074 Congrats. Good retrospective, AG. And you’re right, almost any of the Red Sox deals would have ended up being a good trade for the Twins.

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