Comments on: Rockies acquire Kevin Slowey from Twins for Daniel Turpen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fmlizard http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-233362 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:03:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-233362 Nah, Neshek was a very solid reliever and fun dude for a few seasons until his elbow blew up.

This guy had a 4.83 ERA and 1.64 WHIP, 33 K in 59 IP. At age 25 in AA.

This is the proverbial bag-of-balls trade if there ever was one.

]]> By: 7ransponder http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-233119 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:59:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-233119 Sure I would, but I’d be angry at myself for not performing well enough to warrant a starting rotation spot. Seems Slowey’s anger was misplaced, because he did NOTHING to warrant a spot back in the rotation.

]]> By: rugdog100 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-233034 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:20:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-233034 I’m not sure you could call Slowey a “useful starter” anymore. Maybe he needs a new pitching coach and a fresh start… or maybe he just sucks now.

]]> By: harmbry http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-233018 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:10:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-233018 Awesome. We traded Kevin Slowey for Pat Neshek 2.0.

]]> By: tacklemeelmo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-232985 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:49:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-232985 Sigh..

]]> By: tuloisgod http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230858 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:37:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230858 Um, those guys are spoken for. How ’bout EY?

]]> By: harmbry http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230679 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:33:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230679 You underestimate the vindictiveness of the Twins organization (see Glen Perkins’ mystery injuries after he raised a stink about his playing time/pay). “You don’t like playing here? We’ll send you to the only place you’re guaranteed to fail.”

]]> By: trevorb06 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230666 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:15:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230666 If you were a useful starter and planned on having your career being spent as a useful starter and being paid like a useful starter, wouldn’t you be angry too? I would.

]]> By: azvikefan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230636 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:46:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230636 Slowey got an attitude problem after being pushed to the bullpen. I’ll bet that’s why they dumped him.
Or he was sick of Blyleven blasting him on TV every night and asked to be traded.

]]> By: fmlizard http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230620 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:32:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230620 Slowey is mediocre, but I thought the departure of Bill Smith from the GM’s chair would put an end to trading useful players for absolutely nothing of value – see Johan Santana, Delmon Young, Jim Thome, JJ Hardy – and throw in the Capps deal and watching Torii Hunter walk.

Liriano for an A ball pitcher is just around the corner, I’m sure…

]]> By: dwrek5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230559 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:41:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230559 Kind of reminds me when Nelson Cruz went through waivers unclaimed.

]]> By: Jeremiah Graves http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230547 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:23:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230547 It seems fair to ask for Tulowitzki or Gonzalez as the PTBNL, right?!

…right?! :-/

]]> By: hansob http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230539 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:17:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230539 How is there not another team willing to beat that? Slowey is a fly ball, low walk pitcher, which is the exact opposite of what the Rockies need. He could potentially be a mid-to-upper-3.00s ERA kind of guy in one of the bigger ballparks, but Coors is going to hurt him quite a bit more than most pitchers.

]]> By: Jeremiah Graves http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/rockies-acquire-kevin-slowey-from-twins-for-ptbnl/comment-page-1/#comment-230528 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:03:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=101091#comment-230528 Ugh! Why sell low on the dude?

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