Morosi: Kevin Slowey Is Back in the AL Central

proof that we sold low on him...

Colorado knew it, and took advantage.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 4:17 PM EST reply actions

All they got was a low grade relief prospect

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by Jessy S on Jan 20, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions

Bummer for him

Colorado seemed like a good place for him….

A Cleveland Indian Hipster Pitcher has been done so much before *cough*Charlie Sheen*cough*

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by Go Twins! on Jan 20, 2012 4:17 PM EST reply actions

I would use a lot of different words to describe Charlie Sheen

…but hipster wouldn’t be on of them.

by Caulfield on Jan 21, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions

From the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro

To the rusted belt of Cleveland. Slowey’s keepin’ it real.

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 20, 2012 4:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

So the moral of the story is...

DON’T TRASH YOUR OWN PLAYERS IN PUBLIC!!!!!!!!

There, I said it. This organization really ticks me off due to this type of behavior. It pretty much guaranteed Slowey’s departure for a box of balls. Colorado turns around and trades him for what appears to be a pretty decent relief pitching prospect… Given our needs, this trade would have made a ton of sense for the Twins…

by diehardtwinsfan on Jan 20, 2012 4:23 PM EST reply actions

yep...

we’re idiots.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 4:26 PM EST up reply actions

The guy they traded him for has an ERA 6.14

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 20, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions

in 8 innings in his debut

and his k/9 was 11, with no walks. The dude has potential. He was pretty decent in the minors too, and he’s 24. Certainly not a lights out guy, but someone with a decent shot at helping the pen.

by diehardtwinsfan on Jan 20, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

look at his minor league numbers

8.9K/9 in about 90 AAA innings with an ERA of 3.57.

At first glance he looks like a much better prospect than Turpen.

Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?

by halfchest on Jan 20, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

because he is...

the rockies got more for him than we did.

which means we’re idiots.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions

But look at it this way,

Cleveland was desperate to land Slowey and they are clearly blind to the rape that Colorado pulled off last year.

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by Jessy S on Jan 20, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions

I think we're missing the good news

The Indians added Kevin Slowey, on purpose!

by Gunnarthor on Jan 20, 2012 4:32 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

This just in

Slowey still stinks.

by That'sWhatSheSaid on Jan 20, 2012 4:36 PM EST reply actions

Yep

wow. Traded twice in the offseason

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by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 21, 2012 12:36 AM EST up reply actions

That was a bizarrely short tenure.

It will be fun to watch him in the division. Hopefully he doesn’t make the Twins look like fools.

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by PurplePeopleEaters on Jan 20, 2012 4:45 PM EST reply actions

He could

But only for the first 5 innings.

by John_Locke on Jan 20, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

Pitching 6 innings is too mainstream

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by NorthernStar on Jan 20, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions

I'm thinking Joe will know what's coming

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by cmathewson on Jan 20, 2012 4:48 PM EST reply actions

Fastball up the middle

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by Jessy S on Jan 20, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions

I bet this could be a Mike Napoli to Toronto then right to Texas situation.

by Brady Eyestone on Jan 20, 2012 4:58 PM EST reply actions

The Rockies are sending $1.25M to Cleveland in the deal.

The Indians will pay Slowey $1.5M in 2012.

Better deal: Slowey for Daniel Turpen, OR Slowey & $1.25M for Zach Putnam?

by benhertz on Jan 20, 2012 6:18 PM EST reply actions

Easily Putnam...

easily.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 7:05 PM EST up reply actions

IF the Rockies had traded Slowey to the Indians for a potted plant, you would say Rockies won the trade.

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by darren004 on Jan 20, 2012 8:41 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

If only to further your ire at the Twins for trading Slowey.

Let loose the hogs of war!
Dogs of war..
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by darren004 on Jan 20, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

Ya think?

by Gunnarthor on Jan 20, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions

no, it's just objective fact..

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions

What's the deal with Slowey if an organization desperate for starting pitching

Paid $1.25M to trade him for a relief pitcher? Something seems wrong with Slowey in this to me…The Rockies have been reported to be high on Slowey for a long time too….

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by Go Twins! on Jan 20, 2012 7:33 PM EST up reply actions

They realized

he’d be a fly ball pitcher in Coors Field.
Recipe for an obscure disaster you’ve probably never heard of.

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by NorthernStar on Jan 20, 2012 7:51 PM EST up reply actions

It was reported at the time of the trade...

that Colorado would probably flip him. That they thought he was being undervalued by the Twins and that they could essentially get more for him than they gave up.

Well, they were right.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions

Better question: Which team did the best? Cleveland, Colorado, or Minnesota?

by benhertz on Jan 20, 2012 7:46 PM EST up reply actions

Alex Anthopoulos won this trade.

Stranger still, Brian Sabean somehow managed to lose it.

by timprov on Jan 20, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

heh.

by tobynotjason on Jan 21, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions

Watch Slowey go 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA vs. the Twins in 2012

The beard abides.

by Jason Kubel's Beard on Jan 20, 2012 9:18 PM EST reply actions

Well, that's only the Twins, so big deal...

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jan 21, 2012 8:48 AM EST up reply actions

Ryan wouldn't trade him to the Indians

Plus, he needed to trade him before the deadline to offer arbitration. Those factors led to a relatively low valuation on the market. In short, he had to trade him or offer arbitration. He would have rather traded him for $1 than offer him arbitration. Anything he got was sawmill gravy.

Personally, I won’t sweat it. I look forward to beating the crap out of the Indians when he’s on the mound. When all is said and done, the Rockies are the team that won this. They did so because of the way the market works. Good for them. The team that did the worst was the Indians. They actually gave up a valuable arm for a guy who isn’t likely to stay in the rotation past June. That makes me happy.

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by cmathewson on Jan 20, 2012 10:43 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

Oh my God, this.

Summed up more calmly and eloquently than I could ever hope to.

by MNWildcat on Jan 20, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions

On the other hand

maybe his climb up the mountain brought him such peace and serenity that he will bring a sense of calm confidence to the mound each time he pitches and will no longer fall apart after 5 innings.

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by Twnzfan on Jan 20, 2012 11:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Rumor has it that his epiphany on the mountain changed his life, added 2 MPH to his heater

And his name is now Kevin Fausto.

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by twinsbrewer on Jan 21, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions

...and he's only 20 yeas old!

/Chip’d

by archie2227 on Jan 21, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

It's all about his wrist, not any "calm"...

if his wrist is healthy, us and the Rockies will both regret this for a long, long time.

If not, he’ll just be a dominant longman or solid 4th starter for a long time.

by DJSkillz on Jan 20, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions

Doubt it.

I don’t think Slowey has that sort of upside if his wrist is unhealthy.

by funnytrain on Jan 21, 2012 1:51 AM EST up reply actions

His wrist will never be the same

He has permanent pins holding his tendons to the bones. This seriously limits his range of motion, affecting his ability to throw an effective breaking ball or get any kind of movement on his fastball. Parker Hageman showed this pretty clearly last year. Nothing he did since that post changes my opinion that Hageman is right. Hageman tweeted in September 2011:

Kevin Slowey threw 97 pitches and got 4 swinging strikes. All on his fastball.

The outs he gets now are concentrated in the first time through the order when hitters haven’t timed his “sneaky fast” fastball. After that, it’s a downward spiral punctuated by loud outs, often caught on the warning track of spacious Target Field.

Because of his relative effectiveness the first time through, we all thought he’d be OK for the bullpen, but he needs his starter routine:

Two hours reading free papers while enjoying cups of soy lattee at the local coffee shop
An hour of Bikram yoga at the local studio
Two hours watching films of himself dominating
Two hours ~~debating~~ arguing with his catcher about the game plan
One hour of long toss in the bullpen
30 minutes of warm-up from the mound
20 minutes of TM in the clubhouse

Only then is he ready to pitch well for three innings, OK for two innings and horse shit for 1/3 of an inning. Problem is, we don’t have that kind of time in the bullpen with pitchers like him starting.

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by cmathewson on Jan 21, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

So you're saying

“Bikram yoga, “soy latte” Slowey wouldn’t have fit in well in the “kneel and pray to Jesus for Tebow’s arm plus a late-inning fortuitous balk call” Colorado clubhouse?

Shame on you, sir. You’re a religious racist. Shame. I say SHAME, hear me!

Steve Goodman lives.

by twinsbrewer on Jan 21, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions