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In the summer between my junior and senior year of high school (1965), the All Star game was in Minneapolis, and Dad had four tickets. We spent the preceding weekend with relatives in nearby...

Anti-Mauer venom is visceral, not logical. And, one can't use logic to rebut a position not arrived at by logic.

If we trade him in the offseason, the buyer gets two years of his service at a reasonable cost. If we wait till trade deadline next summer, buyer only gets one and a half years. His value is higher...

He is also second in the league in SB behind Mike Trout.

Excellent article, Seth, you nailed it. No need for a fire sale today. Nice to see that folks have mostly walked back from jumping off the cliff, and the comments are more reasonable today and less...

"I started making a list of the top 10 things I hate about this trade for today’s Gleeman and the Geek podcast. I’m up to #28."

Try breathing into a paper bag.

"I hate the Twins traded a high-upside player to division rival without knowing if he was willing or maybe desperate to sign a long-term extension."

I guess you missed the news that he blew out...

Michael is very questionable. Rosario is much more likely.

Professional sports franchise economics are far beyond my understanding. What I find curious are two inconsistent fan rants: a) abuse heaped on the Pohlads for not spending more on personnel and b)...

There is a misconception that Sano is sitting because of errors. Coincidentally, he sustained a minor injury the same game he had three errors. I heard he is "day to day".

Dfa?

Note that the recent increase in homers is heavily tilted to left field. Right field remains a problem due to plaza wind tunnel effect with wind blowing in more than out and the right center wall. ...

I agree that Span is prime trade bait for the reasons stated. However, Span isn't quite the stellar star you make him out to be. He is an average major league center fielder. His OPS is 22nd in...

How is that Hendricks put up those numbers in AAA?

With Hicks and Benson injured and stalled, I expect Arcia may pass them by on the way to the bigs. If Span gets traded, Revere moves to center, and Arcia may be brought up to play right ... if his...

14 for 22. Has there ever been a better home run streak in Twins history? Perhaps the Killer back in the day, but I'm not sure how to research the question.

Believe what you want, but fangraphs disagrees. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whos-the-most-underrated-player-in-baseball/

I have to confess I haven't a clue what he's talking about. ...

Span is overrated. He is good not great as either a center fielder or as a leadoff hitter. He has average range and an average arm for a centerfielder, and he ranks toward the middle of all leadoff...

For whatever it's worth, here are lifetime OPS of the great "singles hitters".

Pete Rose .784
Rod Carew .822
Wade Boggs .858

Joe Mauer .871

The other three didn't play an a primarily...

I know that is what kept many away in the beginning. On the other hand, his growth in the last couple of years is more consistent with a teen ager than early twenties.

Last night, a routine ground ball to second came off a splitter. The night before, he struck out a lefty with the splitter.

Though one of the youngest players in the league, Sano finds himself atop the leader board in homers, rbi, slugging pct, and ops.

How is Rosario's defense at 2nd base?

The issue to watch is the left/right split. He has proven he can hit lefties, but he hasn't proven he can hit righties. Batting left-handed through his career has been a struggle. Thus, the fact...