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Battle ur tail off First Round Pick

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“Martin Pérez lit up the radar gun Sunday and looked outstanding in his second appearance of the spring. The left-hander’s fastball sat between 95-97 mph as he struck out four batters in three scoreless innings. The velocity is a sharp increase from last season when Pérez’s four-seam fastball averaged 92.8 mph, according to Statcast. It stems partly from a mechanical adjustment Pérez made with Johnson.”

 

Maybe these guys are f-ing geniuses and this guy comes out and does well?

ashbury GOAT

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Seems like you copied an awful lot of paid content there....

It is a good thing to remind ourselves of. I was guilty of asking for a synopsis of something else the other day, labeling myself a cheapskate as the rationale, which is pretty weak. Fair use is hard to define, and the comment "worth the price" might please the author, but since I don't know what percentage of the total article was excerpted, it's hard to guess what's fair. Bottom line, let's do be careful with other people's property.

amjgt FCL Twins

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but since I don't know what percentage of the total article was excerpted, it's hard to guess what's fair. Bottom line, let's do be careful with other people's property.

 

Looks to me like about 15%

AlwaysinModeration Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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It is a good thing to remind ourselves of. I was guilty of asking for a synopsis of something else the other day, labeling myself a cheapskate as the rationale, which is pretty weak. Fair use is hard to define, and the comment "worth the price" might please the author, but since I don't know what percentage of the total article was excerpted, it's hard to guess what's fair. Bottom line, let's do be careful with other people's property.

I probably went too far, and I will try to be more in moderation going forward.

 

Pretty interesting look at what certainly seems like some new ideas and new approaches with the pitching staff. Wes Johnson had a good rep and a good track record coming in, and now we’re starting to see why.

 

Wonder if his talents as a coach will be even more evident with a major league budget / resources, instead of a college one.

amjgt FCL Twins

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I wouldn't say you went to far, but I'd say it was close. It was a pretty long article so 10-15% ended up being quite a bit of actual text. From Twins-centric paywall articles I think it's fair to do some copy and pasting to give potential readers a taste of the article. How do people know the content they are missing if they can't ever see any of the content? But, from MLB-centric articles that have a few Twins parts (like a Keith Law top 100 article), I shy away from any copy and pasting and tend to, in that example, just report the rankings. 

 

But, that's just me, and I'm not a moderator.

alskntwnsfn Draft Eligible

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The new Rosenthal article in the Athletic about Twins pitching analytics is fascinating. Honestly it’s the most enlightening article I’ve ever read about the team’s approach to preparation, which has puzzled me for a long time.

 

Scripted bullpens with real time data feedback? Yes!

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Seems like you copied an awful lot of paid content there....

That would be better said in a PM/to a mod, considering the intent seems to be to contribute and promote a subscription.

AlwaysinModeration Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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The new Rosenthal article in the Athletic about Twins pitching analytics is fascinating. Honestly it’s the most enlightening article I’ve ever read about the team’s approach to preparation, which has puzzled me for a long time.

 

Scripted bullpens with real time data feedback? Yes!

I’ve read the Rosenthal piece twice now. Agree with you it is fascinating. And just to continue to push the envelope here, let me provide a quote from the article about the Astro’s pitching coach, who at 70 is the oldest pitching coach in baseball, who worked with Wes Johnson and many other new-guardish pitching coaches, and is clearly a leader in innovative approaches to using analytics in working with pitchers:

 

“Strom was out of baseball in 2006 and ‘07 after the Nationals dumped him as their minor-league pitching coordinator, helping his wife run her dog-grooming business.”

AlwaysinModeration Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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Looks to me like about 15%

I was curious. I plugged it into a word counter app. I copied 365 words, out of a 1785 word article, so I copied 20.4%.

 

It was too much, in my opinion, so thanks to Sixel for calling me out. I knew when I was putting the excerpts together that I was pushing the line (I even specifically trimmed down sections). It’s worthwhile to flag me, and to have the discussion.

 

It’s all good. Dan Hayes is producing a lot of valuable content for the Athletic, with a lot of additional great content on the Twins, Vikings and much more as well. People should pay for a subscription. (And especially to read that Rosenthal piece; there is a lot of great detail on different pitching coaches and approaches around the league).

 

I was very impressed with Wes Johnson when I read about him when they hired him. Everything I’ve seen in the few weeks of him working with the Twins has made it easy to see why he has had such remarkable success with multiple college programs over an extended period of time:

 

He uses cutting edge technology to get a lot of relevant data, simplifies it, and communicates it to his players in a way they can use, getting their buy-in in the process.

 

From my vantage point, his signing is likely the most important move the Twins have made in the Falvey-Levine era.

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There is a lot of good stuff in the athletic, if you like to read about sports. It's probably the best site for general sports reading right now.

 

I wasn't trying to be a jerk, I have struggled in the past with how much to copy here. And yes, a PM would have been better!

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That would be better said in a PM/to a mod, considering the intent seems to be to contribute and promote a subscription.

In a thread specifically about "Twins Stuff From Around The Web," it seemed pertinent and deserves to be reviewed once in a while. It's all shades of gray. Some folks may recall that the site's Comment Policy has a short independent section about this topic of fair use - I'm not sure it says anything better than how this side-discussion has gone, but the site owners (and thus we as moderators) do take the question seriously, since no one would like to see their own words used in some way contrary to their own wishes and benefit - copyright applies even if the text is not behind a paywall, and a link-plus-summary is better than verbatim text, often.

 

I hope I'm not contributing to any further thread-jack from the intended thread topic - PM to me or any others is indeed probably preferred at this point, for any followup.

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Ron: Hi Keith-Thanks for all your work on prospects and all your baseball write-ups. You and Buster are the only reason I subscribe to Insider. Would it make sense for Minnesota to offer a 1 or 2 year deal to Keuchel if he would take it, or just let that horse leave the barn?
Keith Law: Yes, unless there’s something so drastic in his medicals that they’re uncomfortable even at two years.
Keith Law: The Twins are good. They’re certainly at a point where investing further in the 2019 team is likely to have a positive ROI.

 

Jarrod: Hello Mr. Law, is Ryan Pressly one of the more under rated RPs in the game?
Keith Law: Don’t know how to answer that. Underrated how/by whom? He’s good, a good example of how very progressive teams like Houston target players they think they can improve through R&D-based coaching, but they also gave up two decent prospects to get him.

 

http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/03/07/klawchat-3-7-19/

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Paul
10:18 Playoffs?!?! Who you got??
Mark P
10:19 NYY, Cleveland, Houston as division winners.  Red Sox, Twins as the wild cards.

NL is much harder to call, but I'll say Washington, St. Louis, LA win the divisions.  Wild cards are Colorado and Milwaukee.  But, ask me tomorrow and I'll have different answers

 

Falvine
10:25 Are the Twins the AL version of the braves essentially?
Mark P
10:26 It's not a bad comp.  Except the Braves already got big production from their big outfield prospect (Acuna) and infield prospect (Albies), while the Twins are still waiting on Buxton to really blossom, and for Sano to become more consistent

 

Luhnow's Mentor
10:42 Do you think the increasing availability of super utility types are hurting interest and contract values for FA's like Marwin, for example? He didn't seem to draw a ton of interest this year, and the Astros got a decent replacement for next to nothing.
Mark P
10:44 This is a solid point.  Teams seem to be trying to build their own super-utility types from within, rather than signing a guy like Marwin (at least at what Marwin's initial asking price was)

 

Andy Melius
10:57 The Twins made nice moves but could've done much more. You think they're waiting for the trade deadline to see where they stand?
Mark P
10:57 This

 

 

https://www.jotcast.com/chat/mlbtr-chat-with-mark-polishuk-4807.html

 

Mike Sixel GOAT

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Adam
1:56 Love the chats Keith, thanks for taking the time to do them.  With Sano's latest injury, it's hard for this Twins fan to see any reason that he'll be successful consistently long term.  Do you think he'll ever put it together?
Keith Law
1:56 For stretches, at least. Lot of hitting ability and raw power, with an idea at the plate.

 

http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/03/15/klawchat-3-15-19/

 

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1:43 Kirilloff seemed like a great pick in 17 when the Twins were able to get him with a mid round pick. Was the reason he was available that far into the round because he doesn’t play a premium position?
Keith Law
1:43 Yes, also a cold-weather kid, and not a premium tools/athlete. Always trepidation over bat-first HS position players.

 

http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/03/21/klawchat-3-21-19/

 

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1:43 Kirilloff seemed like a great pick in 17 when the Twins were able to get him with a mid round pick. Was the reason he was available that far into the round because he doesn’t play a premium position?
Keith Law
1:43 Yes, also a cold-weather kid, and not a premium tools/athlete. Always trepidation over bat-first HS position players.

 

http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/03/21/klawchat-3-21-19/

What's the significance of being a "cold-weather kid"? That the scouts aren't willing to see him as much because he plays in the cold?

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What's the significance of being a "cold-weather kid"? That the scouts aren't willing to see him as much because he plays in the cold?

I believe he's referencing that cold weather kids are often a bit more raw because they don't get to play 10-12 months a year.

AZTwin First Round Pick

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I believe he's referencing that cold weather kids are often a bit more raw because they don't get to play 10-12 months a year.

Yep. Mike Trout fell for being a cold weather kid

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Fangraphs finished its hitter previews today......EDIT: Ooops, they haven't done RF yet?

 

The Twins are pretty much median everywhere buy LF, where they are slightly better than median. While it's great to be median, and not bad......it's really hard to improve a team full of median players. As usual, the writeups vary in tone, as they were written by different authors. As usual, they are interesting reads.

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2019-positional-power-rankings-introduction/

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