Where are they now? Ex-Twins in 2019

[snepp]

 

I’m pretty sure this is the Lohse-Prince game I mentioned:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN200108180.shtml

Through 2 innings, Lohse allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 3 walks throwing like 60 pitches. After that (and Prince) nada for 4 more innings.

 

Buck had himself a pretty good day. So did the Canuck.

[snepp]

 

Aaron Hicks is going to have Tommy John surgery and will be out 8 to 10 months.

 

I don't miss him.

 

Those are some sour Wheaties you've been eating.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Okay, this is funny... because it's funny.

 

But also, I swore up and down that year by Grossman was a fluke and it was. I mean, he's no GGer but that year (2015? 2016?) was such an outlier that it should be cast away and forgotten.

[Jham]

Okay, this is funny... because it's funny.

 

But also, I swore up and down that year by Grossman was a fluke and it was. I mean, he's no GGer but that year (2015? 2016?) was such an outlier that it should be cast away and forgotten.

Agreed. Don't know if the nomination says more about Grossman or the margin of error for defensive metrics.

[ashbury]

Agreed. Don't know if the nomination says more about Grossman or the margin of error for defensive metrics.

Just glancing through the stats on b-r.com, which summarizes him as a liability for the Twins last year but roughly average for the A's this year, and the biggest difference is the A's used him more often in LF while we had him a lot in RF. Maybe something about his skill set works better in Left? I remember this year that Marwin, who has a fine reputation as a left fielder looked brutal for a while when stationed in right. The two positions aren't quite interchangeable for some players, with regard to tracking the ball etc.

[jorgenswest]

Grossman had a very good year with the glove well above his skill level. Those year to year outliers happen with pitchers. They happen at the plate. His performance was real and he deserves consideration.

 

I wouldn’t bet on him repeating any more than I would bet on Ketel Marte repeating his performance at the plate.

 

Defensive metrics have a year to year correlation that is not dissimilar from slash stats or ERA. Career years with the glove can happen just as career years happen at the plate and on the mound.

[ewen21]

Compassion for misfortune, though?

Sure, but that doesn't change my belief that the Yankees handed him a silly deal

[ewen21]

As far as Grossman being a GG candidate goes, that tells you all you need to know about defensive metrics. Maybe he had a better year, but he is slow and clumsy in field. No metric is needed to surmise that.

[Shaitan]

 

Sure, but that doesn't change my belief that the Yankees handed him a silly deal

 

It's interesting that both Yankees who got extensions last spring basically missed the whole year (Severino too).

 

Imagine if that happened to a team with the Twins' budget.

[USAFChief]

Aaron Hicks is going to have Tommy John surgery and will be out 8 to 10 months.

 

I don't miss him.

Boy, we dodged a bullet there. Kudos to TR for having the foresight to see this surgery coming years in advance.

[Oldgoat_MN]

 

It's interesting that both Yankees who got extensions last spring basically missed the whole year (Severino too).

 

Imagine if that happened to a team with the Twins' budget.

Good point.

2019 without Kepler and Polanco would not have been nearly as much fun.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Say what you want about Aaron Hicks, but for the next five or whatever years is left on his contract, he will continue to have better postseason seats than anyone on the Twins.

[Thegrin]

if I said what I wanted, about Aaron Hicks...I would probably be censured by the moderator. 

[lecroy24fan]

While not still playing Rick Reed is a good man.

 

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/27941728/ex-mlb-pitcher-rick-reed-donates-1m-marshall-stadium

[Vanimal46]

 

Ahem, that's former Minnesota Twin Tyler Austin, Mr. Passan! Good luck to him. Now he'll get the 500+ PAs to satisfy the curiosity of fans.

[Shaitan]

Maybe time for a 2020 thread.

 

Stephen Gonsalves designated for assignment.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/mets-promote-andres-gimenez-designate-stephen-gonzalves.html

[Seth Stohs]

 

Maybe time for a 2020 thread.

 

Stephen Gonsalves designated for assignment.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/mets-promote-andres-gimenez-designate-stephen-gonzalves.html

 

I'll start a new thread now, but anyone can...