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  1. Short of a crippling injury, how does one loser power or lose their ability to play defense? Revere walks a finer line than that. He doesn't have to "lose speed", he only has to "lose a step". He doesn't have Denard's patience at the plate (not historically, anyway). He doesn't have Denard's gap-hitting power. He doesn't have Denard's arm, as unimpressive as it may be. Which means that if he loses a step and becomes the same speed as Denard, he's suddenly a vastly inferior player to Span. And it's not as if that sort of thing doesn't happen to base-burners on a regular basis. They don't have to "lose their speed", all it takes is a small hindering of their ability and suddenly, they're a below league average player. Again, not wishing any ill will toward Revere, I'm just calling him out for what he is. A 1 1/2 tool player (speed, contact) who could fall on his face if he loses either one of those abilities because he literally has zero other redeeming qualities as a baseball player.
  2. Yeah, I also wouldn't be crushed if the Twins decide to try to retain Liriano. I lean toward trading him but both sides have their points.
  3. Since TJ surgery, Francisco has been pretty good, devastatingly awful, really good, really awful, and now his 2012. Sure, he could put it together for 2013 and be worth $12.5m. But given his track record, I think it's time for the Twins to look in other directions.
  4. There is zero reason not to unless you think it's a good idea to spend $12.5m on the guy in 2013. Given his track record, that's not a good idea. There's too big a risk in trusting Francisco to string together consecutive above-average seasons.
  5. I'm fine with trading Liriano for a low minors prospect. You'll get better value out of Liriano that way, who is a two month rental for the receiving team. Span, on the other hand, needs to be dealt for someone much closer to the bigs.
  6. The weather is starting to clear. They might just make it on time.
  7. Also, I expect that we're all open to adding more forums when the other sports fire up. Right now, there just isn't much demand for additional forums because football, basketball, and hockey are idle. The BYTO system was a football forum and then a "all other sports" forum. Any suggestions on how to improve/change that?
  8. Yep, it was actually at my suggestion. It's only the basic 4-5 "not suitable for broadcast television" words.
  9. Hicks is doing a "struggle, succeed, struggle, succeed" through the minors. I am relatively high on the kid and never got too down on his struggles outside of his ineptitude from the left side of the plate. He also never really "wowed" me as a prospect, either. I've always been more of an Arcia guy. I think people have a tendency to jump the gun far too quickly on prospects. One bad year happens. If he starts to fail a second year at the same level, then there should be real concerns. Besides, Hick's "failures" were still relatively decent (730-ish OPS) for his position.
  10. I'm a little skeptical of this game starting on time.
  11. Capps, definitely not. Liriano, well it depends a lot on what happens in Milwaukee over the next week and a half.
  12. I have very few problems with how Smith ran this organization... except the Minnesota Twins themselves. When it came to the major league franchise, it was disaster after disaster (excepting 2010, when he amazingly made very few bad moves, the one massive exception being Ramos/Capps). The minors and drafting? He actually did a pretty good job with those. Much better than JR had in recent years.
  13. Calling Joe Mauer a rich man's Skip Schumacher is like calling Craig Biggio a rich man's Nick Punto.
  14. Except for that time Liriano had his best season ever with Joe Mauer behind the plate in 2010. But whether or not Joe should be catching Liriano, it's certainly not his decision. Gardy is the one to blame for that.
  15. Yep. Billy ****in' Beane. That's all I can say about it. Luckily for the rest of the division, he can't find bats to go with those arms.
  16. Twins: Span CF Revere RF Mauer DH Willingham LF Morneau 1B Plouffe 3B Dozier SS Butera C Carroll 2B (Liriano P) A's: Crisp CF Weeks 2B Reddick RF Cespedes DH Carter 1B Gomes LF Norris C Inge 3B Hicks SS (Griffin P)
  17. You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?790-Twins-vs-Athletics-07-13-2012-7-10pm
  18. Finally, back to baseball. After three days of zero ball and one night of awful All-Star play where the National League drubbed the American League 8-0, we can finally get back to baseball that (mostly) matters. Tonight, the Twins square off against the A's, who entered the break on quite a tear to bring their record back up to .500 at 43-43. The Twins didn't fare quite as well going into the break, losing two wrenching extra innings affairs against the Texas Rangers. But there is light at the end of the tunnel... Young Twins starters pitched well in Texas, giving hope for the rest of the season. Will they keep it up against the Athletics? Minnesota lefty Francisco Liriano is taking the mound tonight against righty AJ Griffin. How many more starts do you expect to see Liriano make in a Twins uniform? And what who do the Twins turn to fill his spot in the rotation? As always, be sure to join the Twins Daily discussion below! 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center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-so, align: center]11[/TD] [TD=class: dg-avg, align: center].143[/TD] [TD=class: dg-whip, align: center]0.78[/TD] [TD=class: dg-go_ao, align: center]1.05[/TD] [TR=class: odd] [TD=class: dg-season]MLB Totals[/TD] [TD=class: dg-w, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-l, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-era, align: center]2.00[/TD] [TD=class: dg-g, align: center]3[/TD] [TD=class: dg-gs, align: center]3[/TD] [TD=class: dg-cg, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-svo, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ip, align: center]18.0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-h, align: center]9[/TD] [TD=class: dg-r, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dg-er, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hr, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hb, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-bb, align: center]5[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ibb, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dg-so, align: center]11[/TD] [TD=class: dg-avg, align: center].143[/TD] [TD=class: dg-whip, align: center]0.78[/TD] [TD=class: dg-go_ao, align: center]1.05[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Twins Offense [TABLE=width: 600] [TD=class: dg-rank]RK[/TD] [TD=class: dg-name_display_last_init]Player[/TD] [TD=class: dg-team_abbrev]Team[/TD] [TD=class: dg-pos]Pos[/TD] [TD=class: dg-g sortable, align: right]G[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ab sortable, align: right]AB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-r sortable, align: right]R[/TD] [TD=class: dg-h sortable, align: right]H[/TD] [TD=class: dg-d sortable, align: right]2B[/TD] [TD=class: dg-t sortable, align: right]3B[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hr sortable, align: right]HR[/TD] [TD=class: dg-rbi sortable, align: right]RBI[/TD] [TD=class: dg-bb sortable, align: right]BB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-so sortable, align: right]SO[/TD] [TD=class: dg-sb sortable, align: right]SB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-cs sortable, align: right]CS[/TD] [TD=class: dg-avg sortable active, bgcolor: #DCDCDC, align: right]AVG▼[/TD] [TD=class: dg-obp sortable, align: right]OBP[/TD] [TD=class: dg-slg sortable, align: right]SLG[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ops sortable, align: right]OPS[/TD] 1 Mauer, J MIN 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right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].200[/TD] [TD=align: right].182[/TD] [TD=align: right].200[/TD] [TD=align: right].382[/TD] 15 Parmelee, C MIN 1B[TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]103[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]27[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].194[/TD] [TD=align: right].278[/TD] [TD=align: right].320[/TD] [TD=align: right].599[/TD] 16 Valencia, D MIN 3B[TD=align: right]27[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].190[/TD] [TD=align: 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right]17[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].118[/TD] [TD=align: right].167[/TD] [TD=align: right].176[/TD] [TD=align: right].343[/TD] [/TABLE] A's Offense [TABLE=width: 600] [TD=class: dg-rank]RK[/TD] [TD=class: dg-name_display_last_init]Player[/TD] [TD=class: dg-team_abbrev]Team[/TD] [TD=class: dg-pos]Pos[/TD] [TD=class: dg-g sortable, align: right]G[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ab sortable, align: right]AB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-r sortable, align: right]R[/TD] [TD=class: dg-h sortable, align: right]H[/TD] [TD=class: dg-d sortable, align: right]2B[/TD] [TD=class: dg-t sortable, align: right]3B[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hr sortable, align: right]HR[/TD] [TD=class: dg-rbi sortable, align: right]RBI[/TD] [TD=class: dg-bb sortable, align: right]BB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-so sortable, align: right]SO[/TD] [TD=class: dg-sb sortable, align: right]SB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-cs sortable, align: right]CS[/TD] [TD=class: dg-avg sortable active, bgcolor: #DCDCDC, align: right]AVG▼[/TD] [TD=class: dg-obp sortable, align: right]OBP[/TD] [TD=class: dg-slg sortable, align: right]SLG[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ops sortable, align: right]OPS[/TD] 1 Carter, C OAK 1B[TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]17[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].353[/TD] [TD=align: right].389[/TD] [TD=align: right].941[/TD] [TD=align: right]1.330[/TD] 2 Cowgill, C OAK RF[TD=align: right]32[/TD] [TD=align: right]96[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]26[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].271[/TD] [TD=align: right].343[/TD] [TD=align: right].313[/TD] [TD=align: right].655[/TD] 3 Reddick, J OAK RF[TD=align: right]83[/TD] [TD=align: right]314[/TD] [TD=align: right]52[/TD] [TD=align: right]84[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]43[/TD] [TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]77[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].268[/TD] [TD=align: right].348[/TD] [TD=align: right].532[/TD] [TD=align: right].880[/TD] 4 Cespedes, Y OAK CF[TD=align: right]54[/TD] [TD=align: right]198[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]52[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].263[/TD] [TD=align: right].326[/TD] [TD=align: right].465[/TD] [TD=align: right].790[/TD] 5 Moss, B OAK 1B[TD=align: right]26[/TD] [TD=align: right]87[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]22[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].253[/TD] [TD=align: right].316[/TD] [TD=align: right].644[/TD] [TD=align: right].959[/TD] 6 Smith, S OAK LF[TD=align: right]76[/TD] [TD=align: right]221[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]55[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]27[/TD] [TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]53[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].249[/TD] [TD=align: right].364[/TD] [TD=align: right].425[/TD] [TD=align: right].789[/TD] 7 Norris, D OAK C[TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]41[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].244[/TD] [TD=align: right].311[/TD] [TD=align: right].390[/TD] [TD=align: right].701[/TD] 8 Crisp, C OAK LF[TD=align: right]60[/TD] [TD=align: right]220[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]52[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].236[/TD] [TD=align: right].299[/TD] [TD=align: right].318[/TD] [TD=align: right].617[/TD] 9 Ka'aihue, K OAK 1B[TD=align: right]39[/TD] [TD=align: right]128[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].234[/TD] [TD=align: right].295[/TD] [TD=align: right].398[/TD] [TD=align: right].693[/TD] 10 Gomes, J OAK LF[TD=align: right]55[/TD] [TD=align: right]147[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]34[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD=align: right]25[/TD] [TD=align: right]57[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].231[/TD] [TD=align: right].352[/TD] [TD=align: right].435[/TD] [TD=align: right].788[/TD] 11 Weeks, J OAK 2B[TD=align: right]79[/TD] [TD=align: right]311[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]69[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]46[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].222[/TD] [TD=align: right].312[/TD] [TD=align: right].309[/TD] [TD=align: right].620[/TD] 12 Inge, B OAK 3B[TD=align: right]47[/TD] [TD=align: right]173[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD=align: right]50[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].214[/TD] [TD=align: right].287[/TD] [TD=align: right].364[/TD] [TD=align: right].651[/TD] 13 Suzuki, K OAK C[TD=align: right]67[/TD] [TD=align: right]232[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]49[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]46[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].211[/TD] [TD=align: right].248[/TD] [TD=align: right].259[/TD] [TD=align: right].507[/TD] 14 Pennington, C OAK SS[TD=align: right]78[/TD] [TD=align: right]272[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]56[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]57[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].206[/TD] [TD=align: right].269[/TD] [TD=align: right].294[/TD] [TD=align: right].563[/TD] 15 Milone, T OAK P[TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].200[/TD] [TD=align: right].200[/TD] [TD=align: right].200[/TD] [TD=align: right].400[/TD] 16 Barton, D OAK 1B[TD=align: right]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]106[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].198[/TD] [TD=align: right].325[/TD] [TD=align: right].283[/TD] [TD=align: right].608[/TD] 17 Taylor, M OAK LF[TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].188[/TD] [TD=align: right].188[/TD] [TD=align: right].250[/TD] [TD=align: right].438[/TD] 18 Rosales, A OAK 2B[TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].167[/TD] [TD=align: right].394[/TD] [TD=align: right].167[/TD] [TD=align: right].561[/TD] 19 Hicks, B OAK 3B[TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]25[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].160[/TD] [TD=align: right].222[/TD] [TD=align: right].280[/TD] [TD=align: right].502[/TD] 20 Donaldson, J OAK 3B[TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]98[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]26[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].153[/TD] [TD=align: right].160[/TD] [TD=align: right].235[/TD] [TD=align: right].395[/TD] 21 Sogard, E OAK 3B[TD=align: right]22[/TD] [TD=align: right]69[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].145[/TD] [TD=align: right].192[/TD] [TD=align: right].246[/TD] [TD=align: right].438[/TD] 22 Recker, A OAK C[TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]31[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].129[/TD] [TD=align: right].250[/TD] [TD=align: right].161[/TD] [TD=align: right].411[/TD] [/TABLE]
  19. The 2006 Twins were 3rd in MLB in GIDP and 4th in 2007. I stopped looking at that point. The 2006 Twins batted .006 higher with RISP than they did overall. The 2012 Twins are batting .001 higher. I could go on all day. Players and teams end up playing to their talent level with or without runners on base. By the end of a season, the stats tend to progress/regress to the mean. The Twins offense is a mid-pack offense. They play like a mid-pack offense. For all the love of those damned "piranhas" the best Twins offense of the past 20+ years was the 2010 team by a large margin.
  20. Which is why I said I'm hopeful about Revere but let's not pretend that it's not possible for him to backslide. Speedy guys without historically strong OBP skills walk a very fine line. Their BABIP drops and suddenly they're a marginal player. They suffer even a minor lower body injury and suddenly they're a marginal player. Pitchers adjust to them and suddenly they're a marginal player. I'm hoping that won't happen to Revere (otherwise I wouldn't be advocating a trade of Span) but it's a possibility. It happens to "hit it on the ground and burn to first" players in their early to mid 20s all the time.
  21. Less than half a season of .338 BABIP ball with little power isn't proving anyone wrong. Like Fro said, if that BABIP drops to even .320 and Revere dips down to under a .700 OPS, those doubters weren't wrong. Revere suddenly turns into a punchless OFer with great defense, which is what most of the doubters feared was his ceiling. I'm very hopeful about Revere's progression and how he's been playing this season but let's not start declaring him the center fielder of the future quite yet. Ben's play has made me think that trading Span is a good idea but there's still a risk there. Revere could regress at any moment and then the Twins are in a pretty tight spot. By the way, Revere posted a .704 OPS in June and a .662 OPS in July (SSS, obviously). Those numbers aren't proving any doubters wrong. Without his .799 OPS in May, his numbers are entirely pedestrian. Still, he's made progress and we should be happy about that. It makes trading Span a lot easier pill to swallow.
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