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  1. Ah, he's not on the final vote? Bummer. Not that I really care, I'd just like to see Josh get a little credit for his outstanding play thus far.
  2. Such a frustrating player. So freakin' annoying to watch. I want to like Casilla so much. Yesterday was such a perfect example of Casilla. He stops and does nothing after beating out a throw and fails to advance to second after the ball sails away. Unacceptable. Then he gets on base a couple more times and causes all-out anarchy on the basepaths, stealing bases at will. He makes me want to bash my face into a door most days.
  3. Riiiiiight. We're "mindlessly protecting" Joe by saying that he's a very, very good baseball player and backing that up with statistics and player comps that show he is, in fact, a very, very good baseball player. Objectively looking at the situation, I'd say Dave and I are doing the exact opposite of what you just said.
  4. Runs scored aren't valued by stat hounds. They're the other side of the RBI coin, largely dependent on what others do behind you and little to do with your own play past "you got on base". Mauer is quite a bit better at getting on base than Puckett. It's not his fault the guys behind him aren't driving him home. As for RBIs, well... You're just wrong on that account. Here are the career splits for Mauer and Puckett. Mauer: RISP: .953 OPS Men On: .917 OPS Puckett: RISP: 879 OPS Men On: .874 OPS Naturally, Mauer also has a much better OBP in those situations. As for "team leaders", I don't buy into that very much (or at all, really). A single player can only do so much. Puckett had great playoff moments for sure but so much of that is luck and timing in a SSS that I can't put much weight in it (and it's not as if Mauer hasn't had his shining moments in critical situations).
  5. An obvious choice. Is anyone even a little surprised by this? Hopefully, Willingham will get in as well. He deserves it.
  6. On the other hand, Baker relies more heavily on command than Nathan or Liriano. Command is often one of the things TJ recipients struggle to recover immediately after the surgery. I think he'll be fine in the long run but 2013 is a huge question mark.
  7. I don't really disagree with anything you're saying except it still doesn't negate the point that if Mauer chose to hit free agency, he gets Pujols-type money. The poster I replied to said Mauer demanded a "hometown premium". That simply wasn't the case. If he plays through 2010 and hits the FA market, he gets over $200m (ie. more than the Twins paid him). Mauer put up an .871 OPS in 2010 in a stadium that plays huge. Teams wouldn't have balked much at his 2010 line when negotiating a contract.
  8. Joe Mauer would have received more than $181m on the open market. The Yankees, Red Sox, and other large market teams were absolutely clamoring to find a good catcher in 2009. Posada was on his way out. Varitek was 150 years old. Mauer would have received Pujols-type money from one of those teams.
  9. He takes far more walks than Kirby. He plays catcher, historically the weakest offensive position on the field. His slugging percentage is pretty much the same as Kirby's. His career OBP is a whopping 40 points higher than Kirby, who never posted an OBP higher than .379. Joe is on his way to cresting a .400 OBP for a fifth time in his career. The only tangible advantage Kirby had over Joe was in stolen bases, which Kirby basically stopped doing in his mid to late 20s. Kirby Puckett was a very good baseball player. Joe Mauer is a better one.
  10. I was also shocked at this deal. If Doumit is healthy, I thought he'd be more along the lines of a 3/$18m guy. When the extension talk started, I expected something like 2/$12m, maybe 2/$10m. 2/$7m is a steal. This deal reaffirms my belief that JR returning as GM was a great move for the franchise. He replaced Cuddyer with a younger version for 60% of the cost. He nabbed Doumit for less than 75% of what I thought he was worth on the open market. JR needs to stick around for a little longer.
  11. The problem is that these front line starters require not only massive yearly paychecks but they also require it for 5+ years. I'm all for the Twins retaining a guy they bring up through the minors... You can usually lock those guys up for less time if you sign them long-term in year four or five of arb. With Joe Mauer, the Twins have hamstrung themselves with a large, long player contract. Do you really think it's smart to take on another contract of that magnitude for a starting pitcher, which is an even more volatile position than catcher? I could see the Twins easily burying themselves for a half decade with just one bad pitching signing. With that said, I think the most potential lays somewhere in the middle. You may not be able to get a Greinke or Hamels but you should be able to get someone younger and better than Carl Pavano for not much more money. Then you hope and pray you develop your own ace starter from drafts.
  12. Honestly, this is how Butera should be used. Day game after a doubleheader that's also a travel day. Of course, we know that Gardy is putting him out there because Liriano is pitching but I can't complain about the move too much... this time.
  13. I grudgingly admit that Mastrioanni might be an okay fourth outfielder and pinch runner. It looks like he's quite a capable fielder (haven't really looked into it much, just going off the eyeball test), he's not terrified of taking a walk, and he's speedy. That's pretty much all you can ask from a fourth outfielder on the Twins.
  14. I'll probably get blasted for saying this but Joe Mauer is a better baseball player than Kirby Puckett. He's not a perfect baseball player but it looks like he's turning the corner again and he's not putting the ball on the ground so often in the past six weeks. He'll always GIDP a fair amount because he hits the ball on the ground a lot, he's relatively slow, he makes a ton of contact, and the Twins have decent OBP guys in front of him who don't hit for much power (meaning that if they're on base, it's probably only first base). I don't care if Joe hits a ton of home runs. His real value is in spraying the ball all over the place and hitting the gaps fairly routinely. He's doing that again which gives me hope for his future level of play. edit: I thought I better check the splits on this and Joe was killing worms in June. Meh. That's disappointing.
  15. Yeah, that's an interesting idea but for me to pull the trigger on that, I'd want the Dodgers to pick up part of Morneau's contract (not all, just some) so that the team could go out and find more short-term pitching solutions than Gould. Gould is far from a sure thing. He's scuffling a bit as a 20 year old at high A. I'd want some insurance against him falling on his face.
  16. Royals: Gordon LF Escobar SS Butler DH Francoeur RF Betancourt 3B Hosmer 1B Pena C Bourgeois CF Falu 2B (Chen P) Twins: Span CF Carroll 2B Mauer DH Willingham LF Morneau 1B Plouffe 3B Mastroianni RF Butera C Dozier SS (Liriano P)
  17. No, I'm speculating that the Twins slow decline in "the little things" is due to Tom Kelly not being the one drilling these kids with fundamental baseball tactics. Kelly was renown for his brutal Spring Trainings and his "Good Morning!" messages, which meant that the infielders would be taking ground balls until their knees buckled. And you saw that in the 2001-2004 teams. Can you really say you see that kind of play in today's crop of Twins players?
  18. You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?740-Royals-vs-Twins-07-01-2012-1-10pm
  19. Fresh off their first winning month of the season, the Minnesota Twins look to their enigmatic "ace" to close out a series with Kansas City. The Royals counter with lefty Bruce Chen, looking to split the four game series after suffering a day/night doubleheader sweep on Sunday. After dominating the Royals pitching, scoring a combined 12 runs in yesterday's doubleheader, the Twins look to start July off on the right foot with a win. Who will bring the sticks today? What do you expect from Francisco in today's getaway game? 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[TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]89.1[/TD] [TD=align: center]93[/TD] [TD=align: center]47[/TD] [TD=align: center]45[/TD] [TD=align: center]10[/TD] [TD=align: center]5[/TD] [TD=align: center]19[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]64[/TD] [TD=align: center].266[/TD] MLB Totals[TD=align: center]67[/TD] [TD=align: center]64[/TD] [TD=align: center]4.52[/TD] [TD=align: center]333[/TD] [TD=align: center]185[/TD] [TD=align: center]4[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1254.0[/TD] [TD=align: center]1263[/TD] [TD=align: center]687[/TD] [TD=align: center]630[/TD] [TD=align: center]211[/TD] [TD=align: center]38[/TD] [TD=align: center]465[/TD] [TD=align: center]32[/TD] [TD=align: center]946[/TD] [TD=align: center].262[/TD] [/TABLE] Francisco Liriano [TABLE=width: 580] [TD=class: dg-season, align: center][/TD] [TD=class: dg-w, align: center]W[/TD] [TD=class: dg-l, align: center]L[/TD] [TD=class: dg-era, align: center]ERA[/TD] [TD=class: dg-g, align: center]G[/TD] [TD=class: dg-gs, align: center]GS[/TD] [TD=class: dg-cg, align: center]CG[/TD] [TD=class: dg-sho, align: center]SHO[/TD] [TD=class: dg-sv, align: center]SV[/TD] [TD=class: dg-svo, align: center]SVO[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ip, align: center]IP[/TD] [TD=class: dg-h, align: center]H[/TD] [TD=class: dg-r, align: center]R[/TD] [TD=class: dg-er, align: center]ER[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hr, align: center]HR[/TD] [TD=class: dg-hb, align: center]HB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-bb, align: center]BB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-ibb, align: center]IBB[/TD] [TD=class: dg-so, align: center]SO[/TD] [TD=class: dg-avg, align: center]AVG[/TD] SEASON[TD=align: center]2[/TD] [TD=align: center]7[/TD] [TD=align: center]5.30[/TD] [TD=align: center]17[/TD] [TD=align: center]12[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]0[/TD] [TD=align: center]71.1[/TD] [TD=align: center]64[/TD] [TD=align: center]44[/TD] [TD=align: center]42[/TD] [TD=align: center]7[/TD] [TD=align: center]3[/TD] [TD=align: center]40[/TD] [TD=align: center]4[/TD] [TD=align: center]70[/TD] [TD=align: center].244[/TD] MLB Totals[TD=align: center]49[/TD] [TD=align: center]49[/TD] [TD=align: center]4.29[/TD] [TD=align: center]151[/TD] [TD=align: center]125[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]1[/TD] [TD=align: center]754.2[/TD] [TD=align: center]702[/TD] [TD=align: center]381[/TD] [TD=align: center]360[/TD] [TD=align: center]71[/TD] [TD=align: center]28[/TD] [TD=align: center]309[/TD] [TD=align: center]6[/TD] [TD=align: center]749[/TD] [TD=align: center].248[/TD] [/TABLE] Royals 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 Mazzaro, V KC P[TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: 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right].774[/TD] 4 Butler, B KC 1B[TD=align: right]75[/TD] [TD=align: right]279[/TD] [TD=align: right]29[/TD] [TD=align: right]83[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]25[/TD] [TD=align: right]47[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].297[/TD] [TD=align: right].365[/TD] [TD=align: right].516[/TD] [TD=align: right].881[/TD] 5 Falu, I KC 2B[TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].292[/TD] [TD=align: right].306[/TD] [TD=align: right].396[/TD] [TD=align: right].702[/TD] 6 Getz, C KC 2B[TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]29[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].290[/TD] [TD=align: right].327[/TD] [TD=align: right].380[/TD] [TD=align: right].707[/TD] 7 Gordon, A KC LF[TD=align: right]76[/TD] [TD=align: right]300[/TD] [TD=align: right]46[/TD] [TD=align: right]82[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]41[/TD] [TD=align: right]62[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].273[/TD] [TD=align: right].364[/TD] [TD=align: right].417[/TD] [TD=align: right].781[/TD] 8 Bourgeois, J KC CF[TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]22[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].273[/TD] [TD=align: right].360[/TD] [TD=align: right].318[/TD] [TD=align: right].678[/TD] 9 Moustakas, M KC 3B[TD=align: right]72[/TD] [TD=align: right]269[/TD] [TD=align: right]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]71[/TD] [TD=align: right]17[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]56[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].264[/TD] [TD=align: right].331[/TD] [TD=align: right].472[/TD] [TD=align: right].803[/TD] 10 Pena, B KC C[TD=align: right]41[/TD] [TD=align: right]127[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].260[/TD] [TD=align: right].286[/TD] [TD=align: right].346[/TD] [TD=align: right].632[/TD] 11 Francoeur, J KC RF[TD=align: right]74[/TD] [TD=align: right]292[/TD] [TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]75[/TD] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]54[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].257[/TD] [TD=align: right].294[/TD] [TD=align: right].390[/TD] [TD=align: right].685[/TD] 12 Betancourt, Y KC 2B[TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]132[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]27[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].250[/TD] [TD=align: right].284[/TD] [TD=align: right].439[/TD] [TD=align: right].723[/TD] 13 Dyson, J KC CF[TD=align: right]55[/TD] [TD=align: right]190[/TD] [TD=align: right]31[/TD] [TD=align: right]47[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD=align: right]34[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].247[/TD] [TD=align: right].311[/TD] [TD=align: right].295[/TD] [TD=align: right].606[/TD] 14 Quintero, H KC C[TD=align: right]43[/TD] [TD=align: right]138[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]32[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].232[/TD] [TD=align: right].257[/TD] [TD=align: right].341[/TD] [TD=align: right].598[/TD] 15 Hosmer, E KC 1B[TD=align: right]73[/TD] [TD=align: right]275[/TD] [TD=align: right]29[/TD] [TD=align: right]62[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]25[/TD] [TD=align: right]35[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].225[/TD] [TD=align: right].291[/TD] [TD=align: right].378[/TD] [TD=align: right].670[/TD] 16 Giavotella, J KC 2B[TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD=align: right]69[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].217[/TD] [TD=align: right].260[/TD] [TD=align: right].261[/TD] [TD=align: right].521[/TD] 17 Chen, B KC P[TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/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]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/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] 17 Hochevar, L KC P[TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/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]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] 19 Maier, M KC CF[TD=align: right]32[/TD] [TD=align: right]64[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].172[/TD] [TD=align: right].260[/TD] [TD=align: right].313[/TD] [TD=align: right].573[/TD] 20 Cain, L KC CF[TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/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].133[/TD] [TD=align: right].176[/TD] [TD=align: right].133[/TD] [TD=align: right].310[/TD] [/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 C[TD=align: right]69[/TD] [TD=align: right]252[/TD] [TD=align: right]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]82[/TD] [TD=align: right]17[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]36[/TD] [TD=align: right]39[/TD] [TD=align: right]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].325[/TD] [TD=align: right].416[/TD] [TD=align: right].448[/TD] [TD=align: right].865[/TD] 2 Revere, B MIN RF[TD=align: right]44[/TD] [TD=align: right]178[/TD] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD=align: right]57[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]11[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].320[/TD] [TD=align: right].346[/TD] [TD=align: right].376[/TD] [TD=align: right].722[/TD] 3 Doumit, R MIN C[TD=align: right]61[/TD] [TD=align: right]210[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]58[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]34[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]43[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].276[/TD] [TD=align: right].333[/TD] [TD=align: right].448[/TD] [TD=align: right].781[/TD] 4 Span, D MIN CF[TD=align: right]71[/TD] [TD=align: right]284[/TD] [TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]78[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]35[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].275[/TD] [TD=align: right].344[/TD] [TD=align: right].391[/TD] [TD=align: right].735[/TD] 5 Willingham, J MIN LF[TD=align: right]74[/TD] [TD=align: right]265[/TD] [TD=align: right]42[/TD] [TD=align: right]71[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]52[/TD] [TD=align: right]38[/TD] [TD=align: right]74[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].268[/TD] [TD=align: right].381[/TD] [TD=align: right].532[/TD] [TD=align: right].913[/TD] 6 Carroll, J MIN SS[TD=align: right]74[/TD] [TD=align: right]251[/TD] [TD=align: right]31[/TD] [TD=align: right]63[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]25[/TD] [TD=align: right]29[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]6[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].251[/TD] [TD=align: right].332[/TD] [TD=align: right].295[/TD] [TD=align: right].627[/TD] 7 Casilla, A MIN 2B[TD=align: right]55[/TD] [TD=align: right]164[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]41[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]14[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]30[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].250[/TD] [TD=align: right].288[/TD] [TD=align: right].323[/TD] [TD=align: right].611[/TD] 8 Plouffe, T MIN RF[TD=align: right]58[/TD] [TD=align: right]196[/TD] [TD=align: right]33[/TD] [TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]29[/TD] [TD=align: right]23[/TD] [TD=align: right]47[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].245[/TD] [TD=align: right].326[/TD] [TD=align: right].541[/TD] [TD=align: right].867[/TD] 9 Butera, D MIN C[TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]54[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].241[/TD] [TD=align: right].305[/TD] [TD=align: right].333[/TD] [TD=align: right].638[/TD] 10 Morneau, J MIN 1B[TD=align: right]58[/TD] [TD=align: right]222[/TD] [TD=align: right]24[/TD] [TD=align: right]53[/TD] [TD=align: right]13[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]34[/TD] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].239[/TD] [TD=align: right].308[/TD] [TD=align: right].441[/TD] [TD=align: right].749[/TD] 11 Dozier, B MIN SS[TD=align: right]48[/TD] [TD=align: right]183[/TD] [TD=align: right]18[/TD] [TD=align: right]42[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]35[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].230[/TD] [TD=align: right].255[/TD] [TD=align: right].322[/TD] [TD=align: right].578[/TD] 12 Komatsu, E MIN RF[TD=align: right]15[/TD] [TD=align: right]32[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/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=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].219[/TD] [TD=align: right].297[/TD] [TD=align: right].219[/TD] [TD=align: right].516[/TD] 13 Mastroianni, D MIN LF[TD=align: right]27[/TD] [TD=align: right]56[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/TD] [TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].214[/TD] [TD=align: right].302[/TD] [TD=align: right].321[/TD] [TD=align: right].623[/TD] 14 Hughes, L MIN 2B[TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/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]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]37[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [TD=align: right]19[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]9[/TD] [TD=align: right]26[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].190[/TD] [TD=align: right].277[/TD] [TD=align: right].290[/TD] [TD=align: right].567[/TD] 15 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: right].204[/TD] [TD=align: right].290[/TD] [TD=align: right].494[/TD] 17 Diamond, S MIN P[TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD=align: right]7[/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]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].143[/TD] [TD=align: right].143[/TD] [TD=align: right].143[/TD] [TD=align: right].286[/TD] 17 Thomas, C MIN RF[TD=align: right]12[/TD] [TD=align: right]28[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=align: right]0[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #F5F5F5, align: right].143[/TD] [TD=align: right].172[/TD] [TD=align: right].286[/TD] [TD=align: right].458[/TD] 19 Burroughs, S MIN 3B[TD=align: right]10[/TD] [TD=align: 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]
  20. Yeah, just watch the video. It's insane. I was in the Legend's Club at the time and was in hysterical laughter. I've never seen anything like it before (well, I have but nothing even close to the extreme foul/fair spin taken by that ball) and most of the Legend's Club was confused as to whether Dozier was safe, out, or still at bat.
  21. I think the Twins would do well for themselves if they could get Greinke for $17m a year for five years. But I think Greinke will go for more than that. But I agree with your general point. Starting pitching is incredibly volatile and the Twins have avoided sinking themselves for the past decade by not dedicating too much money to any single starter. I don't think that will change.
  22. I wouldn't. By himself, Span should bring back a MLB ready starter, not just the right to pay one a bunch of money that you'd be able to offer a bunch of money anyway. And there's no reason to give away Parmelee. None.
  23. After Blackburn inevitably tanks his next start, I think it is time to give Cole a shot. Nothing to lose, really.
  24. Honestly, does it really matter if he has an option at this point? If you have someone else waiting for a shot, I think it's past the point where you worry about losing Blackburn.
  25. Why would you give up Span and Parmelee when you're going to have a shot at Greinke in the open market four months from now?
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