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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    "Say what you will about the Dome, you were at a climate-controlled 72 degrees while Javier Valentin disappointed you.” Priceless. Pure perfection.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    This is how decent teams operate. They fight against the great teams and often lose. They battle against the mediocre teams and balance it out. But they pound the awful teams.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    That seems about right to me. Castro had an atrocious start to 2018 before getting injured and in today's game, catchers are often platooned favorably. Castro was an everyday catcher who didn't get platooned hardly at all. His career L/R splits are .739/.568. Do I want Castro as a traditional "starting catcher"? Hell no. But he's a good defensive catcher who can teach some pretty bad/mediocre defenders the ropes while also providing a good platoon split on the strong side of the platoon. Frankly, the "get rid of Castro" crowd seems to be treating catcher as if it’s just another position on the diamond and not a highly specialized defensive position that can sink a team. Castro is a capable hitter from from the strong side of a platoon, he's a good defender, and he has the capability to teach some defensively questionable younger catchers (who also hit from the other side of the platoon) how to catch in the modern game. So, yeah, let's just get rid of that guy.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t agree with the usage of win percentage data for a catcher but you’re barking up the wrong tree here. I simply replied to a statement the Twins were a bad team in 2018; they were not.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Yet Castro wasn’t a part of any of it past the first ~25 games so it doesn’t really matter how they played the stretch or if they finished strong.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Is anyone claiming Castro is a league average hitter or are they claiming he’s a league average hitter for a catcher? Big difference there.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins won 78 games last year. They weren’t exactly terrible.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Having a deep lineup is beautiful. Don’t pitch to one guy, get slaughtered by the next. It won’t maintain this pace but the front office put together one hell of an offensive force this year.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Baltimore played itself?
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    This team is 9-6 and they’ve been whooped once. They’ve whooped other teams twice. This is a solid team off to a good start.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Man, it’s so frustrating this front office didn’t pick up one good reliever. The cascading nature of bullpens would turn it from a negative to neutral. And with this offense, you just need neutral at this point.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    He barely played last year. I don’t get why people are assuming a 90 OPS+ catcher is now a 40 OPS+ catcher going forward. Sure, it’s possible that’s the case but there’s little evidence to suggest it is.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Which is why I'm much more worried about the bullpen than I was two weeks ago (when I was still worried about the bullpen, just not as much as now). May was supposed to be something of a rock in the seventh or so inning.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    You carve out a roster spot for Miguel Sano because of course you do. All the other stuff comes later because of course it does.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreeeed. Which is why you don't have your best relievers pinned down to any inning, period.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    If a guy can have a great night, go 3-4 with a double and a homer, and his stats return back to respectability, it's too early to worry about his performance. Gonzalez has played in only nine games this season spread out over 2+ weeks.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Whoa. A lot to unpack here. I'm not doubting that Molitor did a lot to teach Buxton how to steal but I don't see how second is that different than third, while I also accept that it is different. Pitch selection, count, pitcher hand, and batter hand also play a larger role in third base. But the idea is the same; run when it's in your favor. We're talking about a guy who could easily break the MLB record for consecutive stolen bases when all is said and done. He's over 60% of the way there already. But Henderson is a bad comp for any base thief. I could be wrong but my memory of Henderson is that he was fast but never the fastest guy in the league; certainly not Coleman speed. Rickey did it from pure instinct and baseball smarts, coupled with very good speed. Which is why Rickey had such an elite OBP. He knew what pitch was coming and could see it from a mile away. It wasn't just speed, it was a load of natural ability and smarts. Buxton is good but he ain't Rickey good and he certainly lacks the pitch recognition of Henderson. By God, Henderson led the league by stealing 66 bases in 1998... at 39 years old. Speed ain't the deciding factor at that point. Also, Rickey Henderson may be one of the least appreciated multiple record holders in MLB history. The dude had no flaws at the plate, though it was strange how his speed never translated to the field (not that Williams was ever held back by that, really).
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, yeah. But if you're shifted every time, spending a few hours in March learning how to lay down a bunt seems like a useful way to spend the day. There literally is no excuse for some of these players. You don't even need to be able to bunt well, you just need to be able to aim it within ~30 degrees... in fact, the harder you hit the bunt, the better off you are. Hell, if you hustle it out, you could see a few bunt doubles come your way over the course of a season. Pretty hard for the left fielder to get to a ball bouncing down the line lazily if he's holding position in left-center. Get it past the pitcher and you're guaranteed at least one base. Literally. That's all it takes. Hell, you don't have to hit it on the ground. Sky that "failed bunt" to third and that's even a better result.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Every time I see a lefty slugger get in the box, the defense shift, and no bunt is laid down, a little bit of me dies.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    But that’s ignoring today’s bullpens. Teams simply cannot carry multiple first basemen for an entire season unless one of them is also the DH... which runs right back into your problem of “if one gets injured, you replace him with a bat that can’t carry that position”.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Fair enough. There are a slew of guys in the upper minors who will be entering the conversation soon. But, as with most prospect discussions of this kind, enough will likely flame out that the logjam will disappear in a hurry.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Everybody here realizes that Kirilloff doesn't have to only play first or OF, right? Given the makeup of this team and how the front office seems to value flexibility, he could easily slot into a transitional role in 2020, playing first a few times a week, the OF a few times a week, and maybe DH occasionally if he's hitting. Besides... it feels like I say this a thousand times a season but: These things have a way of just working themselves out. I'm not going to put much thought into where a AA hitter with a wrist injury might fit into this roster whenever he gets here, which might not even be until the middle of 2020.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t think it will be much of a problem, actually. Raley might reach Minnesota late this year but possibly at the expense of Cave... and that’s assuming everyone stays healthy, hardly a given in any outfield that contains the Wall Crasher. Kirilloff isn’t even in the picture yet. By the time he’s ready, Rosario might have one foot out the door.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I’ll pass. Half because of Uber’s troubled history with automation, half because I hate the founder so much.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, say what you will about either player but Cron is who he is at this point.
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