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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m sorry but UGH. Kepler got to try again because he didn’t suck in the field and can actually play an up the middle position. Everyone here needs to hit the pause button and take a second to remember that hitters also have to take the field. There’s a reason why teams give good defenders five chances to succeed and marginal corner defenders one or two chances at most.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, you should care which side of the platoon they play on. Lefties often struggle against LHP. Look at Morneau. His career split was about 200 OPS points. But you can't do that in reverse. Literally every bullpen has a handful of RHP out there to get a guy out. Which is why Tyler Austin's likely ceiling is Danny Valencia without the ability to play third base. Maybe Austin figures it out. At this point, it's unlikely he figures it out enough to matter for a contending team. Which brings us back to Cron. Contending teams shouldn't take flyers on weak side corner platoon players. They should go with the established player.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Dude, come on. A LH and RH platoon aren’t even close to the same thing. But even if you want to ignore that (really important) fact, Kepler’s split is just 172 points. Also, Max can play center field.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Aw man, you know all OPSes are not created equally. Cron has a career OPS+ 10 points higher than Austin (and there was no learning curve, he basically entered the league that way). wRC+ tells virtually the same story, with Cron having a nine point lead in that stat. Maybe even more important than those stats is just how easy it is to expose Austin in a starting role. His career L/R split is a whopping 294 points of OPS (!!!!!!)... to the weak side of the platoon (!!!!!). Past the fifth inning, a manager would have to be concussed to ever let that guy see a lefty, which makes him a .659 OPS first baseman in the most important half of the game. The dude is an opposing manager's wet dream in late innings. On the other hand, Cron's L/R career split is... 005... basically invisible... So not only is Cron the better hitter, he's a guy opposing managers can't exploit to the point of uselessness by basically throwing a dart at his bullpen roster. Austin is a good flyer on a rebuilding team or a bench guy for a team that (inexplicably) needs a defensively challenged LHP masher. But for a team with postseason aspirations, he's not the type of guy you can afford to wait out in hopes he figures out same-side pitching, particularly in the American League, where rosters are already crunched due to the existence of the DH.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Can Austin hit as well as Cron? Sure. Will Austin hit as well as Cron? Probably not. And that’s the difference right there. Austin is a good reclamation project if you’re rebuilding. I’m tired of watching the Twins rebuild using marginal non-prospects. Go find actual MLB players and sign them, please. If the Twins were coming off a 72 win season, I’d totally be down with seeing what Austin can do. But they should be aiming for the division this season and guys like Austin can hamstring that goal if he comes at the expense of more established players and then falls on his face.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    You’re right. For some reason I thought Benson was injured and that sapped his up the middle defense but now that I think of it, I’m likely confusing him with someone else defensively.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Exactly. I can never figure out why people fail to realize how fungible questionable bat-first, corner "prospects" are in baseball. Yeah, you'll occasionally get burned by releasing the wrong one. But in between those mistakes, you'll likely jettison a bunch of Kennys Vargas, Joe Benson, et al type of players and not play a subpar player in MLB games in the meantime, nor will you waste a roster spot better used on a more flexible player with upside.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    That doesn't seem fair, as Rooker and Austin are basically the same person through their age 23 seasons. In Austin's age 24 season (repeating AAA), he broke back into .900 OPS territory after scuffling at sub-.750 levels for two seasons. Rooker could easily bounce back to .900 OPS territory this year in Rochester. Essentially, Rooker has posted two .900+ OPS seasons and one .800 OPS season. I'm not sure why you'd think he's significantly different than Austin, other than Austin is older and has actually gotten a chance to hit MLB pitching, albeit at a pretty pedestrian rate.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Fantastic software, know nothing of their ability to monetize on scale but I’m skeptical of it being a profit beast. Their scope is pretty niche the same way I’d be skeptical of Skype being an independently traded company.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't dislike the lack of a touchscreen; if anything, I prefer it. Mazda put the display on the dash to increase visibility while driving and reduce eye focus time. As a result, the display is awkwardly placed for touchscreen use. I find the control knob to be quite good and use the favorites button to jump to the desired radio station. Really, most of my problems with the system boil down to its lack of Carplay and Android Auto. Not in love with Mazda charging so much to retrofit the system but that's because they cheaped out on USB ports. Carplay requires a higher voltage port than Mazda puts in most of their vehicles. Overall, considering how upscale Mazda's interiors are to the competition, it's a sacrifice I understand, even if I don't care for it. To keep a price point, they needed to skimp somewhere.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I haven’t gotten around to the CarPlay update yet but plan to do it at some point.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm pretty sure I remember seeing this on Facebook. Woof. In the future when purchasing used, it's hard to beat a Toyota product. It's a big reason why we bought a used 2010 Prius a couple of years ago. Under $8k, 130k on the clock, and not a lick of problems past wear parts (got nailed with needing to replace the entire rear brake assembly because I didn't realize it was worn when I bought the car). By and large, driving a Toyota is about as stimulating as watching a washing machine operate but damn, the things go almost forever (out of the top ten most reliable cars sold, about half are Toyota products). When we replace the Prius, I suspect we'll avoid Toyota but that's because we'll buy newer and I actually like to drive, a feeling the Prius tries to suck out of me every time I get behind the wheel of it. But if you just want Point A-to-B, can't beat 'em.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Literally everyone who didn’t save their piggy bank money from childhood feels this way. Don’t worry about it. You’re way ahead of most other Americans in this regard. Like you, I spent some time living WAY under my means in my early 30s (my now-wife and I in a studio apt for a year despite both of us having good jobs). Both cars paid off, little debt past the $550/mo in rent. In that year, the two of us saved about $20k, which we turned into a house.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    My father is awful with money and therefore, I was awful with money... until I landed flat on my ass at age 30. Since then, I’ve been a pretty good saver. The savings themselves wax and wane based on what I’m paying off so my savings account may not look great at times but it means I threw a chunk of money at something recently.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I saw the getaway day lineup more as a result of the stupid early season schedule than any fixed plan going forward. I’ll be really disappointed if we see that on a regular basis with a roster that includes the flexibility of both Astudillo and Gonzalez.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t think it will - or should - be that clear cut. Castro is long in the tooth and could certainly use some breaks. Garver is pretty bad behind the dish so you don’t want him out there all the time. It all boils down to how the front office views Astudillo’s defense, I think.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    You’re criticizing Baldelli for running his team like a modern baseball organization (mixed in with players’ lack of execution, which is hardly the fault of the manager). Outside of a few specific instances where you’re playing for one run late, sacrifices are a losing strategy. Especially in the first inning, which you just complained about. Yikes.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Lots of teams who value pitch framing and catcher defense. Seriously, the Astudillo hot takes in this thread are making my head spin. He’s a fun player and a player I want to see more of going forward but handing everyday duties to him at pretty much any position is madly irresponsible. This team has proven players at most positions and many of them are defensively proficient. Stop drooling over OPS+ numbers over 100 PAs. I expect better from the posters on this site.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m going to need to see a lot more of Astudillo before I believe he’s average behind the plate. And Castro is somewhere around league average for catchers with the stick. It’s a stretch to say he “can’t hit”.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    There’s a lot more to catching than holding a bat and Castro is pretty good at most of it, very good at some of it.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I want to see Astudillo get more playing time but there’s no sense of urgency to the situation. Over time, attrition will get him playing time. In the first weeks of the season, figure out what you have in the starting corps and let them play. These situations resolve themselves quickly enough most of the time. Fit him in where you can, play him a couple of times a week, and keep him fresh when an opening arises. If an opening doesn’t arise, that means the team is pretty good and I’m not going to worry about it much.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Where and how often? And who loses playing time in return? I want to see Astudillo on the 25 man roster but we’re three games into the season and he’s an unknown quantity. He should get playing time but not at the expense of more established players. If he’s worthy of a starting spot, he’ll play his way into it. Don’t force the issue.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I love Astudillo as much as the next guy but some of you need to reel it in a bit. The dude has ~100 career PAs. The front office isn’t insane for refusing to write his name into lineups using a pen.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    If people are willing to overpay, you take it. And people were willing to overpay for Pressly. Don't get me wrong, he's a very good pitcher. But they really overpayed for 1.3 years of service.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Someone please let me know why I should care if Gonzalez has a bad spring.
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