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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    One of my favorite Cuddyer moments was when I read a lineup card and saw "Cuddyer, CF"... I believe it was against the Cubs. I don't think I spoke for a couple of minutes as I read that line over and over again, wondering if I had lost my mind or developed some acute, specialized case of temporary dyslexia.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm perfectly content back-filling a roster with cast-offs but consider me less impressed when that is the majority of moves. I'm fine with a Parker deal as the second or third bullpen acquisition this offseason... but I want at least one legitimately good arm in front of him, too.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, you're kinda right... but mostly wrong, honestly. Okay, so imagine this. You have a player with a .780 OPS. He's a wretched defender at a premium position. The difference between a .780 and .730 OPS is (using rough memory here so forgive any errors) is about 10 doubles and maybe a few singles scattered in. Anyway, roughly 30, maybe 40 bases scattered over a full season. If you're being generous, that's one base every four games in the season. Buxton hasn't been caught stealing since the Nixon administration (so he's literally adding bases to his OPS total). He also steals at least one base (but many of his catches take multiple bases away) with his glove on a regular basis. It's easy to forget that while you can score runs in baseball with big hits, you can also prevent them by taking away said hits. And a glove like Buxton does that almost with clockwork precision.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, I remember Cuddyer's "defensive versatility" too well (only said half tongue in cheek). I screamed for him to get time at third for a couple of years as the Twins trotted out some of the most atrocious third basemen in memory while Cuddyer rode the bench. With that said, he turned into a much better overall player than I expected, though he was never actually good in the field no matter where you put him. But that arm.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t think it’s quite THAT simple. A good bullpen piece could help the Twins hit 90 wins but in all likelihood, that guy is worth 2-3 wins by pushing the bullpen from acceptable to good. But this is likely an 80-85 win team if things break neutral. To me, you sign that bullpen arm in case things break RIGHT. If things break right, the team could easily cross 90 wins. And you put yourself in the position to be truly good if things break right, not in a position to be kinda maybe good if things break right.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Can they be competitive? Sure. Will they be competitive? Maybe, but it will require a pretty big helping of luck. And I don’t like relying on luck. One more good bullpen arm and this pen is adequate with an upside of good. Go get that arm.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm still not convinced it's the one year deals so much as the players missed Spring Training and entered the season rusty. By the time Lynn turned around, Molitor had broken the back of the bullpen through aggressive overuse of its best pitchers, Morrison had gone and injured himself, Dozier was directionless, and the wheels were already falling off.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Maybe it's just me but one of the most disappointing things about this offseason has been the lack of extensions. And, oddly enough, the first person I'd call is Kyle Gibson. If you can get him for 3/$40m, I do that all day long. Next on the phone is probably Berrios.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Rosario took a huge step forward in 2018. His season tally was still .1 fWAR lower than Buxton’s partial 2017 season. In all likelihood, Rosario will be the better hitter. But Buxton is better at literally everything else and it’s not close. If Buxton can stay healthy and hit his way out of a paper bag, he’s immensely valuable.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I was not particularly impressed by the Kirilloff pick but I love being wrong when it looks like this.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I haven't done it yet - still badly want to - but you can also use a smart TV from what I understand of the system it uses.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I only play with real money because my wife has a solid 401k... and notice that I also bailed out over a year ago. I missed the last boom but that's okay. I averaged around 30-35% gains for five years and then got out. I'm not exactly broken up that I missed the last bit that would have pushed me to 40-45% because had I timed it wrong, I would have been right back to 35% in two months, except my money would have been tied up for 18 months longer.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Apple on the skids. I expect to see this start to spread to other companies. Maybe it won't happen all at once but I think we're heading for a lengthy market downturn.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Ah. I knew he was one of the FJM guys but didn't know which one.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. I view Parks & Rec and The Good Place as nearly polar opposites, at least in the sense that they're as different as shows can be that were created by the same person. Parks & Rec was a boring, pretty straightforward high level concept that thrived on nearly perfect execution and acting. The Good Place is an excellent high level concept with *much* weaker execution and acting. Not that I hate The Good Place or anything. There's a lot to like about the show but it's definitely a step down from Schur's previous work on Parks & Rec and The Office. BTW, learned something hilarious just a few weeks ago. Michael Schur (writer for The Office, showrunner for Parks & Rec/The Good Place, EP on Brooklyn 99 for those unaware) played the role of Cousin Mose on The Office. It makes sense once you think about it because Schur's trademark has become nearly perfect (and infrequent) use of tertiary characters like Mose but it's still freakin' funny.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    If Hrbek played today, he’d be a borderline HoF case (though he didn’t play long enough to make it). He was criminally underrated during his career because the game didn’t properly appreciate his skill set.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Some good points in there but a few years too late to matter, as they were obvious 3-4 years ago. Apple has been stagnating for years in every avenue except one: chip development. Did you know that the chip in the iPhone is more powerful than the chip you will buy in an $800 laptop, yet costs significantly less? Did you know that the chip in the iPad Pro is more powerful than the chip you will buy in a $1200 laptop but, again, costs significantly less? Apple is poised to absolutely destroy both Intel and Qualcomm. Now, they won't do it because they make their money from their devices but if that soured and they began to sell SoCs... holy ****, the market would flip on its head. Literally, Qualcomm can't match what Apple was doing 18 months ago... and the gap continues to widen. Apple has come to the point where the latest iPad Pro (starting at $800, I believe) is out-powering their $1700 laptops from Intel. Apple is the best processor manufacturer on the planet, PERIOD. What they're getting from wattage and power versus cost is unrivaled... and it's not close. It's a "we're 50% better, what the **** are you people even doing?" situation. With that said, I would not buy their stock. They're either going to plod on or change radically, either of which will cause massive stock fluctuations.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, the situation was completely different last year. They had FAR less money (Mauer, Dozier, Santana on the books) and free agents were falling into their lap at bargain prices. And they still posted the highest payroll in team history. Now, that payroll was still too freakin' low but they don't get to dictate fiscal policy with the team. I don't really care about contract length, I want quality players. Frankly, I don't understand your fascination with "doing something for the future", Mike. You realize most long-term contracts are absolute albatrosses near the end and some (like the Darvish contract we were clamoring for just last offseason) are albatrosses the moment ink is put to paper. I'm not lobbying for the Twins to sign a six year deal, I'm lobbying for them to sign good players. That often requires 5-6 year deals but if you shop smartly, you can get some pretty damned good players for 2-3 years at a time.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    To be fair, it's still really early this offseason. I simply can't get worked up about another deal of this kind. If it leads to a larger signing in a month, yay. It's *way* too early to judge the offseason but I can't work myself into a state of excitement over this kind of thing, either.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    In a vacuum, a fine deal and the type of deal teams like the Twins need to make (and succeed at) to thrive. But I'm getting sick and tired of "fine" deals. This team has a truckload of money and they need to spend some of it on players who are more "guaranteed" than "upside if things go right".
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I think the trend started a few months ago. IMO, we saw the peak of the market around that time and it's going to be a bumpy ride for at least a couple of years.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    That's fair, though you could probably work up an interesting system where you keep both Austin and Cron but sub in Kepler at first base occasionally, then rotate someone else through DH and OF. Like I said, I'm not impressed much by this deal but I'll wait it out and see what else is planned.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Frankly, it's irrelevant how good or bad Rooker looks. He hasn't played a game above AA and the Twins just picked up a year-by-year player. When dealing with up-and-coming prospects, the correct way to proceed most of the time is to pretend they don't exist in any single year. You pick up players to fill the necessary roles (but maybe avoid 3+ year deals) and then be happily surprised when said prospect takes the job and forces out the stop-gap player.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    To put it as gently as possible, I'm glad those "analysts" aren't running the team.
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