Brock Beauchamp
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Article: Twins Claim 1B CJ Cron
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I'm pretty lukewarm on this deal (but hey, free stuff and whatever) but that's a bit unfair to Cron. For whatever reason, he just doesn't get playing time... but when he plays, his hits pretty well (career 112 OPS+ and only one season under 100 at 98). -
Damn, I knew the market had been crapping all over itself recently but I didn't realize how much it had fallen, particularly in the sector I was heavily invested (tech). I sold my stock in July of 2017. If I wanted to repurchase, I could buy back into most of my stocks for lower than I the price I sold.
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I wouldn't buy any tech right now but I think Facebook's long-term outlook is still very strong. They're the one social media company that understands how to make money. And I see them remaining the sole powerhouse in that market. I don't see how any one could lure people away from their platform in large numbers, it's simply too comprehensive at this point.
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*blank stare* Well, ****. Didn't see that one coming.
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As far as tech goes, I think they're a pretty safe bet for awhile. My biggest problem with anything in the market right now is that I think the economy is due for stagnation or even contraction, which is going to pinch a bunch of tech stocks because they're: 1. Primarily consumer-driven, which means a downturn hits them hard as consumers cut spending harder and faster than business 2. Most tech stocks are massively overvalued based on a hopeful market that profits will someday catch up with valuation, a tall order if sales plateau or even decline
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I think Roku will get squeezed a little by the competition over time but they should do okay for themselves. They’re the only company pushing hard to win on a few fronts: price, integration into TV sets, and high quality interfaces. Apple doesn’t compete on price, Google doesn’t compete on integration (and Google’s strategy is so scattershot that they hurt themselves constantly), and the game consoles are too bloody expensive for most people. Roku’s overall market overhead is probably a bit limited because of the competition but I think they continue to be a leader in the market for quite some time.
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Article: Baldelli’s the Guy, Now What?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
No one operates at 100% in game 84, not even Pete Rose. Sure, he operated at a higher level than most but no human being operates at 100% all the time. We're literally not wired to work that way, our brains actually can't maintain that kind of frenetic pace in perpetuity (thanks, mammalian ancestry!). Expecting an athlete to maintain 100% intensity for 3 hours a day, 162 games a year is unreasonable. That doesn't give players an excuse to skate or loaf when there's a legitimate chance to make a play but it does mean I don't get too worked up when a guy jogs out an IFFB in June. Give me a good, solid effort 100% of the time. When it really matters that you leg out that extra inch or throw the ball just a little bit harder, lay it out and go for it... but no one should expect the latter effort day in, day out of a 162 game season.- 63 replies
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Almost but not quite. The handbook predates Twins Daily, which was founded in June of 2012. As we all know, the wheels came off the Twins bus quite spectacularly in 2011.
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Article: Baldelli’s the Guy, Now What?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
From the sound of things, all three of these guys are on the same page (and close to the same age, to boot). I suspect it will be a cooperative effort to choose the coaching staff, especially because Baldelli has never actually managed before. But given that all three of these guys say the exact same things (analytics are important but only a tool; personnel, scouting, and player coaching come first, etc.), it's likely that all of them are looking for the same traits and complementary pieces in the coaching staff.- 63 replies
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At first, I thought it was a little bit odd that a guy as intelligent as Baldelli hadn't already learned to speak Spanish. Then I remembered that he has spent the past ten years learning front office management, scouting, and coaching at the MLB level. I suppose throwing "also learn to speak Spanish fluently" on the top of that pile is likely asking a bit too much. Still, I hope he puts in the work to accomplish that goal at some point.
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It's been quite a while since I read up on it but I thought he was receiving some treatment. I know a huge problem for his playing days is that for a large chunk of it, he didn't actually know what was wrong with him. The disease was discovered pretty late in his career, IIRC.
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I also would have been fine with Espada. I don't think the team would have gone wrong with either candidate.
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No worries, you just never can tell nowadays... some people would actually hold Baldelli's disease against him as proof of... well, something. I don't really know.
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If we ever offer a pay model, it will not be mandatory. It would be a subscription model more like Fangraphs (added perks and downloads, ad-free, that kind of thing) than The Athletic (pay or don't read).
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He did little (not nothing) in his career because he had a rare cellular disorder that completely derailed his ability to play baseball through injuries (likely a result of the disease itself, as it causes muscle fatigue). There's a reason he retired at age *28* while sporting a 101 OPS+ despite all those underperforming years as he fought through injury after injury. Come on, are we really holding diseases against players now?
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Funny, literally not a single person on this site has argued any of these points in the capacity you're laying them out. Nice strawman!
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Really, I couldn't care less who they hire based on merit. I'm only angling for the nickname "Rocco's Rascals" for the day the Twins go deep into the postseason under his tutelage.
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I want everything Rocco Baldelli offers plus some actual managing experience. Minus that, I'll take Rocco Baldelli.
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It's not as if the Rays are chopped liver in the analytics department. And Baldelli has experience up and down the organization as a scout, front office liaison, and a coach.
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Sounds like the Twins might be getting close on Baldelli and I completely support that hire. He's a former player (and a good one, at that) who has worked in both a front office and in the dugout. He's young, to boot.
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The cover theme is Opening Day (or early season) expectations and the successes/failures of those players. I thought about whether guys like Astudillo, Gonsalves, and Stewart should make the cover or not and decided to take the route of "how did our April expectations align with actual on-field performance?" And even then, a couple of guys didn't make the cut, most notably Lynn and Morrison.
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Dude, back off. I'm not judging Sano here but defamation includes intentional negligence in the statement. Sano was detained for running over somebody. Maybe he was in the right, maybe he was in the wrong, but... Stop the armchair lawyering. You're not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer but I'm married to one and it has only made me realize how much I *don't* know about the law. So just ease the hell up. Also, for those ready to crucify Sano... Ease the hell up until you know WTF is going on. Stop playing to your biases. We'll find out more soon enough.
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Onay, so this comment is probably inappropriate and I shouldn’t respond, but... damn, it’s funny.
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Am I the only one who doesn’t get the love for The Good Place? It’s a show I want to love but the character chemistry is so inferior and awkward to Parks & Rec that I struggle to care much about it. It's a fine show but I don't get why people are raving about it.
