Brock Beauchamp
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Yeah, in no way do I believe that the concussion is 100% responsible for his decline. But I'd be surprised if it's less than, say, 60% of the reason. Mauer didn't just decline... he literally lost 150 OPS points season-over-season. It's hard to suggest a shift could be responsible for even half that number. -
Suggesting that Prior would have won the team a World Series is a bit of a stretch. Just as Mauer couldn't pitch his team out of the ALDS, Prior wouldn't have slugged his team out of the ALDS. Those playoff failures were a team effort. The Twins had the best pitcher in baseball and still couldn't get past the first round, for crying out loud.
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The strikeouts blipping upward before the concussion throw a bit of a wrench in the analysis but there was a lot more going on with Joe than missing the ball... when he actually connected, the ball wasn't hit very hard, which strongly implies that something was wrong with Mauer's vision and/or coordination. Hard Hit % 2012: 37.1% 2013: 37.4% -----------------Concussion 2014: 28.0% 2015: 29.8% 2016: 31.3% 2017: 36.4% 2018: 36.7%
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I hate to agree with Chief on anything Mauer related but it wouldn’t have killed Joe to swing at that 2-0 pitch. I’m not one to get too down on Joe because his approach is so consistent and solid but that doesn’t mean it isn’t occasionally aggravating, either.
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I don't know what else it could be but the concussion. It's not as if he has changed his approach or defenses stopped shifting against him. I'm really relieved to see the old Joe back, aged to 34 years. I was a strong supporter of the contract because he always seemed like the type of player who would age gracefully. Unfortunately, it's unlikely we'll ever know how gracefully he would have aged had he not suffered the concussion.
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Yeah... that was a really awkward way to put it.
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Yeah... Look at this article written before the 2014 season. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/leaderboarding-best-hitting-catchers-in-baseball-history/ Mauer is first in batting average, first in OBP, and second in OPS on the catcher leaderboard. What more did the guy need to do to be considered amazing and/or legendary?
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I guess being one of the top ten catchers of all time for a decade isn't good enough for some people.
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I will concede that Mauer isn't "clutch" in the sense that he'll take that walk all day long if the pitcher gives it to him. But is it really fair to compare him to the rest of first basemen when RBI are so homerun-driven and Mauer doesn't hit homeruns? We all love home runs but I thought one of the sticking points of the Moneyball era was "don't get out". I'm not dogging home runs but if you gave me a choice of Wade Boggs or Jim Rice, I'd choose the former.
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This is a fun read. John Sickels is a smart guy. http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1764708
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Interesting way to analyze it and that's where many MLB teams have landed: a position player is a better bet than a pitcher. But I think Mauer should be viewed a bit differently: imagine Hunter Greene with a curveball. Mauer wasn't just a prep catcher: he was a prep catcher with such a refined approach that he was more Bryce Harper than Luke Hochevar.
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Half a dose of quaintness, half a dose of underlying bias how it's just "fascinating" that someone from a primitive culture could learn how to hit a ball as well as an American.
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It's almost as if people forget that Kluber is one of the best pitchers of his generation. Almost.
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I didn't really mean to target you with that post, I just get frustrated how Minnesotans could watch such an amazing player and not appreciate him appropriately. Joe Mauer was a legendary catcher for 5-6 seasons. He was a good catcher for 3-4 more. It's a shame that he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
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Fair enough.
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Eight plate appearances. I mean, there are things to dislike about lots of things, but... Ryan Lamarre? Also... Joe Mauer had an OPS over 1.000 going into the night.
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Well, that's why they're playing these games in San Juan.
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Puerto Ricans probably care.
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Either way, the word country is not a proper noun or title and because we don't live in the Victorian era, we don't capitalize things because we want to make them more important and/or interesting.
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South Dakota: At Least We're Not North Dakota™
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Most of Minnesota is still shoveling out their cars.
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Who blinks first? Odorizzi or Odorizzi?
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Article: Twins vs. Indians Series Preview
Brock Beauchamp replied to Andrew Thares's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I don't really disagree but this is a team that just took two out of three from the Astros and I have a hard time seeing how Cleveland is better than Houston. But three games do not make a season. -
Hey, my negativity worked its way to a walk!
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Logan Morrison looked at Buxton's early 2017 approach and said "hold my beer".
