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  1. And, like magic, I upped the maximum number of likes.
  2. I'm pretty sure that no player does that, as I believe you're confusing Ash Wednesday with Good Friday.
  3. Rosario doesn't need good discipline, he simply needs not terrible discipline. He's always going to be a bad ball hitter than that's okay. What he needs to do is stop swinging at the 3-4% of completely unhittable pitches thrown his way.
  4. What an interesting article. I'd love to see Cameron follow up on it with 2012-2016 stats to see if his point still holds.
  5. Ah, got it. Yeah, Santana's role is a bit different in Molitor's eyes, though I question why that's the case. Santana is not a good OF. The only decent skill he brings to the table is speed, really.
  6. I think the Twins have more flexibility in that role than most teams given the starting OF of Buxton, Kepler, and Rosario. But that flexibility disappears if Buxton is demoted. But until that happens, I think the Twins should consider a bat-first fourth outfielder over an all-glove, no hit outfielder.
  7. I have some hope Palka can put it together this year and get a taste of MLB pitching.
  8. It's not in the team's best interest for Granite to see an MLB roster in 2017, I think. The guy is a questionable hitter who hasn't played a single game above AA. What do you think happens to that guy if he faces MLB pitching? Aaron Hicks and Byron Buxton failed spectacularly in similar situations and they posted MiLB OPSes that were literally 150+ points higher than Granite.
  9. Whoa. You'll have a hell of a time convincing me that Granite, with a MiLB career OPS of .703, is more of an offensive weapon than Grossman. You're seriously undervaluing Grossman's play with the Twins. Since joining the team, he has an OPS+ of 127. Miguel Sano's career OPS+ is 129.
  10. Grossman has opened the season with an OBP over .400 and and OPS just under .800. You never cut that guy. Never ever. I don't care whether he perfectly fits your roster because you find space for that guy. Of course, Grossman may not maintain that OPS. Then you reconsider.
  11. I've watched most of the games and listened to them all. Polanco has looked acceptable out there, even good on a few plays. Though he botched an easy grounder... yesterday, was it?
  12. Hey now, don't forget my sleeper on this year's roster: Jorge Polanco. Jorge has looked really good out there.
  13. It's hard for me to care who is the odd man out, I just want them to make a decision and get either Vargas or Park up here soon.
  14. Yeah... the last time I was worried about Mauer's defense was around 2015 and it turned out he was hurt at the time. The guy is solid at first.
  15. Probably very little, as BYTO was pretty patient with prospects, especially good ones. But he'd almost certainly have a word filter like "pinwheel" by this point.
  16. What has Hughes' velocity been tonight? I'll watch the game tomorrow but I'm curious how he looks out there.
  17. Nice. I love the aggressive righty/lefty shuffling Molitor is doing this season. Where the hell was this guy the past two seasons?
  18. I just realized Hughes is on the mound tonight. Truly disappointed that I won't be able to watch the game. Heart breaking.
  19. Yep. When I saw Buxton flail hopelessly at a few pitches, then lose the leg kick, then bring it back, that's when I started becoming concerned. It's his process that worries me, not the early results.
  20. In situations like these, I prefer to use league stats over MLB stats. There's just too much noise between the NL and AL data. And the Twins were fifth in both overall walks and BB% (the better stat of the two, IMO) in the AL last season. And that's pretty good overall. As for strikeouts, I think it's six of one, half dozen of the other. Some of the young players certainly struggle with pitch recognition and swing at bad pitches but they're making up that ground at times, laying off pitches at an acceptable rate overall.
  21. I'm meh on their pizza but love their brunch.
  22. Where are you getting this stat? According to MLB.com, the 2016 team was fifth in the AL in overall walks. Fangraphs had them fifth in BB% in the AL as well. The 2016 squad had a ton of flaws but patience wasn't one of them and the team should only improve in that regard for 2017. Subtract Suzuki, add Castro. Subtract Santana playing time, add Kepler. Subtract Escobar playing time, add Polanco. When all is said and done for 2017, it wouldn't surprise me to see this team third- or fourth-best in AL BB%.
  23. Strikeouts are definitely a problem in this lineup, I was merely pointing out that many of the players have acceptable or better walk rates.
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