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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    More information about "2014 Minnesota Twins Offseason Handbook"

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    The Offseason Handbook provides everything Minnesota Twins fans need to prepare themselves for a pivotal 2013-14 offseason. Within this beautifully designed, full-color ebook, you will find an in-depth exclusive interview with Twins general manager Terry Ryan, a comprehensive look at the payroll situation, breakdowns of what is available at every position of need, an overview of potential 40-man roster moves, and much more. This annual release receives critical acclaim each year and is the No. 1 resource for anyone who wants to educate themselves on the MLB offseason landscape as it relates to your favorite team. You can read it on any device, or print it out and take it with you.
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  2. Brock Beauchamp
    There is no delay in selection. The World Series hasn't even gone to a third game yet.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I always thought of him as a corner guy. Turns out, so did a few other people: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/6/13/3081952/prospect-of-the-day-wil-myers-of-kansas-city-royals-scouting-report http://www.hardballtimes.com/making-the-comparison-wil-myers1/ Not exactly a ringing endorsement even from the people who thought he *could* play center.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    That's fair. I've been one of the most vocal opponents of that trade from day one... I still don't like the thinking behind it but that comes down to strategy and opinion, which differ. There is more than one way to skin a cat and all that jazz. But the trade worked in the short-term. I still think it was folly to expect that kind of jump in year one but it's certainly playing into the Royals' favor in year two. That cannot be argued at this point. But again, I wasn't against the trade as much as I was the timing. How the Royals finish 2014 and how they play in 2015-2016 is going to factor in on the overall success of the trade and at this point, we simply don't have that information. Either way, it wasn't a failure. The Royals are in the World Series.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think it matters one bit but yeah, Hughes will get the nod on Opening Day unless he falls apart in ST.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    While there are definitely feelings of burnout and "ugh, second verse, same as the first", the primary reasoning to scale back the handbook this year is because we're splitting up the content. We'll be offering handbooks more regularly than once a year. Instead of trying to assemble one massive book that quickly becomes outdated, we're choosing which content is most relevant at a particular time and writing about that. Then in December/January, we'll release more content that is relevant to that period of the offseason. That, and time. The handbook is a massive effort on all our parts. The more we can break it into pieces, the more we maintain a level of sanity... And it's nice to be able to write about something completely different two months from now without fear of the content becoming outdated in two weeks after spending hundreds of man hours assembling the bloody thing.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ILDFp5DGA
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I lean toward Molitor but have warmed up on Mientkiewicz in recent weeks. Not mentioned in this article is that we have slightly more information on Molitor... Which makes this discussion hard to qualify Dougie's merits. But we do know that Molitor doesn't shy away from sabr stats and advanced metrics. That's a huge plus in his favor. This isn't terribly surprising, as he was a cerebral player who actually improved in his 30s. He's obviously a student of the game and isn't afraid to embrace new concepts as they arrive. Does Doug have the same ability, a desire to change approaches as new information is discovered? I don't know... He was a fiery player but I'm not sure he was a cerebral player. And after 13 years of Gardenhire, a guy who often did things because "that's the way they've always been done", I lean toward the guy who I know is going to evolve with the times, even if he's a year older than Gardenhire. Of course, Mientkiewicz could be capable of doing the same... We simply don't know.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Lewis Thorpe cannot crack the top ten list in the organization. Wow. That says all you need to know about the Twins system right now.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, I think we can safely say the Royals' gross ticket income was somewhere between $7-11m more than 2013. That doesn't include the implied increase in television revenue the team will receive next time their contract is renewed. That's a significant chunk of change. Not enough to cover a guy like James Shields but it's a significant chunk of change. It's an interesting thought exercise, trying to physically attach dollar revenue to improved play.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. I'm not arguing, just curious to know the actual expenditure by the average fan. It's not something I think about a whole lot.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Someone actually did the legwork on the average cost of an MLB game per stadium. Kauffman clocks in at $192 per family of four, or roughly $48 per person. http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumer/2014/07/12/cost-attend-majorleague-baseball-game/12578975/
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't spend anything close to $75 per person per game... And that's not including material costs of food and whether KC gets revenue from Kauffman parking (I literally have zero idea of the parking situation in Kauffman, having never been there).
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, one would hope that Kansas City will continue to support the team in higher numbers the more they win, I was just surprised at the small bump they received this year... After all, they had an 86 win season in 2013.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Holy crap, I thought their attendance was better than this: 2014: 1,956,482 2013: 1,750,754 2012: 1,739,859 That's only 2,600 more people through the turnstiles per game since 2012.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Baseball's rule changes completely altered the playoff landscape. In the 2000s, every playoff team had a legit chance of winning it all. The WC often faced the second-best team in the league, they didn't even have to face the best competition if it came from the same division. They had five games to advance and with a lone wildcard, that team could often align their rotation to compete to the best of their ability. I don't dislike the rule changes but they've drastically changed the ability of the WC to compete. The WC team has to burn one of their best pitchers in a single game playoff. If they win, then they have to hit the road and face the best team in the league at a distinct disadvantage. Seeing a WC team play in the World Series was pretty commonplace in the 2000s. I don't think we'll see it happen nearly as often with the new playoff schedule.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't believe Meyer, Sano, and Buxton will be the only good Twins players, I just think the team will struggle until a few of the blue-chippers emerge. There are several good role players on the Twins and in the high minors - May, Arcia, Tonkin, Vargas, Santana, etc... But they're more Michael Cuddyer than Miguel Cabrera. Guys you need to succeed long-term (2-4 WAR players, maybe) but not MVP-level talent.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    No arguments that I think the Twins should have started playing the youngsters earlier, I just think the idea that they'd be markedly better is a bit overblown around here. The Twins won't be good until Buxton, Sano, Meyer, Berrios, et al are playing. Up until around June of this year, they simply didn't have the horses in the farm system to compete... Which, unsurprisingly, is when I started becoming more critical of the front office as May and Meyer stayed in the minors instead of logging MLB time. But in 2012 and 2013, the Twins simply didn't have good options anywhere. Arcia got time when he was ready, Gibson was a bit slow but they did the right thing and promoted him in 2013 and gave him innings so it's mostly a moot point. Past that, the Twins basically had three options to play: - Bad veterans - Raw minor leaguers without much talent - Awful AAAA players No matter what you do in that situation, you're going to field a bad team that isn't going to meaningfully improve because the players have a ceiling of mediocrity. Sure, I wanted to see Parmelee play more in 2013 but ultimately, it doesn't really matter because Chris Parmelee is not a very good baseball player.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, I wouldn't predict that the Twins leapfrog the Astros, simply pointing out there's a decent chance it happens if Sano, Buxton, Meyer, and Berrios hit the MLB squad in 2015. A lock? No. A moderate chance of happening? Sure. The Twins might graduate four top 50 prospects in 2015. That's incredible to think about.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, both teams finished with the same record. While I agree that the Astros are "in a better place" because they played a metric ton of young players this season, they also had a full season headstart on the Twins (not to mention three additional years of top 15 picks before that point... going into 2011, the Twins farm system was atrocious). Given that both teams finished 70-92 while the Twins farm was absolutely decimated by injury to top prospects, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the Twins leap-frog the Astros in the next 24 months despite doing it with less draft picks and in a one year shorter timeframe. And if that happens, then it's pretty apparent the Twins had the more effective rebuild.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    While I differ in opinion about the concept of "rebuild", this isn't a fair statement. The Astros were in full-blown "we suck, we're starting over" mode when the Twins were still in the playoffs. I'd hope they are ahead of the Twins because they've been awful for a long time. The last time the Astros won more than 76 games was 2008 and they blew up the franchise in 2010 while the Twins were were facing the Yankees in the postseason after a 94 win season. Not to mention that the Astros finished this season with a 70-92 record. The very same record sported by our Minnesota Twins.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    My first choices as well. At first, I was deep into the pro-Molitor camp but after considering it a bit more, I've started to warm up on Mientkiewicz. He's young, can definitely relate to the young core of players, and was in the same situation as a player in 2000 when the Twins emerged from obscurity. Either is fine with me and I don't envy Ryan having to make this decision.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I was sitting in Angel Stadium that night, watching the Angels face the Red Sox in the playoffs. I was wearing a Twins hat and people kept shouting updates to me. Surrounded by BoSox fans (including my friends sitting with me), we were all united against the Yankees. And then Nathan came out for a third inning. Despite the fact that the Red Sox were beating the Angels, the entire section deflated a bit because Sox fans were so desperate to see the Yankees lose (and subsequently not face them in the ALCS) that the entire section briefly became Twins fans. I was livid at Gardenhire that night.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    You're tilting at windmills. I didn't come into this thread swinging or anything close to it. I stated an opinion why I don't want to see the Twins emulate the Royals. That opinion happens to be different from your opinion. Yet you continue to hammer away at it. Why? This is not an argument you can win, as we fundamentally disagree on the details and being that terms like "success" are subjective, we're not going to change the other's mind.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Honestly, I'm pretty open on the next manager... There are several good options out there, I just hope they choose someone who doesn't make my stomach turn (eg. Ozzie Guillen).
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