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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    While I agree with some of what you’re saying, don’t fall into the trap of “Asians do okay so racism isn’t the driving component” because that makes the HUGE assumption that white society views all races the same. Only one race was brought over on boats and sold. Only one race was literally walked to death so they could be shoved onto the most undesirable pieces of land in the nation. There are certainly cultural aspects to various successes/failures but white society's dislike of other races is not a flat line.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, thankfully my wife and I were able to avoid a dual-work household. She's invested in her career - much more so than me, anyway - so I haven't had a full-time job in over a year. But so few can afford that kind of luxury in today's world. I think a few more could do it - we chose a cheaper house, we don't have cable, only had one car for a couple of years, etc - but still, it's a pretty high bar to clear nowadays.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Right, I said that backwards.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Offensively, they should be fine. I expected them lower due to the defensive side of the ball. Escobar is pretty shaky at short and Polanco is a question mark.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Higher than I expected. With Polanco, I thought the Twins might crack the top half of baseball. Without him, I expected to see them further down the list.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I think this is one of the big movements in MLB front offices right now (figuring out how to communicate and create data channels between coaches and analysts). You need some kind of bridge in most cases: the analysts don’t know how to coach and the coaches don’t know what to ask. I think Pickler is likely that bridge for Minnesota.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, so it appears they may push him back in the rotation but it’s unlikely he’ll skip a start. He’ll simply begin the season somewhere in the middle or back of the rotation. No big deal, really.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Great article!
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Truly outstanding stuff that takes a hammer to many of our preconceived notions and bludgeons us over the head. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Huh, a bit higher than I expected, honestly.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Beat me to it by one minute.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Everyone here needs to step back and take a deep breath. You're all speculating based on previous personal experience and/or readily-available information about past contract insurance. Both sides have legitimate arguments but you're arguing a point that has no resolution because we simply do not know whether Hughes' contract is currently insured. So what's the point? You can argue over assumptions or just let it drop. I suggest the latter.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I think the offense holds steady somewhere between the first and second half of last season. They'll be very good but not elite, I think. Losing Polanco hurts for sure. There are some regression candidates but none appear particularly note-worthy IMO. Dozier might fade a bit but he has pretty firmly established a baseline. I think Mauer is for real and will continue being a productive player. Escobar might get exposed as a full-time player but hopefully, he won't be out there every day for long. Rosario *might* regress but I don't think he will, at least not much. On the other hand, Buxton has room to grow. As does Sano. Kepler has tons of headroom. In the end, I think it all balances out.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I thought June-ish, maybe July, but I'm drawing from really hazy recollections here.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Has something been said about Lynn I haven't seen? Because the guy threw three innings in his first and only ST start thus far. That's over halfway to a typical early season start and he doesn't need to pitch an MLB game for another 10-ish days.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Also, I doubt that increases/decreases in ERA are linear with wins. At some point, you're going to see diminishing returns.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Only 80%? Feeling a bit off your game this morning, I see.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Injury is the main concern. If you extrapolate his 2017 to 600 plate appearances, his stolen base total was 37. If he's better than he was in 2017 - pretty likely - he should able to cross 40 stolen bases pretty easily if he stays on the field.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm sorry but this argument is the tail wagging the dog. Of course a guy's batting average is going to follow his BABIP unless his strikeout numbers and/or home run numbers are aberrant. Your argument doesn't counter my point that Santana's season was luck-based, you simply used what is generally a correlative stat to show that he (probably) had a high BABIP that season. Also, Santana's BA/BABIP difference was about .085 that season so I'm not really sure what you're getting at here.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, he had a great OPS the first half of last season. He also had a good OPS the first half of 2016 before crashing and burning. He's not the type of prospect you push through the system, as he has no outstanding traits. You stay the course and let him develop naturally. Besides, it's not as if Adrianza is some hack. His bat is pretty weak but his glove is good enough to hold things down while you get a better read on the situation. And I'd bet 3:1 odds that if you gave both Adrianza and Gordon 50 games at short, Adrianza would have the better numbers by a long shot. He's not going to blow you away but he should put up replacement numbers or better, and I think asking that of Gordon right now is a real stretch.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    The best hitters in baseball history can’t touch Santana’s .400+ BABIP. It wasn’t defense, it wasn’t pitching, it was completely luck-based. We can all agree the Mauer is possibly the greatest pure hitter of his generation, definitely top five. His BABIP is under .350 last I checked. Miggy in his prime had a BABIP of .360.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    What’s best for Gordon is what’s best for the Twins. We’re talking about a 22 year old who faded hard against AA pitching last season. And now we want to promote him to Minnesota? It’s as if Aaron Hicks and Byron Buxton never happened.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s not about Gordon vs Aybar, it’s about what is best for Gordon.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Don’t hold your breath, as it usually takes a few years to learn the knuckleball.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I don’t really get this series of moves, but... *shrugs* ...I can’t bring myself to care much, either.
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