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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Again, how the Twins fanbase has underrated Grossman's performance floors me. The guy has an .830 OPS in 416 PAs with the Twins. What more do we want from a DH? Lots of dingers with a .780 OPS? I'll take a few less dingers and the .830 OPS all day long because that player helps the team win more games.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think they're afraid of anything, I think they're operating above a level we understand. As I've said from day one, what happened leading up to the season matters far less to me than how the front office reacts to things that do not work. That was easily my biggest gripe with the old front office; the thinking that led to keeping around half the bullpen pieces when they were well past their expiration date in June and July.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, that's the real question. Grossman appears to be a high BABIP guy. He posted a .353 BABIP in 2013 and a .311 BABIP in 2014. But .364 is bordering on unsustainable. It's not the absurd BABIP of .400 that Danny Santana and Chris Colabello posted in the past but it's on the fringe of sustainability, for sure. Grossman puts the ball on the ground and hits line drives quite a bit, posting roughly a 25% LD rate and a 40% GB rate with the Twins. That's going to lead to a pretty high BABIP. Interestingly enough, those numbers closely mirror Joey Votto's career numbers, who has (unsurprisingly) a very high career BABIP of .350.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, definitely a short leash defensively... I just don't see why he was as bad as he was last season. He missed a ton of "1 star" opportunities last season, which surely butchered his defensive metrics. But he didn't seem to do that in previous seasons. Grossman isn't Josh Willingham. He appears to be athletic enough to not embarrass himself in a corner outfield spot. I'd put him out there on occasion and see what happens. Not often, just as a spot start for Rosario or Kepler against LHP on occasion. There *should* be enough space on this roster to support both Grossman and Park/Vargas.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't know if we can write off Grossman's power, which seems to be underrated around here. If you extrapolate his play with the Twins to a 600 PA season, he hits 17 home runs and 30 doubles. Given his OBP, that's perfectly acceptable power from the DH spot.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    As it stands now, the ball is squarely in Vargas' and Park's court. Grossman will not be displaced by either of those players unless he falls off a cliff. Guys with an .830 OPS don't get bumped for question marks. As for his defense, I remain unconvinced he's as bad as we saw in 2016. His defensive numbers with the Astros were rather pedestrian. It's possible he just had a really, really, really bad season that isn't indicative of his true talent.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Only 27 PAs so SSSS abounds but this guy looks like the exact same hitter the Twins picked up last season. Decent average, great discipline, decent power. Robbie Grossman, pre Twins: 764 PA, .240 .327 .341 .668 Robbie Grossman, Twins: 416 PAs, .280 .389 .448 .837 I'm still skeptical of the guy: going into the season, I was hoping for a .750 OPS with good numbers against LHP, which is useful on a team full of LHB that can't hit LHP. But it's possible he's more than that. Much more than that.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm going through yesterday's game again and watching Buxton's plate appearances more closely. So far, I've only watched the third inning plate appearance, which he popped out in foul territory. He worked a 3-2 count and appeared to track every ball to the plate. None of his swings were painful to watch.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    The Martha scene was laughably bad, the kind of camp that is legendarily awesome under the right circumstances. Unfortunately, in BvS it just made me mad because the answer to Superman's humanity was standing right next to him, portrayed by an extremely capable actress: Lois Lane. What a waste of Amy Adams, especially after she was one of the few bright lights of Man of Steel.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    There are certainly reasons to be optimistic. 1. Sano looks like a legit 1.000 OPS guy right now. He's doing everything right. 2. Hughes has been a surprise. He's using the new change and it's far more effective than I anticipated. What I worry about most is how hitters will adjust once they get a pile of film exposing the new pitch. 3. Santana is rolling again. 4. Polanco looks great with the stick and adequate with the glove. 5. Thus far, it appears the Castro/Gimenez influence behind the plate has been invaluable. But this team is still playing over its head. There's no way I can explain the bullpen. Parts of the rotation are still question marks. I still believe this team is going to need some significant turnover as the season progresses for them to stay near .500, much less in the postseason hunt.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    This isn't fair or true. There are rumblings within the sabr crowd about the importance of and the role of a "cleanup" hitter. And there isn't universal acceptance that the traditional cleanup hitter is the correct person to put in that role. Though I think everyone can agree Mauer should slug higher than he does to be optimal in that role. What I find most frustrating about all of this is that Dozier is such a good fit for cleanup and Mauer for leading off.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Looking over the past four seasons of play, Mauer has a batting average around .320 and an OBP of almost .470 with runners in scoring position. That's rather incredible, actually.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed on both counts. While I struggle to see myself ordering the lineup the way Molitor has this season, this lineup is not without logic. In fact, it's one of the more progressive lineups i've seen in baseball. Putting a high OBP, no power guy in cleanup is something sabr people have been talking about for awhile but I've never seen anyone actually do it. And thus far, it's pretty hard to argue with the results.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I never said walks and hits are equal, I said "walks are good". And they are. It's never bad to put yourself on base and avoid an out. Are better outcomes possible? Sure. A home run is always better, as is a double. But my ability to criticize a hitter who tries really hard to avoid an out is limited. That doesn't make the hitter perfect but it means they're not hurting the team and are contributing in some way.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I really waver on Buxton bunting when pressed for how often he should do it. I don't have a good number for how often he should bunt. Basically, my opinion is "if the defense gives you a bunt hit, take it". But that applies to almost any player, which is why it drives me nuts when lefty sluggers don't beat the shift by laying a bunt down the third base line. It only applies moreso to Buxton because he's so bloody fast. Whereas a guy like Ortiz needs a shift to hope to ever bunt successfully, Buxton merely needs the first baseman to step back three feet.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    It's not like they could ride a train to the Crusades.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    So you basically love everything Gladden says.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Only if the Twins add a few more insurance runs.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Possibly the best thing.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Holy moly, Gladden will not shut up about putting the ball on the ground.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Ah, yes, that's fair.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh. The article would be a lot better if it simply didn't talk about walks at all, even in RISP-y situations. Walks are good. End of story. But there's a good article to be written about Joe's refusal to swing at the first pitch and/or how he hasn't changed his approach in a game of defensive shifts.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Windsor is being evacuated as I type this post.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    In my experience, Craigslist escort services usually prefer cash.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Typical Twins inning. A four run rally started by a Buxton hit.
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