Brock Beauchamp
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Everything posted by Brock Beauchamp
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Yep. Many switch hitters end up better against righties, which constitute 70% of MLB pitchers. So if you're naturally right-handed and can switch hit, it makes sense to give it a try.
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I don't really care if they DFAed Park before Santana. I care more whether they DFA Santana the moment they realize he's terrible (if he is, in fact, terrible again... which is highly likely). -
True, but you're getting something approaching a guaranteed performance level from Napoli or Carter. And, again, they're the types of players you can flip at the deadline. You won't get much for them but they'll be worth something. We spent an entire season talking about how badly this roster is constructed. I'm not going to cry if some of the marginal guys are given the boot.
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Dunno. Park is kinda old himself with no proven track record. If they had released Vargas and kept Park, I'd be far more upset.
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Is Park a better Mauer platoon counterpart than Vargas? I really don't know.
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Indeed it does. If Park is gone, I'm all in favor of picking up a DH.
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WOW. Seriously, Park? Not that I'm complaining. This fits in with my opinion the 40 man roster needs a good cleaning... I simply didn't believe it'd start in early February or that it'd start with Park.
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No, and there are loads of services out there that enable you to grab the temporary data and download it permanently.
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I don't use Snapchat either. It's basically a personal messaging service. Unlike normal social media, you form groups and communicate directly with them (or single friends). It's not a "broadcast" service like most social media. It's more private and closed. I haven't found a use for it because the other social platforms do the job for me.
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Twins To Sign RH RP Matt Belisle
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
The guy doesn't profile as someone statheads want to love but he gets the job done. In five of the past seven seasons, he has posted both a very good ERA and a very good FIP (and he did it in Colorado for most of that time). Maybe this is the season he falls apart. Maybe it's not. For $2m, what the hell. Go for it. -
This is why I invested in Facebook. This has been their trend in earnings reports for quite some time. Quarter---------Earnings---Expected Earnings 02/01/2017-----1.24--------1.11 11/02/2016-----0.88--------0.77 07/27/2016-----0.76--------0.62 04/27/2016-----0.57--------0.44 01/27/2016-----0.59--------0.50 11/04/2015-----0.36--------0.35 They beat the consensus every quarter (in addition to the consensus showing considerable growth YoY). I'd have to check but I believe that trend goes back 2+ years. They know how to make money. They're the only social platform who knows how to do it.
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Twins To Sign RH RP Matt Belisle
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Not a super-sexy deal but the kind of deal this team should be making this season. Pick up a middling guy on a one-year deal, hope he's competent, and flip him at the deadline if the team is out of it in June. -
Correction, Facebook owns the three largest social platforms. I thought Snapchat had slipped by Instagram but that hasn't happened (yet). Most Americans don't realize it but Facebook owns WhatsApp, which has 1.2 billion monthly active users. It's simply not very popular here in the States. By comparison, Twitter (now fifth place) has 320 million monthly active users. Facebook itself is still king of the world with almost 1.9 billion monthly active users.
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Yeah, they've been dabbling with integrating more Snapchat-esque features, for sure. Which makes sense, as the Snapchat style of conversation is the ONLY form of social media Facebook (who owns three of the four largest social media platforms in the world) doesn't currently dominate. Also, Facebook owning three of the four largest social media platforms is why I bought into them a few years back. Seriously, they're the only company in the world who has this **** figured out.
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How Will Derek Falvey Improve Twins Pitching
Brock Beauchamp replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
As much as I'd love to see a big trade bring in an arm, I think I'm as interested to see what happens to the current crop of arms as I am a new arm via trade or FA. The guy I'm most interested in watching is Kohl Stewart over the next two years. He's a good fit for a Falvey system; he sits 92-94 and can touch 95-96 regularly. Over the past two years, he has struggled to miss bats at a somewhat spectacular rate for a guy who throws that hard with as good a breaking ball as he's reported to have. To me, Stewart is something of a litmus test for this front office. -
FWIW, Instagram is older than Snapchat. Or is that what you said? Now that I read your post again, not sure.
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Not me, though I'd take a closer look before giving a firm "no". Like other social media platforms, my biggest concern would be their path to monetization and later growth of that monetization. Facebook has been stellar in that regard, which is why I invested in them not long after their IPO (around a year later, IIRC). Everyone else has been ****ing terrible at monetization.
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Apparently there was a Bowling Green massacre and I missed it. This **** is way past funny. It's becoming terrifying.
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I hope it is. That's why I want to see them sift through as many of the Eddie Rosarios, Kyle Gibsons, Kennys Vargas, et al, as they can through the first half of the season. Find out who is worth keeping, who isn't, and move aggressively with that decision. I hope the days of watching the Pat Deans of the world flounder for four months at a time are behind us.
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One. Whatever happened before November of 2016 should be irrelevant to this front office. We may feel differently as fans but they need to build their team, not placate a fanbase with moves they don't believe are the best decisions to make right now.
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I suspect Palka will be in AAA, my point was that it's possible he adds another body to an already crowded DH situation sometime in the near future.
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That's why I view 2017 as an evaluation season. Run through the roster, find out what you have, discard what isn't good, trade at the deadline, and prepare to actually build a team in 2018. There's young talent on this team, now we need to figure out what is MLB talent and what needs to go away. If the team somehow pleasantly surprises in 2017, well, that's nice. It doesn't really change my view of the season unless the Twins are miles better than anyone expects.
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Actually, I suspect fans of bad teams say this all the time. There are lots of bats in MLB. There are far fewer bats who can competently play a position, particularly if you exclude 1B/RF from the conversation. Which is why I want to see the Twins run with what they have to start 2017. I don't have a lot of faith in either Park or Vargas but I don't want to have them lingering around the 40 man in 2018 with the same questions attached to them. To a lesser extent, you can include Palka in that conversation.
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For the record, when I said that comment about people saying "why didn't they just keep TR?", I didn't have you in mind. I was thinking of someone else. Until you responded to that post, I wasn't even aware you ever said such a thing.
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Because there's a lot more to running a baseball team than trades and free agents in one offseason? Analytics, scouting, coaching, development, medical, assembling a roster, promotions/demotions... The list is a mile long.
