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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    At this point, I don't even care who they call up... But for the love of God, call up someone.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins are contending. Upside does not matter when Santana, had he enough plate appearances to be a qualifier for the "leader" board, would be the third worst position player in all of baseball according to fWAR. I don't care if Danny Santana is Byron Buxton at that point - and he's nothing like Byron Buxton - he's helping this team lose on a nightly basis. It's not helping Santana and it's hurting the Minnesota Twins to roll him out to short on a nightly basis. This isn't a "give 'im a few more ABs, he'll sort it out" issue. This is a player who is currently horrible at the game of major league baseball. He should have been in the minors months ago to sort out his swing and discipline issues. It's not a matter of whether Escobar is a better option. He is a better option because it's almost impossible to be worse. I'll say it again: 2013 Aaron Hicks was a better player than 2015 Danny Santana. That's how bad Santana is this season.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    He's an interesting and unusual prospect, that's for sure. He's probably a corner outfielder but he'll be a very good corner outfielder, at least defensively. To me, the biggest sticking point with Kepler is going to be whether he's a .300+ hitter or a .270 hitter. This season, he's overperforming BABIP but given how new he is to the game of baseball, I have no idea if this is luck or progression as a player. He won't maintain his current .376 BABIP but given his discipline and contact tool, it's possible this is a legit turning of the corner for him. If he's a .300/.380/.400 hitter, you don't care much about the middling power (I don't think he'll be a bad power hitter). To draw a comparison, are we looking at Joe Mauer-lite with good corner outfield defense? Obviously, that's not a 5-7 WAR player like Joe but he could slot in as a 3-4 WAR player if the tools we're seeing this season are for real. 2016 will be very telling about Max.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree the Tigers should consider selling. I thought the Tigers had a good chance of scuffling before the season began. They're technically in it but for the long term benefit of the franchise, a reboot is probably in order. They have a lot of valuable pieces, which would greatly speed up a rebuild.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    There was a lot of talk about how Kurt worked on framing after last season and his numbers there are drastically improved in 2015 (-20 runs last season, 0 runs this season). But given his offense, I don't think it really matters, he's just bad at something else now.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Nope. It was a bad situation all around.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think the A's did that badly, I'm just surprised Beane didn't want one guy closer to the majors. But hey, it's Beane. God only knows what scheme he's devising next.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah. Gardy was worried about wins when wins didn't matter. Santana should have played A LOT more SS last season.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Should they have done this before or after they won 94 games and took the division with ease? People act like 2011 was so easy to see coming but it required utter disaster at every level. In 2010, Young and Liriano broke out and became the players we thought they'd be. Scott Baker looked like a pretty nice pitcher. Mauer was in his prime. Morneau was on his way to a 10 WAR (!) season before the injury and we all thought he'd be back strong in 2011. That's a rock-solid core of young players. To go along with that core, the Twins had "good enough" complementary players in Cuddyer and Kubel. Cuddyer wasn't too old and Kubel was still in his prime. And every single piece of that core went down with injuries in 2011, excepting Delmon, who imploded spectacularly for no apparent reason. Justin Morneau was the oldest player in that core, clocking in at a near-geriatric 29 years of age. By the time the 2011 Twins knew what hit them, every player in that core was massively devalued. They couldn't trade away pieces because they had no valuable pieces to trade except Mauer.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I had to look up Kazmir's splits again because they're pretty funny: Opposing hitters: Home: .167 .243 .198 .441 Road: .274 .328 .476 .804 Crikey! I think it's a good pick-up for Houston but they obviously negotiated Beane down because those splits are terrifying, especially when his home park turns from O.co to Minute Maid (Kazmir 0 HR allowed at O.co, 7 HR allowed on the road).
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    It's not steroids because his velocity isn't down much, if at all. It's kinda fascinating, actually... Santana is a model of consistency. From his debut in 2005 until today, his fastball velocity has stayed between 91.7 (91.9 this season) and 94.4, which came pretty early in his career. The vast majority of his seasons are 92-93 with only three seasons sitting outside that range. I think it's likely his 2015 number will creep back into the 92 range and then all but two seasons will be 92-93.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    *slow clap*
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Going into this nine game set, I said 4-5 would be a success. Winning two of three at home against the Yankees would make that a reality.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Win 51. Game #: 2015: 95 2014: 111 2013: 113 2012: 121 2011: 110 Despite losing four in a row (ugh), they're still 15 games ahead of the next-closest squad (2011). That's a testament to just how badly all of those teams collapses the moment the second half of the season started. The 52nd win will continue this streak. At a glance it appears that three of the previous squads went on 3-6 game losing streaks before picking up that next win.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Perk needs to get back on the horse. This is as low a pressure chance to do that as you'll get.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't care if Rosario is out or not, the umps have to decline the Angels' right to challenge in that situation. They had their shot and waited too long. The game was ready to resume before they called the challenge. I call bull****.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    It's going to be part of the process. MLB pitchers are going to throw him absolute junk until he adjusts.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    While I agree to an extent, Kazmir is scary in a not-good way. His home stats are unbelievable in O.co but pedestrian on the road. Still, at that price, Houston probably spent roughly 1.2 seconds mulling over the deal before saying yes.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    After doing it enough times, they learn not to sacrifice outs because crap like that happens? Right? Right?
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Runs = Bubonic Plague
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I don't mean to imply he's Nick Blackburn, just that his stuff isn't elite.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I like any play that has a high chance of success and forces the defense to do their job.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    He looks like a pro. Doesn't have the greatest stuff but he works with what he has and gets the team off the field.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    My thinking is that if the runner is fast enough to beat out that bunt, they're fast enough to move to second. And by forcing a play like that, you force the defense to make the play. Forcing a play often causes mistakes. I think it's a good use of team speed without much risk. You're putting the defense on edge immediately after a play where you took the lead.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Normally I'd agree but the timing of that bunt was perfect and the execution very good. It was a high OBP attempt. Unfortunately, Featherston made a perfect play. If a perfect play is needed to get the out, in my eyes you made the right call.
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