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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    It's not possible Pinto will be worse, it's likely. And it's likely that he'll make the pitching staff - already on very shaky ground - worse along with him. Why are we champing at the bit to lose more games in April? There's a lot of baseball left to be played. Let Josmil play every day in Rochester and if Suzuki stumbles or gets injured, then give him a call and let him play every day. What the Twins are doing now is what I wanted to see in 2013 and 2014; Pinto getting every day reps behind the plate. Let him do that for awhile and see what happens. The catcher position is not a position of weakness for the team right now so they don't need to fall over themselves to make a change behind the plate, especially at the risk of losing more early season games in 2015.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    wRC+ does not adjust for position. That's a good number for a guy behind the dish. Also, a wRC+ of 100 is "average", not to be confused with "replacement level", which is *considerably* lower than that, probably around 80 or so. As I said earlier, it's highly unlikely that Pinto is an improvement over Suzuki while there's a better than average chance he's a significant step backward.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    And while it's early in the season, Suzuki is hitting well for the second year in a row. It's really unlikely that Pinto would be an upgrade at this point and there's a better than 50% chance he'd be a significant downgrade at the position.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    And that's fair but the Twins just aren't going to push Suzuki out of the lineup in April. That's the reality of the situation. Until the Twins are ready to give Pinto more than 1-2 games behind the plate a week, he should be refining his defensive game in Rochester.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    With Pinto, it has always been about his defense. He has eight games played defensively at Rochester, seven of them at catcher. He should stay there and play every day until the Twins are convinced he's ready for MLB defensively or that he'll never be an MLB catcher. They should have been playing him every day at catcher last season but that's a bridge already crossed and debated to no end.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, sure. If the guy has a long track record of awful play, that's a different situation entirely. Though offhand, I'm not really sure what I'd change about the current roster other than blowing up the bullpen and calling up prospects. I'm fine with the rotation in the short-term now that May is in it. I don't like Robinson, Nunez, & Co but I'd rather see the minor leaguers stay in a place where they can play every day for the time being. But the moment Rosario, Hicks, Pinto, or whomever looks ready, they should be in Minnesota playing every day. Hopefully that time comes soon.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Even walks and strikeouts have limited use at this point in the season. If a guy faces a particularly tough pitcher or a guy he doesn't see well, he might golden sombrero and skew the numbers. Right now, it's all about the eye evaluation and incorporating player attitude and demeanor, which we can't do as outsiders. The stats mean virtually nothing.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, how fun. We're arguing over the definition of "ace" again. Can we debate what qualifies as "elite" next? "Ace" is a personal definition. To me, Hughes is not an ace but he had an ace-like season in 2014. Right now, I view him more in the Matt Garza mold. A very good pitcher who has the occasional ace-like season while more of a 2/3 starter in other years. Your mileage may vary.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    For one, strikeouts wouldn't be included in any of those numbers. Not sure about how those numbers work with grounders to the infield.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I find it to be the one non-irritating thing about him. The helmet thing just makes me laugh.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Have I mentioned recently how much I dislike Nunez?
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm all for bunt attempts for hits, just not sac bunts. Schafer has no excuse to be that bad at bunting given his speed.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    The point is that if Schafer bunts, it was a wasted out. The guy scores from third on Hunter's double instead of second and Salazar gets to skip throwing 3-5 pitches. Salazar is now over 50 pitches through three innings so those pitches could determine when he leaves the game.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, because that might happen.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    No matter who you are, it's a bad strategy. You play for the big inning in the first half of the game, not a single run.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Playing for one run in the third inning against a spot starter is not a winning strategy.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, when you only have 20 outs left, it's time to start playing for one run.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    I know. *blood boils*
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    No, he can't... but he shouldn't be bunting here anyway.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I only hope Molitor loves the third inning sac bunt as much as Gardy. Gotta get that run back ASAP.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Oy. Arcia is frustrating to watch. Three chest high swings, no contact.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Or go talk in-game hockey at Wild Xtra. http://wildxtra.com/topic/1724-article-game-2-wild-st-louis-game-day-preview/
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Dozier's swing there was not awesome.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Joe got around on that one.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Thank you, Jack. As someone who has been a technical lead on more projects than I can count, it can't be overstated how useless tools are unless you get the tool users to buy into said tool. And that takes time... and often, many compromises that techies don't like to make.
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