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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    With that said, the one useful bit of information we might find out is if anybody is throwing faster than they did last season... That's probably worth noting. Throwing slower could be for any number of reasons but throwing faster would definitely be a good sign, particularly for guys like Pelfrey.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. Guys are testing out different grips, arm slots, whatever. It's hard to say whether the fastball data is worth anything without loads of additional data about what the pitcher is trying to accomplish that day. Maybe once we get past March 20th and guys are in playing shape and tuning up for the season, the data might mean something but I wouldn't put much stock in it right now.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I think it's a lack of information. It's an interesting idea but I see a problem... Amount of data. Let's say Phil Hughes throws a 91 MPH fastball. Well, that's down 1 mph from 2014. Was he taking it easy? Were the next three pitches 93/92/93? The great thing about FanGraphs is that it's an average. It'd be incredibly hard to do that in ST. There is very little to be gleaned from a single pitch or even three pitches because we have no way to frame the context of those pitches. The guy could be throwing all-out, he could be having a bad day, or he could be loafing a bit.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't know about "universal". I think there are plenty who believe Sano should stick at third for as long as humanly possible, myself included amongst that number. Maybe we're just not vocal about it because it seems so obvious.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    My fastball can only touch the upper 60s but has good late movement once gravity grabs hold of the ball and bounces it off the plate.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. It seems to be against the Twins' MO to sign a player with plans to trade him. There are good and bad side effects to that strategy.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Good catch. I though Sale and Quintana were closer to FA than that.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    It's March of 2015. Torri Hunter is not blocking anyone. Let's hold off complaining about mismanagement until he starts, you know, actually blocking a prospect.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    What happens if Buxton gets hurt and Rosario is raking in LF but hasn't played center in several months? Why do that? If a guy can play center, he can play right and he can certainly play left because Ricky Nolasco could probably play a competent left field. The Twins aren't unique in this regard. Lots of teams keep guys at up the middle positions for as long as possible because a player can always shift down the defensive spectrum but going up is difficult. It will take Rosario about five minutes to adjust to LF because playing center is like playing both right and left fields.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Molitor, maybe. Allen, no way. He's been a good coach for a long time.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, they might... But until they actually play competitive games, they're not competitive... Never mind that some of their key players are closer to free agency than their rookie seasons. Rebuilds simply don't happen in 18 months unless the team is incredibly lucky.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    That's only a problem if one stops the other from playing or being promoted. If a guy can play CF, he can play a corner outfield spot with almost no adjustment time. If the guy has the ability to play CF, you keep him there as long as possible because up the middle players are more valuable and flexible to fit your roster needs.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    They already have a handful of those, though. It's a difficult question to answer without asking whether you want to improve the MiLB system or the MLB team in 2015.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    If by WS, you mean the White Sox, they didn't rebuild in 18 months. They had Chris Sale and several good players before this latest round of talent buys, which we're not sure is even going to work. If an MLB team rebuilds in 18 months, it means they did one of two things: 1. They already had good players in the pipeline 2. They got damned lucky in the draft and/or FA
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    There would be no PR hit if the Twins traded Hunter and called up, say, Buxton. If anything, fan interest would go up, not down... With all but the dumbest of casual fans, anyway.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    My god, I love this post so much.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I was actually pretty okay with the list... until I noticed that Thorpe was missing. What the hell. How does that guy not crack a top 175 list?
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't know if there's a person on this forum who disliked Florimon as much as I did during his time with the Twins. I rarely passed an opportunity to take a swipe at Florimon and his comically bad offense. And I'd seriously consider Florimon in a utility role over Nunez. A futility guy should be defense first, offense... third. Nunez isn't a great bat and is truly terrible in the field.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    BTW, moving this thread to the MiLB forum.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    High-level prospects often skip AAA entirely. AAA is often filled with marginal MLB types; the guys who bounce back and forth between AAA and MLB as injuries pop up during the season. Sano, Berrios, and Buxton have very little time at AA so it's not surprising that they'll (probably) end up there to start the season. Rosario scuffled at AA last season so it's hard to know where he's going to end up. I wouldn't worry about it too much one way or the other. AA competition is often close to AAA competition (because the best prospects tend to spend the most time in AA) and if any of these guys perform, they'll make the jump to AAA or MLB relatively quickly.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree, I'm just not sure why they spent $200k on Nunez as an insurance policy. It's not like futility guys are hard to find at any given moment, especially ones with Nunez's skillset (ie. "not very good").
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I thought the Nunez tender was a mistake. My opinion has not changed. I don't like him on the team in any capacity.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    It's hard not to feel like this team is starting to turn the corner and I (mostly) like what Molitor is doing this spring.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Even if Berrios is better than Pelfrey or Milone, he's not getting the nod before Meyer or May (and it's hard to argue that he's better than either in March of 2015).
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Ditto. I thought he'd be around for awhile longer.
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