Brock Beauchamp
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Because he has zero fear in losing his job during a rebuilding period and wants that money for 2014 and beyond. That's my thinking and hopefully it's the case.
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I don't see why it's so hard to believe that Ryan was the one limiting payroll. Everything we know about the guy suggests that he's pretty miserly and is focused on rebuilding the farm system right now. Agree with him or not, his actions have been consistent throughout.
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Yep. If the A's and Rays had more money, they'd surely keep some of their good players longer. After all, the goal here is winning and good players win games. There is also a PR aspect to this that hardcore fans tend to ignore. The casual fan doesn't enjoy seeing a revolving door of players. -
I understand where diehard is coming from... The athlete toughness thing is overplayed. If you hurt yourself and become 60% of the player you were before the injury, you're hurting the team by continuing to drag your carcass out there every day. You're a below replacement level player, not to mention that it often takes longer to recover from an injury when you keep playing on it. It's a valid point to bring up and one that I don't think we talk about enough. In this case, it doesn't really apply because there was no one left on the bench but the argument is a valid one.
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Who is most likely to join the rotation in 2013?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Scheherezade's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
After coming back from injury, Hendriks had one awful start, then one decent start, and then rattled off three excellent starts. -
Doug Mientkiewicz, maybe. But Paul Molitor looks like a much more viable option than Mauer. In every interview I've seen, Molitor comes across like a baseball professional... A guy that understands hitting and the game. It also explains why he got better with age, too (kind of a position player version of Greg Maddux). He knows baseball. I wish he would have taken a coaching job with the Twins earlier to acclimate himself to coaching but even without doing that, I think he's a good candidate for the job.
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Who is most likely to join the rotation in 2013?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Scheherezade's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Out of that list, Worley. And Albers is making a case for himself that is increasingly difficult to ignore. -
Agreed. I'd say, at worst, the Twins are middle of the pack when it comes to selling players at the right time. They miss big on some players but they also hit big on others. The A's are also pretty good at selling high. Probably close to the Rays in that regard.
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I particularly enjoy this quote: "I have to mention the Twins have been extremely poor at trading players at the peak of their value." Followed by three examples where they not only sold high but absolutely hosed their trade partner. And then half of the examples of their failure to sell high were players key to their competitive years. It's tough to sell the fanbase on trading both a Francisco Liriano and a Carl Pavano the year after a playoff run. I don't think the Twins are very good at selling high on players. In fact, I think they miss some pretty obvious opportunities to sell high on players who won't maintain their performance level. But "extremely poor"? No. Not even close.
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Article: Trade Talk: Brian Duensing
Brock Beauchamp replied to jorgenswest's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
More to the point, the Twins need to start figuring out how to move some of this excess AAAA pitching off the 40 man. As jorgens mentioned in the article, Thielbar is better and Hernandez is younger and cheaper. Get what you can for Duensing and move on. -
No, the moral of the story is whether we should allow average schmucks to carry around guns in public for no particular reason. Far too often, they lead to accidental shootings or incredibly nebulous shootings such as this. And I'm generally pro-gun. Letting poorly trained people with no law enforcement or security experience carry around firearms because they feel afraid is not going to lead to desirable outcomes.
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His value isn't high. GMs aren't dumb. If you're worried that a guy is succeeding through smoke and mirrors, they're going to have the same concerns.
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In a word, yes. Not exceeding strange, as the AL has been a better league for some time, but still strange. The AL has more strikeouts than the NL this season, period... Now that is exceedingly strange.
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What I've learned from this thread is that pitchers in the NL strike out more batters than pitchers in the AL... Anywhere between 0.5-1.0 more batters per nine innings. Which falls right in line with almost every other study and number comparison I've seen.
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Good to see that he's back. People have basically written him off at this point but there's still a chance he can rebound and become a valuable pitcher in a couple of seasons.
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Brock Beauchamp replied to B Richard's topic in Twins Daily Issues & Suggestions
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Connotation is what is wrong with that post. You didn't approach it as if stating a fact, there was an obvious implication that the Twins were doing something wrong, such as being cheap. Something you've mentioned in more threads than I can count at this point. Listen, the reason I bring this up is simple: the negativity is getting to the point where I don't even want to visit my own damned forum. That's a problem. And I'm asking for two things: reason and perspective. It's not an unreasonable request. It's getting really tiring seeing half the threads on the forum devolve into complaints about the front office, especially in situations like this where the international signing period has barely begun. The Twins have been aggressive in the past in arenas mostly untapped by other organizations. They've done an exemplary job of picking up guys and maybe, just maybe, we can let the situation play out before casting stones at them for not spending all their money in the first five minutes of the signing period.
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The Twins were pretty aggressive last season. Instead of accusing them of being cheap or even doing something wrong, it's possible they don't like this draft class that much and/or they plan to pursue guys later in the year. This is an example of one of the more frustrating parts of this forum. Some are hell-bent on going into a situation with a perceived notion of what is happening and twist the situation to fit their worldview. Some of them are negative. Some are positive. Both are incredibly frustrating. Instead of saying "I wish they would have pursued this player or that player that is off the board", it's "they're cheap". Instead of letting the entire situation unfold before passing judgment, it's "they're incompetent" when we're a few weeks into a long signing period. A little patience and perspective goes a long way, people.
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That's just it... Pitcher BABIP doesn't fluctuate that much. We're talking about a .040 gap between the elite and the worst in MLB. As opposed to hitters, where we can see a .130 point gap between pretty-good-to-great players, much less the best and the worst. If you are really bad at throwing a baseball, your BABIP will be higher... But, on the other hand, you'll also let more baseballs leave the park, which do not count against BABIP (hence the .271 BABIP, 7.6 WAR Barry Bonds season I pointed out). Pitcher BABIP doesn't fluctuate at nearly the rate we see for hitters and the vast majority of MLB pitchers are within .015-.020 points of each other.
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Which has absolutely nothing to do with my point but okay.
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A 3-4 year contract at $10m per is a lot different than $18m per over 4-6 seasons. And also, this offseason is not last offseason. An entire year to judge the farm system has happened and we'll have a better idea of where the franchise is at that point.
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I wouldn't say that Gray's splits were heavy one way or the other with the Twins and before the Twins, he was actually an extreme groundball pitcher.
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You're waaaaaaaayyy too low on Perkins. In most farm systems, Perkins would command the #1 prospect and maybe the #5 prospect (assuming that #1 prospect isn't in the top 15 of all MLB prospects). He's a dominant reliever locked up for 3 1/2 more seasons at a just-above-arbitration price. Prospects are nice but they're just that, prospects. Perkins is a dominant MLB pitcher closing games and under contract for several seasons.
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I never understood why people were down on Baker. He was a very good pitcher when healthy.
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Get him out of Yankee Stadium and he turns into a Scott Baker clone. He gives up less hits, has a 0.70 lower ERA, gives up half as many HRs, and has a BABIP .015 lower on the road. I'm telling you, Yankee Stadium kills this guy. It's going to kill anyone who gives up 46% of contact as flyballs. And then he gets to go pitch in places like Fenway a couple times a year.
