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  1. jkcarew
    Nice to see Rochester’s offense break out.
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    That was KC’s 12th home win of the season. In this the 16th week of the season. Now 12-47 AT HOME. But if we can sweep the remaining games with Cleveland...
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    I do suppose you start running out of currently available and viable options...especially if both were to be moved.
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    Ironic. Just today I had expressed the opinion that I wanted the Twins to be ultra conservative with Sano and make sure they take all time needed to ingrain new behaviors whether they be in game or preparation/conditioning. I'm very happy that he's making good progress. I just hope this isn't premature, and based on some short-sited urgency regarding the notion of getting back into it in 2018.
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    If I were the Twins, instead of that...I'd go with this... Since 2016... only 3 lead-off hitters have had more RBI than Dozier Among 33 batters that have had more than 500 PA's as their teams lead-off hitter (500+ total PA in games where they lead off the first inning), Dozier has the 5th highest RBI rate (RBI per plate appearance).
  7. jkcarew
    To be fair, some of the pessimism regarding Dozier's trade value, if expressed even 3 weeks ago, was a little more warranted. Even with Dozier, it's still hard to project his value above the productivity he demonstrates in the 350 plate appearances that occur before July. His wRC+ is currently 12th among qualified second-basemen, and 18th among second-basemen with more than 200 PA. But this article is the blue-print of how the Twins would/should present Dozier in trade negotiations (except for the GB rate (: )
  8. jkcarew
    I agree with the sentiment, although my opinion would not be quite that strong...as his marginal defensive value (over Cave/Kepler) is worth something...not as much as many think...but something. With regard to platooning him against lefties...his career OPS against lefties is 669 (: . But yes, I'm agreeing...why wouldn't we take the opportunity that is the second half of 2018 to do something...anything...to try to move the needle on the swing....at least make sure he gets back to the old Buxton that punished AAA pitching.
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    I'm getting to the point where I honestly don't want to see him up with the Twins any time soon...nor am I that interested in seeing him 'promoted' to AA or AAA. Simply because it takes so much time to truly change so many aspects of a players game, approach, and preparation as is being attempted with Sano. Buxton challenges aren't of the scope of Sano's. But something has to be done about his hitting. If they simply throw him back to the major league club as soon as he's healthy...given the 2018 situation...isn't that kind of like saying you're giving up in terms of improving his swing?
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    That opinion isn't in my post . Just stated the willingness on the part of the Twins to make that offer would be the only justification (IMO) for not trading him. Or, another way of saying the same thing..."if you're not willing to offer the QO, you HAVE to trade him." (Assuming the Twins consider themselves sellers by the deadline.) You're not going to extend him at this point, months away from hitting the open market and having a career year.
  11. jkcarew
    I'm 'optimistically cautious' (how's that!) on Rooker. He's also 4th in the league in strike-outs with a K% of nearly 30. And looking less and less likely to stick defensively in the outfield. The good news is the power continues to show that it would probably plays at 1B/DH....and the K-rate is holding steady from what he showed last year at Ft. Myers.
  12. jkcarew
    Exactly this. Also, the frequent 10th inning pitching line: 1 R, 0 ER....and then I run off to look for who committed the error.
  13. jkcarew
    One thing that has come up briefly in comments above... It is very likely that one of the things in play with this deal is that Cleveland no longer likes Mejia as a major-league catcher. And that SD scouts presumably feel differently...or at least think he has a chance to grow into it. After having played exclusively catcher for his first 5 year in the Cleveland system, they sent him to the fall league last year to play exclusively 3rd...and then this year, were quite obviously trying to see if they could turn him into an outfielder. Meanwhile they persisted with a catcher on the major-league squad that can’t hit at all (the number 2 catcher in their case (: )
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    I think it’s fair to say that Cleveland’s scouts don’t think Hand is Matt Capps. There are plenty of relievers that are perennially above average. Meanwhile Mejia is a sure thing? Not only did Cleveland get a real relief pitcher for 2019...exactly what they needed, and left-handed at that...but they have a very good shot at getting plenty of value from him for multiple additional years. They gave up a highly rated prospect who has never done anything in the majors and is currently OPS’ing 750 in AAA, but who has a very good chance of being much more valuable than Hand at some point down the road. That’s the definition of a typical deadline deal that could be good for both teams.
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    Yeah, in the picture, he's got kind of a baby-face, the-uniform-they-gave-me-doesn't-quite-fit-right, youth-league look about him. And he's about 2 1/2 years OLDER than Royce Lewis.
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    At any point it time, you are what you're record says you are. But to your point...maybe you don't pick up the phone until a week before the deadline....but you sure as heck better be answering it.
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    In my mind, the only justification for NOT trading Escobar is if the Twins have already made the decision that they are willing to QO him. I think it's arguable whether the team would/should feel that Escobar is worth a QO for 2019. Dozier, Sano, Gordon...even Polanco and Adrianza...a lot of decisions and moving pieces. It makes for great speculation.
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    My take-away from this article?... Is that Elizabethton's game field behind Larnach? Yikes. It looks like my high-school field in northern Minnesota looked every April, except slightly worse.
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    SD gave up a 3 1/2 years of a 28-year-old all-star reliever...a left handed one at that. Plus a sweetener in Cimber. I don't think that's low for Mejia...or at least I don't think it's surprisingly low.
  20. jkcarew
    If you get a good offer for someone not in your 2019 plans TODAY, you take it. Nothing this team has done in 2018...including nothing in the last two weeks...warrants any type of short term decision-making.
  21. jkcarew
    SD Buhr: But Sano has hit just 2 home runs in 64 at-bats at Ft. Myers and let’s face it, hitting for power is really the ONLY thing this guy brings to the table at this point. If he can’t do that three levels below the big leagues, that’s more than just a little discouraging. Kinda depressing topic ...but a lot to discuss and debate, sadly. With regard to Sano, I agree that he's very relevant for the topic...but to use Ft. Myers HR numbers to make the argument? My presumption would be that he's at Ft. Myers to do everything BUT work on his power stroke....including things that would initially inhibit his HR rate, like letting the ball get deeper and learning how to get certain pitches and drive the ball to center and right. Of the 101 things to worry about with Sano, his long-term ability to hit a ball over the fence comes in at 102, IMO.
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    Cool. I didn't know about this, either. Koskie used to occasionally just show up at random youth sports games in the northern suburbs. He'd have his kids with him...and thinking back on it, (various of my kids were in many of the sports in that area at the time), it was mostly hockey games, which makes sense given his work schedule. But he'd just show up to watch...always with his little kids (2-4 years old at the time as I recall). No connection to anyone there, just watching.
  23. jkcarew
    Depth is good. And the depth is good. Maybe a little better balance of high floor to go along with the high ceiling toward the top than we've had in the past? There's a lot of randomness in development. The two guys taken ahead of Kirby Puckett in the January phase of the 1982 draft combined for career WAR of -0.3. Turns out Kirby developed more favorably. We're going to be the ones that get lucky every now and then. Keep the faith.
  24. jkcarew
    To be fair, in basketball the peace was obtained at the price of some pretty heavy-handed legislation. Every game is now officiated as if a city-wide riot could break out at any minute Technical fouls for the direction you look, and special time-outs to categorize fouls so that we can extinguish that retaliatory spark. Even football deemed it necessary to define a legal celebration. In that light, I see baseball as unique in that they have left HR celebrations up to the players (so far...and on a relative basis). I think that's a good thing. Although, perhaps it could be argued that a rule defining a legal HR celebration would reduce the retaliatory dust-ups and at the same time not become a total joke (NFL). Currently, I'm afraid to find out.
  25. jkcarew
    I see what you're getting at. But my challenge would be that people (not directly referring to Van) too often apply their distaste for the 'unwritten rule' mentality selectively. They hate it when it's applied to the hitter celebrating a HR, yet they don't necessarily consider the thousands of times other 'unwritten rules' smooth out the game. I'm immensely glad base runners run the based way less aggressively up by 10 in the 8th...I love it that the game doesn't momentarily stop every time a pitcher blows a batter away on three pitches so we can watch the pitcher flip his glove. Why is professionalism and respect the better choice in those situations, but not when a home run is hit? Again, celebrate when you crush one. Killebrew walked half-way to first base back in 1964. But you do so within the framework of how your peers will interpret what you're doing. Imperfect (see the Dozier/Molly example above)...but better than legislation, even in the cases where you could legislate...IMO.
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