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  1. Nine of twelve
    Calm down. It's way too early.
  2. Nine of twelve
    It's silly to make an assessment about a player based on 6 games.
  3. Nine of twelve
    It's now been 7 years since Falvey and Levine took over here. I am just now starting to feel confident that the organization is positioned for, to use Seth's words, sustainable contention. One should not expect things to happen much faster than this for a low-to-mid-revenue franchise because this is baseball. It takes time to build a reliable staff of scouts and player development people and it takes time for the players themselves to develop. I expect that Levine will want assurances that ownership will be patient enough to allow an organizational system capable of producing sustainable contention to mature. One way the Red Sox could show faith in whomever they hire would be by agreeing to a guaranteed long term contract, of at least five years or so. Based on their recent history I have some doubt that they would have such patience, although they do have enough resources (in other words, money) to allow this timeline to be shortened somewhat. If the Red Sox seem reticent about doing this or too impatient I think he'll stay put in Minnesota.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Players should treat opposing players with the same respect as teammates, because they may be teammates someday.
  5. Nine of twelve
    I do, or at least I think I do. Unless Jeffers struggles offensively or behind the plate play Vazquez 30-40% of the time instead of 50%.
  6. Nine of twelve
    That is not why Mauer changed positions and anyone who knows anything about Mauer knows that.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Many say that managers have more of an effect on the outcome of close games than on the outcome of blowout games. I agree that certainly there are many criteria that should be used to evaluate the performance of a manager. I didn't do a good job of emphasizing that this is a very small, narrow bit of data and can not be exclusively used to determine whether a manager does a good job. I was actually trying to contrast using a team's record in close games with using the Pythagorean estimate.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Winning 3 of the first 4 games is a run. Kind of.
  9. Nine of twelve
    No matter who the agent is, ultimately for the player it comes down to the security of a long term extension vs the potential risk/reward of taking free agency at the earliest opportunity. Based on what we've seen so far, if I were Lewis I'd bet on myself to be set up for a huge payday in free agency.
  10. Nine of twelve
    IMHO the Pythagorean estimate is flawed because it is based strictly on run differential. If a team has a higher than average number of blowout wins the estimate will be above the actual. If a team has a higher than average number of blowout losses the estimate will be below the actual. I think it's very widely accepted that a manager has little to no effect on the outcome of blowout games. Here's a link to the records of MLB teams in close games. https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/win-pct-close-games The Twins had a winning percentage of .506 in these games, which is by definition about average. This is obviously a very limited bit of data, but going by this makes Rocco about average.
  11. Nine of twelve
    You left out the player whose contribution was the most negative (IMHO), Andrelton Simmons.
  12. Nine of twelve
    I beg to differ. I'm sure he owned a glove. But I agree it has to be urban legend because stone doesn't burn.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Legend has it that Gene Mauch once literally set Willie Norwood's glove on fire so that he'd have to get a new one.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I think this thread belongs in the Transactions Rumors and Proposals forum. I know it will take some time for folks to get used to it, but I was hoping that discussions like this would be kept out of this forum.
  16. Nine of twelve
    My guess is that conversations between those two on the subject of trades are just slightly more in depth than that.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I do not make specific trade proposals or contract proposals. I think it's ridiculous for people on this site to do that. But as I've said many times, the front office should be open to trading anyone who doesn't have a no-trade clause in his contract if they feel the trade improves the team.
  18. Nine of twelve
    The most important thing about playing left field in the major leagues is to be a good hitter. Defensively it's mainly just being able to catch fly balls and having an average arm.
  19. Nine of twelve
    These qualities also make him very tradable. Arraez fetched a valuable and needed player. If our infielder contingencies are covered Polanco (possibly as part of a package) could do the same.
  20. Nine of twelve
    I don't read any Buxton comments on this site anyway. Sorry, but I find I generally don't care what people here have to say about him. Except heezy1323, of course.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Altuve used to be one of my favorite players. But tonight I was happy that he ****ed up on the bases by not retouching second base and got himself put out.
  22. Nine of twelve
    I accept that this was a factor, but those two lefties would have batted again later in the game. Rocco could have saved Thielbar for then instead. I concede that Dusty would have been more likely to use pinch hitters later in the game so it was probably better to use Thielbar earlier than later.
  23. Nine of twelve
    In the regular season there is no way I'd have pulled Ryan after two. But this was an elimination game with Lopez in position to give us a long start in the next game. That, coupled with a day off before a potential game 5 meant that each pitcher could give it everything he had. Also factoring in that Houston's batters had to adjust to a new pitcher in each plate appearance, I think making it a bullpen game was a very reasonable strategy. I think the issue was less about pulling Ryan early and more about in what order the pitchers would appear. I suspect that the timing of Thielbar's stint was to bring in someone with a different look (lefty relying heavily on breaking pitches) between two hard throwers (Stewart and Paddack). Sometimes things work out favorably and sometimes they don't.
  24. Nine of twelve
    This particular play was not a mistake by Julien. And it was not a pickoff. This double play would have been impossible for almost every baserunner to avoid. It was simply bad baseball luck. Had the ball been hit in a different direction or had the shortstop been positioned differently, even by just a foot, Julien would not have been doubled off.
  25. Nine of twelve
    As is the case with all free agents, Gray has earned the privilege of choosing where he wants to play. I think it would be great if he chose to accept a reasonable contract to stay with the Twins for another couple years or so.
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