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Front Page: Winter Meltdown Tickets Sold Out!
Nine of twelve replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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That was definitely not unique to the Twins organization. What is different is the rule change from the 15-day minimum to the 10-day minimum for the injured list that took place before the 2017 season. That rule has been modified for the 2020 season. The minimum for pitchers on the IL will be 15 days so there won't be as much use of the IL to manipulate the pitching staff in the future. Adding the 7-day concussion IL also has come into play.
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Front Page: Winter Meltdown Tickets Sold Out!
Nine of twelve replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
There's more going on in downtown Minneapolis this weekend than TwinsFest and the Meltdown. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads-up. http://www.startribune.com/e-sports-weekend-event-to-launch-friday-at-the-armory-in-minneapolis/567236642/ -
As I said in my previous post I don't know who it was. I had been flipping channels and I only caught about 5 minutes of the interview before I arrived at my destination and stopped listening. That said, I did not get any sense whatsoever of your guess that the player may have held disdain for metrics.
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I caught a bit of an interview with a player or former player, don't know who, on the SirusXM MLB channel the other day. He stated that the advantage gained by knowing which pitch was coming during half the games of a season is far greater than the advantage gained by using PED's.
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WAR is purported to be a good measure of a player's value. However, it is somewhat situational, especially in terms of translating it to dollars. If he had signed this contract with, say, the Marlins, a 12-WAR player might move them out of fifth place in the NL East during the course of the contract. Maybe. Money poorly spent. If he had signed this contract with, say, the Yankees, it would improve their already high likelihood of postseason contention only a little. Again, one could argue money poorly spent, although if there's a lot of money available, so what? A team will get much more bang for the buck if a player moves it from the edge of contention to strong contention, especially when the team has budget constraints. The Twins fall into this in-between category. Yes, it's unfortunate a high-WAR starting pitcher isn't coming here, but if Donaldson produces not only will his signing be good in and of itself it will make Minnesota a more desirable destination for that type of pitcher in the future.
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This is a reflection of how baseball is different from the other 3 major team sports (OK, 4, I suppose, if you include soccer). It takes much longer on average for players to develop their skills to the point where they succeed at the sport's highest level. It's extremely rare for a player in one of the other sports to make his debut at or after age 25 but that happens a lot in baseball.
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A batting order assembled completely at random would still be fearsome.
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Concur. I would even consider taking the over on 100 for the next two years.
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FTFY. (IMHO, of course.)
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This is true, but it's still more important than outfield defense.
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Pffft. Drinking in the evening. Anyone can do that.
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Keep in mind that most valuable player is not the same thing as best player. Beyond just stats it also factors in how much your team benefits from your performance.
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To expand on that, he was put on the Twins roster with almost no preparation. He was quite rusty and was at the point that most players would be at in early March. That was compounded with the fact that he was going up against players in mid-season form. Once he shook off the rust he was a monster.
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It's my understanding that the primary factor in the increase in the number of home runs last year was due not to changes in average exit velocity or in average launch angle or in the hardness of the ball, but rather to the decreased air resistance of the ball. This means that the distances of home runs hit would be the most important variable to consider. A player who hit a lot of dingers less than 400 feet will probably see a large regression. A player who hit a lot of them more than 400 feet will probably regress very little.
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That's the thing about the free agent market. It's the anti-draft. Instead of the team choosing a player the player chooses a team. If a player doesn't want to play for a team it doesn't matter how much he's offered. In spite of 101 wins I would guess that many players still view the Twins as perennial non-contenders. I think we're going to have to prove ourselves by putting together a few more years of high-level performance before players consider Minneapolis to be a worthwhile destination.
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Since your second sentence is an insult of others with a different vantage point you should be able to answer the question you ask in the third sentence. Were you aware of the extreme irony here? Did you intentionally use that for the purpose of making a point? Or are you being hypocritical? I honestly can't tell.
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Your point is well taken. I have to admit that the 2015 Toronto team came about 1% closer than the 2002 Twins team.
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I think we all remember Jim Pohlad's famous comment about total system failure after the 2016 season. That was not just an idle comment. He took seriously the need to make changes, and so he initiated a complete restructuring of the entire franchise. It is easy to become impatient, but keep in mind that it takes a number of years to implement a top-to-bottom change in personnel and philosophy in a franchise and even longer for the results to be seen at the major league level. We are only three years in so it's still early. Even though I don't know the inner workings of the organization I get the strong feeling that Derek Falvey knows what he is doing. I share Mr. Schwerzler's optimism and snide remarks such as those above do not dissuade me.
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Who has said a team should shoot for sustained mediocrity? It certainly wasn't me. I said a team should shoot for sustained contention for the postseason. And BTW the Twins lost the ALCS to the eventual WS champs in 2002. The BJ's did it in 2015, an interval of 13 years. Is 13 almost 30?
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Highlight of the second decade of Target Field: MIguel Sano hits a home run over the third deck in left field.
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Could be. But I noticed you stopped short of saying you think he should be traded.
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I agree with the first sentence. I strongly disagree with the second sentence. Even though the team may not be an owner's primary business it doesn't mean the owner doesn't care about the bottom line. Owners are in the sports franchise business to make money off their teams.
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I haven't read all the posts so I apologize if this restates earlier points. I've said before that the goal of any franchise should be to contend for a postseason berth every year. EVERY year. That means scouting and player development must be the highest priorities. Good scouting means good drafts, trades, and free agent signings. Good player development speaks for itself. If a team takes care of this infrastructure it means that mortgaging a franchise's future to go all-in would never be necessary. In cases where a significant trade or free agent signing would be indicated such moves would not hamstring the franchise's future. BTW, Toronto should also be mentioned in this discussion. I think it was 4 or 5 years ago that they went all-in and got nothing. Now they are nowhere. They have been reported to have agreed to terms with Ryu, but if that comes to pass it would at best move them up to contention for a winning record.
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I have the first Jayhawks album on vinyl. I'd be willing to contribute that if it helps to sign a good starter.
