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  1. Nine of twelve
    This is way too much work for me to do, but I would like to look at a graph of career major league WAR (or something similar) for each draft position over the course of time. This could be done year by year to see if front offices improve their picks as time progresses or on a collective basis over the course of many years. It would be interesting to see how well scouts predict performance and to see who the outliers are, both early picks who do not succeed and late picks who do well.
  2. Nine of twelve
    So what term would you use for Celestino, since he throws L?
  3. Nine of twelve
    I like it in principle, but I believe MLB rules allow a shuttle between OF and P only once per game.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Like you, I tire of reading and hearing comments insinuating that Rocco and Falvine rely too much on analytics and don't truly know baseball. (And some of those comments originate in my own home.) Regarding Buxton in particular, Twins insiders know way more than we fans do about his health. I have every confidence that their strategy has always been to have him in games, especially in CF, as much as possible. And I don't agree with those who say he should be given days off only in road games. Of course I want to see him on the field when I am at Target Field--who doesn't?--but what I want more is to have him (and for that matter all players) contributing optimally. If what works best is to give him a day off for a home game then I support that.
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    I like him at a corner OF spot against LHP with Buck in center.
  6. Nine of twelve
    This is a bit of a nitpick, but I don't think it's fair to say that a player was a disappointment. The way to think about it is which draft decisions were disappointing.
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    I agree with Mankato, that there will be multiple players DHing, which to me is a good thing. Among the many factors are: who needs a day off from playing in the field, and/or who in the lineup is least-skilled as a fielder, and/or whether a LH or RH DH is desired, and/or whether a particular player does well against a particular pitcher. This all means that it's pretty insignificant which player happens to wind up as DH on opening day.
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    I respectfully disagree. Teams didn't shift Arraez so as a batter he'll be facing the same fielding positioning in 2023 that he did in 2022. If anything the new anti-shift rule will probably work against him because range will be significantly more important for infielders, especially second basemen, and that's one of his shortcomings.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Yep. Although it's much more likely to happen to a player who is 38 years old than, say, one who is 25 years old.
  10. Nine of twelve
    I suspect it would have taken more than a bit more to get one of the other pitchers.
  11. Nine of twelve
    A bit of arcane trivia--the Twins of about 1964-65 occasionally played a "glass infield", with all four players wearing glasses: Mincher, Frank Kostro, Zoilo Versalles, and Rich Rollins.
  12. Nine of twelve
    I get frustrated every time I see "Arreaz". One of the things I like best about this trade that I won't be seeing that as much in the future. Now if I can just get through the next few days...
  13. Nine of twelve
    Probably Dobnak, 2 years ago.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Marlins would have said no.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I love Patrick's writing and baseball knowledge but everyone throws a clunker or two.
  16. Nine of twelve
    I'll reserve judgement until 10 years from now so we can find out what happens to all four players involved.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Then you must not have been reading these forums for the last couple weeks.
  18. Nine of twelve
    I'll disagree. There's a team in New England that has more financial resources than the Twins and a gaping hole at shortstop. If Correa wanted to play there I'm sure Boras would have involved them, but their absence in the pursuit of Correa was conspicuous. My take on that is that Correa wanted nothing to do with playing for their manager based on previous interactions and that this was communicated to the team very early on. I think if Correa had expressed interest that their offer would have been higher than what he signed for with the Twins.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Yes. On a major league team the player who is the least skilled at fielding almost always plays LF. (See Young, Delmon and Willingham, Josh.) If the player has a strong arm then RF is OK.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Thanks for this reminder. Now that I'm retired it will be much easier to get to day games. I am now in possession of tickets for the home opener!
  21. Nine of twelve
    I agree that locking up good young talent early in the process is the best thing for a team to do. The key is to success in this specific matter is the same thing that is the key to success in general: accurate player evaluation (in other words scouting) and effective player development. Do those things well and you'll have a continuous pipeline of emerging stars with little to no need for free agents.
  22. Nine of twelve
    I still think a standard uniform strike zone in professional baseball is the way to go once an automated system is in use from the major leagues all the way down through rookie ball. I certainly realize that this position is not universally held and never will be but I have enjoyed the spirited discussion and I want to thank everyone who participated.
  23. Nine of twelve
    It's more than this. If the return is worth it any player should be traded. I wish everyone here understood this. It would cut down greatly on frivolous chatter and make it easier to find the more worthwhile posts.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Point well taken, although I think any baseball player capable of playing professional baseball will have the ability to adapt to a different zone.
  25. Nine of twelve
    If you are going to bring up the topic of rules no longer in effect you should at least be complete. From the rules of that time: "Should the pitcher repeatedly fail to deliver to the striker fair balls, for the apparent purpose of delaying the game, or for any other cause, the umpire, after warning him, shall call one ball, and if the pitcher persists in such action, two and three balls; when three balls shall have been called, the striker shall be entitled to the first base; and should any base be occupied at that time, each player occupying them shall be entitled to one base without being put out." Batters decided if pitches were too high or too low. A ball was called after the third unfair pitch, meaning that 9 "unhittable" pitches were required for a base on balls. It's easy to see why the rules that you cite were scrapped. It's interesting to read about this from a historical perspective but that game is quite literally not the same game as modern baseball and that renders the rules of that era irrelevant for this discussion.
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