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I think Sano showed more improvement over 2018 than Garver. Slightly. I'd vote as follows: 1: Sano 1.1: Garver 3: Duffey
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If this is true, and it would make sense if it is, this is a very good point. So it's comparable to when the Twins signed him while he was unable to pitch because of his injury and surgery. The difference is now they would be signing him while he is unable to pitch because of his suspension. And they don't have to pay him during his suspension. I think he's worth having for the 127 games for which he would be eligible, but it depends on who else we would sign and/or promote to be in the starting rotation.
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Beyond this, Bonds was juicing, Evans did it in his age-38 season, and Aaron played in a band-box which was also the highest-altitude stadium in the majors. Of course, there's also the matter of low-drag 2019 baseballs, but even with that he had a very noteworthy season. If he hits 25 next year it's a good deal for the Twins. After that, keeping in mind he'll turn 42 during 2021, we thank him and praise him for his service and wish him well in his future endeavors.
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This is a crucial philosophical point. Compare a starting rotation of five 15-game winners to a staff of two 21-game winners and three 11-game winners. It's the same number of regular season wins either way, but I'd much rather take the latter rotation into the postseason. Gerrit Cole can be a shut-down ace. Over the course of 162 games that's good but not necessary. In the postseason it's a huge advantage.
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I agree that it's only a matter of time before Sano moves to first. But that doesn't necessarily mean the time is now. Picture the 2019 roster (or 2020 roster) with a healthy Sano at 3B all year long and a healthy Cron at 1B all year long. If we have a good 1B Sano is fine at 3B for the next few years. If we acquire a very good 3B and there is an opening at 1B, then yes, of course move him over.
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I can help with that. Troy Glaus at his peak was a very good 3B. 4-time All-Star and 2002 World Series MVP. 6'5", 245 or so when he was playing his best. Not exactly like Sano in physical dimensions but certainly comparable.
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We'll never know, but I believe Ruth had the talent to adapt to such pitches and succeed. He was far superior to every other batter of his time and I think the same would be true if he played in the modern game.
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I haven't read any articles to understand the details of the findings, but it is my understanding that most of the damning data are not from batted balls. I think the allegation was based more on how pitched balls have behaved because that's a much more consistent set of data. Apparently pitched balls in the postseason are slowing much more between leaving the pitcher's hand and landing in the catchers mitt compared to the regular season.
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Front Page: Week in Review: Weathering the Storm
Nine of twelve replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
In 1987 we only needed 8 wins over two series, and there was a break between the two. In 2017 we need 11 wins over 3 series and a break is less likely to happen. We need four starting pitchers if we are going to make a run at a World Championship.- 22 replies
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I think Rocco took the long view today. This team has a very, very high likelihood of winning the AL Central and advancing to the postseason in that position. (538 has them at 99% to win the division.) His primary objective right now is to have his team as ready as possible to do well against either the Astros or the Yankees in their first series. I'm assuming that giving Berrios another day of rest was a higher priority to him than winning today's game. The same thinking applies to position players. We have numerous players for whom rest is highly desired, and this all factors in. I'm not necessarily defending his managing today and I'm not necessarily agreeing with his philosophy of how he wants to use players. But I think this is probably how he's looking at his decisions.
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I assume you are giving credit to Falvey and Levine for assembling the bullpen roster, specifically the trades made and trades not made. Right?
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I just can't stand to listen to that station any more.
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After all is said and done, even he fulfilled a worthy role. He ate innings in a game his team won.
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Falvey and Levine have been in their positions with the Twins for less than three years. The way to judge their performance so far is not by the number of postseason games won. That would be the height of silliness. Not far behind that in silliness would be to judge them by the makeup of their third-string outfield or to judge them by trade-deadline transactions made in their one and only opportunity when in the position of a probable postseason contender. Three years is a short time when it comes to establishing a baseball operation. The goal here is to have an organization that can support a major league team capable of contending for the postseason every year. That takes top-notch scouting and player development. They appear to have made strides in this regard. Let's see how things are in another three or four years.
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See Molitor, Paul.
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No, he's banned because he took a banned substance. I don't think anyone has stated that he knew he was taking hydrochlorothiazide or that he intentionally took any substance that he knew was banned.
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Very often legal agreements include terms to keep parts of the agreement confidential. This is not something like government in which the public is entitled to certain information. While professional sports are very much in the public eye they are still private businesses and as such players and management are not legally required to release any information not specified in the CAB.
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While this is true it is over-simplification. Knowing that you are taking a substance that you know is banned is trying to cheat. Not knowing that you are taking a substance that you know is banned is not trying to cheat. Knowing that you are taking a substance that you don't know is banned is not trying to cheat. Knowing that you are not taking a banned substance is trying not to cheat.
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As I said in my previous comment, only Pineda himself knows. Our comments are just guesses. I don't know enough about Pineda to cast aspersions, but over the years there have been many very good baseball players who would not win intelligence competitions.
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My guess (and ALL of our comments are guesses because only Pineda himself knows for sure) is that he did not know that what he was taking was banned. This reinforces a related point I've made previously in at least one other thread. The player and his team have a shared strong interest in having the player perform at his highest level as often as possible. The player should take no substances--none--without team knowledge and approval. (And, IMHO, that includes food.) And when it comes to any drugs or supplements, they should come only through team channels. And the higher-profile the player, the more that extreme caution needs to be used. A disaster waiting to happen would be for some unscrupulous individual to arrange to put some stanazolol into the food at the favorite restaurant of, say, Mike Trout. Maybe we're getting to the point where we have to have food-tasters, just like royalty in medieval times.
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LEN III's piece in the Strib says that the team is not informed until near the final announcement. The Twins apparently found out late Friday, just before Pineda's last start. The article doesn't state when Baldelli was informed.
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Slightly off-topic, but I want to comment on having 2 wild card teams. I think MLB added the second team to give another team a chance to make the postseason. (BTW postseason is the correct term, not playoffs.) But I think the best thing is that having two wild card teams puts a premium on winning a division. With one wild card team that team has essentially the same postseason as the division champions. The single postseason game that involves two wild card teams means that advancing is much more uncertain, and whoever advances has used its number one starter and possibly weakened its bullpen going into a series against a team with its number one starter and fresh bullpen. And the next game is a number three starter for the wild card team against the number two starter for the opposition. That's why it's very important these days to win your division if possible.
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4 starters. 7 relievers including one who can go at least 3 innings in the event of a blowout either way. 14 position players. Adrianza makes the team for sure because of defensive versatility and switch hitting.
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I think just about every manager in the majors would like to have four starting-caliber outfielders. If playing time is spread out evenly each one still starts 3 out of 4 games. In the case of the Twins' top four the most significant on-field problem is that Buxton is the only one who bats right-handed. But...looking at this problem from the general manager's perspective is different. Your team always has one good outfielder not playing. A GM would want to trade from a position of strength to address a position of weakness. The difficult part is finding a team who wants and needs an outfielder and is willing to give up (presumably) a good pitcher in exchange. Easier said than done. In the meantime, we have to put up with having one of the best outfield corps in the game.
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Which and whose expectations are you citing regarding Sano? Because of the unreasonable hype associated with him in the past some people expect 50-HR-140-RBI-1.000-OPS performance. Other people expect nothing because they believe him to be a washout. As for me, keep in mind that he had a serious injury in 2017 followed by major surgery. This left him unable to work out during that off season, and that's why it should have been expected that he was overweight and out of sync all last year. After what appeared to be a successful off-season there was the fluke heel injury which deprived him of spring training. So I expected him to be very rusty when he was first put on the roster this season, and I expected his performance to improve as he rounded into mid-season form for the first time in over two years. I don't know if I expected him to be as impressive as he has been lately, but I am not one bit surprised.
