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  1. CDog
    I'll start by saying that I don't think he was all that bad last night (as in, much better than at times before his DL stint, which may be faint praise). He didn't exactly get stellar defense in the 4th when he gave up all his runs, and the two-run double was a bloop AND probably should have been caught. That said, he obviously hasn't been great this year, either. If Rochester would be a place to help him work some things out, I don't know. Where I'll ge out the lighter fluid and enjoy a sb'ore (see what I did there?) is the notion that he's too comfortable or that the hardships of minors vs. majors are at all related to any poor performance (or its cure). I don't buy that even a little bit.
  2. CDog
    1) My feeling is that all of those is WELL less than 50-50 based mostly on the third condition. With the uncertainty and the timing, I feel like it would be very hard for them to pick up the option. Once the option isn't picked up--and this is based on nothing but feeling--it seems unlikely/uncommon that someone will then sign with the team that did the non-picking-up of the option. 2) I've poked a very very little bit to try to get facts rather than feelings about when guys get back to full strength (or close) after TJ surgery. I've never gotten far enough to feel like I have a good sense of it. Anyone have anything other than anecdotal evidence? There was recently some thread(s) here that even linked to some information about how common the surgery has gotten, and I think that even commented on how successful it was from a "come backs to pitch" perspective, but I don't think it got into the timing aspect. That Gibson will have 17 months from surgery to the actual season starting next year has been reason for optimism for me, but I don't know if it actually should be or if that's just hopes and dreams.
  3. CDog
    Interested if you mean he's right this second the best catcher or if you mean of catchers that are currently active, he's had the best career so far. I think one of those is a debate, while the other is definitely true. Also agree that longevity counts and was surprised, because of that, that the linked item had Mauer that high. In theory, he could have caught his last game. Of course, he could also get back there much more often than he has this year (I think a lot of his 1B time was based on Morneau not being there every day wayyyy back in the early season) and certainly more than last year. But the fact that he's only in Year 9 did make me think he wouldn't be that high (yet).
  4. CDog
    Not all of them and not by all that much. Most had their injury issues or transitioned away from catching or both. We don't know what will happen from here on with Mauer's career, but up to this point he's actually caught more innings per year played and in at least part of more games per year played than a couple of guys on the list and isn't all that far behind others. He's about in the middle for %Innings Played at catcher (compared to other positions). Probably could get a lot deeper into that to do better analysis (like trimming off early years of guys' careers where they weren't really full-time major leaguers or starters, etc).
  5. CDog
    Riverbrian, you are almost certainly correct in that players have gotten better nearly coninuously. Physical tools and training and conditioning and all of that have improved over the years. But if we're playing the imaginary game of plopping a player into a different era, isn't it also easy to imagine if that person also had the training and conditioning and equipment as the players from that era?
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    Whereas that is an example of how much I notice national media often have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to details. From 2010 to 2011, payroll increased (more than the amount of Mauer's raise).
  7. CDog
    I agree that from a physical amazement, that the shot over the batter's eye was the most remarkable. The flagpole shot was awesome in a different, unlikely way (just from the odds of hitting the pole squarely like that). And the White Sox walk-off gets my nod from a game-situation and most fun standpoint. By the way, it's correctly labeled in the youtube clip, but the White Sox Walk Off was 8/17/10, not 8/20. Was a date I remember for other reasons, so I happened to notice.
  8. CDog
    Viola for Tapani and Aggie (plus a couple) was a World Series kind of trade as it worked out. Knobby for Milton, Guzman, Buchanan and I think someone else seems to be thrown out there a lot. Those are the two I think of from the Twins perspective off the top of my head.
  9. CDog
    I also happened to call a walk-off inside-the-parker...but Mastro had to go and ruin it by reaching base ahead of him. Such a me-first move.
  10. CDog
    So if they hit Mauer for Casilla, doesn't he just get walked? And when you can score a run with an out, do you let Casilla hit for that reason (when considering that bringing in Mauer causes some "strange" defensive shuffling if there's extra innings)? As it was happening, I was thinking Mauer for Dozier instead of Casilla because of the "you can win with an out with Casilla up, but not Dozier" factor. If they HAD gone Mauer for either of them, does that make Masto go to 2B? And do the Cubs walk Mauer even if he hits for Dozier leaving Mastro as the pivotal batter? That was certainly a "if this happens, then what happens next" moment. Lots of things to consider. Also, as I was watching without sound and not where I could pay full attention, would Carroll have been safe at third had he not slid past the bag?
  11. CDog
    That's probably why you never hear anyone involved with the Twins mention Puckett. And I'm sure Hrbek's number was retired because of how "professional" he was. Certainly they would never overpay (according to many) or overplay (according to many) someone like Punto who was all energy. And they sure shipped Cuddyer and his smile and his hustle off as quickly as they could. And nobody but nobody got fewer chances than the probably-under-ready Carlos Gomez who absolutely did NOT play the same position as someone who was, you know, better.
  12. CDog
    I've been on the same treatment program for quite a long while...yet the loathing continues. Alas. Perhaps I need to go to some sort of "alternative medicine" type thing.
  13. CDog
    You need more/new reasons??? That doesn't seem likely.
  14. CDog
    For those that didn't take the question rhetorically and actually gave an answer of who gets credit for the 14-11 month-or-so (I lopped off a game from the original post since going back one more was a loss and we're looking at the "good stretch"), I think there was one mention of Kid St. Paul. He's got a slash line for the 25 games of .338/.454/.500 if I calculated correctly. And this is why I end up "defending" him here a lot. Expectations seem disconnected with reality.
  15. CDog
    Do I also need to "admit" that the sky often appears blue? OK...I'll quit being stubborn. I'll admit something is true that I never ever ever ever suggested might not be true...the sky DOES often appear blue.
  16. CDog
    Neither of those conclusions is true, so you appear correct in your diagnosis of reading comprehension shortcomings.
  17. CDog
    Back on actual topic...I really liked Dickey during his stay with the Twins and it bummed me out that it was so short. I never really thought of it as a mistake since he didn't really pitch that well here. Maybe it was just that it was during my time with a beard that happened to make me look a LOT like him with my Twins hat on. Really happy he's having success post-Twins.
  18. CDog
    Uh oh...wait a minute...did what I think happen happen? Am I Macho Man or Hogan here?
  19. CDog
    All this. Plus, off the top of my head, no attempt to account for possible usage differences; no attempt to define "better;" no accounting for time actually spent with Twins vs. others vs. minors, etc; no filter for sample sizes; no accounting for when in career time with Twins/others was (before he "got it?" etc); no discussion or attempt to find reverse examples; no comparison of this list to the list that could be created for any other team or even for the Twins under different coaching staffs; no mention or accounting for pitchers who trended positively for the Twins and then continued that same trend after.
  20. CDog
    No, you did not plainly state that you were talking about Cards vs. pre-Cards. You made comments both about the Cardinals and about the time and circumstance of Lohse leaving the Twins. And quoted a post about Lohse leaving the Twins. As long as I'm here, the difference in AL/NL ERA was not 4% in 2007, although I'm not sure what your point in bringing that up is. But I would agree that it's clear you're talking about something different than I am (I'm still not sure what point that is), which makes me wonder why you keep quoting my posts to talk about a different thing.
  21. CDog
    There are a lot of posts that stretch truth to try and fit a point, but this and the included link stand out for the effort that went into it.
  22. CDog
    Lohse didn't play for the Twins in '07, nor half of '06. He moved from AL to NL where fewer runs are scored. Scoring has also been coming down in both leagues overall making post-move numbers lower than pre-move (the league change and the scoring trend account for about half the small ERA/FIP differences). And his best year post-Twins was 2011 (and thus far 2012 is following suit), which is five years after he left the Twins.
  23. CDog
    But almost all of us, regardless where we fall, THINK we're right on that even-keel middle spot! That's why we choose the spot we do. Just one of the many things that make humans amazing and strange and fascinating and...
  24. CDog
    I assume your claim is that Mijares is a much different pitcher in this third of a season than he was with the Twins...I think? How is that like Lohse who was almost exactly the same before and after? And how does either necessarily have anything to do with Anderson? Especially when Lohse has been with three organizations since leaving and has been the same guy across those three as he was here? Even more confused about the Dickey/Blackburn comparison in regard to this thread and my post.
  25. CDog
    Not to hijack, but also wanted to comment how much I agree with this. I'm sure many know somebody who got a whiff (or more) somewhere along the line. The one this makes me think of is a guy I knew in high school who was filthy good. Hit EVERYTHING, played catcher with a rocket arm, incredible natural athlete, etc. He got drafted somewhere in the 25-30th round range, I think, and played two years with the GCL Twins and Elizabethton...and that was it. Thinking that there are guys far better--just to get to A-ball, let alone AA and beyond--just boggles the mind. Just another reason baseball is fun.
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