Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

CDog

Provisional Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    869

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by CDog

  1. CDog
    I would argue that it SHOULD matter who is doing the tanking, the nature of the tanking, and the severity of the tanking. There are guys I'd be more willing to let work through some things on the big league roster than others. (I'm thinking of a younger guy who may just need the experience of figuring out major leaguers as opposed to someone who's doing something mechanically wrong that could be fixed elsewhere.)
  2. CDog
    On the topic of the original post, I often wonder why do we care what the national perspective is? It doesn't change how many games they're going to win or how any of the players will perform. And from having read forecast articles in the past in places like Sports Illustrated, ESPN, etc, they are often comically mis-informed on facts, so the opinions based on those facts seem to have little value.
  3. CDog
    I've been in a fairly similar situation. The one thing I like about getting several games (we do about once a month) set ahead of time is that it avoids the all-too-common situation where you just don't get around to going as much as you'd think. When you have the tickets already, it forces you to go. Especially with a wife that isn't all that tied to the team or the sport, it gets really easy for us (especially in the summer) to have this, that, or the other come up and get in the way of going to games. Having said that, the StubHub route can be a really good way to find something cheaper than it normally would be and get into different areas of the ballpark like you mention. I've managed to sit in nearly every area now, and it's fun to mix it up with a different view and perspective. Best of luck in the endeavor this year. And if the fees on SH are coming down a little bit, even better.
  4. CDog
    I didn't take the quote to be so much about having the prospects come up so much as about actually getting to see Worley, Correia, Pelfrey, etc and the prospects to see what they have (as opposed to just reading a scouting report).
  5. CDog
    It likely isn't significant in this case, but the dates I've seen are only two weeks apart for Baker and Pelfrey's surgeries (April 17 and May 1).
  6. CDog
    Working from memory, Viola got $1.3 Million. I still recall one of the affiliates out of Duluth reported the deal and had a lower-third graphic that read: "Frank Viola - Very Rich Man." And yes, I recall also that there was some contention about the deal and that didn't go over real big. As for the other part quoted, I was happy when he signed the deal, I'm fine with it now, and I hope (and even expect) that some of Sano/Buxton/Arcia/etc will be getting large and long extensions before they hit free agency, too.
  7. CDog
    This exact question crossed my mind as I was reading the Keri article when it was originally posted on Grantalnd, and again when I saw the original post in this thread. Just for comparison's sake, let's make it a six-year contract. (Although, now that I think of it, the length of a theoretical contract at this point would be an interesting discussion, too.) Is 6/120 in the ballpark? Maybe more? Hamilton just got 5/125. Fielder has 8/190 left or something like that. Torii Hunter got 2/26 at the age of 37. Just as a couple of "for instances" that jump to mind. Look at the other contracts on that list of Keri's compared to the players' ages and performance. It's not even close. It would have been a shock if Mauer HAD been on there.
  8. CDog
    Viola signed a contract that people were in an uproar about for its enormity. Puckett was made the highest paid player ever (it lasted like seven seconds, but still). Morneau got a big ol' contract. The Twins have a fairly good history of making sure their tippy-top players stick around even at high cost. It's something I really like. The alternative is to get a little too close to the reality of the Seinfeld bit that we're just cheering for laundry.
  9. CDog
    There have been times when certain contestants have made the Dance Off....well....fun to watch. Perhaps they just need to find more of those types of contestants???? I'll leave it at that.
  10. CDog
    I'm sure it's just a sign of shifting from "getting old" to "being old," but ever since their arrival, I've found myself having trouble keeping straight which is which of Meyer and May. Between them coming in similar fashion at almost the same time, having kinda sorta similar last names, the fact that everyone seems to want to put an 's' at the end of both of them...etc, almost every time I see one of them referred to, I have to take a moment or two to really think about which one it is. I am hopeful that I get to look forward to this confusion being relevant for the next decade or so.
  11. CDog
    For whatever reason, I keep comparing my expectations right now to my expectations last year just before Spring Training. That hasn't been such a rosy feeling, so an article like this is good to remind me that the expectations are better compared to what actually happened (especially in the rotation) instead of what I expected to happen. So I think that leads me to this year being worse than I expected last year's team to be, while better than what they actually were. My internal over/under for wins is 74.5. Some breaks could certainly get that up to a .500 team. (Of course, that means some other kinds of breaks could certainly drop that into the 60s, again.)
  12. CDog

    Hendriks

    CDog replied to Haddyz's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Over the weekend I was near a guy who was watching a replay of a swing by Phil Mickelson toward the end of Saturday's round where he reached 24-under after three rounds. This guy had the confidence to point out several mistakes Phil was making, based on his likely-not-as-similar-as-he-thought experience playing the "same" game. I thought that was pretty bold. Here it is, only three days later, and that boldness has been matched. Good times.
  13. CDog
    Was Diamond still considered a rookie last year? And I thought Duensing was pretty good right away, but I didn't bother to look it up. Just to keep myself on the topic of the thread a little.... I've said I think Gibson's performance this year (both quality and quantity) is a rather large wild card, but I'm starting to think that Dozier could be even more so. If he were to be even OK at either position and the plate, that would be a huge benefit compared to the alternative(s). My guess is the other options (or lack thereof) led to him being brought up at all and given as much rope as he was.
  14. CDog
    But Pelfrey himself has been the main source I've seen that makes it sound like he expects to be full-go. Also not sure a player, the union, his agent, or even the team would really be willing to just let him hurt himself without speaking up.
  15. CDog
    This comes up a fair amount, so I figured I'd finally pose the question(s): Is it possible that the winner shouldn't necessarily be the person who ends up with the "better numbers?" Could it be that the multitudes of professional baseball coaches of the highest level, who are watching almost every second of Spring Training, see more than the (relatively tiny sample of) numbers convey? That perhaps Harris could be observed by experts to be a butcher as an infielder more quickly and definitively than you or I could tell (and that would show up in exactly zero statistics, let alone significantly sample-sized ones)? Or that Span hit a dribbler or two for a hit, or even a line drive on a bad pitch that he shouldn't have been swinging at that skewed those numbers? That Slowey racked up some outs against some guys that ended up in AA? Those are just examples, obviously, and none or all may be true. They're simply to illustrate the point of the original question. And that is that I don't think it's all that unlikely that a player who does more good things in the right way ends up without the best numbers. "Winning" a Spring Training battle should be (and likely is) about a lot more than what is shown in their batting line or ERA.
  16. CDog
    Well the higher innings number makes me happy a little bit. While I have close to zero actual knowledge on the subject from a medical standpoint, I've been hoping for around 150 innings for Gibson. I also wonder why I haven't heard as much about innings limits for Pelfrey and Baker (for them I see more "when will they be ready" concerns than "how much can they pitch once they are ready" concerns). Is that simply because they're a few years older than Gibson and don't have as much reason to "save" their arms? Shouldn't both of those guys be "able" to pitch even fewer innings than Gibson given he had his surgery several months sooner, all else equal? Anyone have actual information on this?
  17. CDog
    Complaining about the complaining about the complaining is way, way cooler than complaining about the complaining. And almost everyone thinks they're a realist. Writing it down (over and over and over and over) doesn't make it any more or less true.
  18. CDog
    Your family is weird.
  19. CDog
    I hadn't realized this. It's great news, though! Duct tape fixes everything!
  20. CDog
    So what's it like getting to hang around extensively in a big league clubhouse? An article, or at least a blog post, on your other obvservations would be pretty interesting with that type of access.
  21. CDog
    1) I have a feeling Morneau's going to have a big year again. Maybe not All-Star big, but I think he's going to be better than last year. 2) Similarly think Perkins is going to continue about as good as he has been the last two years. 3) Plouffe feels like one of several big wild cards. I think he's going to continue what he's done, in some sense. Meaning he's going to be streaky as heck, go on some big binges, and have weeks at a time where he's b-a-d. The end result will depend on how long those peaks and valleys last, and I feel like guessing is fairly difficult. 4) Given no more additions, I think Worley's going to be the best starter on the team. I have a sinking feeling Diamond is going to falter some, and I'm only hoping it's not TOO much...but I worry. And I said long ago that the big mystery here is Gibson. I have high hopes, but tempered expectations (largely due to how he's used as much as how he performs).
  22. CDog
    First and foremost, it sort of bugs me that this is a topic when the offseason isn't over yet. Having said that, given how things stand right now, I don't see how going higher than the C-range is possible given how poorly the free-agent portion of the offseason has gone. I don't have enough insight to really hone in on how good or bad the two big trades were since the return is all projection and so subjective. From what I can tell, I doubt they're good enough to finish higher than C-. And just to re-emphasize...as of now.
  23. CDog
    Is that realistic? Said another way, if we simplistically bucket pitchers into "power" vs. "contact" are there enough in the first bucket to legitimately expect to not have more than one from the second bucket in your rotation? Given the tone that often gets missed, I should add the disclaimer that it's an honest question, and I don't know (or even think I know) the answer. Essentially, what % of pitchers can be considered "power" as opposed to "contact." And obviously there is a ton of gray in between, and maybe this is off-topic (and interesting?) enough of a question that it should be taken into a different thread.
  24. CDog
    I guess I'm thinking (guessing?) that since he wouldn't have any of the typical spring training arm-strength-building and command-refining and all that stuff, that after building up that "just out of a cast" strength that he'd THEN have to basically start spring training. As opposed to if it happened in the season, he would already have had some of that building done. Meh...yeah, still just guessing.
  25. CDog
    Wouldn't it likely take a while after being in a cast just to get up strength and put him a fair amount behind? I've actually never been in a cast (knock on wood), so I'm guessing from some anecdotal experience but mostly ignorance here.
×
×
  • Create New...