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  1. Whammy
    I get that, but they did spend half their season there. They belong in the Ft Myers playoffs more than Parmelee belongs in the Rochester playoffs (If they make it)
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    I like the idea of Walker since his rap seems to be that he is too low for his age, but my worry is that he'll get eaten up by they more experienced AA and AAA players in that league. I wish he would've at least sniffed A+ this year.
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    Simply put, my question is, who can play for which teams? More specifically, is it allowable for Sano (and Rosario) to be "demoted" to Ft Myers for their playoffs, since New Britain isn't going to be making the playoffs. If legal, is that considered poor form (within Minor league baseball)? That wouldn't be viewed as an insult to the players would it? They both logged plenty of games at FTM this year and are a big reason why they are in the playoffs
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    Honestly, I'm fairly familiar with advanced stats, but ISO is one I had never really looked into. Seems like a perfect pair with OBP, to create OPS+ISO, rather than OPS+SLG (which double-counts hits). Now that I think about it, isn't ISO just (SLG%-BA)?
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    I can't be the only one that thinks Jake Mauer looks like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber, in this picture.
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    Also, playoffs are probably a consideration. NB isn't making the playoffs, so you might as well have your filler there for the last week and a half of the reg season
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    I forgot to mention, in those 22 games, he has gotten on base at least twice in 18 of them
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    BA - .395 OBP - .495 SLG - .616 OPS - 1.111 SB - 16 wRC+ - 226 :shoot:
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    Add this to the list of unique batting orders in 2013. I wonder a) how many different batting orders we save trotted out this year b1) which batting order have we used the most b2) how many times have we used it I'll set the O/U for "b2" at 5.5
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    That was a good article and I agree with the conclusion that Sano is the minor league POY, but is completely disregards one of Buxton's best tools and Sano's weakest tools.... Defense
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    One last note on Morales.... He is almost a perfect comp to Willingham before we signed him. Morales: Kendrys Morales Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com Willingham: Josh Willingham Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com Edge to Willingham in power. Edge to Morales in BA and OBP Dead heat on OPS Within 1 year of age - 30/31 Some injury history One advantage on Willingham was that he was still viewed as a mostly everyday OF. Morales is mostly DHing at this point, but I'm not sure if that's by necessity (because of Smoak) or because he just isn't much of a fielder at this point.
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    I'm not totally clear on what Morales could expect to get as a FA. He is having a fine year, but nothing special. My mostly uneducated estimation is something in the neighborhood of 2/16, but looking at a relatively recent Mariners blog ( The Mariners Don?t Need To Extend Kendrys Morales | U.S.S. Mariner ) they seem to thing that Seattle would make a qualifying offer (14 mil) in order to attach some draft pick compensation to him. That seems crazy for a most-of-the-time DH (occasional 1B) who is OPSing around .800 and is north of 30yo. Anything above 2/16 and I start to lose interest. I agree with most of your thoughts on Willingham, but he's either going to return to near 2012 level and have trade value or look like this year and be worth nothing. Given the Twins luck, he will probably mash in April and May and tear up his wrist before we can trade him. I disagree on Buxton. The Twins have shown an aggressive promotion approach with him. I can't see any scenario (baring injury) where he isn't starting the year next year in New Britain. From there, if he plays well, I don't think a mid-season call up is out of the question, especially given the existing CF and leadoff options in this team. You're probably right on the line up construction. It was late and I was more concerned with getting the names in there in some semblance of a batting order than really drilling down on the nuances of the line up.
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    Dozier is 6th among MLB 2nd basemen in WAR. WAR isn't a perfect metric, of course, but that earns him better than "plug him in until the next guy comes along" status on this team. A mid-2014 lineup of: Buxton Mauer Hammer (healthy) Sano Arcia Kendys Morales - FA signing (1B????) Dozier Florimon Is one that a) has the chance to be potent, isn't filled with 1-year stopgaps, and c) has really good upside youth
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    The SP on the 5 domestic teams today gave up one run in 30.2ip.
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    7 HR today. When was the last time that happened?
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    I assume we would know if they had already sent Morneau through waivers
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    4-pitch walks will haunt
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    Thorpe - 5IP, 0ER, 8K 1.93ERA, Sub 1.00 WHIP, 46/3 K/BB Ratio, 12.6 K/9
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    This may have been brought up in the last five pages, but I don't have the time right now to read this whole thread... This feels really knee-jerk. I mean, don't get me wrong, the Twins aren't anything special and frankly they are pretty boring to watch, but before the Royals sweep, we had won two games in each of the last four series (8-5)... So, 8-8 over the last 16 when you include the sweep. There's nothing wrong with that. What's with this sudden wave of extreme negativity?
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    FYI - The only grade worse went to Seattle's GM (D-)
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    Jim Bowden on ESPN grading all of the GMs Terry Ryan, Minnesota Twins http://espn.go.com/i/nfl/grades/grade_d.jpg Ryan stubbornly refused to trade hometown boy Glen Perkins, which was probably a mistake for this rebuilding club. And the Twins' inability to eat salary is why Justin Morneau didn't get moved to a club like the Orioles. They were way too quiet considering how much improvement they need. (insider) Grading the GMs at the deadline - ESPN ----------------------------- I agree with his grade, but disagree with his premise that the reason we should have been more active was because of "how much improvement" we need. It's not like we'd be getting MLB ready guys (no matter who we dealt), so presumably the player(s) we got would be slotted somewhere in our minor league rankings and by all accounts our minor league system is one of the strongest in the league.
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    It felt more like a "No drop from the 40-man roster" clause
  23. Whammy
    Good thing we loaded up on catchers in the Rule 4 draft. All part of the Master Plan
  24. Whammy
    Shouldn't this thread be in the Minor League Forum?
  25. Whammy
    Well... at least we didn't get organizational filler With the PTBNL we got organizational NOT filler
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