Riverbrian

Sano might be too much bat for Dick to handle.

In my opinion... Torii might be too much personality for Dick to handle. Dick is trying but it is a gear change from Bert.

How can Joe afford that?

They could get crabby

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We could set the record for pop ups in a single game.

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His Dog won't let him sleep?

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BooBooBrian! If I hadn't spent so much time building up the Riverbrian brand. I would have loved BooBooBrian.

Same Guy Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp

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Bullpen has been putting people on base... It ain't over until it's over.

Same Rules as the Autobahn.

And it is very hard to have him help with the bat when he is not in the lineup.

Personally... I need to be careful posting about Vargas because it's a topic that I have crossed the line with by over-hammering my points. I have no idea if Vargas is going to make it or not. I'm not standing on a soapbox saying that he will be a solid contributor in the major leagues 5 years from now. I just know that I like him. There are some who disagree with me but I believe that he has 40 home run potential and if he learns to manage the strike zone better... it might be 40 home runs with a decent OBP. I believe he was flat out wronged in August 2016 after OPS'ing over 1,000 in July. He lost his job when players came back from injury. I believe benching a guy when he is hot will lead to a label of inconsistent because he is not allowed to continue being hot. I believe that if you send a guy to Rochester in August after he OPS's over a thousand in July that will mess him up. Make him think that he has to hit 6 run homers to have a career. I believe that Dozier is allowed to struggle with no consequences but Vargas is not given the same benefit despite Vargas producing at an equal level at the plate. I believe we have a manager going with who he thinks will do better over a player who is doing better and that is hubris. I believe it is a manager going with an OLDER player who he thinks will do better over a YOUNGER player who is actually doing better during a year where they are going absolutely nowhere is a mistake and a rather large one potentially. I believe that even after you listen to all of the discussion about Vargas and all the reasons that people believe that he is a bench piece tops... after all of the discussion about inconsistency... lefty... righty... Strikeout Ratios... On Base percentage. If you look just look at all of those bad stats that make people not believe in Vargas... Vargas has still out performed nearly everybody currently on the team with those bad stats. All is my opinion of course... And I have been wrong before.

The blackjack analogy is crystal clear and I agree but to bewilder things further. This isn't JUST pulling a card from the deck and increasing your luck odds to pay out over time. This is about drafting an 8 when you have 13 and making sure the card STAYS an 8 by the time you need it. Things are always turning them into face cards.

It's what we do.

Misunderstandings are usually the heart of all social conflicts.

I think it is a minimum wage job. I agree with you. I'm hoping that Falvey is reading through every report ever filed. I'd like to see if the upgraded analytics department can track metrics on scouts or anyone involved in player decisions, maybe try put together an algorithm and fine tune it until it means something. I'd like Falvey to discover who the salesmen are and who shouts the others down to determine level of influence. Id like to see the scouting department budget increased. I'd like the Twins to offer more money to the best scouts and I think front office personnel should be vulnerable right now. Yet I still don't think you can attach WAR to that Algorithm because of all those factors.

I agree with Ash... A little less shade toward posters would be wonderful. I don't know if I'm going to help or hurt the conversation but I'm not sure why Bird is being asked to work so hard to make what I consider to be a valid point. Of course... there is skill but that skill is minimized considerably by a large number of factors. Brian Dozier may have been a great 8th round pick. The scout who advocated his selection and sold him to the higher ups might even deserve a coupon to the Twins gift shop for that selection but we don't know if that same scout convinced them to take Brad Stillings in the 7th round and was more convincing than another scout of ours who was jumping on the table screaming... take Paul Goldschmidt. There are so many misses we just don't know but the fact that Brian Dozier was selected in the 8th round... his MLB Success would have to be considered a pleasant surprise because the odds were against him the second his name was announced. Kudo's to Brian for beating the odds. After the draft... Multiple factors take over. Injury/Health is obviously major. Sensible Development of each player is probably a huge factor and the attitude intangible of the player has got to be large. And lets not forget about opportunity. If Brian Dozier was drafted by the Yankees... Brian Dozier may have never seen the majors because of Robinson Cano. Brian Dozier was lucky enough to be drafted into an organization where he was able to rise to first in line for a call up and lucky enough to be in an organization that had an open door at 2B after he failed to walk through the open door at SS. I agree with Bird... There are way too many factors to simply add up WAR and declare winners.

Rain outs bum me out. I was ready for a game. Rain outs especially bum me out when there is a fantastic game thread open.

Yep

I love the alliteration of that statement.