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Good get Seth!!
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Where was this extra 18 million a year coming from where they could afford he and Mauer?
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Jete is a good guy from what I have heard, a former co worker of mine had a one night stand with him and said while cocky, he was certainly very nice. (but that is a story for a different day I suppose)
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Intellectual lol! The dude is a clubhouse cancer, the majority of his teammates in Texas hated him, and there is a reason why the Rangers didn't even try to re-sign him.
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Hunter has been a smarmy little prick ever since he left Minnesota, and to be honest, he has no reason to. The Twins loved him in his time here, treated him very well and then apparently had the audacity to refuse to overpay to keep him around (read: smart baseball decision) I like Hunter as a player, but his little comments here and there ever since he left Minnesota reeks of bitterness. It should be very, very interesting to see how he reacts once he inevitably declines due to age and is no longer a starter in the league.
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If the Orioles played the Twins 162 times in a year...
VodkaDave replied to dave_dw's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
No actually what would happen is the Twins would win anywhere between 70 and 90 games a year most likely. -
In addition to the Twins needing a win today to bring up morale (for the fans mostly!) it would be really nice to beat that punk C.J. Wilson. Question: Is there anyone more annoying (non Ryan Braun bracket) in all of baseball then this know it all, "straight edge" d-bag?
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MLB app is free on itunes this year
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The double steal wasn't on Doumit at all, it was on the pitcher for not even looking back. The guy was 5 feet from third when Doumit caught the ball. Doumit won't win any gold gloves behind the plate, but he is more then serviceable at C (esp for a back up), he was never really signed to be a RF/1B type guy, he was signed to be the back up C and the primary DH, however with Morneau being moved to DH and the emergence of Parmelee they are trying to mix and match to get his bat in the lineup. Ultimately he will be "ok" in RF, below average no doubt but he won't be Delmon out there, and ideally his bat more then makes up for it.
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They could not have kept Kubel, Cuddyer and Nathan, payroll had to come down...
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From a quick google search:While playing around with Fangraphs, I found quite an interesting statistic. Going back to 2001 (as far back as FanGraphs’ batted ball data goes) among all players with at least 450 plate appearances in a season, Ben Revere holds the record for most ground balls per fly ball at 5.91. His closest competition? Luis Castillo who posted a 4.13 mark in 2005. While Ben Revere is an exciting player, he is also hitting groundballs at an unheard of rate. Just take a look at his hit chart from Bill James’ Baseball IQ: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcyao0jkP1qa12tx.png Looks like a lot of ground balls in the infield (and a TON to the pitcher)
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He didn't run off Ortiz, Garza or Hardy... he has said repeadtly how he would have preferred that they would have kept Garza and Bartlett. Yeah, he obviously didn't like Delmon after the whole "I don't want to play today because its cold outside" but to be fair, Delmon was going to be DFA'ed after the season either way. The guy was just a massive dissapointment sans 2010 his whole time here.
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Oh yeah totally, believe me I think the best thing for this team would be for Revere to prove to be a capable every day outfielder (hitting wise) that would allow us to have two above average options at CF and allow us to trade one of them (prob Span) for some pitching help or INF help. The thing is out of our current 1st, DH and OF options currently "ahead" of Revere on the depth chart: Willingham, Doumit, Mauer, Morneau and Span all have had pretty significant injury issues over the past 2 years or so. So more likely then not Revere will get a chance for at least another 350-400 PA this year and we should know where he stands. Just at this point I am pretty hesitant on Revere's long term potential to be an everyday player (more so at an important offensive position like RF or LF) If you had an INF of Cano, Jeter, A-Rod and Tex then maybe you can live with a sub .700 in RF, but on this current team the Twins need bats in the corner OF. With all that said, I think Revere has a pretty decent career ahead of himself one way or another, guys like Pierre have had a nice little career as a role player/bench guy/occasional stop gap starter. If by some reason Willingham, Doumit, Span, Morneau (DH spot), Mauer (every day catcher) all stay healthy and effective throughout the year then we have a really good problem on our hands
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In his best year on the Twins (2002) Ortiz was still the 4th best player OPS wise, behind such mashers as Jones, Kielty and Hunter. (Koskie was 10 points behind him, but brough significantly more value since he could actually play a position) in 2001 he was the 5th best (keep in mind these were both pretty bad teams) Again, it was an obvious mistake to get rid of him bc at 1.5 million or whatever he was a no brainer to re-sign, but nobody knew, nor there was any reason to believe he would become the MVP type player down the road.
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I typically refrain from any name calling, but I stand by my statement fully. It's one thing to disagree with the Twins front office choices, it's a totally different thing to imply race was the factor behind many of those moves, not even your worst "shock jock" sports radio hosts would bring up that sort of argument. Nobody argues that letting Ortiz go wasn't a bad move, but the reason they did it at the time was three fold. 1. He couldn't stay healthy 2. He had ZERO defensive value 3. He didn't get along with management. He spent parts of six major league seasons with the Twins, and though he had some success for the Twins, he never put together any sort of numbers that even suggested what was to come in Boston (read: steroids/whatever), it was a cheap cost cutting move no doubt, a bad baseball decision, a bad judgement of talent etc, but they didn't get rid of him because he wasn't white. Wow, I can't believe I actually took time to respond to that comment, I feel like I have been trolled...
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632 PA isn't exactly a small sample size. And his OPS outside of rookie ball and low A was .728 and decreased every single level he progressed. The reason this happened was because MLB MI > AAA MI > AA MI > A+ MI > A MI >ROOKIE BALL MI The bull**** infield hits he was getting against raw 17-19 year olds weren't happening as he moved up levels. I for one think Revere has the potential to become a surprisingly solid player, but to pretend that his track record indicates he should automatically get the benefit of the doubt at the plate is highly misguided. As mentioned above, Revere has to figure out a way to hit with some more pop, and increase his average to the .320 or so range in the majors to even be considered a close to average every day player. Also, you say Revere's . 606 OPS isn't a big deal, then Dismiss Doumits .775 a few sentences later. a .175 difference in OPS is pretty significant.
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+1. People got up in arms when the Twins asked Liriano to pitch more to contact last year, but in all reality that is the right advice to give to a guy who is walking 5+ guys a game and throwing 100+ pitches by the 6th inning. I have a hard time blaming Gardy/Anderson for the lack of strike out pitchers on the staff, if you want power arms you gotta go out and trade for them (or not trade them away in Garza's case), draft them or sign them in free agency.
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Seen no less then 2 threads and about a dozen posters who are already calling for major changes, firings etc. The Yankees are 0-3 The Phillies are 1-2 The Mets are 3-0 The Braves are 0-3 The Red Sox are about to be 0-3 Worrying to much about such a small sample size of games is a pointless endeavor. The hitting will come around, always does.
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Luke Hughes is the 24th or 25th man on the roster at this point...the Twins offense will be as good as Mauer, Morneau, Willingham, Parmelee, Span and Valencia make it.
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Revere is a 4th OF most likely, and if he can somehow figure out a way to hit .320 with a few doubles and 45+ SB, then he could be a somewhat decent option at CF. However, you can't be running him out there in RF/LF on a regular basis.
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Hughes is simply not a major league hitter.
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Sweet thread. Is this your first year watching baseball or something?
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Liriano's problems don't stem from the lack of velocity, they stem from his decreased slider use and general control problems. Nathan's velocity hasn't decreased at all. His average fastball yesterday for the Rangers was 92.68 MPH which is exactly where he was at in 2009 prior to injury. At this point, age is what will ultimately affect Nathan's speed.
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What on earth are you talking about? Gibson will be able to throw the ball just as hard as he did prior to the surgery, he was never a power pitcher anyways, so barring a case of the yips (for whatever reason) Gibson can more or less be counted on to be ML ready by 2013. He won't have to change how he pitches. Strasburg was hitting 98 on the radar gun multiple times during the game, Pitch(FX) had him at 97.5 with a 96 MPH average for his fastball. That is hardly low to mid 90's guy. It's also very early in the season so it's pretty likely his velocity will continue to improve. Last year when he returned he was hitting 99 MPH and averaging over 96 MPH on his fastball. Even prior to his injury he was averaging between 96 and 97 on his fastball. TJ actually more often then not INCREASES a pitchers velocity.
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Has the Ryan Doumit in RF experiment already ended
VodkaDave replied to travistwinstalk's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Willingham has pretty much been exclusively a LF during his time in the majors, the Twins gave him plenty of innings in the spring in RF and then decided to keep him in LF for this year. I'm guessing either 1. Gardy didn't think Willingham looked comfortable in RF or 2. Willingham requested to play LF It's really not that big of a deal though, the entire outfield range increases a ton no matter where Revere is playing. Though. ideally you would have Revere in CF and Span in RF if both are out there.