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  1. ThejacKmp
    I hate the White Sox too. That said, even though I'm a third generation Cubs fan with season tickets in the family since the 1950s . . . White Sox fans are way better. They give a crap about the team, they're more diverse, they aren't douches. I hate them but I have to accept that they're decent fans who are constantly being overshadowed by their flashy older brother.
  2. ThejacKmp
    Pour it on Twins fans, pour it on.
  3. ThejacKmp
    Yeah, I'm not worried about this. This is a finger injury and it seems like the setbacks are a matter of weeks and not months. If it was an arm issue, I'd be circling the wagons. As is, the Twins will get a nice boost when Santana comes back. And I don't mind getting a look at Hughes, even if I don't expect it to go well. I think they'll have a quick hook with him, especially if May/Santana are ready beginning of June or Gonsalves/Romero looks ready for a few starts until Santana/May are back.
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    Rosario has the same K rate as last year and his walk rate is up from last year (SSS acknowledged). His BABIP is .217, 100 points less than the past. Rosario will be fine, he's just getting unlucky. I haven't seen a lot of bad at-bats - he's had some nice tough battles fouling off balls actually.
  5. ThejacKmp
    Verlander is a tough pitcher and he was on tonight. Not going to say this game is evidence the Twins offense is terrible. LoMo has a career OPS+ of 108, he'll be better than this. He's just really slumping. He looks like he's pressing at the plate, a few days off might do him some good. It does seem like the "This is Joe's Last Year, It's Logan Morrison Time" train of thought has stalled.
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    1.) No problem on the ball in. I want him to be aggressive on that in the situation. Would've been nice to see him lay out and I wonder if the cold plays a role in him not. 2.) He seems to be having some issues with the Target Field wall this year. Seems like a coach should take him out and give him some reps - he's definitely having trouble finding the track. 3.) No issues with Rosario hitting into a double play. He hit the ball hard, he just hit it right at someone. The shift works, the shift works. You could argue he should try to coax a walk but in a 2-0 game with LoMo up next, I like him being aggressive. Sometimes the process is good but the result is not. 4.) Surprised there hasn't been more on this about LoMo. He's looked awful and seems like he could use a day or two off. His at-bats aren't even looking good. Seems lost. Eddie has his ups and downs. LoMo just has downs.
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    Wow, I'm really surprised by that. That one doesn't seem like a 90% one to me but I guess I'm wrong.
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    I was at the game today. The thing I was blown by was that Lemarre bats right but throws left. So weird. If he's naturally left-handed, it would be weird to have him hit right handed since left handed hitting is a much rarer commodity. If he just is naturally split between batting and hitting, is this common? Is he an X-man?
  9. ThejacKmp
    See and I think I would disagree that Eddie does this much more than other players. I think we just focus on it more because of a narrative we've built. Buxton and Dozier are two players I would argue make equally bad decisions but don't get called out on it as much. Buxton's arm is great in theory but he makes some terrible throws home and to bases. Lots of overthrowing and three bounce throws. And terrible pitch selection and situational hitting. Dozier is a great team leader but he's another guy swinging for the fences in bad situations. Another guy who makes some bad decision on steal attempts (though admittedly, it's hard to tell what is him and what is the coaches) and who has issues with running out balls and making "fake hustle" plays. P.S. Sano's base running is often terrible. He runs through signs way too often and we excuse it because it's funny that a big guy is running through signs. But we hold him to a different standard. And that's my overall point -- we have developed a narrative where every bad Rosario decision is magnified unfairly because it fits that narrative.
  10. ThejacKmp
    Are you quoting a stat or is that a fact? I find it hard to believe that any ball hit 20 feet over someone's head to the fence has a 90% catch rate. Do I think he should have caught it? Yes, mostly because I think he's got above average range for left. But am I going to count it against him? No, that was a tough enough catch that missing it while crashing into the wall is okay. I'm also saying that sliding into first is stupid no matter who does it, feet or face first. I'm just adding the context that Dozier has done that several times in the past as well and no one harps on that or brings it up when talking about Dozier. Swing at bad pitches isn't directed at you, not everything is about you? Not everything is a one-on-one discussion. I see people complaining about Rosario's pitch selection on TD a lot, just adding that in. He swings at some bad pitches. So does every Twin not named Mauer. Not sure why you're taking this personally, I didn't even know who I was responding to.
  11. ThejacKmp
    We talking about the Berrios game? That was not a routine fly ball. It was slicing away on a cold and windy day and it hit the wall. Not a gimme. He could make that but better OF than Rosario have missed that ball.No one should slide into first, but feet first is probably smarter. And many people think it is charming when Dozier or Punto do the way more stupid headfirst slide.He didn't try to get picked off. That's ludicrous. It was a nice move and he got caught leaning. And he was called safe.This is why I think race/youth plays a role in this. Dozier slides headfirst into first, doesn't run out groundballs, swings at bad pitches and no one bats an eye. Rosario does it and it confirms what we already know about him and we tweak.
  12. ThejacKmp
    I dunno, Eddie seems like the kind of guy who might have thought through "I have a right to stay in this box, I can get in the way." It's actually not a bad baseball move to teach your players - you have a right to that spot and if you can legally make things better for your team, go ahead. It did really look like he was almost trying to get in the way of the catcher.
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    I like it too. I don't like Sano running through stop signs. It will not usually work out.
  14. ThejacKmp
    What are the odds that someone tweaks a hamstring running hard to first? Are those odds higher on a day where it's 30 degrees out? Are those odds higher than the likelihood that an MLB player will miss a popup in front of the plate? I don't know those numbers but it's not a simple matter of "run hard on everything". I don't want Sano busting ass down first base on a routine grounder to second. I want him moving at 3/4 speed and making sure he's available when I need him with two guys on in the 7th. If it's Nick Punto, get your butt down that line.
  15. ThejacKmp
    Yeah, I think my point would be that we fixate on Eddie and not on mistakes made by other players (Dozier, Kepler etc.) I think there's a reason for that - confirmation bias (kind of like how when a young football player fumbles a few time, now everyone fixates on him fumbling and then defensive players go for the fumble more often because of that rep) and a bit of a racial bias (which I guess we need to take to the Sports Bar, whatever that is).
  16. ThejacKmp
    To play devil's advocate, Eddie Rosario standing there clearly flummoxed the catcher who was unable to get into the play (to the extent that I thought Eddie might be called for interference). The catcher is usually the one who calls out who gets that ball. Eddie standing there may be the reason that the ball fell and Sano was able to get to 3B and score easily on a single he might not have otherwise. Maybe we should look at it as Eddie Rosario cleverly helping a runner score?
  17. ThejacKmp
    Nope, it's actually about the same thing. If anything, the routine grounder has a better chance of hopping weird and causing a bobble. That popup is caught just about every time. Four guys could have caught it. And what's the difference between not running at all and jogging? Neither one changes the result if a miscue is made. I can think of several reasons that Eddie gets blamed more than a Brian Dozier. One is the young guy vs. veteran thing (though really, we should blame the vet more since he should know better). More controversially, I think race and ethnicity plays a role. I'm not sure we want to descend down this path too far but there are stereotypes about Latino players that come into play, often subconsciously. This may be a poor place to take this and I apologize in advance if anyone gets offended but I think it's better to talk about the elephant in the room than ignore it.
  18. ThejacKmp
    Dozier would have little incentive to do that. He'd have a decent amount in the bank and unless you gave him 2 years, $45 mill he'd be better off betting on Free-Agency-at-31 over Free-Agency-at-33. 31 teams talk themselves into, 33 teams talk themselves out of. Not sure he'd even have taken that 2 years $45 mill. Might take closer to $50.
  19. ThejacKmp
    Joe Mauer money from here on forward is middle reliever to set-up man money. Dozier money from here on forward is #2/#3 starter money. We will miss Dozier but good teams replace Dozier in talent and leadership from within.
  20. ThejacKmp
    This is crazy talk. Joe Mauer over five years would cost nothing even close to Dozier. You'll get Mauer on one or two year deals at $5 mill to $10 mill per year. He won't go elsewhere. Dozier is going to cost $20 to $25 million per year and you're going to have to go at least four years from the get go. You make fine points about Dozier playing 2B or 3B but the Twins have a ton of middle infielders coming up, Sano looks good at 3B for at least 2-3 years and you don't pay a guy like Dozier Blackmon money and years if you're smart. There's little upside on the deal. Mauer is the kind of vet the Twins should be keeping around - he doesn't cost much, he comes year-to-year and he plays a position (LHB first baseman) that the Twins don't have an obvious replacement for. Dozier is a luxury. If the Twins can get him for three years and $50-$60 mill they should. Otherwise they should take the draft pick.
  21. ThejacKmp
    Eddie Rosario will get roasted for the popup. And he deserves to be because you always run it out. That said. I've seen Brian Dozier dog at least two easy ground balls outs this year. I hope we don't start applying a different set of standards to Mr. Rosario than we do to Mr. Dozier or Mr. Mauer. MLB players play the %s and a ground ball to second and a pop up in front of the plate are outs 99.7% of the time in MLB. They should run it out but we also should cut Rosario the same break we do all pro players.
  22. ThejacKmp
    Good to see TD not buying into the "play the game the way people in 1890 wanted" B.S. I'd get it if it was the Twins doing it up 7-0 but when you're down and there's no no-hitter on the line and there's a shift on, it becomes ridiculous to complain. Agreed it seems like a media/Molitor thing.
  23. ThejacKmp
    But he threw six pitches in the 10th. If you pulled him and put in Rogers and he gave up the HR, the boards would be complaining about not using Rodney well. Rodney is 41 but it's the first game of the season. He's not tired or overworked and this isn't his first rodeo - he's done multiple innings many times in his career. I'd get your point if he threw 10-15 pitches in the 10th but six? Not a terrible decision.
  24. ThejacKmp
    This. We harp on Molitor for a lot but that five man infield was great. Loved it. And absolutely on Rodney. He wiggled out of Hildy's jam and I can't fault him for the pitch to Adam Jones. Sometimes a guy is sitting on something and gets ahold of it. It's not like he gave up the HR to a backup catcher or something. About as nice a loss as you can get. Lots of long flyball outs, a great start, a sweet comeback and some comeuppance for all of the Grossman haters out there (though he hasn't gotten much love for a very professional at-bat in the ninth), Just sad they don't play today.
  25. ThejacKmp
    What? 1.) That's one game. One game. Two years ago it was "Dozier can't hit in the second half" which made no sense and wasn't backed up in reality. This year it's "Dozier sucks in the first half"???? Joe Mauer has the market cornered on can't-ever-do-enough-for-some-people but Dozier is a close second. C'mon. One game. One freaking game. 2.) What the heck does the guy hitting after you matter for speed? Before you, I get. He's slow and keeps you from taking an extra base. But after? Is there a concern that Buxton gets slower because he feels bad that he's so much faster than Castro? If anything, Castro is nice after Buxton because he takes a decent number of pitches and give Buxton time to steal. This made no sense.
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