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  1. Boom Boom
    So under this back-of-the-napkin analysis, Mauer is taking up almost 1/3 of payroll? First, I don't think the Twins would put themselves in that kind of situation. Also, if I'm Mauer, and Terry Ryan slashes payroll even further than he's already done, I might request a trade to a team that might win a championship in the next 6 years.
  2. Boom Boom
    He also said he doesn't like the 2-seam fastball. Call the guy a clown if you want, I wish he had more time to expand on these subjects. We don't get commentary that opinionated in MN, and I kind of wish we did.
  3. Boom Boom
    I was ready to give up on Liriano and trade him for anything... but given the dearth of pitching in the Twins org., I'd seriously consider offering Liriano a 2 year + option deal right now while the price may be cheaper. If he continues pitching well, it's a great move. And if he does the Jekyll and Hyde routine again, you can try trading him later.
  4. Boom Boom
    He doesn't hit right handed, but Mauer does hit lefties very well anyway. When there's a tough lefty starter, Mauer should be starting at 1B with Doumit at C.
  5. Boom Boom
    Range in the outfield always trumps arm strength. Cuddyer's defense in RF was overrated because he had a great arm. But he moved like a wood burning stove out there.
  6. Boom Boom
    Hendriks has been very bad. Not just bad but lacking confidence and looking spooked. I get that he's a better prospect than De Vries, but to me it really doesn't matter which one is up and which one is down. Go with the hot hand.
  7. Boom Boom
    This is pretty much what I expect as well, but unless Baker blows away that expectation he's worth nowhere near 9.25 million for a half-season of healthy pitching.
  8. Boom Boom
    I thought a guy had to remain in the minors for a length of time before they could be called back up. Is this an exception with that new 26th man for double headers rule?
  9. Boom Boom
    I can see either side - 9.25 mil is a lot for a guy coming off Tommy John surgery, but it's only for one year. And I don't expect the Twins to be big players on the free agent market (as usual). They're going to need to find pitching somewhere. Picking up the option keeps the Twins from having to bid against other teams and potentially lose. However, if he can come back and pitch next spring, Baker will be making a very quick turnaround. That didn't work so well for Joe Nathan last year. By picking up the option the Twins risk not even having Baker available for a couple months at the start of the season. Even if he's ready to come back, there's a good chance Baker won't be back to form for another year or more.
  10. Boom Boom
    Eat it, Seattle! Wild card, here we come! Message to KC - objects in your mirror may be closer than they appear!
  11. Boom Boom
    I'm a fan of Greinke's and I think too much is made of the social anxiety disorder. For one thing, it's not uncommon. I guarantee you there are many more MLB players who suffer from social anxiety than Greinke. There was just a lot made of Greinke's disorder because he took a year off. Which, as it turns out, was probably good for him - check out his stats before 2006 and after. I'd like to see the Twins pick him up, but they don't have the prospects to make it work for the Brewers, and the Twins aren't close enough to go all-in at this point.
  12. Boom Boom
    Dave St. Peter should know better than to engage Twins fans on Twitter like that.
  13. Boom Boom
    Just a nitpick here, but personally I'm not a fan of using OPS as an indicator of success with RISP. If there's a runner on 3rd, or a runner on 2nd, or runners on 2nd and 3rd, I don't want the best hitter on my team trying to work a walk. I want him to get a hit. This also eliminates intentional walks in those situations. Career with RISP Mauer BA .339 SLG .497 Puckett BA .322 SLG .496 So if you eliminate OBP with RISP, Mauer is still slightly better with RISP than Puckett was.
  14. Boom Boom
    Yes he was unjustly snubbed and MLB, the fans who voted, and Ron Washington should all be ashamed of themselves. But seriously, All-Star Game? I don't care.
  15. Boom Boom
    The Twins will hit better at Target Field when they've finally cycled out their Metrodome-era hitters. Guys like Cuddyer, Kubel, Mauer, and even Morneau to an extent, are gap-to-gap hitters. TF doesn't reward those types of players like the Dome did.
  16. Boom Boom
    You're not wrong. But Smith didn't start with a clean slate. Ryan left him in a difficult position from the beginning. Also, I think Smith takes too much heat. He didn't single-handedly drive this organization into the ground. I mentioned a couple moves Smith made that were pretty good - how about trading Bullock for Diamond? What about signing Miguel Sano? My whole point wasn't to blame Ryan for everything, but the Twins are bad because of an organizational failure, not because of one bad GM's failure. There is plenty of blame to go around and it started during the first Ryan regime.
  17. Boom Boom
    Well, on the bunting during a no-hitter thing... If it's 5-0 I don't want Revere bunting even if it is a no-hitter. Down by 5 runs that late I want him to try and hit a double and get into scoring position rather than bunt to try and break up the no-hitter. If it's 1-0, I say bunt away.
  18. Boom Boom
    Doumit's a decent hitter, but I've not been impressed with his catching ability. And he's not that great of a hitter that I'd like him as a regular DH, either. As a backup he's fine. I'd have to see the details before getting worked up over this.
  19. Boom Boom
    I'm not disagreeing that Smith was awful. My point is that Ryan DID have something to do with how awful Smith was and how awful the Twins have been for the last two years. Ryan's not innocent, and Smith isn't completely to blame.
  20. Boom Boom
    Because the Twins tailspin into oblivion is more complicated than that. Smith is a scapegoat because he's a big part of the organizational failure, but in no way is he solely responsible. Ryan drafted poorly in his last few years before resigning. And he was special advisor to Smith during his tenure. Ryan had the cache in the organization to question Smith's moves. Smith was GM at the time, but Ryan's hands are not clean of this mess. Also... Smith did sign Thome, and traded Yohan Pino for Carl Pavano.
  21. Boom Boom
    Smith was a bad GM, no doubt. But he's a scapegoat.
  22. Boom Boom
    Conversely, Blackburn significantly outperformed his xFIP the two years previous, which would indicate he was the beneficiary of good luck before signing the extension.
  23. Boom Boom
    "You go by the numbers and a lot of guys wouldn't be playing." I'm trying to wrap my head around this quote. Gardy's right that if you made decisions solely based on numbers, some of the guys who are currently playing for the Twins might not be. But someone else would - somebody with better numbers. There's some degree of eyeball analysis and managing of egos that goes into managing and I won't question that. But there's no reason to plug your ears and close your eyes to statistical information.
  24. Boom Boom
    I don't think Bill James or any of his sabermetric acolytes are burning the midnight oil to crunch spring training data. The guys who should know best what was working for Blackburn then - and what isn't working for him now - are Gardenhire and Anderson. If it was something that could be easily fixed, like a move to the other side of the rubber or a minor mechanical flaw, they'd have fixed it by now. The easiest answer is that Blackburn's spring training was a mirage, and not in line with his career statistics.
  25. Boom Boom
    Spring Training stats? http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=min#playerType=ALL&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page_type=SortablePlayer&season=2012&season_type=ANY&sportCode='mlb'&league_code='MLB'&split=&team_id=142&active_sw=&game_type='S'&position=&sortOrder='desc'&sortColumn=avg&results=&page=1&perPage=50&timeframe=&extended=0&last_x_days=&ts=1340909907724&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching Blackburn's ST numbers were very good. I don't put stock into ST numbers for multiple reasons. Small sample size, questionable competition, players "working on things" rather than playing their game, pitchers "ahead of the hitters", etc, etc, etc. Look at some of the other Twins pitchers that had very good STs - not exactly a cross-section of the best pitchers in the organization.
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