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  1. Moving on in the tournament, in a close case, because your defense was judged a little worse than the other team, seems like an unintended consequence of making the tiebreaker earned runs. Except, I don't see what the intended consequence was, versus just using "runs".
  2. He botched a ball as a late-inning substitute in a game I watched in Sarasota for the big-league team, and that was at shortstop. And I think a butchered play I saw on one of the backfields was also at short, because Vielma was at second. Your observation means he qualifies as a Utility Mishandler, although I haven't seen him at third.
  3. *shrug* We'll see what backhanded comments Paul makes, if and when Niko is promoted.
  4. With the bat, perhaps, but what about the glove? Seems to me his defense continues to be far too inconsistent for someone like Molitor to put up with. He'll make a difficult play, and then on an easier one, mess it up. I'm dealing with small sample size in my observations, but it seems to me he finds a different way to mess up each time (misjudge, wide throw, overthrow, etc), so it's not just one correctable thing either. / edit - with regard to the fast start in Rochester, I looked at b-r.com and I don't see a line for him in 2017 at all. His line is on Fangraphs. Guess I need to file a bug report.
  5. Oh, sure, pieces can be moved about. Much better now than the corner-DH-clogged days not so long ago with Willingham and Doumit as important players. I was just reacting, maybe too specifically, to what I believed to be the question of replacing DanSan's role. Agreed, virtually anyone good can take a roster spot, and then the manager must work out the details, given that reasonable positional flexibility is present.
  6. Considering Palka and Granite for the same outfield role strikes me as about the same as considering ByungHo Park and Engelb Vielma for one infield opening.
  7. Not to mention that he's on the DL. [Edit: OK, I got ninja'd. ] Strained oblique, which he claims will not keep him sidelined long. Still, if we're talking about moves to make RIGHT NOW!!!1! then he's not a candidate.
  8. Be careful what you wish for. Goodrum is on about the same level as Santana as regards reliability of the glove at present, which is to say, bad. Maybe he can clean things up, but he needs to do that at Rochester.
  9. Came here to see this. Leaving, satisfied.
  10. What's your recommendation for a good defensive metric to base year-end awards on?
  11. I'm getting ads for Minnesota Twins paraphernalia. How do they know?
  12. Get him up to the majors pronto, and let Castro start framing him up to the 85-90% range.
  13. Giving reps at SS to the guy with the higher upside but who still has questions about whether he can stick at short, plus adding positional flexibility for the other guy? Just a guess. Vielma was playing 2B in Florida the week I was there, too. As with Polanco, fulltime duty at 2B at one minor league stop doesn't close the door on shortstop. If it were me, I'd give him (some more) time at 3B too. / edit - I took a look, and the guy who played 3B last night, Ryan Walker, has been mostly a second baseman in his career. Maybe the new regime is emphasizing positional flexibility a little more?
  14. Would Gene Larkin have made that play?
  15. Fortunately, it also floated. http://ndigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ali-boxing-ndigo-chicago.jpg
  16. Ho boy, bad baserunning instincts by Grossman there. He who hesitates... makes it to third anyway on a bad throw.
  17. I like it when the foam has good body like that.
  18. Uh oh, do they have Me on back-order as well?
  19. Why is it called a Foul line, if it's a Fair ball when it hits it?
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