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  1. ashbury
    I also missed that the tangent had taken on a life of its own and I contributed to it. Sorry. The tangent had a defensible connection to start, drawing a contrast to Mauer's propensity for walking versus Walker's perceived need to walk more. To the extent that connection needs to be pursued, so be it, but I agree (speaking now as a site moderator), let's stick to the thread subject of the players in this segment of the top 20.
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    And I'm saying that if the pitcher has decided he's not going to let you beat him in this situation, you're playing into his hands to get aggressive at the nibbling.
  3. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Both of you please tone down the personal attacks a notch, and then another notch again.
  4. ashbury
    Agreed. Anyone would. Unfortunately the opposing pitcher has some say in the matter.
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    I hope not. (With reference to today's news about the torn meniscus.)
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    He's 19. Is there really concern that he's going to stop developing? Add a pitch when he's 20, add another when he's 21, fiddle around with a fourth pitch while he's 22-23, and you've got something. No, that's not how development works, on a clock like that, but the point is he's got time like any 19 year old prospect does. A year's a long time at this age. He has to make use of the time of course.
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    If that's the upside, a prospect with a ceiling of maybe a utility player if he makes it at all, then I'm less enthused about investing any time in Big Pelf that comes at any expense in development of our younger players. Has to be completely garbage time when he's providing us "some value".
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    Checking quickly, of the five guys at the top of the AL for offensive WAR (just to pick a handy ranking) in 2014, all but Trout had more GDP than Mauer. Doesn't correlate to much of anything, IMO.
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    That's a mischaracterization of the only quote I have seen from Ryan on the subject. http://aarongleeman.com/tag/terry-ryan/
  10. ashbury
    I thought it was pretty clear that Chief was responding to the post just above his, which had said in part, "I'm starting Schafer in CF. He's got the defense and has shown that with AB's, he can hit." The question of sustainability was already implied. Not that it matters, nor that Chief needs or wants me to clarify, nor... oh, meh.
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    What will they do? I think they don't know for certain either, aside from expecting one of the options you named to pan out. Maybe they are banking on scooping up 2015's version of Sam Fuld on the waiver wire again. As for should, Hicks succeeding is the most desirable outcome, therefore it's what I'd be focused on. My impression was that last season they tried hard to reduce the pressure and hoped he would blossom. That can work. But there's something to be said for not worrying about a guy who thrives only under low pressure, so I'm half glad the effort didn't work. With a new manager and some new coaches on staff, I'm going to hope for tough love and increased pressure on Hicks from Molitor, that this is his year, make-or-break. http://media.giphy.com/media/ZiQp2QhsFKPyo/giphy.gif Because of the risk that getting Hicks going doesn't work this time either, I want a better backup plan than we currently have, probably via a minor trade. Schafer is the least lousy of the ones we currently have.
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    Or it could just signify they are now good.
  13. ashbury
    Tommy Lasorda's winning edge came from never growing a beard? Who knew?
  14. ashbury
    The complicated answer: an awful lot more has to break right than break badly in order for them to contend. The ceilings are there at most positions, the risks of under-performance are there too. The simple answer: Starting Pitching. Starting Pitching. Starting Pitching. If this highly variable commodity comes through, weaknesses elsewhere could be finessed. If you're looking for a key, a few weeks into the season, pick a stat you like, even a crude measure such as Quality Starts, and see if 4 out of 5 starts are solid each time around. OK, so it took me a few more words to express my simple answer.
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    He only led you on in order to get the sweet sweet TD marketing machine going with that retrospective of his career highlights. Suckers.
  16. ashbury
    We can still have a World Series, though, right? / spring training games too...
  17. ashbury
    My working hypothesis (total speculation of course) is that the Dodgers broke his heart after he got traded to them, by offering him less salary and for fewer years of guaranteed money than the Twins did. His agent convinced him that he could not pass up the security of a 2 times greater total package. And so it's a classic case of his head telling him one thing but his heart another.
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    By coincidence, someone asked me just today, "Do Twins fans even consider the old Senators when talking about the history of the franchise?". I basically snickered and said "nooooooo". Your post reminds me that not even the Twins organization itself acknowledges that part of their history in this way.
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    That's a thing, is still a thing?
  20. ashbury
    I tuned into the TwinsFest live video feed, just in time to hear a reference to what could be the solution: have Hrbek take Nolasco out ice fishing. That should change Ricky's attitude about the place!
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    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Poor_Little_Rich_Girl_1936.jpg
  22. ashbury
    Darn stat-heads, making judgements via age and league level.
  23. ashbury
    I'm very doubtful they would consider putting the franchise in Warroad.
  24. ashbury
    As a Nevadan now, I concur with the shortsightedness of this. First, and not that it affects most of the population centers in the nation, but the apparent need to color in every single square mile of the US with a team allegiance strikes me as obsessive rather than business-based. Do the teams in the Bay Area really believe that someone in Reno's going to slap his forehead and say "shoot! the game's blacked out, guess I'll hop in the car and drive across the Sierra to take in a game this afternoon"??? I mean, some percentage of the A's tickets do get sold to folks from around here, just as the Twins rely on buses full of Iowegians coming up for a day trip or even making a weekend of it. But it's not because the game is blacked out on teevee. It's an event when I go. And I'm more likely, not less, to attend a game in person if I've watched the year's edition of the team some, and have gotten to know and root for the players. This seems like Marketing 101 to me; guess TPTB have taken the graduate level course though.
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