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  1. 70charger
    No Sano, huh? Too much of a split between leagues to really make a mark on a single one?
  2. 70charger
    I think perhaps he was speaking in generalities. Catchers don't tend to hit well, much less hit like Joe Mauer. On the other hand, if Pinto can OPS in the mid 700 range, the decision becomes a whole heck of a lot easier.
  3. 70charger
    I figured out how to use Google. Yes. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130902/SPORTS06/130902005/Rochester-Red-Wings-clinch-wild-card
  4. 70charger
    So the Red Wings clinched today?
  5. 70charger
    A couple things. The "if ending switch hitting were easy, more players would do it" argument is entirely specious. There's nothing driving most switch hitters to drop hitting from one side. Nobody's asking Ryan Doumit to cut it out, for example, because he's a major league caliber hitter. Aaron Hicks showed that this year he wasn't. The only reason we are talking about it at all with regard to Hicks is because of how badly he sucked. To my knowledge there were exactly zero switch hitters in the big leagues this year with comparable problems, meaning you're actually comparing Hicks to nobody else and expecting draw a useful conclusion from an illusory comparison. Secondly, how difficult would it be to try it out in winter ball? Just do it for a few weeks or a month and see what happens. There's no way to know how he'd respond without just doing it, and in winter ball there's really nothing to lose. Finally, whether he drops the switch hitting or not, I think Hicks has enough talent to eventually grow into a good major leaguer. He's not there now, and that's fine. Some people take longer. But I think he'll get there.
  6. 70charger
    I fully agree and have alluded to this before. Roenicke has had a good season, and credit where credit's due.
  7. 70charger
    Three things (that I imagine have already been mentioned since I'm late to this party): 1. No more 10 and 5 rights. 2. No more minimum salary based on this year's salary for a resign. 3. Now that it's September, we get to see some minor leaguers (cool), and if they lose more games then, hey, awesome draft pick. I like it. I just hope he's only a Pirate for weeks, not for any longer than that.
  8. 70charger
    This is ridiculously misleading, and you know it. That's like saying that Abraham Lincoln was in more wars than his predecessor, and therefore he must have been incredibly belligerent. And how many times have you seen a GM fired from a team in World Series contention? Anyway, back on topic, I'm just not seeing why we'd want a guy who'll just block our good prospects and/or be released at the end of the year anyway. I can't muster the ability to care.
  9. 70charger
    That pitcher works quickly...
  10. 70charger
    This does seem like a better idea. Not that awesome athleticism is required for RF, but almost no athleticism is required for 1B. (Hell, if Prince Fielder can do it, my 2 year old niece probably could.) By all accounts, Sano is quick, fast, and athletic. Why waste him at 1B? Of course, you're also right that this assumes he'd be moved off 3B. I don't think we're there yet.
  11. 70charger
    Why don't you improve your lie a little, Judge Smails?
  12. 70charger
    Gotta love minor league ball.
  13. 70charger
    A couple of things, and this is all completely subjective (though so is love and hate): 1. Punto was around for 7 years. That's a lot for a guy who can't hit. Carroll was here on a 2 year contract that ended up being cut short anyway. It's easier to hate a guy who overstays his welcome. 2. Carroll was used appropriately this year. You saw him on occasion, but he was not much used. He came off the bench when a better/younger/banged up option needed a break. Punto was almost always used between 100 - 130 games per year. Carroll was used way too much last year, but this year he only saw action in 59 games. That's appropriate. It's easier to tolerate below average play if you don't have to watch it every day. 3. Not that Punto was a bad guy or anything, but everyone talks about how Carroll is a consummate professional and all around good person. I think the fans respond to that.
  14. 70charger
    Yeah, no kidding. I'm sitting in front of the loud, half-soused guy saying "Who the hell is this Dozier kid? Never heard of him." Actually, that guy is kind of funny now that I think about it.
  15. 70charger
    Tweaked his quad I think. It's been about a week, so he should be back soon.
  16. 70charger
    Not consistently, no. But is it possible? Sure. Look at one of your examples there: Ervin Santana. He's having a year roughly equivalent to his career best (ERA+ of 126; career high of 127). Last year, he was pretty poor (75 ERA+ and 5.16 straight ERA). If he's able to do it, someone with Gibson's talent can do it.
  17. 70charger
    I lean toward the conservative side of things too. I think the extra year of control has the potential to be huge, I think he'd have a good learning experience in AAA (and maybe even struggle a bit, which would be better there than in the majors), and there are 40-man implications for a Sano callup this year. Speaking of which, if we're keeping Sano off the 40-man due to roster conservatism, I don't think Deibinson Romero is even in the conversation.
  18. 70charger
    Nishioka nodded along the whole time, so Jamey kept coaching him. Turns out he didn't speak English.
  19. 70charger
    Psh. 45 starts or bust. We could go to a 3 1/2 man rotation. First in baseball.
  20. 70charger
    I see what you're saying, but I don't think we've seen the best of shortstop Dozier. I mean, given how "substantially below average" he was last year in a similar middle infield spot, could anyone have predicted how ridiculously good he'd be this year? Frankly, I think if we were to move Dozier to shortstop tomorrow (hypothetically), we'd see a player much more similar to current-2B-Dozier than to previous-below-average-SS-Dozier. This year and last year are very far apart now; I don't see the logic in assuming he'd revert to last year's form because he moved several feet to his right on the diamond. Ultimately, I think positional flexibility is going to be useful if we actually have the logjam we think we do (and by the way, I don't know how viable Beresford is if he can't even hit a double now and then). Let's not foreclose the possibility of moving Dozier to SS or moving Rosario to CF or moving Plouffe to wherever, because in the end we may need to in order to get bats in the lineup and rookies in the show. No one knows how this is going to play out, but if Dozier continues his hot streak, we owe it to ourselves to consider the possibility.
  21. 70charger
    I'd love to see the context too. How many times have I said something that maybe wasn't phrased perfectly, or maybe only made sense within the general context of what I'm talking about? It's far too easy to take a line out of a press quote and parse it to death when perhaps what Gardy was talking about would have been apparent if we were there. That said, it certainly sounds suspect, but I would be willing to believe that what Gardy meant wasn't that "he should try to do well every time," but instead "he shouldn't expect to do well every time without making any adjustments." The latter seems more probable to me.
  22. 70charger
    Do we really need to do this again? This is how threads die and people end up on blocked lists.
  23. 70charger
    So, the White Sox? Also, who gets to 20 home runs first? Morneau or Arcia? Good write up, btw.
  24. 70charger
    Gross. No.
  25. 70charger
    I didn't get the Glen Perkins-zipper reference, so I looked it up. https://twitter.com/bengarvin/status/358428766604754944/photo/1 Lol. Great article by the way.
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