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  1. 70charger
    This may be entirely my fault. I must learn to exercise restraint. I will do better in the future. Mea culpa.
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    Also true. But now we have proof! Yeah, science!
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    You have 60 posts right now. I'd hazard a guess that at least 40 of them are exactly this. We get that you don't the like "roto." We get that you want people to throw faster than 90 miles an hour. We get it!
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    So Kevin Correia, Scott Feldman, Jeremy Guthrie, and Carlos Villaneuva were the good gets while Edwin Jackson, Joe Saunders, Dan Haren, and Shaun Marcum were busts? There are two possible deductions. First, the job of a general manager may be very hard. On the other hand, it may just be good strategy to sign ****ty pitchers. I love baseball.
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    He MAYBE gave up a lot for that financial security. If I were he, I'd do it too. Confidence in yourself is no substitute for reality, and reality is fraught with injuries, ineffectiveness, slumps, and not living up to your potential.
  7. 70charger
    Unless there's someone in the high minors we can plug in to replace him. I understand Chris Herrmann hasn't been hitting much, but Josmil Pinto is doing very well in AA. And depending on what Doumit brings back, dare I bring the heresy that is suggesting Drew Butera? Depends on the trade haul, obviously. If Doumit brings enough in trade to make it worth a few wins in the future (when we won't be deadline sellers), then maybe an extra loss or two due to Drew Butera post-July 2013 isn't all that bad?
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    Not as bad this time, but I don't think you can send him back out there for the 8th. We have some idea now that Correia's max effectiveness is roughly 6 to 7 innings. Frankly, I'm surprised this thread wasn't blowing up again last night.
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    True. Team stats aren't going to mean much when something like 10% of these guys will make it to the Twins.
  10. 70charger
    I wasn't trying to call you out or anything; I just thought it was a good picture.
  11. 70charger
    I saw that guy last night driving a panel van near a school zone! Oh wait, that's Morneau? Oh, okay.
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    Random question for Seth. Who took that picture? Where did it come from?
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    This makes a lot of sense. I've mentioned this before, but the Twins are on record as saying they don't think you can overpay in dollars (I assume within reason - e.g., no 1-year $100 million contracts). Where you run into problems is when you overpay in years. Say Morneau gets a qualifying offer, and he ends up being pretty grossly overpaid. He's still not an albatross. At worst, he's a $5-8 million loss in a single year on a $14 million investment. Meh.
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    There are positives and negatives to all of these guys. Plouffe's got spotty defense and he's streaky, but his overall hitting stats are nothing to complain about. Dozier needs to show more at the plate, but he's really taken to second base. It's early on these guys, and we shouldn't be making plans to replace them with A ball players next year. The only way I see Sano and/or Rosario up for a large chunk of time next year is an Arcia-type situation, where injuries open a spot and they grab it and don't let go. More likely, they won't be ready regardless of whether they get a short look on the 25-man, and the whole thing is probably a moot point for 2013/14. Honestly, I think any average-ish major leaguer (or worse) should be constantly worried about their roster spot. But the ultimate hope is that Dozier, Plouffe, et. al. work out the kinks from their inexperience at the major league level, find some consistency, and become good everyday players. By late-2014/2015, if Sano and Rosario are as advertised, then we should take whatever Dozier/Plouffe/etc. get us in trade or be happy that we have competent backups. But we can't make any kind of solid plans for 2015 today when the guys being talked about as replacements haven't even hit AA.
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    Think it's a physical thing? At 5'8" and 165, I doubt he looks the part. Anyway, I'm no expert on him, but that jumped out at me. Fair or otherwise, it may very well be the major factor here.
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    The strikeouts are worrisome, but he's hitting doubles like it's going out of style. Frankly, I don't know what to think, but if he's normalizing at a .341 average, I'm not in a position to complain.
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    I dunno. I realize there's more than one way to skin a cat, but my thought is that you only go to a six-man rotation if you have six good pitchers. I'm not sure an extra day of rest is going to cure what ails us, which is likely purely a talent problem.
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    Ah, Gob. I can't help but think of him every time I hear "The Final Countdown." So I assume you're at least as excited as I am about the new episodes? I have a friend from one of my past lives in Hermosa Beach, and when I was visiting there earlier this year we had a few beers. Turns out that in his job doing sailing charters, he was present for a few days' worth of shooting for the new Arrested Development series, part of which was done on a boat or boats (unclear). He had some interesting stories, but despite a few beers, he wouldn't give away any plot details.
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    Looks in thread...
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    I don't see how he's an upgrade over Liam Hendriks.
  21. 70charger
    They probably flipped a coin.
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    This is true. They got it wrong. I understand why: it's a hard thing to see and I have the benefit of replay, but he got that tag on him.
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    This is the same sort of issue I had with people concluding from last year's CS% that Mauer was "no longer a good defensive catcher." It's a small sample size, and to a very large degree runners steal bases on the pitcher. While it's great to see him gunning guys down, I have to think that he'll normalize somewhere around his (above-average) career numbers. I'm not sure we can conclude anything right now.
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    I hear ya, but I think he's also a product of youth, machismo culture, and a language barrier. Unless he starts acting up, I don't really care what comes out of his mouth.
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