Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

70charger

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,789

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by 70charger

  1. 70charger
    Man, don't send Cron there. Saw him lumbering around third and knew it was over.
  2. 70charger
    Depends. Do you like lemons? Reminds me of a story which has nothing to do with the game, so is perfect for a game thread. My wife and I had tea with a prim and proper Cypriot lady in Limassol one afternoon. We set up in her courtyard, which was full of lemon trees, to the point where they were littering the ground. She mentioned she had more than she knew what to do with, and my very Minnesotan wife immediately suggested making lemon bars. Being the supportive (read: loves lemon bars) husband that I am, I enthusiastically agreed. I looked up that recipe too after we left, and it begins something like this: "squeeze half a lemon into four cups of sugar..."
  3. 70charger
    I love limoncello. Unfortunately I then learned how to make it. No wonder it tastes so good, it's like 97% sugar. Still drink it though...
  4. 70charger
    That was really well played off the limestone facing. Somebody's done that before.
  5. 70charger
    Cabrón. (lol)
  6. 70charger
    Why would you automatically assume that every team would just call up a minor leaguer for the 26th spot? Seems to me like that's about as likely to go to a free agent as any other. Speaking of which, there are a couple of pitchers still on the market that would make great 26th men if the rules were effective immediately.
  7. 70charger
    Who's catching there? It looks like he's really emphasizing framing, although he let a few go by that he shouldn't have.
  8. 70charger
    Great answer. Dude was unreal before he shredded his knees.
  9. 70charger
    Random observations: Andrew Vasquez doesn't even look like he's trying. It's amazing he has that velocity with what seems like such a casual delivery. Ryan Eades seemed to have success working up in the zone. Is that a thing he's emphasizing more now?
  10. 70charger
    I don't really see a huge problem with either one, honestly. I will say that Joe Mauer's peak was "best player in baseball." Molina has had lots of longevity as one of the best catchers in his generation, and that's very rare too. Mauer has a decisive edge in WAR, or JAWS, or peak, or whatever you prefer there. Molina has a decisive edge in durability and, well, actually being a catcher for most of his career. I do think Joe Mauer is a hall of famer, though I'd be shocked if he's in on the first few ballots. Concussions cut short the all-timer trajectory he was on. Molina I'm less sure about, but it wouldn't bother me much if he were, especially if you believe that catcher defense is undervalued in the stats (and I do). As a pure catcher, it doesn't get much better. Not these days.
  11. 70charger
    I wanted Escobar on a 3 year extension. I think Gonzalez, assuming it's around 3/30, which is what I assumed Escobar would be, will be a more than adequate replacement. I don't know how I could consistently argue against this. I would also throw in that he's not just a 2B/3B kind of a guy. You probably don't want him at SS much, just like Escobar, but you can easily throw him there and also the outfield. He's a little bit younger, he plays more positions, he has a higher career OPS. I don't know what's not to like here if you wanted an Escobar extension. Except maybe if you hung out at Fogo.
  12. 70charger
    Good.
  13. 70charger
    That's a big body composition change from when he was healthy and effective last year. I don't see this ending well.
  14. 70charger
    It won't last. Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Packers and Vikings! Or Chiefs and Vikings! Or Saints and Vikings! Or Vikings and other Vikings! Damn Vikings! They ruined Minnesota!
  15. 70charger
    Why? Ashburyjohn isn't an athlete.
  16. 70charger
    You might be tongue in cheek here, but I’m intrigued. Take someone with a Mauer hitting profile. Stick Rosario behind and deeper than the traditional second baseman position and slide your second baseman over toward the bag for the up the middle shots. First, short, and third don’t move. Then play Buxton in center-right, and Hamilton in left field. How much would Mauer hit then? Edit: I wanted to add that Rosario is your second key (or a Marwin Gonzalez / Zach Cozart type) because he can play the infield, having spent a lot of minors time at second base, plus we know he can slide right back into the outfield too.
  17. 70charger
    It's hard to tell if you're being sarcastic, or whether you've really accepted that his point was about predestination. (This is why we can't have intelligent conversations about what is and isn't security.) It's about acceptance of risk. You could die while crossing a suburban street, and yet we don't stump for TSA checkpoints at every crosswalk. Is it possible that something bad happens to you at a baseball game? Sure. Will your security theater do anything to prevent it? Of course not. Still, we accept the risk. A risk, by the way, that has resulted in exactly zero shootings or terrorist attacks in more than a century of open-gates baseball.
  18. 70charger
    Throw in Duensing and you got yourself a deal.
  19. 70charger
    You don't understand the difference between simple and simplistic.
  20. 70charger
    And my response showed why the question was moot...
  21. 70charger
    I think it’s you who needs to look it up on Wikipedia. The one speculative benefit you mention (complete with a “citation needed”) is absolutely overwhelmed by the listed downsides. But hey, go read it for yourself if you need to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater
  22. 70charger
    This post comes bound up with innumerable unexamined assumptions, not the least of which is the ridiculous idea that this pseudo security would ever stop an incident from happening.
  23. 70charger
    Why are we so obsessed with security theater? Useless faux-solutions to problems that have never existed.
  24. 70charger
    I knew nothing about him before today, but I like the hire based on what I’m reading. More than that, I love the fact that the FO isn’t hiding behind traditional ways of doing things to prolong their run. Reward comes with risk. Failure, on the other hand, is easily achievable whether risks are taken or not.
  25. 70charger
    I was pretty shocked to hear the bullpen mentioned for Thorpe. For me, that’s a failure of development. His pitch mix, durability, and makeup scream starter. He’s not leaning on a wild 99 mph heater with a marginal secondary. He’s got four pitches, none of which blow you away, but great pitchability. His upside seems like innings eater at worst. If he puts it together he’s he real deal.
×
×
  • Create New...