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  1. old nurse
    Great OBP. It would lead the twins if he could maintain it. OPS 737. OK if he can maintain that. He would be a more productive player especially if the next 3 batters come through. The odds of that happening? Stranger things have happened. Perhaps next year he is the replacement for Michael A Taylor
  2. old nurse
    Traffic on the bases, still avoids runs at AAA. The game tonight should show you what that leads to against a good team
  3. old nurse
    Good catch once I got around to looking up how much time they had to be down.
  4. old nurse
    Looked it up, 20 or so days in the minors to count as being optioned. So he does have one more option year to toil
  5. old nurse
    Try again https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bechto000and
  6. old nurse
    For the what ifs maybe a full season of Wallner and Bechtold and Williams getting a chance the Twins wouldn’t be running away with the division. Castro and Taylor have been fine role players but saving a season is hyperbole.
  7. old nurse
    Sorry it did not paste well he was optioned days before the season started April 13 was the day he was recalled April 13, 2022 Minnesota Twins recalled OF Trevor Larnach, and from St. Paul Saints. March 30, 2022 Minnesota Twins optioned OF Trevor Larnach to St. Paul Saints.
  8. old nurse
    It looks like Larnach has been optioned 3 different years. Unless they can finagle a fourth year option the Twins either have to keep him or trade him.
  9. old nurse
    1n maybe 5 years the evenness of the trade can be determined. Lopez maintains for the length of the contract and Arraez leaves Miami as a free agent, the Twins win. Salas or Churrio develop, Twins win. WAR arguments. The limitations really is that WAR is not a very precise tool. Defensive WAR is a guess. RA/9 is in part determined by how good your fielders are. Defense must matter as is is part of position player WAR. It probably is not accurate to assume defensive war by team is equal. Yet you can’t ignore it, either whip has some value.. The fangraph’s glossary : WAR is not meant to be a perfectly precise indicator of a player’s contribution, but rather an estimate of their value to date. Given the imperfections of some of the available data and the assumptions made to calculate other components, WAR works best as an approximation. The imprecision may have a point of normalization, but it might take 1000 games played
  10. old nurse
    There is always a chance, Just ask Detroit about the last 2 games
  11. old nurse
    Kevin Millar Nothing wrong with developing a decent backup. There is no shame there There is value there. Last year should have proved that notion.
  12. old nurse
    I guess your eyes didn’t see all the scalp trotted out last year in the outfield Your eyes do not see the players that do not hit their stride in till after age 28. Your eyes didn’t see Kierley lost development time due to covid and injuries. Your eyes must have missed that Buxton has not played the outfield this year and has not played in three seasons worth of games before that If it is only potential all stars you want developed good luck fielding a team in the minors Nobody said to hand him a starting job. He is a player that so far this year has shown something.
  13. old nurse
    The value can be found by looking back at the OF used as replacements. There are a lot that have supplied less than replacement value. With the ongoing injuries if Kierkegaard can be an above average bat and an above average defender at all 3 OF positions. That is even if the career might only be a few years
  14. old nurse
    Although they played in the majors before age 26 2 ex Twino, Dozier and Cruz didn’t become difference makers until age 28,I Over the Falvey era 31 different players have played in the outfield. Arraez, Hepler, Buxton and Rosario were the only difference makers. Wallner may be on his way to that. There are only 9 that have a WRC+ greater than 100. That includes Gallo at 100. Near as I can tell baseball is a game of skill. Age is only a factor on the way down, If you have any proof that age makes a difference in young players it might be interesting. If The players start playing in little league they have 10 years experience in the game. Although some players boneheaded plays make you wonder, they do have a lot of experience. Older players at AA or AAA could have benefit from having played at that level before. The usual reason why they are not advanced further would be their skill is not good enough for the next level. AAAA players in AAA.
  15. old nurse
    There are people who seem to have a fascination with age of a player. Kiersey is older than Celestino. Does that matter more than ability to hit a field? How many players have the Twins moved on from after a few years?
  16. old nurse
    What is Gallo hitting against lefties. What are any of the left hand hitters hitting against lefties? If it isn’t a problem why have I seen so many posts about needing a RH bat?
  17. old nurse
    Kepler certainly has stepped up since this article was published. Maybe the Rocket Pig would like to continue the series.
  18. old nurse
    As a situational hitter a .270 hitter against lefties versus a .170 is more than 2 % better. The question becomes does the situation arise often enough to warrant carrying that limited of a player. The analytically driven front office last off season came up with the answer of no
  19. old nurse
    The first half of his career he was an all fields hitter. Later it became more left, left center, were he a pull hitter as a left hand bat, they go to right field
  20. old nurse
    LaMonte Wade for nothing Tyler Wells for nothing Luis Gil for Jake Cave when a warm body should have done it. True Gil has been out with TJ, but darn near who hasn’t Huscar Ynoa for Garcia . Graterol for Maeda.. Maeda was used as a swing man. It should not cost overpays. It isn’t that they made the mistakes as much as it was the compounding mistakes of the overpays for Mahle, Lopez the reliever, Pagán and Paddack, and Gallo They essentially gave away Ryan’s better prospects. Just seemed vindictive or stupid Sort of like they want their players .The all or nothing hitting first round draft picks. How many times must it not come close to working. Analytics have a place. Somewhere someone has to have a feel for the management of the game. They are like the piano player that can hit all the notes but not make music
  21. old nurse
    Why bash Mauer you ask. 1. He made a lot of money 2. He never led a parade like Herbie and Kirby did 3, He never seemed to have any charisma when interviewed or doing commercials 4. He never led a parade 5. Injuries, hero’s are not supposed to get injured. The expert fans here roasted him over bilateral leg weakness. 6. DidI ever mention he never led a parade? AL Championchip?
  22. old nurse
    Yet now I read complaints of the pull happy Twins that can’t go the other way
  23. old nurse
    Gallo’s OPS over the last 5 years is .771. See the problem with 5 year stats
  24. old nurse
    Some 40 years of history would give one the idea that the Pohlads have a budget limit. It would be an aLmost hard cap. To add to the team enough to make it competitive with Houston would have taken getting the 2 best relievers on the market as well as 2 rh bats that can OPS+ above 120 against LH pitching then you would be counting on 5 SP that haven’t pitched that many innings in a long time to continue to pitch another 3-5 more games. The increase in attendance following a run to the WS would pay for the payroll. The probability of that kind of run is small
  25. old nurse
    Those would be wonderful numbers. Who had them this year in MLB?
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