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  1. Thrylos
    Interesting that Omar Bencomo is in EST. Wonder whether he is learning another pitch or something. At 27 he is a tad long on the tooth for EST
  2. Thrylos
    Unless he has legs on his butt, this is not true. Only his rear end grazed the bag, while he was doing the hand tackling thing. His slide was a full body width to the left of the bag. Love these rules, but they have to fine 10% checks the umpires who refuse to enforce them. The guy was looking at it and did not call it. If umpires have no accountability rules will never get enforced.
  3. Thrylos
    The fish tacos look good
  4. Thrylos
    Agreed on Melotakis. Here are 3 picks (two under the radar) Alex Meyer - in the Twins' Rotation before call ups. Alex Wimmers & JT Chargois - in the Twins' pen before call ups. That Chattanooga pen will be phenomenal this season.
  5. Thrylos
    There is no way that a loss, any loss, can be good for the team you are rooting for. Period.
  6. Thrylos
    12 to 14 oz beers (the graph there shows their size in oz). Most ballparks (not sure why the Twins do not do it) serve small beers. And bud or the like, not summit I think that the other study was an "average" study. This one is for people who want to get to the ballgame the cheapest way possible (or close to it.) I remember that in my 20s in the Dome we use to do it with $7 a head. Park at the warehouse district streets by the Sofitel for free, walk 8-9 blocks, $3 upper deck OF ticket, $3 beer and $1 hot dog. This is the equivalent today and I think that it is pretty valuable for a lot of people. Would I do that now? Maybe, but I have options...
  7. Thrylos
    The Twins' single season strikeout record was set last season by Dozier (148). Sano for sure will break it, but it seams that Buxton might have more Ks than Sano this season.
  8. Thrylos
    That chart actually shows a pretty nice correlation between HR/G and R/G, which should be expected. I'd love to see a plot of K/PA or K/9, vs size of strike zone, and vs average FB velocity. Here is the later from 2007 on http://i0.wp.com/www.mikereinold.com/wp-content/uploads/Average-MLB-Fastball-Velocity.jpg?resize=580%2C258 I'd say that it correlates pretty well with that K/PA curve. Would love to see a strike zone one too or even league % looking strikeouts over time, which would be a strike zone size indicator. The thing with strikeouts is that the pitcher is at least as responsible as the batter for one, and the strike zone and umpires and catchers framing have a role as well. If Sano strikes out 250 times, and hits 50 HR, I would have no problem, esp. since he is also projected to walk about 130some times (Twins' record 145 Killebrew; franchise record 151 Yost; will both have Sano's name at some point...)
  9. Thrylos
    from here. http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5523e1bf69bedd9667fc8281-800-681/03-65.png
  10. Thrylos
    $8-11. That is next door. Here are the Parking facilities around TF. And not sure about rates in most of those, but there are municipal lots and ramps for $6 or less. Rates here. I assume that the study did not take the most convenient or most expensive place, but actually looked for the cheaper or close to it. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/images/ballpark/y2010/1024x800_mpls_parking.jpg
  11. Thrylos
    Never been there. Was alive, but on the other side of the bathtub when the Twins played then. '65 was a good year, but not as good as '87 and '91 and I was there then...
  12. Thrylos
    Quick: who would you rather have? Zack Jones or Mike Strong?
  13. Thrylos
    No they didn't.. They lost a game they won last season; they swept the Orioles 7-0 in 2015. So they are one game off 2015. Losing is not OK
  14. Thrylos
    Speak for yourself. Some of us thought that Fien should had gotten the boot a couple seasons ago. Part of the 99+96+96+92 problem...
  15. Thrylos
    2 World Series with huge crowd support vs "the Target Field Experience"...
  16. Thrylos
    Got to add that: May looked great. Most composed Twins' pitcher out there. The delay helped the Twins more than the Orioles Concerned about the Twins swinging and striking out at garbage pitches in general Buxton sucks with the stick but is really good with the glove, so I would keep him in as long as the game is close
  17. Thrylos
    Just released. Interesting to think where Target Field ranks. About to bust some mythology... From there: Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed four costs of attending a baseball game at all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums: (1) ticket prices, calculated by averaging the cost-per-game for the five cheapest season ticket prices advertised on the baseball team's official MLB site; and (2) parking, (3) beer, and (4) hot dog prices, as reported in the April 2015 Team Marketing Report. To find the cost of attending a game, GOBankingRates assumed two guests and calculated the total cost of two tickets, two hot dogs, two beers, and one parking spot. Stadiums were ranked by this amount to find the least and most expensive stadiums for baseball fans attending a game.
  18. Thrylos
    And the Twins would have been smarter to have made the change the made after 2014 a good 6-7 seasons before... I suspect that the Twins players needed more of a change of scenery than just Liriano...
  19. Thrylos
    Twins years only: C Mauer 1B Killebrew 2B Carew 3B Gaetti SS Versalles OF Oliva OF Puckett OF Allison DH C. Davis RHP Blyleven LHP Santana CL Nathan Manager Kelly GM MacPhail Owner Griffith Announcer Carneal Ballpark Metrodome
  20. Thrylos
    Hand has LOOGY written all over him. Career .202/.248/.265 against LHBs and .271/.357/.453 against RHPs. Note: He has been mostly a starter so the above numbers are diluted by facing pitchers. However his K% against LHBs is just 18.7 % (includes pitchers.) Here is a guy that you don't want to face RH hitters in the AL. He is not comparable to Tonkin. He is comparable to Abad, O'Rourke, Runlzer etc. At this point. I'd rather have any of these 3 than Hand. O'Rourke is ridiculously good against LHBs... I'd pass, unless he is willing to accept a AAA assignment and focus in relief pitching (never done that btw in the minors.) He is a good fit for the Milwaukees and Cincinnati's of the world as far as the majors go, but not for a competitive team, and I bet if he were from Arkansas, we would not be having this discussion...
  21. Thrylos
    Their announcement said that it was preliminary. I suspect that they will have another catcher likely Carlos Paulino. Mike Strong will likely be in the team as well, maybe even Marcus Walden. I would be totally surprised if: a. Polanco is not their opening day SS and b. Alex Meyer is not their number one starter (btw he was the first person announced by the Red Wings' people) Buddy Boshers and Dan Runzler do not belong in the same sentence. Yes they both signed from the independents, but Runzler has 2 world series rings with the Giants. Darnell might or might not start, per the Rochester people. I suspect that he and Strong might alternate. Interesting team with major deficiencies at the RHRP spot. Would love to see a 7 game series between Chattanooga and Rochester
  22. Thrylos
    26 year old with a .646 OPS at Fort Myers, the Twins offer him a job (likely because of his dad and not because of merit, since he has been pretty horrible) and he refuses. Good luck, and don't let the door kick you on your way out. Hopefully a kid who is a bit more grateful than him retains his job because of that...
  23. Thrylos
    The issue is prep. Starters have a different prep than relievers do. Relievers need to be ready to pitch every day or every other day at 100% for an inning or two. Much less recovery time and much less overall effort. 5K vs a marathon. Marathon runners can run 5Ks every day, but can probably run a marathon once a week (the elite ones). Different prep...
  24. Thrylos
    This is actually great news Looks like rain from 2-8 PM EDT, which will make the game an evening game with wider audience
  25. Thrylos
    Mike Berardino has a new writeup on the subject. Unfortunately he described what Burdi had not as "tightness", but as "mild inflammation" and indicated that he has not been throwing for 2 weeks...
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