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  1. TheLeviathan
    So the first page it's all Sano and the Twins fault? As Parker has told us more, those posts look apology-worthy. Sano had an accident happen and went to the doctor. Doctor took care of him. Twins check doctor's work and OK it. (So much so that plugged-in Reusse dismisses injury as irrelevant) A few weeks later the Twins re-check and healing isn't going as hoped. Que some of you losing your minds. You know what that scenario is? Bad luck. It happens in treating injuries all the time. No one is at fault. Should probably rethink how quick some of you grabbed the torches.
  2. TheLeviathan
    I'll be eager to see if this particular line stays the same for our other centerpiece player. Because it matches 100% for him as well. Also, no one is saying not to worry about Sano. I'm bullish on him but I'm still worried. Same for Buxton. Same for Kepler. Pointing out that there are positives with Sano is not saying there is nothing to worry about, that's a strawman you're creating.
  3. TheLeviathan
    It's not about focus, it's about how the numbers are interpreted. You called Byron Buxton's 2018 minor league stint with terms like "tearing it up" and then described Sano as "struggling". Which isn't born out by the numbers at all. (Especially if you want to look at strikeouts, because Buxton struck out at a higher rate than Sano did!) You have a personal perspective of optimism about Buxton and more skepticism about Sano. That's ok to say. But the analysis of their flaws/strengths need not involve that and it is clearly coloring this particular article.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I look forward to Byron Buxton,.600 OPS CFer, racking up WAR for us I suppose. World Series of WAR here we come! I would just prefer if your analysis on their offensive performances was more consistent. It's like watching someone taste test two glasses of the same pop and calling it Pepsi once and Whiskey the second time. We need significant offensive improvement from both players. And there are plenty of concerns and hopes to go around depending on what you cherry pick. I hope more analysis here weighs those pros and cons without the cherry picking or personal feelings is all.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Great post, while I agree that he was partially down to work on pitch recognition, there is definitely a glass half-full slant on Sano's concerns. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the exact opposite slant from Nick when it's Buxtons turn, with similar issues to face.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Nice, hard to be unhappy with this.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Many owners threaten politicians into tax levies. The building they are overcharging you to enter was also paid by taxpayers. And they are lowering player salaries while upping your costs as a consumer. Why you fall on the sword for them is beyond me, but I know the thanks you'll get for your loyalty. They'll raise your prices, blame the players, and laugh to the bank about suckers.
  8. TheLeviathan
    If you truly believe this paragraph then I stand by my earlier statement: You are out of touch with the dynamics of this business. You're also, apparently, immune to facts. Most of this paragraph is simply untrue and the rest of it misses the point.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Who is setting the ticket prices? Owners keep charging all of us more in our taxes and at the gate. And every year they keep more and more of it for themselves. Never, in anything I've read about capitalism, was the idea to extort the public through the government, to build private business and then horde the profits. That ain't capitalism. The players get a slice of the pie that the owners keep the bulk of. And the owners keep growing the pie at our expense. You're getting suckered.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Well, by that logic there are probably far, far worse things we all give our money to at a point it becomes absurd. So, it's probably not a well reasoned argument.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Why are pampered billionaires extorting me for my taxes? For all this capitalism we sure seem to be using socialism when it comes to building the infrastructure these billionaires use to make enormous profits. Everyone comparing MLB to Microsoft or some other company is trying to compare apples to whales and call it legit. That's....ridiculous. There are no good guys here and most of you lambasting the players are really, really out of touch with the dynamics of this. I'm not putting the players on some pedestal either, just making the most of bad choices. And choosing, personally, not to give either of them a dime of my money again.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure LoMo's past is all the different than Cron's. They are pretty similar to my glance. My concern is that his prior production that Nick is citing as consistent, might have been so because he was being played selectively to protect him from being over-exposed. He had pretty consistent production throughout last year, so if there is an adjustment to be made it doesn't seem like it was discovered last year. Nevertheless, baseball is a game of adjustments and what happened to LoMo was an inability to adjust to what was being done to limit him. I anticipate much the same with Cron. And, for the record, I don't have much confidence in Cave either. It's part of why I'm happy to have Marwin Gonzalez.
  13. TheLeviathan
    If all we wanted was a placeholder we already had Austin. I imagine, after this year, we'll look at LoMo and Cron much the same way - we bought high (not in terms of cost, in terms or production expectations) and we received low. As a general rule I prefer to buy high on what is likely to stay high or buy low on upside. Cron offers the worst of both worlds. I hope I'm wrong though.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I think Cron ends up looking like another Morrison move.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Eh, I just think that term is loaded with meaning for people. And it just doesn't apply to Gonzalez. The ceiling/floor argument doesn't do much for me. I want Kimbrel signed, but I'm not sure he's going to radically increase our ceiling either. Not for wins any way.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I don't consider Nick Gordon any better a player than Austidillo at this point. Or Adrianza, hence why Schoop would immediately come to mind. And if Sano is being move to 1B....the guy getting benched is Cron, not Sano. You're trying to put the spotlight on Sano, but I'm trying to show you the insurance is more evenly spread out than that. In fact, if I had to order it....2B, 1B, CF (by way of RF), 3B would be the top four with quite a drop off after that. I think this is ride or die time for Sano and the organization will give him that chance. Cron and Schoop? They don't have any equity to struggle.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Why are a random sample of 300 ABs by Sano reason to put him above Schoop or Cron? Especially given the organizational investment and upside? There's just no good reason to put Sano above those two.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Utility player is an unfair term. He is average to above at every position he plays by wRC+
  19. TheLeviathan
    If "replacing a starter" is your new hill I don't see how Sano is higher on that list than Cron or Schoop.
  20. TheLeviathan
    There is no benching required. You get huffy when people take something you didn't say and run with it and you just did that. None of these players have to be benched for Gonzalez to help the team. Any one of a number of very plausible scenarios happens and he's a great guy to have around. Here are just a few, very possible scenarios: Rosario has another several month plunge into poor play that Gonzalez can help spell and maybe give Rosario a chance to reset. He allows us to play Kepler in CF if Cave proves to be less reliable than hoped in the (all too common) event that Buxton is hurt or struggling. If Schoop is the .682 version that Milwaukee benched in favor of playing two dudes at 2B who had no experience - he helps cushion that. If Cron fails and Sano takes over 1B....we have him to help at 3B. If Polanco gets hurt we have an option. Or, in the almost certain event we have a significant injury, he becomes the starter rather than a guy in AAA. Yes it's Sano, but it's much more than that.
  21. TheLeviathan
    They have varying question marks. Our SS is a drug test away from being done. Schoop had a sub-.600 OPS the second half of last year. Rosario struggled mightily as well. Buxton is no sure thing with injuries or production. Ditto Sano. Cron might have been a flash in the pan. I don't know how someone looks at the Twins starting 9 and says "Yup...we know what we're getting from these guys!" *Vanimal sniped me!
  22. TheLeviathan
    The starting 9 the Twins are currently penciling in are hardly a reliable bunch. It's not just Sano that is wise to insure on this team.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I still prefer to use Cave's options and go with Austidillo, Gonzalez, Adrianza, and Garver as the bench from the start. I know it probably won't happen, but I guess I can dream.
  24. TheLeviathan
    You are trying to make this about platoons but you've been making the argument about projections from the get go. In fact, the platoon issue came up in response to you using projections about this year to argue he's worse than anyone in the starting nine. Your entire framing on this doesn't make much sense.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Using projections is a big part of the problem. It's a flimsy place to start. Plus, you framed it as "not particularly strong". No one was claiming Gonzalez was Bryce Harper, but a 104 wRC+ with that versatility is a strong asset. Unless you are using strong in some outlandish sense no one was implying, an average to above average player with versatility is exactly the opposite of "not particularly strong" And while no one has claimed he is Harper, there are people in this thread calling him a utility player and using your posts to justify that. Perhaps you're arguing your point more forcefully than you should.
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