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  1. TheLeviathan
    A lot of the other measures on fangraphs show him to be considerably below average. And, to the best of my recollection, that matched the ol' eye test.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Out of curiosity, by what measure do you think he was pretty good? I can't find much of any that would even put him in the "meh" camp. We'll have to see what kind of range he can produce. I'm not so much worried about his running ability or anything like that, but so much of playing the outfield is reading the bat off the ball, judging depth, etc. And that's something you learn to do rather than just use athleticism to fix.
  3. TheLeviathan
    That is not even remotely a ray of hope.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I don't worry about Sano's size at third or in the outfield. The point made earlier that athletes (and humans in general) are getting larger is a good one to point out. What concerns me about Sano's defense in the outfield is that he's never done it and is learning to on the fly as a major league player. I wouldn't care if he was 5'7 and 160 pounds, that would concern me.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I don't think so. At least from my experience they stay pretty mum about that stuff. They were trumpeting the "Plouffe is not for sale" sign as soon as was humanly possible and haven't wavered from it.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Another quote in the STrib today that he was never on the market. You could read that as TR read the market beforehand or that he just held on to Plouffe for loyalty, but can we please just all accept that Plouffe was never shopped? It's been made as plainly clear as humanly possible.
  7. TheLeviathan
    It may be strongly worded, but I'm not sure it's profoundly untrue. The team takes a "little engine that could" approach and seems perfectly willing to just sit back. Most of what you went on to say is exactly the point being driven at here. The team is determined to win, I believe that about them. But I think they count wins 3 years ahead at the expense of wins in the present and that does require a lot of complacency.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Except he wasn't.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I don't think it's broken, but it could use some polishing.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Pelfrey has no upside. As a Twins fan I heartily endorse their choice to sign Pelfrey.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Didn't we anyway? And yes, Hughes was a much better upside move. I completely agree. It was one of the best FA signings the Twins could have done that year and I applauded them for it. But Correia? That signing remains indefensible because it had no upside.
  12. TheLeviathan
    My only point to make was that there was a pitcher to get that year that had more upside. The problem the Twins have isn't necessarily the "who" but the "why". They are content to go for virtually no upside as long as they think the floor is high enough, but in 2012 that was a really bad way of approaching it.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Scott Feldman, Shaun Marcum, Chris Young, and others all represented better upside moves for the Twins. I included Marcum as an example that it doesn't always work, but Feldman paid off nicely for the Cubs.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Pessimist.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Eek, for my own sanity I'm going to have to avoid threads where Park's production is getting estimated. Woofta.
  16. TheLeviathan
    They were lucky when you compare run differential to wins. The point being made is that banking on another fluke month is certainly possible, but not probsble. Houston should be thinking the same.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Because if you think Matt Latos and Ricky Nolasco are even close to the same thing we found your problem right there.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Both are probably true. Either way, it'd be nice if these sorts of conversations had people at least attempt a degree of objectivity. Nick's next article should predict the Tigers go -1 and 164 after the Twins are rewarded two wins in a single game for the first time in MLB history because they are also the best looking team on the field. Only then may we escape the nexus of pessimism it seems.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I guarantee if we had Latos people would be calling for him to be near Cy Young rather than expendable trash.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I think they finish ahead of us, but how much is going to depend on if that anemic offense can manage to be just a bit better than their talent would indicate.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I stand corrected, my memory on his durability appears to have been faulty.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, but that's the same sort of depth argument we heard when we said we were 6-7 Kevin Correia's "deep". Depth only matters if you're filling the spot with a capable player and your argument hinges on stars getting hurt to even things out. To me, the biggest reason I call this about a wash is that I doubt Adam Eaton stays healthy long enough to give that team the kind of production he's capable of. Without him, then the OF becomes a more significant advantage for the Twins. But on paper, barring injuries in both length and degree that we can't predict, I think the Sox are going into 2016 with a better team. However, the youth on the Twins is a wildcard that could change that equation in a hurry.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I disagree, but largely that's because I don't know what to expect out of ours more than theirs. So some of this is obviously guesswork as it always is.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I disagree we are guaranteed to be better. We are depending on a lot of young players and anyone that tells you they can predict their production with any certainty is lying. This could be an adjustment year for us, or we may just hit the ground running. But let's not pretend that the two biggest advantages between these teams favor the Sox. Their rotation and 1B production is much better than ours.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Simply checking off who has a better player isn't fair analysis though. Tom Brady is better than both Andy Dalton and Johnny Manziel, but the difference isn't the same. The White Sox rotation is significantly ahead. And it's a known quantity. I would probably agree about 2B/3B and the OF, but the margin isn't significantly in the Twins' favor. At least not until Buxton steps up. Is Park better than Laroche? I'm not ready to say that. Abreu is miles better than Mauer. I also like their bullpen, in general, better than ours. So, yeah, I'd say on paper where they have an advantage it is much more stark than anywhere we have one. But some advancement by young guys could change that.
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