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  1. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, this offseason will be a huge disappointment to me if we don't have a legitimate CF on the roster by spring training. As bad as the pitching has been, it'd be my top priority this offseason. Santana goes where he belongs long-term and you fix two problems with one move.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Well, for one - he isn't a longterm CF because of his own erratic, subpar play and the future of the organization. So if you're a corner OF that can't hit and only walk - you are hurting your team. Just taking walks is not going to be enough if you can't wedge any power or production beyond an empty .220 batting average. This is one of those times when the advanced stats do a disservice if they lead you to believe every OBP is created equally.
  3. TheLeviathan
    There is a lot of mildly annoying stuff in there.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Good thing no one said that. In any case, the rush to move Sano is what really mystifies me. Right now he's playing a really valuable position and the only guy in his way has already bounced around positions. If his bat needs to come up, Plouffe can snag his OF glove, but I would like to see Sano stay where he is until we see a lengthy run at it in the big leagues. There is nothing more dubious, in my eyes, than minor league scouting reports on defense.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I'm cool with that, but it looks like he's no longer a SS. So if Sano is a permanent LF....then that's fine with me. I just don't want him to be a LF for four months and then we throw him at 3B again. Let him be what he's going to be. If you're going to move anyone around, move Plouffe.
  6. TheLeviathan
    That's all fine, but the comparison points of these two players are basically non-existent. So using him as a guide for what to do with Sano doesn't make much sense to me.
  7. TheLeviathan
    The part you're not recognizing is the "developed" part. Plouffe did develop as a 3B because he had opportunity to do so. Sano playing LF doesn't make him a better 3B, quite likely the opposite.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Using WAR to argue he's a good hitter seems like a bad way to start considering WAR is heavily influenced by defense. He's underwhelmed as his 111 OPS+ tends to show. I didn't say he was a bad player, but he's a poor example for what you're arguing. And sorry, to answer your question - I'm ok with calling him up after two months to play the position you envision him playing. If that's LF for good - fine. If it's 3B - fine. I don't just plug him into whatever "open" spot there is just to get his bat in the lineup. That's doing a disservice on a number of levels.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Except that's not the argument. Some people are saying he's a temporary LF and a permanent 3B, whereas Harper became a permanent OF and not a catcher, so what you lay out here isn't accurate. You can't say "play him in LF, but I'm still holding on to him as a 3B" and make these kinds of arguments. If he's a 3B, then he needs to stay at 3B until you determine he doesn't fit the position any more. Bouncing him around at this stage of his development is just not smart.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I don't think he'll get better at 3B by playing LF. It took Plouffe time and reps to get better and I think that's true for 99% of players. If Sano's bat is ready than he should be worked into 3B at the major league level. That's where good coaching can make a big difference. But I wouldn't play him half or more of his starts out of position just for his bat, that's overcomplicating an already difficult task of adjusting to the big leagues.
  11. TheLeviathan
    And now you have a mediocre hitter and outfielder who has largely failed to live up to expectations. Patience is a virtue with prospects and there is no one right way to do it. The people who want things rushed should consider many of the recent examples of how that has failed. It works both ways, but let's keep that in mind.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I'm ok with him moving positions if it's best for Sano, but any decision on his long-term future should only be made with that in mind. Plouffe is irrelevant.
  13. TheLeviathan
    My head may explode if the Twins move Sano off of a premium position before he's even played a game at it just to keep Plouffe in the lineup.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Nope he would not have. Another example of making your own luck rather than waiting for it to happen.
  15. TheLeviathan
    The picture you paint of the 2014 Royals doesn't seem true. Infante has been bad and Vargas has only been ok. Their health has been fine but one could argue if there was a time machine to go back and tell the Royals before the Shields deal that Moustakas, Hosmer, and Butler would combine for barely 30 homeruns and a sub .700 OPS he might never even make the deal. So this glorious prospect development you speak of hasn't been nearly as widespread as you make it out to be. In fact, they've largely been disappointing. I'd argue the Royals made quite a bit of their own luck. It could've failed, but there were ways for them to recoup some value if it had. Doing nothing two years ago? That would've assured failure.
  16. TheLeviathan
    No one would have expected Santana and Escobar, but Drew was the turd many of us thought he was. Just a very bizarre way for things to play out.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Except they aren't reporters, they really are just women wearing sports apparel and appearing at stuff. Jamie Hirsch isn't called a "girl" because she's an actual reporter. As with even eye-candy sideline reporters. The FSNorth Girls are a different category.
  18. TheLeviathan
    One of the major flaws in the arguments against the Shields deal were that they failed to appreciate the fact that Moore was investing in the players he believed were going to become ready. He had to take a leap of faith in the young talent they had. Could he have turned out to be spectacularly wrong? Absolutely. But there is also something to be said for taking the leap before there is some notion of "now we're ready". Baseball can be a funny thing and readiness is never a given and if you're holding out for that golden moment - you're going to miss out on all sorts of windows. Luckily for the fans in KC - their GM didn't not wait for that magical moment, he made it possible and then watched it happen.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but unless a league signs a 50 year deal with a cable network they're probably going to be fine.
  20. TheLeviathan
    But these are not the norms, if they were the norms the cable companies wouldn't be profiting at ridiculous rates. In fact, many people do both, it's not as if having Netflix entails not having cable. Many young people have a variety of media outlets they subscribe to for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest factors is cost, but even as people have had shrinking incomes in a bad economy with much cheaper options available to them, the decline has still bee relatively minimal. Cable isn't going to go away for a long, long time and sports are a major reason for that. I do agree, however, that smart leagues are going to start doing more to provide programming online at much lower rates. It's just much further off than people seem to think barring some major technology change.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Makes sense since, again, Buxton hasn't played in basically a year and at A ball for most of it. He and Sano are not on the same plane of projectability for the big leagues and it's not even close.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure that's true, at least not for a very long time. No contract any major sports league currently has is in any danger of being a poor investment in that sense. Now as for engendering a larger fan base? That I can see the argument.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, my wife says she's going out with the "girls", but I do understand why it can be considered condescending.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Exactly, other than the Super Bowl the other major sports aren't major draws anymore except to diehards who are willing to pay the cable price. I disagree with the notion that this is a dying business model - the recent contract with DirectTV and the NFL is proof that this is not only working for all involved, but is likely to only become more entrenched as the new way to view sports. The money talks - this is working and is a sustainable business model. In fact, it may be the part of your average cable company's bottom line that allows them to float the rest of it that isn't working.
  25. TheLeviathan
    If Buxton is in the big leagues - it better be with the expectation that he's ready, not based on what his production will be.
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