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Everything posted by drjim
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I thought he easily was the best prospect analyst out there. Great twitter follow and podcast guest too.
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I know they can change a call every couple of games, but I was never a fan of replay on the bases (home plate an exception) except by umpire discretion. Always unexpected consequences. The goal should never have been perfection but to avoid the glaring mistake.
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I think it's time to stop wondering how he's doing it and just enjoy the ride. Would have been bery appropriate on the Twins this year.
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Cubs way ahead, close to Astros. I no longer compare Ryan to Epstein, I think he's on another level of GM. Question in my mind is if Twins/Ryan can hang with other 28.
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Buxton 1 or 2 after Seager. Agree with your other rankings. Wouldn't be stunned if Polanco sneaks in too.
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Bench clearing incident with a white pitcher hitting a white batter. Who would have thunk it...turns out it pretty much is team/game context specific after all. -
I agree with the second part of your sentence. Baseball is a unique culture.
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Perhaps you overestimate Putin's influence. There might be some wounded national pride that needs to be addressed, but at the end of the day the people just want to eat and have some stuff. Eventually that gets back to the leader.
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Those guys are better all around players and hitters, so a fair ranking. Walker would sneak in most years but the Southern League was a monster this year.
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Thanks for the report. The Jeter comp is kind of funny, but I generally think people are sleeping on Gordon a little bit. The numbers for teenagers in low a aren't nearly as important as tools.
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Of course Williams got way too much of the blame, managers/leaders usually do. This would be a nice job to get, almost impossible not to be better just by default.
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I really agree with Chief on this. I might be misremembering but it seems to me this type of dustups happen at a less frequent rate than before - but each instance is exaggerated more and more. I imagine a lot of violations of norms are handled like the Twins-Indians situation. Some anger from the offended team, agreement from other parties of the offender and everyone moves on. As a general rule, and it applies to all types of culture, I personally give more leeway to the people actually living in the culture to set their own norms than I do to people on the outside observing the culture trying to bend those norms into something they personally prefer.
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Why isn't Max Scherzer being considered for the NL CY Young?
drjim replied to Hrbowski's topic in Other Baseball
I suspect the overall stink attached to the Nationals hurts as much as anything. Probably not fair to Scherzer but so it goes. -
I've enjoyed reading various columnists on this issue. More or less agree the US has no real allies or interest in Syria, but huge differences in the motivation and possible benefit for Putin. Outside of keeping Assad in power no one really knows, probably including Putin himself.
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I suspect a lot of the cultural misunderstandings get weeded out in the minors. And I also suspect that a similar article with similar conclusions could have been written at any point in the last 50-60 years and would have been as accurate then as it is now.
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Any fight by Putin against ISIS would probably be an accident. He is going after the rebels that are the bigger immediate threat to Assad. Either way this doesn't end well for Russia. Intervention may keep Assad in power a little longer but he is ultimately doomed. It drains resources that they don't have and it is going to lead to blowback in the south of the country in the near future.
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They are trying to save Assad who was likely about to fall. But the reality is they don't have the infrastructure or technology to maintain bombing runs for an extended run. The US and Russia aren't really competing in Syria. We are supporting the rebels a little but are far from committed to seeing that through. Out main concern, as it should be, is protecting the Kurds and preventing the conflict from spilling too much into friendly governments. I think the reality we face is that obviously no one wants ISIS, we don't especially want Assad and other countries are much more dedicated to keeping him around (Russia, Iran) and we can't (and shouldn't) trust the rebels. My main take is the US is involved to keep the conflict localized, away from our allies and to prevent ISIS from really emerging. Outside of that we probably don't need a specific outcome for Assad. Other countries are much more motivated.
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It isn't a competition between US and Russia. Russia will drop a handful of outdated bombs (that aren't guided) in a last ditch effort to prop up Assad. US runs circles around that. The issue, in my mind, is that it is a threeway between Assad, al Qaeda and ISIS. Hard to know who to support in that scenario, other than the refugees caught in the middle. And by cold, realist calculus, with Iran and Russia throwing their more limited resources into the quagmire, strategically the best outcome is to keep letting them fight. A reckoning has been coming for this region for over a century. Strongmen as stabilizers was bound not to last.
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Twins Minor League Report (9/12): Polanco Blast Not Enough
drjim replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Agreed. Kepler wouldn't get at bats ahead of Vargas, who already is not getting at bats. Ditto for Polanco and Nunez (and possibly Santana). They are quite fine where they are playing every day in a playoffs. -
Not usually a mistake to follow the directives of your boss.
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He might of been the type of player that had to be released to reach his potential. Signed for $1.5 mil when the Twins would have owed him $2.5ish. Any team could have taken him on. Still, without question, the biggest mistake of Ryan's career.
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Croft has talent but is raw, as proven by his minimal interest from high major programs. He is not the answer this year. Leidner is what they have this year. He has his limitations but does some things acceptable, such as limiting interceptions. If he could limit (or eliminate) fumbled in the pocket he would be perfectly acceptable for a mid-tier college team. Obviously you want better and would love to upgrade but not exactly that easy. But as he proved on the last drive he can make some plays and certainly isn't rattled in the moment. Issues as big or bigger than Liedner in my mind are the overall lack of offensive playmakers and a line that is not as solid as it needs to be. These, and Leidner are what limit the ultimate upside of the team, but they can still win the West and play on New Years Day again.
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Can Rosario significantly improve his on-base?
drjim replied to Pius Jefferson's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
This is a really important point. Rosario is an acceptable player right now. There isn't much in his profile to suggest he will take a significant step back but also not much to suggest he has significantly more upside unless he improves his bb rate and cuts the k rate. But a nice player to have, especially when he is pre arb. -
That's fair. I'm not all that high on Hu so I probably way overstated his value here, and I still wouldn't be upset with the trade if he hits his overly optimistic outcome.
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From the Rays perspective this really does smack of the Luis Catillo trade. That was good times. They'll probably get about the same amount of value too.
