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  1. drjim
    I imagine he'll be back but he won't pitch another meaningful inning for this team. He did take too much grief, but it was merely people anticipating the impending time bomb rather than embracing the inexplicable success. He provided enough production for his salary, but it was/is time to move on.
  2. drjim
    i would be curious if anyone hasn't lowered their expectations about him. To me the debate is more on the lines of whether he can be anything better than a 4-5 starter.
  3. drjim

    GOP Debate

    drjim replied to Badsmerf's topic in The Sports Bar

    A couple things I want to add to this: 1. Prices are not going to rise as much as people are leading us to believe for two reasons. First, labor costs constitute a smaller and smaller portion of business costs each year, so an increase is not going to jump the price by the same percent, not even close. Second, there is still a price point that people are willing to pay for their goods. It might squeeze out some certain established businesses, but will reward businesses that are flexible and innovative. 2. It will not impact employment rates and might even improve the labor pool. People are still needed to provide the services that currently are in the minimum wage zone, those aren't going away. And increases those wages will attract people that are quality but are otherwise sitting out of the labor market, while also decreasing worker turnover. 3. The final thought I have, and this is more intuition than empirical, is that an increase in minimum wage will be a huge positive for economic activity. An increase in money for people on the lower ends of the economic system gets spent at a much higher rate than an increase in money for people at the top. More money leads to more spending leads to more demand leads to more businesses meeting that demand leads to more jobs. It is a very positive cycle. More money in the hands of the wealthiest goes into more idle holdings, leading to lesser demand than would be positive.
  4. drjim
    I don't think many are skeptical long term, just in the immediate. Makes a ton of sense to start next year with Rosario in LF, Buxton in CF, Hicks in RF, a veteran part time corner OF/DH on the bench and Kepler in AAA providing quality depth.
  5. drjim
    It was a good run: It should have happened several weeks ago, and he's not good, but I will choose to remember him for his inexplicable effectiveness (22 games, 1 run) during the best run of the season for the team.
  6. drjim
    It might be moot now, but as Chief pointed out it very explicably was happening. Though a 3-12 stretch of terrible baseball tends to mask high leverage innings.
  7. drjim
    I'm not especially offended by the moves if May permanently moves to the ROTATION (EDIT) and Duffey is here for a short time and replaced by Milone. What I don't understand is why the Twins willingly play short on the roster for a couple of days. Once Hughes went to the dl it would have made sense to call yp another arm to protect against overuse today or for the short game tomorrow and then send someone down or (finally) dfa Boyer to recall Duffey on Saturday. Or, if you don't want another reliever, how about giving Arcia a brief couple of games and give him some run while two guys get a day. I never understand why they don't take more advantage of roster opportunities.
  8. drjim
    It was a joke. I haven't wanted Boyer on the team for some time now, and by usage patterns I suspect Molitor and Allen feel about the same way.
  9. drjim
    That's fair and unfair. Numbers are numbers, but Blackburn was a 22-23 yo polished college guy pitching at about league average age while Stewart is a 20 yo high school arm that is more raw pitching at 3 years younger than the average age. There is still some upside for Stewart.
  10. drjim
    Berrios probably has about 5-6 starts before they would shut him down. Enough time to finish out the AAA season and could still bank some for relief appearances in September if the Twins hang on. I certainly want to see him but I'm not completely offended by playing it safe with their best arm in the minors.
  11. drjim
    This is acceptable if Duffey is for one start and then Milone takes his place. But man, they seem to be going out of their way to make sure Berrios doesn't start. I can certainly get behind May returning. It's especially good if Boyer gets back to high leverage innings. I also wonder if Pelfrey might have been pitching for his job last night, though the Hughes news probably rendered that moot for the rest of the year.
  12. drjim
    The "wins" is only the second most confusing part of the stats name.
  13. drjim
    You think Glasnow is the range of what they would get? Harvey is much more closer, but I do agree to maximize Buxton he would have to play a little in the bigs and stay healthy for more than a month. Still wouldn't trade him for a pitcher. Elite everyday guys are more valuable.
  14. drjim
    They strike me as close enough to think any would have been similar. Relative to Hunter, any gain for Cabrera is washed out by the extra year and any gain by Rasmus is washed out by 80 fewer pa.
  15. drjim
    Absolutely. A continued collapse would stain this a little but this year will be seen as the beginning of the turnaround when people look back in a couple of years.
  16. drjim

    Beltre' HOF?

    drjim replied to Doubles's topic in Other Baseball

    He gets in easily. He'll get strong support from both analytical and the more traditional camps.
  17. drjim
    I am not among the "some" referenced. It is not a lack of opportunity keeping those guys down
  18. drjim
    Maybe, but only if all OF and DH spots are locked up. I don't exactly buy that yet.
  19. drjim
    Huge problem, not disputing that. But cutting him would not exactly solve it. At least any time soon. I do think he could take a more limited role as soon as this September and maybe limiting games could make him more productive.
  20. drjim
    I'm more interested in dealing with Mauer when there is a clear replacement. He's not a zero, just obviously not worth his contract.
  21. drjim
    Perhaps numbers are a little misleading? He cheats to catch up on fastballs and is now susceptible to everything else which then cycles back to fastballs. I fear the league adjustment will be the reality going forward.
  22. drjim
    To me, "protecting" is prudent action to put Buxton in a position to maximize his success. Both in the immediate and the long term.
  23. drjim
    You got me, I used "veteran" as a shorthand for proven floor. And I think it is far, far from certain Arcia would be as productive as Hunter this year, especially considering he was injured (again). Don't let anyone call you a pessimist.
  24. drjim
    Or confirms his suspicion that they shouldn't be taken all that seriously. I predict Hunter spends approximately 0 seconds of his daily life worried about his WAR.
  25. drjim
    That's not much, maybe it will (gulp) be Hunter. I just have the feeling he'll be done after the year.
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