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  1. ALessKosherScott
    A general rule of thumb is that anybody who was the best pitcher in baseball over a five-year period is in the Hall of Fame, except Clemens who should be. Santana has two Cy Young trophies, so I'm pretty sure the Baseball Writers Association of America have an idea how good he was.
  2. ALessKosherScott
    Santana's run from 2003 to 2009 is every bit as dominant in its time as Koufax's run from 1961 to 1966.
  3. ALessKosherScott
    So you're saying you'd leave Sandy Koufax out of the Hall of Fame too?
  4. ALessKosherScott
    Dizzy Dean is in the Hall of Fame. Sandy Koufax is in the Hall of Fame. Bill Dickey is in the Hall of Fame. Would you rather have a player who's truly elite for 7 years? Or one who's simply pretty good for 15? Any GM worth his salt is going take the former. And Mauer masquerading as a first basemen shouldn't hold him back anymore than Johnny Bench's lost time as a third baseman did. No catcher is built to last. We may never see a catcher who can hit and defend the way Mauer did in his prime again.
  5. ALessKosherScott
    Arguably the greatest season ever by a catcher (2009)? A 129 OPS+ which is currently only topped by Piazza and Posey among full-time catchers? A eight-year run where he was historically one of the best hitting and defensive catchers ever? Should we leave Santana out of the Hall of Fame too?
  6. ALessKosherScott
    In 2011, all Mauer did was post an OPS+ of 102 while fighting injury. And if we're describing his performance from 2004 to 2013 as merely "solid," then we might be setting the bar a little high for catchers.
  7. ALessKosherScott
    http://www.billjamesonline.com/where_are_the_great_catchers_/ Actually…that’s not exactly true. Joe Mauer is currently a few decimals ahead of Johnny Bench (5.74 to 5.62), but his career is still going along. Let’s stick with Johnny Bench for a moment. I suppose all of you know about Johnny Bench. He was a terrific hitter: he had one year when he hit 45 homers, knocked in 148 RBI’s. He was twenty-two years old that year. A few years later he hit 40 homers, 128 RBI. These seasons happened when pitching had recently dominated baseball, and people were flabbergasted by it. Bench was a great hitter. He was also a brilliant defensive player: he had a cannon for an arm. He was a central cog on one of the greatest teams in baseball history. There’s no knock to Bench’s career: he was an absolutely dominant offensive player, and a terrific defensive player. His teams won lots of games; his individual accomplishments seemed to have a direct correlation to his team’s success. He was the perfect catcher. Here are the players, by position, that Johnny Bench most compares to: Pos. Name WAR/162 Rank in Position C Johnny Bench 5.6 1st 1B Dick Allen 5.7 8th 2B Charlie Gehringer 5.5 9th SS Joe Cronin 5.1 5th 3B Scott Rolen 5.6 6th RF Larry Walker 5.6 5th CF Larry Doby 5.1 6th LF Rickey Henderson 5.7 6th This is not an impressive list. It’s certainly a good list….Rickey Henderson was one of the smartest baseball players of all-time, and all of the others are worthy Hall-of-Famers. But none of them are serious contenders as the best players at their respective positions. Dick Allen wasn’t close to Gehrig or Foxx or Pujols. Larry Walker is ranked 5th among right-fielders, but he’s not close to Ruth or Aaron. Even Rickey doesn’t quite approach the likes of Ted Williams, Barry Bonds, or Stan Musial. This seems strange to me. Even if you don’t think Bench is the #1 catcher of all-time…even if you’re partial to Yogi Berra or Josh Gibson…you’d concede that it’s not irrational for other people to believe that Bench is the greatest catcher ever. Is it rational, then, that a strong candidate for the title of greatest catcher of all-time has a per-162 game rate that’s so far below the best players at every other position on the diamond? Is it rational to believe that there have been no really great catchers in major league history? Or is something wrong with WAR?
  8. ALessKosherScott
    Johan Santana had a five-year run where he was the best pitcher in baseball. There is no god if Torii Hunter gets put in the Hall-of-Fame before him.
  9. ALessKosherScott
    I don't mind it. May ceilings out as a pretty good starter, or a potentially elite reliever.
  10. ALessKosherScott
    Green is a great pickup for the Gophers. But at the same time, the rumor is Oregon saw him as more of a long-term project than Terry Wilson and were looking to push Green to receiver. I wouldn't expect him to be ready at QB for a couple of years.
  11. ALessKosherScott
    My flaw with it isn't so much drafting college relievers. It's drafting college relievers under the guise of making them starters. College pitching coaches have made them relievers for reasons (usually mechanical ones).
  12. ALessKosherScott
    For me, the problem with Benson was never really swing mechanics as opposed to approach. The forerunning prospect to Benson was Mike Restovich and the end ceiling for both of them was some kind of version of Tom Brunansky. Neither one was going to hit .300, but their power would make them useful if they could be .250 hitters with good defense in a corner. To get there, both needed to be a little more patient, especially against right-handed pitching, and work themselves into better counts where right-handed pitchers had to respond with fastballs. Neither one could ever do that though, and they didn't walk enough or play defense well enough to justify a roster spot. You could almost say that ABW is the current version of Benson in the system, although he doesn't have the usual kills lefty/struggles against righties splits you'd expect. Let's hope Benson can figure things out this time around though.
  13. ALessKosherScott
    Buxton v. Hicks is in a ways this years' Santana v. Escobar. Hicks is never going to be a superstar, but he looks set to be on a run as a Mike Cameron-esq center fielder for a couple of years. But playing right would also lower his value. Buxton, on the other hand, could be a superstar, but he's not quite there yet. If you could have Hicks ready to make a good trade haul as a centerfielder and Buxton ready to be a star by next July, that would be the dream scenario.
  14. ALessKosherScott
    I don't care if a guy throws 88 or 168 miles per hour as long as they get strikeouts. Greg Maddux didn't throw hard, but three other really good pitches and a change up that defined a generation. That's the definition in shelling this as a debate of stuff vs. velocity. You're never going to get a guy like Pelfrey to get strikeouts though unless you can go back in time and teach him a second and third pitch, even though he throws hard. He simply doesn't have great stuff.
  15. ALessKosherScott
    I think among viable options for the season, these two strike me as the most likely. 1. The Twins stand pat, take advantage of the unbalanced schedule with more games against dreck-like teams than the rest of the AL, win a Wild Card birth and either lose there or in a series against KC. 2. The Twins make a move, fill a hole or two, win the Wild Card and lose either there or in a series against KC. It's hard to come up with a trade scenario that gives them enough offense or pitching to win it all this year.
  16. ALessKosherScott
    Sign him. Send him to Cedar Rapids. Put him on a strict pitch count. See what happens. If he's dominating and you're still in contention, move him to the pen and see what happens. If he's simply doing pretty good, well, it's not worth a lot of discussion.
  17. ALessKosherScott
    Date is wrong in the video. It's from 5/2/15
  18. ALessKosherScott
    The Baseball America scouting report that Bob quoted earlier disagrees. "He ranked second in the nation in ERA and was overpowering hitters with a 92-96 mph fastball from a quick-armed, high-energy delivery with a long stride and deception. The video shows its more Shooter Hunt bad than Adam Johnson bad. He has an inconsistent landing point and his arm is quicker than his legs. There's also a slight recoil as he releases. The stuff and command are their to start. But the question is will the deliver hold up to 180 innings, and what happens to his command as they tone him down.
  19. ALessKosherScott
    I'm not a fan of this pick either. Any time the Twins take a pitcher with any kind of effort in his delivery it never ends well (Mills, Johnson, Wimmers, Hunt). But to be fair to Jay, he's more Perkins than Duensing.
  20. ALessKosherScott
    The irony being when I was reviewing my past shadow drafts last night, I was pondering if my biggest whiff was on an 8th rounder (Dozier). But IMO, there's two ways to look at it. I'm pretty sure the White Sox don't regret going over slot for Rodon. On the transitive side of things, I don't think the Astros regret the way things ended with Aiken either, since whomever they end up with at #2 will be a pretty good consolation prize. The way compensation picks work in this day in age, you have to take the best player on your board in round one and either A) find a way to make it work or cut bait and take the pick next year. If Cameron is the highest player left on the Twins board at 6, you go for it. Bonus demands and agent be damned. There's not a lot of risk in losing a #6 pick in this day and age, especially in a thin draft.
  21. ALessKosherScott
    Tucker has the kind of swing that I like to dub the "Restovich." There's a big hitch in how he loads the bat and really good pitchers are going to exploit it if he doesn't change things up, especially if they throw left-handed. Cameron and Whitley are much quicker to the ball. I buy them more for hit.
  22. ALessKosherScott
    I don't know about that. Cameron has a much better swing than Tucker does. And while Tucker probably has more raw power, I never like the thought of paying someone millions of dollars to completely rework their game. If you believe in Tucker, he might be Sano with better outfield defense. But he's going to strike out a lot and probably have problems hitting for average. Cameron isn't going to hit for as much power, but there are fewer holes in his game and he's more likely to stay in center field. You're not going to have to completely rebuild him in the minors as a hitter like you will Tucker either. And if Boras starts to strong arm you, well the seventh pick in a deeper draft next year isn't a bad consolation prize. I've got Cameron at four on my board, Tucker somewhere in the teens, and Whitley somewhere in between. He strikes me as a safer prospect than Tucker by a mile though.
  23. ALessKosherScott
    Fine. Pettition the league so Arcia, Hunter and Vargas can all DH then.
  24. ALessKosherScott
    Petition the league so Arcia, Hunter and Mauer can all DH?
  25. ALessKosherScott
    So instead of erecting a Torii Hunter statue at Target Field, we decided to bring back the statue that is Torii Hunter back to solve our outfield defense problems?
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