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  1. COtwin
    So we keep Robinson with a BA of .100? Or Schafer with a BA of .211? Neither has taken a walk. Strikeouts abound. Hicks on his weak side has an OBP of .214. Batting right is .600 OBP. Most switch hitters have a stronger side. Hicks is already better than either guy we have up here. Better defense as well. And yes they should have had a better option, but a lot of switch hitters need to grow in their switch hitting splits. Look at Vargas last year He hit .228 with an OBP of .287. Hicks OBP was better than that on his weak side, and yet he is a failure and Vargas was a breakout success? Not saying Hicks is nearly as good as Vargas at the plate, but the vitriol against Hicks is odd. He wasn't as big a failure as some people think. Hicks should not give up switch hitting yet. Mauer is only hitting .200 against right handers this year, and I think many of us are actually thinking Mauer is already having a better year this year.
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    Did anyone else notice on the dribbler up the middle that Dozier and Santana missed, Santana was running to cover behind but wasn't actually trying to play the ball until too late. He was expecting it to be played instead of actually covering the play.
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    I actually thought May was great through 5 and I think once our pathetic defense let more runners on he imploded and lost confidence. He was only at like 70 pitches I believe and had been cruising. He was getting ahead and changing things up. Striking people out. I have watched every game and I think that minus the bad defense, this was our best start yet. May had lots of quick outs.
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    And a note on this light note. Hicks has a stolen base and an assist. and oh ya that triple was against a right hander.
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    Chattanooga should do some sort of promotion that involves Sano hitting a passing train with a homer. Call it the Chattanooga ChooChoo. Maybe Give away Free MLB.TV subscriptions.
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    Thanks Seth. Some nice stories in the minors to make up for a terrible day in Detroit. Was Berrios starting today just speculation or was he scratched?
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    "And finally, Jordan Schafer played left field for the whole game, going 0-4. The Red Sox starter was Wade Miley, a southpaw, against which Schafer has usually struggled. I find this interesting. Schafer has gotten to hit against primarily right handers this spring and so has Hicks, with Schafer gaining the upper hand. Schafer OPS - .721 and Hicks OPS - .679. What interesting is that hitting from the left side has been Hicks major weakness and he is actually posting a .689 OPS against right handers. I for one am encouraged by this as Hicks was serviceable from the right side last year. Schafer against lefties meanwhile has miserable .286 OPS. I am sure I am barely coherent here but I Schafer is barely out performing Hicks and he is getting his ABs in his favorable split, while Hicks is doing most of his work from his weak side. I understand not bringing Hicks North because he needs to work on things, but Schafer has not won the job. Schafer's 1223 major league ABs (almost as many as Dozier) say that his .229 BA and .621 OPS may actually be what he is capable of. Hick's 467 Major league ABs say that his .201 BA and .606 OPS will (probably) increase. Schafer is who he is and Hicks is already as nearly good as he is at the plate and better in the outfield. Hicks will not lose us more games than Schafer, bring him North.
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    Tom Kelly???
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    I will be a little surprised if Bruno is not retained somehow. We had a top ten offense in most important categories, and we were actually improving at the end. Molitor gone as well is surprising. They really don't want the infection to spread, if neither of these guys return.
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    I will say that I hope Grady hooks on somewhere else. Good Luck Gardy. Thank You.
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    Will Gardy leave a list of nicknames and player profiles for his successor. Excited for all of these guys to start from scratch and have a chance to work their strengths.
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    Part of me wants them to decide to just do the surgery now. My nightmare for this is that they wait a couple more months before pulling out the blades. This shouldn't be that hard to diagnose. There should be lots of data on how injuries like this heal and what to expect. If this type of injury has any tendency to linger if surgery is not performed than he should get cut now. If they do perform surgery in a couple of months than somebody(s) need to look for other lines of work.
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    No way Carroll should be starting. He is beat used as a utility guy who can get on base some. Playing everyday just maximizes the negative affect his bat can have in the lineup. He is also a fairly expensive utility guy.
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    Expanded Rosters

    COtwin commented on COtwin's blog entry in Blog COtwin

    Obviously a lot can change on our roster before August 1. I would really like to see Hendriks get a low pressure chance to see if his success can translate. Benson seems like he is getting his head screwed back on straight. Does Arcia get a look?
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    Expanded Rosters

    COtwin commented on COtwin's blog entry in Blog COtwin

    September is one of my favorite times of year. I am a big fan of seeing the young talent that is brought up to fill the roster. With so many knowledgable writers/posters on this site I would love to hear your thoughts on who gets a real look this fall. Also, is there any chance with some of the wasted spaces on the 40 man that some unexpected faces are brought up?
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    Expanded Rosters

    COtwin posted a blog entry in Blog COtwin

    September is one of my favorite times of year. I am a big fan of seeing the young talent that is brought up to fill the roster. With so many knowledgable writers/posters on this site I would love to hear your thoughts on who gets a real look this fall. Also, is there any chance with some of the wasted spaces on the 40 man that some unexpected faces are brought up?
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