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  1. Willihammer
    I'm less concerned about payroll and more concerned about carrying a second can't catch, not good enough to DH player being under contract and hogging a roster spot. What do the Twins do with two of those players?
  2. Willihammer
    Another trade, FA, or promotion. Question for you - hypothetically, if the Twins sign Wieters to a 4/60 deal, and he pulls a Mauer or Suzuki at age 32, what is the Twins move?
  3. Willihammer
    Matt Wieters isn't the last functional catcher there will be. If the Twins scouts are able to identify a young talent in someone's system they believe can be functional for them, then that seems like a more cost effective route and quite possibly a better one in absolute terms, because we know 30+ year old catchers don't typically produce as they did in their 20s, with a few exceptions (like AJ), and very often have to be moved off the position altogether. Since the Twins already have one of those players, and he is a big fat logjam in the system, there is additional downside of having two of those types under contract. On the other hand if a cheap young catcher doesn't work out, the Twins can just outright him and move on.
  4. Willihammer
    If you define functional as an established veteran catcher then you are going to be limited of course. I would expand the definition to include younger, cheaper, less worn down and less proven players. Someone along the lines of Roberto Perez, JR Murphy or Martin Maldonado maybe.
  5. Willihammer
    His framing took a hit too, which has been known to happen as catchers age. If the Twins want to solve the position long-term this winter, a trade would be a better route IMO.
  6. Willihammer
    They have Zuke another year anyways. They can kick the can down the road another year, roll with AJ or maybe Saltalamacchia on the other half of a platoon and spend the 4/60 on other things. Like a certain Korean slugger.
  7. Willihammer
    Too old, too broken, too tall, not enough bat to transition out of C, and too expensive.
  8. Willihammer
    There is no way the Twins are forfeiting the 17th pick. I would be shocked.
  9. Willihammer
    No, we don't know how KBO production correlates with MLB production. It might not correlate at all. We don't have enough Korean players yet to do that math, but we will eventually, and at that point the Twins easily be priced out of the market as they are with NPB and Cuban players. It only take a couple major hits for prices to skyrocket. Or, maybe the elite Korean ballplayers won't transition as well as Cuban or Japanese, but I doubt it. The little chance of that being the case is the only thing int he Twins favor, its what makes a deal feasible. Also, Nishioka was a slap hitter who got by on literally a .400 BABIP for his batting title the year before the Twins inked him. Park has "true" outcomes going for him.
  10. Willihammer
    In another thread someone mentioned the extra base component of catcher defense (SB-CS+PB+WP). Out of curiosity I went ahead and tallied the leaders for 2015 (min 400 IP) and then scaled to a /9 inning basis. Obviously this is a rough guideline and maybe meaningless depending on how you think about wild pitches. There's a surprising amount of variation though. FA's in yellow: http://imgur.com/gallery/mRAogtJ
  11. Willihammer
    Fair point, and in truth Park's power has came on relatively late too (age 25).
  12. Willihammer
    Kang put up a .800+ OPS in his first taste of the MLB and he didn't put up anywhere near the video game numbers in Korea that Park has.
  13. Willihammer
    Thanks. For some reason I thought the two were identical. Another notable Korean is Hyun-jin Ryu, for whom the winning bid was 25m. He signed a 6/36m contract and was solid when he was healthy.
  14. Willihammer
    Jung Ho Kang and... I can't think of anyone else off-hand. He signed for 4/11 (after the winning bid was $5m) and obviously did very well. I'd go for it. Yeah its risky but that's why it should be affordable. I'd bid the full 20m.
  15. Willihammer
    Bids due Friday. Dude has 2 straight 50+ HR seasons in Korea. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=park--000byu Should the Twins bid and if so, how much?
  16. Willihammer
    They are crazy good team. No superstars but there is not a single hole on that team. Except Butera of course.
  17. Willihammer
    Feels weird watching Addison Reed. Seems like the Twins stole at least 3-4 games from the Whtiies where he relieved for them.
  18. Willihammer
    Harvey started to lose it in the 8th, that was clear. Manager to man up and take the ball away. Easier said than done obviously but letting him continue after the leadoff walk? Inexcusable IMO.
  19. Willihammer
    http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25360054/daniel-murphys-costly-error-up-there-with-bill-buckners-in-86
  20. Willihammer
    Thank you, I appreciate the more straightforward language. By "efficiency" I was not suggesting unconstitutional declarations of war or skirting judicial oversight to wiretap citizens. The President's office is in charge of 438 agencies according to the register here: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies Surely we can agree that improving efficiency of these agencies, consolidating, etc. is a worthwhile goal given we're all paying for them. Eg. how much duplicate effort is there going on between the NSA, Homeland Security, CIA, FBI, and Dept of Defense?
  21. Willihammer
    Why do you speak so cryptically? Are you suggesting there isn't a difference between efficient and fascist? Please explain what you are getting at.
  22. Willihammer
    We are talking about the chief of the executive branch. Improving efficiency absolutely should be a priority.
  23. Willihammer
    The precedent isn't there but we're in an era that emphasizes strikeouts and big velo like never before. It doesn't feel completely fair to compare K-rate to players from 6 or 7 years ago even. If you watch the Mayo/Callis preview of Twins prospects at the AFL, there's an intereview with ABW where he uses the phrase "continue to work on my plate discipline." I doubt Mark Reynolds and other players with that profile from 5-10 years ago had that same focus. So I'm encouraged by his attitude and if the blip in BB% this year is any indication, maybe that is the start of a trend where those efforts begin to bear fruit.
  24. Willihammer
    Nice recovery by Syndergaard, he definitely looked more comfortable than Ventura in the weather tonight. Better velo. Meanwhile the Royals are 5 deep into the bullpen thru 6+
  25. Willihammer
    What would happen if a team treated its pitching staff as a lineup, with the best pitcher leading off, 2nd best going 2nd, etc. with no regard for score, inning, "save situations," matchups, etc. If each man went until he ran out of gas, then the next guy in line took over.. Would that allow more/less frequent appearances by the best pitchers, and more/fewer appearances by the worst? Would it allow for a more/less efficient distribution of rest days and workload? Would it require a team to carry more/less pitchers? Would pitchers be happier/sadder? Would it lead to more/less wins? edit: just realized this should probably be in the Other Baseball forum, sorry.
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