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  1. Willihammer
    Kitz. German for fawn.
  2. Willihammer
    LOL. Even in that 2009 article the commenter was trying to nick name him.
  3. Willihammer
    I counted 3 swings and misses on the changeup in that appearance. He sure had a feel for it that day. 3 solid pitches for a reliever is quite a luxury.
  4. Willihammer
    Hughes' 2014 was an outlier. The Twins need to have a heart to heart with him this offseason and ask him to move to relief. I'd have a heart to heart with Nolasco too. His body does not seem up to the task of starting anymore. And even if it were, the results are spotty, at best. Tell him to relieve too. Duffey to Rochester staying stretched out in case of injury/ineffectiveness. Santana-May-Gibson-Berrios-Milone to start the year.
  5. Willihammer
    Sounds like Allen's a good coach.
  6. Willihammer
    Would May be 50% better than Phil Hughes in relief? Seems like the comparison to Fien misses the mark. Someone was going to get demoted. In hindsight, probably should have been Hughes, no?
  7. Willihammer
    I think it would be foolish to keep May in the pen. He has the makings of a 200 IP/year workhorse IMO.
  8. Willihammer
    Gotta be the Perkins injury right?
  9. Willihammer
    I'd almost say those are two examples proving the risk is not so bad if you sign early enough. Tabata's expires after next year and while he's only been worth 1 WAR to date, that's just a $15m gamble. Castro has been paid $17m to put up 3.4 WAR so far. He is owed another 4/40. Had he not signed the extension he would be a FA this winter. What would he have signed for? My guess is someone would have given him a 2 year deal at least. So again, fairly marginal compared to late-signed extensions eg. Andrus. edit: correction, Castro wouldn't be a FA til next winter.
  10. Willihammer
    Yeah, and 4/6 of the fails were pitchers. This is why I would try to get a deal done this winter. For reference, the deal was 8/135, signed after 324 games. Freddie Freeman.
  11. Willihammer
    Thanks, so there is some risk but more for pitchers probably. Seems like the extensions for position players tend to fall somewhere between "good deal" and "stupidly good deal" with very rare exceptions (Gyorko and... any others?)
  12. Willihammer
    Has there ever been a bad pre-arb extension in the history of these deals?
  13. Willihammer
    Are you watching his PAs? Seeing what quality of hits he's getting? I'm not. That's why I look at bb, k, ISO, ISOd because that's the best I can do here in MN. Its possible his .500 BABIP is the product of scorching liners, but not likely. If he were squaring up balls so regularly, he'd probably have more than a handful of XBHs esp. with Buxton's speed.
  14. Willihammer
    If the Twins finish this road trip in a tailspin then I'll join the chorus to see Buxton Polanco and the rest of the kids but for now they are too close to a WC for that IMO.
  15. Willihammer
    Call it a poorly timed slump then. He did not look good and I would rather roll the dice on a guy who has been a 2-5 Win player for his career, even if he is 40, then a rookie whose AAA peripherals are, at best, okay.
  16. Willihammer
    Like I said, not eye popping. Yeah he could come up and succeed like Rosario has. I'd say its more likely he flounders like he did in his first stint. We would be better off with Hunter in that case.
  17. Willihammer
    I would agree if any hits were extra bases. But a .128 ISO combined with .500 BABIP suggests he's getting infield hits or balls are finding holes.
  18. Willihammer
    I'm also not sure Buxton helps this team. His peripherals in AAA aren't exactly eye popping.
  19. Willihammer
    If his instagram feed is any indication, its not booze/women/lifestyle. Pretty much 90% of the photos are of his kids. I would guess nagging hip injury. Maybe a stubborness about being coached, or a failure of coaching at some level.
  20. Willihammer
    There's inside, and there's INSIDE. You mention inner third. I'm talking about those three pitches in your second photo, ie. INSIDE. I'm more interested in the pre-emption aspect. If the Royals just plunked Donaldson and then saw him go 0-3, the Twins might have started Donaldson out peppering the ribs/shoulder area. Just to get into his head for the rest of the game and the even the rest of the series. Possibly snap that 20+ game hitting streak he has against us.
  21. Willihammer
    Parker I was surprised by your conclusion. After reading this part it suggests maybe the Twins should have followed suit.
  22. Willihammer
    IMO you have to plan for a Rosario-Hicks-Arcia OF to start next season with Kepler and Buxton in AAA. Plouffe at 3B and Sano at DH. Vargas is hopefully ready to move to AAA by then and Harrison is not even a concern yet IMO.
  23. Willihammer
    If anything I think the counter argument could be made. Plouffe is less pull happy than ever, and the results are excellent. Mauer is more pull happy, the results worse. You can't cookie cutter anybody, that's the only lesson I hope the Twins learned from the Ortiz fiasco.
  24. Willihammer
    As for trade chips, Byron Buxton would be the guy I'd be fielding offers for.
  25. Willihammer
    I wouldn't be surprised if TR has fielded some calls about Arcia this deadline. 24 y/o LH bats who OPS > .800 against RHP don't come around everyday. Still a lot of upside there and dumping him now for spare parts would be a mistake IMO. Assuming Arcia is able to get back on track I could easily see him turning in a Mitch Moreland type career as a semi-platoon corner guy.
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