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  1. Willihammer
    Personally I would not call Buxton up unless/until he dominates for an extended time at AAA. There are enough workarounds in the OF for the time being that they don't need to jeopordize the development of their best prospect. I would say the same for Sano. IMO the guys you would be willing to recall directly from AA are the Walkers, Joneses, maybe Rosarios - guys who are not top flight prospects but could potentially catch fire while filling more pressing holes (SS, DH, RP).
  2. Willihammer
    Isn't Plouffe's natural stroke to pull the ball? I have to think the counter-adjustment should be relatively easy/quick.
  3. Willihammer
    It doesn't to me either. That's why I'm kinda wondering how widespread it is, and how much merit there might be to the strategy of targeting college pitchers who have been miscast in relief roles. We know that Fulmer and Tate were put in the pen too (before this year). But that's 3 guys and I don't follow college ball enough to understand how widespread the practice is.
  4. Willihammer
    Is that a widespread practice? Also, fewer games > more rest > more starts/innings from your best pitcher, no? Eg. Jay had 28 relief appearances totalling ~58 innings. Whereas his teammates were starting 15-16 games and 100 innings plus. Seems like a bad tradeoff.
  5. Willihammer
    Twins get Robinson and Lemonte from U of MD. Lemonte a junior, hit for a good average but little pop. LH bat again.
  6. Willihammer
    From http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/article/-8123261326113099881/kolton-kendrick-mlb-draft-2015/
  7. Willihammer
    Another interesting LH bat. Sounds like he'll have to hit or he'll be out of a job tho.
  8. Willihammer
    Like the Paul pick. Strong senior season at Cal seems to have followed from a change to his swing.
  9. Willihammer
    How do you mean?
  10. Willihammer
    That's the part that gets me. One college coach off his rock? Sure. But, all of them? I mean we'll see how the rest of the draft goes but with last year's harvest of college relievers and now Jay, it seems increasingly likely that the Twins feel there is a widespread inefficiency across college ball where coaches are miscasting starter talents. What would be the explanations for this?
  11. Willihammer
    Cuddy, Hardy and Valencia were the only RHs in those days. That is the way to do it IMO. Just blitz the opposing starter with opposite handed bats and worry about matchups when the opponent forces the issue hopefully because they've had to yank the starter for putting his team in a hole.
  12. Willihammer
    He does have a cool name though. Actually there are a few cool names - Funkhouser, Dansby, Kolby, oh and Kirby!
  13. Willihammer
    I highly doubt the return from Mike Pelfrey would improve the team in the near term or the short term. Plus, think about it. Who trades for rentals? Other contenders. Well if the Twins are in contention at the deadline, they're not going to want to improve another AL contender so right there the market is narrowed to NL teams, further whittling any return to at best Escobar lite (lite). But, I would love to see this team trade from their prospect pool. They have yet another top 10 pick coming, they can afford to. A prospect package for a promising young player in his 20s who is maybe pre-arb or early in arbitration would be ideal IMO.
  14. Willihammer
    I really like this kid but have a hard time with the corner outfield part. Is there any upside with the glove at all? Any chance he could stick in Center?
  15. Willihammer
    If this guy has 3-4 above average pitches, why the heck isn't he starting?
  16. Willihammer
    If Fulmer and Tate are both available, I'd like to see them take Fulmer. Both pitchers are transitioning from relief to starting and by any measure you want to use, Fulmer has been more successful at it. Also, give me a big curveball over a big slider any day.
  17. Willihammer
    His finish looks a little weaker on those two pitches compared to the one from last year. You can see it with his glove hand, it tucks and pulls all the way past his hip in that 2014 pitch, but in the two from this year he keeps it more out front. Maybe he's a little preoccupied with getting into an optimal fielding position?
  18. Willihammer
    Agree. I think fans get it right most of the time and would love to be able to vote for pitchers too.
  19. Willihammer
    Dozier and Plouffe are grouped in against some very good players. I will vote for Dozier as a homer tie-break but Plouffe doesn't quite make the cut (at this point) IMO.
  20. Willihammer
    He is also the all time hit leader in Ohio prep baseball. I normally put more weight into stats than scouting but I think they might oversell Benintendi's ability here. Particularly his power. At least one HR is an inside the parker. And just looking at some youtubes, a lot of the ones that cleared the fence were wall scrapers. Combined with the composite bat and the fact that he has to pull to get anything over the fence and I doubt his power will translate that well against better competition, wooden bats, etc.
  21. Willihammer
    So his 3B glove is sub-par and his OF glove is... sub par?
  22. Willihammer
    Understood. My first comment was directed at the perception that has dogged Mauer, discussed earlier in the thread, that he's not clutch. Perhaps I should have been clearer. In this particular stretch of 52 PAs it seems to be he's been exceptionally lucky, in addition to clutch, and that has allowed him to stockpile RBI (the thread being about Mauer's RBI).
  23. Willihammer
    SSS, in which his BABIP is .464. Again, grounder to the left side = 3 RBI.
  24. Willihammer
    There's no denying Mauer is a bit better with men on. But the RBI streak he's on right now can't possibly last. I mean, scoring Dozier from 1st on a grounder to the left side? Reminds me of Colabello cca. April 2014.
  25. Willihammer
    Let's say Sano wasn't part of the picture. Would Harrison be starting more games at 3B? How does his IF glove compare to his OF glove? Is his 3B glove better than Sano's?
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