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  1. Willihammer
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boyerbl01-pitch.shtml More stats > Reliever Pitching*> IS%
  2. Willihammer
    Jay is very much a mystery to me still. Hardly any video out there of him that I can find. Just looking at his stats, he does appear to have good command with only 6 walks against 206 BFs, to 63 Ks. Thing is its almost all been in relief. Can't help but wonder why a junior with 3 plus pitches (supposedly) wouldn't be starting.
  3. Willihammer
    Well, the Twins haven't moved Sano off third yet. And I don't know why you'd move Plouffe off third since his improved glovework is half the reason for him being a top 10 3B now. And where would you move him to? That is the whole conundrum with hoarding all of Plouffe, Sano, Varags, Arcia, and Mauer (who has a NTC). At least one player would have to move off position which automatically squanders value right there. A trade could easily be the more efficient option IMO.
  4. Willihammer
    I'm not suggesting the Twins call the Brewers or San Francisco and offer to give them Plouffe for their catcher. There are 47 catchers on the baseball prospectus framing leaderboard with a positive value. A lot of them are young with some bat. Some teams have a catcher in the pipeline like the Twins have a 3B in the pipeline. Maybe there's a fit? I'm just suggesting a hypothetical that would be interesting and improve a pretty bad organizational weakness. As for, what is the value of Plouffe on the open market, teams are going to be privvy to Plouffe's improvements too. 2-2.5 WAR with 4 WAR upside and no contract? That is an attractive player.
  5. Willihammer
    He is a top 10 player at his position, thus it seems reasonable that other teams might pay a fair price for his services. Fair, not lopsided. I don't know how you inferred that.
  6. Willihammer
    Oh, right. Loserville, USA. None of our players are worth anything, woe is me, etc. Is it so far fetched that one of our better players might, hypotethically, return someone interesting at a position of need? I guess I didn't get that memo.
  7. Willihammer
    I wouldn't actively shop him but I'd be really curious to see what he could fetch. A young catcher who can frame and hit would fit in nicely I think. Not so much interested in more 30+ year old starters at this point, even Hamels.
  8. Willihammer
    The problem, IMO, is that if the Twins keep Plouffe and Sano and Mauer then they will have to move someone off their natural position. Since we're talking about the Twins, that will be the low man on the totem pole - Sano. Therefore, he should be getting reps in the outfield in the minors and not have on the job, MLB-level training, no?
  9. Willihammer
    The other thing is, ERA is not a stat I would use for predictive value at almost any level. In 34 innings I'd be much more curious to read about K-rate. Unfortunately that's almost never available. Similarly if a kid is ripping 10 bombs or more in a 25 high school season, that's worth taking notice of IMO.
  10. Willihammer
    I agree to an extent although I still want to know what they are if they're available. That was actually the wrong link. This is the one I meant to post http://usatodayhss.com/2015/all-usa-watch-cameron-has-been-dazzling-at-the-plate-and-in-the-field
  11. Willihammer
    IIRC Alex Jackson, the consensus best prep bat in last year's class, finished with around 10 HRs and a ~.550 BA in probably a more competitive HS conference in CA (versus GA - I'm just guessing tho).
  12. Willihammer
    According to this, he was batting .438 with 8 HRs and 19 SBs through a 25 game season. http://highschoolsports.blog.ajc.com/2015/05/05/baseball-draws-elca-kings-ridge-rematch-comes-early/ If you look at the preseason team link, they have his 2014 numbers which were .390 with six home runs as a junior.
  13. Willihammer
    I am liking Hicks 3.0. That Forsythe ball in the sixth ( 5th?) looked like trouble but Hicks ran it down easily. Sure is nice to have a guy with wheels out there. His approach at the plate looks a lot less hesitant too.
  14. Willihammer
    Want to see Emily Austen? Saturday is going to be hot and dry. Sunday is going to be hot and wet. Best choice: Sunday http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/216854_177983458993020_1375060287_n.jpg
  15. Willihammer
    Watched this video of Bregman. Evidently LSU has a tradition where the hardest working player wears #8. Bregman wears #8.
  16. Willihammer
    Correa did get more games in last summer but he missed time due to injury too (cracked fibula). Buxton also returned to play fall ball. In all he played only about ~15 fewer games last year. From where I'm standing the main divergence in their development occurred this spring at AA. Buxton has obviously been doing well, but Correa went all Kris Bryant on that league.
  17. Willihammer
    I'll join the "call him up camp." I don't really buy into the seasoning or mental delicacy arguments. I'm just sick of watching the current CF post a .257/.289/.284 line, worst position on the team. Even the old Hicks, with a .606 OPS, would be better.
  18. Willihammer
    In 2013 this team would get behind and they were done. They were hopeless. Last year they got behind a lot but we saw them show an ability to rebound. They had some bats. This year I think even more so. I think back to Hughes' last start, giving up a grand slam. I was listening on the radio and thought "well this is over quick," flipped the station. When I turned back, the Twins put up a 4-spot and got back in the game, and later won. That's pretty good for any team. This team is going to live and die by its bats, IMO. They have some firepower to overcome their weaknesses.
  19. Willihammer
    Santana to CF. Esco to SS. Everybody bats, everyday. Problem solved.
  20. Willihammer
    Molitor said before the game he didn't want to mess with what had been working during the win streak. Looks Rosario's in today at Vargas' expense.
  21. Willihammer
    Andrew Albers struck him out in spring training. That alone is enough to make me think he should at least make a courtesy stop in AAA first.
  22. Willihammer
    I wonder if Rosario fits a profile the Twins like more. He is the opposite of Arcia in many ways - doesn't strike out much (hasn't struck out since Apr 25), speedy baserrunner, can bunt(?), better defender. People point to the decision not to go day to day with Arcia as a diffference between Molitor and Gardy, but I wonder if it had more to do with capitalizing on an opportunity to compare and contrast. Pure speculation of course.
  23. Willihammer
    I wonder if this was less of a Hicks vs. Rosario decision than people think. Perhaps it was more Rosario vs. Arcia.
  24. Willihammer
    Just because they collapsed last year in the 2nd half doesn't mean they will this year. Every year there are a couple teams who go .900 in 1 run games and outperform their pythag by 10+ games, maybe the Twins are that team this year.
  25. Willihammer
    Yeah. That Seattle club went on to get swept by the Astros in a 4 game series. They look awful so far. The Whities can't seem to block a pitch to save their lives and their bats have been worse than the Twins' so far. Next 3 series should be tougher tests: A's, Indians, and Tigers.
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