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  1. Willihammer
    OK, I thought you were describing a problem where his arm was in front of his body and he was missing glove side. This makes more sense.
  2. Willihammer
    Parker, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being Fernando Abad high-elbow pitch tipping, and 10 being Rick Ankiel cca 2001, how broken do you think Berrios' delivery really is?
  3. Willihammer
    Don't have a subscription but looking at the fastball chart in Parker's article, if that image is from the pitcher perspective as it appears, there's a cluster to Berrios' arm side. A more rapid delivery would exacerbate that tendency.
  4. Willihammer
    Is it just Bert? At the end he says "that's the motion I think Neil Allen wants to see."
  5. Willihammer
    In the Aug 17 pregame (2nd Atl game) Molitor said Joe pulled something running first to home on Plouffe's double the day prior and would be taking it easy on Joe for a couple days before making a "decision."
  6. Willihammer
    Can I steal this and make it my sig?
  7. Willihammer
    Royals broadcast talking about how Milone and Santiago used to own them before they came to MN. Santiago had a 2.96 ERA against them in 14 games (8 starts) before tonight.
  8. Willihammer
    I'll put this here
  9. Willihammer
    Manfried seems so convinced it is pace of play that is keeping kids out of baseball, I would be curious to know what evidence that theory is based on. Another possibility is that its content is so locked down and expensive that Baseball is excluding kids from watching it at all.
  10. Willihammer
    This is good. http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/8/19/12553634/mlb-rule-changes-pace-of-play-shifts
  11. Willihammer
    Centeno!
  12. Willihammer
    Dozier hr- 105.7, 454 ft, his longest in statcast era going back to last year
  13. Willihammer
    Ball that hopped into Plouffes face had am exit velo of 104
  14. Willihammer
    Dozier has now homered in 6 straight games against the royals, tied for most all time w ken Griffrey jr
  15. Willihammer
    Rain on the way. A couple more 20 min innings and it could all be just a bad dream for Jose
  16. Willihammer
    You think Polanco being an upgrade over Plouffe offensively and defensively might be a hypothetical?
  17. Willihammer
    With Sano "everything going wrong" is a probability in my estimation. It is the most likely outcome. First, you have a player who in over 3000 innings of work at third base, commits an error once every ten plays. That won't cut it at the big league level. Then you have a doomsday scenario involving Sano's elbow. He is a TJ case and recently experienced elbow "discomfort". In the doomsday scenario, Sano breaks his UCL again, and Jay-Z calls him and says "get the surgery again" because his client maximizes his value being at least physically capable of playing the field (if not very well). Then the Twins lose his bat for 14 months again, Polanco plays third and a hole is opened at SS. What I'd do- keep Plouffe at third, Polanco at SS, move Sano to DH/1B, and try to find a suitor for Vargas in trade, or keep him on the bench next season with Park in AAA to start the season.
  18. Willihammer
    OK, let's say Plouffe is non-tendered and bounces back with some other team. That is value lost. That doesn't help in a rebuild or a competitive year. Since his 2016 season is probably an outlier, he'd be an excellent pickup for any club in the middle of the rebuild. And since he is the best 3B in-house, he also happens to be the best fit in a surprise competitive season for the Twins, unless you replace him with an external player who would also cost a roster spot, money and/or prospects, block Sano, etc. 1 year of Plouffe at 5-10m is probably going to be money well spent in either case. In the event Plouffe is non-tendered, Sano fails at third, and Polanco shifts over, what do you do about the hole *that* creates at SS? Escobar? An external pickup there?
  19. Willihammer
    2016 is pretty clearly an outlier, both offensively and defensively. He'll be 31, not 41. He can still be productive, especially if he regains health and he'll be on a contract year. In which case his 5-10m arb contract would be an excellent use of payroll space and make him attractive as a trade chip if the season goes south. There's a high likelihood Sano can't cut it at third, either because of his glove or his elbow. If we non-tender Plouffe, and Sano doesn't cut it, or breaks his arm, then what?
  20. Willihammer
    One thing with the Braves is they're opening a new park next year. Maybe they'll need to make a few win-now moves over the winter to sell tix. I think it would be foolish to pencil in anyone but Plouffe at third next year. Certainly not Sano. The entire outfield D depends on a true CF. With an average CF they can keep Rosario and Kepler in corners where they belong. I hate to see Sano sitting in NL games. He should pick up a 1B glove at some point. Mauer should grab a 3B glove too. I wonder what kind of price Vargas would command in trade.
  21. Willihammer
    More proof that baseball is the more athletically demanding sport.
  22. Willihammer
    ALC BIP analysis: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/team-ball-in-play-analysis-al-central/
  23. Willihammer
    LOL alright I'll concede that hockey is most imbalanced of the major team sports. That doesn't make it or goaltending specifically, the most athletically demanding.
  24. Willihammer
    http://sporteology.com/top-10-highest-paid-ice-hockey-players-2016/ Yeah I should have read better, its 12 with 4 mil off ice. Point stands, although weakened a bit.
  25. Willihammer
    I'll buy that. What I won't buy is "No position in sports allows you to dominate in quite the same way as a freaky elite goalie."
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