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  1. Willihammer
    1. How is that possible if the athletic demands on goalies are higher than for quarterbacks or starting pitchers? 2. The highest paid player in the NHL is Sidney Crosby, a center, at $16.5m, almost double the highest paid goalie, Henrik Lundqvist. Of the top 10 highest paid players in the NHl none are goalies. In baseball or football, starting pitchers and QBs dominate the highest paid salaries. 3. Yes.
  2. Willihammer
    If goalies are so great, why doesn't that show up in the free agent contracts like starting pitchers and quarterbacks in those sports?
  3. Willihammer
    True. What I should have said is that of the ten events, pole vault seems the most sport-specific, whereas the others could be generalized to most sports.
  4. Willihammer
    Starting pitcher? Quarterback? Tennis player?
  5. Willihammer
    From the article: I agree that of the 10 events, pole vaulting seems the lease athletic, although throwing is a basic motion IMO.
  6. Willihammer
    The question is, what sports athletes would do best in the decathlon? I doubt there's much difference in foot speed across the major sports. Perhaps hockey players are a step slower than other athletes, due to playing on skates instead of shoes. But I'd guess that foot speed is more or less a wash. Jumping- basketball wins. Throwing- baseball, easily. Pole vaulting- pole vaulters, maybe Fierljeppen players With the weighting you'd have to give it to basketball or baseball I think.
  7. Willihammer
    A refresher, the decathlon events are: 100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres 110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres Basically he thinks athleticism is, in order of importance, a combination of foot speed (4), jumping (3), throwing (3), and pole vaulting (1).
  8. Willihammer
    In some ways its the exact opposite from the way I was coached growing up. Craziness. Donaldson mentions Hunter Bledsoe when talking about not thinking about his hands. Out of curiosity I pulled up the Bledsoe Agency on MLBTR. Other clients include Derrick Robinson, Justin Smoak, and then a handful of pitchers. As for Buxton, I feel like you can't put the cart before the horse. His struggles are so basic- contact, pitch recognition, that to teach him a power maximizing approach like this would sort of miss the point. He needs to walk before he can dance.
  9. Willihammer
    I have to say Fulmer's stuff looked pretty underwhelming- in relief, against the Twins a couple weeks ago. SSS of course.
  10. Willihammer
    If Tommy McCarthy got in, Josh Willingham should get in.
  11. Willihammer
    Kinda rude way to talk about Dozier's immediate and extended family.
  12. Willihammer
    Careful
  13. Willihammer
    Dansby Swanson debuts tomorrow!
  14. Willihammer
    Is there an owl behind home plate?
  15. Willihammer
    Should team record be used as a tie breaker?
  16. Willihammer
    I think you're probably right but I'd like to give him a longer look personally. It might be unlikely he sticks at SS but its not like we'd miss Escobar's production to audition him. Dozier is a different story.
  17. Willihammer
    Sano's 3B glove is a helluva a lot more questionable than Mauer's C glove was. Its borderline speculative that Sano will be playing anywhere on the infield in another year IMO. Add in a hopelessly small sample size with everything for Polanco and there is a lot of unknown going on. We have Dozier for 2 years still. If it were 1 maybe I'd feel more pressed but at this point it seems holding him until at least next year's July deadline seems like it could help clarify the picture while costing how much in trade value? Probably not much.
  18. Willihammer
    Right, if Dozier is on the team then Polanco would be plan B at third, no? Otherwise a no-upside futility player is getting regular starts in the event one of those 4 things doesn't pan out, which I would like to avoid. Obviously if someone blows you away with an offer for a C or P, pull the trigger amd cross your fingers. As with any other player on the team.
  19. Willihammer
    To be clear, there's no evidence streakiness < consistency, none that anyone here seems to be aware of anyways. We all know you're frustrated by it but that doesn't mean his overall line at the end of the year is any less meaningful than for other players. There are four reasons I'd hesitate to trade Dozier this August or winter: 1. Sano's glove at third 2. Ssano's elbow 3. Polanco's glove at third 4. Polanco's bat If any of those doesn't meet expectations / hopes, then who steps in?
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    No
  21. Willihammer
    There was an article posted by THT or someone around the time we initially signed Suzuki that showed he called more fastballs than just about anyone, can't find the link tho. IMO Suzuki is an old school "establish the fastball" emphasizer. I remember a Berrios start recently, he didn't call for a changeup until pitch #33 or so, even though the fastball was getting hammered and Berrios changeup is a swing and miss pitch. I wonder if he worked a little more backwards in hitters counts, early in games, Berrios would be able to go deeper. Didn't see today's game.
  22. Willihammer
    I wont' pile on because I appreciate all the content Seth brings to the site but yeah, not really a hypothetical any Twins fan had considered until now lol.
  23. Willihammer
    It would not surprise me at all if Santana were reinforcing a point Allen was already trying to make. "Save 97 for putting hitters away, focus on commanding 94 for strike one" is a smart message, and Santana has had success and longevity that way. It might resonate differently coming from him compared to Allen.
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  25. Willihammer
    Extend him. Let's go, he's the new face of the franchise, like it or not.
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