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  1. Willihammer
    Nunez at Short I'm guessing. Santana at 2B?
  2. Willihammer
    Maybe Sanders has stuck around this long because he believes the popularity of his campaign can act as a liberal mandate for President Clinton. Perhaps he is worried she will be inclined to compromise with the R's if he does not drive that point home.
  3. Willihammer
    Minor league FA, my mistake. Well maybe there is a competition then. I'll ask again, where does Darnell fit? He's had a good spring.
  4. Willihammer
    You're probably right. Crain comes to mind as a guy who was a tweak away though. One conversation with John Rauch and his career turned from Crainwreck to Gravy Crain.
  5. Willihammer
    All you need to know is Abad is a Rule 5 pick. He has the safest job on the team.
  6. Willihammer
    Intersting. I love the jarred queso but never order queso when I'm out. Who in town serves one of the out of the park quesos?
  7. Willihammer
    I think Tonkin is just a couple tweeks from being a decent reliever. Not a high leverage guy but a serviceable gap-filler to get a couple outs here and there. Swap the sinker for a 4 seem. Throw the slider more. Honestly what business does a reliever who throws 94-95 have with a sinker?
  8. Willihammer
    Darnell?
  9. Willihammer
    Queso is yummy. Dollar for greasy dollar, its hard to beat the old fashioned onion dip powder that you mix into tub of sour cream, paired with regular salty potato chips. I made meals out of that combo as a kid.
  10. Willihammer
    Ianetta and Ioki aren't going to turn a 76 win team into an 83 win team. The line seems based on the assumption of positive regression across the board, and considering the age of the best players on the team, that doesn't seem likely IMO. Under.
  11. Willihammer
    From Fangraphs 2015 trade value series: So yeah, as a pure rebuild play, a fair trade for Trout would be the entire farm plus all the suplemental picks, international bonus pool, and maybe you're getting close. Maybe they throw in Albert and pay for his entire contract to round it out. I really hope the Angels tank now.
  12. Willihammer
    I would be really curious to know how big of a factor the options were. Perhaps the Twins felt they could ill-afford for Hicks to go into another sub-.600 slump, and chose to move him for a guy they could afford to be patient with (due to options), and would not risk losing Hicks for nothing. If true, that would tell us a lot about their 2016 eval / expectations for the guy. Or maybe, they liked Murphy regardless of the roster flexibility he provides.
  13. Willihammer
    I'd take the under too. Thin rotation, thin bullpen, thin lineup, no farm. Poo-holes is 36. Stick a fork in Weaver and Wilson, they're done. Pretty easy to imagine things going south quick IMO.
  14. Willihammer
    I've run out of optimism with Mauer. Still, this spring, he keeps an open channel with umpires, constantly asking about strikes. That's not a good sign, is it? For the prolific OBP guy? Everything pulled is on the ground, everything oppo is a 275 footer to the left fielder. I can't imagine he'll do anything but continue declining this year.
  15. Willihammer
    Perhaps Meyer prefers to relieve because of the shoulder problems that plague him year after year? Around late July/early August?
  16. Willihammer
    Too far away from the mean to not take the over.
  17. Willihammer
    I like the Jays a lot. But, regression's a bitch. Under.
  18. Willihammer
    Riiight. Just like the California Raisins are special for their impromptu Christmas caroling traits... http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/3902/88/16x9/1200.jpg
  19. Willihammer
    Is there such a thing as a California Strawberry?
  20. Willihammer
    I get that. To complete the picture though, Hicks is definitely going to be an above average glove in the corner. Murphy's glove is much more of a question mark IMO. On another side note, the Gardner-Ellsbury-Hicks configuration is going to cover a lot of ground for the Yanks.
  21. Willihammer
    I don't think its a moneyball / OPS thing though. Ortiz had a .277 BA with 9 HR and 46 RBI in 86 games in 1998. His triple crown stats compared equally or favorably to all 3 of the guys who would displace him-, Coomer, Mientkewicz, and Cordova. Especially Mientkewicz. It was about TK and his man love for Mientkewicz's glove. One last point about that 1999 team, they won 63 games.
  22. Willihammer
    Can I get in on this? At 5/1 I'll bet you 5 baseballs. I could use a fresh bucket of balls.
  23. Willihammer
    Good point. The system got so wildly out of balance that maybe it would be unrealistic to expect fair value for Hicks. Maybe I am too anxious after watching yesterday's game. Hicks was so solid (and has been all spring, at least at the plate) and Murphy was... unspectacular (and has been all spring). Must give it time...
  24. Willihammer
    I'm starting to worry the Twins got fleeced in that trade. Murphy looks like a slap hitter at best.
  25. Willihammer
    Escobar swings over two straight cuveballs in the dirt for the K.
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