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  1. deanlambrecht
    Three pitches. Way to go, Plouffe! Wow.
  2. deanlambrecht
    Jamey Carroll = real baseball player.
  3. deanlambrecht
    Vavra's been hobbling our hitters since 2006, when he took over as hitting coach. IMO, and I'm begging Seth or one of the mods who can quickly run some stats or bring more info in than I have time for, since then we've been very lucky to get by on natural talent, while our hitters received sub-par batting instruction that didn't emphasize their strengths at all.
  4. deanlambrecht
    It'll be a sympathy pick, not a vote. I suspect that if Mauer gets on a little hot streak it'll be him. Otherwise Hammer, maybe Doumit.
  5. deanlambrecht
    I think that's "Cappsize". I'm on gameday. Somebody please tell me he's getting booed.
  6. deanlambrecht
    Joe Vavra and the hitting approach for the team in general. Look at Jamey Carroll, for example. Compare his career numbers until he got to the Twins. Think of what happened to Big Papi. We rely on natural hitting talent minus coaching, and it shows. Here's Carroll, who's been a high average on base monster his entire career. 6 weeks with the Twins and he's a wreck: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroja01.shtml
  7. deanlambrecht
    Wow. Absolutely nothing can go right for this team. I wonder if Target Field is built on an ancient Indian burial site or something.
  8. deanlambrecht
    More like the Bad News Bears, even. Coach might as well be drinking, to boot.
  9. deanlambrecht
    Atteberry was reporting on the postgame radio broadcast that Walters was up for Liriano to go to the bullpen. Maybe that's already common knowledge, but it's the first I've heard of it. Anyone? Edit to add: LEN3 reporting it at Strib: http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/150885045.html
  10. deanlambrecht
    Quoting that typo just because it's funny.
  11. deanlambrecht
    Seth, can you say a bit about why you're a fan of Vavra? (I've got no real beef with Gardy). I think Vavra's been an absolute disaster, and that we've been lucky enough to get by on natural talent alone. Interested in your analysis on Vavra.
  12. deanlambrecht
    Strib reporting Gardy sez Dozier = starting short stop, Carroll to be utility. http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/150343705.html Same article has this lovely info:
  13. deanlambrecht
    Since Gardy's out, it won't happen, but the move I've been hoping the team would make since 2007 is to make sure Joe Vavra is never, ever, our hitting coach again, under any circumstances. Otherwise, Seth's player moves make good sense. At this point, there's not many changes that can be worse than the status quo...
  14. deanlambrecht
    They couldn't retroactively place Morneau on the DL, and if they suspect he's ready to play well before the 15 game mark, then I see why they didn't go that route. And while I have no love loss for Burroughs, the larger problem is why we have no one behind him. For those so anxious to convert Carroll into a utility bench, I don't get it. He's delivering exactly as promised: getting on base, fielding his position better than adequately (and certainly better than we've seen for a long time, Hardy's injury-shortened season somewhat excepted). He's even made a number of clutch hits. Dozier has NOT performed well at Roch, and frankly isn't a highly ranked prospect. I don't see any reason to move Carroll anywhere (and particularly not out of the 2 hole, particularly given Alexi's performance last night, but even absent that).
  15. deanlambrecht
    I started wondering about Francona this morning, actually. I wonder if he'd accept the MUCH smaller salary for a manager that the Pohlad's will be willing to cough up. @ JB_Iowa, you're absolutely right, and I was overly broad in my post. There are elements of our organization that should be maintained, no doubt, and a smart bomb approach is the right way to think about it. Nice post.
  16. deanlambrecht
    I generally agree with this assessment. Although at this point, failure to make incremental changes over time have led to such stagnation that I do think it's time for a wholesale change. From team President down to minor league bat boys, I think it's time to blow it up. New front office, manager/coach team, new scouting team, and load up on prospects, trade/release every player who's not a prospect and has any value that exceeds being a placeholder until prospects are ready and we can reasonably compete again. Ugly, yes. Also necessary, IMO.
  17. deanlambrecht
    Sure, maybe, but he ought to work it out in Rochester, not up here. I realize we have a problem with alternatives. Also, I have little faith that he'll be able to keep it together. He's a 6 year veteran, no? Each year except for one he's found a different way to turn promise into disaster.
  18. deanlambrecht
    I dunno. 5.1 IP, 7 hits, 3 BB, 4 ER, leaves the game with a runner on base after 91 pitches. Sounds like he got lit up to me. Tough to stay positive. I'd already resigned myself to a bad year before the season started, just hoping to recover some ground and that the team would realize they need to rebuild. I was looking forward to watching some players develop and had my fingers crossed for M & M. Carroll's been fun to watch - I was one of the few fans of that move and he's delivered exactly as promised. I like that Ryan grabbed some offensive show to keep butts in seats, but this team's starting pitching is almost indescribably terrible. I didn't expect much from Liriano, but he's a complete joke, and he was the hope of the rotation. In the words of The Dude, "that's a bummer, man."
  19. deanlambrecht
    This is exactly the point. This is not a winning team. If we don't make some moves, next year's team will not be a winning team. Wash, rinse, repeat. We need to stop pretending we've put together a winning squad (if only for the starting pitching, er, um, if only for situational hitting, er, um, if only for the right-handed bullpen arms, er, um, if only for our 2B/3B situation), and start making the moves that will get us climbing back up the ladder in 2014, and winning in 2015.
  20. deanlambrecht
    Lol! Sad but true. But strategery, people! This squad is going nowhere. Abreu is essentially free. Grab Abreu and any/every other cheap alternative we can lay hands on IF we can trade their equivalent for solid prospect. Time to stop pretending we don't need to rebuild, no? So, grab Abreu, et al. Trade Willingham, Span, Morneau, Mauer (though I don't think anyone will touch him unless we eat 1/3 - 1/2 of his salary, frankly), Valencia, Doumit, Plouffe, maybe even Parmalee. Basically trade anyone for whom we can garner in return mid-solid pitching prospects or position players. Bring up all the rest from the farm who we think, in 2-4 years, will be gamers. Get rid of the entire coaching staff at MLB level, and many of the minor league guys who have been in the system for the last decade or longer. Time for a complete overhaul, and if we can save money now to invest in development of prospects, we should do it. We're already in danger of losing 100 games this year. What's the point of trying to work with what we've got? Insanity is trying the same failed solution time and again. Let's get it over with...
  21. deanlambrecht
    Burroughs is in the lineup at 3B tonight. Might be a pitching matchup thing, but I can't imagine it's not a message.
  22. deanlambrecht
    Nice first post, kpark. You're 100% correct. I wish Target Field would do more with canned beers, since they're very consumer friendly. In addition to Surly, they should be stocking Dale's Pale Ale (if you haven't tried it, you're in for a treat), and, dream beer: Paulaner Hefeweizen. Yes, they're now selling it in cans, and it's darn good (though European canning uses a liter scale, so the can is only 11.4 oz.).
  23. deanlambrecht
    We're not a small market team any longer, from a $$ perspective. We're decidedly in the upper half, even with this year's lower (starting) payroll.
  24. deanlambrecht
    Probably the biggest problem with the Clutch statistic is sample size. Even a multi-year veteran like Mauer takes a great deal of Clutch opportunities to compile statistically significant numbers. @TwinsFanLV, I understand your frustration, but I think it's misdirected here. This post is about Joe Mauer's ability to hit with RISP and in Clutch situations. The numbers support the notion that he's especially productive in such situations. If the "only" stat the counts is wins, then each year there are 29 "losers" and 1 "winner," and oddly enough under your construct, the "winner" is not even necessarily the team that wins the World Series (because that team doesn't always and doesn't necessarily have the most wins). So I think your notion of the "one stat that counts" can only lead you to a frustrating end. There's much more going on in a game than that, and I think you'll have more fun with the sport overall if you start appreciating the nuances, as frustrating as losses can be. Trust me, I'm not terribly happy, either.
  25. deanlambrecht
    Normally I'd engage this question on the merits. But today I'm just incredibly steamed about Matt Capps, so I'm here to coin and propagate a new phrase, and I hope you will all help me with the effort. To wit: Matt Capps - he puts the "loser" in "closer." I'm sorry to be non-productive here, but this is just ridiculous and I'm frustrated by the predictability of his poor performance. I think it was fairly evident before his injury last year that he's not cut out to be a closer in the true sense of the role. Capps is the exception that proves the rule for closers - that being a closer on teams like the Pirates and Nationals, which were terrible, terrible baseball teams at the time he pitched for them, substantially reduces the level of pressure on the closer so as to render the distinction of "closer" meaningless. Sadly, I hate to admit, at the moment that exception might apply to the Twins themselves. But it reinforces the rule - if we want to compete, we need we have is a real closer. That's not Matt Capps. (Topic for another discussion, which I'm specifically not addressing here, is whether it's worthwhile to overpay for a closer under any conditions).
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