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  1. The Wise One
    Only one full season at the major league level, players have improved over time. Think Fredir Patek who became an All Star. Ceiling still would be a .700 OPS. Not great but Mark Belanger played years with a bad bat. It depends on what the team wants out of a SS. Not Escobar's but a career .662 OPS is viewed as desirable? That is the part I do not get.
  2. The Wise One
    When multiple people want to platoon for someone with a career OPS of .790 against left handed pitching it is time to quit trying to make a point. The new buzzword is platoon. Define every situation in terms of platoon. It seems as though the sight is being lost on the actual game.
  3. The Wise One
    Bonifacio would have been the player Oakland got rid of. Not a great hitter, not a great fielder. If you can't do one, you better be viewed better as the other
  4. The Wise One
    Bonifacio career OPS .662 Presley .715 Better place discipline. Over 300 ab Bonifacio would be on base 5 more times, but Presley is more likely to start in scoring position.
  5. The Wise One
    You said for him to bat lead off. Thought league average was about .340 for a lead off hitter. He is about .050 below league average in OPS. He should be what he is, a utility bench player with little or no upside from where he is at now.
  6. The Wise One
    That would be tru he could have a high OBP and it would still be less than league average.
  7. The Wise One
    Statistically a guy that has an OPS of .600 is better than a guy with an OPS of .580. that in theory could get you 1 win over a season of platooning three positions.
  8. The Wise One
    Huh? Didn't the term Taxi Squad go away with disco? Florimon play, third string qb's do not. Some people on this board would appear to think that Escobar can play at a major league level.
  9. The Wise One
    Escobar is not Florimon. The love he is shown is sort of like the second string qb thing when your favorite football team is not doing well.
  10. The Wise One
    Your analysis of the other managers on the top of the list revealed a different pattern than Gardenhire's
  11. The Wise One
    Career .297/.330 split. He sure does hit poorly against left handed pitching. .790 OPS, he shouldn't be anywhere near the field of play with that poor of number. You are correct that there is a difference lifetime in his splits. His days off probably should be against left handed pitching on the road. Cuddyer is listed as a career .272 hitter against righties and .287 against lefties.
  12. The Wise One
    1. The developing talent that is coming through the pipeline to the majors should be given every chance to develop into being full time every day players. Your intent in drafting/signing prospects should be to develop the players to their fullest. 2. When it gets to that point of being expensive then you can make trades for prospects that you think will fit the bill for the first response, You can also be very pleased with your scouting department.
  13. The Wise One
    Not a moneyball decision. If you have developed above average players at the positions, thats what you have. There is no need to platoon unless the other player is very superior at one thing but limited. If you have a collection of steady .280 hitters with 25 HR potential what is the problem with that?
  14. The Wise One
    what do you think Gardy did last year as he rated number 5 "platooner" by the definition of occasionally batting someone to a split advantage. Although I would like to point out there was no split advantage resting Mauer.
  15. The Wise One
    Developing players over the next couple of years: Arcia, Buxton, Dozier, Hicks, Pinto, Sano. Player you would not platoon: Mauer. That leave SS and DH to platoon, unless you think the players are not going to develop.
  16. The Wise One
    As yoour guy was considered a poor man's Mark Reynolds how apt is it that Reyolds was signed to a minor league contract with a 2 million salary if he makes the club. So by major league standards for a veteran player who hit 21 HR last year it indeed is a small fortune. A very small ammount compared to the usual fortune made for power hitting.
  17. The Wise One
    So convinced he gave him a minor league contract. A skill set of maybe being able to hit left handed pitching is a very limited role as a pinch hitter. A AA player to use in the minor leagues to help your team win is more his use.
  18. The Wise One
    Who goes to a game based on who is up to pitch in the bullpen? Plenty of effective relievers well past 34. LaTroy Hawkins is still pitching and signing very nice contracts well after the age of 34. For middle of the bullpen guys the future is the present
  19. The Wise One
    At 28 years old and 4 years at AA, Waring has been seen by the scouts. LHP hitting machine in the minors does not necessarily translate 100% to the major leagues. So, no I did not miss something. Your looking merely at minor league statistics to make analysis of MLB skills missed.
  20. The Wise One
    In regards to Yoon one would have to work him out to see if his fastball and slider are back. Statistics on an injured player are kind of meaningless, so why would one even bother to analyze them? In regards to Waring. Should a player have a full season's worth of games at the AAA level and/or a failure at the major league level to be hailed as a AAAA player? Your numbers touted on Waring would say to me he didn't hit minor league pitching in the air enough with a career OPS at AA and AAA below .800.
  21. The Wise One
    E. Santana. Jimmenez, and Cruz also come with draft compensation issues. There really hasn't been a lot of buzz surrounding them, either.
  22. The Wise One
    This is not to enter into a Drew vs Florimon thing but 2 questions 1. What top level player without injury concerns has signed less than a 4 year contract the last couple of years? In figuring out whether or not Drew is worth a contract, I would think that it would be for 4 years. 2. What shortstops in Drew's talent range was consistently playing 120 games a year into their mid 30's. If you are going to be paying someone the kind of contract Drew is supposed to get, it would be reasonable to think that he would play in the field 3/4 of the time.
  23. The Wise One
    ACL in football 2012. Probably missed the baseball season so there is nothing out there.
  24. The Wise One
    The rich just keep getting richer. The Orioles signed Laffrey. Not a former Twin, but KC beat them to Rauch. The real question in all of these ex-Twin signings is how good will Norfolk be?
  25. The Wise One
    I would be more worried about the lack of upside of most of the recent receipients of the award when the won the award. All of the pitchers worked hard to get to where they got. Indeed it may be that for most that one season may be the pinacle of their career.
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