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  1. Mr. Brooks
    And regarding surgical residents, the data has actually shown that patient care got worse after they capped how many hours they could work.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Like I said, they have bench players that can rotate in when a guy needs a day off.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    It depends on the type of work. Do you seriously only see in black and white Mike? Not all "jobs" are the same. The position players barely do anything. Do you realize that many surgical residents work 7 days a week and put in 120 or more hours? And they are doing extremely high stress work. Literally life and death. The human body is far more resilient than you give it credit for. It's baseball. For 3 hours a day. And for position players about 25 minutes of that, tops, is actual work. They'd be perfectly fine.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    They work for 3 hours per day and have off 5 months of the year. Also, like I said, their work consists almost entirely of standing around or sitting on a bench. You also have bench players that can rotate in when guys need a day.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    Also, there is no need for off days. Baseball is a non contact sport, and is not strenuous. Aside from the pitchers, most players spend the vast majority of the game standing around or sitting in the dugout. Even 70% of the AB's consist of standing at the plate, then either walking to the dugout or 1st base, or running 90 feet then walking back to the dugout. There is no need for off days in baseball.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    But the rub there is that Falvey is not allowed to discard the manager. Of course, I'd be shocked if he's allowed to release Joe either, so it's all kinda moot.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    That only helps if you have a manager willing to platoon him. If not, his assets against RHP are washed out by his liability against LHP. Maybe you have more faith in Mollie than I.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    I would expect someone who is as much an expert as you claim him to be, to be able to look at a roster and tell the difference between one of the best we've had in a while, and maybe the worst in our history. It's not like I'm nitpicking a few games off his prediction.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Really? You mean the guy that wrote "what's not to like? " this spring, about a team that went on to lose over 100 games?
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Justin Morneau had yet to play a game above AA at the time they let Ortiz go. Not sure how he was blocking Ortiz.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Dozier barely has the arm strength to make the throws from 2B. The left side is not an option for him.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Unless you are going to add interest, what is the incentive for Mauer to accept that? He's losing a massive amount of money by spreading it out over 25 years, instead of investing it. I know we all love this myth about Joe being this local boy next door who would do anything for the team, but he's no different than anyone else. Nobody is giving up guaranteed money for nothing, nor should he.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Gonsalves will have pitched 155+ innings this year after AFL. He won't be on any kind of innings restriction next year. And, for the sake of argument, even if he were on a 170 limit, that is still good for 30 starts. Ervin Santana was our best starter by far, and even he only pitched 181 innings in 30 starts. A rookie is unlikely to pitch efficiently enough to average 6+ innings per start. That just doesn't happen anymore.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Actually, we probably do need that many open spots. I count 6 to 8 guys that will likely need to be added or risked to the Rule V. Plus Perkins and Hughes have to be put back on the 40 man, even if they are not healthy. That makes 8 to 10. At a minimum sign 1 catcher, 1 reliever and 1 starter. That makes 11 to 13 spots they need open.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Where did he say anything about "sinking" the manager. He's talking about saving the manager from himself. Do you really think Trevor Plouffe is a difference maker? I would hope that when our new POBO has a philosophical difference with field management their default isn't to just bite their tongue and give in, lest they irritate the teachers pet. I mean, if they only brought Falvey in to be a yes man to Mollie and Pohlad, they might as well close up shop now.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    That describes every player in the organization except Mauer (full no trade clause). That really didn't clarify what you meant.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    If he's above average for p5 then he should have quite a few great games for each ugly one. I don't think he's had more than 2 or 3 great games his entire career, and most of the rest are ugly. If he is really the best QB on roster then that is a huge stain on the Kill/Claes legacy, not that it didn't have enough already. Leidner has no business playing QB in Division 1 football. This team is easily 5-0 with even competent, let alone average QB play.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    They already announced the hire, he's in charge already. It wouldn't make any sense to wait until after the postseason to let him make any moves, considering how vocal the Twins were on not wanting to wait on a hire.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    A legit number 3, with a safe floor is a great prospect though. And I'm talking legit 3 on a good team, like Ervin Santana, not a guy like Gibson, who people insist is a number 3, but is really a 5. That's a lot of money you don't have to spend in FA for 6+ years.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    If Greene is the only guy with true ace potential, then I think you take him no matter how risky it is. I'd rather shoot for an ace and fail, then end up with Kyle Gibson at 1-1.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    It's not just the k rate though. That's why I said k AND bb rates. If Stewart had a miniscule bb rate, like I'm guessing Maddux and most other guys who have succeeded with low k rates have had, then I'd be more optimistic.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I'd have a hard time putting Stewart in the top 25 at this point. I mean look at those k and bb rates, this year especially. Has anyone ever, and I mean ever, put up numbers like that in the minors then succeeded in MLB? It can't be many if any.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Right, there are. But Munford said he was opposed to paying them hourly, which I agree with. I didn't see where he said he was opposed to paying them more.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    True, but it's because of competition and market forces, not out of the kindness of their heart that any business owner pays what they pay. Also, I'm not sure that I'd call minor league entry level. I think rookie in MLB is entry level, milb is more apprenticeship or intern, which often pay less in many trades.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Ricky Nolasco got a 2nd place vote? Really? I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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