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  1. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not old enough to have seen Killer play. But this analysis seems to be leaving out half the game. Their career OPS+ are within 5% of each other, and Puckett was an exceptional defender at a premium position, and also ran the bases pretty well.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Is there a reason you left out the prospect we got back from Miami in the Romo deal?
  3. Mr. Brooks
    Pssst... you forgot to switch accounts
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Sure it is. Just compare to league average. Your approach would be to still be using the same equipment they did in 1902?
  5. Mr. Brooks
    But we'll be facing almost exclusively good pitchers if we make the playoffs.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Or maybe he'll be an all star caliber outfielder for 6 years. There are many possible outcomes.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Escobar was a free agent. The Twins attempted to sign him to an extension, he declined.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    I was responding to a post that claimed he should be at best a 4 or 5 on a bad team.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    I was responding to the idea that he shouldn't be swinging on a 2-0 count. Hitting major league pitching is hard. If I had to guess, I'd imagine he thought he was swinging at a pitch in the zone when he committed to his swing.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not sure why the salary matters. The Twins don't carry payroll savings over year to year, so it wouldn't affect next year's budget (unless they account the $1m buyout into next year's payroll). If this year's payroll is maxed out, then ok, I guess it can't be done, but if there is still room, then they might as well use it. It's really moot anyway, since he didn't even make it to the Twins in the waiver priority, but philosophically, I'm not sure why the salary should matter.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    The whole point of working a count in your favor is to get a good pitch to hit. Why wouldn't we want Sano swinging on a 2-0 count? His career OPS, by the way, in 2-0 counts is .926.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    He's 7% better than league average this season. So even if you want to toss out last season as an outlier, he's still by definition a #3 on an average team.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Wouldn't an average pitcher, by definition, be a #3 on an average team? Gibson is 13% better than an average pitcher, by ERA, since the beginning of last year.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    I agree. I usually set it even cooler than that at night. Unless it's not humid. But that really has nothing to do with the study cited.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Of course they could be wrong. Not sure what I said that implied they couldn't be. And why are we limiting the sample size to 10 innings? I'm sure they are constantly evaluating these guys, over the entire season. I don't think anyone is disputing that whether they're right or wrong is a valid argument. I think the dispute is much more likely the quite preposterous theory that they are doing it to save face on the trade.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Anyone on the 40 man roster by 8/31 is eligible for the postseason roster.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Have you considered that internal evaluations are done with metrics we don't even have access to?
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Well it says right in the tweet that those settings are recommended for energy efficiency... not for comfort.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    He's given up 19 runs over his last three starts. I'm confident they can find a AAA starter that can duplicate that for a start or two.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Buxton and Astudillo won't be back until September. Rosters are expanded then, so there won't be a crunch issue with them.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    The playoff push is right now. I can see maybe skipping a Berrios start, since he only pitches every five days, but they need Rogers available. Is there a specific reason you think Rogers needs an IL stint?
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think the Twins would have him firing 104 mph at AA if the shoulder wasn't healthy. It's hard to imagine that anyone can throw a baseball that fast at anything less than max effort, so I don't see how "pressing" at mlb level would risk re injury.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    I would think they'd do it before 9/1, so there are no hoops to jump through to get him on the playoff roster.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not suggesting they get it on the cheap. I'm disputing the suggestion that they are getting it on the cheap now.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Hopefully Berrios doesn't plan on allowing any balls to be put in play tonight. Not sure about the defense that Rocco is running out there tonight.
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