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  1. Mr. Brooks
    A week won't change my mind, because I was concerned about his k rate even when he was going good last year. You are right, it's only 2 weeks, nobody is freaking out. I simply asked how long before it's a concern. But i will say I didn't think he would be successful at higher levels without improving his k rate, so that's why I'm a little concerned, despite the small sample size.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    When is it ok to start worrying about Rooker?
  3. Mr. Brooks
    The minor leagues are for player development. Clearly, I have no idea what went into the decision, but if winning the game trumped Romero's development, I'd have a problem with that.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    He's only gotten 180+ hits twice in his career, the last time being 9 years ago.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    Is 2000 hits really an accomplishment that typically gets national media coverage? Until Joe got close, I'd never in my life heard 2000 hits even mentioned.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    I'd assume it's to discourage the unlikely, but theoretically possible scenario of a guy who doesn't really want to play baseball, taking the signing bonus, then "retiring" from baseball as soon as the check clears, and going to Florida State to play football. Spreading the bonus out over five years would ensure a commitment to baseball if the player wants to get the full bonus.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    According to this article, Mauer was ranked as the third best defensive fist baseman. So he still wouldn't have won the gold glove.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Split DH is split into 2 separate gates. They clear everyone out after the first game, and a new ticket is required to get in for the second gate. A traditional DH is 2 for the price of one. They don't clear the stadium, and your original ticket gets you in to both games.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Good point.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Fair point, but a few points on Banks. He had 21 more career WAR than Joe currently has. His peak was much better than Joe's. He had a 10+ WAR season (!!!), a 9+ WAR season, and 2 more 8+ WAR seasons. Joe's best was a 7.8 WAR season, so Banks had 4 seasons better than Joe's 2009 season, which is pretty insane. If Joe had a peak like that during his catching days, he'd be a 100% first ballot lock. As it stands now, I think it's a lot closer than you think. It's so close, IMO, I wouldn't bet even a single dollar on either side of the bet.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    I'm saying that when they look at his numbers, they will take into account all of the following: the numbers he put up as a catcher, the numbers he put up post catching, and the numbers he was able to add while playing DH during his catching days, something that relevant historical catchers didn't have the opportunity to do. If DH'ing during his catching career didn't help limit wear and tear over the course of a season, the Twins wouldn't have put him at DH. The voters will look at all available information, I don't see why they'd choose to ignore any of it.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    It's not about wear and tear (that's an obviously legitimate, but separate discussion.), it's about positional value. In which case it wouldn't make sense to compare his 1B/DH numbers during those years to historical catchers, as the team still had to employ a catcher on those days.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    I think most people in that thread were willing to go well beyond $15 million per year for Dozier, they just don't want to go beyond 3 years.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    There is a minimum salary in baseball, so that would not be a legal contract.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Barring injury, Joe at some point in August or September (457 more plate appearances), will no longer have been a catcher for the majority of his career.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Close is a relative term. If he's still a starter, sure 2600 is fairly close- though that would still require 3 more seasons, which would put him at 40. If he's a part time player, which isn't far fetched, considering the offensive standards of first base, combined with his age by then, then it's not really close. He'd need another 6 or 7 years to get those last 400 hits. It's really a long shot at this point.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    But affiliated minor leagues ARE for development. If the local fans don't realize that, then that's on them.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Morrison was signed for what he can contribute in 2018, not 2017, as that is the past. Clearly the market doesn't think he can come close to repeating his 2017 numbers, which is understandable in his case.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    Because the average player at any milb level is not a legit prospect, and will never sniff the major leagues. Therefore, legit prospects should hopefully move along faster than an average player at each level. It's certainly not a deal breaker , but it's a legitimate point of data to consider.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    I'm happy they got in, of course. But had they decided to actually show up at home versus Memphis a couple weeks ago, they might be playing Portland instead of Houston. I hope that they use it as a learning experience, that you can't take nights off in the regular season.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Wouldn't he have to be in the top 180 to be a one percenter?
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Molitor is no longer the guy they got stuck with though. They chose to continue with him, even with a track record of refusing to use LOOGY's properly.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    IMO he'd have to get one down more often than that (1 in 3 is only a .666 OPS, if my math is correct), but otherwise agree totally.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Yes we did. We have their entire career body of work, which is a pretty large sample size.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think we have a large enough sampleb size to know anything about this bullpen yet.
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