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  1. mikelink45
    I don't know. Defensive choices are always questionable. No one has come up with a truly excellent defensive metric and I do not know if we overrate him here in Twins land.
  2. mikelink45
    I agree, but I do not know if the Twins will limit him to 1B. I am confused about how they are going to use their assets this year.
  3. mikelink45
    Eddie has given me post season pleasure - imagine Eddie getting a walk! Tonight he did and scored the first run for Atlanta in a 2 - 0 game. Love the way he plays. So much fun. Cruz is admirable. Love the outdoor adventures. Keep it going.
  4. mikelink45
    This is great and yes it is time. The other players that we don't have always seem so good but in reality our players have the potential to be exactly what we need
  5. mikelink45
    How will this work? Will you put up a topic or will the topics come from the posters? If I say, and believe, the baseball is sliding down to the level of hockey public support and interest does that constitute the beginning? I am really worried about our sport. I'm sitting in the Portland airport and just talked with Dave bartender here and his response when I said that I was looking forward to the world series tonight was "I do not interested in baseball anymore it's just the pitcher and the batter and nothing else counts. Length of game lack of action, lack of drama, and people are leaving the sport that have watched it as a general interest viewing over the years. I know that baseball is trying to react, but it's too slow and the question is is it too late.
  6. mikelink45
    Yes, but you also forgot garver in that list. Letting your catchers have more at bats without getting behind the plate is an advantage. I see Rooker is the odd man out in this. He just hasn't shown that he's going to grow and he's already at the age that should be his peak
  7. mikelink45
    I believe the use of RP, the length of SP appearances, who cares about exit velocity and especially how far a HR was hit? Who are all those coaches and what do they do? Which coaches are the most important. .How soon should prospects be called up? How do we shorten games? What needs to be done to get the popularity of the sport back? Oh the options.
  8. mikelink45
    I love it. One of my pleasures on TD is when I get comments and discussions - and often other opinions. This could be really fun - Go Eddie Rosario!
  9. mikelink45
    1B has a history of big and slow guys filling in the lineup so that their bats could play - when the DH came in 1B became a place where we wanted to have some fielding ability. Ted Kluszewski was a prime example. Hrbek was a surprisingly good fielder for his size. I like Scott's list of fielding pct. It is still a useful tool and does expose Sano in a way that is easy to understand. But do not trade or sign for a 1B. We have Kiriloff, Rooker, Sano, Larnach, Miranda, Arraez, Garver and more in the minors that can fill in their. Unless we are looking for a glove wiz this is what we have to work with.
  10. mikelink45
    Sano is really hard to judge, but the fact that all his hitting came after we dropped out of any potential contention drops him to a D+ for me. Hitting with the pressure off is not what we want or need. He will be with us a long time and will be a challenge to judge throughout his career. Donaldson did almost everything we asked for so I would put him up to the B+. Simmons had a lot of lapses that do not figure in the fielding metrics he was an F for me. Where was Arraez - he is not an OF. He played around the IF, his hitting was down, his fielding not sensational, but he was very usable and would get a C from me.
  11. mikelink45
    I just cannot see it. Very seldom does this work out. Take a look at Snell, Bauer, Clevinger, Bumgartner, Kluber, Aces and arms are a crapshoot. Develop your own.
  12. mikelink45
    This is the most confusing year in the last five. The direction of the team, its needs, and its concentration of talent in a few places makes the moves a real challenge to predict.
  13. mikelink45
    Eddie Makes the New York Times
  14. mikelink45
    I think you did a good job. I can't argue with any of the grades.
  15. mikelink45
    I thought this was Randball Stu. Thanks for the laughs.
  16. mikelink45
    Not true - you and everyone else in Twinsdom would love to be a Braves team and see your team make it into the World Series. That is the goal, and Eddie just took his team there.
  17. mikelink45
    How fun was that.
  18. mikelink45
    You are in charge - I am heading out for drinks and dinner. Keep it going.
  19. mikelink45
    Easily. Now we get to watch Graterol. Twins all over the place.
  20. mikelink45
    Just watched Eddie hit a three run HR right after an Adrianza double. Great to be a Twins (ex-Twins) fan. Go Eddie. What an amazing series you have had.
  21. mikelink45
    With the trend in TD articles I expected to see Eddie Rosario mentioned here, but we will leave his strong but erratic arm for other posts. I am not high on Archie Bradley, but the other two look good if we can get them. Much better than the homeless group we tried to turn into BP arms last year. I do agree we need to get at least two (counting Moran) from the minors.
  22. mikelink45
    I am delighted - Eddie Rosario has taken over the playoff and Twins Daily. Its the off season and our former Twin is the talk of the league, Eddie on MLB.com, and Twins Daily. He is so hot we missed the perfect two innings by Graterol on mlb.com. and Ryan Pressly finishing two games for Houston. Only Ehire 0-7 looks like a Twin in the Post Season, but he is there, Jake Odorizzi has pitched like a Twin in the playoffs with a 9.00 era. Jason Castro drove in the winning run in one game for the Astros and is 2 for 4 with a HR. Boston is trailing in the series because they have Martin Perez doing his Twins thing with a 12 era and Danny Santana 0-2. The Twins fan is never at a loss in the playoffs (only the Twins are). And the teams with the fewest ex-Twins are the ones that are behind at this stage. And in answer to the question - how will it end? With Eddie holding the WS trophy.
  23. mikelink45
    Check out Everything’s coming up Rosario by Jason Stark - fun reading.
  24. mikelink45
    I posted most of my thoughts in the next Eddie article, but enjoyed your write up Ted. Eddie has always been fun and fun is something baseball needs. We keep waiting for Byron to break loose on the bases, but not get hurt and I love the Buxton reactions (let's not lose him), but Eddie was a joy to watch, even if he screwed up and made me laugh. When people say he hit 215 for us in the playoffs I have to ask what the others hit. Because I still remember some key hits. I do not like the Dodgers (Yankees West), but I also do not like the Braves and my focus has instead been on Eddie and his historical heroics. I do enjoy seeing Graterol and Pressly too. And seeing Jason Castro get a key hit was fun. But it is Eddie who has us on a joy ride.
  25. mikelink45
    No stats can measure excitement, energy, happiness. I would not have signed Eddie for $12 mil, but then I would not sign any player for that much MLB play money. However, if I were the Twins I would have looked at an extension in the Polanco, Kepler signing period - the same with Berrios and Buxton. Yes we had Kiriloff and Larnach - Kiriloff made 59 games and had an OPS of 98 and 0.6 WAR. He has missed a lot of time with injuries in the minors and that concerns me. Plus Kiriloff looks like he is going to be 1B not LF. Larnach was brought up too early gave us 0.5 WAR and 88 OPS in 79 games. Let's hope he finds the batting eye he started the year with. Arraez is not a good LF and does not have enough power for the corner. Did we need Eddie for one more year? My answer would be yes. But the decision is over and I wish both the team and prospects and Eddie the best.
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