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  1. mikelink45
    I wondered if there was a trend in official scoring that might have been observed in recent years. The only thing I could find was in 2009 "On May 8, Howie Kendrick hit a home run off Gil Meche in a 4-1 Angels victory over the Royals — only, he really didn’t hit a homer. Rather, he circled the bases on a poor fielding play by Kansas City right fielder Jose Guillen, a play that should have been ruled a four-base error. You can see the play here. (The Royals have appealed the ruling.) This is just another example of the long trend in official scoring (at seemingly all levels) to avoid giving errors whenever possible. It’s most noticeable at the major league level, but you see it in the minors and in college games as well. https://thesportsarsenal.com/2009/05/13/error-on-the-official-scorer/ I wonder if that was just the beginning of the trend. I know that stats people now say that errors do not mean much and range and numbers of plays made count for more and, of course, this means that the official scorer is not as important as in the past, except where we look at ERA. However, in looking at league ERA's https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/pitch.shtml there does not seem to be much of a shift in the last 15 years. However, in the league fielding statistics there is a very definite trend downward in errors per game and I do not think it is just better fielders, better gloves, and better positioning. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/field.shtml There are a few outlier years, but look at this from 1871 to today. Some is glove, field conditions, etc, but this is really a ridiculous set of numbers and constitutes a definite trend.
  2. mikelink45
    I feel like the scorers really do not give out the errors they should. I do not know if it is pressure from players or managers that want to keep errors to the minimum, but dropping a ball is an error.
  3. mikelink45
    Nice response. I am still not a Bosher backer, but I appreciate having data to look at.
  4. mikelink45
    Nice response. I am still not a Bosher backer, but I appreciate having data to look at.
  5. mikelink45
    Here is is game log - http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/33072/ryan-pressly he has been very good for August and September. The problem is that very high percentage of his inherited runners score - http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/minnesota-twins-team-stats?season=2016&category=PITCHING+RELIEF&group=1&sort=15&time=0&pos=0&qual=0&splitType=128 and I cannot break that down by month, but 41% is too much.
  6. mikelink45
    As the season winds down it will be good to have a ranking of MN Twin pitching prospects. I would like to see the hitters and the pitchers separated on the lists.
  7. mikelink45
    He fills an essential role, and as far as I can see he is the only Veteran who can do this. It is not in Joe's personality and the leader needs to be someone on the field every day. I am pleased to read this.
  8. mikelink45
    He has had 50% of inherited runners score and he been sent down repeatedly which indicates that management is not that sold on him either. For August and September he has given up six runs in six innings - not counting inherited runners. I am glad you like him, but for me he has passed his point of reliability.
  9. mikelink45
    Boshers has been a good story, but going forward we need better pitchers in these situations and Buddy is not the answer. Glad we won, but little things are important going forward.
  10. mikelink45
    We need someone to step up and light a fire like Buxton did recently. We have had Rosario and Escobar give the team a needed jolt this season. Kepler or Mauer need to take their turn and carry the team for a while. Sano would be perfect, but since he cannot play we need someone else to get that surge.
  11. mikelink45
    I think it is great that Mauer is having a really good resurgence. He has really helped this year and he has had some great years, as well as years where he deserved some of the criticism he got. But that is all in the past. His HOF credentials? Unless he continues this production and builds some numbers he is on the outside. Writers have left out some really good catchers and he would have made it in if the concussion had not changes his path. But the real puzzler for me is this - if he continues this trend and has a similar year next year he will become a free agent. The maximum cut allowed in baseball is 20% and it is hardly ever used - this would still be an $18,400,000 salary. So how would this FO value Mauer in 2019? Would there be another contract? Would they dare offer the minimum contract possible under the labor agreement? Would they let him go FA and offer to sign him for whatever he is offered by others? What would the market for him be? How many teams would want him as their 1B? Go Joe - your career has taken quite a path.
  12. mikelink45
    This was a surprise. I expect the pitchers who are highest on the prospect list to make this list, but what it does more than anything is show me why Gonsalves was not brought up to the Twins. Thanks for this good work.
  13. mikelink45
    We had a poor finish to our season two years ago too. It's hard to say why, but Twins fans start to get nervous when we get a streak like this in September and rightfully so - in 2015 we were 551 the first half and 466 the second. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2015-schedule-scores.shtml With the top two rotation pitchers now used we have to turn to Father Time Colon, Young Slegers, and Resurgent Gibson to right the ship. We also have to stop putting Boshers in with runners on base. Boshers has allowed 17 inherited runners to score in 32 innings. http://m.mlb.com/player/542953/buddy-boshers which is a very poor record. - half the runners on base when he comes in score! Why are we using him in these situations?
  14. mikelink45
    This is really disappointing. I like having as many writers and opinions as we can get and this is truly a defensive rant. Why, because he crossed that velvet rope and used racial and fat biases in his essay. He gave us nothing new, no true insider view, he just took a path that was easy and now he is trying to tell us that the path was strewn with difficulty and danger. Mr. Souhan, write about baseball. When you criticize use information not generalizations. There are many intelligent readers and there is this forum where many of us meet indirectly. Join us, but do not scold us. We only have your written word and when that fails - so do you.
  15. mikelink45
    Glad you see that. We have the same pitching coach and pitching is still our big issue. I will not fault the new FO but I will also not give them credit for this upsurge.
  16. mikelink45
    What a fun and frustrating game. I have faith that this team can rise above the controversy.
  17. mikelink45
    This is a team that is playing like our 1965 Twins - not just Killebrew in the lineup, but Hall, Allison, Oliva, Versailles, Mincher, Rollins, and Battey. Some hits and thunder throughout the line up. I am excited to see Sano return and I hope he has observed how important it is to make contact and get more than HRs. This has been a very fun run.
  18. mikelink45
    I suspect you are right. Thanks for the correction, although it does not change my premise - I do not credit the new FO with this team, this year.
  19. mikelink45
    Can we really credit this to them? What did they do? The players Ryan signed are the stars. The players the FO brought in have questionable results. I love what this team has done, but I give no credit to the new regime. Lucky them, they were here when the prospects matured and then they almost blew it with their own choices.
  20. mikelink45
    It has been my gripe with the FO - they favor the players that they can find over the players already in the system. Slegers and Gonsalves should both be in the rotation.
  21. mikelink45
    Yup - I could have put Garcia's stats in instead, but the fact remains that we are just as well off using our own minor leaguers unless we are willing to go for true talent.
  22. mikelink45
    Has anyone calculated the collective stats for all the dumpster pitchers we have put on the team this year instead of using our minor leaguers? Pitcher innings H BB R Heston 1 1 0 0 Gee 25.1 26 6 13 Breslow 31 38 12 19 Tepesch 1.2 5 2 7 Haley 18 22 6 12 Enns 4 7 1 4 Wilk 10.1 16 9 9 Melville 3.1 4 3 5 93.5 119 39 69 A whip of 1.70 and .74 runs per inning (I am not looking at ER) Does anyone believe our minor league pitchers could not have matched this sterling set of stats?
  23. mikelink45
    Was he the target of the trade or was it Boof Bonser? Was he a throw in and we got lucky?
  24. mikelink45
    I loved having Nathan and wish we could have capitalized on Liriano's talent for more good seasons, but I also feel like we did give up a lot. A.J. loses support because of his prickly personality, but he was a really consistent and determined player. I would call the trade even and, on our side, a little lucky too.
  25. mikelink45
    Entertaining, but do not sign him for an extension.
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