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  1. Jham
    But you just suggested a solution: take advantage of your player options to extend the number of available arms in your pen. We have a number of available major league capable arms who can be shuttled in and out and kept fresh. Problem is when they're called up, Molly doesn't use them anyway. More often them not, it seems they're sent back down to get some work rather than switch out for a fresh arm.
  2. Jham
    thanks everyone. #twinsdailymakesfatherhoodeasier
  3. Jham
    My first was born yesterday. Holding him and reading the wrap. Happy birthday to both of you. My wife and watched yesterday's game after 30+hours without sleep, and decided on a name. Ed. Thank you for your efforts, Tom.
  4. Jham
    I agree. Hunter had half of Buxton's athletic ability. My pay wasn't clear. Hunter in baseball, and Moss in football were the 2 best I've ever seen at tracking a ball. Many fielders steal a peek at the wall while tracking a ball. but few do it without breaking stride and almost none did it in the metrodome. but Hunter did. likewise, miss is to this day the only receiver I've ever seem take his eyes off a fly route and still catch a pass. To do that, you really have to track the ball in an instant. spacial control and recognition isn't a readily measured metric, but it allows for great catches in traffic over safeties or over walls without knocking yourself out.
  5. Jham
    One problem is Buxton even without injury will gradually (or rapidly) lose speed and defensive coverage. Even if healthy. But for all his athleticism, he's not the natural everyone says. he doesn't naturally track a ball like Randy Moss or Torii Hunter who could take their eyes of the ball and run to a spot. Buck runs stuff down with raw speed, sometimes reckless speed. More like Corderrelle Patterson than Moss. I love Buck, but he has to hit and take care of his body. By the time Sano figures things out, he may be 350 lbs. Cheap and controllable is super valuable. times running on controllable, and soon they won't even be that cheap. I think they both are victims of the hype train.
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    Agree with the conclusion but not the premise. Yes, it is tough for this team to win without Buck and Sano leading the way. However, the level of production suggested takes the cream from the top and ignores the milk, curds, and whey. Sano has always projected as a huge power prospect with severe contact issues and over-swing/pull tendencies. Always a tier below the best power hitters in trajectory, spin, and contact, in my opinion. Scouts still had big doubts about Buxton's ability to recognize pitches and consistently make contact even when he was raking. his swing itself never looked smooth or natural. Anyhow, I call the premise flawed because it extrapolates based on the peak of their performance curve, suggesting Trout-esque performance from a good stretch. But it isn't really Trout-esque unless the Sano/Buxton peaks are close to Trout's peaks rather than his averages. So we do need much more from the core. But whether we expected more or merely hoped for more is the important question.
  7. Jham
    So, I get what you're saying about making business decisions over baseball decisions, but I think you're perspective is skewed by hindsight bias, and Romero might not be your best example. A lot of the pitchers you listed cost us next to nothing and contributed to a playoff pen after we list May and Kinzler who you left off that list. Hilde wasn't that highly regarded. Guys like Pressly, Rodgers, Buesenitz, Curtis, and Tonkin were given opportunities as well. I agree that our inability to project our own prospects is disheartening. But playing prospect roulette makes just as little sense as waiver wire roulette. Probably less. I have no problem with the use of Romero coming off a shoulder issue last year.
  8. Jham
    I heard Dazzle talking when Buck came in to pinch run. Molitor had been asked about the Milwaukee scenario and whether Buxton had the green light and if he wanted him to steal. His answer was, "yes, and yes." Buxton hasn't been caught stealing in a year. He needs to be more aggressive. His speed and effort are electric and carries over to fans and teammates. His struggles likewise drain on everyone. He's becoming timid. That's an issue. He's working through the k's so I expect some sorry of turnaround soon.
  9. Jham
    To me, this really highlights the fine line between functional major leaguer and out of the league. Hughes could still get guys out, just not enough. Of he were young, he'd be a AAAA guy. He worked so hard, and he's not that far off. Control is still there. Velo is close. Fine line. Is it for sure that he'll refuse assignment if no big league teams take him?
  10. Jham
    Go train with RA Dicky and make a come back. Good luck, Phil.
  11. Jham
    Move to catcher.
  12. Jham
    Another year of this core wasted. Window potentially closing. Dozier will be gone, Escobar and Gibson likely traded. Santana and Mauer past effectiveness. Buxton and Sano are in actual danger of busting. Ouch.
  13. Jham
    This is an awesome post. As I was looking at the dialogue re inherited runners and thinking a runner on 1st with 2 outs counts the same as runner on 3rd no one out, and that the start is pretty misleading in that regard, here you are crushing with numerous stats and comparisons balancing out the situational disparities! Well done good sir!
  14. Jham
    Do we know of other pitchers who have returned from this procedure?
  15. Jham
    In it's strictest sense, moving your wedding from Seattle to Arizona to avoid rain then having rain on your weeding day while the sun shined on the space needle would be ironic: a reversal of expectations. Of course the most common modern usage of irony is to annoyingly call out people's misuse of irony when we all know what was meant. Therefore, perfect usage all around!
  16. Jham
    Without delving into the rest of the Rodney debate, Rodney threw a fastball up and in to Jones, an all star hitter, who pulled in his hands, shortened his swing, and barreled it up. Unlikely spot for a gopher ball. Great hitting. Actually a good pitch, bad result.
  17. Jham
    We better score some runs here. My doctor told me I can't drink for 3 months.
  18. Jham
    Midseason form. Save something for the home opener!
  19. Jham
    Musta been the wind... hey, does defensive runs saved count that as a full run? Probably should, right?
  20. Jham
    The Indians underacheived more than half the year. They showed how important pitching depth is. Still, their line up isn't better than ours. Interesting battle of top end arms vs depth and balance.
  21. Jham
    This is a far far deeper group than were accustomed to. I like that the season isn't hinged to a prospect becoming an instant star or a has been returning to form worth plan b being aaaa roulette. Out of the 10 or so guys who figure to make starts, hopefully we can find 5 or 6 who pitch well and 2-3 who tear it up.
  22. Jham
    It's actually very smart. We're sending them by Delorian back to a time when we really needed young pitching prospects.
  23. Jham
    Victims of our own humanity... better to care for a minute or not care at all?
  24. Jham
    TK would say something to the effect of, "every season you'll automatically win 50 and lose 50. It's what you do in those other 62 games that defines your season." In short, it's a long season. The small percentages add up. A nice that increases your chances of winning by only 1% is worth 1.62 wins in the end on average. If you go from a move costing your team 1% to gaining 1%, that's over 3 wins difference by season's end. No one is doubting Dozier's productivity. Just whether batting him first maximizes that production in the search of those extra percentage points over the course of the years.
  25. Jham
    Minnetonka Bay Rays.
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