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  1. Jham
    I think the biggest problem with our organization and with the prospect-first posters on these forums is over-valuation of certain prospects. Some of us have offered that no player should be untouchable. How do you even say that without hearing what an offer might be? It's pretty clear that our untouchables list is different than other teams. The excitement of seeing minor league success and big league failure lends itself to backup quarterback syndrome. Kepler and Berrios were untouchable several years ago along with Buxton and Sano. Guys like Dozier, Escobar, Gibson, and Goodrum, etc were deemed expendable. To me, it was pretty clear that Buxton, Sano, and Kepler were being vastly overrated by the league. The comparisons of the first two to Trout and Cab fueled that fire. And mentioning Kep in the same sentence as the other 2 is in in itself an overrating, imo. Berrios is pretty consistently rated a 2 or 3 starter and not an ace. Why is that untouchable? Romero has shoulder issues. Gonsalves could be a AAAA guy without better control. He could be a really good pitcher that everyone else is undervalues. All these guys are going to approach arb eligibility and eventually free agency at the same time. Even under the best circumstance, then what? I'm not saying we should or should have traded any of those guys. I'm just saying it would be nice to see us take advantage of a market that favors an inferior player over a superior one.
  2. Jham
    I'm assuming they consider the sauna- like conditions will bring the weight off faster. Other than that I've never even heard of such a thing.
  3. Jham
    That's a pretty narrow view of success, and your analogy is a bit more condescending than I think you intended. If the idea is to provide a competitive entertaining and profitable brand of baseball year in and year out with a consistent strive to accumulate talent and field a better product, then let the results which are largely unpredictable, happen as it happens, I don't think you'd be fired for suggesting ways to improve the team. Tearing down and rebuilding, then shoving all in works. Except when it doesn't, you lose a generating of fans. Sustained success with occasional peaks works too though. You have to put yourself in position to take advantage of good fortune. Predicting which teams will be there at the end is hard enough at the beginning of the season. trying to predict 6 seasons out? More likely a firable model, imo. The idea is to have more than 25 fans still cheering by the time you are ready to win it all.
  4. Jham
    The rules suggest that quality minor league relief pitchers who can be shuttled back and forth and kept fresh should be one of the more valuable commodities in the sport. we're one of few teams who could pull that off, but can't because a strategy featuring fresh young bull pen arms would make Molly's had explode.
  5. Jham
    imagine if Presley were our closer and Rodney dfa'd and picked up by Cleveland like many wanted a month ago.
  6. Jham
    If you're watching a parade, don't follow it. It never changes. If the parade is boring, run in the opposite direction. You will fast-forward the parade. - Mitch Heberg
  7. Jham
    What's wrong with winning division titles, again?
  8. Jham
    thanks everyone. #twinsdailymakesfatherhoodeasier
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Jham
    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.
  13. Jham
    Presley: over rated, over-used, misused, or all of the above?
  14. Jham
    Mitch Garver is my least favorite player. How overrated..
  15. Jham
    Well it worked. at least half way. Bats must do their part now.
  16. Jham
    Why bring in Rodney to face the bottom of the order?
  17. Jham
    Well, the good news is we can't get walked off...
  18. Jham
    Good Kyle and Bad Kyle often appeared in the same game in years past... the new Kyle seems to shake adversity and stay agresive much better.
  19. Jham
    Who are you, and what have you done with Kyle Gibson?
  20. Jham
    Gotta go charcoal. Only more proof that he can't do anything right!
  21. Jham
    As pitchers adjust to hitters changing swing paths to achieve better lift, a guy like Lamar with a more high to low swing could benefit.
  22. Jham
    Very entertaining game so far. don't know what all the fuss is about Garver.. he's bad at everything.
  23. Jham
    just a guess, but teams employ a pretty extreme shift against him, and as dick often references, he still pulls everything.
  24. 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.
  25. Jham
    What research? It's an opinion. not based on ratings or rankings but actual results. I'm not suggesting that we can't draft or sign international free agents that the experts like. (I'll submit that if I simply selected mlb.com's "best available" mlb.com would probably rank my draft petty well, no scouting required). I'm suggesting that there's a disconnect between the team's perception of a player's value, readiness, and ceiling and reality. We start clocks too soon, we lose trades, and let power pitchers blow out their arms before throwing a single MLB inning. IMO.
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