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  1. KGB
    I agree the Twins had to sign Mauer to a contract in 2010. He was a 27 year old, the double power had turned into home runs and he was an MVP players going into his prime. But in signing the contract, Mauer also increased the expectation on him. In the four years Management “wasted his prime years”, we went through bi-lateral leg weakness in 2011 and a drop in batting average from .324 to .277 in 2014. It’s true the Twins could have spent more money, but that doesn’t excuse Mauer for his production. For all the Mauer bashing, we have an equal amount of Mauer excuse making. All this leave us to where we are now, hoping a soon to be 33 year old will justify not only his salary but what seems to be a guaranteed spot in the lineup.
  2. KGB
    Would the World Series Champions Giants be an example of a team without great fielding OF’s winning? Gordon & Cain are both great fielders and hitters. KC had a choice to go with a light hitter and great fielder in Dyson, but signed Alec Rios who is more of a hitter than fielder. Cain is the perfect 4th outfielder, but not your everyday player. Buxton should be a good hitter to go along with the great fielding. If you keep a one of Hicks/Rosario and find a power hitting corner outfielder, you have a more balance team and shouldn’t hurt your outfield defense by much since Buxton is so good in center.
  3. KGB
    Keeping a bad player on the roster isn't a good idea, but Mauer may not be a baseball HOF player, but he is going to be a Twins HOF player and have a statue in front of Target field. And he deserves all of that, so just cutting him isn't an option. It would be a marketing disaster. But cutting back his playing time and seeing what other players can do should be an option. At one time, I wanted him to play 150 games a year, but not anymore
  4. KGB
    As long as you don't suggest replacing Pelfrey, he our best stater since the break. And he looks even better knowing that he not guareented $10+ million over the next 2-4 years.
  5. KGB
    Hopefully the Goodrum promotion means Sano is not staying in AA much longer.
  6. KGB
    The door has always been open for Buxton, he just needs to keep hitting and walk through it.
  7. KGB
    Mauer said the last 2 years that he has no effect from the concussions. I think the concussion is becoming a excuse for just the fact that he not the same player anymore. His hot streaks used to be a 2 month period, now it's 2 weeks. I hope you are right, if the Twins are going to continue to be a playoff contender, it would be nice to see Mauer's overall production improve. It will be hard to expect a .400 average with RISP.
  8. KGB
    Joe's BABIP is still around .330 (.342 last year) which is around is career average so I don't think it's the shifts affecting him. It looks more like a slower bat which is increasing the strike out totals which has been going up since 2012. He was helped with a high BABIP in 2013, which if it was at his career average he would have hit below .300. The increasing in K's isn't related to an increase in power, so it's really hard to hit .300 with his strike out totals, just ask Danny Santana. But if he get's 90-100 RBI's and helps the team win, it hard to be too disappointed with his season. But you really can't expect to see the Mauer of five years ago.
  9. KGB
    I agree that if someone is on a pace to drive in 100 runs, it's hard to call it a bad year. But based on what you wrote, do you this 2013 was a bad year for Mauer when he drove in only 47 runs and had a .239/.389/.273 line with RISP?
  10. KGB
    Let Hick prove it a little longer at AAA. The last 2 years he has had a hot month in Spring Training, then the Twins lose the backup CF in waivers, then Hicks flops at the majors. No reason to do this for the third time.
  11. KGB
    Guarantee contracts vs a player with minor league options - my bet has May heading back to the minors.
  12. KGB
    Like a lot of things with Hicks, you think he should be a good defensive outfielder, but he doesn't show it. Career totals UZR UZR/150 Hicks (10.9) (9.8) Schafer ( 8.4) (3.9) Robinson 7.8 13.6 I hope they don't go to Hicks again just because they don't like the other options. He really needs to earn the promotion from AAA this year or they should just play Robinson more if defense upgrade is what they want.
  13. KGB
    Unless playing the Twins is the reason for the hot start. The White Sox are not off to a hot start and beat the Twins 2 out of 3.
  14. KGB
    Pinto is showing he is healthy, so there is no reason to keep him in AAA. Keeping better bullpen pitchers in AAA over no upside veteran's also make no sense so I hope both of these moves are made quickly. I think you have to give the outfield a little bit more time and see if HIcks or Rosario at AAA a little longer to make the right move.
  15. KGB
    Even more strange is that a better relief pitcher (Ryan Webb) just got released and cleared waivers and Ryan Pressly had better major league stat's and is in the Twins minors. Not sure what they see in these players.
  16. KGB
    The Braves are an interesting counterpoint to the Twins method. They had one down year last year after winning 90+ for a few years and went right away into rebuild mode. The Twins are 4 years into lossing 90 games and still are holding on the the "Twins Way" of running the team, because they used to be good.
  17. KGB
    Unbelievable, good investment and loss of draft pick.
  18. KGB
    We don't rebuild, we just reload. Based on the offseason signing and the makeup of the roster, I think the FO thinks they can contend. Hopefully are ready to eat salaries and make changes quickly if this proves to be wrong.
  19. KGB
    This is back our previous discussion about stats, you can find them to support just about anything. Both Oliva and Mauer are borderline HOF players, the next few years will tell for Mauer. But to be upset about someone thinking Oliva is a better player than Mauer is silly. Below is the OPS+ by year and considering Oliva played the last few years on 1 leg and we have not seen how Mauer's career will play out, I think I'll stick with Oliva until I see what Mauer does over the last 4 years. Year OPS+ Player 2009 171 Mauer 1971 154 Oliva 1964 150 Oliva 1968 145 Oliva 2006 144 Mauer 2013 142 Mauer 1965 141 Oliva 2010 140 Mauer 2012 140 Mauer 1970 137 Oliva 1966 136 Oliva 2008 134 Mauer 1969 133 Oliva 1967 129 Oliva 2007 118 Mauer 1973 109 Oliva 1974 109 Oliva 2005 107 Mauer 2014 107 Mauer 1975 103 Oliva 2011 102 Mauer 1976 43 Oliva
  20. KGB
    I think you need to look at the players in comparison to the era they played: 2004 to 2013 1963 to 1972 League Avg League Avg Avg 0.262 0.249 OBP 0.329 0.316 SLG 0.414 0.367 OPS 0.743 0.683 I don't think saying Mauer is below Carew and Oliva is a negative comment. I think some people get overly sensitive when talking about Mauer.
  21. KGB
    Makes me feel old, since I've seen Carew and Oliva, so maybe it's just a point of reference.
  22. KGB
    Tony Gwynn won 4 batting titles after the age of 33, Carew won a title at 31 & 32. it will be awesome to see Mauer win a couple more batting titles. If we are going to compare him to HOF's, let's set HOF goals for him.
  23. KGB
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-positional-power-rankings-first-base/ Fangraphs have the Twins ranked last at 1st base within the division. The ranking is based on team value, but I listed the league rank and the projected WAR rank of the starter: #2 Tigers Cabrera 4.2 WAR #5 White Sox Abreu 2.6 WAR #10 Indians Santana 2.3 WAR #15 Royals Hosmer 2.4 WAR #17 Twins Mauer 1.8 WAR
  24. KGB
    That is why some of the off-season moves seemed strange. You need roster space for your young players. They signed players as if they were just short of a playoff team.
  25. KGB
    I agree, but that is really a front office issue and not a Hunter problem. A player should want to play everyday and play as long as he can. As long as Hunter is productive and teams want to pay him, it's good he want to play. Players not wanting to go into the lineup everyday has been more of a problem in the Twins organization, so I think his attitude is good for the team.
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