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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You've got to be crazy to believe something like this. But, they don't let crazy people post here. So....
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes, they are kicking the can down the road, until Lewis is shortstop. The $100+ million payrolls are a thing of the past. If they can win in the meantime, payroll won’t matter, but that is to be determined. The present core certainly has the talent.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Levine's candidness is appreciated by some of us who were stunned and caught completely off guard by one of the signings in particular. There must have been people in the org waving the red flag but they went ahead anyway. So there's some vindication there at least. On the other hand, Schoop seems like a pretty good guy and student of the game (other than his playing Robin to Machado's Batman in Baltimore).
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    If I recall, the guy representing Pittsburgh rep was working against Sano's interests behind the scenes, planting doubt about Sano's age, to scare off the rest of the MLB team reps. All while telling Sano he was his champion to his face. But the Twins and one other team stuck with Sano the whole way as Sano lost trust in signing with Pittsburgh.
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Rosario seems to often lose focus in a lost situation (a losing game, or the second half of last year) which yes speaks to a lack of discipline. He's also our best player. Should have been an All Star last year. He's matured as a hitter from his first two seasons, and he's entering his peak years. He's a free swinger, as Oliva and Puckett were. In the context of this thread, he's the least of our worries, so yes, he gets a pass from me.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The coaching moves are interesting, given at least two coaches hired by Falvey & Levine (Alston, Pickler) have already moved on. Not necessarily a bad thing, but would be interesting to know the meaning. I give the front office about a 1:3 chance of doing a big move just to do a move, and getting the typical praise and criticism (me) for it, regardless of its merits Otherwise I will again predict a quiet and frugal offseason.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    9 million for what Odorizzi provides is a question mark edit: like the above poster, I do like him. If he's tendered I think we'll see him used a little differently than last year (his third time through the order is terrible, but he also had some rough first innings too)
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You make a reasonable point about Rooker not contributing in 2019. However I can't quite reconcile that he will both 1. not be part of the calculus in 2019, but 2. the Twins will nevertheless know his fate by the end of 2019. I'd put his odds at greater than 50/50 that he debuts in 2019 (assuming good health, etc).
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    True, it's reasonable to not count on Rooker much at all, let alone to start the season. But he's 24 and in the high minors so I'd be surprised if we didn't see him at some point. And maybe not at first base, maybe I'm being optimistic.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I feel the opposite about first base. I think they have plenty of coverage. I was fine with Tyler Austin, some Sano, with Rooker getting a call-up and maybe Kepler getting time there in platoon situations. Picking up this new guy just seems redundant, unless they plan to move one of the above guys.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes that's another thing I don't understand about this pick-up. Although Rooker does have a tiny bit more flexibility to play the outfield* *not sure how good he actually is at either position
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Actually, his World Series at bats weren't that bad overall, despite not getting a hit. He's past his peak and by the end was a role player for the Dodgers. Yes, he was streaky with the Twins, but actually played his best ball after signing an extension. Anyway, this is not the thread for that and I was responding to a comment of yours that required a response. I was playing by your rules: "Shine the spotlight on him and he falls to pieces." So I used the high viewership examples of the All Star game and playoffs.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Nonsense. He homered in the All Star game, and he homered in his first post-season at bat, in the wild card game.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Folks want wins?
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good posts. I’m intrigued, but yeah it could go sideways.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Score really wanted to send a strong message.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    oh, you mean three weeks starting in April ?
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good hire. I bet he can still knock one into the seats in left, too.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    maybe so, but it might be nice to have that granular data I was mentioning before we decide we can dismiss it. Otherwise it's just a hunch, as hunchy as my hunch or anyone else's This scoop thing came to light right away in April 2018 in Yankee Stadium when Morrison missed a not too difficult short hop throw by Sano in the 9th, which eventually led to the Yankees winning the game. That one helped move the needle the wrong direction.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And I'm not arguing Mauer is irreplaceable at first base, or that a lot of offense at first base can't make up for subpar fielding there. My belief is that first base defense matters. As far as scoop data, I think it would be interesting to see the speed of throws, spin of bounce, distance from bag, that sort of thing, and then be able to compare similar throws with how other first baseman picked those, before having all that scoop data interpreted or rolled into another stat category. I think Mauer was one of the best, but maybe most good first baseman are pretty close. Don't know. I think moving Sano to first base is now under real consideration; he had throwing problems in the minors and to correct that I think he was instructed to throw low. And he throws hard. Mauer could pick his throws better than Morrison could. I think scooping throws is both an underappreciated skill but also something a first baseman is never charged an error for failing to do.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Data on bounced throws to first base. We just don't have that data (we the public) other than that "scoops" column, which doesn't tell us much. Absent the stat cast data, maybe a "scoops missed" column is the next step.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Because they don't exist. At least not readily or publicly.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Also, if the Twins were to follow the Brewer blueprint on handling Alcala the same way the Brewers handled Hader, that would mean promoting Alcala in mid-2020 after Alcala makes a dozen starts at AAA with a 5 ERA and 6 walks per 9, in other words, so wild that he’s ineffective. And then the Twins would have to move Alcala directly to the bullpen after the promotion, and Alcala would be successful there. Seems unlikely the Twins would do something like that for a guy who “can’t find the strike zone” in AAA, or have it work out if they did.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'd like to see Gibson stick around. He is not only a viable starter now, but with the other guys gone he has become the union rep and De facto clubhouse leader (at least for now).
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    no, but Lewis might be closer than he appears (if he stays healthy, of course). The Lewis comps with Correa and Lindor are pretty good. We should see Rooker in 2019.
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