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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    when you say "most everyone" I think you are saying that the Twins will pursue JM but that other teams will pursue him harder. To some degree I think the Twins (or at least Ryan) are invested in letting May, Meyer & Milone compete for the final two rotation spots. If it's just those three (possibly Pelf is a fourth -- *groan*) then I would be happy seeing how that plays out, without Masterson in the mix.
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    To me, Masterson looks like a slightly above mediocre, pitch to contact guy, with horrible numbers against Detroit and KC, and who is heading towards the wrong side of age 30. Oh-- and whose best pitch is a sinkerball that breaks upward. /trolling I spent all summer complaining about Meyer and May not getting their chance, so I'm already locked in to my position. I think we have at least six guys competing for rotation spots already. But if the Twins pick him up, I'll get on board. I do grant that he has a nice pitch and some nice numbers against righties.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Maybe not the most intuitive chart -- where the x and y axis cross, it looks like it's indicating the middle of the strike zone (with the bottom of the chart maybe representing the ground).
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I will let you interpret the defensive ratings, though playing LF last year we Schafer get to fly balls that no one had gotten to in years. Though I admit I did not see every game he played in. At the minimum I am pulling for Schafer to win a 4th outfielder role and regular late inning pinch runner and defensive replacement (Arcia).
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Jacque Jones had a good glove, otherwise after almost a decade of Kubel, Delmon and Willingham, I'm happy to give Schafer a shot out in left, provided he can get on base enough. I think the fielding needs to be considered in this case.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    People keep citing articles written by under-40, out of market, sportswriters to back their belief that no one should question Mauer's toughness. I sort of wish Mauer had been not mentioned in the original article. Other guys had more interesting injuries we could rehash: Pelfrey, Nolasco, Nunez, Colabello, Arcia, and so on. /highhorse
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It's hard to keep a thread about Escobar on topic, without also talking about Santana. (Minor factual point: Escobar actually got a shot playing CF before Santana did.) I want Escobar to get another shot at SS in spring training. If the Twins commit to Santana at short, that's fine with me too. Some say that Polanco and Gordon can be future shortstops, so if Santana is needed in CF then we already know Escobar can play SS for an extended period. I like Escobar a lot. He has positive value for this team either as full time or utility.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    will you now please usher him out of it?
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Just a hobby of his. Something he does in his spare time.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You got me - that one went 449 feet to left center. My point is I want to be surprised by some of the new coaches, as in a couple guys from Latin America or guys I've never heard of.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    A coaching staff with Bruno, Steiny, and Frankie V. would remind me a lot of a Kubel, Bartlett, Guerrier reunion.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes-I'm just as curious about the makeup of the staff.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Will the Rays be "frowned at" for announcing this on a World Series game day?
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I won't defend how utterly bad and negative some of his recent columns were getting, but between him and Sid, those guys are like the Forrest Gump of the Twin Cities sports scenes. If you can filter out the bias in some of Reusse's comments and columns, you can still learn a lot even if you can't stand the guy.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think "roll with what we have" is the plan, has always been the plan, like it or not. Twins just haven't messaged it very well. I'm not as pessimistic as some will be (yet). There's a misconception that young players must necessarily lose games simply because they are young. I think the 2001-2002 teams averaged 25-26 years old. Maybe a new coaching staff can reassemble the parts to get more wins out of the players we already have, and keep some other guys performing above their heads.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes. Reusse is an expert. I'm hot and cold with him and he's horrible at prognosticating, but there is no denying he knows more about Twins baseball than just about anyone still expelling CO2 (breathing, that is). EDIT: or maybe I should say, forgotten more than most people will ever know.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think Schafer has a great shot to make the team. If not a starter then the 4th OF, and at minimum as a role player in the way Kansas City has been using Jarrod Dyson, as a late inning pinch runner and OF replacent (likely for Arcia).
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Fine, but splitting hairs perhaps. If and when the day comes, I might be tempted to count guys like Meyer and Vargas as "homegrown" and not as trade acquisition and free agent signing.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree completely. This is how the Twins have done it, and will continue to do it, like it or not. Mostly this is how KC has done it, with the fortuitous trade for Shields. Even as teams like Oakland are undervaluing their prospects, I still have no problem keeping and developing our own prospects. The problem I had is that recently we started seeing situations like 30+ year old Ryan Doumit taking playing time from guys like Chris Herrmann. The declining veteran at the expense of young player with talent - that was how I saw it, though we can debate the level of talent in some of those earlier guys (Renee Tosoni and guys like that. Maybe even Herrmann in that group but we'll never know). By 2014 the Twins had lost their way with repeated decisions that didn't work out on the field. The good news is the Twins core that won the World Series in 1987 made a strong pennant run three years earlier, in 1984, before they were old enough to know better. So even if a serious playoff run for this group is still several years away, good baseball from young homegrown players could come sooner than we think. The frustration with payroll will evaporate if the team can start winning.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Another point that can be added to Seth's summary is that every player on KC has their role, and accepts it. It might be fun to see Willingham bat more, but he is nothing more than a pinch hitter, or an extra-inning DH if Butler has been pinch run for. In fact, Kansas City has used exactly one lineup since the postseason started. Think about that. Most managers would be tempted to "work other guys in" (especially Gardy) and fiddle with the lineup a bit, but not KC. Give them credit. Their bench guys have roles -- Dyson pinch runs for Aoki or Butler and then comes in as a CF replacement. Cain moves from CF to RF. Terrance Gore also pinch runs and that guy is fast. The bullpen arms know their assignments. No match ups, no splits, no platooning, no shuffling. No over analyzing. This is what is working. Although we will see some different looks as the series moves to the NL park. I doubt anyone is expecting KC to suddenly take a dive though. They are playing too well.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I mostly agree - I knowingly set the 87 team on a tee for you. But nothing about the 91 season was a crapshoot until the end of Game 6, so don't even try.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    and its funny how I never see the 87 and 91 series described as a crapshoot.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yeah, Kansas City is really getting after it this postseason. Their batters are making them throw strikes and their relievers can really pound the zone. They never give up The "crapshoot" idea doesn't come into play until later in the series. Like the late innings of a Game 6 or 7 or a funny bounce that breaks an inning open somewhere. A series sweep is not a crapshoot. EDIT: just trying to have fun with this not derail the thread or refight old battles
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think Hicks is back in play as a viable contributor. Hicks sure hasn't helped himself but he was in Gardy's doghouse from Day 1. (Refresher article here and gif here.) That didn't help. Now for 2015, Hicks has a great opportunity in front of him. Is he on his way to a winter league has anybody heard? That might tell us a lot.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Likewise, Doc, I've felt Douggie has been the throw in candidate -----though I might be pleasantly surprised if he were the surprise hire if Glynn and Molly for whatever reason weren't the pick. I guess that makes me an inside-candidate guy Though I don't really consider Glynn an inside company guy. He's been with a half dozen organizations in all sorts of roles. I think that diversity of experience is a plus. Doug is just too lacking in experience and temperament in my opinion to take over quite yet. That KSTP interview sounds like he's headed to AA which sounds about right.
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