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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Thanks jorgenswest for putting this together. Like Sconnie said, a case might be made for any one of those guys in isolation. Now step back and consider that all three of them together were essentially promised a spot on the team, regardless of their spring training performance (or, non performance) or regardless of what if anything they had to contribute.
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    Yeah that one.. I'm not calling the Twins walk-taking ability a fluke (I think it's for real) but what if that inning had gone 1-2-3, what would the season projection look like then?
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    Can you post the 2014 projections after subtracting out that outlier inning against Toronto?
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    If Pelfrey is still able to hang around and be "good in the clubhouse" then it's all good, because even taking away Pelfrey's stats, it's still the worst rotation in the majors I think.
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    Honestly, it's completely out of the hands of anyone to make any changes to the ballot after the season starts? Gimme an effin' break, MLB executives! But, don't the coaches select the bench players? There might be that going for Colabello.
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    I will kick Mauer off for the moment and replace him with Tony O, then reassess later. As far as Carew, he has the baseball skills but priority for me goes to the lifers who gave their careers to this organization. As far as which pitcher, that's a tougher call.
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    Every team has their ghosts, not just the Twins, no doubt.
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    Yeah, I was going to say you forgot guys like Cuddyer and Revere, either of whom could of filled in the Outfield for the recently-retired Jason Bartlett
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    I love it - I think 10 years from now a consensus Mt Rushmore might look like Harmon, Puck, Hrbek, Mauer. Personally I would have TK on there-- just hard to overestimate what he's done for this organization, from even before he was named manager in 86 until right up to today.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So when he cocks his wrists to swing he's also pushing his hips back at same time? i am more and more convinced the Twins should crowdsource their coaching and front office duties to Twins Daily readers
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good perspective. I think Gardy has some flaws but when you take your mind out of the present and think about the bigger picture, it's been an impressive career.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yeah I'm hoping guys like Parms, Herrmann and Diamond go down to Rochester and get their chemistry straightened out ..hey it worked for Bartlett..
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    I agree we need to be playing young guys. The Kubel signing is already leaving a bad taste for me. He has a huge hole in his swing on the high strike which Parker has shown on other threads. He cannot hit for average any more. Speaking of sample size.. I also think of Colabello as a potential DH but if you go back and look, Colabello hit 150 points lower than Pinto with twice the at bats and Pinto's power numbers dwarfed Colabellos. Pinto is one of the young guys and needs to be in the lineup, at catch, DH, third base, shortstop, somewhere. In hindsight 2013 would have been the season to baptize the young guys with playing time.
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    I disagree with the patience given to Plouffe by this organization, but that sort of thing is just a symptom of a larger problem. We can hope the pitching is so good (or good enough) that the quality of play rises overall and we get some wins, and build on that.
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    I suspected that might be Mauer but I think the three hole is fine (maybe move him up to second for a while if you feel the need). Arcia and/or Willingham batting behind him should be ok. I'm a believer in chemistry, and also a believer in promoting Jake Mauer to the big leagues as a bench coach. Why not?
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    Do you have an opinion?? and are there specific players behind this? The OBP for the home run guy looks unrealistically low with the huge gap in OPS. For the long baseball season I'd rather have the on-base guy, which was what Moneyball was predicated on-- get on base, no bunts, no steals, let the next guy come up and get on base, keep the line moving, and so on, inning after inning, game after game, all year. Of course those Oakland teams also had great pitching... Tweak the numbers and it would be an interesting experiment to simulate a bunch of seasons with those guys and all others factors being equal. NCAA brackets get simulated a lot this time of year.
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    I love the Bill James dashboard. Interesting that the two worst performing position players are Bartlett and Kubel. Phil Miller has a short article on Kubel tonight (3/9). It would seem Kubel's already made the 25-man cut. No one seems to really have any concern. Apparently none of them have seen Parker's heat charts. (it's still early, I could be wrong, Kubel could mash, etc) In the article, Gardenhire says he plans to use Kubel as DH and PH this year. Anyway, for better or worse, it's one less question mark going into the season.
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    I also think he stays at first base. It might have been possible to see Mauer and Morneau at some point play the corner positions, but no dice. Mauer could play a better third than Plouffe I have no doubt. I admit I'd love to see Mauer in the outfield getting under a medium-deep fly ball on a sac fly situation, just to see how he throws
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    There's Joe Nocera of the New York Times who regularly reports on (eviscerates is a more accurate and justified term) the latest NCAA shenanigans with respect to its labor forc-- er, I mean, its student athletes I will watch for it.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I agree, Hughes is an excellent "change of scene" candidate! I do believe he'll be a different pitcher here. Some of those Yankee Stadium home runs might still become Target Field doubles, but having Buxton and Hicks in the outfield soon will also help.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I am a lot higher on Worley. Than you. Like Gibson, he is also coming off an injury, and many posters on the TD discussion boards are saying he is not eligible to be sent down to AAA -- sometimes I check myself but sometimes I just take their word for it. So I predict either he wins the 5th slot in spring training, or it is given to him. If he pitches poorly he goes to the bullpen. He is still young. My question is how he has maintained the K/9 rate without an elite fastball. Also it has never made sense to me why a homer doesn't count against a pitcher's BABIP but who am I to challenge SaberMetrics
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    All of Harper's seasons were low K%, his lowest being 1992 with 22 strikeouts in 546 plate appearances. Which is amazing. He was a little high in GDP per season but not anywhere near how often Mauer GDP's. Harper was a great player. I don't know if Mauer's increasing K rate is part of the same phenomenon as the rest of the team. However much he strikes out, I think he's sitting on a big year.
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    Very good recap. It sounded like a good time. :-) I heard Gladden try to get Mauer fired up in an interview Fri night (and mostly succeeded, of course). Even though it seems like they would eventually find a working formula year after year, events like this are ever-evolving and not easy to pull off even when you're familiar doing them. Sounds kind of weird setting up tables in the service tunnels though. By the way, great Carew story and great choice for rim shot (Buddy Mills SNL)
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    That raw emotion was a nice departure from the normal boring Peyton Manning snoozefest interviews. Sherman actually kind of put himself on the map and will now have a chance to back it up. If he performs and Seattle wins they will go down as one of the great all time Defenses and I think they can do it. Go 'hawks!
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