Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Hosken Bombo Disco

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    17,829

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    8

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Hosken Bombo Disco

  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In 2014, it was Meyer being passed over for promotion (when he was pitching well) for a bunch of 30-year-old rookie types who are no longer with the organization. In 2015, it was the Pelfrey-May thing. Now in 2016 there are still enough mediocre vets around and promising young guys in the mix that we might see the situation play out again. I wouldn't call it brainless, but maybe more like an irrational bias against young guys, whether due to perceived lack of maturity, or belief that they're fragile, or who knows what.
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    etc., I would add their deference to guys already on the roster. But I do think the presence of Burdi, Chargois and others does have a big influence this year on not participating in the RP market. But we'll see. The barometer for me will be if any of those guys in the minors are firing shutdown innings but not getting promoted because the vets in MLB aren't bad enough to lose their jobs.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I don't think the Twins passed on the relief pitcher market so much as they just ignored it and made up their mind to sit out. Nothing wrong with that if it ends up working out. You can see the concern a lot of people have with that approach this year, however.
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I know this was tongue-in-cheek, but as an Arcia supporter it only provides me with more ammo
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I feel that Tonkin and Santana have very little long term value to this team, or even much value beyond past May or June. Hopefully they perform well and move on to another organization when the younger, better guys take their turn.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Granted, not everyone who is ok with Sano in the outfield is saying it because they don't believe he can play 3B. There seems to be a wide range of opinion on how well he can play 3B however, all the way down to he doesn't have a chance to ever be good there.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    That's not the question I was asking you to address.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm not sure. Parker ran that article last October about how Plouffe was fourth-worst in MLB at hitting fastballs for batting average. That's scary. I do think Plouffe is an asset with the glove, I just don't share the optimism that he is sure to continue as the hitting threat that he has been in the past.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I wish people would step back and consider what they are saying. Of course Sano can play third base. He's played there his whole career. Lots of really good fielders are charged with a ton of errors in the minors. No one is demanding that he win the gold glove. Plouffsie didn't figure out 3B until a couple years ago. The thing I am having the most trouble understanding is how Sano is plenty athletic enough to learn outfield, but he's not athletic enough to ever learn to play third base at even a passable level. Anyone want to take that one?
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Santana was starting his season fresh in late June-July, which is about the time (anecdotally) that the other guys are starting to feel the strain. I read or heard that Phil Hughes came to Twins Fest in great shape. Maybe Hughes rebounds to be our ace in 2016?
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU0L4GOI5b8 The thing that Arcia does really well is make the sliding catch running to his glove side, towards the right field line. He can recognize the flight of the ball and attack it full bore (like he attacks pitches) and not have to worry about thinking or getting in anyone's way. This is why Arcia should be the right fielder, and not left field IMO. Granted, he doesn't make every catch. I didn't really see Hunter make these catches last year where he had to leave his feet. Sano is not likely to read or catch these balls, however good an athlete he is. Not saying he can't learn or doesn't do it in his off time. But in MLB games, I don't want him diving for anything except a ground ball, which he already knows how to do safely.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I am also a Plouffe supporter. Has too much been made about Sano moving to the outfield? Yeah, possibly. Or another way to say it...is there too much being made about how the Twins are displacing a future All-Star and elite talent in order to keep a 2-3 WAR guy who is struggling to hit fastballs, keep his position? Each person can judge that for themselves.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And then Sano rides the pine for a couple months? Of course not. But if Sano doesn't work out in the outfield, then what? I assume DH, but then what do you do with Park. Park played first base in Korea. We've reached a dead end until someone underperforms or gets seriously hurt (no thank you) or a current starter is traded.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Concur. And no one behind him who hits into a million double plays, which is where you could put an Arcia (all or nothing) or Rosario (speedy).
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree. One worked out, the other didn't. It happens.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    There were a ton of people confident in Escobar a year ago, including several of the writers if I recall. Escobar has looked fundamentally sound and occasionally he gets on a hitting tear, too. A lot of people got that right. It's not really hindsight, sorry. The good news is the Twins are finally transitioning Santana away from short this year. Better late than never. If Santana is in the competition to win an outfield spot from Buxton, Sano, Rosario or Kepler, then best of luck to him. I have nothing against him personally. I already know he's not good enough to beat out Nunez for utility, though. Nunez led the team in BA last year and demonstrated surprising skills at various positions and remained upbeat about his role, from what I read.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So you trade him for another team's question mark. While he has value. Ryan traded Hicks for Murphy, which was a trade both teams made from a position of strength.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Ryan needs to start dealing some of these young guys at their peak (true, easier said than done). Or at least deal them for something of value, while they still have value. The Twins outfield for the next couple years looks to be: Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Sano. All have the possibility of contributing this year and having good MLB careers, but 4 outfielders is 1 too many. To say nothing of the other OF's in the system, free agency, or the log jam at corner infield and DH. A fun exercise would be to go back and look at the reactions when the Royals traded away top prospect Wil Myers for James Shields. The Royals must have had a feeling, or knew something before any other of the teams caught on, and they made a pretty bold move to trade him.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm on your side. Twins spending reminds me of the "use it or lose it" budget spending you see in government. It leads to too many contracts you have absolutely no use for. But hey, if payroll is in line with revenue, then the Twins must be doing it right.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Honest question for spycake and drjim and anyone else: Setting aside service time and team control, just in terms of ball playing, how would you rank these four: Dickerson, Rosario, Arcia, Kepler? I'm not sure my order, and I don't know if Dickerson or Kepler really separate themselves from Rosario too much, given Rosario's demonstrated defense already. ...hopefully not getting too far off topic, but I always thought with the surplus of talent on the Twins, the best bet for a reliever might have been via trade rather than free agency, though always certainly helpful to know who the free agents are.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I saw that. Didn't feel it was relevant. Got any other data?
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Some interesting comparisons, since Dickerson is a lefty-hitting outfielder, and the Twins currently have 3 of those. MLB slash lines (outside of Coors Field): Dickerson, 483 PA: 249/286/410, OPS 695 O. Arcia, 853 PA: 243/305/437, OPS 741 Rosario, 474 PA: 267/289/459, OPS 748 Age Kepler, 23 Rosario, 24 Arcia, 25 Dickerson, 27 Health Kepler, ok Rosario, ok Arcia, ok Dickerson, plantar fasciitis Quick and dirty fielding rank (UZR/150), selected for min. 600 innings from 2014-2015: Rosario, 35 of 144 C. Dickerson, 115 of 144 Oswaldo Arcia, 118 of 144
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    As always, it depends on who you ask and when you ask it.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Keeping Plouffe at 3B is a little like if the Twins had kept Pierzynski and moved Mauer to RF for a couple years. The difference being Pierzynski, when all said and done, very likely will have ended up with a longer and better career than Plouffe's. Free Sano! I'm not buying the line that he can never be a decent fielder at third, if given enough reps.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Interesting that Tampa Bay just traded away Jake McGee. The Twins would have seemed to be a great trading partner. Plenty of young outfielders in our system, which was what McGee sold for. The Rays also look light at catcher. I wonder if the Twins might have sweetened the pot last year when they traded for Jepsen and got back McGee instead.
×
×
  • Create New...