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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    With their bullpen, fielding and speed, I can't see KC slipping much below .500, but if they do, they will have that little extra motivation for 2016. I'm guessing KC has a lot of goodwill and excitement banked from last year to get their fans through a down season or two. They're still young.
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    I just don't know how the fan experience would improve with a clock constantly ticking down the entire game for everyone to see. Should the clock be rounded to the second or the tenth of second? If the pitchers is in the windup but hasn't delivered the ball as the clock strikes zero, is it a ball? Does the umpire jump out and yell Time! and then point to the scoreboard as a ball is added to the count? What happens if the batter ended up hitting a home run on that pitch but the umpire didn't jump out until after the ball was hit? Does the opposing manager have an argument that the play never happened? Do they go to replay? What about clock malfunctions? I guess we'll see what happens in the minor leagues this year. Hopefully this is just a tool to prepare guys to play faster when they are called up, and not a trial for actually implementing it in MLB stadiums. The one batter minimum is a better idea. Managers would get a reset after each half inning. Otherwise you have Perkins entering the game with two outs in the ninth, retires his only batter, and is required to pitch in the tenth to reach his minimum. I'm still not sold on it though. Not sure how well it actually addresses the speed of the game issue compared to the length of at bats when there are runners on base.
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    Daniel, were there some specific examples you know of, that shows how Sabean's emphasis on the health of SF pitchers was different and better than other organizations? It's intriguing how well they've developed starting pitching.
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    Not sure I like it but at least it's thinking outside the box. Try enforcing the rules on the books before adding more. Empower the umpires to keep the game moving. Also, issue crowbars to every home plate umpire to be used to pry the strike zone a little wider. Again, another case of drift / not enforcing rules already on the books. Also, replay.
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Fun article, and a great lead in. No big deal to me if he has to go back to Rochester at some point to hone his batting eye.
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    That's the one big thing the owners have going for them. If the players don't like it, they can in theory walk away at any time. Though obviously it's not that simple for an individual to do that.
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    Just as Selig was said to be the least horrible commissioner of the four major sports commissioners, we can hope Manfred was the least horrible option among all potential successors. Though by suggesting baseball should ban shifts, it's obvious he lacks any fundamental understanding of the game. Again we can only hope Torre and other good influential baseball people can keep Manfred from breaking too many valuable objects while he's in office.
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    If KTWN isn't even going to broadcast Twins baseball games……… I've got to believe that the old fashioned radio signal is a simple, and stable, and under appreciated way to effectively deliver baseball programming. Although so much depends on the personality and warmth of the announcers. At least the Twins don't employ football announcers like many teams do. Anyway, maybe the Pohlads would consider letting CCO or KSTP carry their games again. The Cardinals did go back to KMOX, not that the Twins would ever emulate the Cardinals in anything baseball-related.
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    Not important
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    Good for him. He wants to stay grounded and be outdoors while he can. Also, some people do actually live in vans and such, and not by choice. Reminder and awareness of that fact is another positive effect.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    rolling with just one catcher in 2015 would seem to be an overcorrection……..
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    Agree. Although. Suzuki earned every minute of his playing time and every dollar of his new contract. He is the starter in 2015. Like you said though, doesnt necessarily mean it was the best thing to do to extend him. I'm sure they entertained offers though, no doubt.
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    yeah I've been racking my brain on this question for the last half hour. I got nuthin'.
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    Not sure about this one. The role of Yankee GM feels more like a Steinbrenner Yes man, than a baseball GM. How much influence did Cashman have in acquiring and holding into that core group in the 90s. Or somehow persuading Steinbrenner to step away from the team for a while. Also, the Yankees played hardball in public with Jeter's last contract. How much or little did Cashman have a part in that? What are the "new" Yankee owners like and maybe Cashman's evaluation would begin about now, instead of in the late 90s.
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    Pinto got a tough shake. In general terms of just winning ballgames, here was the Twins W-L record when: Pinto caught Hughes: 2-0 Pinto caught Gibson: 1-0 Pinto caught Pelfrey: 2-1 Pinto caught K Johnson: 0-1 Pinto caught Deduno: 3-3 Pinto caught Correia: 0-5 This was all prior to Pinto's being sent back to the minors in June (because supposedly he needed work), after catching in that horrible Sunday afternoon loss to the Astros. #accountability If people say Pinto and Suzuki are about the same defensively, that sounds right to me. I would think Suzuki's job is safe but I think having only the 2 catchers on the 40 man is a good signal that Pinto will be given his due this year and that there will be little to no net dropoff when Pinto catches.
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    Isn't Kevin Gausman available?
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Loving the tours through history!
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    How so? Bobby Cox and Leo Mazzone? Ted Turner & TBS?
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    It's certainly a high bar, when your 25th best has two WS titles to his name. Plus bringing a franchise like the Cubs back to relevance.
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    I always like to think that MacPhail took over GM duties from... Calvin Griffith.
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    MLB defines a fielding chance as a putout, assist, or error. As long as you are building something from the ground up… It might be time to bring the infield single into the equation too. None of the usual counting stats account for this yet, as far as I know. Even better, assign every ground ball to an infielder, as Bill James roughly suggested (I know I read that somewhere).
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    Looking forward to this! One slight nit pick (which I'm sure you wrestled with): a top 25 list going back only a dozen years might be depending on a lot of "above average" guys to complete the bottom of the list. Interesting that some GM positions were created in the 1920s (I did not realize that), while owners like Calvin Griffith were still running their own team well into the 70s or even 80s
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    Glad you pointed out this distinction Lonestar. I thought the same thing. Maybe it was a another typo. But I will admit I hadn't run across this general way to measure fielding before either. Seems like a nice addition to the data universe. Could be useful. Bravo if you dreamt it up Thrylos.
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    So you're saying you do have some (whatever it is)
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    I don't like the Chih-Wei Hu = Carlos Silva comparison, because in their strikeout profiles there is no comparison. Even in the low minors Silva never really struck out any more than 6 per 9 innings, and as a Twin his K/9 never even topped 4.0, meanwhile... Hu's K/9 at the same level is around 8.0 and his K% exceeds 20% comfortably. Let's see what Hu does this year, and be prepared to move him up your list if he continues as he has. Again, not knowing anything about him other than what's on the Internets
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