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  1. laloesch
    "My biggest strength would have to be the way I attack the strike zone, and I'm not afraid to face anybody." Love that statement. We need more guys like this in the system. No more nibblers.
  2. laloesch
    I wonder if a deal gets done sometime tomorrow.
  3. laloesch
    What if the Twins threw in Rosario to sweeten the deal? Dodgers need outfielders, plus Rosario could backup 2nd.
  4. laloesch
    I don't understand the relevance of this post but okay....i guess.
  5. laloesch
    Twins get De Leon, Alvarez and Buehler. Dodgers get Dozier and keep their prized prospect (Urias). Would that be a fair deal for both sides?
  6. laloesch
    Sorry, i 100% disagree with this thread. This team's starting pitching IS SO BAD top to bottom and down on the farm system (with the exception of a few prospects) that I think the front office HAS to get maximum value for Brian Dozier while it still can in order to start turning this thing around. Let me be clear, I like having Brian Dozier on this team. I think he's a good guy and a good player. However, he's obviously in the midst of a career season and very unlikely to repeat these numbers again (especially the home runs and BA). SELL HIGH. If the Twins weren't so bad I would think twice, but given how desperate this team is for quality major league level pitching and the fact that Sano, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, etc. are already here and moving towards arbitration years, I fear this team will mirror the Rangers of the early 2000's (All hitting no pitching). By the time they started getting major league quality starters many of their good hitters had left. Dozier is one avenue that will fetch them good pitching prospects. I think they have to trade him to be perfectly honest.
  7. laloesch
    never say never. None of us can make that assertion definitively.
  8. laloesch
    THANK YOU! I hated this rule when it was instituted and still do. Thank goodness they got rid of it.
  9. laloesch
    The good news is that he's ARB-1 this season and technically not a free agent until 2020. That said he's gonna start getting real expensive soon. He better step up.
  10. laloesch
    Ideally I'd like to see management let Santiago and Gibson go. Santiago is consistently mediocre. Gibson crashed last season. The good news is that they are not tied to them long term (yet). So I don't take too big of an issue to tendering them contracts as long as they don't block other prospects.
  11. laloesch
    As much as i love Johan Santana especially during his years with Minnesota he's old now. I just don't see a spot for him on the roster.
  12. laloesch
    I'm not impressed with this signing. I see it as a stop gap measure. There's a reason the Astros didn't spend the money to resign him. Will his defense be better than Suzuki? Probably. However, from what I've been reading about him he does allow quite a few "pb" and has a relatively weak throwing arm. While pitch framing is important I think it's been over hyped here as the "be all end all stat." It's also a lot less relevant right now in Minnesota considering much of the pitching staff has major control issues. I just don't think the "pitch framing" makes up for his hideous offensive stats (most notably his BA) the past three years. The guy can't hit left handed pitching at all. In 2016 he batted .150 against lefties and .231 against righties. Not exactly anything to get excited about. I think the Twins can do better long term.
  13. laloesch
    This clubhouse needs some fire and Hunter brings that dynamic no doubt (albeit controversial at times). Cuddyer is apparently a leader and Hawkins is a standup guy as well. Do i think they will be difference makers? No, not really. Mentors? Perhaps.
  14. laloesch
    I don't think the Dodgers are going to give up De Leon or Julio Urias. They would likely be willing to part ways with Frankie Montas and Grant Holmes.
  15. laloesch
    Pretty much. They spent their money on the right players, although Jason Heyward might be the one hickup in everything right they've done there.
  16. laloesch
    My mistake to not double check. The Houston source was quoting Hank Conger stats alongside Castro's.
  17. laloesch
    Quote away. blow me away with stats chief. I don't really care what his other offensive stats are. Managing no better than a .222 batting average in three seasons is bad any way you look at it.
  18. laloesch
    Three straight seasons of sub .220 hitting. Will have their work cut out for them.
  19. laloesch
    That's about how i feel as well. This is a meh signing. I'm not excited about this signing for a number of reasons and let's stop sugar coating Castro as something he's not. First of all, his bat is bad, not mediocre... bad. The last two seasons he's failed to hit higher than .211. That atrocious even for a catcher. On defense it doesn't get a whole lot better either. I've seen a ton of hype here about pitch framing this, pitch framing that. In 2015 base runners stole 42 out of 43 attempts and his weak arm is well document in Astros territory. So was this signing ONLY for pitch framing because he doesn't do a whole lot else particularly well? Too me this is spending money for the sake of spending money on mediocre talent when we could have just rolled with Murphy and Garver or signed Drew Butera as a stop gap measure for two years 4 mil and gotten comparable results.
  20. laloesch
    I'd love to see a statistic of this "turned close strikes into balls."
  21. laloesch
    Hopefully that happens this year at the major league level. May has good velocity and 4 pitches. Too me it makes too much sense. We weren't close to contention last year but they insisted on keeping him in the pen all season even when it became completely apparent that this was going to be losing campaign and EVEN after the starters bottomed out. One really does have to question the coaches in addition to GM.
  22. laloesch
    This might be more evidence of the lack of analytics and statistics under the previous GM. Just what feels good.
  23. laloesch
    I'd take this tweet with a grain of salt. Doesn't mean anything to me. Just one guys opinion and supposition.
  24. laloesch
    Note: As i mentioned before Duffey rarely throws the Changeup.
  25. laloesch
    Exactly. Couldn't agree more. This is why swapping Duffey and May makes sense. For all intensive purposes Tyler is a two pitch pitcher (fastball and curve). Once he goes through the order initially he really struggles getting guys out. Pitch tracker illustrates it quite well. He has two VERY distinct Zones in which he he throws. Its basically the curve or the fastball zones. Easy to predict for a hitter with a decent eye. While 2015 was a good debut for him, opposing teams & hitters caught on to his repertoire fairly quickly and realized that the down and away curve is his out pitch and the middle to inside 4 seam and 2 seam fastballs are very hittable. He does occasionally throw a change up but only like 2% of his totals. Until he develops the changeup and throws it without tipping off hitters he's a reliever in my opinion. Now that stubborn Terry is gone, why not swap May and Tyler to start 2017. If May can't handle it after an extended shot at the rotation (say mid season) then you can always go back to Tyler or Mejia. Hopefully Gonsalves will be available later in the season as well. This all assuming that Derek Falvey and Thad Levine makes no acquisitions.
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