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  1. Doomtints
    Sure it's my opinion. And it's an opinion that most people my age or older share. I don't expect someone in their 20s or even 30s to get it. I don't buy the money thing either. For one, Mauer already has more money than he can possibly spend. If Mauer ever charges for an autograph he should be taken to task. Additionally, if someone wants Mauer's autograph they are not going to be thinking about whether or not he is in the HOF. I think you mean *vendors* could *resell* his autograph for more $ if he is in the HOF. Who cares?
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    I can say from experience that being "the best of the best" is fleeting. Being a valedictorian in high school means very little when you are 45. Inventing a new great product that has a great run is great at the time but years down the road it will be a distant memory. Mauer will remember his baseball career the same way whether he makes the HOF or not. His MVP year is already a distant memory to him as he grinds through seasons now. If he makes the HOF, his induction will be a great party. Then he'll slog off back home and still have to figure out what he is doing next. If baseball players' motivation was recognition, they would be politicians instead. In general, those who seek out recognition are either very young or they are very unaccomplished as adults. The general rule is that for every person who recognizes your good work, there will be a dozen who rag on it or try to derail you. The key to success is ignoring all of that and finding motivation within yourself. Recognition is nice but it means nothing.
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    Some perspective: Getting into the HOF means little to nothing. I would say let's table the Mauer HOF debate until after he finishes out his career. Otherwise, this conversation is likely to ramble on for the next three years.
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    I have said elsewhere that the Twins are bizarre with how they handle Albers. They sell him to Korea. OK, fine, they deem he's not good enough to play in the majors, even as a LOOGY. I disagree, but I can respect their decision. They trade for Tommy Milone, who is a slightly worse version of Albers. They bring Albers back rather than try something new. If he was not good enough for the organization in the past, how could he be good enough now? This means either sending him away was a mistake, or it means bringing him back was a mistake. They then promote him to the team rather than calling up a pitcher already on the roster but in the minors. Then they immediately cut him in spite of having roster space. Whatever your opinion is of Albers' ability, the Twins are treating him very badly. If he is not good enough for the Twins, he deserves some respect and the Twins should let him go. The Twins are treating him like an expendable ex-girlfriend that they keep on the side.
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    Baseball history is full of #2 picks who ended up being average players. Sure, have the expectation that the team should draft the right people if that is going to be their only source for talent, but that has nothing to do with Buxton's performance. All I'm saying is make sure you're blaming the right people should Buxton not become an MVP.
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    There is a lot of baseball played in between "failure" and "star." It's not his fault if he ends up in the middle along with most of the players in baseball. This would be the fault of the people who hyped him up. Be disappointed in them, not him.
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    His swing reminds me of how David Wells used to swing, and the results are similar. But Buxton is quite young. He has time to figure it out. He should be in the minors in the meantime, however.
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    You're not wrong and this thread proves it. Someone even played the HOF card in this discussion. If a player is pegged for the HOF before he ever steps foot on the field, people are bound to be disappointed. And you can bet Buxton feels this pressure! Buxton can turn things around if he forgets everything that has ever been said about him and completely tunes out the media and fans going forward.
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    I disagree. I imagine mlb.com has footage of one of his recent at bats. Take a look at one and compare it to before. He is not the same player up there at all. As I said earlier, this doesn't mean he won't fall back into bad habits. But his good numbers are not quite as much of a mirage as you are leading on. He won't continue to hit at an MVP pace obviously but he has legitimately improved from where he was when the season started.
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    Rosario's free swinging tendencies are well known. As for his OBP, don't forget that his OBP at the start of the year was abysmal - far below his (short) career norms. The rest of the team had the same problem. But the point is, if you are comparing this year to last year's OBP and not seeing an improvement, that's why. He has had a very bad start to the year. Beyond the stats that show he has been playing better since his return from the minors -- he also LOOKS like a different player in his at bats. It's true that he may be just one slump away from falling back into his bad habits, but he is young enough to where everyone should be giving him a chance. The Twins would be daft to give up on him now.
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    I agree with you. However, we should keep things in perspective. Giving up Gomez wasn't like giving up David Ortiz. Gomez probably has a little bit of good baseball left in him, but those peak years are gone.
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    Even with WAR, he had only two good years. He was only a top defender for one year of those two.
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    Ugh.
  14. Doomtints
    Albers should not have been called up. He was capable in the minors and we knew the Twins were not particularly interested in developing him further. Last week he was employed. Now he isn't. The Twins chewed him up and spit him out again. Sure, they'll probably sign him again to another minor league deal and he'll put on a smile and do whatever they ask.
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    Your premise is a little wrong. Slowey was legendary in the minors before his first call-up. He had 4 years in a starter's role with the Twins. He had numerous spats with the front office. If the Twins did not like him, they had a great opportunity to trade him when his stock was high. Instead they killed his career and this event helped set it up that no pitcher wanted to come to Minnesota. Sure, it was a mistake. Trevor May's minor league career does not hold a candle to Slowey's. His numbers as a starter with the Twins are nowhere close to Slowey's. I read several scouting reports on May when the Twins acquired him and many had him pegged as a reliever or a marginal end of the rotation starter. Twins fans were drinking the Terry Ryan kool-aid back then and I think many of us still think May is someone he isn't. I think a better example for the Twins continued mishandling of pitching was the fact that they once had Glen Perkins as a starter, in spite of him having only two pitches. To their credit they did not give up on him and found him the right role. Fast forward to 2015/2016 and you have Tyler Duffey, another 2-pitch pitcher struggling in a starting role. Duffey could be an elite set-up man or a good closer and the Twins are wasting his talents as a starter, just like what they did with Perkins.
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    Strong opinions about a guy who is halfway through his sophomore season and is only 24 years old. Baseball is full of star players who had slow starts. The Twins had their fair share of them too. WIth you the Twins would have given up on Frank Viola, Harmon Killebrew, and Johan Santana. One thing baseball stat websites are missing is an easy way to compare baseball players by trajectory. How does Rosario fare when compared against contemporary players after 180 games? How does he compare against contemporary 24 year olds? I'm betting he ranks very well in these categories. Rosario looks like a different player since he returned from the minors. His "career OBP" (silly to bring up as he has such a short career) has jumped tremendously in the past two months. Rosario is a big reason for the Twins playing so well as of late. I'm wondering who you think would be a better option?
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    Rodriguez would rather die than play for the Twins. He seemed to truly buy into the David v. Goliath story recycled over and over on ESPN back when the Twins were good. It was his sole goal in life to beat the snot out of the Twins and prove all of that wrong. Even this year he slugged .818 against Minnesota. It's also difficult to imagine him being a good mentor for the young players, unless the message is "Hey, don't be like me." The Twins probably don't need him in the room for that message to be clear.
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    He was good last year, but it seems like that was a fluke. One has to think he is playing his final months of baseball. At least he gets to finish his career in the bigs.
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    Gomez really just had two good years. He seems like a nice guy but he does have a temper and he doesn't always seem to be very bright. But hey, that describes pretty much everybody. Gomez will certainly land somewhere. Whether or not he is good again and how long that lasts is anyone's guess. The Astros will be paying the bulk of his salary so there is no visible reason why someone would not pick him up, even if just to work off the bench.
  20. Doomtints
    The way I heard it, they were planning to send him down because of his off-the-field behavior. They did not think he was working hard enough to improve his hitting or his defense. This is the same reason they felt they needed to get him off of DH. I would say that if there's a problem with his approach in the clubhouse, send him down, regardless of how well he is hitting. This season is lost anyway. But of course Bruno and Molitor could have been exaggerating and venting. And if that's the case, the problem is them. Management should be talking to the players, not to the media about them.
  21. Doomtints
    I would keep him as the #4 and the occasional pinch hitter, esp. against lefties.
  22. Doomtints
    I always liked Albers and I don't understand how the Twins handled him. If he was not good enough for the Twins a couple of years ago, why is he good enough for the Twins now? Either getting rid of him was a mistake or bringing him back is a mistake. Which is it? It's not like he was proven to be a flop then and it's not like he is proven to be great now. I think he deserved more of a chance than he got. This is one of those decisions by the Twins that can make your head spin.
  23. Doomtints
    The question was about calling him up in September.
  24. Doomtints
    This is why they needed to get him out of AA. They need the a bigger sample size with better competition to make an informed decision.
  25. Doomtints
    Ah, I see they did promote him to AAA yesterday. NICE. If he keeps hitting at AAA as he did at AA, I would consider adding him to the roster. It would be a tough decision, but if he seems like he could be ready at all next year I would do it.
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