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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    It's the red button on the top of the hat. Looking at these two hats is like looking at "Can you find 3 differences in the 2 pictures" in a children's "Highlights Magazine".
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    You just stole my thunder JM. I like the red button on top also.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Congratulations to Ryan Pressly. I truly am happy for him.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Then he could pitch the baseball to himself at catcher.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Can he catch?
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Find 2 more minor league starters and see if Duran's success and Jax's success as s relievers can be duplicated.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100% .
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    I understand, but I prefer a good fielding catcher.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Who decides what pitch the Twins pitcher is to throw next? How is that communicated?
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks Ted. Then Narvaez is the one I hope the Twins get.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Take a note from fellow UNC graduate, Michael Jordan, and "Just Do It". " .
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Or Buck.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Does missing games for Covid related reasons count in the above statistics?
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good post Doc.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    I may be the only one, but frankly, I am encouraged about the catching prospects after reading Cody's fine article. Especially Andrew Becktold, who has some power in his bat. But I really want to know about the throwing power and accuracy and footwork and blocking skills and framing and pitch selection and prior leg injuries and past concussions and intelligence and leadership skills of these prospects. I have asked several times in posts, who on the Twins calls the pitches, but so far, I have not received an answer from this august group of TD posters.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    How about airbags on the walls that activate milliseconds before a player hits the wall? Or put so much padding on the OF walls, that running into the wall results in a gradual decrease in the player's speed as he is gently absorbed into the marsh mellow wall itself. Or how about eliminating the walls and having a long open field where the player could run for 750 feet and catch the balls or the balls could roll for 750 feet. Or a net, instead of a wall, which would absorb the player and allow the player to gradually slow down. Or a moat where the player can dive into the water after catching the ball.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I wonder if Buck can play catcher? (Just kidding).
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    In a post of mine within the last several weeks, I honestly suggested converting some player (who I do not know) to catcher. A smart, strong athlete ought to be able to convert.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    Raya will be special. If only the Twins still had Petty, they could be a dynamic duo.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great article. How do we measure success in catchers?
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    If catchers are so important, and I agree that they are, then what are the best ways to measure value of a catcher? Strong arm, few passed balls ? These two measurements are very dependent on the pitchers throwing quickly to home with a runner on 1B and on pitchrs not bouncing balls in the dirt and not crossing up the signs. Is pitch selection still done by the Twinkies' catchers? If not, who selects the pitches? If so, how do we measure success? Then there is the intangible "management of the pitchers". How do we measure that? Pitch framing? Important now, but not so much when the balls and strikes are called by machines. Durability? How do we define and measure success in catchers? It is not so much by the batting statistics, but by what other factors?
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Makes sense to me. I believe I will agree with your picks in your 1-5 ranking. Nice article.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ted, I feel fielding and throwing and framing and managing pitchers are skills that are at least equally , if not more important qualities in catchers than the batting statistics. How do the three above mentioned catchers do with the other requirements of a good major league catcher?
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Please don't say that. I'm age 77.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sign all three of them and we can enjoy spring training, the season (remember Gardy's quote: "It's a looooong season"...and that is especially true when it is a loooong, mediocre season) the playoffs and the World Series.
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