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  1. Taildragger8791
    Nathan was also primarily a shortstop through high school and college, and didn't convert to a pitcher until after he was drafted. Not really the same situation.
  2. Taildragger8791
    Here's how I see it: In both cases it isn't egregious enough to be an error but the player still failed to complete a close play because of pressure from the opponent, thus the credit goes to the opponent. In one case, the fielders couldn't complete the catch & tag because they rushed knowing the runner was closing in fast, thus the runner gets credit for the double. In the other case, the runner makes a mistake sliding in too aggressively/wildly to beat the tag but he likely only beat the tag because he made a slide that he couldn't complete, thus he doesn't get credit. He was never truly safe because he was never in control. The situation where a guy rounds a bag is different because he passed the bag under control and uncontested.
  3. Taildragger8791
    I think he was saying Rooker should keep training in the OF so he can fill in out there as a 4th OF, but would otherwise be a full-time player between 1B/DH/OF.
  4. Taildragger8791
    Brent Rooker at Ft Myers is now sitting at .289/.376/.589 for a .967 OPS and climbing. Scratch off the first 3 games there, call that an adjustment period, and he's stroking .314/.395/.640 for a 1.035 OPS. The strikeouts are still too frequent but the walk rate is reasonable. At the very least they've got something interesting with him.
  5. Taildragger8791
    Even if we had the wonderful problem of both panning out, they're both at least 2 years behind Gordon who could be in the majors next year. That's plenty of time for things to work themselves out.
  6. Taildragger8791
    The BBs are still pretty high, and the overall WHIP is just okay but not that good for a AA prospect. I'm fine with pushing him since the story on him is always that he has "stuff", so maybe a little challenge will help him put it together. I'm not a fan of just popping off random games from within a sample size like that though. It's one thing if there's some other factor involved like it's the first couple games after a promotion/injury, a guy was playing hurt, weather, etc. Otherwise, those games happened. Consistency is a skill too.
  7. Taildragger8791
    I suppose the only issue with that is now you have that catcher hitting at the top of the order the rest of the game unless you really go whole hog and pull a double switch. I don't see how it would be illegal, but if that strategy caught on I'm sure you'd see a new rule against it pretty quickly.
  8. Taildragger8791
    I'm not hearing any credible assertions that Sano is bad at 3rd at this point, I think most people recognize that he's been surprisingly good at most aspects of the position. What I'm hearing is that some don't believe he'll age gracefully and could eat himself off the hot corner within a few years unless he refocuses his diet and training regime to stay there. His athletcism will wane quicker than a normal 20-something year old, resulting declining defensive value and increasing injury risk. It's just what happens to big guys like that. Thankfully he has the bat to play anywhere and he'd likely still handle 1B for a long time, assuming he can pick it. I'm sure the Twins realize this already.
  9. Taildragger8791
    I didn't say he had. I said he's flashed a powerful bat and the potential to be advanced quickly. Nothing remarkable, yet no real red flags yet either. He's basically meeting expectations. That isn't enough to make a strong assessment one or or the other, which is fine because he's only two months into his career. I don't think we'll know what he is until he's had a little more time to make adjustments and then get tested against upper minors talent.
  10. Taildragger8791
    For his first taste of professional baseball and wooden bats, yeah. He's flashed legit power and the ability to draw walks. The strikeout rate is high but not unreasonably so (yet). I'd like to see more doubles and consistency but he literally just left metal bats and college dorms behind 2 months ago. The sample size is so small too. Take out his first few games at A ball, call it an adjustment period. Since then he's hitting .265/.365/.518 (.883 OPS) with only a .314 BABIP. He's proven to make adjustments quickly. No, I'm not saving a spot for him in MLB yet or declaring him a can't-miss prospect. But he's definitley showing an ability to progress up the system quickly.
  11. Taildragger8791
    Lewin Diaz has a long ways to go before pencilling him in at 1B for the Twins. He's still all projection and hasn't really shown he'll fulfill that yet. The batting average and strikeout rate are okay, but he isn't taking walks or hitting for much power. He's not "flashing" yet like you'd expect for a future power hitter. I'm not concerned, but I'm not reserving any spots ahead of him in the pipeline either.
  12. Taildragger8791
    Ah, that makes a lot more sense. I'm really glad MLB worked out that system so draftees get in and get started so much sooner. Seeing guys lose almost a year of development while hashing out money was a pretty painful process.
  13. Taildragger8791
    I don't think a few months in age makes that much of an impact for a kid that just turned 18 two months ago. I'd weight overall experience far more and they all had basically the same amount when entering pro ball. Having an entire professional offseason to develop, train, and mature prior to going to single A is a significant preparation advantage over a few months of age difference.
  14. Taildragger8791
    Can you explain how horizontal angle would come from that? I'm not seeing it. Also, the slicing nature seems like it would add to the catch difficulty but not be reflected by the probability metrics. That ball started out to Buxton's right then crossed way back over him. Definitely not just a 3 star catch in my book.
  15. Taildragger8791
    I assumed he meant Colon.
  16. Taildragger8791
    I was hoping to see Jake Reed out there in the last couple days. It looked like they were finally building him up towards a promotion this season when finally he pitched on one day's rest, even going more than one inning at a time. Did he not feel rebound well from that?
  17. Taildragger8791
    It's a little more believable when he's the second twins player this year with a streak that bad. Buxton's start to the year was equally as ugly.
  18. Taildragger8791
    Roy with the audible "UGGGHHH" seeing that hanging curve halfway to home plate.
  19. Taildragger8791
    I'm pretty sure he was rooting around in the catcher's pockets and giving the home plate ump a hotfoot while waiting on the pitch.
  20. Taildragger8791
    I thought he was going to try and steal home for sure. He could have gotten a 40 foot leadoff.
  21. Taildragger8791
    Opportunity for redemption here for Dozier. And no option to bunt this time. Hopefully he doesn't complete the sh*t cycle going 0/4 with 2 runners on base.
  22. Taildragger8791
    Not sure it was an intentional sacrifice, looked like he was bunting for a hit since it went up the 3rd baseline. I think Dozier just got gunshy after blowing 2 straight at-bats with runners on 2nd & 3rd. Didn't want to blow the next at-bat with runners on 1st & 2nd.
  23. Taildragger8791
    Bottom four of the lineup is doing their job getting on base, going 6 for 9 with 2 walks and a strikeout. All the top of the lineup has done is draw walks and fly out. This is a strong example of why having on-base guys at 1B and DH instead of run producers is killing rallies.
  24. Taildragger8791
    Against a wild pitcher I don't mind drawing the walk, but yeah he definitely had a couple foul-offs there that could have been driven somewhere.
  25. Taildragger8791
    And with what BBREF calls "late and close" he's .173/.271/.346 in 59 PA. And in what BBREF classifies as high leverage situations he's .190/.311/.365. in 74 PA. The really crazy difference is looking at his leadoff numbers. Leading off the game he's slashing .295/.330/.516 and when you expand it to just leading off an inning he's hitting .277/.339/.535. That lends credence to what others have claimed which is that Dozier strongly prefers to lead off because it plays into his chosen hitting approach. Much more likely to get a meaty fastball with empty bases and no outs.
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