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According to Fangraphs his soft/medium/hard hit % = 16.7%/45.5%/37.8% Compare that to the Major League averages = 18.1%/46.4%/35.6% His fly ball % is much higher than the league avg. LD and GB % are lower than league average. 7.2% of his fly balls are leaving the ball park. League Avg is 12.6%. His career avg is 11.5% For what its worth, the fly balls aren't pop-ups either. His IF Fly ball % is almost identical to the league avg, and in line with his career numbers. Seems like bad luck to me

I think its ok to say "I don't want to punt on 2019 yet" but also think, this team is WAY further away than most of us thought in April. The Twins are closer to a total tear down and rebuild than they are "in position to trade 2xtop 50 prospects in baseball for a catcher with 2 years left.

Are they not a ~65 win team? Do they not need to win ~90 games to contend in 2019? How else are they getting there? Realmuto costs your top prospects. Bryce Harper and Manny Machado aren't signing here. What exactly do you propose

Sure, if Realmuto makes a 65 win team a 90 win team then go for it.. but he doesn't.

I don't want to totally give up on 2019 either, but giving up Lewis + more right now for a catcher that maybe improves the team 2019 win total by 4-5 games seems pretty ridiculous for a team that is going to win 65 games this year.

Target a catching prospect in a trade this month. Will Smith from the Dodgers? Someone like that. Trading for Realmuto is even more non-sensical to me now than it was 2 weeks ago. This team has wayyyy to many issues to trade the farm for a win now catcher

"too much drama after 37 games" - same poster who suggested cutting ties with Buxton late July last year in favor of Zach Granite

Oh ok so when you said he’s been better this year and every year of his career you just meant he has overall offensive numbers that are superior. I agree, from 2015 to today Sano has been a better offensive player. Unfortunately for the Twins the Sano of 2015 and other brief periods, hasn’t been seen in over a year. And he has a negative defensive and base running value *2015 is the only year he’s been more valuable than Buxton by WAR. I’d recommend using that stat because baseball is also played in the field and on the bases

June 27 2017 - June 27 2018 Miguel Sano .226/.294/.425 Byron Buxton .262/.307/.435 Which one of those 2 has a value solely tied to his bat? If you need more. fWAR since start of 2016. Miguel Sano 3.3 Byron Buxton 4.6 So when you say matter of factly Sano has constantly outperformed Buxton, when exactly are you talking about? The 80 games Sano had 3 years ago?

Ok. I get that he has said that in the puff pieces written ahead of this years draft. That he has "always maintained his innocence". But these facts remain; he pled guilty by written statement and out loud in a courtroom, he did not report this to Oregon St upon enrolling, has sealed all court records, and has only become forthright in attempting to claim innocence since it became convenient for him to (the paper found out, so did MLB teams)

What is not true? Did he not plead guilty? Has he not been public about being innocent since this came to the public light, but intentionally withheld the info when enrolling in college?

He pled guilty in the court of law. He has had a different story since it became public knowledge in an attempt to save his baseball career

Shifts I assume?

30 games is absolutely still a small sample size. Also in that 30 day period his K rate and BB rate are nearly perfectly in line with career averages, but his BABIP is around .100 points lower

The emotion of it comes in when people are justifying / absolving his crimes, and ignoring the effects on the victim because she doesn't have a skill set like a pitcher who throws 97. Which people in this thread have done. I don't care if you are struggling with the decision on whether he should be signed or not, that's your right. What I don't like is my words are being twisted/ taken out of context in such a delicate subject.

Here's the thing I think you are missing about what I think. I don't find this to be a difficult conversation. I find it to be pretty open and shut. I don't think MLB should be in the business of employing someone in such a public facing career who is a child molester. And I'm not wrestling with that opinion in the least.

You got me, I do care about Child molesters. I'm done with this conversation but you can continue to nitpick every word I've written if you'd like, or try to twist them around to play the "ah ha!" game. I wouldn't want my kids around child molesters, and I don't want to watch them playing major league baseball

You said "what do you want him to do", I said I don't care, he can rot in prison for all I care. I did not say he SHOULD be in jail for life. What he does with his life doesn't concern me, unless he is playing MLB, then I would be disappointed. I did not say everyone in this thread is absolving what he did. I said there are people doing it, and there is; I just don'tunderstand the "he shouldn't play" stance. 1) He committed a crime as a juvenile. 2) We're supposed to believe that our justice system can rehab people 3) We know the juvenile brain is different than an adult brain. 4) Experts on the subject of sexual abuse say he has less than a 3% chance of being a threat. 5) He fully followed the terms of his sentence. This is absolving his crime because he was 15, making it somehow less traumatic for his 6 year old victim? I was 15 and had a juvenile brain, I never considered raping any 6 year olds? Here is a post absolving what he did because he has a skill 99.9% of the population doesn't. She is still allowed to make choices in her life. And yes, this event has likely altered that. But did she have a particular talent and is no longer being allowed to pursue it by the general public? I mean seriously? These aren't people wrestling with what he did. More "absolving" what he did; Second chances. Whatever did or did not happen, he was 13 at the time. Remember how mature you were then? Me neither. I was throwing snowballs at cars and just discovering the wonders of Playboy magazine. Second chances. He's not the same guy today. His cerebral cortex is fully grown.

Please show me where I said he should be put to death or jailed for life. I said he can do whatever he wants, find a job where someone hires child molesters and work it. I really couldn't be anymore clear with anything I've written. Playing Major League Baseball is not a right. It's not my job to decide on whether he can be redeemed or not. You can figure that out as you weigh whether he'd be the Twins #1 pitching prospect. My opinion as a fan is no way should a major league baseball team sign him. From PR, to the message it sends to fans, kids, etc.

I don't "want" him to do anything. He can rot in jail for all I care. I said he can do anything he wants. And MLB teams can not sign him if they want. Which is what I advocate they do, not sign him. This is quite the battle to pick

Wow. Got it. So if she threw 97mph we'd feel worse that her life was forever altered because her uncle raped her. This is truly an unbelievable thing to write, I hope this just came off poorly and isn't exactly what you think

I advocate for major league baseball teams not signing him. He can do whatever he wants with his life, but playing major league baseball is not a right. I think it's disgusting the amount of people in this thread absolving what he did so easily because he can throw a baseball 97mph

Kepler does not belong with Sano/Buxton on hype level. It is so so early to call Kepler a bust. He was always projected to be a solid to above avg regular. Which I still think he is, minus the current brutal slump he's in Rooker does not belong with Lewis / Kiriloff.

Did the 6 year old get a say in how she lived the rest of her life?

YIKES. I hope you don't have kids/ daughters "There should be an end to his punishment". I wonder if the 6 year old girl he raped has had an end to the emotional damage that was done to her