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  1. alarp33
    Yes, I did not notice he was talking K's specifically, my fault. But my overall point remains what Mike said. To assume the bullpen is going to be better because Jepsen and May will be there all year, and Perkins might not be a complete disaster in the 2nd half is faulty... because while Perkins might not tank as hard as last year, he also might not be as good as he was in the 1st half. And Jepsen certainly cannot be expected to have his 2nd half numbers spread over an entire year
  2. alarp33
    Kepler is also a high obp, left handed hitter that would fit in the upper half of this lineup so well. I'm not sold on Rosario being the long-term LFer, so it may work itself out, but I can't get over the fact that I like the defense AND offense of Sano (3b)/Kepler (rf) more than the current lineup of Pl;ouffe (3b)/ Sano (rf)
  3. alarp33
    His walk rate was also 1.2/ 9 lower than his career average, BABIP was .200 in August, .240 in Sept/Oct, career of .307... Do you think an ERA of 1.61 and an ERA+ of 261 is a reasonable expectation this year?
  4. alarp33
    There is 0 correlation between "MiLB starter prospects" and "Trevor May's long term best spot". They could 5 high end prospects at AA knocking on the door, and Trevor May still holds more value as a good 200 inning starter than he does as a reliever. That value may be to another team, but it does not change the fact they are devaluing their own asset.
  5. alarp33
    Except the player who is getting squeezed out, at least for now, is Max Kepler.. who is far from a "stopgap"
  6. alarp33
    "General manager Terry Ryan is quick to point out that his team's last-place ranking is “a little deceiving” since they received only partial seasons from May and Kevin Jepsen, and Glen Perkins was not himself after the All-Star break." Ahh, pointing out Perkins terrible 2nd half, but failing to mention the 28 innings they did get from Jepsen were farrrr better than can be expected of him this season.
  7. alarp33
    That list is an absolute joke, the 5 minutes I spent scrolling through it was such a waste of time.
  8. alarp33
    The fact that you can count on 1 hand anyone his size playing OF full time on one hand, is an issue. You also never mentioned that Trevor Plouffe has actually played OF before. Either way, this argument has been done numerous times and I see no need to rehash it. That being said, I had a big problem with "easy choice".. because that is simply not true.
  9. alarp33
    You left out the part where Sano is somewhere around 6'4" - 6'5" and 265-275 pounds... and the 1st or 2nd most important asset the Twins have
  10. alarp33
    Haha I was waiting for a couple more to come out to give Seth the option of choosing over/ under on 1,000 runs scored for the Twins.
  11. alarp33
    No he's not
  12. alarp33
    Pinch hitting for Buxton dramatically decreases your OF defense, and with Sano standing next to him out there, that matters quite a bit. I would hope the only pinch hit for Buxton situations are early in the season, trailing by a run or two, in the bottom of the 9th. I seem to remember a couple of times where Sano was pinch run for in tie games, only to see his spot in the lineup come up again in extra innings...
  13. alarp33
    I'm hopeful the OBP will bounceback, not as confident that the Home run numbers are going to stay that high. .250/.320/.420 Somewhere around 20 home runs, give or take a couple in either direction.
  14. alarp33
    Sure, the cockiness and confidence of athletes I'm sure it what part of makes them great. I'm not so sure that's what those quotes were though... those screamed "delusional" Since you used the golf analogy, I find it hard to believe Jordan Spieth would shoot; 68, 67, 76, 80 in a 4 day tournament, and then say "I don't know what you guys are talking about when you say I struggled on the weekend, I hit most fairways on Saturday and Sunday, that's my job"
  15. alarp33
    Honestly shocking quotes. I mean this quote isn't even remotely true. After the All Star break in 69 games, he scored 34 runs, 0.49 runs per game. Before the break, 88 games, 67 runs, 0.76 runs per game. .210/.280/.359 “I hear that all the time and I don’t really know why people always make a big deal out of the last couple months,” Dozier says. “I didn’t hit as many home runs, but I actually scored the same amount of runs, which is what I intend to do.”
  16. alarp33
    Because they obviously held onto the hope he could play SS, so they left him there. Players move from SS to 3B all of the time, its really not some huge adjustment that needs to be worked on at lower levels of the minor leagues.
  17. alarp33
    I'll take option 2. I'd also prefer Arcia at DH over Vargas
  18. alarp33
    Because Shortstops are more valuable than 3rd baseman? There is plenty to rip the Twins about, I'm failing to see anything wrong with keeping a guy at SS for as long as possible, before ultimately deciding its not going to work.
  19. alarp33
    Yeah so this just isn't true. League avg k/9 last year was 7.4, May was at 7.9 as a starter. 8.7 as a starter in 2014. As others have pointed out, most of his numbers include an unsustainable high babip. 1st time through the order (2015): .307/.331/.482 2nd time through the order: .291/.317/.410 3rd time through the order: .263/.337/.438 He also was improving, not counting the horrible outing in Milwaukee, these were his numbers from his last 5 starts; 30.1 innings, 6 runs, 30 K's, 9 walks
  20. alarp33
    His career Isolated slg% is .104 These are some other Twins career IsoSlg% Danny Santana - .123 Kurt Suzuki - .114 Eduardo Escobar - .136
  21. alarp33
    Then there is no reason to bring him up? I'm not sure why that's a question. If 5 members of the rotation are healthy and pitching really well throughout the 1st month of the season, I'll A) Be shocked and B- Wait to see Berrios is mid-May.
  22. alarp33
    Re: your "little pop" comment. Arcia hit 11 more Home runs in his age 22+23 seasons than 31 year old Sweeney has in his 9 year MLB career.
  23. alarp33
    The numbers look right, thinking the Twins will actually DFA a veteran guy like Suzuki made me LOL though. Even if he puts up those numbers, I bet he has at least as many, if not more at bats as Murphy by the end of the year.
  24. alarp33
    If they are holding him in AAA for 2.5 weeks for an extra year of control, I'm totally fine with it! It's the prudent move. My issue is going to be at the end of April, when half the rotation is scuffling and they still are refusing to bring him up
  25. alarp33
    No, I don't think they ever saw him as a starter this year. The other poster said he "had his chance and lost", which I think couldn't be further from the truth
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