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  1. HitInAPinch
    Mauer has had injury issues from the very 1st game he played at the Dome. I'll never get the image out of my head of him making a great sliding catch of a popup near the wall, and never getting up. At age 31, if he had consistent stats like 2012, he'd be tradable. But with the injury history and contract, he is untradeable.
  2. HitInAPinch
    I'm accounting last year's stats to the move away from catching. I understand the reasoning, but how many times in the history of baseball has a great catcher moved to another position and had the same level of success? I can't count very many. As a catcher, you are far more involved in a game than any other position.
  3. HitInAPinch
    Absolutely agree. Maybe the shift is getting into a hitters field of vision enough to bug him. Otherwise, I view the shift as nothing more than interesting attempt to disrupt a hitters concentration.
  4. HitInAPinch
    They're paying out a lot of money on something that may not work. Are the White Sox's minor league prospects no long a hot commodity?
  5. HitInAPinch
    I've always dreamed of spending time down south and catching spring training games. sigh....... So here I am, getting my baseball fix from others again. How does Wimmers look? I've read he's fully recovered from TJ surgery and have watched a video of him pitching from 7/26/2014. He looks good. Thanks for the update Halsey!
  6. HitInAPinch
    Looking back at Hunter's stats, no. Actually pretty impressive. A couple years with a total of 7 AB's. 1999 and 2000, with 300+ AB's and improved OPS from .689 to .726. 2001? Yeah, he exploded: .784 OPS, 27 HR's. I think the big difference between Hunter and Hicks is drive and desire. Hunter wanted it BAD.
  7. HitInAPinch
    Hicks may turn it around, but I have my doubts. Hicks has 2 years, 538 ABs and a .201 BA. The role of a "in a platoon/4th OF" isn't a ringing endorsement and consistent BA's are the only way to see if he is a big league hitter. If he's only hitting right handed against lefties, I would expect a higher OPS simply because of the repetitions. His left-handed swing was a mess and maybe Carew has cleaned that up. Time will tell. This will be Hicks most important Spring Training ever. Unless, of course, the Twins still haven't found some OF's. Last year was embarrassing....
  8. HitInAPinch
    Best ever: Jeffery Leonard, Ol' Penitentiary Face
  9. HitInAPinch
    I'd definitely hold off on an extension. As has been pointed out, there is a bevy of talented infielders either on the team now or in the minors. If Dozier does put it altogether this season, trade him along with one of these pitching duds they've acquired over the past couple years and restock the minors. Hopefully with some outfielders. Still can't figure out how the Twins ran out last year.....
  10. HitInAPinch
    I'm not sure I'd spend any time on Hicks. Been down that path before. I'm starting Schafer in CF. He's got the defense and has shown that with AB's, he can hit. I would never knowingly go into a season planning on a platoon. That being said, I still like the offensive and defensive potential of Santana in CF and Escobar at SS. My whole thing on this is: did Escobar do anything that would merit demotion. Santana would have to win the job by a WIDE margin. And I still hate the idea of moving Arcia to left to accommodate and overpriced, $10M 1 year rental on a player that most are speaking of as a coach and not so much as a player.
  11. HitInAPinch
    First, it's the manager that sets the tone. Billy Martin was a tough guy. Tom Kelly was a tough guy. And both hammered the fundamentals into the players heads. Ron Gardenhire started out that way, but morphed into a "Players Manager". As soon as he put the weight back on and grew a beard last season, he should have been fired. I see Paul Molitor as an old-school kinda manager. It all starts there.
  12. HitInAPinch
    IMHO, Parmelee never got a fair shot with the Twins. Too many 1B / DH types.
  13. HitInAPinch
    6' 10" 245lbs. Makes Vargas look small I watched a couple videos and at 22, he still needs work on his mechanics. The good news is he drives though on his delivery. Most tall pitchers don't do that and end up being soft-tossers.
  14. HitInAPinch
    22 and abusing drugs. Someone needs to sit him down and have a HARD talk with Hudson.
  15. HitInAPinch
    No brainer: May at #5. Somehow, they need to clear a rotation spot for Meyer. He's now 25 and it's time to see if he can play with the big boys. I don't follow the idea of Meyer as a ML long reliever. To me, that's wasting time in stretching out his arm. And having a couple guys in the rotation with some pop makes having Milone in the rotation. Soft tossing, yes. Successful, yes. Now that I've gutted the rotation, Hughes, Gibson and Santana get to duke it out. LOL
  16. HitInAPinch
    DANG! When's training camp opening???
  17. HitInAPinch
    It's tough trying to avoid the 'what if' game with these 2 guys. The catch is, Escobar had a good season at the plate and in the field. Problem is [for Santana], Escobar only plays the 1 position: SS. The 'what if's' are about the same for the both of them: 1. Was their hitting an aberration? 2. Fielding their position The only person in this mix that has at least some questions on defense is Santana. At least from what I've read, he's more of a question mark on defense, at both positions, than Escobar. And frankly, for a guy that got thrown into CF he was pretty darn good. I just can't see moving Escobar out of SS after what he did last season. CF Santana SS Escobar 4th OF Schaefer ML for the entire year: Hicks, Buxton and Sano
  18. HitInAPinch
    The roof in the Metrodome was hell back then. Baseball was not meant to be played indoors. Lesson learned :-)
  19. HitInAPinch
    Upon further review, yeah that came off a little bitchier than I meant. I apologize.
  20. HitInAPinch
    Not to be mean here, but using the 'advanced stats' really loses me. Subtracting the bad stats, placing the player in a situation where he's more successful is fantasy-land stuff. It's like saying Nolasco will be significantly more successful using the P427NYY metric [Pitching for the 1927 New York Yankees]. I really appreciate peoples efforts put into developing the Sabermetrics. But to me, it's not dealing with reality.
  21. HitInAPinch
    I'd absolutely would love to see Johan back with the Twins. Question is: who gets bumped?
  22. HitInAPinch
    I've posted several times in the past that Hughes sharply regressed after and successful season in which he reached career highs in innings pitched. Seeing the video evidence on his mechanics, the new season may be different. The 1st video shows a delivery that's out of control. The 2nd more controlled, but I'm concerned that it seems from this view that it's all arm. I'm still hopeful for another successful year, but they really need to pay more attention to the number of innings pitched.
  23. HitInAPinch
    The big negative for me on any GM ranking is the whole 'Buy a Team' mentality. The chickens are now coming to roost as teams are resigning their players before those teams get a chance to pick their bones. Scouting and developing players throughout a minor league system for long term success is the highest grade of a topnotch GM.
  24. HitInAPinch
    Let Molitor handle it. He looks like a no-nonsense kinda guy capable of handling Vargas.
  25. HitInAPinch
    MLB pitchers started catching up to him last year. Bruno's work continues......
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