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  1. PDX Twin
    I'm guessing that the Twins are pushing on all fronts: Rosario, Berrios, Kepler, and maybe Sano and Buxton, and that Polanco is simply the first for whom terms have been agreed. Others are likely to follow if they can get to an agreement, or not.
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    We get Seattle games in Oregon, and I believe that they go out to Idaho and maybe Western Montana and parts of Utah as well. Their region seems comparable to the Twins'.
  3. PDX Twin
    It must be the shift. Play 4 firstbasemen and pitch the lefties inside.
  4. PDX Twin
    Interesting, but many/most of these contracts are for more than one year, so it is pretty harsh (especially for situations like Darvish) to count the entire contract $ but not the entire contract-period wins.
  5. PDX Twin
    Funny. I just remember getting what seemed like a dozen Jerry Lumpe and Diego Segui cards before I finally got a Harmon Killebrew!
  6. PDX Twin
    Yes. It's easy, but dangerous, to forget that all of the numbers that we crunch are the result of human activity, controlled by adolescent and post-adolescent brains that are not always perfectly rational.
  7. PDX Twin
    I hear this a lot, and not just with Buxton. There's an assumption hidden in here that may not be valid: that it is easy for players to learn to bunt. Is that really true? We never hear anyone say "if he would learn to hit like Rod Carew." We never hear anyone say "if X would learn to field like Ozzie Smith." Is it true that bunting is a learnable in a way that hitting and fielding are not?
  8. PDX Twin
    A name that Dick and Bert will constantly mispronounce?
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    And this, it seems to me, is the job of the new manager. Whatever happened in the Molitor era is water under the bridge. It's up to the manager and coaching staff to help make sure that players get the right kinds of support, encouragement, or discipline to make the most of their physical skills. Based on what I've read about Mr. Baldelli, I'm cautiously optimistic.
  10. PDX Twin
    I remember a few years ago Byron Buxton wore (and preferred) the number 7. It's at least possible that the quick retirement of that number was a response to a request from Buxton to switch his number to 7. I suppose that they could have just told him "No, we're saving that to retire later on," but if you're doing that then you've de facto already retired the number, and why postpone the celebration?
  11. PDX Twin
    The Twins have a seemingly endless list of young starting pitchers knocking on the door. A couple may turn out to be viable (or better) starters, assuming that they don't abandon the concept of a starter. Why not use the rest in the bullpen? Throughout baseball history most relief pitchers (even the good ones like, as mentioned above, Nathan) were "failed" starters. There are a lot of cases of AAAA starter --> successful MLB reliever. Surely some combination of May, Mejia, Gonsalves, Thorpe, Stewart, Romero, Slegers, Littell, De Jong, etc. could become a formidable relief corps. Some will turn out to be stars, some will flop, and some will actually make the starting staff, but the "problem" of too many almost-there starting pitchers might be a solution to the bullpen --- and a cheap one.
  12. PDX Twin
    Thanks for giving some thought to the impact of attitudes and team cohesion. It's probably less important in baseball than in other sports because so much of baseball is individual, but having a group that wants to win for the team and for each other can make a big difference. We spend so much time looking at raw numbers that it's easy to forget that these are humans producing the numbers, and human performance depends a lot on the mind-set of the players involved.
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    Did you mean this to come out the way it did?
  14. PDX Twin
    This being the era of manic shifting, I'm guessing that they have a secret plan to use two firstbasemen.
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    It will be interesting to see how the veteran pitchers on the roster respond to someone with no pro coaching experience.
  16. PDX Twin
    What could Sano do if he got into shape like Astudillo?
  17. PDX Twin
    Pretty amazing numbers at every level. How is it that he didn't get more love in college recruiting or in the draft? Is there something that scouts wouldn't have liked?
  18. PDX Twin
    This situation sure makes me appreciate all the wonderful things I read (here) about the good "character" of young players such as Lewis, Kiriloff, and others. I agree with the comment much earlier that it is getting harder and harder to cheer for MS, and there is increasingly less that warrants a cheer on the field or off.
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    Wonderful! Is there any way that TD could create an index to these player profiles? It would be great when a little-known player does something later on to easily be able to go back and read the background again.
  20. PDX Twin
    Maybe the Twins can arrange a package deal for Mauer and Oliva. Both, in my opinion, deserve to be in the Hall and would be first-ballot selections if not for debilitating injuries. It would also be interesting to know what Oliva's last 10 years would have been with today's medical procedures for rehabilitation of injured knees!
  21. PDX Twin
    Do I remember some discussion that Hildenberger was tipping pitches earlier in the season, or was that someone else? If that's the explanation, it sure seems fixable.
  22. PDX Twin
    I was thinking about this conundrum as I was reading the piece. You might think about a variation to the ranked voting idea: Have ten ranks for your eight choices. In your case, you would rank the top three #1, #2, and #3 (10, 9, and 8 points). Then leave #4 open to indicate a gap in your assessment, putting your next two in as #5 and #6 (6 and 5 points). Another gap at #7 leaves your "6A, 6B, and 6C" as #8, #9, and #10 (3, 2, and 1 point). It's probably not worth the confusion it might cause, but it would allow a voter to express that not all ranks are equally spaced. If you felt really strongly about the top candidate, you could even leave a double gap at #2 and #3 and rank your second-best candidate at #4.
  23. PDX Twin
    Shocking: Allowing 2 hits and 1 run to the Yankees was not even the best pitching performance in MLB last night. There were at least two that were better! I happened to look over the scores at bedtime and, in addition to the Twins' effort: The Athletics allowed no runs and just 1 hit against BaltimoreThe Rays allowed one run and just 1 hit against ClevelandThe Red Sox allowed no runs and 4 hits against TorontoThe Mets allowed no runs and 5 hits against MiamiWow, what a night for the arms!
  24. PDX Twin
    Carrot cake with white-chocolate cream-cheese frosting!
  25. PDX Twin
    Jinx?
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