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  1. USAFChief
    Plouffe made it all the way through the minor leagues as a SS. It's not a big surprise, IMO, to see him become a good defensive third baseman. Maintaining a decent stick was always the bigger question, and he seems to have plateaued at a very respectable level. A good, every day MLB player, one that I would take offers on this winter because of Sano.
  2. USAFChief
    I'm ok with the pricing structure...I'd hate to see them at a price point I can't afford.
  3. USAFChief
    winnah!
  4. USAFChief
    I prefer the 99 cents, thanks.
  5. USAFChief
    C'mon Fien...baseruns has us down 3-2.
  6. USAFChief
    You're assuming a lot here, Dave. They'd have to avoid any lengthy DL stints.
  7. USAFChief
    winner.
  8. USAFChief
    Santana's gotcher back on this.
  9. USAFChief
    ?? Whatever for?
  10. USAFChief
    ...feels like a long lost friend.
  11. USAFChief
    So Mrs Chief and I were cleaning out the bedroom last night, and I found a box under some clothes in the back of the closet. Inside were a couple eggs and over $300 in cash. "Sweet," I thought. I asked Mrs Chief what the deal was, and she looked at me sadly and said "Every time I've cheated on you through the years, I've put an egg in the box." I was taken aback, of course, but tried to put on a brave and loving front. "That's all right, honey. Twice in 34 years isn't so bad." "Welllllll," she said, "I've been selling them over the years at .99 cents a dozen."
  12. USAFChief
    Suggestion: set down both beers before you put your fingers to your eyes.
  13. USAFChief
    Yeah...but ultimately, that's a bad thing.
  14. USAFChief
    Duensing was warmed and ready.
  15. USAFChief
    Given the options, I can't disagree.
  16. USAFChief
    While I certainly appreciate the sentiment, I question your source.
  17. USAFChief
    You don't have a yard.
  18. USAFChief
    unforgivable
  19. USAFChief
    Well, start with that. I thought May would make a fine addition to the pen, but since he isn't being used, send him back to Rochester and let him start. Or put him back in the rotation, and put Pelfrey in the pen and USE him as a short reliever. But don't just put May in the pen and let him sit there, not helping an obvious weakness. Boyer...frankly I don't care what they do with him. Release, DFA, whatever. Just stop using him as a short reliever. And as noted, Fien has an option. Although if he didn't, frankly, again, I wouldn't care if he was lost in an effort to improve the pen options. But for heaven's sake...do SOMEthing.
  20. USAFChief
    pfft. That's not as impressive as it sounds. Most of those '27 Yankees are pretty far into their "decline phase" by now.
  21. USAFChief
    Concur. He doesn't have to be great, or even good. He just has to be better than what they're getting. Used primarily against RH pitching, there's a good chance he would be. Low BA, low OBP while occasionally running into a fastball for a HR is better than lw BA, low OBP while never hitting a HR.
  22. USAFChief
    If I want to know the "true" value of anything, I have to have something to measure it against. The more valid the constant I use as a measurement basis, the better my estimate of the "true" value of whatever I'm trying to measure. If I go to a car show comprised of only 1979 Ford Pinto station wagons, one of them is going to be the " most valuable." But that doesn't tell me much about the "true" value of 1979 Ford Pintos, relative to cars in general. Likewise, if I want to know how the Twins defense is performing, it seems to me I will have a better chance of arriving at a good answer if I use more data than less. Either way, I'm comparing the Twins defense to a constant. It would HELP improve my estimate if that constant was arrived at using a bigger sample. Otherwise, I can't know if I'm at a Ford Pinto car show, or a Maserati car show, or a car show with both. Like using three years of OPS rather than one for a player.
  23. USAFChief
    Most proponents of defensive metrics will say three years of data are needed to get the better picture of ability. Why would using one year as a baseline be better than using several?
  24. USAFChief
    Whether one believes in the validity of WAR or not, it's particularly iffy for catchers, since UZR doesn't rate catchers. Not that we need it to think the Twins could use some better play behind the plate.
  25. USAFChief
    Concur. He so rarely even contributes.
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