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  1. USAFChief
    1. Killer 2. Carew 3. Mauer 4. Morneau 5. Zoilo
  2. USAFChief
    Someday when you're bored, go look up Blyleven's first six seasons with the Twins. Prepare to be amazed, at both how good Bert was, and how much baseball has changed in a few short decades.
  3. USAFChief
    Killebrew walked 145 times in 69,and led the AL with a .427 OBP. It's not plate discipline that limits RBI. Killer played 162 games that year, and got 709 PAs. That, coupled with 49 dingers and a .584 SLG got him the ribeyes. In the year Sosa drove in 160, he walked 116 times, .437 OBP...with 711 PAs. Its those 700-ish PAs that players today are unlikely to reach, more than walks. Not putting the ball in play is an issue, but not as much as playing time. Sosa had 150 Ks in his 160 RBI season.
  4. USAFChief
    his great 1996 season included a SLG of .517.
  5. USAFChief
    No.
  6. USAFChief
    Cesar Tovar nonconcurs.
  7. USAFChief
    Win the World Series. That is the definition of success in major league baseball. Anything less can be enormously enjoyable, but cant be called success.
  8. USAFChief
    I could see a scenario where the Twins win the most games in the AL this year. But I don't think they're "the best team" by any other measure.
  9. USAFChief
    Brag much??
  10. USAFChief
    "...a production of Cats at Earl Campbell Middle School in League City." I want to write like Randball.
  11. USAFChief
    Depends on what day that final game falls on.
  12. USAFChief
    I doubt the Twins call up Kiriloff to replace an injured Cave, unless Cave was playing every day. If that was the case, Kiriloff would then play every day. They're not going to put Kiriloff on the bench for any length of time. He's more valuable to the organization then Cave, and they dont need metrics to make that call. A better question...would they call up Kiriloff if it was Rosario going on the IL?
  13. USAFChief
    if you spread ABs across the roster, you are by definition intentionally taking ABs from the better players and giving them to the weaker players. I dont want Adrianza to get ABs at the expense of Polanco, except as necessary, and I dont want Cave to get ABs at the expense of Kepler or Buxton. I trust our management to be capable of using history, health, and potential to determine ahead of time where the regular playing time should go. Now, if someone has 3 months of poor performance, and you have someone worth trying, fine. But I absolutely dont want them to make that decision based on who was hot yesterday.
  14. USAFChief
    I got the bonus...its ME!
  15. USAFChief
    Let's make the regular season 7 games, and the post season 162.
  16. USAFChief
    yeah, the gang problem is pretty bad in south central.
  17. USAFChief
    Yes.
  18. USAFChief
    Boy, I dont agree. IMO Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, gambling on baseball--including games which he was managing--is a scandal multiple orders of magnitude bigger than this. This is big, and ugly, but it doesnt lead me to believe there's any chance games could have been lost intentionally. Nothing can be as corrosive to the integrity of competition as the hint of an idea that games are being lost on purpose. Gambling does that.
  19. USAFChief
    I think the fact the Commissioner sent out a letter in September, 2017 to all teams is pretty clear proof they DID know, or suspect, what was happening. But at that point, what else would you have him do?
  20. USAFChief
    Players were granted immunity at the start of the investigation, in an attempt to get to the truth. In addition, the letter the commissioner sent out in 2017, specifically addressing this issue, make clear GMs and Managers would be held accountable for violations.
  21. USAFChief
    How will this affect Graterol's future earnings? His rookie salary is predetermined, and after this year this whole thing is a nonissue. Either he proves healthy, or he is injured. In either case, Boston's opinion on his future is irrelevant. And no...team's shouldn't have to go through with trades, for any reason, until they do.
  22. USAFChief
    "It wouldn't shock me Berrios suffers an arm injury as hard as he throws." It wouldn't shock me if any pitcher suffers an arm injury.
  23. USAFChief
    Trout was drafted in 2009. As a 17 year old in 2009, Trout hit .352/.419/.486 in 207 PAs across 2 leagues. For the record, in Trout's 2nd year, as an 18 year old, he hit .321/.428/.480 in 600 PAs, also across two leagues. By the end of 2011, he was in the big leagues to stay. The comparison is not off to a good start.
  24. USAFChief
    I imagine being traded is a little hard on any player, but dont think this was a great deal harder.
  25. USAFChief
    No. Yesterday.
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