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  1. USAFChief
    Batting titles in 2006, 08, and 09 are nice, but don't do much for 2015 and beyond. If he gets to his career line, it'll be a vast improvement over 2014, but not "awesome" in my eyes. 2009 was awsome. That's the Joe Mauer I want on the Twins. And I don't think he can do that by taking 2 strikes and flipping a soft fliner to left.
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    Of course it matters, or we'd see pitchers in MLB with 59 MPH fastballs. Any pitch that's good at 89 is better at 99. Velocity matters, it's just not the only thing that matters.
  3. USAFChief
    Virtually every hitter in the history of baseball gets pitched low and outside a lot. For good reason, it's the toughest pitch to do damage with. Miguel Cabrera gets pitched low and away a lot, but still manages to find pitches to pull in the air. If Mauer is the great hitter I'm told he is, why can't he adjust and do the same, at least some times? Does he never see a pitch middle in? I often read that "so and so will be a better hitter when he stops trying to pull everything, learns to go oppo and use the whole field." It seems to me Mauer should get the same treatment...he'll be a better hitter when he learns to use the whole field. Which in his case, is to pull the ball, in the air, and do some damage.
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    I posted this elsewhere, seems appropriate here, too. I'd actually be pretty surprised (and livid) if, when the the Twins need a starter, Pelfrey gets the first shot. I think it'd almost certainly be May, given health and any resemblence to adequate performance in Rochester. Probably Meyer next, after May. I think the Pelfrey in the rotation ship has sailed, barring catastrophic losses of starting pitching. Of course, eventually I'll be proven wrong on something. Even if it's about being proven wrong.
  5. USAFChief
    Possibly Graham. Who, of course, isn't a graduate of the Twins' system.
  6. USAFChief
    I can live with Milone over May. For now. Not what I wanted, but probably a closer call than many of us think. But I really wouldn't understand Pelfrey getting the nod over May or Meyer when they need a starter. Pelfrey should stay were he is. Or get traded, but that would be surprising.
  7. USAFChief
    I don't think the Twins will be skipping starts. I don't think that's a common practice in MLB these days. My guess is Milone takes his regular turn every fifth game no matter how off days line up.
  8. USAFChief
    Schafer reliably has brought .229/.311/.310. He's 28 Robinson reliably has brought .231/.303/.308. He's 30. Hicks has reliably brought .201/.293/.313. He's 25. The only thing much different about the three is age.
  9. USAFChief
    I agree with everything Manfred said in this article.
  10. USAFChief
    It's always a pleasant surprise though, ain't it?
  11. USAFChief
    His quotes before post season Yankee series always irked me, too. I'm too lazy to look them up, but they were always something along the lines of having to "play perfect" to win, or something similar that let everyone know, including his team, that he thought the team in the other dugout was much better than his.
  12. USAFChief
    Pretty sure the only run scored by Toronto whie Hunter was in the game came on a HR off Noasco. Pretty sure that wasn't Hunter's fault.
  13. USAFChief
    Maybe Big Pelf has trouble remembering the signs, and has to think about which pitch he's being asked to throw.
  14. USAFChief
    I'm still holding out hope Hicks turns into a decent solution. With value post-Buxton. Admittedly, that flame of hope is flickering badly, but it's still there. At the very least if the season is wasted I'd rather it be wasted on Hicks than other current Twins options.
  15. USAFChief
    Stengel and Hodges weren't carrying twelve or thirteen pitchers.
  16. USAFChief
    FWIW, they are projected to have the third best team defense in baseball. So perhaps we should take the over. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/17273-article-a-preview-of-2015-mlb-team-defenses/
  17. USAFChief
    That doesn't sound correct to me. For example, a player with 10 and 5 rights cannot be traded, including through a DFA, so I would assume if there's still a rule preventing trading a newly signed FA, that would also prevent a trade through a DFA. I would assume a player can waive that rule if he chooses, though.
  18. USAFChief
    Is there still a rule preventing teams from trading FA signees until sometime in June? I know there used to be, not sure if there still is.
  19. USAFChief
    Hal-lah-insert your word of choice here-lu-yah!
  20. USAFChief
    Nitpics: Per baseballref: First basemen in the AL 2014 OPS: .735 LFers: .722 RFers: .726 CFers: .712 DHs: .744 Twins first basemen: .669 LFers: .663 RFers: .731 CFers: .746 DHs: .765 I don't know exactly what Nick meant by "regulars" but the Twins got above league average OPS's from DH and CF last year, slightly above average OPS from RF, and below average from 1b and LF. Above average from C, 2b, SS, and 3b, btw.
  21. USAFChief
    How many of us would turn down the chance to do something we love, where the minimum salary is $500k, if offered?
  22. USAFChief
    Concur. He wasn't signed to be traded.
  23. USAFChief
    I dont read the article as "the Twins made the wrong choice." I read it as an interesting thought exercise. .."what if they made a different choice?"
  24. USAFChief
    Not in the post you responded to.
  25. USAFChief
    One doesn't have to wonder about 2002 and 2003.
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