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  1. USAFChief
    I'm not sure "we'll be just fine if the bench rarely has to play, the starters pitch more than is reasonable to expect, and only 3 of 7 relievers pitch any time the game is close" is a viable way to start the season. I guess we'll find out.
  2. USAFChief
    So you're more optimistic than most, then?
  3. USAFChief
    .258/.348/.425 .773 OPS. Fewer steals, good defense, 155 games (I hope)
  4. USAFChief
    I would think to sell hope and optimism you'd try to put new players on the roster that generate hope and optimism. Adding Robinson, Staufer, and the like to a 90 loss team doesn't do that for me. It certainly doesn't scream "a lot more talent." At least not to me, and I doubt I'm in a huge minority.
  5. USAFChief
    Plouffe has developed into a solid third baseman, and is not among the Twins problems. Given health, he'll likely continue to perform at that level.
  6. USAFChief
    FTFY.
  7. USAFChief
    Oliva's OPS was also partially obtained in an era that caused MLB to lower the mound, because pitching was too dominant. Killebrew's too, for that matter. EDIT: note to self...refresh prior to posting
  8. USAFChief
    Lets see where Mauer's career numbers end up before comparing career numbers. In my lifetime, Killebrew was the best Twins hitter I've seen. Oliva second, Carew third, It gets hazy after that. But then I don't put as much weight to OBP as some do. And IMO, two sub .800 OPS seasons out of four, and a seeming inability or unwillingness to adjust is worthy of some discontent, but of course YMMV.
  9. USAFChief
    Gwynn had a very nice career. HOF worthy. Not awesome. Miguel Cabrera hasn't OPS's below .879 since his rookie year. He's been over .900 five times, over 1.000 three more. That's awesome, in my book.
  10. 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.
  11. USAFChief
    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.
  12. 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.
  13. USAFChief
    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.
  14. USAFChief
    Possibly Graham. Who, of course, isn't a graduate of the Twins' system.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. USAFChief
    I agree with everything Manfred said in this article.
  19. USAFChief
    It's always a pleasant surprise though, ain't it?
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. USAFChief
    Maybe Big Pelf has trouble remembering the signs, and has to think about which pitch he's being asked to throw.
  23. 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.
  24. USAFChief
    Stengel and Hodges weren't carrying twelve or thirteen pitchers.
  25. 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/
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