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  1. USAFChief
    Please try not to disparage the honestly held opinions of other posters in order to make your opinion seem more worthy.
  2. USAFChief
    That team went 12-11 in April. That team without them went 11-15 in September.
  3. USAFChief
    i've heard tell security can be lax at the games too.
  4. USAFChief
    I'll take that bet. My one dozen Crispy Kremes against your one dozen dollars. Deal?
  5. USAFChief
    I'm too lazy to look it up, but if memory serves, the sabrgeeks have determined a single is worth about 25 percent more than a walk on average. So no, all OBP is not equal.
  6. USAFChief
    I'm not sure how a seven game series is inherently more chaotic than the one game series used by the NFL. Or for that matter the 5 and 7 game postseason series used in the other major US pro sports. I get the crapshoot argument, and there's certainly merit to it. But I also think post season baseball isn't played like the regular season. Depth is important in the regular season, much less so in the post season. Your stars aren't getting days off, the bottom of your rotation and bottom of your bench are virtual non factors. The bottom of your bullpen might not even see the field. I think I read the three headed monster out of KC's pen pitched 40 percent of the innings in the ALCS...forty percent. That doesn't happen in the regular season...not even close. So my opinion is...something of a crapshoot? Sure. Completely random? Possibly not. KC doesn't need to mtch up with Baltimore's 25 man roster. They only need to match up with the top of it. That's a huge difference, IMO, compared to a 162 game grind.
  7. USAFChief
    Even if the pitching staff stays at 12 all season, it's still very difficult to devote two players to one position. Strict platoons are rare these days, and getting rarer.
  8. USAFChief
    Your contention is, when TR said he wanted to be playing meaningful games in September, he meant meaningful for the other team? If they truly meant "competitive" as in taking a couple of games from a playoff team While closing out another 90 loss season, then I don't know what to say except IMO it's not Mike's definition of competitive that is questionable.
  9. USAFChief
    I can't recall...were the pitches called strikes? If they were called strikes, that seems to settle the issue...if called balls, that seems to confuse the issue. I guess I should have noticed that at the time.
  10. USAFChief
    He could add a bit more chalant to his OF play, too, for my tastes.
  11. USAFChief
    I'd like to see Santana at SS, Eddie as the futility infielder, at which point I would hope two spots on the next good Twins team are filled.
  12. USAFChief
    I don't mean to sidetrack this thread, but all OBP is not equal, IMO. A single is worth more than a walk, because it can advance base runners more than one base, for one thing. And, of course, not all hits are singles...some are doubles, triples and home runs. As this relates to Hicks, I think it's doubtful he can maintain a .340 OBP unless he can hit for a higher average. Major League pitchers are too good to keep walking guys who can't hit. My personal preference would be to give Hicks one more shot at CF out of spring training, and hopefully settle the issue, with Buxton somewhere on the horizon to either move Hicks to LF or 4th OFer, or out of the organization. He might fail (as might Buxton) but at least you could feel fairly confident at that point about giving up on Hicks.
  13. USAFChief
    As I recall it, Reed's control was so shaky the two guys that he hit were both in the on deck circle. Of course, my memory ain't what it used to be, so I can't swear to that.
  14. USAFChief
    A few quick thoughts: Buxton is really fast. He also has a pretty good arm. I haven't been a big fan of Rosario...but based on three games anyway...he can hit. He hit the ball hard in almost every AB we saw.
  15. USAFChief
    the ones with the debit cards.
  16. USAFChief
    Chiming in...what a delightful night in the desert....absolutely perfect weather, a couple hundredfans in aattendance, seats wherever you want, and Jones hitting 99 on the stadium gun. I also should note Ash's son is a remarkable young man...bright, funny, warm and engaging, and he keeps score! He obviously takes after his mother.
  17. USAFChief
    if I owned that company, I'd focus some attention on the managers who are telling me their division Is "top 5 in the industry" when they keep posting red numbers year after year.
  18. USAFChief
    I don't think you can argue either Sano or Buxton will, or should be up on opening day 2015 unless you are (were) willing to say they should have been up opening day 2014. Both are a year older, but otherwise in essentially the exact same position they were a year ago, development wise. Buxton got in a few games, Sano none. Both will have the opportunity to get in a few games before spring training, hopefully. They're both where they were a year ago. They weren't making the opening day roster last spring...I don't see how that's changed much, if at all.
  19. USAFChief
    I don't know how to say this without sounding confrontational, so I'll just say it... I think if you substituted "2013" for every "2014'" and "2015" for every "2014," your post could have been written last October, and probably was, just not by you. "Wait until 2014, when Meyer/Mays/Buxton/Sano/Rosario/pickyournamehere are up and producing...then go get what you need." I'd rather the team goes and gets some of what they need, and hope the minor leagues can supply even more, rather than the other way around. To me that's the less risky strategy. YMMV of course.
  20. USAFChief
    My guess is Scherzer costs at least 1.5 times that.
  21. USAFChief
    Vargas can play 3rd??!? Sweet.
  22. USAFChief
    Quite possibly true. But it would be worth asking, IMO.
  23. USAFChief
    Mauer, .860 career OPS (133 OPS+) Kemp, .845 career OPS (128 (OPS+) 1.5 yrs younger than Mauer, without the injury history. Kemp is overpaid, but not by an "insane" amount, at least not by MLB standards. There's a very reasonable chance he ages well and is an above average big league left fielder through the end of that contract. I wouldn't give up much for him, but at the cost of only money, he fills a need for half a decade. I think we all agree the Twins can spend more. What's the goal here...win actual MLB games, or win the mythical "most wins per dollar spent" baseball prospectus championship? I will agree with you on one thing though...the Twins won't even consider a move like that. I guess my argument is, I'd like to see the Twins change the universe they operate in.
  24. USAFChief
    I got a lot of flack on other forums a few years ago for thinking the Twins should have moved Mauer out from behind the plate years ago. Probably before he even made the big leagues. Now they are paying the price for a physical decline that might not be correctable, as well as losing a lot of time on the field in the interim. I still think it was a mistake having him catch, WAR be damned.
  25. USAFChief
    Perhaps even in LaLaLand there are salary concerns...if they want to pursue Scherzer, having most of Kemps salary off the books might be attractive. I like the idea of Kemp, but only if its costs little except money.
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