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  1. USAFChief
    Well, "buy low, sell high" is a pretty common investment strategy, no? Not necessarily Dozier, but the Twins should always be looking for "buy low" candidates, players who have a good chance of outperforming their current level. That's one way you get players who are worth more than you're paying them, or the ability to sign FAs who end up worth more than you paid them. For every person selling a stock because the value is down, there's another person buying it who is convinced it's going up. My personal favorite this winter is Josh Donaldson. I'd like to see the Twins bet on him while his value is down.
  2. USAFChief
    Classy way to send off Mauer. Well done everyone.
  3. USAFChief
    I seem to recall a Chris Sale pitching for the White Sox for a number of years, a team in the same division as the Twins. Any relation?
  4. USAFChief
    His commentary has been on a downward plane for years.
  5. USAFChief
    It's entirely possible Flake is genuinely trying to do what he thinks is right. An independent investigation, even a brief one (how much information can be looked into when the allegation is decades old?), would seem to me a reasonable position to take. And it's what Democrats have been screaming for. Let's see what happens. I don't view Flake as the enemy here, at least at this point. He's clearly not a Trump fan.
  6. USAFChief
    Brilliantly stated.
  7. USAFChief
    This didn't age well.
  8. USAFChief
    Why didn't he do that while playing for the Twins?
  9. USAFChief
    The main difference, according to Fangraphs: 190 IP with 78 earned runs allowed is equal to 164 IP with 82 earned runs allowed.
  10. USAFChief
    If only teams could know in advance what stats their players would put up when they sign them to long term (8 yr) high dollar ($184M) contracts, amiright?
  11. USAFChief
    Mentioning both Trump and Clinton was a nice touch.
  12. USAFChief
    I'm not sure if this is directed at me, but if so: I prefer the DH over having the pitcher hit, but I don't feel all that strongly about it, and I don't recall posting anything about the DH recently. Not sure what you're referring to. I do think for the good of baseball, they need to make the AL and NL play by the same rules, and I can't see the DH going away, so get on with it already. In any case, I don't see why one couldn't both be an advocate of the DH, and not like the rise in three-true-outcome baseball. Watching pitchers hit is as anti-action as it gets. And just for the record, I LOVE power hitting in a player. Just not at the expense of everything else. I want to watch baseball in which there are HRs, but also base hits, stolen bases, hit and runs. I want to see shortstops make great plays in the hole and throw out a runner at first, rather than watch a full count turn into a walk or a K, hitter after hitter.
  13. USAFChief
    I used to have grudging respect for him.
  14. USAFChief
    Lindsey Graham: "You (Democrats) better watch out for your nominees." At least he's honest about how he views this process and his position as a US Senator.
  15. USAFChief
    You forgot to savage the third base coach, who after watching the first three runners tagged out at the plate, inexplicably sent the fourth. This sort of thing happens WAY too often in today's T-ball.
  16. USAFChief
    Bold prediction: The Senate Committee puts off their vote, Trump pulls the Kavanaugh nomination.
  17. USAFChief
    Comparing Mauer to Pujols is a huge stretch, too. Pujols had put up 8 seasons with an OPS over 1.000, and his other three were over .900, when he signed that deal. Crawford, and especially Ellsbury, were pretty good rebuttals, though, I'll give you that.
  18. USAFChief
    There was no character attack in the post he rebutted.
  19. USAFChief
    What kind of idiot manager puts a lefty at catcher!!??!?11!
  20. USAFChief
    https://www.apnews.com/4b92bebe074f4990893685165108be7d/Whiff-of-offense:-Ks-top-hits,-lowest-average-since-'72 It looks like 2018 will indeed be the first season in which K's outnumber hits. I think MLB needs to take some action. Three true outcomes is ******* boring baseball. I just don't know what needs to be done.
  21. USAFChief
    Oh, I think there's room for some questioning of Mauer's contract. The article itself says fans "would have burned down Target Field" had the Twins not retained him. To think that Mauer didn't know that, and take advantage of his 2009 season to extract more from the Twins than he was worth in pure baseball terms, and more than he would have gotten from another team, is pretty questionable. I do agree it didn't hamper ownership much, if any, payroll wise. Nor do I begrudge Mauer much for getting every penny he could. But let's not pretend he didn't do exactly that. He parlayed a unique situation and exceptional timing into an extremely player friendly contract. One that he hasn't come close to living up to, regardless if you believe that's entirely due to injury or not.
  22. USAFChief
    The problem isnt moving players to the majors too slowly. If anything, strong arguments can be made the Twins have consistently moved players to the majors before they were ready and/or before they earned a chance. The problem is they haven't drafted and/or developed enough quality MLB players in the first place.
  23. USAFChief
    Good lord, what an embarrassment.
  24. USAFChief
    It is an interesting question. My own bias is—and this is long held, and unrelated to the opener/primary pitcher idea—is a strong preference to get the starter out BEFORE he runs into trouble rather than after. So I will say that in this case, with a pitcher such as Stewart, if you get six shutout innings, and he’s given you as much or more than you could have hoped for, turn a clean inning over to the pen, and ask them to do what you have them there for. I don’t know what would have happened in this specific case, but over time, I think that’s the way to go.
  25. USAFChief
    I’m as critical of Molitor’s pitching decisions as anyone, but in this case, the Twins used an opener, which is intended to limit the primary pitcher’s exposure to the top of the order, third time through. Moya faced five hitters in the first. Enter Stewart, who faces 21 hitters over six innings. The opener strategy worked to perfection. The problem, as I see it, was Hildenberger. Or, as Tom points out, Molitor’s use of him. They got more than could be expected from Stewart.
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