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  1. gunnarthor
    They haven't had a lot of successful moves yet, have they? We liked their draft last year but they had a lot of advantages with extra picks and we're a long way off from finding out if it was a solid draft. This years draft was boring but ok. They sold at the deadline last year, pissing off the players. I liked most of their off-season moves (understanding that the Pohlads weren't going to give them Darvish) but few of them have worked. The biggest problem for me is that they chose to bring back Molitor who is obviously not the right manager for these players. This is the second time in three years that the players look absolutely lost and ill-prepared for the season. It's not just one group - it's everyone. It's an utter mess. I think Molitor is as good as gone and Levine should get one more season to make his mark before I start calling for his head but we learned some stuff about the new FO in the last year and it wasn't good. Next off-season will be huge for them.
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    Injuries sure hurt - is Mauer in this slump if he doesn't have the concussion flare up? But you're right that it's not the whole story and probably not the biggest part of the story. The biggest problem is that the young guys we're counting on have simply stunk. Obviously, bigger budget teams can get depth that's better than Jake Cave and/or Adrianza to help out but that's always been a problem with baseball.
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    Well, yeah. Of course.
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    Good.
  5. gunnarthor
    ______ and a bandbox ball park? Seriously, Judge is hitting .193/.296/.386 on the road this year.
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    Yeah, I'm not sure but it might have something to do with service time? I think if he stays down all year, the Twins get another year of control on him and the FO might be thinking along those lines at this point.
  7. gunnarthor
    Agree with most of these posts. It's a bit baffling stat-wise but watching him, he doesn't seem to get robbed a lot. He just makes easy, routine outs. I'm not sure there's a lot to do - a large turnover of the coaching staff is ok with me - but let him play and get at-bats. Hopefully he improves but you'd think at 25 and with over 1300 ML PA, he'd be better than this.
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    I didn't think he could be a starter but a Liam Hendriks like longman career didn't seem crazy.
  9. gunnarthor
    Doesn't he break the unwritten rules? Obviously the Twins won't get either but Machado seems like the perfect fit for this Twins team. Moves Sano to first and another strong RH bat for Target Field. But I think he gets something very close to 10yr/310m and that won't be from the Pohlad family.
  10. gunnarthor
    Among mlbpipeline's top 10 catchers, two are with the Dodgers and one is with Cleveland. Five are with bad teams that probably don't want to swap right now. And two more are with Toronto and St Louis and I have no idea if those teams are in buy or sell mode.
  11. gunnarthor
    Machado isn't a great fit for them. THey have Miguel Andujar, a pretty good looking rookie playing third. If they have Stanton and Harper and have to pay Judge down the line and/or some front line starters, they'd probably be better off using that money to upgrade other positions.
  12. gunnarthor
    And 7 WAR. Basically, 3.7 WAR/162 games. I didn't post one 15 game stretch. I posted his obp over 9 stretches to show that his on-base numbers weren't inflated by one small stretch to pull up other periods. From July 1 to the end of last year, he was arguably the best player in the AL (with Trout injured during part of that period). He led the league in WAR and hit .310/.360/.540. It seems a bit unfair to say that that period either isn't dominate or shouldn't be counted as dominate b/c Sept call ups or SSS or whatever. And from April 20 to June 1st, he hit .267/.365/.367. Not MVP level that he displayed later that year but still good, especially the on-base numbers. Obviously, something's wrong right now but the guy has a ton of talent and has shown it at every level. I don't know what the problem is and/or how to fix it but I think it's just a question of when he fixes it, not if. My guess - and it's just a guess - is that he'll be fine once he gets back into a regular routine and gets at-bats.
  13. gunnarthor
    Apparently, Harper has said he is open to playing first base. I read that as a message to the Yankees. I still think it happens. He's (arguably) the biggest name in baseball. The Yankees have nothing at first base. His LH swing is made for that park. His bat in that lineup would be incredible. If George was still running the Yankees, I think it'd be a lock.
  14. gunnarthor
    Harper is on pace for 1 bWAR this year. (WAR doesn't like his defense). Going into the season, he and Machado were going to be the darlings of this huge free agency class. Machado is on pace for 3-4 WAR this season. (WAR doesn't like his defense either). I still think they both get paid a ton and Harper ends up in NY but I'm not sure either of them tops Stanton's contract, although it'll be close.
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    His slg was low but his OBP, other than his first 15 games and June, was around .360. April 21-May 31 - .267/.365/.367 He struggled most of June July through end of the season - .309/.358/.538. And if you want to break that period down into 15 game periods you'll see it wasn't just one hot period. He was pretty consistent. OBP by 15 game periods 1 - .082 (His start was so bad that it took nearly the entire season to adjust the numbers) 2 - .358 3 - .362 4 - .255 (Early June) 5 - .275 (Late June) 6 - .367 7 - .400 8 - .333 9 - .371 (a few more than 15 games to wrap up the year) Again, not sure what Buxton's problem is. Pretty sure injuries aren't helping but he's dominated every level of the minors. Wowed every scout that saw him. Has all the talent in the world and he has been able to dominate at the ML level as well. Our pessimism at this years team is truly deserved but I'm still pretty sure that Buxton will make a few all-star teams for us before some other team signs him away from us.
  16. gunnarthor
    That's not quite true, though. He struggled in his first 15 games last year which hurt his overall numbers but he really only had that and one other period where he struggled. Opening day to April 20, he hit .082/.135/.122 and he hit pretty bad in June. But the other two thirds of the season he always posted an OBP over .333. In fact, if you break down his season into 15 game periods, he has three that were bad (Early April and June) and the rest he was more or less a .360 OBP guy. I have no idea why he's struggling so much this year - I suppose injuries and not having consistent playing time early this year didn't help - but you'd hope that he would start tearing up AAA again. Still, he has about 150 PA total this year over the last three months. Let's hope that being healthy and getting back into a routine help him. He's always going to have strike outs in his game but that might not mean as much as the game changes.
  17. gunnarthor
    I don't think player WAR and team wins actually add up - that was a big part of the discussion regarding Judge v. Altuve last year, IIRC. But ignoring the math, this offense has embarrassing to watch.
  18. gunnarthor
    Forgot about this thread. Just finished Christopher Moore's most recent book, "Noir." He's the funniest writer around today. Am currently reading the new Stephen King novel, "The Outsider."
  19. gunnarthor
    Well, good luck to Rick. Glad the Tigers fired the other guy.
  20. gunnarthor
    I read somewhere today that their could be a real behind the scenes push to get Collins and/or Murkowski to switch sides and join the Dems or see if the outgoing GOP Senators who are through with Trump - McCain, Flake or Corker - would flip, making the Dems control the chamber through the midterms. Those two women could be offered high profile positions in a Dem majority. I think this is unlikely to happen but probably the most realistic real-world solution.
  21. gunnarthor
    Eddie's about the lone bright spot in our lineup.
  22. gunnarthor
    True but they got rid of the filibuster b/c the GOP wouldn't let Obama's nominees get through so I understand why they did it. And even if they hadn't, there's no way the GOP wouldn't have gotten rid of the filibuster to get Gorsuch confirmed.
  23. gunnarthor
    https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/anthony-kennedy-retires-supreme-court/h_e3390175b3b5176f73c98623683230ab Sen Feinstein's statement: "We’re now four months away from an election to determine the party that will control the Senate. There should be no consideration of a Supreme Court nominee until the American people have a chance to weigh in."
  24. gunnarthor
    It's Passan. Take it for what it's worth.
  25. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I almost sold last week but decided to hang onto it through this. Hope I made the right decision but it's certainly a fun stock to own. My wife and I have some cash on-hand right now but we're sitting it out for a bit. Not sure what/where to buy in this economy.
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