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  1. gunnarthor
    Sure, that's another answer. But Lindor is clearly a shortstop. Correa looks like a third baseman fighting short to a draw. And the defensive metrics - which have lots of problems - agree.
  2. gunnarthor
    The best strike out pitchers the Twins have had over Ryan's years were obtained through trades and rule v not the draft. Again, I don't really care about what a good pitcher looks like. We need good pitchers period. If it's a Radke, great. If it's Santana, great. Anyway, if I had a draft strategy (and it's good that I don't), I would aim for upside with my first pick. Take an Aiken if he falls, for example. But I'd use a good chunk of my other first day picks on a Radcliff like approach and draft the dreaded safe college pitchers like Baker, Joe Kelly, Drew Smyly, Tyson Ross etc.
  3. gunnarthor
    Most of these things are false narratives. Over Gardy's tenure, the Twins were about middle of the road in sacrifices in the AL (if you count the NL, they were bottom third) - and behind the White Sox, Tigers and Royals. The reason we think they did that is because during the same span they were first in all baseball (including the NL) in bunt hits and success rate - by a pretty good margin, actually. But this had a lot more to do with what the FO gave Gardy than Gardy himself. When he had a good team in 2010, for instance, with no piranhas, he bunted very little. The Yankees and Red Sox had more sacrifices than we did.
  4. gunnarthor
    I don't see this mentioned but the good news for us is that he ranked us #3 but, more fun, he ranked the other teams in the Central Cleveland - #11 White Sox - #22 Royals - #23 Tigers - #26 Cleveland graduated Lindor (who I think will be the best shortstop in baseball) and still have a solid system but the rest of the division is pretty beat up, prospect wise.
  5. gunnarthor
    Actually, Gardy and Molitor's bullpen use was a lot different. Gardy was a pretty consistent one inning at a time guy with guys who knew their role. Molitor used relief pitchers for multiple innings and was much more likely to use the "hot hand" at the time. I don't think Gardy would have let Thompson make the roster over Theilbar or used Boyer either. But this group of players seemed a lot looser under Molitor than under Gardy. Was that because of Molitor or Hunter or just young players getting their first crack or a combination? Not sure. But I like Molitor and hopefully he manages us to a WS.
  6. gunnarthor
    Can anyone paraphrase what he thinks of Berrios, Kepler and Polanco? I'm curious if he still has concerns about Berrios' height, Kepler being a "tweener" and if Polanco can stay at short.
  7. gunnarthor
    Haven't looked up the answer but I assume the question meant weren't all-stars so didn't include the players who played before the all-star game was created.
  8. gunnarthor
    Either your sarcasm meter isn't working or I wasn't artful. Could go either way. I was trying to stuff the notion that Radcliff didn't pursue front of the rotation type starters so he "wasted" the Garza pick. I dunno know. It's been a long day.
  9. gunnarthor
    Yeah, it's so far out that all of these things will change but I'd be happy with a guy like Senzel or Delbec, college third basemen who might be quickly through the system.
  10. gunnarthor
    Fireball pitchers fail too. The Twins draft strategy has changed as to pitchers since Johnson took over and I think you can argue that his results haven't been nearly as good as Radcliff's were, even though Johnson takes the fireballers (of course, that's a simplistic view since Johnson took "safe" arms like Wimmers and Radcliff wasted picks on fireballers like Durbin and Garza). The Twins should aim to draft good pitchers - speed of their fastball shouldn't be a concern. Nola is a good pitcher (I'm still glad we took Gordon) and deserved to be a top pick, as he was. But if the best option at 16 is an Aaron Nola type, that's great. Take him.
  11. gunnarthor
    Dang, I didn't notice someone added a new trivia question. And it's a great one. I have no idea but I know Chili Davis hit a crap ton of home runs and I'm not sure if he ever actually made an all-star game.
  12. gunnarthor
    I think you're reading too much into this. Klaw has always been the low guy on Berrios - hell, he's admitted it in his chats. Nothing wrong with it.
  13. gunnarthor
    Good to know. I haven't read it but "stacked" sounds about right. If Jay or Gordon or Park is your 6th best prospect, it's a stacked system. It's also interesting since Law is usually the low man on Berrios.
  14. gunnarthor
    That's why the instructions said don't worry about players prior to 1902.
  15. gunnarthor
    So here are the answers - 1) Tommy John 2) Feller by 3 innings 3) McGwire 4) Henderson, Brock, Raines, Coleman and Ty Cobb (a guy named Billy Williams is in there too but he played before 1901).
  16. gunnarthor
    Bonds and McGriff are still on the HOF ballot and yes, players not yet eligible (Thome) weren't included (although Thome would obviously be the answer if it was). So it isn't Sosa either.
  17. gunnarthor
    None of these answers will include players who played before 1902 so you don't have to worry about a freak answer. 1) Excluding players still on the HOF ballot, which retired player threw the most innings and is not in the baseball HOF? 2) Who threw more innings - Jack Morris or Bob Feller? Both played in parts of 18 seasons. 3) Again, ignoring active players or players still on the HOF ballot, which player hit the most HR and is not in the HOF? 4) Without looking it up, can you guess the top 5 stolen base leaders in ML history? I got the first three right and 4 of the 5 for the last one.
  18. gunnarthor
    The defamation lawsuit has its own hurdles. Al-Jeezera didn't say Zimmerman and Howard were on PEDs - Charlie Sly did. They reported it. Now Sly is claiming that he made it all up but that doesn't really help the players against Al-Jeezera. News agencies generally have wide latitude in reporting news. SI had a nice write up on the legal issues that will arise out of the lawsuit. I'm certainly not an expert but I would be shocked if Al-Jeezera lost. My guess is that in a few months the players will quietly drop their lawsuits.
  19. gunnarthor
    I guess I don't really care about uniforms in baseball. I like the dark blue alternate road one the best but there's nothing wrong with this new one. Kind of neat to see a red uniform, I suppose.
  20. gunnarthor
    So what? Hunter signing worked out fine. Kubel was one season removed from a 30 homer season and still relatively young. That's not a bad gamble. Guerrier wasn't great but he only threw 28 innings, had a positive WPA, WAR and ERA+ and wasn't blocking anyone. Is this really the proof that the Twins keep guys b/c they picked up some fringe FA who used to have ties to the org? Like every other org does?
  21. gunnarthor
    MMQB is already saying that the NFL's investigation of PED use discussed by the Al-Jeezera report is unlikely to lead to anything. Nothing to see here, move along. http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/27/nfl-al-jazeera-hgh-investigation
  22. gunnarthor
    No talks to extend Plouffe. Let's see, Koskie, AJ, Hunter, Jones, Milton, Silva, Johan, Garza, Span, Revere, Hicks, Hudson, Nathan, Cuddy, etc and you want to argue that holding onto a LOOGY guy shows the opposite? Or, are you going to make up claims that some veteran could have been traded and claim a fantastical (and false) return? Or, wait, even better, you want to argue that the Twins should have spent money on a FA to replace someone, even though it probably wasn't realistic in the first place? Gotcha.
  23. gunnarthor
    Sadly, this is another example of you using something out of context to attack Ryan.
  24. gunnarthor
    It shouldn't be up for debate - it's a false narrative that should be destroyed. I agree that Plouffe is "ok". He is what he is - a league avg bat with some pop but low on-base skills and slightly above avg defense at third. He'll have some nice streaks where he's arguably their best offensive weapon but then he'll follow up with a real cold spell. That's still a nice player to have. I don't think he'll get an extension but I wouldn't be surprised if the Twins used a QO on him after next season, depending on how well he played and what the pipeline has for them. If Gordon (or Polanco) can convince the team that they are able to be the starting SS by 2018, then Escobar could slide over. Defensively, he could probably handle it. Whether his bat would be good enough is a different question.
  25. gunnarthor
    Yep, that's the prospect game. On the plus side, Kepler and Berrios both made huge strides. (And, as I mentioned, the list this year is being done by different prospect gurus who might not have had the same opinion as Parks did last year, anyway).
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