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  1. Platoon
    . While I agree with your last paragraph completely, and am fighting desperately not to drift into the lack of roster management, I debate the rest of your comments on Hicks thusly: He is getting to athe age where sending him again to AAA will leave you with an organizational player or at most a fourth outfielder. Which may be what he ends up as. With Buxton likely coming up late this year or next, his window is shrinking. It's time for him or make it or not. If he does, you know where you are at for next year, both on the field and trade wise. If not, you still have your AAA guy. It's just that I do not think that anymore minor league seasoning will improve his chances of success.
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    If the Twins record was important this year I would start Schafer for speed and defense. But it's not. It is a perfect time to take one last flier at Hicks, and see if he sinks or swims? Schafer can back him up, and Buxton can marinate in Chattanooga. Then if and when Buxton makes it, you have given the Hicks question due diligence. Next year if Hunter is gone, if Hicks makes it, you have options. He and Rosario can fight it out. Or one can be traded. In any case Robinson should be a non entity in this discussion.
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    I am not sure what Nunez brings to the team? He is not specialized in any particular talent except HLPB (Helmets Lost per Base)! He seems to look more athletic than his athleticism produces. Nothing good really happens when he is out there. If I was going to leave the other Eduardo as the utility guy, then it's time to part ways. I deeply regret having to say this, but due to the current roster construct, I would have EE, Schafer, Pinto, Hermann on the bench, and Hicks getting his last look in CF.
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    It occurred to me that when someone says Nunez has "surprising power", it's like when someone tells me "you're suprisingly intelligent"! All it means is that he doesn't use his power, and I must not use my brain!
  5. Platoon
    Some seem to think I got off track on the thread, and possibly I did. So to stick soley to the whether I think he should be playing question. Yes of course, and I too would have taken the money and run. I just wish he had done it somewhere else. Do I think Torii should be playing after the trading deadline? Of course, but hopefully it's somewhere else! Do I think Torii can play in '16? Absolutely! But I hope it's somew here else!
  6. Platoon
    . I tried to like this more than once but it won't let me!
  7. Platoon
    I would bet it's Milone. It's a little harder to predict since the regime change, but since TR still makes the final decision I can't see it going another way. Your post gave me an idea for a new site: Frustrated Twins Daily Fans. (FTDF). It's following is sure to grow as the season progresses. .
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    "Presnt day" and "same situation" are two terms that the Twins should never use. To me the connotations are they are either viewing this team as a team that can win, or that next year nothing has changed. One is an illusion, the other is mind boggling. I understand that normally a one year deal is not a blocker, but in this situation someone should be getting time in the OF after the trading deadline. I don't see Hunter as someone who will be easy to sit down! The bottom line is a team of the future is being run like a team of the present. Nothing good can come from that.
  9. Platoon
    Sadly I agree. Leaving us with the prospect of a non contender, and an outfield spot blocked by a 39? year old.
  10. Platoon
    I can't even think of any words that could appropriately convey my excitement at hearing this wonderful news! Hopefully they are working on an extension as we type!
  11. Platoon
    . In theory I don't even disagree, maybe I should have had my tongue further into my cheek? . That said, my first thought, and admittedly not my most rational one was what an odd coincidence! The first cuts of camp, included the three players who have drawn the most interest, speculation, and drooling in the last several years of mediocre baseball. A conspiracy theorist would ask, was there a message here to the public? Of course since I am not a conspiracy theorist, I must leave that to others to contemplate!
  12. Platoon
    with tongue only slight planted in cheek, yes, you would not want to confuse the issue with a pitcher who was better than the ones in question!
  13. Platoon
    To me the argument whether Escobar can play SS is not really if he has the ability to play there! He does. but does he like several other Twins starters have the ability to get past 70 wins? So far the answer would seem to be no. This is a team that has lost over 90 for 4 years. This year it looks like basically 7 position players return, albeit possibly standing somewhere else on the field. And the majority of the vaunted pitching staff! In any other sport, on any other team that was arguably the worst team in their sport, their would be no "sacred cows". But in Twins Territory, the mention of moving anyone seems to cause a wringing of hands, and mashing of teeth! I don't doubt that the majority of the aforementioned players are of major league caliber. It's the sum of the total that I question.
  14. Platoon
    I, an advocate of a total rebuild woud keep him. Yes he has more value than Nunez, that's because he is a better player. Every team needs a guy like him that you can count on, can play 3 spots, and hit enough so he cannot be ignored. Trading him for a minor league middle prospect who we won't use for 4 years, if at all is not a good idea. I really prefer him over Nunez. And I actually prefer him, especially defensively over Plouffe, when the Sano era starts. Lastly, if something happens to Santana or Dozier he is not going to hurt you significantly, if at all.
  15. Platoon
    normally I agree totally, and still do. But since Hunter is wasting an OF spot this year, to me it means they have to come to a decision on Hicks, before Rosario. This is not an endorsement for or against Hicks. It just addresses the fact that he is unfinished business. And it needs to be resolved. (Btw, can you endorse against?)
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    . I would be elated, AND stunned if this happened!
  17. Platoon
    I thought he was going to be ok, but after yesterday I don't know. Some guys just never have the concentration and desire to use their physical talents to the max. I am beginning to think Hicks is one of those. Btw, kudos to Molitor for jerking him if he is out there half asleep!
  18. Platoon
    . Moves can be made, and the Twins pitching roster is not overly crowded with experienced college closers with triple digit gas!
  19. Platoon
    Burdi, that's why they signed him!
  20. Platoon
    My problem with Torii is that he is all about Torii. am I the only one who thinks that suddenly the story line was Arcia could not play the overhang? Arcia was not a great RF'er, but that is where he belongs defensively. He is now in LF because Hunter likely insisted on either RF or no field. A true mentor would have played left, and worked with Arcia in right. Barring a complete hitting collapse, next year Arcai will be back in right, and will have lost a year out there, yet another victim of the Twins insular thinking. As for Hunter, there is a very fine line between clubhouse leader, and clubhouse agitator!
  21. Platoon
    If you have umpired, it is easier to understand the difference that the catchers reception of the ball makes. For example, for a horderline ball at the knees, if you catch it with a downward motion, it's going to look lower. If you catch it palm up, you are showing the ump a lot of ball. Same goes for the corners, especially the outside one. Also, you do want to catch the ball with as little movement as possible. Grasping at it does no good. As for "pulling" a pitch? If you have to pull it, maybe it wasn't a strike? . It is also a lot easier to call a game over a catcher who sits low. Pinto looks like he has his butt too high in the air. Get low, and work up. Catch that wide breaking ball closer to the plate. Framing is simply helping the guy behind you get a good look, and helping him look good doing his job. It truly is not rocket science.
  22. Platoon
    I listened to the first game Blyleven pitched. 287 wins, 3.31 lifetime ERA, and the third most SO's in history! And it took how many years to get into Cooperstown?
  23. Platoon
    I don't remeber giving you permission to use my picture on here! .
  24. Platoon
    If you only consider who would be the best of these 3, Mauer, Plouffe, or Sano in a corner OF spot, it would be Mauer hands down. He likely does not run as well as Sano, but I bet he can go get a fly ball, and I have no doubt his arm would be quite suited to RF. This does not mean I advocate such a move for any of them. It would just be the lesser of three evils!
  25. Platoon
    Agreed. While the metrics of pitch framing might be a work in progress, the art itself is a big part of balls and strikes. Umpires are human. They are emotional, they like certain practices, and they like to be made to look good. A catcher can contribute to that a lot. It's not easy to define, or describe, but certain catchers get strikes called more often than others on the same pitch. Consistently catching the ball just off the outside corner with your glove turned slightly in will get you a few of those. Catching that pitch with an away motion gets you none of them. There are a lot of others, but suffice it to say that how the ball is caught can make or break the call on close pitches over the course of a game.
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