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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I guess after reading all of this, I have to ask... why is it so difficult to think that a person's style might be able to influence the game in a way that isn't captured by stats? I like statistics, but they aren't the be all, end all source of authority on baseball. As was stated in this thread, the last few years teams spent long periods of time just looking beat. Motivation may not be able to be quantified easily, but it will show up in the box score.
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    He's been stuck in rookie ball for how long? His prospect status is pretty much non-existent at this point. I hope the kid figures it out and picks things up.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    The AL replaces the worst hitter with an above average hitter. It will always be the better league.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I agree that baseball needs some form of unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Not sure the answer here is more unsportsmanlike conduct as hitting him can lead to injury. You cannot really take away the hit or run. Ejection/fine might be the simplest answer. I might be OK with occasionally hitting a batter if they could guarantee plunking the guy in the butt where it's only going to leave a bruise, but some guys go after the head, or you miss and break a wrist. Not really worth it. It's just childish.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I think winning out is a bit unrealistic personally. That's a tall order, though doable. I think while 2-2 would be nice, I think a better scenario would be a Texas sweep... We are more likely to get in that way. I guess I don't care who I'm rooting for, I think I'm rooting to make game 163...
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    He shut them down, and in quite the dominating fashion. I think the pressure thing in baseball is largely a misnomer. It's hard to find people who played long enough that can consistently outperform their own numbers in pressure situations.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    The idea of getting Tulo cheaply was something I liked. I don't think I was nearly as much a fan of trading Gibson for him (though I'm too lazy to lookup what I actually posted there)... The other one I'm glad we didn't do was Shields/Kimbrel for a really high price... I was a bit upset that Hu got sent off, as I liked him as a prospect, but Jepsen has pitched quite well to make that risk somewhat minimized. Now that said, this offseason, they need to do something about the pen. That means getting some decent FA options and then letting some of those Rochester arms earn the mop up time. Get those low ceiling arms out of there.
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    Given the way Nolasco has played, I could see that, but no way Hughes starts in the pen. Berrios will (barring massive injuries) almost certainly start 2016 in Rochester, especially given that he doesn't need to be a 40 man add this offseason. I really hope TR can get some value for Milone. Don't want much. Give me a good back end bullpen arm that has two years of control left and I'm happy. I'd think Milone could fetch that.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    May strikes out more guys than Duffey, just saying (at least in terms of K/9 where both his major and minor league numbers are better)... Like I said earlier, I'm not against sending both Gibson and Milone or (Nolasco and Milone if by chance someone wants Nolasco) out of town to get both of them in the rotation, but there is merit to having pitching depth. It will most certainly be called upon during the year. It isn't like Duffey won't be pitching in Minnesota at some point in that scenario, and it's quite likely that both Berrios and Meyer will have an opportunity at some point in 2016 as well.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Would someone named Jane be willing to marry someone with the last name of Doe?
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I think May is better than Duffey. Duffey has done well, and I agree that if this is sustained he's starting somewhere, but with options left, having Duffey as a 6th starter in 2016 is not bad. He will pitch plenty in that scenario. If you trade Gibson and Milone (which I'm not against for the right returns, but it does hurt depth) you are counting on Berrios being very good in his debut or Meyer to suddenly figure it out. Those are definitely decent depth options, but that's also a very realistic scenario where the Twins are suddenly looking for SP help at the deadline should the injury bug bite or Berrios doesn't light up MLB.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm going to go with the idea that this was a handshake agreement between Hunter and the Twins to boost his value this offseason...
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    According to John Sickles at least. That's his prediction for Mr. May. I like the way he thinks. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/9/28/9409909/unsubstantiated-prediction-trevor-may-will-be-an-all-star-starter I really hope the Twins find some room for him in the rotation next season. I think they need to trade Milone and let Duffey function as the AAA/6th starter role (especially since I don't think they can hold Berrios down all season next year) and pray Nolasco gets enough value to be traded at the deadline.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't have a problem with Hunter being back as a PH/4th OF on a 1 year deal. He's not an everday OF at this point, but his bat still plays well in stretches. Switching to that role might give him a few more years in the majors. My concern is that he'd be brought back to start.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Of course, one constant of baseball is that Yankees always get the benefit of the calls. Wider zones for their pitchers, smaller ones for their hitters. Replay would have fixed the Mauer one, automated strike zones would make the Yankees mortal
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't see why people get too worked up about this. If memory serves me right, the next batter hit one that would have been a double play. Of course, that was many many years ago... What's real wrong about all of that was the death threats Hrbek got after that... didn't exactly display the class of Braves fans there.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought April losses only counted at half or something like that. Don't we get a mulligan for the first week of the season?
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I haven't really weighed in on this, and I've never smoked pot, but in a society that values freedom, I really fail to see how it is that we have made a plant illegal. I get that some people will go overboard with it. That's true of alcohol, tobacco, sports, porn, and pretty much anything legal. It's not my job as a citizen to protect you from yourself. It's your job to do that. If you want to smoke pot, then go ahead and smoke it. I see no reason to punish the 99% of the country who will do this responsibly for the 1% who will not (and I might add for the most part already do so irresponsibly). Let's also not pretend pot is some magical drug. It certainly, like alcohol, has some health benefits that in moderation can easily offset the health risks, and it without question can be useful for people recovering from injuries, but it isn't a wonder drug either. It's probably better for you then a lot of perscription drugs that the pharma industry sells us (with more reasonable side-affects), and that gets to the heart of the issue with pot. It amounts to direct competition in several very lucrative industries (pharma and textiles are the big ones). That's why it's illegal, and it's time for that to change.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, Dozier is a well above average second basemen and he's borering on elite play. No way I trade him. Polanco won't put up the numbers Dozier is putting up... not any time soon I should say and quite possibly not any time ever. I'm not against trading Dozier for the right price, but I don't see any scenario where he brings back anything reasonably close to equaling what he's doing right now. He's under contract for 3 more years, and I've seen little to indicate that Polanco or Santana are ready right now. Now if one of those guys has a monster year in AAA in 2016, we can have that discussion... until then, I'd leave this one alone.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmm... marajuana is next. It would probably grow there
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    yes and no. I do agree that at some level the organization deserves criticism for failing to develop certain types of talent. On the flip side, when 2 guysin 40 is considered a good draft, I think people start getting unreasonble pretty quick. Developing ML talent is hard. If there was a sure fire way to do it, the draft would be much smaller.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    That Nats need pitching now, not later. Not sure Gonsalves would be what they want. The flip side is that they might be an ideal target for a guy like Milone. Not sure Servino is the guy I'd want there, but if you could flip Milone for a disgruntled Storen, I'd probably do that in a heart beat.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Lewis Thorpe and recovery from Tommy John as well as his expectations this season.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    it seems we have this BA top 20 discussion every year with short season guys who get promoted. This isn't their official top 100. Not that Palacios will be there, but a good year in Cedar Rapids and he'll be on it.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I think they find a way to get him up with the big club. He's managed most of these kids coming up right now and has that relationship... not to mention having the 'fire' so to speak and mananging two championship minor league teams. He's earned it. Even if his managerial future isn't with the Twins, I think they owe it to him to get him up there. I think it's good for the kids too.
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