Cap'n Piranha
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Article: Twins Fall 5-4; Five Crucial Plays
Cap'n Piranha replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I would add as number 6, pinch hitting Danny Santana for Buxton in the 9th. Santana has had 4 PA's (including last night's) since July 31, all as a PH, all of which resulted in outs. He has a greater than 13/1 k/bb ratio, and OPS's .490 against righties. Buxton was already 2-3 on the night, and is actually better against righties, OPS'ing .638, and has a better (but still bad) 8/1 k/bb ratio--fun fact: both Buxton and Santana have 5 walks on the year. Buxton needed 121 PA's to do that, Santana 267. By just about any metric, Buxton was a better bet to get on base to lead off the ninth.- 31 replies
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I do, but what I do at midnight at the dunes by the cape is my business, and not yours, thank you very much.
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Oh my gosh, so many questions!!! What's an Escobear? Do they come in lots of colors? What's their main habitat? And most importantly, do they like beets or Battlestar Galactica?
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Dan Gladden goes out on a limb, and postulates that Buxton would be a hard guy to get at first to complete a double play. Bold, Danny.
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I'm ok with it, but I'm not into yoga.
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That's just ridiculous. 20 years, 800 million, and not a penny more.
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I'm increasingly worried that Bad Ervin showed up tonight.
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I blame Dozier for swinging on the first pitch, and not giving Buxton a chance to steal a base (or two or three). It ultimately didn't matter, but Dozier has to recognize when he's hitting behind Buck he's got to take some pitches.
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Should this pitch be called a curve, or would it more properly be termed a slurve, given it's break to the left?
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Shouldn't there be a law that requires there always be a player named Walker on the Texas Rangers roster?
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I dislike the red unis, now almost exclusively because of their association with Mike Pelfrey.
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This is an...interesting...decision. Make 'em pay Bocaton.
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Yes, I think the Jays package is better. I don't know if TR ever offered the Rockies your proposed package; if he did than obviously the Rockies preferred the Jays package. If not, we'll never know. I think we absolutely could have made a package the Rockies would have preferred, but I'm assuming 3 out of Gibson/Berrios, Polanco, and Kepler are in it, unless we're including Sano or Buxton. Anyways, my point was that the Jays package isn't really that bad, especially if the Rockies can grab a couple more pieces by moving Reyes in the offseason or at the break next year, or if Tulo breaks down and declines.
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Buxton 2 for 2 thus far in Rochester tonight...
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I'd say it looks like the Twins left their bats in Toronto, but that would imply they actually had their bats in Toronto.
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The Jays package was way superior to that Twins one. Reyes is far more valuable than Santana, and Hoffman has better numbers in the same league as Stewart despite coming off Tommy John. Miguel Castro struck out a batter/inning at 3 levels of A ball as a 19 year old last year while throwing up a 2.68 ERA and a .178 BAA. He's been worse this year, mostly because the Jays jumped him up too far too fast. Meanwhile, Meyer this year at 25 has a 5.97 ERA in AAA, so Castro is better than Meyer. So what it comes down to is Tinoco v Arcia. Tinoco turned 20 in April, and has been starting all year at low A, where he's put up a 3.30 ERA, 7.7 k/9, 2.3 bb/9, and a .266 BAA. Arcia turned 24 in May, and has only OPS'd .695 at AAA (despite his past power-hitting success), while striking out 29% of the time, and putting up a 4.1/1 k/bb ratio. Add to the fact that the Rockies can't DH him, and he becomes even less valuable. I think it's pretty clear to anyone that isn't over-valuing Santana/Stewart/Meyer/Arcia that the Jays package is better.
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Article: The Real Downside Of Buxton's Injury
Cap'n Piranha replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
His service clock has already started. In order to gain an additional year of control, wouldn't he have to stay in AAA until August? So no, if he starts in AAA, I think it will be because the Twins think Rosario, Hicks, and Hunter/Arcia/Kepler/someone else are better at that time. -
He IS the best shortstop in the game, but he is also old, injury prone, and expensive at the same time; nowhere does it say those things have to be mutually exclusive. I would have been ok trading for Tulo, and I would have been ok not trading for Tulo, based entirely on the acquisition cost.
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Article: The Real Downside Of Buxton's Injury
Cap'n Piranha replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
If Buxton starts in AAA next year, I would guess it's because they did decide to put their best players on the field, and Buxton wasn't yet one of them. -
Kohl Stewart is at High A, and has been all year.
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You really think the Rockies would have traded the best shortstop in the game for Arcia, Stewart, Meyer, and Santana? There is no possible way that would happen.
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Of course there's risk. There's risk both ways. TR's job is to assess the relative levels of those risks, and act appropriately. When you have a decent, but not good team, the prospect package it would take in multiple deals to move from decent to good or great is so large, the risk of watching Berrios/Kepler/Polanco/Stewart et al potentially star elsewhere outweighs the risk of not attempting to improve this club through trades.
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I'm saying that if Dozier was/is so convinced the Twins FO won't make the team better, why the hell did he sign his extension? I understand he gave up no years of free agency, but he certainly could have made more in arbitration while playing in such an allegedly depressing locale.
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Yeah, they're in the second wild card spot--doesn't yet qualify as a success for me. What if Tulo and Price both get hurt this week. The Royals came close to missing the playoffs with Shields, but had a great run for sure. Now Shields is gone--don't you think the Royals would like to have Odorizzi fronting their rotation right now? As for Detroit, they didn't really take "risks". Trading for a 25 year old Miguel Cabrera is hardly a risk. Trading for a 29 year old David Price is hardly a risk. I've never said the Twins should never trade, I've said they would have had to take such a huge risk in order to get a team to the Royals/Pirates/Cardinals/Yankees/Dodgers that I wasn't interested. I'd rather keep my young nucleus together, and let them become the stars.
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We're starting Suzuki because we have no better options, either before the season started, or now. And while Ramos isn't a stud, he's certainly better than Suzuki (Suzuki has a 58 wRC+ and -.3 WAR, Ramos is 71 wRC+ and .4 WAR).
