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  1. kenbuddha
    ditto.
  2. kenbuddha
    Why is that? Each league has to buy balls. Why can't it be balls that MLB/AAA use?
  3. kenbuddha
    And yet, no one got them. And there were plenty of teams that wanted pitching. I'm not sure what the reasons were, but someone was offering something for them (most likely) and here they are all still on the same teams. I'm just saying maybe it isn't the Twins FO that is to blame. Maybe it's the sellers miscalculating player values? Curioser and curioser.
  4. kenbuddha
    So far he has a 1.114 OPS with runners in scoring position. What more do you want?
  5. kenbuddha
    I'm not sure that's true. If you believe in Run Expectancy (which you may not), there's a lower probability of scoring from 3rd with 1 out than there is from 2nd with 0 outs. In fact, one could make a claim that an outfield single with Buxton on 2nd scores him easily. Similar to having a Trout at abat, you have an elite baserunner on 2nd.
  6. kenbuddha
    I believe your point was about the number of players 34 or 35 and over still playing. I just think you went to fangraphs and ran a query but forgot to turn off the qualifying at bats parameter. I thought I was being helpful, a bit pedantic maybe, but helpful. Not trying to "get you".
  7. kenbuddha
    Again, not quite. There were 8 outfielders 35 and older. Still a small number, just not as extreme.
  8. kenbuddha
    Not quite. There were 16 outfields last season (5 if you require batting title eligibility).
  9. kenbuddha
    But but but Joe Mauer's emails!! Give it a rest, he retired. Please find another whipping boy.
  10. kenbuddha
    Cruz can still hit. Based on last seasons statistics he'd rank 2nd in owar behind Rosario. He may be worth signing just for the fact that he's Dominican. Sano is Dominican. I would think that Cruz may be looked upon as somewhat of a hero of Sano's due to backgrounds? Cruz could be a positive influence on Sano and that has to be worth something.
  11. kenbuddha
    Well, if you're going to use Sickels, then prospect #19 is Gabriel Maciel. Came over in the Eduardo Escobar trade.
  12. kenbuddha
    I hope(!) Kepler will have a Tom Brunansky type of career. I think that's his ceiling. Which wouldn't be bad.
  13. kenbuddha
    I want the Twins to be lumped in with the Astros, Yankees and Jays. I want them to be a team that can work with a guy like Kepler. I still have hope.
  14. kenbuddha
    Agreed. Too much sloppy play both on the field and the base paths. The manager who did neither of those things while a player, didn't seem to be able to translate that information to his players. It's not the only reason, but it's definitely a big one, in my opinion. Maybe he'd have been a good manager for the Twins in 2008-2010, but not with who the Twins are today.
  15. kenbuddha
    Plus, we never got specifics as to what Terry Ryan and his team were doing. Why expect it from this front office. If any front office speaks to specifics, it gives information to other organizations that they'd rather not give.
  16. kenbuddha
    Because Buxton has shown an ability to eventually play above his peers at every level vs Cave's 163 at bats. Because if you can get Buxton on track he could deliver another WAR greater than 5 as he did in 2017. Because Buxton's defense is better than Cave's. If the Twins were in the thick of a pennant race, then no, it wouldn't be a good time to give Buxton at bats over Cave. But that's not the reality of where they are. Obviously Buxton isn't there yet (if ever), but what do the Twins have to lose by trying to get Buxton more comfortable and productive at the major league level? The upside of Buxton is higher than Cave, if things go well. If things don't go well, at least we tried. If the Twins give up on every young player when they stumble, the long term outlook isn't going to be very good.
  17. kenbuddha
    I don't know how to look up a team record while a particular player played for them, but I'd be interested to see what HOF Bert Blyleven's teams record was while he played for them. Once again, someone trying to attribute a team's statistic for an individual player. A team record has a lot to do with the players that are on the team. Put Mauer on the same teams as Puckett and have him do what he's done, somehow your impression of him improves? Sheesh. Didn't people move beyond this sort of ridiculous type of correlation a long time ago? And as to the second point above, Mauer "never made an effort in the off season" and "winning was never a priority" care to prove that? Or is that just unprovable speculation on your part? I'm on the fence about Mauer and the HOF. If he had retired immediately after the brain injury (ala Puckett and the eye injury), he'd be in the HOF already in my opinion. He was just that good. (Plus I wouldn't have to read the above types of tripe. He decided to continue on though and that hasn't helped his HOF chances, but I'm guessing he's fine with it.) Whatever decision is made, I hope he enjoys himself.
  18. kenbuddha
    The only way they sign Kershaw or Harper or Machado is if Falvey hits them over the head with a bat and Levine forges their signature. Guys like that aren't going to sign with the Twins just like Lebron James doesn't sign with the Timberwolves, there are better places for them to ply their services. First we need to start winning, then (and only then) will top free agents seriously consider Minnesota.
  19. kenbuddha
    Geniuses? No, but I much prefer their approach to the previous FO.
  20. kenbuddha
    I don't think Molitor is gone because I don't think the FO gets to decide. Just like they really didn't get a choice in bringing him back after his MOY award. The owner wanted him and continues to want him. Once this contract is done maybe then the FO will get to decide, but not before. Overall, we're picking at the edges when this season has come down to a core failure. The Garver/LaMarre/Belisle/Cave decisions are not the core of the problem. Santana and Polanco started us off. Then the off-season signings didn't figure things out. Then Sano and Buxton forgot what they already knew. Add in Dozier's walk season failure and I don't see how all of that is the FO's fault. Personally I think the FO did their job well overall in the offseason. And sure, I'll question some of the moves during the season, but I don't believe for a minute that the previous FO would have made the moves that this FO has made. The previous office would be looking for a 2nd and 3rd Belisle. So, not a good season at all. But I'd still rather have this FO around for a few more years. How many years did the previous one get?
  21. kenbuddha
    Revenues may be going up (are those normalized or just raw numbers), but attendance is basically flat over the last 10 years. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193421/regular-season-attendance-in-the-mlb-since-2006/
  22. kenbuddha
    Exactly. 2017 is a year of evaluating what is here. The players are probably known quantities so what Falvey/Levine are evaluating are the non-players. Front office, coaching staff, managers at all levels of the organization. If there are individuals already here willing and able to go in a new organizational direction there's a good chance they'll be retained. For instance, they don't want to be the bad guys that got rid of Molitor. If Molitor can adapt his style to theirs I'm sure that works in his favor and will be taken into account for 2018.
  23. kenbuddha
    This. Every owner backs his manager, publicly, for the life of his contract, until he doesn't.
  24. kenbuddha
    Intermittent would have been okay, but constant... yeah, that's a deal breaker.
  25. kenbuddha
    Rany mentioned him a bit in this article a few years ago, http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2013/06/dont-blame-k.html
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