jimmer
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Fair; however, we'll see if it's just one.
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I wrote the same thing on another thread: 'Btw, we have to do better than most teams in the draft because we wont spend, we wont trade quality vets at peak value and we wont trade prospects for quality proven players. We have to hit in the draft better than many cause our window for getting talent is smaller than other teams. We should be held to a higher standard in drafts.'
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Brock, with all respect, how many evaluation years are we going to have?
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You aren't the only one who has been told that and yes, they should have more than average based on where we've been drafting. But here's the funny part. Not only couldn't blame them for bad drafts results when we drafted lower, but then we also can't blame them when they miss the guy who ends up being the best player on the planet when we don't draft him either (because other teams missed him too). This is like how there's always a reason to not fault the team for not going after truly top notch FAs. Always a legitimate reason not to, regardless of the team situation. Also, if looking at MLB's list for example having three on the list is nice when it's said that way. Then you find out one is 50th and the rest are in the 90s.
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and our guys that have been promoted havent exactly lit things up.
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Davis is not a lousy defender at all. He is very good defender. He also isnt a lousy baserunner. I gave you the info why davis was much better in 2015 than carter was in 2016. If you want to disregard it, certianly entitled. Also one team that bid against itself isnt an example of a league wide issue. It was railed as a bad signing when it happened.
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I was disappointed with the pick when it happened. I have been disappointed with him as a Twin. If others think he has worked out, then fine.
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then statements like 'Gibson was the best pick in the 2nd half of the first round of that draft' shouldn't be used either. Btw, we have to do better than most teams in the draft because we wont spend, we wont trade quality vets at peak value and we wont trade prospects for quality proven players. We have to hit in the draft better than many cause our window for getting talent is smaller than other teams. We should be held to a higher standard in drafts.
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yes, teams passed on Gibson because of injury concerns. We decided to take him anyway because he could be a real steal.
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why ? Does he not count as someone taken in the 2nd half of the first round of that draft and after we took Gibson?
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Davis also plays a really good 1B. Carter doesnt play anything well. Davis had a wRC+ of 148 the season before he got his contract, Carter was at a wRC+ of 112 last season. Carter has 0.7 war last year, Davis had a WAR of 5.6 in the season prior to getting his contract. Did Davis get overpaid because Baltimore bid against themselves? Yes. Was it smart, no. But Davis was a vastly superior in his contract year than Carter was this past season. I say teams have gotten smart by looking at the whole player instead of just digging the long ball.
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I think you meant the 2nd half of the first round, not the 2nd half of the draft. I also feel there is no way to say Gibson is even arguably the best pick of the 2nd half of round one when Mike Trout exists in the world.
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um, Trout? Maybe Paxton,or Richards. Arenado? The guy we got in the 8th round was our best pick, btw.
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no surprises.
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Eddie Rosario didnt forget how to hit. He just hasnt become a good offensive player. He had an unsustainable amount of triples in 2015 that made him look better than he actually was. It was easy to predict that wouldnt continue into 2016 and it didn't. In 2016, he improved on his BA and OBP. His K% got slighlty worse while his walk rate got slightly better. He was basically the same guy without the MLB league leading triples. As far as his fielding goes, well, people stopped running on him so much. They got the memo abput his arm. His mind seemed to wander in regards to fundamentals on defense(and offense,actually). He can bounce back from that and be a quality defender. He was still an average to slightly above average fielding LF. He really is suited to 4th OF. Thats the talent level he has.
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You mean xFIP if I'm trying to find out what the pitchers numbers would have looked like if he hadn't given up so many HR or so FEW HR? I'll stick to looking at what he actually did to find out how he actually performed. If I'm looking to find out how he may do in future years, I'll check out xFIP. But I wasn't look at how Santiago might do, I was looking at how he actually did. Sierra argues that pitchers can control the types of balls in play they allow, even if they can not control the outcome of those balls. I'm not ready to give into that belief just yet even if I believe that MAYBE a SMALL AMOUNT of pitchers can do that. So FIP it is for me. In this situation.
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All this is reasonable and I agree with many, if not most, of these same points. Well said.
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I feel comfortable with saying this team is better than the record it had last year and we will absolutely have a better record. I'm not comfortable with saying we'll actually play better though. Additionally, as other teams tried to get better we mostly stood pat. That won't help (kind of like it didn't help last year).
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I'll use what I think is best, thanks. In this case, I'm not looking at predictive, I'm looking at actual performance and I believe FIP does a better job. If you like Sierra, go for it. I don't buy some of it's assumptions.
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I can't believe I feel actual hate towards Donald Trump, but I do. The amount of people I have ever hated I can count on one hand and have fingers left. We HAVE to get the Democrats the majority in the House and Senate in 2018 and then block everything this jackhole wants to do.
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Now Donald Trump is tearing into the Australian PM. 'It should have been one of the most congenial calls for the new commander in chief — a conversation with the leader of Australia, one of America’s staunchest allies, at the end of a triumphant week. Instead, President Trump blasted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refugee agreement and boasted about the magnitude of his electoral college win, according to senior U.S. officials briefed on the Saturday exchange. Then, 25 minutes into what was expected to be an hour-long call, Trump abruptly ended it. At one point Trump informed Turnbull that he had spoken with four other world leaders that day — including Russian President Vladimir Putin — and that, “This was the worst call by far. This is the worst deal ever,” Trump fumed as Turnbull attempted to confirm that the United States would honor its pledge to take in 1,250 refugees from an Australian detention center. Trump, who one day earlier had signed an executive order temporarily barring the admissions of refugees, complained that he was “going to get killed” politically and accused Australia of seeking to export the “next Boston bombers.” http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/no-%E2%80%98g%E2%80%99day-mate%E2%80%99-on-call-with-australian-prime-minister-trump-badgers-and-brags/ar-AAmwmJc Are we going to be able to salvage and re-strengthen any of these ties to our allies when he's gone?
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Did we go back in time by a year where this quote would make sense. Spoiler: He ended up having a better year. :-)
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Well, first, I don't believe the bolded part is true. At least, it's not what was being said by quite a few. Some people were believing what Ryan said about May getting a real shot. But when it was 'decided' he didn't earn a spot, then the excuses came as to why Ryan made the right call all along (because we needed the RP or he wasn't really a good SP candidate, etc). In any event, the circumstances are different? Did we got get some quality relievers we didn't have last year and I missed it? Anyway, well see how it goes. I'm hoping.
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I LOVE listening to old school players and baseball 'experts' complaining (every day for weeks) about how Chris Carter can't get work and saying that the reason he can't find work is that baseball, as a whole, is now experiencing an over-correction to where they just don't value power like they used to and instead look at the whole player. Power is still valued as much as ever, it's just teams aren't blind to it anymore. But keep making me crack up Darling, Plescac, Pena etc. by making fun of 'nerds' in FO who are making all their decisions by what the computer spits out. Cause that's how it works.
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Instead of using ERA, I feel comfortable using his career FIP of 4.73, along with his 7.1K/3.9BB, as a barometer of the type of pitcher he is. He has ONE year with a WAR over 0.7, and that was 1.3 (4 seasons ago). He's pitched 363 innings the last two years and accumulated 1.1 WAR.
