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If the Twins offered just Gibson for Tulo, the laughing from the Rockies front office (and around baseball if others found out), could be heard to the far reaches of the world.

Yeah, you're mixing the very few star type players the Rockies have had with the plethora of scrubs they've had mixed in with the few stars. Tulo's away numbers as a shortstop are top of the line. And he's had to play a bunch of his away games in decidedly pitcher's parks. He would have seen a drop of his career slashline if he played somewhere else, for sure, but he still would have been the best hitting shortstop in baseball over that time.

I'm not worried about the BA stat, so yeah, Coors inflates that. That's good. I'm saying if we think Tulo would have been some average overall hitting shortstop if he didn't play half his games at Coors, which the post I was responding to seemed to suggest, then I think that's very untrue.

We know what Tulo is, we are guessing what those three will be. This team, and it's fans, have a history of over-rating our prospects by a sizable amount. I often wonder how many quality players we have missed out on over the years as our team hoarded prospects that turned out to be extremely disappointing.

His career away OPS is .813. An .813 OPS from a quality defender at the shortstop position is special (and this is the FIRST season he hasn't shown good skills there. One season is not a trend).There are only two qualifying shortstops who have an OPS of .813 or better this season and he is one of them (with the best one by far). People said the same thing about Holliday when he left Coors. Ooops. People think it's only about leaving Coors, but it's also about playing a ton of games in parks like Petco, Dodger Stadium and AT&T. Not exactly hitters parks over the course of his career and not to mention against quality pitching staffs from those teams to boot on a regular basis.Tulo is a great hitter, period. And he's a leader, he has the intangibles too while still being a great player. Even if he played 120 games a season, 120 games of him and 42 from others still makes the best shortstop situation. At least for another couple years until Correa takes his belt.

true.

Tulo for Polanco,May and Rosario? Sign me up. Rockies would never take such a small haul.

Getting Tulo would be awesome. And smart.

I've been on the Dozier bandwagon since well before he hit the majors.

Torii Hunter. He has taught the whole team how to win!

In baseball, a sacrifice fly is a batted ball that statisfies four criteria: -There are fewer than two outs when the ball is hit. -The ball is hit to the outfield (fair or foul), or to infield foul territory. -The batter is put out because an outfielder (or an infielder running in the outfield, or foul territory) catches the ball on the fly (alternatively if the batter would have been out if not for an error or if the outfielder drops the ball and another runner is put out). -A runner who is already on base scores on the play.

'Show Dick some respect!'-Bender

who we talking about?

If a catcher starts 126 games in a 162 games season, has he been way over-used? Or even over-used?

well, it's a good thing he's so good at framing and hitting. Oh, wait...

going into today he was on pace for 126 starts

reminds me of Santana not winning the CY in 2005 because he wasn't quite as good as he was in 2004.

No all star game for Dozier. And Kershaw, who is 2nd in the NL in WAR for SP, did not make it either.

You know a pitcher is other wordly when he has an ERA+ that has 4 digits. Wade Davis, ERA+ of 1591.

'What is Sacrifice Hit or Bunt - SAC? A strategic play by the batter where the ball is bunt by the hitter for the purpose of helping a runner on base progress around the bases. Batters are awarded a Sacrifice Hit if they are put out and a runner progresses to another base but don't receive an At Bat on the play. The terms "Sacrifice Hit" and "Sacrifice Bunt" are interchangeable and is also symbolized by an "S" or "SH".' 'In baseball, a sacrifice bunt (also called a sacrifice hit) is a batter's act of deliberately bunting the ball, before there are two outs, in a manner that allows a runner on base to advance to another base. The batter is almost always sacrificed (and to a certain degree that is the intent of the batter) but sometimes reaches base due to an error or fielder's choice. Sometimes the batter may safely reach base by simply outrunning the throw to first; this is not scored as a sacrifice bunt but rather a single. In the Major Leagues, sacrifice bunts reduce the average runs scored but increase the likelihood of scoring once. However, they can increase the average runs scored in an inning if the batter is a weak hitter. A successful sacrifice bunt does not count as an at bat, does not impact a player's batting average, and counts as a plate appearance. However, unlike a sacrifice fly, a sacrifice bunt does not count against a player in determining on-base percentage. If the official scorer believes that the batter was attempting to bunt for a base hit, and not solely to advance the runners, the batter is charged an at bat and is not credited with a sacrifice bunt.' Sac hit/sac bunt not to be confused with a sacrifice fly.

'Frank Thomas has the most career plate appearances without a sacrifice hit (10,075). Next on the list are Harmon Killebrew (9,933) and Vladimir Guerrero (9,059). Thanks to the esteemed Adam Darowski of Hall of Stats for this tasty bit of don’t-waste-outs info.'

If Hughes is our ace we have serious, serious issues. Even worse if it's not even close. His ability shouldn't be judged by one quality season this decade. That's the outlier.

'Trevor, since I built a bullpen void of anyone who can strike someone out, besides Perkins (who my manager keeps on the sideline in extra innings games against division leaders), we'd like to move the starter who strikes out the most batters into the bullpen. That's you bubba. Try not to think of your unique ability, in this rotation, to dominate as the reason you got demoted. The very moment an inferior starter gets traded or hurt, you'll be back in there. Happy 4th of July. Want a burger?'-Terry Ryan.

I know you aren't. I am though. IMO, he's been our best pitcher (or at least he and Gibson) and he has a future with this team. I've gone over plenty of reasons/validations for this move and none of them outweighs the fact he's arguably the best guy in our rotation right now and that doesn't warrant a demotion...which IS what this is.

I applaud your ability to predict the Twins to do the dumbest things :-) Here I was naive enough to give them credit in advance for starting to finally look at things differently.