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  1. jimmer
    That's been happening for awhile now. I don't know why anyone would give Mauer something to hit, myself. Not with the inconsistent unproven roster we have.
  2. jimmer
    I think I was joining in on the joke. Should have made that more clear. My bad.
  3. jimmer
    But hey, Hunter was aggressive with his swinging. Created an out, also didn't score anyone, and didn't extend an inning, but aggressive. :-)
  4. jimmer
    Might have done something different if he was given more than one pitch that deserved to be swung at. Hey, who has the first RBI of the season for the Twins and the 1st run scored? :-)
  5. jimmer
    So, if he if wasn't ready, why did Ryan recommend him?
  6. jimmer
    I forgot the 'man' part of that c'mon phrase. 'C'mon Maaan. ' My bad :-) So Smith wasn't Ryan's long time assistant? He wasn't the assistant GM, for like practically all of Ryan's first tenure as GM (like promoted to assistant GM two days after Ryan took over)? I can't see how he didn't report to Ryan. That seems odd. Also seems odd that enough grooming couldn't occur in 13 years and that Ryan would have suggested him if he didn't think Smith was ready.
  7. jimmer
    True, but when an organization trusts a guy like that Twins do Ryan, and Ryan has Smith as his right hand man/assistant GM, his recommendation along with a STRONG organizational tendency to promote from within, lends itself to believe that it was pretty much a situation where they picked the guy Ryan was grooming for the job. So yes, ownership had the final say, but really. C'mon. :-)
  8. jimmer
    I love this thread, PeanutsFromHeaven rocks! I would like to add that some people who love the numbers also can enjoy the game from the story-telling, player narrative view as well. As long as said narrative is even close to reality. To me, the game is majestic, magical, and something I will love forever. It was my first true love. If it was just numbers for me, I wouldn't watch it. But my passion for the game MAKES me want to dig deeper to have a better understanding of the game. It doesn't ruin the game for me, it enhances it.
  9. jimmer
    The Hunter situation was cause because Ryan didn't get him signed prior to the 2007 season. Smith had that doozy dropped in his lap compounded by the trade of Castillo that ticked off Hunter and Santana (and likely others) which likely didn't help negotiations with either player. While the Santana trade was bungled no doubt, it could have been avoided by having a longer extension in the first place or by Ryan himself trading him. I don't blame either on Smith. And Smith's failures were likely due to him not being really right for the job, even though he was hand-picked him to be the GM by Ryan himself.
  10. jimmer
    BEST. POST. EVER!!!!
  11. jimmer
    I'm guessing this happens soon or they just move Santana to CF and Escobar to shortstop, period. Our CF options aren't anything special right now until Buxton shows up.
  12. jimmer
    'I'll give you Cuddyer but Kubel?Do you REALLY think we'd have been better off not letting him walk?' The comment was about players being allowed to walk as opposed to being traded, not whether or not it was okay to let it happen. Cuddyer and Kubel both fit the bill 'can you name one guy we've traded prior to hitting free agency that even 15% of the fan base was clamoring to keep?' I haven't done polling data from every Twins fan on even one player traded that fits that criteria much less all. Don't have that kind of money. I know a lot of fans I know didn't like Hardy being traded. Or Span. Or are you talking about right before they hit FA because if that's the case, how many are there in recent history that fits that exact situation? I was fine with Liriano being gone. Morny is one of my favorite Twins ever and one of my favorite players in the game. It hurt when he left but it was understandable at the time. Glad to see him doing well again. I don;t know anyone at all who thought it would have been a good idea to trade him three years earlier though.
  13. jimmer
    Didn't the Twins almost double in value this last year? They're making money.
  14. jimmer
    Cuddyer, Kubel?
  15. jimmer
    I might be misreading some posts so I'm curious. Are there people taking Santana's side on this and/or rationalizing/minimizing his actions? If he needed it for medical reasons it's really simple. take the prescription to MLB. Let them know about it. Then it's all good.
  16. jimmer
    We will win today's game. Go Twins!
  17. jimmer
    Yadier Molina's framing just got a strikeout of Rizzo on a ball 3 inches off the plate.
  18. jimmer
    I hear ya, but full disclosure: Royals starters had the third most IP in the AL last season. Guess which team in the AL had the least amount of rotation IP? :-)
  19. jimmer
    Well, we can see if your belief s true about the whole circle thing :-) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-twins-may-have-weakened-a-weakness/ If you go to the link provided, in a stroy entitled 'The Twins may have weakened a weakness, you will see the chart for Heyward and Hunter. It's right below this paragraph: 'It’s difficult to be too hard on Hunter, of course, because he’s 39 years old. The expectation shouldn’t be that he’s going to be anything other than brutal in the outfield, and while you don’t really need a visual aid to compare last year’s worst right fielder to the best, I’ll show you the made/missed charts between Hunter and Jason Heyward anyway:' I don't think having Hunter would be so bad if he had an above average CF next to him and at least an average corner on the other end. Just my opinion
  20. jimmer
    I think if a team has ONE bad defensive corner OF starting for them they may be able to lessen the effect by shading a good-great defensive CF that way while allowing the okay to good OF on the other corner hold his own. I've seen a lot of that over the years. Having TWO REALLY bad defenders on both corners plus, at best, an average defensive CF, is going to cause problems as it has the last few seasons. Especially when the pitching staff has underwhelming stuff that results in a lot of contact.
  21. jimmer
    we aren't a good team though. our pitching staff, such as it is, doesn't need more handicaps than the ones their own mediocre stuff creates.. seemed to have a pretty big impact on our team the last couple years as outs became singles and doubles which extended innings and allowed runs to score when it would have been three outs. didn't help our CF defense wasn't any good either, and this year it likely won't be either. I'm curious where does defense matter on a team, if at all?
  22. jimmer
    I'm not sure having two of the worst fielding fielding corner OF in the game play MORE will make the OF defense BETTER, but one can hope.
  23. jimmer
    thanks.
  24. jimmer
    What was average starter ERA and average reliever ERA in the NL last year?
  25. jimmer
    I get your point and it's valid, but if you are just looking at average starter ERA compared to his, that isn't taking into account ballparks or run environment. That's why I look at ERA+ instead of looking at average ERA. I mean, if I have to talk ERA.
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