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  1. jimmer
    I care way more about the 162 (or 163) game season than I do about a post-season tournament. Obviously, I'd love it if my team won a W series once in awhile, but overall, it's about the season for me.
  2. jimmer
    One also has to wonder if we would have even made the playoffs in some of those seasons without Mauer to begin with.
  3. jimmer
    ok
  4. jimmer
    yeah, but we were talking about the Twins post-season record with Mauer on the team, no?
  5. jimmer
    I mostly watch Premier League (3-4 matches a week, Go Red Devils!) and am hooked hard on World Cup.
  6. jimmer
    Photographer Jeremy Olson. Hmmm, is he related to photographer Jimmy Olson, from The Daily Planet? :-)
  7. jimmer
    I think we should also give some credit to Plouffe for turning his defense around. He probably deserves the most credit. He's been working hard at it even before Molitor joined the coaching staff.
  8. jimmer
    Couldn't agree more. Wasn't bashing him, just agreeing he made a great play and then a bad one. We SHOULD talk about all of them, right, especially on a thread dedicated to wondering where he will play?
  9. jimmer
    It was an impressive play! Loved it! Then there was the ball hit right to him that he booted and then threw away. Should have been charged two errors on that one attempt, but was only charged one.
  10. jimmer
    This is the 3rd offseason that our starting pitching has been labeled as bound to be better.
  11. jimmer
    and their rotation might very well be the best in the AL.
  12. jimmer
    In fairness, I wasn't here when we got Suzuki, but I had issues with his whole game when we got him and continued to have issues as we extended him.
  13. jimmer
    'I'm curious about who he should have chosen instead. His other choices were Fryer, Herrmann, Rohlfing, and Pinto as I recall. And Pinto was not an option really. Because pitch framing :-)' your post here is funny because, yeah, Gardy didn't really choose Suzuki. Suzuki was put upon him by Ryan, so my use of the word 'chosen' was off. How about this: When your starting catcher is horrific at framing, maybe pointing out Pinto's flaws in framing might not be overly good because, apparently, the guy who signed Suzuki didn't care much about the skill to begin with?
  14. jimmer
    'I''m just looking at it as Vargas > Mauer > Plouffe. So ditch the worst guy, shift the middle guy to that hole, and make room for the big guy.' Wow, the positionless Vargas in his 1/3 of a MLB season, is already better than Mauer? Mauer has an off year after a concussion. The season before he had a wRC+ in the 140s. Vargas (who is pure DH material) and his wRC+ of a 114 is already better than Mauer who nornally sits in the 130-140 area for wRC+ and can play some defense? And better than Plouffe, who can actually play a position and has comparable offense? Anyone remember Parmellee's first time in teh majors?
  15. jimmer
    So the scouts and the coaches who see real issues with his defense are ALL wrong? That would be interesting. Braun, with as great of an offensive rookie season he had, was so bad at 3B that he kept getting replaced in late innings and then was moved to the OF after his rookie season. Still a very valuable player but the Brewers knew what had to be done. On the flip-side, teams kept Reynolds too long at 3B, so between his horrible defense and the strikeouts, the HR and RBI couldn't sway people to believe he was great. If Sano is that bad on defense at 3B, and he could be, I hope the Twins move him to a corner OF spot.
  16. jimmer
    I think people enjoy the game in different ways. Maybe some like watching good-great defense. Maybe some think defense is much more important than some others think. Maybe some prefer baseball players who can play both quality offense and defense. Perhaps you just care about the home runs. That's fine. Telling people to shut up because you believe he will do the part you care about seems, um, intolerant. And I would hope the Twins would be smart enough to keep a quality player like Plouffe, but never know. I don't think he gets trade this season.
  17. jimmer
    Suzuki is horrible at framing as well was my point. Never heard Gardy or anyone else on the team point that out. According to Stat Corner and BP , Suzuki is even worse than Pinto.
  18. jimmer
    It's ironic Gardenhire pointed out framing considering who he chose as his starting catcher. Not that framing is important or has a real effect on runs allowed or anything :-)
  19. jimmer
    Tyler DuffEy went to a pretty well regarded baseball college and is already 24. I hope they move him through fairly quickly. He's got the traditional Twins combo going as well, not a lot of Ks and not a lot of walks. :-)
  20. jimmer
    I've not heard anyone say the best division in baseball is the AL Central. That's an interesting view when you consider the NL Central and the AL West. I, personally, believe there are two groups in our division. The first being the Indians, as the front runner , with the Tigers and Royals battling for 2nd and close to the Indians. Then there is the White Sox and then the Twins.
  21. jimmer
    We will see if he has a bounceback year in performance. I'm optimistic he will.
  22. jimmer
    List might have just been for qualifying OF. Santana didn't have enough PAs to do that. Santana's WAR was 3.2 and his wRC+ was in the 130s.
  23. jimmer
    I look forward to watching Lorenzo Cain breakout more (reminds me of Hunter's game during his first Twins tour) and I wonder what it would have taken to get Dyson from KC.
  24. jimmer
    I hate it when baseball players get the words wrong - Crash Davis, Bull Durham 1988 :-)
  25. jimmer
    Good call. That DOES seem to be the precedent sent.
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