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  1. jimmer
    As soon as you can say our pitching staff will benefit the same amount the Astros did (and tell me for sure it was all due to Castro), I will. Right now you're assuming our pitching staff will get the same benefit and I have my doubts. So I'm going by what we know he is for sure responsible solely for and hope that Castro makes out pitching staff looks like Houston's by his mere presence. We got him for a good price. He's an improvement. I wonder how much. We'll find out.
  2. jimmer
    Yeah, and how many things have you repeated about this trade on the three total threads started on this (some that have been locked or disappeared?) I re-posted it (for the first time) because someone asked a question after saying he's now the 7th highest paid and wanted to know if he was worth it. I stated a fact. People can discard the info if they feel like it.
  3. jimmer
    Because I take into account the idea that maybe some of the pitch framing credit Castro gets has to do with their pitching being much better than ours to begin with (before even taking into account framing) and that maybe some of the close calls credited to Castro have to do with their pitcher consistently hitting close enough to the zone anyway. Like I said, we'll see.
  4. jimmer
    16 out of 20 in WAR last year for catcher with 350 or more PAs.
  5. jimmer
    I think the people expecting that are being way too optimistic.
  6. jimmer
    Yeah, the Astros pitchers are much better. They are around the plate more and while part of the reason they get more calls is Castro, the other is that they have a rep for consistently pitching well overall. Castro has averaged 1.4 WAR over the last three years so, really, the price is fine if that's what we get. That's the going rate for that much WAR. It's just that I doubt it's much of an improvement. P.S. remember when we got Suzuki and everyone was talking abut how good of a defensive catcher he was? That was fun.
  7. jimmer
    We'll see how it works out. Their pitchers are also much better. BTW, being better than our current options is like setting the bar on the ground.
  8. jimmer
    We're supposed to be excited about this? An average of 1.4 WAR over the last 3 seasons and not one of those seasons over 2.0 WAR? Last year was 16th out of 20 in WAR for catcher (catchers with 350 or more PA) and .5 WAR more than Kurt. Oh, okay. YAY???!!!! P.S. How much was the contract for?
  9. jimmer
    Every time a Fangraphs prospect guy talks about Twins players, and they are less than enthusiastic, questions arise about whether or not they've even seen the players play or whatever. As if they just write whatever pops into their head. The last guy was so iffy he got hired by a major league front office (as did the guy before). At some point, people are going to have to come to grips that these people are serious about their work and are professionals as much as some of the more established sites that seem to be taken as gospel. Anyway, first part of the story says, 'Below is an analysis of the prospects in the Minnesota Twins farm system. Scouting reports are compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as from my own observations. The KATOH statistical projections, probable-outcome graphs, and (further down) Mahalanobis comps have been provided by Chris Mitchell. For more information on the 20-80 scouting scale by which all of my prospect content is governed you can click here. For further explanation of the merits and drawbacks of Future Value, read this. -Eric Longenhagen'
  10. jimmer
    This is well done and well researched. This farm system is suspect, as are the prospects we've promoted recently. 'The system is more interesting than it is good or deep and whomever the Twins draft No. 1 overall next year will instantly become their top prospect.'
  11. jimmer
    Vargas was horrible in 2015 and then he was very good in July before going right back to his 2015 ways. He's not some young prospect either. He's 26, not some young prospect. We have a great option for DH, Vargas isn't it.
  12. jimmer
    Where's Daniel Murphy going to go? Doubt they'd move him to 1B even though he's terrible at 2B.
  13. jimmer
    yeah, a lot of Twins fans are way over-valuing Dozier.
  14. jimmer
    I find it amazing you assume anyone is making an assumption about someone's character based on one move. Someone can say it's a BS move without assuming the people making the move are always jerks. I don't remember saying these guys are total jerks because of one thing. People can have jerk moments without actually being a jerk. I find the way they told Plouffe to be a horrible way to do it. It was a borderline unprofessional way to do it. I don't assume these people are horrible or are unprofessional based on this one thing.
  15. jimmer
    yes
  16. jimmer
    It's a BS move. The guy has been in the organization for 13 years and they drop him by voicemail. There really is no rationalizing that kind of move to make it look like it's an okay way to do it. It's like asking for a divorce by text message.
  17. jimmer
    well, Ryan said he didn't try to trade Plouffe. The guy averaged 3 WAR in the previous two seasons. A guy like that SHOULD have value if you try and move him. Some have gotten what they want. Enjoy. Should be funny to watch.
  18. jimmer
    Um, perhaps tell him in person or, when Plouffe didn't answer, ask him to call him back?
  19. jimmer
    yeah, really not cool how they did it. there's a way to be a human being while also doing business. GO PLOUFFE!
  20. jimmer
    I hope he has a great career. I didn't want him to go and I will miss him.
  21. jimmer
    We don't know if they COULDN'T move Ervin. Just as likely they never tried to move Ervin. Same with Plouffe (last year).
  22. jimmer
    Yup, good luck to them both. I don't think getting rid of Walker was taking a risk. As far as Plouffe goes, he had injuries. He's an easy bounceback candidate and should help a team if he's healthy. They are freeing up the 3B spot. Hope their selection to fill it steps up.
  23. jimmer
    The howling will only come from those allowed to comment on his 'defense'. The one, or maybe ones, that aren't will be chuckling silently to themselves:-)
  24. jimmer
    You got a reprieve, Trevor. Hopefully you're healthy this year and get picked up by a team that is actually a contender. You sure weren't going to be on a contender if you stayed here. Go Trevor!
  25. jimmer
    Besides the rule that says a player has to play 10 seasons, yeah. His level of awesome is off the charts, especially when one considers he does all this on a bad team while playing a premium position that he also plays well. No one had ever finished in top three in MVP voting in his first five seasons, and he has finished top 2 in his first 5. We are watching true greatness with him. And Kershaw too.
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