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  1. jimmer
    I am quite disappointed, but alas, my co-worker (and friend) being a huge Chicago fan (all teams Chicago) was very joyful and I enjoyed watching him that way.
  2. jimmer
    no apology needed. I just couldn't see the correlation. Thanks for explaining it.
  3. jimmer
    Yeah, it was an exaggeration to prove a point. Who is our highest prospect at the 1B position? That's the issue when the TEAM has to decide whether or not to make a move. Having a real quality prospect knocking on the door would make the move easy for the team, but that's not the case so their decision is not an easy one right now no matter how many people say it is.
  4. jimmer
    I believe if we had a guy who was a top 1B prospect, it would be an easier decision. 26 year old Vargas isn't that guy. 30 year old Park isn't that guy (at least he won't be that guy whenever we might be contenders). If we had a talent like Rizzo being blocked by Mauer, he wouldn't be blocked by Mauer ;-)
  5. jimmer
    Torey Lovullo has been hired to be the next manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. If I remember correctly, his name was brought up as a possible hire for manager before we got Molitor. It will be interesting to see how he does.
  6. jimmer
    Last year Plouffe dealt with some injuries and had a bad year, but in 2014, he was worth around 26M and in 2015 about 20M. Unless we believe his dropoff is permanent, he's certainly worth more than 4M. I am in no way saying that means we should keep him (nor am I saying we should let him go), but I'm not sure a team it going to let a player go due to poor production in a season where he missed half the games due to injury.
  7. jimmer
    15 teams in the AL 11th in wRC+ (bottom third) 11th in OBP (bottom third) 13th in K% (bottom third) 8th in AL in HR (average) 8th in AL in OPS (average) 9th in AL in slg% (below average) 9th in runs scored (below average) And most of these guys on offense are the ones that provided the 2nd worst defense in the majors this year.
  8. jimmer
    but you still managed to use the info to try and back up your opinion on the production of Twins DH from 2011-2016. If that data is unreliable, in your opinion, why bother to use it at all? See my point? You want to respond telling me why you think its unreliable, while avoiding the larger question which was why use the info to support an opinion if you dont trust the info?
  9. jimmer
    assuming we have a better option for Mauer and whoever replaces him actually makes our team better. Neither of which seems to be the case at present.
  10. jimmer
    especially when you take into account 1/2 WAR is worth 3.5-4M, yeah.
  11. jimmer
    'The Crown' was released on Netlix today. I am so looking forward to watching it.
  12. jimmer
    his answer had to be a joke, right? Cause that makes no damn sense.
  13. jimmer
    my comment had more to do with teams looking at his numbers this year and considering whether or not they were sustainable enough to sign him to be a 1B or DH. He has already proven himself to have very good value at 2B, which is why i said if we trade him it should be to a team looking at him as a 2B option.
  14. jimmer
    For me, the bigger picture problem is the fact that a team can only have 25 players. Now that teams have five starting pitchers instead of four, and need larger bullpens (for reasons such as pitch counts limiting starters' innings and new info about effectiveness of starters the more times a lineup sees them) only having 25 spots on the roster severely limits options for a team like never before (especially AL teams which start a game with 10 players instead of 9.) A lot of teams simply cant afford to have a permanent DH due to further cramping roster flexibilty during the game. If baseball took a look at how the game has changed and then expanded rosters to 27 (while limiting the amount of pitcher to, say, 13) I think more teams employ a more permanent DH.
  15. jimmer
    oh his bandwagon is there, it is just steered towards starting 1st baseman.
  16. jimmer
    it depends on how the team is constructed. If a player can mash the ball, but clearly cant play defense (and is hurting his team by doing so), then DH is a perfectly reasonable spot for that player on an AL team, regardless of age. Thing is, with all the new info available to teams, teams are realizing how important defense is. The idea that a player shouldnt be a DH when he's young because other teams havent done that in the past is no reason to not do it. BTW, In the last three years, the team with the best UZR in MLB got to the World Series and the last two years the team with the best UZR in MLB won the World Series.
  17. jimmer
    I'm not sure I get what you mean? What about my post you were responding to gives a reason for wanting Cleveland to win?
  18. jimmer
    maddon already admitted he should have had someone warming up in the 8th inning of game 6 to use in the 9th inning.
  19. jimmer
    if you dont trust their filters, why use them to try and make a point? Makes no sense. Like saying, I have an opinion about something, and I'd like to prove it to you by using data I have zero faith in. P.S., I have no idea why you wouldn't trust Fangraphs' filter other than just not trusting info from Fangraphs in general.
  20. jimmer
    I work for the Defense Logistics Agency. During a two week pay period, I work 4 9s then an 8 the first week, followed by working 4 9s the next week and getting Friday off. I also get one hour of gym time 3 days a week (6 hours a pay period). Basicslly, except thursday, i leave work at 2:30
  21. jimmer
    i work zero hours overtime. I cant unless there is a huge project and then the boss needs permission to offer overtime which we can turn down.
  22. jimmer
    when i was in cyprus, during exceptionally beautiful days, it would not surprise me to go to a store at 2 pm and see a sign that said, 'closed, gone to the beach. Be back sometime' at first, it frustrated me, then i looked at it differently and loved the idea a business owner would do that.
  23. jimmer
    I work to live not live to work :-)
  24. jimmer
    he was 3rd in RoY voting in 2015. Wasnt last year his sophomore year? :-)
  25. jimmer
    one of the biggest reasons is that he has probably the quickest delivery to the plate. If not the quickest, then very close to it.
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