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  1. jimmer
    A miracle :-)
  2. jimmer
    They have to bring Cuddy and Morny back in 2017.:-)
  3. jimmer
    I must have misunderstood the criteria. Morny, Cuddy and Mr Hunter are all still playing, one of them with the team. Good to know Mauer might make the Twins HOF cut :-)
  4. jimmer
    Radke is. I noticed no Mauer in your list.
  5. jimmer
    oh yeah, I get that. I miss Span a lot. I was just saying I don't really miss Revere, though we must be fair and say he's provided okay value over the last three years . We're still waiting for the value we traded for both.
  6. jimmer
    yeah, I don't like or use B-Ref WAR. IMO, Fangraphs is better. I also don't think it was a bad trade for us.
  7. jimmer
    I'm not a big fan of Revere, nor do I bemoan the loss of him, but to be fair, he's averaged 2 WAR over the last 3 years.
  8. jimmer
    BTW, and sorry not to say this earlier, but I overall loved the article. I liked the tidbit about Dozier coming over and chatting with you, and just the overall firsthand info you gave on the awards banquet in general. Thanks for that.
  9. jimmer
    'Listening to that speech, it’s clear that Hunter will be a very good leader for this organization. I know many, especially those who solely look at the numbers (and sometimes I’m guilty of that too), but the other things do matter.' How many people solely look at numbers? I don't think that people have to just look at numbers to be down on him. They could just watch how far his defense has fallen the last two years with their own eyes and then say, 'he's about to be 40, so he isn't likely to be any better. ' One might see that with the really bad OF defense we've had lately, getting him was a bad move. In fact, IMO, one SHOULD see that I'm also not sure if being loud and getting in people's faces means he's a good leader. When things get bad, it will be interesting to see how he is, because he has a rep for picking some of the most talented players on his team, ones getting more press than him, and getting in their faces when things go bad. Also, let's make sure the rest of the team doesn't follow his lead on how to do press conferences. I think it was a very bad signing from a competitive standpoint, a move to put behinds in the seats for a team still. at best, a couple years away from being in contention.
  10. jimmer
    I like that umpires go to the HOF. They are part of the on-field action and the top notch ones should be recognized as such. I believe there are like 10 or so in, so it's not a big group. If anything, not enough get in. I find it hard to believe that only two or three umpires who umped during my lifetime are worthy of being in.
  11. jimmer
    no, I get that, but you don't think he'll wonder how many of those guys in front of him are actually better than he believes he is? He could be naive enough to believe it's all about who is better. And I doubt anyone sees it happening to start the season.
  12. jimmer
    question is, how many of those guys in the line in front of him will actually be better than it looks like he will be? He's not ever 21 yet, yet he dabble in AAA already. Probably be another 2-3 seasons before he actually competes for a regular spot in the rotation.
  13. jimmer
    The MacPhail family is quite impressive. Larry, Lee, Andy and Bill, all high up there in the administrator food chains of various teams and/or sport related organizations.
  14. jimmer
    In fairness, Nolan never actually deserved to win the CY. Even the year he finished 2nd to Palmer, Bert should have won.
  15. jimmer
    and some of us aren't from Minnesota, nor live in Minnesota, so we aren't bound to the 'peacefully' part either :-)
  16. jimmer
    That kind of logic/point basically means that whatever the Twins decided is best then we should agree with that. Doesn't leave much room for discussion in places like this even though that's the way it will end up, because they are the deciders. That doesn't actually mean it's the right move and agreeing it's the right move just because they say it is, is a big appeal to authority. IMO, it was a bad idea to sign him the first time and it was an even worse idea to sign him for even more money and more years a second time. Just because they decided it was the right move both times, doesn't mean it was.
  17. jimmer
    That wasn't the scenario presented that I responded to and I'm not sure I'd do that either, but it's better than rolling out a 6 man rotation all year.
  18. jimmer
    They demoted him because they had better pitchers and they likely were only able to trade him to a team desperate for pitching (and for little return) because they, and many, knew how dependent he was on their defense and that park of their. If he was better, they likely could have gotten more for him.
  19. jimmer
    'Gibson's competition was much weaker by March 2014 than May's will be this spring. Pelfrey and Milone if both healthy, Stauffer, the wildcard of Alex Meyer -- that's a lot tougher to beat than the March 2013 versions of Worley and Diamond (both demoted to AAA the previous summer) and Deduno (recent arm surgery, minor league deal previous year, had been removed from the 40-man just over a year prior).' If the 25 year old former first rounder, and high prospect Alex Meyer (who we traded Span for) can't compete and beat the likes of those guys, we have big issues.
  20. jimmer
    We already have a weak rotation as it is. Going to a 6 man rotation would mean less starts for the pitchers who actually deserve to be in a major league rotation right now. Why would we want to, on purpose, take away starts from Hughes and Santana and give them to lesser pitchers? That's like having your best OBP guy batting 9th instead of in the top 3 spots
  21. jimmer
    I think it'd be best for everyone involved to tell the pitchers who is in the rotation and who is not before ST starts and stop trying to sell the pitchers and the fans the idea of there being a position battle.
  22. jimmer
    I'm not sure we'd get anything for Milone. The As ballpark and defense REALLY made him look much better than he is. I agree, though, if we could find a sucker to take him, that'd be great.
  23. jimmer
    I think he did that because his arm was below average and not overly accurate, or do I remember wrong?
  24. jimmer
    My favorite Jacque Jones moments is when he'd lose the ball in the Metrodome roof and just put his arms out looking around wildly, then it'd bounce like 20 feet away. I know that sounds means, but I don't mean it that way. It was just so comical.
  25. jimmer
    I mention 200 IP and 450 PAs because Hughes and Escobar get the benefit of the doubt from so many that their improvements are real and/or sustainable while Plouffe gets nothing but doubt from most on his improved defense. Is it because we have witnessed first hand his poor years and we put more value on those while the other two we've really only had when they were good so we put more value in that? If that's why, is it really fair or accurate? All are short sample sizes. In reality, what those three did last year (and we can add Suzuki in there) are all examples of short sample sizes that can only tell us how those players performed last year. :-)
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