Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

jimmer

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10,027

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    32

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by jimmer

  1. jimmer
    I can't speak for anyone else, but I guess I'd need to wonder how much a player's years of professional growth and hard work, along with years of coaching and mentorship from players at all levels, had an effect and try and weigh it against a few months of mentorship from one guy. All mentorship matters, no doubt. Saying Hunter's % is enough to keep putting him on a 25 man contract is the issue some of us take.
  2. jimmer
    All of this is fair, and I DID misread the post I responded to. Apologies.
  3. jimmer
    I didn't just use that, I also compared his stats from last year to this year. Did I not? All show he's declining. All of them. We can take a look if we think it's unfair to compare the whole of 2014 slashlines to only 4 months of slashline. Somehow, I don't think that will help the argument he hasn't seen a decent decline.
  4. jimmer
    He has declined in BA, OBP, SLG%, OPS, OPS+ and wRC+ from last year to this. His BA and OBP, since the calendar hit July is under .200 and .250 respectively. His slashline since the break is .209/.260/.403. From a corner OF. He's fallen off the cliff.
  5. jimmer
    Assuming we want to key in on those stats and those stats alone (or compare corner OF stats to middle IF, CFs and catchers), that's more of an indictment on the state of our offense than anything else.
  6. jimmer
    I think when he retires, he'll go to TV.
  7. jimmer
    Yeah, except that isn't anywhere near the only alternative. And the idea about Hunter being the key ingredient to Rosario and Hicks doing well this year, that's speculation at the very best. Maybe they Rays pulled out 30 more wins in 2008 (in comparison to 2007) because they dropped the word Devil from their name? Another thing about giving Hunter all the credit, it takes away credit to like the 30 million other people who have had a hand in their development, along with taking credit away from the players themselves.
  8. jimmer
    yeah, my post had more to do with the idea that our current team would be hurt by downgrading from Hunter to Buxton. I'm not 100% that would even be true if we take into account defense and even if there was a slight dropoff in overall value, I doubt it makes any difference in the win-loss column. I've said before I have much less problem with the idea they doing this for his health, though I think if that's the case another different course of action should be implemented. I also don't think it's any safer for him to play in AAA than it is in the majors., though I get you point.
  9. jimmer
    It certainly doesn't confirm they shouldn't be taken seriously. Especially when one realizes these are comparative stats and people being compared change year to year. And when we realize performance changes year to year all the time, no one stays the same. And when we also realize these stats don't compare him to himself. I have no doubt the second part of your post is true. At least nowadays. Though hopefully for him his agent cares about it. Because over his career, it's been a positive for him and when going to the table with teams, the more positives the better in contract negotiations. And as much as some want to dismiss it at hocom, I imagine most teams don't think it's hocom. At least not the parts that go into it, even if they have things they think are better. Most people want as much good info as possible.
  10. jimmer
    What's funny is that Hunter's offense this year has been worse than last year, practically across the board. Yet he had a negative WAR last year because of horrible defense. This year, even with the worse offense, he's got a 1.2 WAR due to his defense being not quite as horrible as it was last year (but still bad). In other words, the defensive metrics he hates is what is making him look better than last year as an overall player.
  11. jimmer
    I wonder if the outstanding defense Buxton would provide would make up for the lesser offense he would produce this year. Let's see, fantastic defensive player in CF (Buxton), a very good defensive CF(Hicks) moves to RF replacing Hunter. Defense goes from Rosario, Hicks, Hunter to Rosario, Buxton, Hicks. If OPS is truly the stat to value, how many points dropoff would he have to drop to make the defensive upgrade meaningless? Assuming, winning games this year should even be the primary reason for any moves at this point.
  12. jimmer
    Well, if Ryan could get him for around half, I'm guessing he'd jump. Loves a bargain and he'd get all the veteran mentorship yummy goodness at half the price. Real question is if the question of whether or not this should be done has been asked of the Twins and/or, say 29 other teams and what was their reaction? :-)
  13. jimmer
    Torii seems like the kind of guy who would want a farewell tour with all the bells and whistles. Mmmm, all that attention. That hasn't happened this year, so I imagine he doesn't plan to retire after this season.
  14. jimmer
    Some thoughts: For most things we are able to do today, some relatively simple and that we take for granted, there was a time when someone said 'You can't do it'. Because people don't believe something is possible, doesn't mean it isn't. This quote: '"I think you earn your stripes," Suzuki said. "I think as a rookie, you shouldn't get the same calls as a Torii Hunter or a Joe Mauer. Guys like Torii and Joe, they shouldn't have that borderline pitch called on them. It's that respect factor. That's just how it should be.'--this quote is ridiculous. Everyone should have the same guidelines. This is old school poppycock nonsense. Not only does it say some batters should have different strike zones than the others, it also says pitchers should only get calls against certain batters and not others. HEY what if it's a veteran pitcher and a veteran hitter? Who gets the benefit of the doubt? or does the world just explode?
  15. jimmer
    I imagine most all teams will expand their rosters in September. How much playing time some of these guys who get called up for a looksie will see will be dependent on how close they are for a playoff spot and/or whether or not they are better than the options on the roster before September 1 (but the team didn't want to call them up for whatever reason, usually service year reasons). I hate the expanded roster rule myself. They always talk about how the games are more important in September (not true, all games are equally important throughout the year) and yet September is when they decided to let teams field inferior clubs as teams are jockeying for a playoff run.
  16. jimmer
    I would like to just point out that September play is different now than in the past. It started changing when they adding playoff spots and now that they have another, more teams are keeping competitive teams playing deeper into the month. I agree with almost all of your post, but I think there are much fewer teams throwing in the towel in September.
  17. jimmer
    'Article: That's The Ticket: Battling For The Wild Card' Seems odd to have an article about the Rangers in this part of Twins Daily , but not a bad read.
  18. jimmer
    Yeah , that was a great narrative they predictably put out there. Torii getting a huge chunk of the credit for the winning. He taught them how to win.Now that the tailspin has happened, where did all that go? Or is he now on to chapter two? entitled: Teaching them how to lose. :-) I imagine Torii will go right into broadcasting. He'll fit right in with guys like Harold Reynolds. Re-telling his old baseball stories on the air (doing his favorite thing, talking about himself), continuing to spread 'old school wisdom' and basically just enjoying the fact there is a mic hooked up to him and he can talk to millions.
  19. jimmer
    I don't use McGee because he had no power to speak of. An average of 6 HR for every 162 games played. I think Buxton will have much more power. But it's another interesting comparison.
  20. jimmer
    So, are we guessing right around 1 Sept is the out of the blue, no reason at all, pure coincidence of a time-frame where he will magically be healthy enough and have curve balls conquered to make the jump back to the majors?
  21. jimmer
    Except that Seth said at the start of this thread, in the OP, one of the main reasons Buxton got optioned is because he has no place to play due to Hicks, Rosario AND Hunter and the team should get acclaim for having an OF that has no room for Buxton. So Hunter is one of the obstacles..
  22. jimmer
    Those two look like they are on the same hand, not one on one hand and one on the other.
  23. jimmer
    Hunter has a no trade close. Where else is he going to be loved as much as he will be here, by fans and media?
  24. jimmer
    So, the reason we have to play Hunter is to try and win games this year, And the very poor defense and .303 OBP is going to help us significantly more than very good defensive OF with probably less offense. As if that difference is significant enough to make the difference in overall win totals. Ryan gave up on the team, he threw in the towel this year when he did what he did at the deadline. Now we want to say decisions should be made on this season now? How does THAT work? Ryan just told his team and the fans what he thought of the teams chances. Pelfrey should be gone with May or Berrios taking his spot. Buxton should be up and hunter relegated to bench. It should be about next year, period. This is probably about not benching a fan favorite in the face of season that is likely to end in major disappointment once again.
  25. jimmer
    I have a hard time applauding the team for having a 40 year old poor defensive RF with a .303 OBP. That's a guy who has zero business blocking anyone. If the argument is about not being able to find a place to play Buxton, it's easy. You sit the 40 year old poor defender who can't get on base and has no future with the team.
×
×
  • Create New...