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  1. 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) 'Among the challenges that puzzled the 2016 Twins was putting an optimal defensive lineup on the field.' They intentionally chose to put a huge man in the OF who had never played OF as a pro before. I think the real challenging puzzle was the FO trying to figure out a way of trying to convince fans they cared at all about defense. The puzzle was not solved. So an average offense at best (and only if looked at in certain ways) that comes with those players playing a far below acceptable defense.
  2. jimmer
    In regards to just selecting a person for one of the top jobs, does baseball have an equivalent to NFL's Rooney rule yet?
  3. jimmer
    Not sure I follow that logic. A team can only carry so many players and if you're right about so many former Texas players being on other teams, that would speak to their ability to discover and develop talent, which would be why teams would want those players to begin with.
  4. jimmer
    Why do you bother? ;-)
  5. jimmer
    Well, prior to this year he's been a corner OF with little power, so he must not be valuable because corner OFs need to be all offense and no defense to be valuable. It's always been that way. Now get your kids off my lawn!:-)
  6. jimmer
    yeah, I'm not worried about him. Even if he gets back to being even a league average offensive player, he'll still be very valuable with that defense.
  7. jimmer
    Ryan has made it clear over the years that corner OF is basically the least important thing for a team. One of many reasons why I'm glad he's gone. Defense is important at every position and punting defense shouldn't be something a team does so easily.
  8. jimmer
    Or like Cameron said yesterday: 'I think it’s mostly confirmation bias. There’s been a vocal anti-Heyward crowd for years because they didn’t like the idea that a corner outfielder with average power could be an elite player. So now that he’s struggling, they’re just saying “I told you so” rather than looking at his performance objectively.'
  9. jimmer
    I'm not sure it's unreal. Ridiculous maybe, but not unreal :-) As you know, it's not like WAR continued to say that he was a 5-6 WAR player this year regardless of his horrible season at the plate. He went from a wRC+ of 120 last year to 72 this year and his WAR dropped over 4 points. His defense was still awesome, but his offense was horrible and his WAR this year reflected that.
  10. jimmer
    Hammell is getting paid 10M. Most teams can afford that, Cubs aren't the only ones. With the offense this team has (3rd best in baseball even without Schwarber) and defense this team plays (best in baseball, easily), I'd take my chances with Hendricks (ERA leader), Hammell, Arrieta (former CY Young winner), Montgomery and Cahill. Certainly teams with much worst rotations and offense, have won W Series. Last year, for example. Certainly a team with such a great offensive and defense wouldn't become super weak without Lackey and Lester. Perhaps having players like Rizzo, Bryant, Russell, Baez, Contreras, Fowler help along with having a great manager. They won all those games without even the benefit of having Schwarber.
  11. jimmer
    Last year they won the 3rd most games in baseball (even though they had to play in the division that had the best and 2nd best records)and their payroll was well within what the Twins could spend if they chose to. And the core of this team is young, deep and inexpensive and were brought to the team by means other than FA signings. The expensive players (the whopping 4 getting more 11M or more a year) aren't making this a playoff team, it would be a playoff team without them. A couple of the expensive players are making it an elite team. Of the four who get over 11M a year, one of them is a position player who has severely under-performed and didn't start last night (nor will tonight). Another is a catcher who has hit horribly this year. The other two are pitchers that have been very good, that's for sure. Without those two maybe they only win 94 games.
  12. jimmer
    Well, he certainly has a lot of time as assistant GM.
  13. jimmer
    I like how Mark DeRosa is quoting the important stats when comparing players: BA, HR, RBI and doubles ;-)
  14. jimmer
    I hold that truth to be self-evident ;-)
  15. jimmer
    Baseball players are human beings, and just like the rest of the humans, there are some that do bad things. Of course, some also get accused of doing things they didn't do (or things they do get exaggerated and/or blown way out of proportion) because of who they are, which we non-famous people don't have to deal with.
  16. jimmer
    Does horrible managing fall under bad luck? :-)
  17. jimmer
    -Fowler is a FA, they have plenty of OF including very young Almora. -Montero is 32, Contreras is very young. -Zobrist is 35, Baez is young. -Lester should be in talks for CY this year and only 32. Arrieta only 30. Hendricks, Hammels. Rizzo, Bryant, Russell, Schwarber. All young. Their team is embarrassingly loaded and extremely deep. Farm system is also loaded (players like Torres and Happ) and some players will traded from there. Team will be contenders for many years. Well built team by someone who knows how to build them.
  18. jimmer
    This Cubs team is set for years and years to come.
  19. jimmer
    As a mid-market team, we're doomed, and we should just accept our doom.
  20. jimmer
    Santana had five starts in the playoffs and was great in four of them.
  21. jimmer
    Tonkin allowed 34.1% of inherited runs to score. Better than Pressly, May, Abad, Chargois and Dean.
  22. jimmer
    Yeah, he specifically talked about Terry's strategy and Terry wasn't GM when Sano, Kepler and Polanco were signed.
  23. jimmer
    Range factor doesnt actually measure range
  24. jimmer
    Some ways Polanco's 2016 season differed from Santana's 2014 season. Polanco's BABIP was like 80 points lower than Santana's and within 4 points of what his professional BABIP is. His K rate was quite a bit lower than Santana's and his walk rate was higher. And it's not like Polanco's offense was through the roof, either. He had a wRC+ of 101. In other words, nothing seems fluky about his offensive production. Nothing screams outs as unsustainable. Not to say he won't crash and burn, but I see little comparison to Santana's 2014.
  25. jimmer
    It's been said time and time again that due to our poor draft position over the years, our prospects have been less than good (let's disregard we did things like pass on Pedroia six times in one draft, and Boston took him in the 2nd round with their first pick of that draft). What should one expect from a #5 draft pick (like Gordon)? Would it be okay if/ whenever he gets here, that one is disappointed in a guy if he only ends up a solid player as opposed to a star player? I ask because some keep saying we have to lower expectations for Buxton and be okay if he ends up being quite a bit lesser of a player than he was. And if these guys, and some others we've gotten higher up in the draft the last few years, underwhelm when/if they get to the majors (based on what people were projecting them to be and their draft position ), can we still blame it on draft position?
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