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  1. jimmer
    I wonder if they get COLA
  2. jimmer
    or perhaps he meant over the last two weeks.
  3. jimmer
    The Brooklyn Bullies. Man, oh man. From Gardy (when he was here,managing) to the announcers. The pedestal they put the Yanks on and the fear they have of the Yanks is embarrassing. Then again, with this team, I should be used to that feeling.
  4. jimmer
    TB is one of the teams I thought would be interested. Their DH issue is a problem. Love to see him succeed over there as the primary DH.
  5. jimmer
    Too bad our IF logjam is so full of underwhelming options.
  6. jimmer
    It's hard to believe he was 2nd in MVP voting in '84. Ripken, Murray, Trammell, Mattingly, Boggs and Rickey Henderson. I'd have them all in front of Hrbek that year.
  7. jimmer
    Before Hardy was traded, Gardy came out and said that even if Hardy was on the team, Casilla would compete for the shortstop position. Cause, you know, speed. He got his wish and oh boy, Casilla worked out great at shortstop...
  8. jimmer
    yes, but not many know about that and there's so much pushback on here for anything that isn't the most basic info that I didn't even bother showing that. I mean, we saw someone chide OPS+ on another thread when someone used it to compare OPS for players who played in different times and parks. :-)
  9. jimmer
    They must have just updated it, because when I wrote it, it said other-wise. Either way, neither looks reasonable.
  10. jimmer
    I'm sure most don't care, but BaseRuns says we should have 5 more wins (which would still have us last in the AL). For those who prefer Pythag, it says we should have 2 more wins than we have now. Additionally, for reasons passing understanding, we are projected to go 44-48 the rest of the way. I think whoever did that projection should take a pee test, but that's what's there.
  11. jimmer
    He hasn't played enough 3B at the MLB level to really consider him for the spot. Perhaps down the line, yeah. And yeah, looking at how many spots we'd be 3rd or 5th would be sad.
  12. jimmer
    Whether or not it's the players, team philosophy or player development (or likely a combo of all three) I think a lot of teams have much more talented rosters than us. It's a poorly constructed roster TR has put together which is low on MLB talent/MLB ready talent. I'm pretty sure we don't have one player who would be on an all AL Central team. Definitely not one that would start. That's horrible. )
  13. jimmer
    I think TR has clearly shrugged off the over-valuing defense tendency.
  14. jimmer
    Took Ryan 7-8 years to rebuild last time. Mark your 2020 calendars people! Then again, many people with seemingly unlimited faith in Ryan's ability and moves were pretty sure that, after last year's record, the rebuilding was practically done and this year the younin's would sweep in and that would be the start of something awesome. Ryan got us there early, see he can do it. Yeah, unfortunately (and predictably), not so much.
  15. jimmer
    Yes, a lot of the guys we are counting on, and are well thought of, came onto the team under Smith. Trying to remember all the prospects Smith traded away. There was Ramos and, um. Seriously, can't remember the rest. I'm sure they're all all stars by now. I guess it's just easier to blame Ryan's hand picked successor for everything.
  16. jimmer
    this
  17. jimmer
    We had very advantageous sequencing last year. Nobody on offense really exceeded expectations but the sequencing helped us be 8th in the AL in runs scored even though we were last in OBP, 13th in OPS, 14th in wRC+ and 14th in WAR (position players). That kind of luck should never be expected to repeat.
  18. jimmer
    shoot me now.
  19. jimmer
    Since Santana mostly plays CF, he should be compared to CFs. Santana has an okay arm for an OF. Nothing special. And, really, his speed being an argument for him is over-stated. Just like Revere's speed in CF didn't make him a good CF, Santana's speed doesn't make him a good CF. And on the offensive side of the ball, his speed isn't doing anything for him as far as stealing bases go, and it sure doesn't help when he can't get on base at a decent clip. When speed is your only tool, that's a problem.
  20. jimmer
    Ok, so, Santana doesn't just play CF. He's plays corners too. If Santana was gone instead of Arcia, all that would mean is that Buxton and Kepler would be 1-2 for CF with Arcia taking a corner spot when he played (or LH DH). So, instead of Buxton, Santana, Kepler and Grossman, it'd be Buxton, Arcia, Kepler and Grossman. Leaves two people who can play CF and 4 OF who can play corner (with Rosario eventually, who can also play all 3 spots) It's not that hard to figure out why people are asking why are we keeping Santana over Arcia.
  21. jimmer
    Fangraphs has Buxton at +2 DRS (I don't know what DFS is). And Grossman looks horrible on D. Slow, bad arm, bad routes. To answer your question about Grossman, his poor range (-5) is the real kicker, and that's what is contributing the most to his -7. Additionally, none of these numbers surprise me. The numbers are relative to position. For example, one couldn't look at a RF and a CF having the same DRS and conclude they were equals on defense.
  22. jimmer
    Or was the real problem getting Park because, goodness forbid, Sano stay a DH since he's likely a defensive detriment no matter what position he plays. In any event, Our RF situation was a easily predictably bad decision. It was never going to end up being a smart or truly defensible decision (no matter how hard some tried).
  23. jimmer
    I agree a ton with this.
  24. jimmer
    I'm a fan of Kepler, think he'll be a good MLB player, but before last night's game his OPS was about 100 points lower than how it finished last night. With such SSS it's hard to really do anything other than say he had a good game and hope he keeps it up.
  25. jimmer
    So I was coming out of my slumber yesterday in time to see Kepler stroke a ball to the OF. The stroke, along with him running, I thought they were showing a Morneau flashback.
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