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  1. jimmer
    Wasn't meant that way. I was just pointing out that it's not clear that Rosario is a sure fire starting type player based on the stat you used to say he was. I can see both sides of the argument myself. I think I'll just wait to see how he does this year, myself. He's a starter for us this season, regardless. At least to start the season. Even if all he ends up being is a 4th OF, 4th OFs have value too. Especially quality defensive guys like Dyson. Rosario could be that guy since a big chunk of his WAR came from defense. And only 3 LF had more DRS and two of them had WAY more innings out there in LF.
  2. jimmer
    I am not sure what is interesting about that specifically. There were only 63 qualifying position players/DH at 3.0 or higher, so KC had more than average. Twins had one, Dozier, who would have been 4th on the Royals. And overall, 4 starting position players and a DH above 2.0 is quite good. And it's not my solid starter metric. You quoted WAR in your post category and Fangraphs labels WAR categories not me.
  3. jimmer
    Can't assume that's true, since WAR goes up and down during a season, not just up. Only thing you can say is if he continued to perform exactly the same way, he would have had about 2.1 WAR, but that assumes he would have performed exactly the same way. Still, a WAR at 2.1 is nice (especially for rookie), but that is just barely considered a solid starter as opposed to a role player (2-3=solid starter, 1-2=role player).
  4. jimmer
    '3) May wasn't pitching particularly well as a starter. He had a mid-4.00s ERA and got shelled some. I think we all saw glimpses of a bright future so that’s not to say he was awful, just that he didn’t make a great case to be the best guy for right that moment.' May was pitching the best in the rotation before he got sent to the pen. He had the highest WAR, the best FIP, the most Ks/9 IP, the 2nd best BB/9. The problem was having a very high BABIP against. Wouldn't expect that to continue.
  5. jimmer
    Kepler is the prospect I am most excited to see in the majors for an extended time.
  6. jimmer
    I prefer DRS, myself, but to each their own.
  7. jimmer
    Perhaps you were looking at DRS?
  8. jimmer
    If he could improve his OBP to consistently be in the .330s or higher, he'd be a very valuable player with the defense he's shown so far.
  9. jimmer
    If you believe Hunter, he's given us a good indication that Sano in the OF is gonna be quite the ride, and not in a good way. Molitor doesn't seem convinced in the comments he's given. And I think there's more to the OF than just speed and athleticism. I highly, highly doubt he's even close to average out there with his size and complete inexperience in the OF. We will see though, clearly, since that's the plan
  10. jimmer
    'The reason for trading Plouffe, future cost. He is still worth his salary this season (we hope). But is he a $10 million player?' 10M a year, in today's game, isn't that much for a starting caliber veteran. Plouffe has been worth 20M+ or more for the last two seasons. I have zero doubt he'll be worth his 7M+ salary this year.
  11. jimmer
    Well, if actions speak louder than words, I'd say the latter.
  12. jimmer
    What are the starting position questions? The only one I can think of is whether or not they keep Buxton at CF.
  13. jimmer
    Dozier is the new Cuddyer. A perfectly, ever so slightly, above average player. But a leader type, a fan favorite and a guy comfortable talking to the camera. I doubt he's going anywhere any time soon. I'm fine with that, cause I like him and he's still a valuable player.
  14. jimmer
    It's a bit sad that a pitcher we traded Span for three years ago has stories written about him talking about how they don't need to rush him because the 26 year old still has two options left. This is the supposed Ace we got for a very good and low priced leadoff hitter and above average defensive CF? In any event, I figured he'd end up a reliever back when we got him. So it'd be nice if they threw him in there this year, while our bullpen is underwhelming anyway, so we can see how he'll do.
  15. jimmer
    This, this, a thousand times this. Thank you.
  16. jimmer
    It's my understanding Kepler is a plus defender, even in CF. Is that right? If it is, why would we want to move him to 1B eventually? If/when Mauer gets moved off 1B, wouldn't it make more sense to move Sano to 1B and leave the plus defender, Kepler, in the OF?
  17. jimmer
    With Ryan at the helm, I have always gotten the feeling that the team is built in order to try to be competitive for the division. To his credit, in the 2000s he accomplished that. I have never seen him really go for it at the deadline and I've never seen him even try to build a team in the offseason where the goal was to crush the division and make a roster built to really do damage in the playoffs. Probably why we've only been to one ALCS under him. And I HIGHLY doubt any of that ever changes with him at the helm.
  18. jimmer
    I WISH the pitching market in today's game would get you a #3 starter for 2 yr/16M. Pelfrey going to the Tigers is a 'blessing' for Twins fans (if you believe in blessings).
  19. jimmer
    Except you used the 2015 Blue Jays and 2001 Mariners as examples of failure. And the reason they were failures, you said, was because they didn't win the world series. And you talked about the 29 GMs who fail every year. So, yeah, you did say throughout a few posts that if the GM/Team doesn't win the W Series, they failed.
  20. jimmer
    The idea that May is even in the competition for a spot in the rotation is just PR talk. They moved him to the bullpen last year in favor of some inferior SPs. They have done nothing to improve the bullpen. The rotation he got bumped out of is mostly the same (minus Pelfrey, that's it). He's now a bullpen guy. That's it.
  21. jimmer
    Couldn't agree more with this post. And I'd add Hughes as the same kind of example as Suzuki.
  22. jimmer
    If we are going to blame his hitting woes on workload and wearing down, why has he hit better in his career in the 2nd half than the 1st half?
  23. jimmer
    Since they decided to bet on a guy whose great BABIP helped fuel his .730ish or so OPS in SSS, let's just start his starting catcher era now and let Suzuki start about 45 games.
  24. jimmer
    I read that when it was written and expressed my doubts numerous times concerning both Suzuki and on another article you write about Hughes. Pointing to an article you wrote before as proof of your opinion now is interesting though.
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