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  1. jimmer
    Are we happy with our options in the bullpen right now? For those of you who believe we have arrived in the truly competitive zone, are you really happy with the options available to use coming out of the pen?
  2. jimmer
    'So you have to be in the top 8 of everything or you're bad at it? That's preposterous...' While I understand another poster said most of those rankings are bad, my post that mentioned top 8 and top 10 didn't say that, unless saying it's not really that good automatically means it's bad. I'm not, however, going to pat a bullpen or whatever on the back for being slightly above average. Teams should strive for more and fans should expect more.
  3. jimmer
    Until recently, only 8 teams made the playoffs. Now only 10 teams do. So, I'd think during the times only 8 teams made the playoffs, being out of the top 8 in defense, in offense, or pitching (starting or relief), isn't really that good whether it was technically above average or not. Same with now not being out of the top 10. When half the teams make the playoffs, we can be somewhat happy with being 14th...
  4. jimmer
    the good years are the only ones that count :-) '94-'00 were the short-time rebuilding years :-)
  5. jimmer
    It doesn't.
  6. jimmer
    Exactly my point.
  7. jimmer
    On that note, from Dave Cameron's chat today: Scott: 'Is it crazy that I think the Twins have a potential great lineup? There is no doubt that they still need to add to their pitching.' Dave Cameron: 'You’re probably focusing too much on upside and not enough on what these players are right now. Buxton has a lot of tools but there are few reasons to think he’ll hit well in 2016.'
  8. jimmer
    Until we consistently have players with better OBPs than Mauer had last year (or, better yet, what your projection states: .387 OBP), Mauer should bat 2nd. A change in the batting order won't turn on a switch and I still want the guys with the best OBPs batting in the upper half of the lineup.
  9. jimmer
    Ok, for me it's not about May versus Milone (because I think May should bump all but maybe one of our starters), but how did Milone outperform May as a starter? May had the better FIP, more Ks per 9 IP, less walks per 9 IP, less HR/9 IP and better HR/FB% (all while having a much higher BABIP which likely goes down). May, as a starter, had more WAR as a starter too even though he started seven less games. In fact, it's likely that the only reason May didn't have the most WAR of any starter on the team is because he had about half as many starts as Pelfrey and Gibson.
  10. jimmer
    this. 100%.
  11. jimmer
    Meyer in 2014: 3.52 ERA, WHIP 1.381 WHIP and 4.4 BB/9 IP. Those are not solid numbers. Meyer in 2015: Started out as a starter and had to be converted to a reliever. AAA numbers: 4.05 ERA, 1.480 WHIP, 4.5 BB/9 IP. Face it, he's not meant to be a MLB starter. He might not even be good enough to be a MLB reliever.
  12. jimmer
    Is it your contention that ERA is the stat that best gauges performance of a pitcher?
  13. jimmer
    One might be in the pen ;-)
  14. jimmer
    My bad, I meant Milone. :-)
  15. jimmer
    Some are saying Milone is fine because he's our 5th starter. Fine. But I thought Nolasco was our fifth starter. Let's just say, we have a lot of options for 3rd-5th starter. At some point we have to look at the rotation and say some are bad for the spot in the rotation they are slotted. We can't just say these pitchers are okay cause they are our fifth starters. Only one guy can fill each spot in the rotation. And no, the talent in this rotation is not very good. I read that somewhere in here and, no. Not at all.
  16. jimmer
    Speaking just for myself, it's got nothing to do with Malone. I think going into the 2016 season, May could have been our second best starter, and perhaps our best starter. I'm not a big fan of pitchers with Malone's skill set, but he's managed to get results, so that's a good thing.
  17. jimmer
    I'm hoping we have enough good pitching. I don't think we do at all.
  18. jimmer
    Rosario hasn't proven he can have a .290 OBP even with a .332 BABIP. Hicks had .323 OBP with a .285 BABIP. Let's see what happens to the OBP of the impatient Rosario when his BABIP comes down.
  19. jimmer
    I think between Rosario and Hicks, Hicks has the better career.
  20. jimmer
    John Sickels goes out of his way to make a prediction like that. It was a good article. Good comments by Gleeman as well.
  21. jimmer
    I think it's important to remind people that regression isn't a positive or negative. A player who is normally very good and has a bad year is a perfect example of a regression candidate for the following year.
  22. jimmer
    I'm a huge Sano fan like most Twins fans, but if he maintains a .396 BABIP it'd be the highest career BABIP in the history of the game. I expect regression from Mauer could very well happen. Duffy is a prime candidate as stated.
  23. jimmer
    People were talking about Cervelli for quite some time. I, myself, have never written his name in here (or perhaps anywhere) until this post. So your irony comment is misplaced.
  24. jimmer
    Not sure how anyone can say Murphy is an acceptable long term catcher. He hasn't even had a full season yet. We don't know what he can do. We've seen what he can do in a nice hitters park with an unsustainable BABIP in a very short sample size , though.
  25. jimmer
    It's not my rule it's just the way it is for most players. Of course there are exceptions, there always are. Suzuki isn't that kind of player. He basically had a half of a good season in 2014 at age 30. No reason, at all, to believe that good first half of 2014 was sustainable going into 2015. It was especially obvious he wouldn't when he went back to being the player he had been in the 2nd half of 2014.
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