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  1. powrwrap
    Anybody else remember Brant Alyea? On opening day of 1970 he hit 2 HRs and drove in 7 runs as the Twins beat the White Sox 12-0. He kept hitting throughout April and when the month was over he was batting .415/.483/.774. He started to cool off but then got hot again in September raising his OPS from .842 to .897. He was platooned with Jim Holt in (primarily) LF. He ended up batting .291/.366/.531 in 1970. It was a statistical freak year for him as he batted .177/.282/.241 in 1971. He was .247/.326/.421 lifetime. Brant also hit a HR on the first pitch in his first AB in the major leagues in 1965. Can anyone think of another player with such an incredible dropoff in batting production than going from a .897 OPS one year to a .523 OPS the next year? I wonder if he was injured in 1971?
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    Along these same lines, Jeff Keppinger, and he would come cheaper.
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    I missed Guthrie, but you are right. I would include him on the list as well. I was going to mention Guthrie as well, but there's no way he'd make less than $5M, as per the OP's salary condition.
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    I was at this game. It was a day game during the week and I was in a Metrodome suite. Dan Gladden was in LF and John Moses was in center. Karkovice hammered the ball on a line drive and it found the power alley in cavernous LF at the Dome. The ball rolled the last 30 feet or so to the wall and when Moses reached down to grab it he tripped on the interface where the turf becomes warning track. Rather than get up and throw the ball he underhanded it toward Gladden standing nearby. Gladden didn't leap away in surprise, he was looking toward the infield. Moses's toss hit him in the chest area and fell to the turf. Gladden picked it up and threw it to the cutoff guy, but it was too late to get the lumbering Karkovice.
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    Yep, should have given Hamilton a pass on his next immediate at bat and waited until his next at bat and then plunked him. Diamond would have been in the game another 2-3 innings, saving the bull pen, and still the message would have been sent. Why couldn't Gardy figure that out?
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    I'm on board with these rules, esp. #2. You might want to consider a rule about not allowing discussing what goes on at other forums on Twins Daily Forums. Example: "Did you see the flamewar between Mike and Dave over at MajorLeagueTwits?" and then there may or may not be a link to that material. I assume you don't want Twins Daily to be a source for more eyeballs to see a flame war or other futile discussions at other sites.
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    I might as well write next Thursday's news story: Dateline August 30 The Twins are thinking about having an MRI done on Josh Willingham's sore neck. He has not played since a 5-1 loss in Oakland on August 22. If they find something they likely will put him retroactively on the 15 day disabled list. If they don't see anything on the MRI they will take it day-by-day and see if he can play tomorrow.
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    http://twinsdaily.com/showthread.php?3109-Article-Introducing-the-new-Twins-Daily!&p=49102&viewfull=1#post49102 Never mind....
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    Logged onto TD today and noticed the graphics only fill the middle of my monitor screen whereas in the past they would go almost to the edge. Has the screen resolution of Twins Daily been lowered?
  10. powrwrap
    Yep, on the 3rd one you mentioned Plouffe should have charged the ball and stepped on 3rd rather than try to throw out Andrus. Apparently he realized his mistake and tried to do that on the 4th play you mentioned but figured he'd never get there in time so threw to Morneau at 1st base.
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    The Twins should have pitched to Hamilton normally on his next immediate at bat and then plunked him in his successive at bat.
  12. powrwrap
    I've got to find my boa, he's around here somewhere, then feed him. Then I have to drain my sore, unclog the toilet, turnover the compost heap, and feed the rats. Seriously, I'd like to come but can't make it. Perhaps another time.
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    Thanks for the report. From what I've seen of it, admittedly only a handful of games, I really like Florimon's defense as well. I used to be down on Revere's arm but I've seen him make some decent throws lately.
  14. powrwrap
    Upon further review, based on new information, it seems this is exactly what the Twins did with Pavano: New York specialist Dr. David Altchek said Pavano has a bruise on the humerus bone, an injury that likely would have recovered in a few weeks had he rested it. Instead, Pavano worked three months on rehabilitating what was believed to be a strained shoulder capsule. Altchek saw every MRI the Twins did on Pavano during the season and concurred with their diagnosis. He even remarked in May that he noticed Pavano's shoulder gaining strength. Twins Assistant General Manager Rob Antony admitted to being surprised by the new diagnosis on Tuesday. "All along our doctors and Altchek have conferred on everything," Antony said. "To me, I'm not sure how many more medical opinions you can get on this guy, or more tests done or whatever, than we did." http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/166993736.html?refer=y
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    It's not hard to find a medical expert to look through an entire organization, review medical documents thoroughly, evaluate the problem, recommend a solution, and find qualified candidates to replace the current staff? Really? That doesn't take long? The point is that you don't make these moves quickly or you'll end up exactly where you began (or worse). It takes time to solve problems and going with a knee-jerk reaction rarely delivers the desired result. Terry Ryan could send a message to the medical staff by requiring every diagnosis to be confirmed or denied by an outside medical professional. Get a 2nd opinion, or a 3rd one, if necessary. Pavano's actual injury was diagnosed by an outsider. I believe Scott Baker's was also. This isn't expensive, you don't have to hire anyone onto the staff, and the current medical staff gets the message that they are being watched. Then in the off season do a complete evaluation using the data gathered using these outside pros compared to your inside staff. How many times were the Twins doctors wrong? How many times were they right? Works for me.
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    Didn't we just see this act with Trevor Plouffe? He's got a sore thumb, he's still got a sore thumb, he's still got it, yep still sore. After 8 days of this they retroactively put him on the DL. I sense a pattern here...
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    1) The Twins never made the playoffs in a year where Radke was their best starter. 2003? Johan was a reliever until the last 2 months of the season, IIRC. It's not WAY too early, but it is early. Look at Radke's early years. Diamond is ahead of him in his progression.
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    Well, your scenario supposes that Diamond continues posting the numbers he has over 20 starts this season throughout next year. I don't think that's a reasonable expectation. Assuming he can sustain the way he's been inducing grounders and limiting walks, he's a nice pitcher, but we're still talking about a fairly hittable guy who ranks 96 out of 101 qualified MLB starters in K-rate. That's just not a sustainable recipe for the kind of numbers you're envisioning. I'm not saying his performance this year is a complete mirage. He could very well be a good pitcher again next year. But to answer your final question, if he's the Twins' best pitcher, I certainly don't think they're a playoff team. Diamond reminds me a lot of Brad Radke. Radke was the Twins' ace (until Johan took the role.) The Twins went to the playoffs with Radke. What am I missing here?
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    Again... as I said when I put that link... and it is not an easy read. And W-L and ERA do not matter. Jeff Gray is 6-0 right? Agreed that W-L does not matter much. ERA is a valid stat. I like WHIP a lot more. And BAA is a good metric as well. Those three are sufficient to compare two pitchers. Jeff Gray is 6-1 with a 5.54 ERA.
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    Wainwright 3.87 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, .256 BAA, 11-10 W-L Lohse 2.61 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, .242 BAA, 12-2 W-L It's not that complicated Would someone address my hypothetical? If, over the next 2 1/4 seasons, Diamond posts a 2.90 ERA a 1.10 WHIP and goes 43-20, is that not the numbers of a #1 starter?
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    I think it's valid terminology, especially when it comes to setting up your rotation for the playoffs. Teams do designate pitchers in this manner, so it's legit. Guess who is the Cardinal's #1 pitcher? Kyle Lohse. He's 12-2 with a 2.61 ERA and 1.11 WHIP. He's only allowed 148 hits in 162 IP.
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    I'm getting a better understanding of your position. I'll go back to my hypothetical. Supposing Diamond finishes the season 14-7 with an ERA of 2.90. Now suppose next year he goes 18-9 with an ERA of 3.12, statistically the best Twins pitcher. Assuming no free agent pitcher signings, in 2014 isn't Scott Diamond your #1 pitcher, the leader of the pitching staff? Come playoff time, who else would you start in Game 1?
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    Yes, that makes sense. It just seems to be taking him a long time to get back into shape.
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    When Carl Pavano was on the Yankees and was injured for years fans dubbed him "American Idle." Pavano has been on the DL since early June due to rotator cuff weakness. I'm guessing the rehabilitation for a weakened shoulder/rotator cuff is to strengthen it via exercises, eventually long toss, and finally pitching off a mound and then minor league rehab assignments. Pavano finally pitched in the minors last Thursday but his fastball could only reach the mid-80's. This got me to wondering: Does it seem like it's taken a long time to get to his minor league rehab pitching assignment? Two months and two weeks. Is he coasting on his guaranteed contract?
  25. powrwrap
    I guess I don't understand this question. You seem to be saying Diamond needs to be on a good team to be an ace. In other words, he can't be an ace because the Twins aren't good. Is that it? So by extension Felix Hernandez is not an ace because he's on the Mariners? I don't understand why Diamond could not be an ace on the Twins. Is the implication that if Diamond were on a 'good team' he would not be the number one starter? If so, isn't that because most good teams already have an ace? Just to show you how hard this question can get--who's the ace on the Phillies? Or since the Phillies are not a good team this year, then they don't have an ace this year? I know when we think 'ace' we think of power pitchers that get a lot of strikeouts and dominate opponents--Verlander, Jered Weaver, Strasburg. So R.A. Dickey, at 15-4, more strikeouts than IP's and a 2.89 ERA is not an ace? Zach Greinke was an ace on the Brewers but now that he's on the Angels he's not? I think what we need is a consensus definition of what makes a pitcher an ace.
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