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  1. Minniman
    I am on record stating the Minnesota Twins should not have signed Torii Hunter. It is not that Hunter did not have some value to the team, as he still has some pop in his bat, but the Twins paid too much for him. I wanted the Twins to go after Nelson Cruz to help now and in the future. That was my opinion since the offseason. In hindsight, Nelson Cruz is cleaning up in Seattle with a manageable contract in both pay and length of terms. He is not a great fielder, but neither is Hunter anymore.
  2. Minniman
    The Twins had a Trout too. If the Twins front office had given him a call asking, "How's your boy; we just drafted him," this would be a better topic.
  3. Minniman
    Hrbek was a very good defensive player. He would have a few Gold Gloves had the New York press pushed for Mattingly every year. Mattingly was very good, but when their fielding percentage was tied, or even when Hrbek was better, Mattingly got the gold. If the Twins had another Mount Crushmore, they would win more games.
  4. Minniman
    I agree. I was on board with signing Hughes to the original deal. I did not like the Nolasco deal from the start, and I said so, but he has done worse than I would have thought. Santana? He was signed for too much considering his previous record. He may end up a number two guy or bust out to a number four or bullpen guy. It is difficult to tell, but is that the kind of pitcher we really want to blow $13 million a year on? There is no Viola-Blyleven or Morris-Tapani vibe coming from these guys.
  5. Minniman
    I took bets with my dad about inherited runners scoring or not when Guardado was put into a game. Being that Guardado had coached some of these pitchers from the pen, I thought it was worth bringing up when talking about the Twins woes with inherited runners.
  6. Minniman
    But much of that is when he was a closer and had clear bases to start off an inning. When Guardardo was first put into the bullpen, he would allow inherited runners to score far too often, and then he would pitch better.
  7. Minniman
    Isn't that the modus operandi of Eddie Guardado?
  8. Minniman
    The Twins front office keeps bringing in pitchers with sketchy histories.
  9. Minniman
    That is so bad.
  10. Minniman
    How would Rod Carew or Ricky Henderson have ever received a strike? So the umps must come from the future, have compound eyes, or have graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry because it is not humanly possible to get all of the calls correct. It was worse in the past when the umpires had the old chest protection than it is today. http://www.e-2m.com/redormsby/redwilliams2.jpg
  11. Minniman
    I noted that situation a few posts above. The Yankees pitchers were getting the same pitch earlier, so their batters should have expected it to be a strike later in a blowout game. The ump does not have the benefit of a computer and multiple angle slow motion cameras. I don't like bad calls either, but the worst of it is when one team (Yankees, ... cough) get the calls and another team (Twins for example) do not. It makes it very difficult to win for the latter club.
  12. Minniman
    It was the same zone for the Yankees pitchers earlier. That edge was already being called a strike, so taking pitches later in a blowout isn't a good idea. The catcher actually moves his body to set the frame. The umpire cannot look down at the plate while the pitch comes in, so that affects his reference slightly. We are talking a human eye watching a 80-90 mph pitch coming in on an arc into an estimated three dimensional area that changes with each player or stance. MLB players used to protect the plate with close pitches deep into the count. Has that changed?
  13. Minniman
    Many of those called strikes outside the box were made by Julio Teheran to Yankees batters after much of the damage was already done. Basically, the ump was saying, "If it is close, you better swing." It is also likely that the catcher was framing the box outside of the plate for that pitcher.
  14. Minniman
    Twins vs Yankees in the post season. Strike zones and even foul lines get moved.
  15. Minniman
    Leaving Gilmartin unprotected and then taking Graham was a mistake by the Twins. Of course, we don't know how well Gilmartin would have pitched for the Twins organization.
  16. Minniman
    The Twins have selected Scott Diamond and J.R. Graham from the Braves in the Rule 5 draft. I am certain the Braves are not happy about that. On the downside, the Twins left Sean Gilmartin unprotected to select Graham. That has not worked out, as Gilmartin is now pitching well for the Mets, who took him in the Rule 5 draft, while it is an understatement to say Graham has not pitched well for the Twins.
  17. Minniman
    Thanks Brock. I wonder if you could estimate games over 162 by using winning percentage. So after all seasons go "n/a", you could post how many games it would have taken. Just a thought, but it would require some work.
  18. Minniman
    I don't mind the song; I just mind hearing it so many times as the Wild go down in flames year after year. Maybe the Wild should use Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother.
  19. Minniman
    Well, I don't like the Wild Card postseason game anyway.
  20. Minniman
    I meant the WIld Card game which is not really a tie break game 163 but the extra game set up to add two more teams to the playoffs and burn their best starters for the actual playoff series to come.
  21. Minniman
    By Wild Card game, I meant game 163. Otherwise it is a playoffs series. If Santana plays well, and the Twins get there, logically that game is his.
  22. Minniman
    Does the Wild Card game count as a playoff game? If Santana pitches well here on out, is he out for that game if the Twins find their way in?
  23. Minniman
    The wave is as innocuous as singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch. It is better than having to listen to "Chelsea Dagger" as the Blackhawks goal song.
  24. Minniman
    For qualified players, Suzuki is last in MLB with a .183 caught stealing percentage and last in range factor. For comparison, Wilson Ramos is third in MLB with a .422 caught stealing percentage and fourth in range factor. Suzuki is 17th in CERA (of 20 qualified players). I wonder how much better the Twins' pitchers would be with a better catcher.
  25. Minniman
    If TR is not worried about service time, he should not be the GM. Maybe I should have rephrased that ... TR should worry more about time in service than a playoff one. This team is not like the Twins in 1987 or 1991; this team is not built for a stretch run.
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