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  1. prouster
    Agree to disagree. “[Staying healthy] is an ability just like being fast or having power” places the onus on the player to somehow cultivate their durability. Obviously there are things all players do for exactly that reason, like working out, eating well, and stretching regularly. But beyond the obvious things, there doesn’t really seem to be anything anyone can do to cultivate their durability other than retiring. It’s not on the player. Some things are simply beyond anyone’s control. FWIW, there are some posters who seem to like taking pot shots at Buxton whenever possible. Not naming names, but…
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    Well, Nelson Cruz didn’t get regular playing time until he was 28.
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    The person was clearly suggesting that Buxton has been doing something wrong, which undercuts the token acknowledgement of the role luck may play in injuries. Running into walls, probably not a great idea. Maybe there’s a different exercise or stretching regimen that could reduce the risk of muscle and ligament injuries. But there’s nothing a guy can do about getting drilled with pitches or colliding in the field with his teammates, both of which have caused Buxton to miss time with concussions and other things. Off the top of my head (I don’t care enough about this to look anything up), the only recent injuries not caused by HBP or person to person collisions have been his shoulder (outfield wall) and his hip. The migraines have been a persistent issue, but we don’t know enough to say whether they are related to his concussions or not. Anyway, my point is that I think it’s stupid and ignorant to blame the player—even implicitly—when he gets hurt. People spewed that same garbage all the time about Mauer. I dunno, maybe there’s something in Minnesota sports fan pathology that causes some people to lash out at the team’s best player.
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    It’s an ability to not break your hand when someone drills it with a 95 mph fastball?
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    Thank God.
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    Gene Mauch? Really?
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    Sam Deduno, Pedro Hernandez, P.J. Walter, Cole DeVries, etc. all made regular starts not all that long ago. So no, not the worst by any means.
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    First off, I'm glad the Twins won. I'm on the east coast and fell asleep well before it was over, but it was nice to see a lot of quality performances on both sides of the ball. Regarding Ober, I understand Baldelli's reasons for pulling him. However, I'd like to push back on the idea that it "doesn't matter" whether he got credit for the win last night or not. In the grand scheme of things, sure, of course it doesn't matter. (FWIW, we could also say that it ultimately "doesn't matter" if he threw one more inning.) But I think it probably matters to Ober, which is not something that I think can be dismissed out of hand. He has worked hard and pitched well, and he deserves the official record to reflect that. Just my two cents.
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    I agree. The ump’s zone was consistently expanded for both teams. It’s a fallacy to assume that a ball outside the strike zone that gets called a strike is always or only the result of the catcher. Framing metrics assume a causal A —> B relationship, where A = catcher framing and B = called strike. The problem is that one might not actually have to do with the other. This is the problem I’ve always had with framing metrics: they assume a causal relationship that has not been rigorously proven. But it’s now baked into the conventional wisdom that this relationship exists with reliable consistency. No one ever questions it for some reason.
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    Cripes, it’s only baseball. We don’t need this dehumanizing crap.
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    Regarding Baldelli’s lack of regret: I don’t think it’s implausible that he would say one thing to the media and mean another, especially when it comes to strategy.
  12. prouster
    I don’t understand why rehab assignments are suddenly so controversial. This is how teams have brought players back from injury for decades.
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    You’re technically right, but I don’t mind them playing the probabilities.
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    Lol. Rocco seems no more likely to get hurt than any of the other guys they’ve put in center so far. Part of analytics is experimenting with the status quo, right? He’s probably still better with the glove than some fairly recent Twins outfielders. Willingham, Arcia…
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    Last night I went down the Baseball Reference and Wikipedia rabbit holes, looking at different player/managers throughout baseball history. Obviously they were a lot more common a hundred years ago, but they haven't been totally absent from the modern game. The last person to serve at once in both capacities is Pete Rose, who was the player/manager for the Reds from 1984-86. This got me wondering, who are the players now that would make capable player/managers, either on the Twins or throughout the league? I actually think Josh Donaldson would be a candidate. He is obviously very knowledgeable about the game, especially the mechanics of hitting. He also has a fiercely competitive attitude and stands up for his team. Yadier Molina is another guy that I think could do it. Maybe Joey Votto, as well. I'm curious to know what anybody else thinks!
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    Well, a couple that he threw to Stanton are lodged in the bleachers at Target Field. Does that help??
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    Yes, we all remember the 2020 world champion Cincinnati Reds…and Oakland A’s.
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    Judging by the number of promotions to the MLB roster (driven largely by injury, I admit), I don’t think this is true at all. Even so, it’s reasonable to keep guys at one level for a while given that most went over a year without playing in any games.
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    Tampa doesn’t seem like the team to take on a veteran contract, even if it’s only for part of the season. Just a friendly note: I found the click-baity headline of this thread a little off putting.
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    That’s a really interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Lots of speculation in it, but the speculation seems well founded. Regardless, MLB has a big problem on their hands. I hope they crack down.
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    It seems like Dyson may have been bluffing, which is not uncommon on that type of play. Who knows, though. Larnach is a lefty, so I think the angle was fine if he needed to make a throw. Mostly, I think balls hit to left field should be caught by the left fielder. At any rate, it’s over and done with. Celestino made some blunders.
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    Disagree. The ball was hit pretty much to left field. Larnach was already settled under it while Celestino was still moving over from center. There is no way a runner is tagging to third on that ball no matter who catches it.
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    I agree. This is true of pretty much all MLB baseball at the moment. The league’s big problem isn’t necessarily that games take too long, it’s that pitching and defense have been optimized to the point that the game is just plain boring to watch.
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    I agree on the importance of a good bullpen. As we have seen, a bad relief corps can unravel a season really quickly. In terms of building a pen, I don’t think it’s as simple as “sign the best free agents.” That probably doesn’t hurt, but it’s common enough for guys to come out of nowhere and pitch at an elite level for a year or two that 1) taking fliers might often be a better investment and 2) cheaper fliers can mitigate the possibility of expensive relievers falling off a cliff or otherwise under-performing their contracts. (I wonder if that applies to anyone on the Twins right now?) It seems to me that for as much as analytics are driving the game, building a bullpen still involves a little bit of art. On the whole, this year’s pen reminds me a lot of the one on the 2011 team. They’d just lost a number of guys to free agency and simply didn’t fill in the gaps.
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    Man, Colomé is basically unusable right now. I came across a stat from Aaron Gleeman saying that his WPA before tonight was the worst ever after a pitcher's first eight appearances for a new team. He's apparently the only pitcher in MLB history to be under -2.0 WPA in that span. I'm sure it's even worse after tonight. I don't know what you even do with him. I guess stash him away and only use him for mop up duty. Honestly some of the worst relief pitching I've seen watching the team for 25+ years.
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