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  1. sane
    The LATEST switches to catcher I remember were ex-infielders Buster Posey and Jorge Posada. But those conversions were made BEFORE they reached the Big Leagues. An MLB player who became an MLB catcher would be in "Ripley's Believe it or NNNNN..ever mind!"
  2. sane
    For many pitchers, 100% of maximum velocity produces a loss of movement(stuff) One step on the pitchers learning curve is to determine at what velocity each of his pitches have their best movement, and then learn how to repeat that pitch / velocity.
  3. sane
    Exhale.
  4. sane
    Looks like Pablo Sandoval had the worst season for a MLB 3B.
  5. sane
    Ranking MLB 3B. http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2015&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1444505933187&timeframe=&position='5'
  6. sane
    Escobar, Y WSH 3B 139 535 75 168 25 1 9 56 45 70 2 2 .314 .375 .415 .790 2 Donaldson, J TOR 3B 158 620 122 184 41 2 41 123 73 133 6 0 .297 .371 .568 .939 3 Duffy, M SF 3B 149 573 77 169 28 6 12 77 30 96 12 0 .295 .334 .428 .762 4 Prado, M MIA 3B 129 500 52 144 22 2 9 63 37 68 1 0 .288 .338 .394 .732 5 Beltre, A TEX 3B 143 567 83 163 32 4 18 83 41 65 1 0 .287 .334 .453 .788 6 Arenado, N COL 3B 157 616 97 177 43 4 42 130 34 110 2 5 .287 .323 .575 .898 7 Machado, M BAL 3B 162 633 102 181 30 1 35 86 70 111 20 8 .286 .359 .502 .861 8 Moustakas, M KC 3B 147 549 73 156 34 1 22 82 43 76 1 2 .284 .348 .470 .817 9 Bryant, K CHC 3B 151 559 87 154 31 5 26 99 77 199 13 4 .275 .369 .488 .858 10 Carpenter, M STL 3B 154 574 101 156 44 3 28 84 81 151 4 3 .272 .365 .505 .871 11 Solarte, Y SD 3B 152 526 63 142 33 4 14 63 34 56 1 0 .270 .320 .428 .748 12 Longoria, E TB 3B 160 604 74 163 35 1 21 73 51 132 3 1 .270 .328 .435 .764 13 Seager, K SEA 3B 161 623 85 166 37 0 26 74 54 98 6 6 .266 .328 .451 .779 14 Lawrie, B OAK 3B 149 562 64 146 29 3 16 60 28 144 5 2 .260 .299 .407 .706 15 Headley, C NYY 3B 156 580 74 150 29 1 11 62 51 135 0 2 .259 .324 .369 .693 16 Frazier, T CIN 3B 157 619 82 158 43 1 35 89 44 137 13 8 .255 .309 .498 .806 17 Castellanos, N DET 3B 154 549 42 140 33 6 15 73 39 152 0 3 .255 .303 .419 .721 18 Ramirez, A PIT 3B 137 475 43 117 31 1 17 75 31 68 1 0 .246 .297 .423 .720 19 Sandoval, P BOS 3B 126 470 43 115 25 1 10 47 25 73 0 0 .245 .292 .366 .658 20 Plouffe, T MIN 3B 152 573 74 140 35 4 22 86 50 124 2 1 .244 .307 .435 .742
  7. sane
    http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=min#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2015&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1444505581680&team_id=&position='5'
  8. sane
    http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=min#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2015&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1444505418339&position='5'&team_id=
  9. sane
    No, I am implying that Trevor Plouffe terminated that horrible list, and should be awarded "honorary "somethin'-somethin'" . Maybe first-baseman or DH. It could take another twelve disasters to replace Plouffe in the batting order. Unless Matt Moses is still available.
  10. sane
    Why so much love for Plouffe? Here are twelve reasons that I would feel queasy about trading him. These are the Twins third basemen between Cory Koskie and Trevor Plouffe. Most have already been nominated to the Twins Hall of Blame. Tony Batista 3B 2006 Jeff Cirillo 3B 2006-2007 Howie Clark 3B 2007-2008 Joe Crede* 3B 2009 Brendan Harris* 3B 2007-2010 Mike Lamb* 3B 2007-2008 Matt Macri 3B 2007-2010 Nick Punto* 3B 2004-2010 Luis Antonio Rodriguez* 3B 2005-2007 Terry Tiffee 3B 2004-2006 Danny Valencia* 3B 2008-2012 Glenn Williams 3B 2005-2007
  11. sane
    Kershaw, Arrieta, DeGrom, Cole, Bumgarner, Harvey, Melancon, Rosenthal, Chapman?
  12. sane
    Padres 3B, Yangervis Solarte (.270BA/.320SLG/.748OPS/ 28 yrs-old compared to Trevor Plouffe (.244BA/.435SLG/.742OPS/ 29 yrs-old Why do they want Plouffe, again?
  13. sane
    If you stop eating spicy food after 6 PM, these wild dreams will go away.
  14. sane
    If you stop eating spicy food after 6 PM, these wild dreams will go away.
  15. sane
    If Sano, Kepler, Rosario, Hicks, Buxton, and either Plouffe or Vargas all hit better than Mauer, then Mauer should sit. Neither Mauer (nor any of the above) can replace a middle infielder or catcher, but OF and corner IF can potentially be upgraded by benching Mauer.
  16. sane
    Unless Mauer spends more time on a "chair".
  17. sane
    It may NOT be that "Their #5 hitter can't hit fastballs", so much as he is "sitting on" off-speed, because he is seeing it so often. I am guessing that when he starts to see more fastballs, he will begin sitting on the fastball and improve hitting fastballs and degrade his ability to hit off-speed pitches.
  18. sane
    "To me, the most annoying thing about the "Mauer problem" is where he hits in the lineup" To me the problem is how often he IS in the lineup, taking PA's away from the kids who will be re-energizing the franchise and need the experience to dvelop.
  19. sane
    How does that translate to replacing Plouffe? who also plays at least adequate defense. Playing Mauer seldom, Kepler at 1B, Sano at 3B, and Plouffe at 1B, 3B, DH makes sense to me, until someone else (Vargas, Walker, Arcia) shows that they can replace Plouffe offensively. AT THAT time, maybe Plouffe becomes replaceable.
  20. sane
    If so, why not replace a lesser player with Davis/Kepler, instead of (Plouffe) one of the few proven hitters on the team?
  21. sane
    He may indeed be a "league average player", but he is a close to a "Twins best player". So replacing him with worse players is an improvement? That logic is very difficult to follow.
  22. sane
    Here is the "original" part. He becomes a utility player that SELDOM plays, The whole point is that he NOT block Sano, Plouffe, Vargas, Kepler or any of the YOUNG, DEVELOPING players. Play him once a week, wherever he does the least defensive damage, until he asks to be traded. (or given away)
  23. sane
    The FA's that need to be signed early are those that THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK LOSING. IMO, that is nobody this year, but if they really want Hunter, they would at least have to verbally commit early to signing him later.
  24. sane
    I am sure that Molson is in financial difficulties, as Canadians just don't drink much beer.
  25. sane
    No single player is "likely" to be selected. There are only 14 total selected last year. You just hope it isn't someone valuable that is lost. (Gilmartin)
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