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  1. Alex
    I think that the bottom line is that it's clear if things don't turn around Hicks doesn't belong in the majors right now. Having him way over his head is not working through struggles, it builds frustration, leads to a lack of confidence, and ruins good mechanics as hitters make flailing adjustments (see Dozier last year). Second, whether or not you think this team can compete, saying no one else can help them win games just isn't true. Hicks is one of the two worst hitters in baseball through these first three series, if not the worst, and he's posted the most negative WAR so far. So by almost any standards, any ML CF including Mastroianni, would be able to help the team more. I agree that that may not be the concern if Hicks were just "struggling," as the team just isn't that good, but this is far more than that.
  2. Alex
    Parker Hageman recently tweeted that Hicks has a 76% first pitch strike rate (MLB avg is 48%). Compare that to Mauer who is also known to take pitches early in the count. Mauer sees fewer 1st pitch strikes than average at 45%. So, I think it's pretty clear that pitchers are going to throw him strikes until he shows he can hit him and there's no reason they should fear him. I'd take this number as further proof that the Twins far overestimated his readiness. Until he shows he can actually hit and do something with strikes, this is going to continue.
  3. Alex
    If they're thinking about this guy, it means that the Twins are planning to move Hicks down.
  4. Alex
    I've watched probably 80% of his at bats, and wasn't faulting his approach. My point is one of the most important aspect of his hitting skillset is his drawing walks. You can't draw walks, even if you get deep into counts, when a pitcher isn't afraid to throw a strike.
  5. Alex
    The thing is he can't even take his normal approach, a more patient one, because there's no reason not to throw him strikes. DickBert talk about how he's always behind in the count and that makes it tough to hit, but he's behind in the count because he's not feared as a hitter.
  6. Alex
    Twins K'd 11 times, went 0-11 with runners in scoring position.
  7. Alex
    Guess he doesn't. Incidentally, that sets up Mauer to be the last out of the game.
  8. Alex
    Chen needs to give up a run here so he shows he just knows how to win.
  9. Alex
    Great info. Thanks.
  10. Alex
    I should have added "relative to the twins. For 5 innings early in the season it is. Twins don't go much over 100, especially with young pitchers. *3rd highest pitch count of the season for a Twins pitcher this season.
  11. Alex
    Seriously seems like I've seem more misplayed easy flyballs these first three series than in half a season, and we don't even have Delmon out there.
  12. Alex
    Just like Hicks planned it.
  13. Alex
    High pitch count and the team has a day off tomorrow, so not a big worry regarding using up the pen.
  14. Alex
    How about now? Overall, I understand Hendriks hasn't pitched well, but what I don't get is why people seem to have less patience for him than Dozier, especially as Hendriks is younger. As I said in the other thread, they both have about the same time in the majors and neither has shown anything. The difference is Hendriks doesn't have much, if anything to prove in minors at this point. The Twins really should be seeing if he can figure it out up here whereas Dozier spent very little time in AAA and hasn't really had any success above AA.
  15. Alex
    Teams like the Twins and Royals defy the odds.
  16. Alex
    This feels like a Liriano/Deduno type outing for Davis. That pitch to Willingham was way inside where he's been calling them. Should have been strike 3.
  17. Alex
    Mauer doesn't seem to be seeing the ball as well as usual.
  18. Alex
    2nd pitch was way outside. Terrible call.
  19. Alex
    Bert keeps acting like this is do or die for Hendriks. There do seem to be fans frustrated with Hendriks, too, and he's obviously been pretty bad up in the bigs. But, why do people give him a shorter leash than Dozier, for example? I mean both players have comparable time in the big leagues and neither have looked good. The difference is, Hendriks has already pitched well in AAA and is younger.
  20. Alex
    Also, with regard to Boone, we're talking a different skillset, specifically with regard to HR and OBP. Carroll could see a dropoff, but he'd have to have a ridiculous dropoff in OBP in order to lose that much WAR (and he'd probably never get the ABs to drop to -3.5 WAR if he were that bad)
  21. Alex
    And if a guy strikes out 20- 25% of the time in AA and over 40% in the bigs?
  22. Alex
    I was actually going to point this out. If Correia finished the 7th in an NL game with no runs and the pitch count, they leave him in, too. So, in this instance, I think that there is no real good answer. The fact that he didn't pitch beyond 7 innings is probably telling, but it's tough to pull a guy that's given up no runs AND his stuff looks like it's working (in his case, getting a ton of ground balls).
  23. Alex
    At the same time, having players basically skip a level (especially when there are big question marks -Hicks this year and Dozier and Parmalee last year), leads to far more question mark, whereas had they spent a significant time in AAA, some of their holes might have been recognized and been in a much better situation to fill.
  24. Alex
    And who put Parmalee in that position last year? And, if it happens to Hicks, who will have put him in that position? While I don't think he should have been demoted yet, this is something different from a slump. I also think that if a player is major league ready, he should be, you know, major league ready. I don't expect numbers like he put up in AA, but I would expect numbers where you wouldn't consider using Drew Butera as a pinch hitter for him. The Twins said he was ready. So far, they've been wrong.
  25. Alex
    Time to get caught up on Game of Thrones.
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