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  1. spinowner
    *sigh* I realize that some people refuse to accept the idea that Mauer's concussion is a very reasonable and highly likely explanation for the decrease in his offensive production. But I do not understand why some people refuse to accept the idea that Mauer's concussion is a very reasonable and highly likely explanation for the decrease in his offensive production.
  2. spinowner
    There are many of us who have been saying over the course of the last two seasons that the correlation between his concussion and the decrease in his offensive production is so significant that it's highly likely that the former caused the latter. This newly-surfaced information certainly lends support to that hypothesis, but even if he didn't notice any specific symptoms concussions can cause subtle changes that aren't readily apparent to the sufferer. Looking back, none of his previous injuries resulted in much of a change in his hitting skills. And it's rare for an elite hitter to experience such a precipitous dropoff at his age. There's a principle in logic called Occam's Razor which states that the simplest explanation is also the most likely one. It appears to me that it applies here.
  3. spinowner
    You're describing Eduardo Escobar.
  4. spinowner
    I apologize for not being clear. Teams like the Yankees can sign free agents at their peak years. This requires overspending. They have the resources to retool every year and go for it. It's simply not feasible for the Twins to take that approach. What I envision when I talk about a consistently good roster is something like what Cleveland did in the '90's, specifically drafting and developing enough good young talent to sustain a multi-year run of above-average play. For the Twins to succeed they have to get the most out of their draftees. This takes time and patience. Baseball players take a long time to develop from draftee to major leaguer. Players can be ruined by trying to move them too fast.
  5. spinowner
    If it's me whom you are referencing feel free to use my user name. However, I'd prefer to be quoted accurately. That's not what I said. Here's the quote: "However, last time I checked the goal in MLB is to win the WS. So the postseason is in fact a more important measure than the regular season." This does not mean that I think the goal is to win the WS every year. That's an unrealistic, unsustainable and highly risky path to follow. A few franchises have the means to do that, maybe the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers, but even those teams can't do it every year because there are simply too many intangibles in baseball. The means to the end of winning the WS (IMHO) is to assemble a consistently good roster and hope that, from time to time, the cards fall just right and a World Championship can be won. In those years where enhancements can be made without mortgaging the future I'm all for it. The Twins were not at that point last year nor are they at that point this year unless we get outlier-type performances from quite a few players.
  6. spinowner
    It's a tough business, to be sure, and it's very common to do the best you can and still fail. I think the 29 GM's who fail each year probably are able to move on with their lives.
  7. spinowner
    They may have had the roster best suited to win the regular season. However, last time I checked the goal in MLB is to win the WS. So the postseason is in fact a more important measure than the regular season. The 2001 Mariners are now remembered as the best baseball team that ever failed.
  8. spinowner
    Zero or less. We'd have lost either to the Yankees or to the Royals in the postseason. And we'd be further away from contention this year and in the future because we would have had to give up another prospect or two to get those couple more wins.
  9. spinowner
    There's also 00. Probably Jeffrey Leonard.
  10. spinowner
    I liked this, but I'd probably have to choose Al Oliver.
  11. spinowner
    As for Buxton, I'm in favor of whatever TR and PM think is best for his development. I don't know enough about baseball and about Buxton to say whether that means AAA or the bigs and neither does anyone else on this board. But if he heads to Rochester the team should not make any significant sacrifices to acquire a stopgap center fielder. Trying to get a couple extra wins while we wait would not be worth giving up anything.
  12. spinowner
    How'd that work out for the Blue Jays last year? How'd that work out for Oakland in 2014? Look at KC. They didn't make big sacrifices. They built their team for longer term success primarily with young players. Yes, it's better to win than to lose but if you put all your eggs in one season's basket you'd better wind up with a dominating team. Otherwise there's a high risk of ending up rebuilding for years when you should have been contending. Oh, and by the way, as we all know, this is and ever shall be an agree-to-disagree issue. (And we all love to disagree!)
  13. spinowner
    I love offbeat stuff like this. My son once found a web site that listed all major league players who have (or had) names that no other major league player has had. There are a handful who have (or had) both unique first names and unique last names. For example, there has only been one major leaguer whose first name was Dustan and there has only been one major leaguer whose last name was Mohr. Also, there has only been one major leaguer whose first name was Harmon and there has only been one major leaguer whose last name was Killebrew. I asked my son about that recently and he doesn't recall how he came across it. I made a brief effort to find it but my internet search skills are very rudimentary so I didn't succeed. I think it would be extremely cool if someone is able to track that down.
  14. spinowner
    Here's where I (and many others) disagree with you (and many others). The goal (IMHO) should be to build a franchise that contends consistently over a long stretch of time. A team is more likely (IMHO) to win a World Championship by qualifying for the postseason several years in a row than by going all-in for one year.
  15. spinowner
    I have always felt that a team needs at least one left-handed starter to have hope for any real success. I'd really like the Twins to make a move in that direction if Milone is not consistently good. The other thing is that it's better to have two #1's and three #5's in the rotation than five #3's. Your regular season record would probably not be much different either way but you'll have a much better chance of success in the postseason. Classic example: the 1987 Twins.
  16. spinowner
    Mastroianni would lead the majors in SB's if stealing first base was allowed.
  17. spinowner
    You can also do a work-around when it comes to 3B. Escobar could move there from SS with Santana taking SS or Sano could move there from the OF with Santana taking the OF position.
  18. spinowner
    Last year Reusse wrote about Sano and Vargas sending Phil Roof BP pitches to places very far away. Let us know if there are any similar happenings this year.
  19. spinowner
    The Rosario/Santana/Buxton situation reminds me a lot of the Jacque Jones/Torii Hunter situation in about 1999 or 2000. Jones played somewhat out of position in center during Hunter's stints in AAA. I can see the same thing happening with Rosario and/or Santana covering center until Buxton comes up for good. And, as I've said in the past, the Twins need to do what's best for Buxton. The Twins did him no favors by calling him up too soon last season. If putting him at AAA is what TR and PM think is best for him this April then that's what should happen, even if that means the team struggles on the big league level while he develops.
  20. spinowner
    A: The opinion of many, many baseball people and his age. B: The opinion of many, many baseball people and his age. C: Injury prone means a player either is physically fragile or consistently disregards healthy practices. Based on that, IMHO he's no more injury prone than any other inexperienced player. My guess is he'll be healthier than the average player going forward. And if he's still having trouble 4 years from now I'll agree that he's a bust. But I'll bet that won't happen.
  21. spinowner
    He needs to get an outfielder's glove on his left hand. I know he's a big man but that's an infielder-sized glove.
  22. spinowner
    This was just something to do for the sake of seeing how the numbers turned out. In no way is it an accurate representation of the strength of a team's farm system.
  23. spinowner
    A: Not yet. I think he has a good chance to do so this season. B: Not yet. I think he has a good chance to do so this season. C: Wrist injury in 2014: $#!+ happens. Concussion in 2014: Fluke. Thumb injury in 2015: Mistake due to inexperience. Injury prone: Nope. Last sentence: Dude is barely 22 years old. If he's still having trouble in 4 years then we can start to worry.
  24. spinowner
    This.
  25. spinowner
    I've never been wrong in my life. There was one time when I thought I was, but it turned out I was wrong.
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