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  1. spinowner
    And Nolasco starting on opening day is not the worst thing about the Angels' situation. They owe Albert Pujols $26M this year. And $27M in 2018. And $28M in 2019. And $29M in 2020. And $30M in 2021. Plus $10M for a personal services contract after that. All with a full no-trade clause.
  2. spinowner
    It is an economic issue, but it's regarding Haley. They would have to give something up if they want him to go to Rochester. That's where Park's roster spot went.
  3. spinowner
    More pitchers are needed when it's cold because it's more difficult to stay loose when it's cold, making it easier for pitchers to get injured, especially if there are a lot of warm/cool cycles (like between innings). There are fewer home runs when it's cold because cold air is more dense and provides more resistance to an object moving through it, hence fly balls don't travel as far. So both posts are correct.
  4. spinowner
    I doubt that. The advantage of a higher draft position is much less in baseball than in other sports, especially basketball. Purposely losing confers hardly any benefit.
  5. spinowner
    It's difficult to predict pitching match-ups more than a week ahead of time due to off days, injuries, etc. I think it's prudent to set your rotation going generally from most-reliable to least-reliable, also trying to avoid putting similar pitchers back-to-back.
  6. spinowner
    Kepler has played a significant amount of 1B in the minors. I don't know if he has kept his infield skills current or not. The thing about him as Mauer's backup is they are both left-handed batters. Have Grossman and Giminez actually played 1B in the past? I'm wondering if they might have some talks going on with agents and/or other teams that they hope to finalize between now and Monday. This roster feels very temporary to me.
  7. spinowner
    Not if Hughes (or anyone else) has trouble getting through two innings.
  8. spinowner
    Instead of being the last man in the Twins' pen I think it's better to have him close full time at Rochester. He'll get more meaningful work in that way.
  9. spinowner
    Of the players currently on the major league roster I think Pressly would be the most likely to succeed as closer if and when Kintzler is injured or gone. But I'm guessing that Chargois is who the Twins higher-ups envision as the next closer. I think he was sent to Rochester so he can close full time and get more experience doing that before being thrust into that role in the majors.
  10. spinowner
    I hope Breslow has a good first 2 months. He'd be a great flip candidate.
  11. spinowner
    That would be a textbook example of an inmate running the asylum!
  12. spinowner
    Massive failure? These guys have been on the job less than five months. They have spent a lot of that time just getting organized, and I'm sure that process has a ways to go yet. They have had to familiarize themselves with the entire organization, players, scouts, coaches, etc. etc. Yes, who is on the major league roster is important, but to have a new administration stumble into a world championship happens once in a lifetime, and we already had our once in a lifetime in 1987.
  13. spinowner
    I agree with Tonkin being cast as a AAAA player. I don't know the detailed stats about his HR's allowed, but I suspect a high percentage of those were off his fastball. We've heard for years that his fastball is straight, and apparently nothing any of the Twins pitching coaches has tried has helped. Not many minor leaguers can do much with a straight 97, but there are a lot of MLB players who can hit them very very far. That said, I suppose it's not that big of a deal whether he gets one more chance with us or not.
  14. spinowner
    I also thank you for the very valuable insight of an Elizabethton resident and fan.
  15. spinowner
    I've posted this before but I'll do it again. http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/3/17/795946/optimizing-your-lineup-by For those who don't want to read the whole article (it's not very long), here's the takeaway: Here's how the lineup spots rank in the importance of avoiding outs: #1, #4, #2, #5, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9 So, you want your best three hitters to hit in the #1, #4, and #2 spots. Distribute them so OBP is higher in the order and SLG is lower. Then place your fourth and fifth best hitters, with the #5 spot usually seeing the better hitter, unless he's a high-homerun guy. Then place your four remaining hitters in decreasing order of overall hitting ability, with basestealers ahead of singles hitters. Finally, stop talking like the lineup is a make-or-break decision. The last sentence of the excerpt makes it sound like the author thinks that a batting order doesn't really make a lot of difference. I think I disagree, but it would be interesting to see a large sample size of this strategy, like an entire season. The thing to do would be to look at the ratio of runs scored to other measures of batting effectiveness in this type of lineup compared with the traditional approach.
  16. spinowner
    Those four might add up to three major leaguers.
  17. spinowner
    After warming three times it's not just tomorrow. He might be unusable for tonight's game too.
  18. spinowner
    Your actions on and off the field should show respect for your opponent. It's a golden rule thing. Don't do something you wouldn't like your opponent to do. That may sound simple but context matters. In MLB games the context is fairly uniform, but the WBC presents a dilemma in that two teams from different cultures operate in different contexts during the same game. So it's no surprise that one team might think that certain actions were completely acceptable while the other team might think that the same actions were completely unacceptable.
  19. spinowner
    Guess I'll have to head to Surdyk's this Sunday to pick some up!
  20. spinowner
    Ish, ick, yuk, and ewwk.
  21. spinowner
    I first saw this in a previous thread on this site but I think it's worth re-posting.
  22. spinowner
    To add irony, the player sliding into Perez was Drew Butera, his KC teammate and backup. Are MLB rules in force for these games? I confess not being clear about the rule regarding plays at the plate. It looks like Perez didn't give Butera a path to the plate. And it appeared that Butera did not slide toward the plate but rather directly into Perez.
  23. spinowner
    Heezy, thanks greatly for allowing us to read your expert analysis. I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope you will consent to be on call to answer any sports medicine questions that may occur in the future.
  24. spinowner
    Thanks in advance for your valuable contribution to this thread!
  25. spinowner
    Actually just one tear. In his UCL.
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