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  1. d-mac
    More context, there are 381 position players to have at least 170 PA's in MLB since the start of 2015. Of them Buxton has the worst strikeout rate, 4th worst BB/K ratio (Danny Santana has the worst, and Rosario is #10 on that list), 10th worst wOBA and wRC+ (Santana is #3 on both lists), and 27th worst fWAR (and in few PA's than anyone ahead of him on the list).
  2. d-mac
    And his first 4 games had 35% of his PA's. According to BBRef he's at 35% K rate at both his last 7 day and 14 day splits. Which is his career K rate. That's to go with ONE walk all season. And that came in last night's game... the same game in which Ricky freaking Nolasco was walked. That doesn't look like improvement to me. He's had 22 PA's all season with 2 strikes. He's struck out in 18 of them. The pitcher has gotten ahead in 14 PA's and he has struck out in 8 of them, with ZERO hits. Buxton has hit .162/.205/.297 this year. For context Drew Butera's career triple slash is .185/.242/.266. Buxton is the definition of an automatic out. The kid needs 350-400 PA's in AAA just to learn some basic plate discipline and pitch recognition. The rest of this line-up is starting to get hot. Except Buxton is hitting what he is hitting, and the Twins' catchers have collectively .125/.167/.232. If the Twins expect to crawl back into contention, they absolutely cannot have two automatic outs in the line-up.
  3. d-mac
    Sure, Milone is a backend soft-tossing starter. But he's lightyears ahead of Jason Marquis, Kevin Correia, and Mike Pelfrey.
  4. d-mac
    Hi there Keith Law!
  5. d-mac
    He's starting to heat up. He really seems to be really seeing the ball well right now.
  6. d-mac
    He has struck out on exactly 45% of his plate appearances. What part of that is close?
  7. d-mac
    Good comp. Dozier is faster and probably a better fielder, but Uggla had more power.
  8. d-mac
    https://coubsecure-a.akamaihd.net/get/b125/p/coub/simple/cw_timeline_pic/eb35f3a0909/2030bc1fb53badf45f722/med_1443077189_image.jpg
  9. d-mac
    His putting the bunting up now.
  10. d-mac
    This begs the question of "WHY THE HELL IS HE IN THE MAJORS NOW!?"
  11. d-mac
    Very well said. I think at this point, being in the majors is not doing him any good. I think it has and will continue to stunt his development with the bat. While his tools can allow him to be McCutchen, his approach at the plate and his contact tools are so undeveloped at this point he could just as easily washout of the bigs. Buxton is playing at a below replacement level (fWAR), so it's hard for me to see this as anything other than a lose-lose situation: being on the 25 man roster is hurting this team now, and hurting his development long-term. He needs to be in AAA for as long as it takes to get his bat ready for the show.
  12. d-mac
    http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/Iced_Eagle/badumtsss.gif
  13. d-mac
    Kepler needs to play every day. So I'm fine with him going down.
  14. d-mac
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/katoh-projects-minnesota-twins-prospects/ Over at fangraphs, Chris Mitchell's KATOH projection system ranked Arraez as the Twins #7 prospect. Being extremely young for a level, hitting over .300, and walking more than he strikes out indicates that he may be a quality prospect.
  15. d-mac
    Man, I'm pretty excited about LaMonte Wade and Luis Arraez. Anytime minor league hitters can walk more than they strike out in a season I take notice. When they show the ability to do that at multiple levels I get excited. IMO, strikeout to walk ratios are the most important minor league stat for both position players and pitchers. Also, I really hope Stewart's strikeouts are legit.
  16. d-mac
    I guess this tells you what other MLB organizations thought of Gardenhire as a coach.
  17. d-mac
    Sometimes it's just that simple. I read on TD (not sure who posted about it) about how Span and Morneau returned to productive hitters in the 3rd full season after their concussions. That led me to take a late-round flyer on Joe in my fantasy league this year. I'm glad I did! I'm happy for Joe, brain injuries are tough.
  18. d-mac
    Hello, Vanimal. First time caller. I'd like to formally apologize to all of Twins territory for the nine game losing streak. This past weekend I went to one of my good college friends' bachelor party down at the Wisconsin Dells. I leave the state of Minnesota and what do they do? Sweep the Angels. I was clearly responsible for all the losing. Unfortunately, I'm back in town now, so I predict a loss to the Brewers today. Thanks for taking my call, I just needed to get that off my chest.
  19. d-mac
    Totally true. However, I've been telling everyone who would listen from day one in spring training that Buxton needed to start the year in AAA.
  20. d-mac
    The two regimes are indistinguishable. It was the same brain trust the entire time.
  21. d-mac
    http://rs1096.pbsrc.com/albums/g330/coloradogirl86/Clapping/tumblr_m6odkq8jNo1qbolbn_zps4103fd0c.gif~c200
  22. d-mac
    No worries. I gotcha.
  23. d-mac
    Most people don't vote or don't care, voting and the political system is a sham. Doesn't mean you don't feel certain ways about things.
  24. d-mac
    Of course classical liberalism and modern American liberalism a two entirely different things. I disagree with the "viewing the big picture" statement. I am most interested in putting a winning team on the field. And not one that contends for playoff spots. I want a team that competes for championships and dominates the division most years. I think many of the moves Ryan is making will cost this team wins in the future and limit potential. Namely rushing Buxton, Sano in RF, playing Suzuki over Murphy, and keeping May and Berrios out of the rotation over Milone and Nolasco.
  25. d-mac
    Totally off topic, but sort of related... feel free to moderate this post moderators. I've noticed that the pro vs anti-Terry Ryan argument has sort of a political feel to it. I wonder that if the folks defending Ryan tend to innately defer to/ trust the powers that be. Those that oppose, such as myself, tend to resent and mistrust concentrated power. As an example, I consider myself a radical libertarian, nearly straight up anarchist. I suspect many of those who oppose Ryan tend to lean more classically liberal/ libertarian. Those who support tend to be more authoritarian/conservative or authoritarian/progressive. I've been wondering this for a long time now.
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