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  1. gil4
    I really hate to hear this, and I hope it's not true, although there doesn't appear to be anyone refuting this and addiction is a battle you have to win every single day for the rest of your life. I heard about the story in context of him traveling for a meeting about disciplinary actions, so I assume he's facing a suspension of some kind. I don't know how much of his past counts toward any action MLB might take now, but the real issue is whether of not he can get his life back on track.
  2. gil4
    GUILTY! Off with their heads!!!
  3. gil4
    Any list of prospects will consist of mainly players who are young for the league. If you play like you're a prospect, you move up. If you don't, you stick around getting older until they need the roster spot for someone else. There are some timeline differences between college and high school draftees, but the college guys really don't have much margin for error. That clock is ticking right away.
  4. gil4
    That's probably the case. The Twins haven't had a bunch of guys that have been dominating levels but still being held back. They have had guy spend more time at levels because they struggled. Was Denard Span held back? Heck, no. I thought he was a wasted pick until he had that Lasik surgery and started hitting.
  5. gil4
    Twins AA manager Doug Mientkiewicz was drafted by the Twins in the 4th round of 1995, when I was 30. I'm 50 now and with that milestone I have officially scrapped the idea of brushing up on my knuckleball and heading to one of the MLB tryouts. (If it really starts dancing I can still dust the plan off and use it.)
  6. gil4
    I'm excited about Gordon as a prospect, and I'm really excited about the fact that there are five more rated higher.
  7. gil4
    I don't know if my nerves can take another game seven. Can we make it game four to complete the sweep instead?
  8. gil4
    Which means plenty of good seats should be available for me when the Twins head that way... time to check the schedule
  9. gil4
    It wasn't slow typing, just a lot of it. It was worth it - good analysis. I didn't realize Turner had hit so well after that slow start. From what I've heard. he's MLB-ready or close to it behind the plate, and that by itself has some value. I like Polanco and I would guess his future value will be higher than Turner's, but Turner's floor is higher. I'm sure Rosario is coming up on the list, but there are definitely causes for concern there. Is Garver coming up or is he outside the top 20?
  10. gil4
    And I thought I was the irrational optimist.
  11. gil4
    I think we are given such limited glimpses of even the most visible athletes that there is no way for us to know that. They are different players with different strengths and weaknesses. I still think Hicks has a chance to be a very good player, and I hope this is the year he puts it together.
  12. gil4
    Sounds reasonable to me (and my member title.)
  13. gil4
    Under team control until 2019 - no need to pay full market value for a couple of years.
  14. gil4
    So you didn't want to sit around to see if UTEP could make a comeback? I used to go to UTEP games a couple of times a year back when the AF took me to New Mexico. The scheduled OU a couple of times (at OU, of course) and, while I understand the concept of getting paid, I don't think any amount is worth subjecting their players to that. They didn't just lose, they got beat up, and then they ended up losing to teams they should have beaten (yes, there are teams worse than UTEP) because they had guys injured from the OU game.
  15. gil4
    So you prefer to let them walk Florimon or Butera to let the pitcher attempt to bunt?
  16. gil4
    If he does it on days that end in "y" I'll be much more impressed,
  17. gil4
    I'm having a hard time putting too much weight on that -1.6 dWAR over 74 games. Until a manager sets his glove on fire, he's not as bad a defender as Willie Norwood, and hitting was at least in the same ballpark. Norwood just kept it up for 294 games. Which is worse, 79 OPS+ over 294 games or 66 OPS+ over 74 games? At least with the latter you can blame SSS.
  18. gil4
    The Pags-Leius platoon we really only effective the one year. In 1992 they stunk - when you put their OPS+ together it was 101, which would have been fine if you put them together by averaging rather than by adding 75 (Leius) and 26 (Pags.) The real combined OPS+ was closer to 75 than 26 because Pags only had 108 PA due to injuries, but still, the race that year might have been interesting longer if they had repeated the '91 performance. In 93 it was Leius' turn to get hurt - 10 games, 22 PA - and Pags got traded to the O's in August that year to break up the duo. The 12 and 13 -man bullpens have really cut into the platooning possibilities, and the Twins really just hit on an ideal match in 1991. In today's game, Leius would really have to play some SS and 2B, too (because there's no way Pagliarulo was going to do it.) The platoon did help both, although it helped Pags more. Here are their 1991 PA & OPS both with and without the platoon advantage: Pags - 374 PA/.712 OPS vs.19 PA/566 OPS Leius - 161/.872 vs. 74/.640.
  19. gil4
    The question is slightly different, but the answer is still the same.
  20. gil4
    I don't know enough to have an educated opinion, but that never stops anyone online anyway. He was with the pre-Moneyball A's and the abysmal Cubs. His minor league teams seem to have had enough success. Call it a wash.
  21. gil4
    It's harder to be strictly a platoon as a predominant RH hitter because there are so many fewer ABs against LHPs. The RH platoon partner really needs to be able to do more.
  22. gil4
    Willie Norwood and crop circles in the same sentence, and the scary thing is I can remember quite a few fly balls to RF this year that make me think, "Yeah, I know exactly wehat you're talking about." I've been having trouble posting with IE, but your post prompted me to finally download Firefox so I can participate again.
  23. gil4
    I'm still having that issue Edit: IE11 at home and at work.
  24. gil4
    I'll have to get a red one (or is that magenta?) I'm glad they already have them in my size.
  25. gil4
    Historically I don't know that's the case. They were well-paid, but Nick Punto probably made more in inflation-adjusted baseball income than most HoF players prior to 1970.
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