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  1. mazeville
    Bone contusion. In the "hamate area" and not necessarily a hamate injury. He's fine. I can breathe now. Still, I'd give him like two days off just in case.
  2. mazeville
    Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuu ... I'd spell the rest of it but I don't want my comment to get deleted. Feel awful. Buxton was an exciting player. And he was a HUGE reason the Twins are winning. Now he'll probably be out for the year. Ffffffffffffuuuu ....
  3. mazeville
    This. Numerous people on this site point out Sano's weight and insist he should be at first or DH. Personally, I don't think he should be at first or DH. I think he should remain at third, where he's worked hard and has made significant improvements. But I ALSO believe it's perfectly fair to expect a team to push a young player to think about conditioning and weight to ensure he has the best chance at a long and healthy career. It's not saying he's lazy, or he has no work ethic. It's just saying that conditioning is a part of the game that players have to pay attention to. The Twins, and Jim Souhan, don't believe Sano is doing enough on that front.
  4. mazeville
    We take his word for it because the team's longest tenured current beat writer backed Souhan's article, and the fact that he got it from inside the clubhouse.
  5. mazeville
    It's a well established fact that conditioning and weight impact injury recovery. Could he have included more medical evidence to support this? Sure. But it's hardly a new idea. And as a reminder, since this column has come out, it's been reported that Sano will likely take longer to come off the DL and could be kept from playing third base as a result: http://www.twincities.com/2017/08/25/miguel-sano-not-much-closer-to-returning-to-twins-lineup/ Now, maybe the slow recovery has nothing to do with weight. But given that the team fed a local columnist concern about Sano's weight and now he's recovering slowly enough that he'll take longer to come off the disabled list, boy it sure looks like that might be an issue here. And again, it's potentially keeping the team's biggest weapon from the lineup during a playoff push. If that's not a reason for concern, and a potential column, I don't know what is. I'm not saying all this because I loved the column -- frankly, the comment about "bags of fast food" was annoying; come on, Jim, these are 20-something dudes here -- but athlete conditioning in the modern era is a legitimate topic of discussion. And on this site, Sano's weight is a FREQUENT topic. Just read comments about how Sano should be DH in a couple of years ...
  6. mazeville
    The injury isn't due to his weight. I never said that. Souhan never said that. Recovery from injury absolutely is related to weight, and if he comes back from the injury slowly, then weight well could be a factor.
  7. mazeville
    Um ... so did I.
  8. mazeville
    I remain convinced that Hrbek could have had a longer and more productive career had he taken better care of himself. That's not "bias." Conditioning matters. This is professional sports, not a desk job.
  9. mazeville
    It's also a notable point that Sano would deal with a FAR harsher press environment wherever he did end up going.
  10. mazeville
    How do you know it was "casually put out there by the team?" I hardly think that feeding concern about a player's conditioning to a columnist with a track record such as Souhan's is "casual." And nowhere does the article say that the Twins are "getting to him." If the Twins were really "getting to him" then they almost certainly would not be feeding this sort of thing to Souhan.
  11. mazeville
    It absolutely will be negatively impacting a team if his weight prevents him from recovering from this injury faster than he would had his conditioning been better. This is a team in a playoff race. Sano is the team's most dangerous hitter. He is out after fouling a ball off of his shin. Poor conditioning CAN prevent him from recovering sooner. No question about it.
  12. mazeville
    Oh, GOD, please. "We used to have a press who supported the team, and would even avoid publishing harmful negative stories." Give me a break. You really want a press that just writes happy-go-lucky pieces on the local nine? REALLY? And yet here you are on a blog where a sizable portion of the pieces and comments are critical about team decisionmaking and player performance? Honestly ... You can disagree with the article or take Souhan to task for his views -- believe me, some of his stuff makes me want to burn my paper -- but the day we get a press who only "supports the team" will hopefully be the day I did.
  13. mazeville
    The Strib beat writer defended the column, saying that Souhan got the idea from inside the clubhouse. This wasn't some columnist simply bashing Sano with nothing backing him up. He had people inside the organization worried about his conditioning. That is very significant. And conditioning IS a legitimate concern when it comes to a professional ball player because poor conditioning absolutely can lead to more injuries and long-tern problems. If the Twins weren't paying attention to Sano's conditioning, then then the GM should be fired and replaced with someone who is.
  14. mazeville
    If they're sharing their concern with the press, it likely means they haven't been able to get to him, specifically. That's usually how this works. Private pressure doesn't work, you then try publish pressure. Not sure I agree with it, but that's likely how this went.
  15. mazeville
    I'm not a big fan of Souhan's columns. I'm even less of a fan on health-related pieces like this one. Some of the things written in the piece made me cringe. That said, I feel at least some pressure to get people on here to put away their pitchforks. 1. That piece clearly came from inside the Twins organization. The Strib's beat writer has been among the column's biggest defenders. Reserve much of your anger for whomever fed Souhan the piece. Because someone almost certainly did feed Souhan that piece. 2. Whether anybody likes it or not, size matters. I'm old enough to remember Kent Hrbek. And that means I'm old enough to remember a player who let his weight stand between himself and being a truly great player. He played in a diminishing number of games in his 30s, and his last game was at the age of 34. No, size isn't what put Sano on the disabled list. But size will affect his recovery time, and it most definitely could make him more injury prone as he gets older. Want a long career in sports? Take care of yourself, for crying out loud. It's a perfectly legitimate concern for a major league baseball team to be concerned about the conditioning of one of its best young players. In fact, I'd be irritated as hell if they weren't. Prince Fielder didn't miss a game for a long string in his 20s. But he was out of baseball at the age of 32.
  16. mazeville
    Oh for goodness sakes. Bunting is a GREAT part of Byron Buxton's arsenal and they should be encouraging bunting as much as humanly possible. Check out this piece on the best bunters of all time. https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/12/10/3748738/best-bunter-all-time-career-bunt-hits-bases-empty-mlb Do you know who is on this list? Mickey Mantle. From the article: Since July 1, Buxton has been a totally different hitter. He has improved steadily as the year has progressed, and right now he is the team's single best player (Yes, Sano included). Bunting enables Buxton to weather difficult stretches. But it adds a piece to his game that frustrates the hell out of other teams because they always have to be prepared for the possibility that he will bunt. The fact that he can do that, and hit a few pitches over the fence, makes him a potential superstar.
  17. mazeville
    I imagine his routine appearances on ESPN would make Buxton a legitimate Gold Glove candidate, if not the favorite. I really want Mauer to win and think he deserves it. But we'll see.
  18. mazeville
    I don't think it's any coincidence that the Twins' hot streak has coincided with Buxton's return from the DL. He's hitting well. And his fielding changes the game. It'll be much tougher to win without Sano, but he wasn't playing all that well to begin with. As long as other players step up, they definitely have a chance. Especially with that schedule.
  19. mazeville
    Nope. Aaron Judge weighs 280-plus and he plays RIGHT FIELD. Sano is doing fine at third. He will continue to do fine at third and, I imagine, he'll get better at it. It's not as if he's running up and down a basketball court and leaping for rebounds. It's not as if he's manning center field and running into walls. Dude plays third base.
  20. mazeville
    And by the way, on the play last night, Sano went deep into foul territory and threw across the diamond to get Austin Jackson, who isn't exactly a plodder. If that's the "edge of his range," that's one hell of a range. And that arm should not be at first base.
  21. mazeville
    No. No no no. The best strategy is to keep him at third and let him develop there. He is still young. He has had only one real season playing at third. His bat is much more valuable at third than it is at first. There is zero -- ZERO -- reasons to move him off of that position. Even with his alleged defensive liability he is still the most valuable single player on the Twins team, per WAR.
  22. mazeville
    Seriously? I get so tired of this sentiment. Sano may not be Brooks Robinson. But he made a spectacular play last night, and he's made significant improvements in his defense versus last year. He works hard at it, and wants to be a good player. As he showed last night, and on many other occasions, he can make seriously good plays over there. Give him time. He's only 24 years old. This is his first full season in the majors playing third base. He can definitely. And his best value is as a third baseman, period. That's also the best option for the Twins, who can get a number of people to play first base -- you know, like the aforementioned Rooker, or Alex Kiriloff. I doubt anybody in the minors in the Twins' system, not Nick Gordon, not Wander Javier, not Royce Lewis, has the hitting potential that Sano has and is showing. People shouldn't be so quick to put Sano at first base or designated hitter.
  23. mazeville
    The Twins traded their free agents, and got value for them. They can always trade Dozier and Santana in the offseason. The guess here is that they didn't get decent enough offers for Santana (and there weren't enough contenders in need of a second baseman for them to trade Dozier).
  24. mazeville
    Twins also got international bonus money in the deal. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/892119472861065217
  25. mazeville
    Um ... no. It hasn't. It's been OK, at best. Also, they did not do "as complete a teardown as they could." Not by a long shot. They could have traded players like Josh Willingham, Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins at deadlines when they were at their peak value and they failed. They did not such thing.
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