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  1. ewen21
    I do not agree with the underlined for the simple fact that his offense is way WAY behind the curve and it simply isn't going to correct itself. The last seven weeks of last year seems more and more like a mirage. Subtract out that little run and his major league stats are atrocious. I am also worried about his propensity for getting injured and the zeal with which he runs into walls. I am having a hard time envisioning him being much more than a Jackie Bradley type..... And it is funny. When Bradley had his little spurt 2 years ago people liked to compare Buxton to him. How come not now? Not positive enough? Let's get real with Buxton.
  2. ewen21
    When you to have say we aren't as bad as the Reds, Marlins and Padres to find a sliver lining you are reaching. If this is "being positive" then I don't any part of it. The Twins need to make tough decisions and honestly assess what they need to do. I happen think they need to let go of both Molitor and Mauer after this season. It is time to move on into the next era. Needing local guys to sell the product is a Mickey Mouse approach.
  3. ewen21
    Interesting.
  4. ewen21
    Should we find a CF now?
  5. ewen21
    Ya well....Buxton better hit next year or we will be looking to fill the void in CF again
  6. ewen21
    Exactly. It isn't too much of a reach to You cannot discount Cave's comments, but he also did some dumb and awkward stuff that makes you shake your head. The talk about not getting an extension was sour grapes to me. The "respect the game" BS in Baltimore was ridiculous. There were a number of times he had lapses in the field and sometimes doesn't run out balls. He gets visibly affected by things that go on and it sometimes caused him to sag instead of double down and get fierce. I did not like his antics after Escobar was beaned by Porcello. He joked about it with Escobar RIGHT THERE in front of cameras and I don't care what anyone says. That was awkward, dumb stuff. If that "keeping the boys loose" stuff is what leadership is made of then give me a different leader. Good luck to him in LA, but he should have understood the baseball business better. He wanted guaranteed money before the season started and he has had a lame season. We made the right decision.
  7. ewen21
    Fungible? Is George Will in the house?
  8. ewen21
    Tough to like a post such as this, but I appreciate sober thinking over "positivity" He seems to get a varitey of injuries every year and above all of it there is his propensity for running into walls and the migraine issues. I don't see how he lasts very long as an effective player in this league nless something changes very soon I would almost DH him exclusively in Rochester just to make the point that he has to hit and stay healthy
  9. ewen21
    Yes, and besides, Sano and Buxton have been healthy but they simply are not performing well enough to be with the big club. I have heard that these two being injured hurt the team although it is their performance that hurt the team a lot more
  10. ewen21
    That is all very cute, but we know what happened last year.
  11. ewen21
    Not meaning to be argumentative. WIth that, I will pull myself out of here for a few days Take care
  12. ewen21
    That one game "playoff" might be the post season to you. It isn't to me. That game was only a chance to make it to the post season.
  13. ewen21
    You seriously don't believe the buyer teams who express interest don't also express any concerns about the player they are interested in acquiring? You seriously don't think they try to drive the price down? I only expressed only ONE WAY how they might do that. I didn't even bring up his "clutchness" or lack of it. I simply responded to a poster who dismissed it as nothing. I am saying it MIGHT NOT be nothing to the buyer teams. The stuff you put in quotes is your own fabrication. Please don't try to pawn that junk off on me. Thanks
  14. ewen21
    That was never in dispute. It is a statistical fact that players (by and large) have worse "close and late" numbers but in the case of Dozier it is rather significant. He is also a veteran with no postseason experience. That can be a factor working against as well. I am only saying what the other side of the market is going to do. They will accentuate negatives as a means to counter the Twins. I am not going to say "other teams should want Dozier because..."
  15. ewen21
    I never said the negotiation hinged on those splits. It was only an example of ways Dozier's value can be further deflated. As I said in the last post, there wasn't a market for him last year. There isn't much of a market this year and he now only a two month rental. I guess we can sell the "Dozier gets hot in the second half angle" but then that is only lip service. What team is going to part with anything much by pinning their hopes on that?
  16. ewen21
    Yes, this opinions are subjective, but you are dealing in absolutes when you assert the data as completely irrelevant in the negotiation process. Not sure how you can do that. You are essentially saying it will have no affect at all and I don't see how there is a 0% chance those numbers don't get looked at or considered. I surely want to get as much for Dozier as we can, but we didn't get many bites last year and that was when he was slightly more than a two month rental
  17. ewen21
    I am not pretending to have a crystal ball. Nowhere have I predicted what he might do in the second half because that is pie in the sky nothing. In this situation, I stick to the facts. Teams possibly interested in Dozier will use whatever they can to get him for less. If these numbers are avaiilable to laypeople like us, don't you think office executives who do this for a living witl use myriad stats (these included) during the negotiation process? Put all that aside, and just look at where he is now. This was supposed to be the year for him to play for a mulityear contract. If he gets injured or doesn't have a very strong second half he isn't going to get the deal he was hoping for before this season. NOt even close.
  18. ewen21
    YOu can have your own opinion on this. I simply presented the facts. This is potential leverage against the Twins in any negotiations because to a contender they want to push his value down. It is the art of the deal. On the underlined, I know full well that close and late numbers are usually slightly lower, but it isn't in this case. His numbers are SIGNIFICANLY lower than his output in other situations. Not just a little bit, a lotta bit. Am I somehow wrong in these points?
  19. ewen21
    I did not use the word "choker". I simply presented the facts. My main point is that Dozier's performance in these situations can not be called an anomaly and in trade negotiations they will look for any way to undercut his value. These statistics are out there and they are not going to be ignored. You can draw your own conclusions.
  20. ewen21
    It isn't important that you agree with me or not. I simply presented the facts and these facts will more than likely be brought into the equation during any kinds of deadline deals.
  21. ewen21
    This is the kind of thing, quite frankly, that does this forum no good. You didn't even look at the links I have provided. The links I posted highlighted his CAREER NUMBERS so what you said above isn't even what I was talking about. I don't mind when people disagree with me, but I do have trouble with what you just did. I will try again and this time please give me some feedback on what these numbers say to you: CAREER NUMBERS, close and late: https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=clutc%7CLate%20%26%20Close%7Cdoziebr01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C CAREER NUMBERS, Margin > 4 R https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=clutc%7CMargin%20%3E%204%20R%7Cdoziebr01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C
  22. ewen21
    Dozier has been consistently horrible in close and late situations: https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=clutc%7CLate%20%26%20Close%7Cdoziebr01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C On the other hand, when the run margin in greater than 4 runs he is much MUCH better: https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=clutc%7CMargin%20%3E%204%20R%7Cdoziebr01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C There is enough statistical evidence to destroy any dismissiveness about how he performs in these situations. And if anyone thinks playoff teams are unaware of these statistics or are going to ignore them in trade negotiations they need to think again. This is more about the Twins than it is Dozier. He could have done better this year to command more value and demand and he choked in that area. Not the Twins fault.
  23. ewen21
    He has been on awful teams he seems to always heat up as soon as the season is lost I am tired of his act as well. He ticked me off with his comments about CIsco bunting on us early in the season and did it again after Escobar was hit by Porcello. What the heck is this all about? Is this supposed to be "breaking chops" which allegedly equates to "keeping the clubhouse loose" i.e "leadership"? Not funny (especially in front of the camera) when the incident was still fresh.
  24. ewen21
    Still not sure what the trouble is. But OK....life goes on
  25. ewen21
    YES, we actually are in agreement here. Remember the Dozier thread last year? Seems hardly worth it to have a reprisal of what happened there. I would be interested to know what kind of prospect we'd get. I actually agree with beckmt. Hard to imagine doing much better than the QO. THat isn't what I want the Twins to do because I feel Dozier has to be moved at this point. He is not a fit here
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