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  1. nicksaviking
    It looks tough for the Twins geographically to get a closer AAA team. It looks to me like Gwinnett, the Braves affiliate is easily the worst drawing team, maybe that'a the opportunity for a more local team for the Twins. If the IL would kick Gwinnett out due to attendance, then I'd think Charlotte and Durham would probably fight over getting the Braves which would cause other team's to have to reshuffle. One team would be left without a home and even though I'm sure the IL would have final say over which city is added, I'd think the MLB club sponsoring them would at least have some pull. With the new stadium and some of the best attendance in all the minor leagues, perhaps St. Paul would be pretty attractive?
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    It might be under-appreciated, but that is kind of the point. I think we can all recognize that some fans focus in baseball is on winning games, some are going to be more focused on the human interest stories and most will draw at least a little bit from both. But there are plenty of people if not most who's balance of these ideas leans much, much heavier on the idea of winning. For us, the appreciation of Perkins' recovery is going to take a backseat to chasing a playoff spot.
  3. nicksaviking
    Interesting move, I'm totally in favor of it but I'm surprised. I think most people thought if Thrope was left unprotected in the Rule V he likely wouldn't get picked after only playing in A ball. With at least some AA experience? I think he's for sure got to be protected if he ends the year healthy.
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    2000 posts, congrats!
  5. nicksaviking
    Isn't it basically the same thing as the neo-Nazi's co-opting that stupid cartoon frog as a symbol of racism, even when that's not what the creator of that stupid cartoon frog intended? They might take pride in their state or their region, but for some reason they are tying their pride to symbols that really should elicit no pride.
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    Why was Stewart promoted? Poor stats aside, if Heston and Pino are now rejoining the rotation along with Gonsalves, Hurlbert and Melville who's the odd man out? Or are they going with six the rest of the way? Even if they do go with six, Slegers is the 26th man on the MLB roster so I'd assume he'd be rejoining the Rochester rotation immediately (until September).
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    So if the team ever gets behind they should just waive the white flag and quit? Game over, no need to continue?
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    Good, I'm glad the team will at least get a MLB eval on him prior to the off season. Most people don't think his stuff is good enough for the MLB level, but it might play up in the bullpen someday. Now that he's on the 40-man, he'll likely head there at least in September assuming Santiago or Mejia are able to return.
  9. nicksaviking
    The radio had an interview with the new head of research and development. I caught that he was 30, that he was from Cleveland but not much else as I was only in the car tasked with picking up food. Anyone hear him? And did he sound like the statistical genius we've been clamoring for?
  10. nicksaviking
    I don't think there's nearly enough turnover in umpiring crews. Sorry to sound ageist, but I think AARP members in professional baseball should be the exception not the rule. If you make it that long, you should be really, really good, not because you're grandfathered in (pun intended). To be good at just about any occupation, I think you need to figure out a way to stay fresh and focused, and you need at least a possibility of job insecurity if performance warrants it. These guys need to have a better incentive to be good and be correct than getting post season work. What happened to the uniform strikezone that was implemented a few years back? Why are we still hearing "Joe West is giving a couple inches off the plate" or "Phil Cuzzi has a high zone today"? They're not supposed to be doing that, why are there no consequences for blatant disregard of the rules?
  11. nicksaviking
    And here I thought Russia and Nazis didn't get along. But seriously, I can't believe he actually said there were some "fine people" who attended the KKK rally that started the whole riot.
  12. nicksaviking
    This is tough, mostly from a reliever standpoint. I'd hate to lose Curtis, Reed, Moya or Bard and they'd have to be added to the 40-man this winter anyway. That's a lot of guys to add particularly considering Turley is already on the 40-man and may get another look this time in the bullpen where he is probably better suited. And that doesn't even include guys who the are pitching well in Rochester but who have already cleared waivers once; Melotakis and Tonkin. Normally you'd think young guys like Felix Jorge and Randy Rosario who are on the 40-man and have already been up once this year would get some bullpen appearances but I can't see any room for them this year.
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    I've moved this to the Questions About Minncentric Forum.
  14. nicksaviking
    I choose to take the parts I like seriously and completely disregard the parts I dislike.
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    Fangraphs has him at 9. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/updated-top-10-prospect-lists-al-central/ I'd guess he'd see a bigger jump after a full season of a breakout campaign instead of only half a season. But his age is going to work against him also.
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    Hey, and as a bonus, he HAS been hitting since the end of June. Batting over .300 with an OPS of .784 since returning from the DL.
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    The corner players just don't get paid like they used to on the free agent market. Even assuming Mauer is worth rostering in 2019, this is how things tend to play out when a high priced player is facing a depressed market: -Season ends and the team and the player have a conversation during the team's window where they have exclusive rights to re-sign the player. -Team leaks that there have been talks to re-sign the player causing a rift in the pro-player/move-on-from-the-player fan bases. -The talks show the player an extreme pay cut so the player decides it can't hurt to see what's on the free agent market. -The team signs another free agent to fill the player's hole, perhaps even immediately, jumping at the chance to do so knowing that the public has already been made aware that they tried to re-sign the former player but his demands were too high compared to his production.
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    That'll happen when you use the CD Rom tray as a wineglass holder.
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    If bombs start flying, I'd bet China turns Switzerland and stays out of it except to take in refugees. Russia no doubt would help fund NK but I'd bet they wouldn't engage. I'd guess it would be some kind of coalition between the US, Japan and South Korea. Maybe some allies add some token assistance, but probably only if NK throws the first punch. Not that I'm a political or military expert. But I am trying to teach my 7-year-old Risk.
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    It always had to be with the aid of Russia or China, that country is way to 3rd world to get anything done on it's own. And China has always felt like they're between a rock and a hard place with NK.
  21. nicksaviking
    The internet is helping rally these people. But ultimately it's going to be their undoing. Good luck in your job interview next decade after posting this hate speech online and being on video supporting White Nationalists. Lucky for our past generations that Facebook wasn't around during the Civil Rights movement. Not trying to be some pie-in-the-sky optimist; it's just that while this is some terrible, terrible stuff, I have a hard time believing it's worse than the Civil Rights protests and SLA and Weather Underground kind of stuff from the 60's-70's or the Facsist/Anarchist/Galleanist violence of the early 1900's. The most recent generations (me included) just haven't seen this kind of thing here at home before. At least now we have a tool to shame and make an example out of these people once we ultimately come to our senses. Which we all will.
  22. nicksaviking
    When you do the good news/bad news bit, always go with the bad news first so we end up with the sweet taste of triumph at the end!
  23. nicksaviking
    He'll point them out to you, but be cool dude, don't be that creepy old guy at the party.
  24. nicksaviking
    I agree with drjim as I too have always considered the "high minors" as AA and AAA. I disagree with drjim that he won't get out of Ft Myers. Opening Day SS 2018 baby!
  25. nicksaviking
    Possibly my favorite post all summer. Well done markos and thanks for sharing. That had to be a blast to attend.
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