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  1. yarnivek1972
    It may not be appealing, but it is reality for half the league. There were 14 qualified center fielders with an OPS higher than .730 in 2018.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Kinda like QB rating in football. No one truly knows how to measure it, but everyone believes in it.
  3. yarnivek1972
    I doubt it would take Kimbrel long to get ready. Odds are he’s already got a throwing program going on his own. I know Joe Nathan kinda took awhile to get his velocity up but he was extreme in that regard. He usually was throwing 85 ish his first time out.
  4. yarnivek1972
    I’m not sure an “innings limit” is accurate terminology. I’d say total pitch limit. 150-160 innings averaging 12-15 pitches per is considerably different than 18-20 pitches per. As you suggested, I’m sure they know what they want that pitch limit to be.
  5. yarnivek1972
    What I want to see is less running into outs on the bases.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Well, they obviously know who they THINK is the better fielder.
  7. yarnivek1972
    I would presume the Twins know who is the better fielder between Gordon and Polanco, whom they just signed to a long term deal.
  8. yarnivek1972
    A skill they will use even less? Twins pitchers had 22 plate appearances last year. How many of those were even bunting situations? Half?
  9. yarnivek1972
    When I think about Twins shortstops that have actually had a run over the last 30 years or so only 3 come to mind: Greg Gagne, Pat Meares and Cristian Guzman. Additionally, when I think of those 3, I think of their “signature moves” as all being different. Gagne was at his best going into the hole, planting, turning and making the strong throw to first. Meares’ best move was ranging behind the bag, doing the full pivot and firing to first. Guzman was at his best coming in on a chopper or slow roller and firing across his body on the move.
  10. yarnivek1972
    This might buy time for Austin as well. If the Twins go with 11 pitchers until a 5th starter is needed, they would have a bench of Astudillo, Austin, Garver and Reed/Cave.
  11. yarnivek1972
    Paul Molitor hit leadoff as a DH toward the end of his Brewer career. As did Brian Downing with the Angels. Rickey Henderson late in his career. Wade Boggs hit lead off in Boston for most of his career, occasionally as the DH. Dan Gladden’s first game as a Minnesota Twin came as the leadoff hitter as the DH. Lot’s of history with the DH in the leadoff spot. And that’s not necesarily where Arraez will land anyway. If he hits, he’ll play.
  12. yarnivek1972
    I think everyone “wants” Buxton to hit leadoff. I, and many others, are skeptical that he can succeed there NOW and moreover it isn’t what is best for the team now.
  13. yarnivek1972
    I’m not an owner of Twins Daily, but since the stylized “Twins” with the line under it is a registered trademark, I would think a website using that title likely has to pay to do so. If so, by patronizing this site, you would indirectly be giving them money.
  14. yarnivek1972
    WAR is the enemy of all mankind. The thought of WAR just blows my mind...
  15. yarnivek1972
    I think it is extremely unlikely that Buxton starts the season as the leadoff hitter.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Gonzalez’s bat doesn’t play at first base. I guess the hope is that it would for Cron, Sano, Garver, Austin and Kepler. I didn’t look at the numbers, but if Gonzalez is about the same as Sano at third, that’s concerning. Sano has been one of the worst in the league the last two years.
  17. yarnivek1972
    You can’t inject “real world” economics into pro sports. Technically, there are 30 independantly owned MLB teams. But, they aren’t independant at all. They are interdependant. No one is going to pay to watch the Yankees play 162 intrasquad games. Pro sports leagues are less like McDonalds and Burger King and Wendy’s etc all competing to be number one and more like all the McDonalds competing to be the best McDonalds. At the end of the day, all the McDonalds want the other ones to do well. What is good for one is good for the brand. That’s why McDonalds has standards. If a specific store isn’t meeting expectations (say, with regards to speed of service) the corporate representatives suggest ways to improve. Because if one store struggles, maybe a potential customer who has been at a struggling store goes to Burger King when he is on vacation in a different city. The parallel to sports (specifically baseball) is that if the Marlins are struggling maybe people don’t watch Marlins games. That doesn’t just affect the Marlins, because they have an opponent every night. Maybe fewer people watch them when they are on the road, playing YOUR team. Now your team’s revenue is affected. And so the entire brand suffers. So, the remedy most leagues have put in to play to combat this is revenue sharing. I’m pretty sure that MLB shares by far the least amount of revenue of the major sports as a percentage of total league revenue.
  18. yarnivek1972
    That’s the NFL. I haven’t looked at their ratings or attendance. But just by looking at yearly ratings for the World Series one can see the slide. As has attendance over the last 10 years. A slow and steady decline.
  19. yarnivek1972
    There is literally no reason for the Twins to find out. Cron, Austin, Sano, Garver and Kepler should all play first base before Gonzalez.
  20. yarnivek1972
    I know Vargas was pretty bad in AAA last year but his MLB track record is still pretty decent. As poorly as Morrison played last year it still makes me wonder what might have happened if Vargas had come up.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Perhaps a more important question than when the CBA expires is when does the current national TV contract expire. With ratings and attendance trending down, it is extremely likely that next contract will be a significant decrease. That’s still an enormous part of revenue. I think teams are being proactive reducing payroll because revenue is about to take a major hit.
  22. yarnivek1972
    I don’t think there is any way Gonzalez would play 1b with Sano playing 3b.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Castro has a career walk rate of almost 10% and a career K rate of about 27%. Both of those are better than most of his teammates.
  24. yarnivek1972
    That’s not a role for any team other than maybe during the playoffs (or September) when you need fewer pitchers. The Twins carried Jarvis Brown in 1991. But they also carried just 9 pitchers. I often wonder who the next pitcher might have been if TK had gone with 10. Allan Anderson had fallen off the map. Tom Edens?
  25. yarnivek1972
    That’s the job of advance scouts, the analytics department and coaches.
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