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Hicks for Murphy trade: 14 months later

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No, internet bets are dumb.  But don't worry, when he turns back into an out machine that gets inexplicably walked from time to time, I'll do daily updates in your honor.

I to look forward to interacting with you in 2029 when he is approaching the end of his very illustrious hall of fame career.  ;)

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Hicks has 14 walks and 52 at bats. That's over 20%. He also has a HR in every 10.02/at bats

That's not just getting "inexplicably walked from time to time" dude is locked in. 

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I know TwinsDaily has to bury all things like this (less you upset the Twins brass)

 

But as braveheart once said; You can try to bury the truth, but you can't silence it or take the truth that trading Hicks was a massive mistake!

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Housekeeping question: since topics re: Murphy can't be kept in the Twins forum, I assume that is because he is in the minor leagues??

 

That is fair I suppose, but I do wonder why threads about Berrios are allowed in the Twins forum? He too is in the minor leagues. I just want to make sure the proper rules are followed.

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Housekeeping question: since topics re: Murphy can't be kept in the Twins forum, I assume that is because he is in the minor leagues??

That is fair I suppose, but I do wonder why threads about Berrios are allowed in the Twins forum? He too is in the minor leagues. I just want to make sure the proper rules are followed.

 

I'll take a stab at it.

 

First part, not so much that it's about Murphy, more that it turned into strictly a discussion/update thread about Hicks, thus the move to the general baseball forum for talk about other teams and their players.

 

Second part, most discussion surrounding Berrios also involves the accompanying changes to personnel on the major league roster.

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I know TwinsDaily has to bury all things like this (less you upset the Twins brass)

But as braveheart once said; You can try to bury the truth, but you can't silence it or take the truth that trading Hicks was a massive mistake!

We didn't bury it very well, took you all of 15 seconds to find it.   :)

 

(I happen to agree it was a bad trade.  And yet...I'm the dude who moved it.)

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I don't think I have a written word in this thread. I have only posted silly pictures.

 

Hicks was definitely a change of scenery candidate. His tenure as a Twin was marred by his own immature decisions (abandoning switch hitting) and I think the Twins really didn't handle him correctly. I can't specifically point out one thing, I'll just hang the blame on old school baseball mentality with Gardenhire and the FO.

 

I wanted big things for Hicks as a Twin and I still do as a Yankee. He has not played in a full time capacity this season, just short of that, but so far the results are impressive.

 

It's possible he tanks, but it is possible he is figuring out some stuff and if he has, I credit that to the change of scenery and fresh new start.

 

Maybe, just maybe, as a Twins fan, Hicks can be our poor man's David Ortiz replacement that we can piss and moan about. :)

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I wonder when the teams will start to figure out to keep the ball low in the zone to Hicks

http://www.fangraphs.com/zonegrid.aspx?playerid=5297&position=OF&ss=2017-01-01&se=2017-12-01&type=5&hand=all&count=all&blur=1&grid=10&view=bat&pitch=&season=2017

 

Danny Santana had a monster season off infield and bunt hits. Sometimes it takes teams a while to figure out the other teams hitters. When the sample size gets large enough they will trust the numbers.

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I wonder when the teams will start to figure out to keep the ball low in the zone to Hicks

http://www.fangraphs.com/zonegrid.aspx?playerid=5297&position=OF&ss=2017-01-01&se=2017-12-01&type=5&hand=all&count=all&blur=1&grid=10&view=bat&pitch=&season=2017

 

Danny Santana had a monster season off infield and bunt hits. Sometimes it takes teams a while to figure out the other teams hitters. When the sample size gets large enough they will trust the numbers.

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You can laugh at the comparison, but you cannot deny that Hicks hits high pitches and not low ones. It is only a matter of time.

Fortunately for hitters, the vast majority of pitchers can't hit their spot perfectly every time.

 

I don't think Hicks is going to OPS over 1.100 all season, but I do think it's likely it finally clicked for him.

Let's not forget he was a fairly highly regarded prospect.

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Fortunately for hitters, the vast majority of pitchers can't hit their spot perfectly every time.

I don't think Hicks is going to OPS over 1.100 all season, but I do think it's likely it finally clicked for him.
Let's not forget he was a fairly highly regarded prospect.

No doubt. His upside always was huge. He was pretty raw coming out of High School, and his development took longer than some others.

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4 for 5 3 run, 3 RBI and his 6th BOMB of the season. Ops back over 1.170, .355 batting average.

 

Kid is legit, and on fire. Yankees have themselves someone real special potentially, and at the very least a 3-3.5 20 HR gold glove type at worst.

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Fortunately for hitters, the vast majority of pitchers can't hit their spot perfectly every time.

 

I don't think Hicks is going to OPS over 1.100 all season, but I do think it's likely it finally clicked for him.

Let's not forget he was a fairly highly regarded prospect.

Also hicks has an excellent eye "pitch down" to him as a strategy is all fine and dandy, but the Margin for error isn't very high.

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1-6 2 BB 2 RUn

 

Most importantly though hicks scored the game winning run after some great heads up base running and a great bunt single.

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