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  1. GM64
    The Kepler vs. Bauer thing reminded me of listening to the radio as a small kid and hearing how Craig Kusick owned Frank Tanana. This was the first iteration of Tanana -- flame-throwing lefty paired with Nolan Ryan -- pitching for the Angels. So I looked it up on Baseball Reference ---- not bad. 59 PA, 16 walks. 16-42 with 3 2B and 4 HR. .381 / .542 / 1.280
  2. GM64
    It looks not so much like the arm-into-the-shoulder Position is any different, but rather that at the pelvis he is no longer leaning left. Much more straight up and down. There does also seem to be a little less tilt in the elbow, but I think the majority of the difference in angle has to do with his more vertical trunk position.
  3. GM64
    First: Max Kepler, Ersteblitzen! As to the recaps: I see on average a few innings of about one-third of the games, but read about every game. I like the win expectancy charts. In combination with the box score, it tells me a lot.
  4. GM64
    Kepler at leadoff --- Ersteblitze .
  5. GM64
    How about Ersteblitzen? (Air-ste-blitz-en) Means first lightning, or first flash.
  6. GM64
    Maybe it is just the angle from which I'm seeing the at bats, but holy cow does it look like Kirilloff loads up as the ball is delivered.
  7. GM64
    There is a lot to this -- at least for me. The joke is sports fans cheer for laundry -- anyone will do, so long as the uniform is the right one. But it's more than that. There has to be some continuity in a franchise. We ("we" being people like me) also want to know a bit about the players -- it's why we follow the minor leagues. If I don't know who anyone on the team is, I'm not interested. Some change, sure, and especially with the guys who appear for 60 or 70 innings a year (bullpens roll over and over and I don't care that much). That tapestry is woven in part by short-term players who help a team excel in the short term -- Carl Willis, Chili Davis, etc., and the mid-term guys, too, Brunansky, Tapani, Cordova, Baker. But some long threads are necessary, too -- Hrbek, Puckett, Bush, Radke, Hocking, Mauer -- the players who tell you this is the same team it was 8, 10 or 12 years ago. At least, that's one fan's opinion.
  8. GM64
    With Sano’s injury perhaps forcing him into a sole DH role, at least for a portion of the season, any RH bat must either be a good corner outfielder or an acceptable starting 3b. I think Escobar can be an acceptable 3b, short term, so I prefer an OF.
  9. GM64
    I know we will find out soon, but I am still wondering about a couple things: 1. 10 pictures or 11? And who? Santana, Berrios, Belisle, Hildenberger, Rogers, Busnitz, Boshers, are the givens. That's 7. How many, and who, of these: Moya, Pressly, Gee, Duffey? 2. There would then be 14 or 15 hitters infielders: I am unsure who gets the last couple spots. Castro, Gimenez, Mauer, Dozier, Polanco, Adrianza, Escobar, Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Sano, Grossman, Granite are certain. That's 13. So 1 or 2 more. [i consider 3, and a pitching staff of 9, possible-- but I would be extremely a surprised ] That leaves Vargas, Garver, and Goodrum. There won't be much pinch hitting with this line up. Kepler against a lefty, and maybe Castro. Other replacements would be FOR replacements. Injuries, or hitting for a previous a pinch runner. Sano or Grossman is the main PH (whichever doesn't DH). If there is going to be another PH, it's Vargas. He can also cover first base defensively, so Adrianza can be somewhere else. That's 14. If 15, the next one is Garver. Emergency catcher. Can't come down to Escobar behind the plate in case of injury. Goodrum can back up anywhere, but Adrianza and Granite allow for complete coverage. I would take the 15 named, and fill out the bullpen to 10 with Moya, Gee, and a coin flip. Duffey or Ptessly?
  10. GM64
    Final spots -- 10 pitchers are suffcient for one game. Need to provide for emergencies and multiple PR, PH situations. This is not a game where you can afford to run out of bench. Two outfielders collide and you need to replace them, but still have a back up in the filter and a pinch runner and so on. So my four final spots contain no pitchers: Granite - The most likely to get used -- as a pinch runner, and outfield fepth in case of injury or pinchhitting for Kepler) Vargas PH, Mauer backup in case of injury. Goodrum PR, emergency anything Garver. ( PR/PH for Castro, and want to do it again for Gimenez-- can't put Escobar back there w)
  11. GM64
    Looking at the 40-man roster, I think it almost has to be two of Wimmers, Belisle, and Breslow that get DFA'd. I realize that would mean a third player must come up, but I can't find a minor-leaguer I think the Twins should drop from the 40-man. I suppose maybe the Twins would drop Palka or Murphy, but that would be surprising.
  12. GM64
    To make room for all this movement, several (5, 6?) folks at Rochester need to simply be let go --- or a mix of folks -- a couple from each of three or four teams. I'm wondering who those folks are. It can't be just the fringes of each team's roster, that won't provide the necessary playing time.
  13. GM64
    This is merely an observation -- thecalled-strike graphic indicates three in-zone pitches were called balls and three out-of-zone pitches were called strikes. Net zero. The all-unhit-pitches graphic looks impressive, but includes swinging misses. Maybe Castro's ability to get calls influences out-of-zone swings, but that's certainly not a given. Again --Castro's framing may be fantastic -- but I don't see how this single-day's data shows any positive effect, even about the day.
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  15. GM64
    Well look what I found! Starring Hector Santiago. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-PWE9sLkSLY
  16. GM64
    I don't have any inside information on the Santiago's pitches, but if he really does throw a screwball – and he would know – I can see how a pitch charting system would call it a changeup. It would be thrown at about the speed of a changeup, and have arm-side movement. It probably would be a little slower, and have a little more break than a normal change up, but again, I can see how it would be mistaken based on the flight of the ball. The arm action would look a little different.
  17. GM64
    "hoards" of evaluators? Shows even Baseball America needs better editors.
  18. GM64
    Thanks Seth! I love your articles --- always lots of substantive content. And I miss your podcasts with Jeremy.
  19. GM64
    Merely an FYI: Achter DFA'd by Phillies as part of their acquisition of Charlie Morton.
  20. GM64
    Lyman Bostock. What a shame.
  21. GM64
    The NY take, old-school media style. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/sports/baseball/new-york-yankees-acquire-aaron-hicks-from-minnesota-twins-for-john-ryan-murphy.html?ref=sports&_r=0
  22. GM64
    you forgot Cody Cody
  23. GM64
    Just a clarification that the Twins traded for the DFA'd Nunez. The Twins gave the Yankees Miguel Sulbaran.
  24. GM64
    I absolutely love your hangouts. BUT ---- the name is: ee - noh - HO - sa. Hinojosa.
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