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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm resigned to him starting in AAA. I just don't want to see more than a handful of starts from Berrios in AAA, say 3 or 4 at most. There is a logic to it, though I don't agree with it.
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    I'm not ok with the service time thing, but it is what it is. There's a good chance he's one of the best 5 starters right now for 2016, much harder to evaluate right now if he's one of the best 5 starters of our 2022 staff. In fact, besides Berrios, I can't name a single guy on that staff!
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In this concern, you are echoing Paul Molitor himself!
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This is what was said of Schwarber, and it was mostly true, until the NLCS when every tough ball found him. Not that the Twins will make the NLCS this year, but I really dislike the idea of knowing that misplays by Sano in the outfield might cost us wins this year--not that saber metric, analytical, abstract type of win, but actual game wins.
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    Do we have data on which pitches in the count Rosario swung at? I have a recollection of him falling behind 1-2, then showing a fairly good batting eye while working the count to 3-2, but then on 3-2 he seemed to panic and was determined to swing no matter what, and of course the pitcher knew this and Rosario struck out. Is there something to that, or did I just make something up based on a few plate appearances I saw? Great article work as usual.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    this is reality. Time to take the Wild Card game seriously.
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    translation?
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I concede that I can't find a scenario where the Twins make a deep postseason run in those seasons (which is an understatement), but there are other guys on the payroll like Hunter who might have improved the team and maybe made it somewhat exciting. Though maybe Hunter didn't purchase his smoke machine until this season?
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    What mike said. Sanchez has pitched pretty good compared to other Twins free agents over this time.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The original poster was specifically requesting people to use hindsight. So why is Anibal Sanchez suddenly not valid?
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    great job nick!
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Great article but that's quite an assumption. I'm not sure the Twins were destined to lose 90+ for all those seasons. Lots of people in the 2009-2012 time period were already discussing when to move Mauer out from catcher. Maybe the Twins part ways with Gardy a lot sooner. Maybe they invest in analytics earlier. But none of this really relates to spending on players, so I will bow back out.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Mea culpa. I took a closer look at the Kepler photo Seth posted, and Kepler is clearly a guy who spends regular time in the weight room. As spycake said, my impression of Kepler last September had been the 6'4" 205 guy who couldn't fill out a uniform, but looks like I wasn't paying attention close enough. He is impressive. Too bad Sano is blocking him. Photo of Max Kepler by William Parmeter
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Kepler looks too willowy to be a five tool guy. I wonder how well the minor league power will transfer to MLB. At minimum I'd like to see him add some weight. There again, Buxton is built like a reed but can hit the ball a mile.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I love Burdi, though I've never seen him live. He got demoted to A+ from AA which I assume is rare, but when he came back to AA at the end he was lights out. I'm not a huge list guy so I like having the one big list all in one page.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    None x 31= 0
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I disagree with your conclusions but I love your title.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Did you read the PP article? Mauer basically says just the opposite.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    True. However, as a matter of preference, I would rather see a young guy come up and struggle than watch an end-of-the-road vet like Nolasco pitch slightly-below average in the attempt to salvage some value from him. In the case of Meyer, he wasn't called up in 2014 so we don't know. If we hypothetically kept Berrios in the minors for the entire 2016 season I would imagine he would hit a real rough patch at some point like Meyer did, and his confidence would sag, too, just like Meyer's apparently did.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In 2014, it was Meyer being passed over for promotion (when he was pitching well) for a bunch of 30-year-old rookie types who are no longer with the organization. In 2015, it was the Pelfrey-May thing. Now in 2016 there are still enough mediocre vets around and promising young guys in the mix that we might see the situation play out again. I wouldn't call it brainless, but maybe more like an irrational bias against young guys, whether due to perceived lack of maturity, or belief that they're fragile, or who knows what.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I know this was tongue-in-cheek, but as an Arcia supporter it only provides me with more ammo
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I feel that Tonkin and Santana have very little long term value to this team, or even much value beyond past May or June. Hopefully they perform well and move on to another organization when the younger, better guys take their turn.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm not sure. Parker ran that article last October about how Plouffe was fourth-worst in MLB at hitting fastballs for batting average. That's scary. I do think Plouffe is an asset with the glove, I just don't share the optimism that he is sure to continue as the hitting threat that he has been in the past.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Santana was starting his season fresh in late June-July, which is about the time (anecdotally) that the other guys are starting to feel the strain. I read or heard that Phil Hughes came to Twins Fest in great shape. Maybe Hughes rebounds to be our ace in 2016?
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Honest question for spycake and drjim and anyone else: Setting aside service time and team control, just in terms of ball playing, how would you rank these four: Dickerson, Rosario, Arcia, Kepler? I'm not sure my order, and I don't know if Dickerson or Kepler really separate themselves from Rosario too much, given Rosario's demonstrated defense already. ...hopefully not getting too far off topic, but I always thought with the surplus of talent on the Twins, the best bet for a reliever might have been via trade rather than free agency, though always certainly helpful to know who the free agents are.
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