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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Only teams in first place can make trades for MLBers? Huh! Learn something every day!
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    They could do trade deadline deals. That's how Houston got Pressly from us.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    A jail stint might do him good
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I guess I just miss being quarrelsome ..oh, and now i swydt with half/semi
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    True, but Reusse said Molitor has been half-expecting it.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sometimes I wonder about LENIII projecting... LENIII was blindsided by this news, therefore Molitor was blindsided by this news
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    yep, well put
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes very awkward. If so, wouldn't they have let Molitor be part of this announcement himself, to let him save face?
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    #process
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Straight from the heart.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Where is that data? I would love to see it but have been too lazy to look for it.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I am going to miss Mauer anchoring first base. Even with his declining production this season, I think he has more good offensive seasons in him and would be comfortable with him leading off another year. The Twins are going to have to take a temporary step back at that position when he retires, certainly with the fielding.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I thought he looked passable last season, and at times pretty good, but if the numbers say he was near at the bottom I won't disagree with that.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Expiring deals (off top of my head): Gibson, Odorizzi, Pineda, eSan, Castro, Reed. Biggest need? Why, another Primary of course; they can't go into 2019 with just Kohl Stewart as the only primary. J/k I'm guessing they decline Ervin and Morrison's option and just roll into 2019 with a league low payroll (certainly bottom 5) and a lot of playing time for youngsters and reclamation projects, along with some more analytic experimentation in mind. Given where they are at this moment, it wouldn't be the worst plan. As someone said, there's just too much to do now. Polanco took a big step backward, Mauer will retire, and aside from Sano and Austin, who are basically part timers in my opinion, the team pretty much needs a whole new infield. Not to mention another middle of the order bat, not to mention getting Buxton straightened out, and most importantly, needing to fill out half of a pitching staff that has no closer or no ace. The front office will trade some guys at the deadline again next year, scratch out another 70-some wins with smoke and mirrors, and the media will heap praise upon them, given their constraints as a small market franchise trying to compete in a division that has a good team like Cleveland in it... but call me an optimist.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    There was also the incident a few years ago when the Nationals hired Bud Black to be manager, then inexplicably low-balled him in the salary negotiation, so much so that Black withdrew.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think the team took the trade of Escobar pretty hard. I think that could affect their play, absolutely. The edge is gone. Maybe next spring can be a new start. Until Escobar and Pressly were traded that night, I thought the team had the same "team" quality that they had in 2017, and sure, I thought they were good, people can disagree, but I did not think they were on the level of the best teams. Lots of posters here gave up on the team in 2017, too, and I disagreed then as well.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The front office pulled the plug. There's nothing inconsistent here, unless you're of the type who believes players are mere emotionless stat producers (and you are of that type). But, players are humans and Escobar/Dozier were key players--and yes Dozier has fallen off a cliff. Then Rodney was traded, and Buxton was sent home. It was a good team from 2017 to mid-2018. Now it's a complete mess.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Let me say it again, Buxton was playing hurt. His swing was off. He didn't attempt stolen bases when he was put into games as a pinch runner. He started slow in 2016 and 2017 too, but in 2017 turned around his season without needing a trip to Rochester. As long as his performance continues to be attacked, I will come to defend him.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Buxton was playing hurt
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Lots of people wanted to play Buxton, Escobar and Dozier down the stretch, too. Not many fans ordered this current product. A lot of loud TD posters, maybe, but not the fan base in general.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think it's a good, even-handed take. However, I personally am skeptical of the "sustainability" talk, particularly if what Seth says is true about their cold personalities. I am neutral on Molitor. I don't think Molitor is a good fit for what they want to do, but then again, I'm not sure what they're doing will work without him, either. Bringing in a different manager might make the coldness problem worse, because despite Molitor's flaws, he at least has relationships with these players that go back years. I'm afraid to find out who they think would be a good person to hire in his place. And Molitor also has a relationship with the city and with ownership, like it or not. Welcome to the top, fellas! Tough decisions must be made.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    My heart says fielders, my head says bats ...at least for the scenario as it was presented. I saw Hanley Ramirez and Miguel Sano play outfield, and it wasn't pretty.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think I agree hitters, especially the way I wrote it there. But doubt there are 9 players at any given time capable of hitting 40 home runs, so if the conditions were different I think the fielders would be more competitive.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I appreciate your effort to change the subject or remove this discussion back to the abstract, but I want to take it back to the specific, real-life example I provided. I think Buxton in center saves three runs there. Defense impacts games in subtle ways, that can't always be measured--even by Fangraphs. Good defense is taken for granted, and great defense is under appreciated. Also, Bourjos is 31
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I posted this idea in a discussion thread, but I do think it fits better in the blog section or in its own thread, but chose blog. I will leave the scenario as I posted it in the other thread. Anyway, in light of a recent debate on the value of defense, I came up with a problem. It would be interesting to run a simulation on this or hear what inputs others might have on it. Anyway, here it goes: There are two teams. One team is full of great hitters, 1 through 9, these are .950 OPS, 40 HR types of guys, don't strike out much, can draw a walk, but they are sloppy with the defense, all of them, and some in fact are downright terrible (the worst one is trying to hide in left or right field). Also, let's say they don't run much and are station to station baserunners. The other team is full of defensive whizzes, who make all the plays, throw to the right bases, great range, great gloves, rarely make an error, but are sub-.200 hitters. The great offense hits against the great fielders, and the poor hitters hit into the poor defense. All pitching is equal. They play a game. What happens? Now, the two teams play a 162-game season against each other. How does that turn out? Or say these two teams existed within MLB as it is now, 2 teams among the 30. Again, all pitching normalized. Where does each team finish in the standings? Have at it, blog readers!!
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