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  1. ScrapTheNickname
    I presume Scott Baker is healthy and available. He just turned 33. Last year in limited duty he had a WHIP of 1.19 and a 3.93 SO/W ratio. His ERA was high, but I imagine he would come cheap on a one-year deal. Has he been written off? If so, why?
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    Can anyone supply specifics about Hunter's supposed (or apparent) drastic decline as an outfielder? In other words, what is behind the metrics, specifically? Does he duck when line drives come at his face? Does he run slower? Does he take terrible routes? Is he afraid of crashing into the fence? Does he dive when he should field the ball? Has his arm strength vanished? Does he make bad decisions on which base to throw to? Does he miss the cutoff man? Does he zone out and forget how many outs there are? I didn't t see him play much in 2014 so I simply don't know any answers to these questions and others I can't think of right now.
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    I would also add that Tony Oliva didn't begin his minor league career until his age-22 year, and didn't reach the big leagues, outside of a few at bats, until he was 25 3/4 years old. So not only was his career cut short by injury, it never got off to a "natural" start. The fact that he came from Cuba during a period of extraordinary political upheaval (to say the least) to the US to play baseball should be considered as an essential reason for his "late" start in the Bigs.
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    MLB Trade Rumors writes of the "offense-heavy KBO." (not just this season, apparently). My question: What the hell does that mean, specifically? Anybody know?
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    I went to the Rafters game in Mesa on Saturday night. A few impressions ... Was disappointed that neither Buxton or Kepler were in the lineup. Rosario looked awful at that the plate that day. Adam worse: the other team ran on him with impunity (Little League style). Briefly met Reed's father, which was nice. About 200 people were in attendance on a very warm Phoenix night - don't know why so few. Also, the game was blunder-filled on the defensive side, very subpar.
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    Fine article, but I take exception to: "The class of Mauer, Morneau, Cuddyer, Baker, et al, has been wasted ... this class failed to bring a championship to Minnesota." Wasted and failed? I don't think so. The Twins won six championships in nine years. However, with the multi-layered playoff system now in place, a "World Series championship" is more than ever a crapshoot. The Atlanta Braves have it worse, in that they won only one World Series in 22 years of being a dominant team. Since 1991, they played in 26 post-season series, won 15 of them (a winning percentage of .577), yet they won only one World Series. Were those years wasted? Did they fail? I don't think so. I think it reflects the "any can win if they get to the post season" nature of the MLB these days. With that said, the Twins post season futility has been disgusting. I'm aware of that.
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    I love TC, hate M. TC is classy, and classic; mysterious and just right.
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    Good question, Nick. I don't have the answer. I was so excited about Pinto after last September, but I thought sending him down to AAA was the right move in June. Shane, you bring up the idea of platooning Arcia. I looked his splits up and found that so far in 2014, against left handed pitching, he has hit.187/.253/.319. In 2013 against lefties he hit .254/.274/.386. I know the question was about Pinto, but I am alarmed by the regression of Arcia this year, even after his homerun binge of late. If he continues to hit lefties as miserably as he has this year, I hope they do platoon him. (as we all know he is STILL 23, and even will be through the first a month of next season). I'm not sure what experience Pinto has in rightfield, if any ... It's an idea.
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    I this is spot on. "Evidence" to back you up may be circumstantial, but if Arcia does indeed turn it around from this point going forward, one may correlate that turnaround with the arrival of Vargas.
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    Very upsetting when being out cold with a concussion for "about 10 minutes" is good news.
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    One homerun every 18.7 at bats should come in handy for KC.
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    I agree, he's friendly. He waves at so many pitches passing by. But how do you equate that with the Twins coaching staff messing with him? Perhaps he's only 23 and he'll learn. Or perhaps he never will learn. If you were his coach, and he was hitting as dismally as he is, wouldn't you try to help him figure it out? If you didn't intervene (er, give advice), then you would be negligent in your duties. I'm just awfully tired of knee-jerk Twins' coach hating.
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    Though he had a 4.10 ERA since June 10th he won't be sorely missed.
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    Buxton = Buston? I hope he turns that train around.
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    Hey Seth, Your report showed up on Google News. So you have national readers today!
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    I wonder if there was a competition for naming the team? What were the other contenders, besides Twins?
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    Damn, found out I can't edit. I see the errors, don't like them either.
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    I was thinking today about how Mauer is so stoic. He reminds me of Sam Jacobson. Another repressed Minnesota boy. If they Mauer could light a fire under himself! Show some emotion. Get mad. Line out and shout. Curse out a ****ing umpire for ringing him up. Something to show us fans that he cares. But of he is who is he is. He can't change that. We'll never see that kind of fire in him. Sad, but true. Why wouldn't I be used to this by now. Then the image in the video of Joe running the bases for his inside the park home run in a tee-ball game. How he laid out, mock-exhausted, happy, delirious, on the grass. I think that's the most emotion I've ever seen in him.
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    Being a bad team has its upside, kind of. I used to like to going to the hateful Dome during those lean years in the 90s where I could be alone among the blue seats with no one blocking my view. (I live in California now, have never been to the new park.)
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