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  1. nicksaviking
    Bush League!
  2. nicksaviking
    Lewis already ditched his leg kick? It seemed to be working for him, not that I'm an expert. I thought adjustments don't typically happen until after the first season of pro ball. I guess there is a new sheriff in town.
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    I'd also say the voting wasn't based on popularity so much as it was on fame. For one, too many of the voters weren't informed league wide. For another, fielding measurements amounted almost entirely to fielding percentage and total errors. I don't think these guys were voting for players because the players were popular, they were voting for players because all they had to work with was assumptions and "talk of the town" kind of hearsay. It wasn't nefarious collusion, it was lack of information. Largely due to the era but probably also due to a lack of effort to research the correct option.
  4. nicksaviking
    I don't think he's going to catch Stanton.
  5. nicksaviking
    For me: High strikeouts + High OBP = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  6. nicksaviking
    When it comes to weight, we're never going to really know how the player or the front office feels about it. We can discuss it sure, but it's not like we're ever going to know if either party is concerned about it or if or when it is actually an issue. I'd guess the best indicator we could hope for is if or when Sano is offered an extension and of what length.
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    I'd bet Santana gets in someday on a Veteran Committee, it'll probably take his contemporaries who personally knew how good he was to vote him in. Even more so than their postseason glory, I think the thing that Koufax and Puckett had that Santana didn't was a baseball-crushing sudden announcement of premature retirement. Had Santana's career abruptly and very clearly ended following the 2010 season, or even more dramatically after his no-hitter late in that season, I'd guess people would view him much more similarly to Koufax and Puckett. His retirement has just been too drawn out, he never got that sudden rush of sympathy and resentment which lingers eternal with athletes cut short in their prime.
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    Hopefully that's because we've only seen half the picture thus far. The previous regime trotted out similar low ceiling cast offs, and while I can't speak for all fans, to me it always seemed like they were grasping at straws and never had any plan past "see what sticks". I'm anxious for the off season to see if and what Falvey and company do with the information they gleaned from the tactic. I'm expecting trades and free agent moves that make sense and fits with the pieces that stuck. If they don't, then I'll probably be criticizing as well.
  9. nicksaviking
    I've done the math, and if Gibson gets seven more starts, averages 6 1/3 innings and only averages 2 ER per game, he can get his ERA under 5.00. That might make him tradable this off season! Go get 'em Kyle!
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    Maybe the Twins don't see him as fatigued, maybe they see him with the same energy but he had a couple of bad outings and the team wants to see if they can wrap up his season with a better taste in his mouth. Do we have any velocity readings? From during his peak performances and during the two recent outings? I'd think his velocity would give us a better clue as to his current fatigue level.
  11. nicksaviking
    ***Moderator Note*** Let's discuss the minor leaguers without making it personal by rubbing previously stated positions in other's faces.
  12. nicksaviking
    I thought we did. Who un-banned him?
  13. nicksaviking
    Speak for yourself, I'm money in those situations.
  14. nicksaviking
    Nope spoke just in time. The ol' reverse psychology bit.
  15. nicksaviking
    Get the kids to bed and this is what I come downstairs to? I need to start letting my kids stay up later. Bed time is bad luck.
  16. nicksaviking
    Why was Stewart promoted? Poor stats aside, if Heston and Pino are now rejoining the rotation along with Gonsalves, Hurlbert and Melville who's the odd man out? Or are they going with six the rest of the way? Even if they do go with six, Slegers is the 26th man on the MLB roster so I'd assume he'd be rejoining the Rochester rotation immediately (until September).
  17. nicksaviking
    So if the team ever gets behind they should just waive the white flag and quit? Game over, no need to continue?
  18. nicksaviking
    When you do the good news/bad news bit, always go with the bad news first so we end up with the sweet taste of triumph at the end!
  19. nicksaviking
    He'll point them out to you, but be cool dude, don't be that creepy old guy at the party.
  20. nicksaviking
    I agree with drjim as I too have always considered the "high minors" as AA and AAA. I disagree with drjim that he won't get out of Ft Myers. Opening Day SS 2018 baby!
  21. nicksaviking
    I don't know how you couldn't be the #1 prospect in the game if your floor is Tom Goodwin and your ceiling is Rickey Henderson with a mean of Lopes/Knoblauch.
  22. nicksaviking
    And I don't know that there's anyone pitching over their head right now. Pressly and Belisle are pitching like they did last year finally. Weren't we all just hoping that guys like Duffey, Rogers, Hildenberger and Busenitz could be serviceable rotation pieces? Aside from an early-season stretch by Duffey and a mid-season stretch by Rogers, I don't know that any of them have really been lights out, just simply average to above average. I also like that almost all of these guys have options, if someone does go into a funk, you can easily dip down and give someone else a chance. You don't have to roster-or-lose-em like they did Breslow and Haley.
  23. nicksaviking
    This isn't going to be popular, but is it possible that the bullpen might be better without Kintzler? Even if it's only because Molitor is using his bullpen in better ways? With Kintzler gone there's room for Gee, who is probably the long man this team desperately needed. Pressly and maybe even Duffey can go back to being one inning or even being one batter pitchers if that's whats needed and Molitor is forced to use a young guy like Hildenberger more. Now Belisle slides into Kintzler's 9th inning role, almost always starting a clean inning where there's rarely anyone on base. I never previously would have thought I'd say this, but perhaps the closer is the least necessary arm to strike guys out. Now Belisle and his high contact repertoire is unavailable for the spots when there ARE runners on base, something that his poor 62.5% LOB% suggests he should not be doing but Molitor did anyway.
  24. nicksaviking
    Seems to me perhaps the best predictor of MLB success is if a guy in the minors can avoid strikeouts and draw some walks. Though obviously there's not a hard and fast rule about taking good at bats in the minors, these are the types of players I tend to worry about the least. I'd certainly be disappointed if he didn't get another shot to redeem himself next year particularly considering even in this down year, he's somehow improved both his BB% and K% by a significant margin.
  25. nicksaviking
    They can and have won with inferior players at those positions. But would winning be easier if those two were replaced by cheap young players and their earmarked dollars were reallocated to drastically improve the pitching staff?
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