27 thoughts on “January 3, 2018: A Little Off The Top”

1. Isle Royale could have been MN's too if it hadn't jumped at it.

2. The three remaining needs for the Twins' offseason.

   The first two are fairly obvious, but the third sort of surprised me.

   1. interesting. b-r's defensive stats seem to really like him. Not sure how sustainable his 2018 dWAR was, but there's a lot to be said for a player who consistently puts up 2-3 rWAR seasons at a low price. Fangraphs sees all of his wins above average value coming from baserunning and defense, however, with his offensive net still negative. 😐

      You'd like to see a power-position player be a little better than a league-average hitter, but....

      1. I think a lot of their thinking comes from the second half of the paragraph, where Kepler ends up playing some center field if Buxton ends up being a disaster or gets hurt.

         1. I'd have to see him in CF more to decide that. I think a big chunk of Max's defensive prowess is he plays the foul line so well -- he has good awareness of his territory. Playing wide open all-out CF may or may not be his best defense.

      2. OAA approves of his fielding too, at +10 outs. The best this year was a tie between Bader and Inciarte at +21. His sprint speed isn't that good however, at only 27.9 ft/s. Buxton still leads at 30.5 ft/s with Bader at 29.9 ft/s. But, Inciarte is also 27.9 ft/s in a 14-way tie at 175th.

   2. Not entirely sold on him but could convince myself. The BABIP is low but his xwOBA is only .002 higher. Mauer meanwhile had a .036 gap in his xwOBA (Morrison had a .056 gap!).

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   Put a fence around it! And make Canadia pay for it!

4. Straight up give it to them? Nah.

   Swapsies? I'm listening. I'll open the bidding at all of Niagara Falls.

   1. Willing to consider some sort of fishing reciprocity, perhaps.

   2. If the Northwest Angle is up for trade, I’m contacting a realtor immediately.

      In related news, I own this shirt.

      1. ha!

      2. That's awesome!

5. Who is this former Twin? #TBT #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/Pv4B8gUZF2

   — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) January 3, 2019

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      Pedro Munoz

      1. Gary Gietti - nice. I like the guy that says Bob Allison - I don't think they wore sloppy pants or had Gatorade back then.

6. Con los números en la mano, ¿quién debe ser el Jugador Más Valioso de la temporada? 🧐📊

   A) Delmon Young
   B) Willians Astudillo
   C) Franklin Barreto
   D) Otro. ¿Quién?

   ¡Vota usando #BéisbolEnDIRECTV! ⚾ pic.twitter.com/NBSJDn5kYH

   — DIRECTV Sports VE (@DIRECTVSportsVE) December 30, 2018

   Not the former Twin I would have expected to be an MVP candidate, even in a winter league.

   1. Going to be tough to beat Otro. ¿Quién? though. He's been on a tear lately.

   2. One of them is still only 27 years old.

      1. No one doubts the obligatory comment

7. Slegers DFAed to make room for Cruz.

   1. I wonder if Detroit will claim him

8. Just missing 4 & 7.

   http://www.filmwise.com/invisibles/invisible_931.shtml

   1. Yeah, those bugged me too

      1. Reverse image search. #4 and #7.

         1. #7 is Funny, considering I thought Skyfall a possibility for #4.

            1. This, with precisely the same thought process.

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