A lot of Twins fans were upset when he was traded, but it looks like they traded him at just the right time. And they got Devin Smeltzer for him, who could still turn out to be a good pitcher.
Counting only his positive rWAR, Dozier accumulated another 0.9 rWAR after his Twins career. Smeltzer did 0.8 rWAR in 2019.
Jose De Leon doesn't seem to have done much yet either. He was rumored to have been offered to the Twins by the Dodgers, but the Dodgers traded him to Tampa Bay for Forsythe instead, who they later traded to the Twins along with Smeltzer for Dozier.
De Leon has had a lot of injuries and has pitched just 12.2 big league innings since the Dodgers traded him. The Rays sent him along to Cincinnati for cash and a player to be named after the 2019 season. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
One year short of the ten necessary to be eligible for the Hall of Fame.
This is pretty cool.
I thought it would be fun to animate a map of where @mlb players were born broken down by the year of their birth. Pretty awesome to watch the game slowly expand. pic.twitter.com/VufcdCS8M7
And amazing that there still are, essentially no MLB players born in Africa, the Middle East, India, China, Indonesia, SE Asia, most of Europe, or the bigger South American countries. The game has a LOT of room to grow still. One would wish that MLB owners would be much less parochial and cultivate a stronger worldwide marketing approach, a la the Premier League.
I like how almost all of them are some kind of pun but then we have "Tater Tot Hotdish."
I do like that one.
But I went with the 4 Twins-themed ones, plus F Salt Fitzgerald, Mary Tyler More Snow, Plowing in the Wind, and Raspberry Brrr-et.
I am disappointed that my submission of "Drew Pearson" (because he Pushed Off) didn't make the list.
The Truck Formerly Known as Plow got a vote from me.
Pretty solid list. I didn't go for as many Twin references as I might have thought. I liked the Minnesota-particular plays on words. And "Darth Blader."
I hear that Cancun is nice this time of year.
thinking about taking a Cruz?
No. No.
Nah, just a down and back trip. Not planning on staying over night, won't need my Teddy Bear.
Well, as long as you're just doing it for the kids it's probably okay...
It's still early, but NASA live feed before you forget
I don't see a solid link yet, but I'm seeing multiple places on Twitter that Brian Dozier is retiring.
A lot of Twins fans were upset when he was traded, but it looks like they traded him at just the right time. And they got Devin Smeltzer for him, who could still turn out to be a good pitcher.
Counting only his positive rWAR, Dozier accumulated another 0.9 rWAR after his Twins career. Smeltzer did 0.8 rWAR in 2019.
Jose De Leon doesn't seem to have done much yet either. He was rumored to have been offered to the Twins by the Dodgers, but the Dodgers traded him to Tampa Bay for Forsythe instead, who they later traded to the Twins along with Smeltzer for Dozier.
De Leon has had a lot of injuries and has pitched just 12.2 big league innings since the Dodgers traded him. The Rays sent him along to Cincinnati for cash and a player to be named after the 2019 season. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
One year short of the ten necessary to be eligible for the Hall of Fame.
This is pretty cool.
that is very, very cool.
And amazing that there still are, essentially no MLB players born in Africa, the Middle East, India, China, Indonesia, SE Asia, most of Europe, or the bigger South American countries. The game has a LOT of room to grow still. One would wish that MLB owners would be much less parochial and cultivate a stronger worldwide marketing approach, a la the Premier League.
Joe Plauer didn't make it but there is a Joe Plow-er option. Many other good choices from the finalists.
I like how almost all of them are some kind of pun but then we have "Tater Tot Hotdish."
I do like that one.
But I went with the 4 Twins-themed ones, plus F Salt Fitzgerald, Mary Tyler More Snow, Plowing in the Wind, and Raspberry Brrr-et.
I am disappointed that my submission of "Drew Pearson" (because he Pushed Off) didn't make the list.
The Truck Formerly Known as Plow got a vote from me.
Pretty solid list. I didn't go for as many Twin references as I might have thought. I liked the Minnesota-particular plays on words. And "Darth Blader."
I hear that Cancun is nice this time of year.
thinking about taking a Cruz?
No. No.
Nah, just a down and back trip. Not planning on staying over night, won't need my Teddy Bear.
Well, as long as you're just doing it for the kids it's probably okay...
It's still early, but NASA live feed before you forget