Comments on: Thoughts on the…ahem….trade…..

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:14:12 +0000

i can’t wait to watch ‘cisco tomorrow against the indians. i’m hoping he goes at least 6+ tomorrow and only gives up 1 or 2 runs and morneau and kubel hit a couple jacks to get him the win.

honestly, i’d really like him to pitch a no-hitter, but that’s probably not going to be a reality.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:57:17 +0000

At first I was upset that the Twins did not pick up a Beltre type player, but then I thought of the pitching rotation next year…

1.Liriano
2.Baker
3.Blackburn
4.Slowly
5.Perkins

That is a GREAT young starting rotation, that will be fun to watch the rest of this year and next year.

By: Gendo

Gendo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:54:24 +0000

Excuse me Span’s K:BB ratio is 1.16, not 0.86

By: Gendo

Gendo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:53:06 +0000

I don’t know what you’ve seen from Gomez that makes you think he can hit. If he can it will take some time.

He’s still swinging at almost 39% of pitches outside of the strike zone, which is a marginal improvement at best over the 41% he swung at last season with the mets, and he’s only making contact with around 3% more of those pitches (around 61% vs 58%). To put that in perspective Span swings at only 18% of pitches outside of the strike zone, and makes contact with 67% of those. That’s why he makes contact with almost 90% of the pitches he swings at overall while Gomez only makes contact with around 78%.

It’s also why Gomez strikes out once every four ABs, while Span strikes out once every six ABs. It’s also why Gomez has 3 more walks in 293 fewer plate appearances, and maintains an acceptable 0.86 K:BB ratio compared to Gomez’s ugly 6.8 K:BB ratio.

Gomez may get lucky in the short term, but overall his approach at the plate needs to change drastically if he’s ever going to see consistent success.

By: kmack

kmack — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:47:18 +0000

Golf is called Golf because all the other four-letter words were already taken!

By: werbellik

werbellik — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:46:11 +0000

“But golf relaxes me.
Except when I punch my car in the golf course parking lot after a round.”

Just remember sane, there’s a reason that golf spelled backward is flog, and why Mark Twain called golf, “a good walk spoiled”.