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Not very creative, but here's my prediction:

1. Meyer
2. Gibson
3. Diamond
4. May
5. Worley

I had an email exchange with Jeff Johnson of the Cedar Rapids Gazette yesterday and asked him if he had heard anything about when Kepler might join the team. Here was his response...



Good to...

This thread has been very educational - thanks everyone! Now.... let me see if I can do a little novice analysis of Joe Mauer using what I've learned in this thread. Feel free to laugh at this...
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I'm a numbers guy, and I love statistics, but I haven't spent a lot of time getting comfortable with sabermetrics, pitch f/x, etc. One of the sabermetric stats that has always surprised me is BABIP....

Kepler's stats from his three years as a professional are below:


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And lastly... here is an interview with Kepler by MLB Europe during the qualifying round of the WBC:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwPnzi6rbZc

Here is a video of Kepler taking batting practice that was uploaded this past December:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL1OxzlhmhE

As promised, here is some video of Kepler.

First, there are two videos from the WBC qualifying round on his mlb.com page:
Max Kepler Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio | MLB.com: Team
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I've been intrigued by Max Kepler ever since the Twins signed him almost four years ago as a 16 year old out of Germany. He has raw tools that make the scouts rave and a very unique background as...

Max Kepler

I've got the same situation as your buddy. I live in a Northeastern suburb and I can get the station when I'm driving, but not in my house. It seems like there might be too much interference from...

All games through the 9th are at 12:05, except for Saturday the 8th, which is at 6:05:


Game Day

I played in babe ruth leagues until I was 15, mostly CF. I was a horrible hitter, but decent in the field. I had one of the strongest arms on the team but had horrendous control. After much...

Meh. If you add in his three starts in Rochester from 2010 his AAA ERA goes down to 4.41, and he was hurt for some of that, so I don't think he has anything to prove. Why spend time in Rochester if...

This.

In fact, make Butera the 5th starter.

Seems like this could be incorporated into the Adopt-A-Prospect forums. In fact, a lot of the information is probably already there.

I can think of three scenarios, and in 2 of the 3 he makes the hall of fame.

Scenario #1 (most likely in my opinion): Mauer has another productive 5-10 years, no more MVPs or 1000+ OPS's like...

I think the multiple redundant threads is just a function of online message boards. Any other active message boards I've ever used have the same problem.

In the case of the Pelfry signing, it...

According to page three of this report:

http://www.tidesport.org/RGRC/2012/2012%20MLB%20RGRC.pdf

61.2% of the players on the opening day rosters at the start of 2012 were white. If you assume...

I'm sure this isn't the most heartbreaking one, but I'll never forget May 17, 2002. I was in college at the time and had stayed up way too late watching this game...

The Twins were playing the...

Around the same time they did that 5 yr deal with Span they did a simialr deal with Nick Blackburn. One turned into a team-friendly contract, the other - well, you know how that turned out. Locking...

I agree with this. As has already been pointed out the last few times there was a spring training "competition" for a spot, the player that played the best in spring training didn't get the spot. In...

I know there's another thread discussion how the Marlins may be employing an unorthodox strategy that could still result in economic profit, but I'm wondering if this unorthodox strategy could be...

I had also noted the gap between the top 5 and bottom 5. It's evident in the voting as every single voter except 1 has Carew, Oliva, Killebrew, Puckett, and Mauer as the top 5 in some order.

1. Harmon Killebrew
2. Rod Carew
3. Kirby Puckett
4. Tony Oliva
5. Joe Mauer
6. Kent Hrbek
7. Bob Allison
8. Justin Morneau
9. Chuck Knoblauch
10. Gary Gaetti