tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post4336304473240264628..comments2024-01-26T11:14:40.053-06:00Comments on Over The Baggy: The Twins are playing the waiting game with Cuddyer. Is it worth it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post-67406932361746512712011-12-11T20:18:44.275-06:002011-12-11T20:18:44.275-06:00@TT --
You are misinterpreting that paragraph (yo...@TT --<br /><br />You are misinterpreting that paragraph (you have quite the knack of doing that, by the way). By "not far behind Cuddyer" I meant that the three of the next four names on that list were Jonny Gomes, Josh Willingham and Kelly Shoppach. Simply distance on the list and not in proximity of OPS. In fact, I made no commentary based on the OPS towards the player's production. You simply jumped to the conclusion that I was inferring something that was not there.<br /><br />If you want to understand how useless your argument against OPS was, consider this: Danny Valencia had 608 plate appearances while Jason Repko had 144.Twins Fan c.1981https://www.blogger.com/profile/05029718081907720967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post-32978343480423178182011-12-10T15:04:20.784-06:002011-12-10T15:04:20.784-06:00" Cuddyer has posted a .929 OPS against south..." Cuddyer has posted a .929 OPS against southpaws ... not far behind Cuddyer on that list are free agents Jonny Gomes (.859 OPS), Josh Willingham (.827) and Kelly Shoppach (.804)."<br /><br /><br />If you want to understand just how useless OPS is, consider this: <br /><br />The difference between Cuddyer and Shoppach above is greater than the difference between Jason Repko and Danny Valencia or Joe Mauer and Ben Revere. In fact, Trevor Plouffe and Alexi Casilla would be "not far behind" Kubel or even Cuddyer himself by much. <br /><br />Even those who rely on OPS don't seem to have a very clear idea of what makes a difference significant. <br /><br />That is not surprising since that question is unanswerable. There, in fact, may be no significant difference between any of them as is suggested here. Or the difference may be as great as the difference between Cuddyer and Casilla. Who knows?TThttp://grannybaseball.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post-31181446280484911102011-12-09T17:59:06.956-06:002011-12-09T17:59:06.956-06:00here come the Cardinals........they are going to g...here come the Cardinals........they are going to get him......he fits in perfect with this team on and of the field and fill alot of holes....either first base or right fieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post-33508657245532781262011-12-09T14:27:36.218-06:002011-12-09T14:27:36.218-06:00Great post, and well reasoned, as always. I'd ...Great post, and well reasoned, as always. I'd hate to lose the leadership qualities and what not, but also don't fee comfortable at more than 3 years, or more than $27 million. The longer this drags out, the more likely the Twins are to lose out on Plan B.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193037924987429075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37892113.post-91552160821136186502011-12-09T13:40:38.910-06:002011-12-09T13:40:38.910-06:00I love Cuddyer and would really love for him to st...I love Cuddyer and would really love for him to stay. If we have to pay him $10M over 3 or 4 years though, I think we need to say goodbye. We gain two picks and save $ for pitching help. Willingham I believe would save us around $4M/yr.union1mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986855087699845365noreply@blogger.com