tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post6965934245008375579..comments2024-02-19T07:12:32.248-06:00Comments on Baseball Outsider: Here comes Brian DozierEdward Thomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-51954916403333921482012-05-07T11:49:19.803-05:002012-05-07T11:49:19.803-05:00Anonymous: The assessment of Dozier as the superio...Anonymous: The assessment of Dozier as the superior defensive player is based on reports out of training camp. I haven't seem him. range would be a logical reason for the assessment..<br /><br />TimK: managers and general managers aren't always in agreement on player moves, and it would be silly to expect otherwise. In this case, it seems pretty obvious that Gardenhire is getting what he wanted in March.Edward Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-45104671693849331132012-05-07T11:12:47.208-05:002012-05-07T11:12:47.208-05:00These moves won't make any difference. It fee...These moves won't make any difference. It feels like the team has quit and there's discord in the front office. <br /><br />Pioneer Press had an article Sunday that pointed to late April as the beginning of the hitting drop off. Which is interesting since that's when we see signs of the discord.<br /><br />At the time you wrote about sources saying that the Twins might sign Brandon Inge to platoon with Sean Burroughs and demote Danny Valencia. Shortly thereafter Burroughs was demoted. So we know what side of that argument Terry Ryan was on, my guess is the other side was Ron Gardenhire. <br /><br />If that's correct does the funk the Twins are in show what the clubhouse thinks of this? And has Gardenhire lost this team? I mostly like Gardy as manager, but he may not be what we need this year. I've never felt that he gets the best out of younger players and that's probably going to be a lot of our players by the end of the season.TimKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-7665052090692598192012-05-07T09:39:12.714-05:002012-05-07T09:39:12.714-05:00In what way to you consider Dozier and upgrade ove...In what way to you consider Dozier and upgrade over Carroll in the field? Is it based on range? Carroll is about as sure-handed as you get and, if up the middle defense is still important, he is the man. I think they should drop him in the order or move him to second if Dozier can add pop and play comparable defense to Carroll. Time to give up on Casilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com