Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 20, 2004
M & M

Aaron Gleeman is excited about the Twins twin rookies:


I will certainly have a lot more on this subject in the coming months, but let me just say that I don't think Joe Mauer is going to show much power as a rookie this season. I do think he will eventually develop into a well above-average power threat and the fact that Morneau's power numbers in high Class A and Double-A at the same age weren't exactly McGwire-esque is good news.

Of course, what's even better news is that Mauer and Morneau should be members of the same lineup from 2005 until about 2020 or so.

If Joe Mauer doesn't develop any power, he's a left-handed Jason Kendall. If he does develop power, he's a left-handed Johnny Bench. Frankly, neither of those options sound too bad.


Earlier in the post, Aaron comments on how Terry Ryan is the un-Billy Beane. I'm not so sure. Terry may just keep it to himself.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:35 PM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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"...Aaron comments on how Terry Ryan is the un-Billy Beane. I'm not so sure. Terry may just keep it to himself."

Either Ryan pays less heed to statistics OR Ryan keeps it to himself. Either way, he's the anti-Beane.

Posted by: Andrew at January 20, 2004 05:15 PM