IS Cuddy worth 7.66 million??

[greebs]

PB why all the hating on young? his batting average is only a couple points shy of the man that you seem to want to have his baby the way you gush on him.

[Gary Crichton]

This year I would want Cuddy at the plate in key situations instead of Young. Like said b-4 he has the ability to do well, but not right now. Maybe in a couple of years his defense will come around and maybe develop some power in his hitting. Until then it is work in progress.

Glenn Baseball players are paid way to much now. Can I come to you for a raise, I like your figuring.

[SledNeck]

YEAH. Youngs batting avg is a couple notches below Cuddy's (old vet) and Young is a work in progress!

[fishin58]

RISP Delmon is batting 303 RISP w/2 outs 306 Bases Loaded 333

Cuddles with RISP 260 RISP w/2 outs 187 Bases Loaded 154

So yeah... by these numbers would you really want Cuddles up there hacking? AND these numbers are current, so yes that includes Cuddles hottest 2 weeks of hitting in his life and his numbers are still not even close to Delmons.......

[fishin58]

So Gary as of right now.....what numbers were you using to figure out who has been better with RISP? I think you call that the proverbial BOX.

[glenn57]

its called what have you done for me lately!! and cuddy be da man!!!!!!!!!!

[PierBridge]

I like Delmons bat some-what he seems to have a lot of athletic talent as far as that goes and he may be a bona-fide designated hitter some day. His situational hitting is terrible to say the least and he has a LOOONG way to go to even be considered a good hitter. It's just the rest of his package from attitude to basic fundamentals that concerns me. He can't carry Cuddys JOCK-STRAP in 95 percent of what it takes to be a Big League player at this point but there is a glimmer of hope for him to be a decent DH some day because of his youth....

So at this point I don't, like most rational thinking baseball fans have the Man LUV like the 3 of you Cuddy BASHERS have at this point for an almost NONE dimensional ball player...

Talk about being boxed..this thread should be the defintion of the 3 stooges being boxed...LOL!

[fishin58]

I dont even know how to comment on your post PB, Stats are the facts and I dont know how that can be misinterpeted....Delmon has been a more consistent hitter with people on base this year. And like I said these stats are current and include Cuddles best 2 weeks of hitting with men on base in his life and the averages still are not even close.

[SledNeck]

I dont have a love affair for delmon...as for some of you and Cuddy................well.........

[PierBridge]

NEWS FLASH!

Cuddys a more Lovable guy hence the man Love. Delmon not so much!

Go Twins!

[SledNeck]

Cuddy is like a woman. He'll give you one good year and you'll be disappointed with the rest.

[Scott K]

Cuddy is like a woman. He'll give you one good year and you'll be disappointed with the rest.

You can get a whole good year out of one

[PierBridge]

Not true Sled he's had 3 good years out of the last 4 and in that lone so called bad year he was injured.

This will be his 3rd year out of the last 4 with 600 AB's 24 plus dingers and 270-ish batting avr!

[fishin58]

I dubbed Morneau manlove back in 06' Dudes could not get enough of him, but it is comparable to Cuddles man love today. PB, do you have your Captain Cuddles undies on today.

[HOT SPOT]

Young is still the WORST oufielder the twins have. He looks like Manny in the Field. LOST. Doesnt belong there

[Harmonica Bear]

Kubel isn't much better in the field. Fly balls are an adventure for the both of them.

[greebs]

Not true Sled he's had 3 good years out of the last 4 and in that lone so called bad year he was injured.

This will be his 3rd year out of the last 4 with 600 AB's 24 plus dingers and 270-ish batting avr!

speaking of "not true", what is your source for 3 out of the last 4 years having 24+ dingers and 600 AB's? (assuming of course a dinger is a home run and an AB is an at bat)

[Gary Crichton]

Mr. Delmon Young is 200 at bats short of Cuddy. Give Delmon 200 more at bats and then we shall talk there stat man. Delmon is doing well for a part time player.

[fishin58]

Now Gary that is part of the problem, Delmon deserves a lot more AB's he has been a 280 career hitter when he plays.....

Using the great thing called hindset now, would it have not been great to give Justin a day off here and there and move Cuddles to first and give the younger guys more playing time in the field?

[Gary Crichton]

Your right we shall never know if that would help or hurt him playing more. There must be a reason he hasn't had to many at bats. He needs to develop a little more and time is the answer. He is very young and hopefully he will come around. We have time with him to grow, but right now go with what is working.

[zamboni]

Delmon needs to sit on the bench until the All Star break, then afterwards he can play. He does ZIP the first few months of the season, but is OK afterwards

[fishin58]

So 348 AB's this year and he is batting 273

1694 Career Abs and a average of 288

That is quite a few ABs to form an opinion on, and a career 288 hitter is nothing to sneeze at. And he is 23, drafted #1 and people think this is his ceiling?

[SledNeck]

Young is still the WORST oufielder the twins have. He looks like Manny in the Field. LOST. Doesnt belong there

Did you see Kubel tonite yet?

[OLY]

#30 for cuddyer, go twins!!

[soldoncass]

RISP stat is one that everybody wants "their" guys to hit 500 and about 750 slugging %.....not realistic for anyone. The "other guys" pitcher is trying to make the "perfect pitch" , get ahead in the count, then throw a HIGH HARD ONE ...or a nasty slider low and away. A lot of outs are gotten that way...remember Pucket??????????his weakness too. Delmon has weaknesses all over...don't throw him a strike and he'll still strike out...waving at 3 straight "ball" pitches, then sitting down. I have to admit Cuddy , with RISP looks too much like Delmon ALWAYS does at the plate. I think he trys too hard, waves at pitches he normally lets go, and strikes out on those sliders down and away. Any team that watches Delmon, doesn't throw him a strike, and he may be hitting 100, with NO WALKS. If he would get better at that, I believe Gardy would give him more playing time.

I noticed something else also recently: Delmon had a hit with a risp.. single, of course..not sure if the guy scored or not. Cuddy was ofer with risp that game....BUT HE HAD 2 rbis anyway....he hit one of his DINGERS with a guy on first. Didn't count in the RISP stat, but he had more impact in the win than DELMON, with his risp stat that day. I wonder how many more games that happened in ?????????? any stats on that anywhere?

[zamboni]

Cuddyer with a SPARKLING play at first in the 5th tonight.

[UdeLakeTom]

How do you say...match, point, set...Can we find somebody else??? Cuddy has proven his worth.

[soldoncass]

Tonight:

Cuddy, 2 run HR to get Twins going...walked with bases LOADED (doesn't count AGAIN for BA with RISP, but rbi. Then Delmon struck out on low slider ...3 left on. Cuddy singled, stole 2nd, took 3rd on overthrow. Young tripled..1 rbi, scored on Tolberts hit. Young homered on "cookie" ...He CAN hit them if they are strikes.

Tally: draw????? or Cuddy ahead 3-2 rbi's.

Good thing it is a TEAM GAME...TEAM does well, if everybody does their job...

[greebs]

Not true Sled he's had 3 good years out of the last 4 and in that lone so called bad year he was injured.

This will be his 3rd year out of the last 4 with 600 AB's 24 plus dingers and 270-ish batting avr!

another good game tonite. I couldn't find it at any of those conspiracy starting stat websites but I hear that if he keeps it up at this pace this will be his 8th year out of the last 9 where he's had 40+ homers and 25 or more stolen bases, 100 + game winning rbi's and 20 saves from the bullpen! and he would have gotten it the 9th year had he not taken that one season off to build churches and homes in those poor 3rd world countries (sorry I just couldn't resist. after all a couple good false stats deserves more right?

I'll go on record that I believe that he has defintely earned his salary this year with his strong play these past few weeks and overall season stats. I didn't think he had it in him to get important hits late in the game in key situations but he seems to have found his groove and I truly hope he keeps it up right through the end and hopefully in the playoffs. If he wouldn't have struggled so much with risp earlier this year, he very well may be battling Mauer for AL MVP and this particular post would have been dead a long time ago.

[zepman]

Should have been dead a LONG time ago!