<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>RotoSynthesis Blog Posts for Minnesota Twins</title><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/</link><description>The Ultimate Fantasy Sports Blog</description><copyright>Copywrite Rotowire.com 2009</copyright><item><title>Traveshamockery</title><description><![CDATA[There's no other way to describe MLB's decision to stage today's Angels-Red Sox at 12:07 pm ET.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Traveshamockery-BBD1453.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Traveshamockery-BBD1453.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:00 AM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thanks, Phil Cuzzi</title><description><![CDATA[On Friday's <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rotowire">RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour</a>, I thanked umpire C.B. Bucknor for his <em>two</em> blown calls in Thursday's Red Sox-Angels game because it gave me example to use as the &quot;worst call ever.&quot; Well, sorry C.B., you're going to have to work a little harder at sucking. Hey, maybe Phil Cuzzi can teach you a thing or two.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Thanks%2DPhil%2DCuzzi-BBD1451.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Thanks%2DPhil%2DCuzzi-BBD1451.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 25:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Arizona Fall League Rosters Announced-Loaded With Talent</title><description><![CDATA[Preliminary rosters for the Arizona Fall League were announced today.  The rosters are loaded with talent.  In the past, however, for one reason or another some preliminary names were removed when the games actually began.   So this list is subject to alteration.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Arizona%2DFall%2DLeague%2DRosters%2DAnnounced%2DLoaded%2DWith%2DTalent-BBD1317.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Arizona%2DFall%2DLeague%2DRosters%2DAnnounced%2DLoaded%2DWith%2DTalent-BBD1317.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>On Roto and Outliers</title><description><![CDATA[Jarrod Washburn pitched a 1-hitter last night and is now 6th in the AL in ERA. In April, I called Jarrod Washburn this year's Cliff Lee. This weekend, I traded Washburn for Marco Scutaro. I believe the term for this is idiot savant. Though I'm probably a much bigger idiot than savant.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/On%2DRoto%2Dand%2DOutliers-BBD1182.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/On%2DRoto%2Dand%2DOutliers-BBD1182.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 37:00 AM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mauer Revisited</title><description><![CDATA[One month ago there was some discussion that Joe Mauer's newfound power was more than just a hot streak and that he had <a href="http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Hot-Streak-vs-Permanent-Skill-Growth-BBD1087.htm">developed a new skill</a>.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Mauer%2DRevisited-BBD1164.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Mauer%2DRevisited-BBD1164.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hot Streak vs. Permanent Skill Growth</title><description><![CDATA[When a player's performing well, it's important to be able to distinguish between short-term positive results, i.e., a hot streak, and the emergence of a new baseline, i.e., permanent skill growth. ]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Hot%2DStreak%2Dvs%2DPermanent%2DSkill%2DGrowth-BBD1087.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Hot%2DStreak%2Dvs%2DPermanent%2DSkill%2DGrowth-BBD1087.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 59:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Joe Mauer and Trevor Hoffman</title><description><![CDATA[Usually, it's bad news when your player misses the first several weeks to a month of the season. But if you were initially worried after drafting Mauer and Hoffman, you're not anymore. ]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Joe%2DMauer%2Dand%2DTrevor%2DHoffman-BBD1059.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Joe%2DMauer%2Dand%2DTrevor%2DHoffman-BBD1059.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 45:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo's Can't Cut List and Projecting the Fall(s)</title><description><![CDATA[So here's a little exercise for you: Who's going to end up with the worst season among players considered pre-season MLB superstars?]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Yahoos%2DCant%2DCut%2DList%2Dand%2DProjecting%2Dthe%2DFall%28s%29-BBD991.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Yahoos%2DCant%2DCut%2DList%2Dand%2DProjecting%2Dthe%2DFall%28s%29-BBD991.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 42:00 AM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>So Much For That New Plate Discipline</title><description><![CDATA[Two of baseball's most notorious free swingers said this spring they'd changed their approach at the plate to take more walks and see more pitches. Last year Carlos Gomez swung at the first pitch 40.6 percent of the time (according to the <a href="http://www.baseballinfosolutions.com/books.html">Bill James Handbook</a>) which was 6th most in the AL and took few walks. Jeff Francoeur swung at the first pitch 42.9 percent of the time - the most in the NL. <br />
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It's only a week into the season, so the sample size is small, but so far they look like the same old hackers.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/So%2DMuch%2DFor%2DThat%2DNew%2DPlate%2DDiscipline-BBD923.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/So%2DMuch%2DFor%2DThat%2DNew%2DPlate%2DDiscipline-BBD923.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:00 AM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Disagreeing with Baseball Prospectus on Delmon Young</title><description><![CDATA[Dare I disagree with BP?!<br />
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Baseball Prospects is really down on poor Delmon Young, maybe a bit too much. Call me crazy but here are reasons to still be bullish on the formerly drooled over prospect.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Disagreeing%2Dwith%2DBaseball%2DProspectus%2Don%2DDelmon%2DYoung-BBD770.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Disagreeing%2Dwith%2DBaseball%2DProspectus%2Don%2DDelmon%2DYoung-BBD770.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 36:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Prospect Tuesdays on Fantasy Focus</title><description><![CDATA[For the next three weeks, we'll be having John Sickels on for the full hour and talk exclusively about prospects on Fantasy Focus.]]></description><guid>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Prospect%2DTuesdays%2Don%2DFantasy%2DFocus-BBD732.htm</guid><link>http://rotosynthesis.rotowire.com/Prospect%2DTuesdays%2Don%2DFantasy%2DFocus-BBD732.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:00 PM 0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>