Article: Twins Minor League Report (5/9): Saturday In The Minor League Parks

[Seth Stohs]

He's just fine. 

[ExpectMorePayLess]

 

What am I missing in regards to Brett Lee?
I do like his GB tendencies but he seems most likley to be a LOOGY type.

He is successful at every level and we should allow him to fail (LOOGY and all) before we assume he will not do well at higher levels.  Dude just wins

[jimbo92107]

Are people absolutely sure there's nothing physically wrong with Alex Meyer? I'm beginning to wonder if his shoulder, or something else, is putting a hitch in his git-along.

 

Reason I'm saying this is that I'm trying to therapy my way out of a shoulder problem myself. I had a cortisone shot several days ago, and it's helped a lot, but I still can't follow through quite right hitting tennis balls. I have to assume that throwing fastballs at 95mph and sliders at 90 must require that all your parts are nearly 100 percent healthy.

 

A slight problem in his shoulder could affect Meyer's ability to command his pitches with enough accuracy to avoid a lot of walks. Maybe it's even possible that it doesn't even hurt, but is affecting his motion, just enough to get these negative results.

 

Granted, this is just speculation, but it really does seem odd that a guy with so much talent is unable to command the zone effectively at this point in his development.