Notebook: Tough Day for Twins Baseball

Jax is an interesting pitcher.  Doesn't get many strikeouts but I don't think there was one ball hit in the air.  Some fairly hard hit ground balls but mostly weak contact.  I am still surprised he didn't get picked in the rule V.  I guess strikeouts rule, but I honestly think he could succeed as a number 5 on several teams.  His stuff would also play out of the pen as I think he could refine it to get K's.  Nothing he threw looked straight and he looked like he was trying to pitch just off the plate but the hitters were not biting. Even when he threw over the plate no one got solid contact in three innings of work.  He did manage to give up 4 hits though.

Law didn't look quite as efficient this time out and gave up some hard contact but still he had 2 K's, no walks and no hits.  So a dominant performance non the less.

Farrell had his usual bendy stuff and got his typical 2 K's but did give up a hit today.  Farrell's breaking stuff is pretty slow but he did have a fastball at 94 today. He is still my sire of ft meyers choice but Law is right there with him as well.   

Winder and Canterino can throw hard but both had control issues today.  Definitely need some refining. they both had several balls not even reaching the plate. Maybe those are by design but they fooled no one so I can only conclude they are missing their spots.  Winder gave up a HR but it barely cleared the fence, again both those guys have the stuff but they need to be more consistent than they were today.

Rooker and Garlick didn't look great today.  Rooker K'd once and Garlick twice.  Rooker did hit one ball pretty well and that was it.  Tough day for the hitters again with only three hits.  This was pretty much the B squad though so not too surprising.

Honestly the Pirates didn't do much better they managed 4 hits off of Jax but a couple of those were cheapies and not much after that. I believe Farrell only gave up a hit because Astudillo lost it in the sun and the one good hit they did have went for a home run.  The one good hit we had just missed going out and went off the wall for a triple and got erased on a hard hit ball that doubled up the runner.  Thats the way she goes sometimes.  Pitching looked great even from the guys that won't beak with the team. So that is encouraging.  On to Tampa tomorrow.

Everyone thinks he should get shot, me included,

I assume you mean "a shot" and I agree. Perhaps more than one, one with the Twins and one or more in the arm.