Twins Prospect Spotlight: Jake Reed

From Tom’s video he has made some changes to his arm slot. Maybe that is the edge he needs to make the next step.

Thanks for the Jake Reed spotlight.

I suppose he's next on the merry-go-round of relievers, but I did like what I saw in the clip. Perhaps because of the new sidearm arm slotting, the ball seem to break late and with significant movement.

Give him a canteen and let's send him up the hill

Free Jake Reed!

Despite Houston getting the lion's share of the credit for Pressly's success, the Twin's gave him a chance and stuck with him for quite a while.  I feel like Reed, who I believe chose to return to the Twins this year, will get his chance, and perhaps finally figure out how to use his stuff--another late bloomer.

Isn't he about the last man standing out of that "vaunted" reliever draft (or two?) of high velocity arms?  Burdi, Chargois, Curtiss, a Matt maybe--there were a bunch of intriguing hard throwers.

Nice article on Jake - at this point he is certainly worth calling up for a shot especially while he is on a hot streak.   

Looks quite a bit like Jeff Reardon.  I say give him a chance.

I've been waiting for this guy to get a chance for over a year now. It doesn't seem like the FO considers him to be a prospect or even as an option with how many times he's been passed over by other players.

I agree. I've been waiting for the Twins to give this guy a call for quite some time now. Hopefully he gets it soon the BP needs help.

Why not? Next man up. Romero and McGill didn't do the job yesterday, so we still can't trust them and until Twins starters can go 7+ innings we have to use 3 relievers most games so we need to keep going back to AAA for fresh (not necessarily effective) arms. Would have to drop a player to add him to the 40-man roster but I don't think that's a problem. We are not in panic mode with our RP, but I'm beginning to worry. Trevor Hildenberger get better soon.

Make this video part of a series called "Wholesome Chuckles with Tom Froemming"

Just a year? I'm at like 3 years now, haha

Same.  Prior to his struggles this year, what more does the guy have to do?

I think if he hadn't started making some more radical adjustments he wasn't going much further. His season to date numbers ain't great: career high in HR/9, career high in BB/9. Hopefully the adjustment gets him going on a sustainable basis, but I'm not surprised that took another run at Romero first this year.

Also add Randy Moss and Cris Carter.  

It looks not so much like the arm-into-the-shoulder Position is any different, but rather that at the pelvis he is no longer leaning left. Much more straight up and down. There does also seem to be a little less tilt in the elbow, but I think the majority of the difference in angle has to do with his more vertical trunk position.

It looks not so much like the arm-into-the-shoulder Position is any different, but rather that at the pelvis he is no longer leaning left. Much more straight up and down. There does also seem to be a little less tilt in the elbow, but I think the majority of the difference in angle has to do with his more vertical trunk position.

I think you may be correct. I think this allows him to push more with his lower body while staying balanced. Don't know if this is a Wes Johnson thing but I like it. Pushing up of the rubber gives the illusion of a low to high release while still maintaining some height. Fastball can appear to rise. Break on of speed seems more dramatic. Pat Neshek is the first guy that comes to mind. Threw hard for sidewinder.