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  1. jkcarew
    I was referring to those on our daily update top 20 prospect list. But, yes there are a few below that line, that are doing well. FWIW, when I say I'm looking for someone to 'take off'...I'm thinking maybe an OPS over 800. It's been Rortvedt. Arraez doesn't have that (actually not very close), Diaz doesn't. Cabbage is probably the best example right now of a relatively high prospect that is putting up some numbers early. The mitigating factors are the injuries (if that can be considered 'good') to top prospects...and the fact that, apparently, a 700 OPS is great if it happens in the FSL.
  2. jkcarew
    “Despite taking his third loss of the season, Duran owns a quality 3.63 ERA to begin 2019.” Except that ERA is below league average in the FSL. Still, the only place it seems he’s struggling is in keeping the ball in the park. Not many hits or walks, but stung by long balls a bit...in a league where they are rare. And the HR ball got him tonight as well. Keep waiting for a bat...someone...ANYONE...on any team...to take off. Like. Watching. Paint. Dry.
  3. jkcarew
    Romero’s velocity much better than Stewart’s coming in...appears that it’s about the same going out.
  4. jkcarew
    Remember when Max was doing damage?...in the Philadelphia series.
  5. jkcarew
    To be fair, Verlander was drafted twice as high as was Stewart.
  6. jkcarew
    April 24th. Didn't take too long to go from 11 to 13 pitchers, did it? I think Cave is the choice to put in the starting lineup most days if one of Buxton, Kepler, Rosario were to go on the IL. But it was obvious that Cave was the bench player for which Baldelli was having the hardest time getting at-bats. So, makes sense in that regard. When a random rest day is needed it will have to be Adrianza, Gonzalez, or even Astudillo out there....which would still leave two options after Sano comes back. Maybe it will be different later in the season when more rest days may be in order for the three main guys.
  7. jkcarew
    Nope, not yet, anyway. The 'good' part is that his BABiP is lower than it's been for any full professional season he's had. And his OBP is actually higher than it was last year at Fort Myers. The not-as-good part is that he's shown almost zero extra-base capability early this season, even compared to what he did last year at Fort Myers....and his stolen base success rate has taken a hit at this level, as well. Of course none of that matters that much given the sample size...especially if someone were to tell me that his defense at short is progressing nicely.
  8. jkcarew
    I'm just glad that whatever the issues were this spring with Thorpe, they apparently weren't injury-related. I think last night after 6 innings his pitch count was 69 with 9 K's. That means he was throwing the ball over the plate even when ahead in the count. A concept that seems not to have occurred to several starters and wanna-be starters on the Twins staff.
  9. jkcarew
    Funny. But, due to an almost total lack of K's or BB's, it's looking like fact that he'll hit around .300...and that the OBP, won't be much higher than .300. Meanwhile, he'll never have value on the bases. That leaves SLG (or ISO...whatever you want to use for extra-base ability). If he doesn't have that...like he didn't for most of 9 years in the minors, he's not offensively valuable. If he does...like he did in his last minor-league season and his first 150 major-league PA's, then he's valuable.
  10. jkcarew
    A month ago, it seemed that any number of Rochester starters could be knocking at the door by the end of April. Instead, it's impossible to find one to whom you'd want to give a major-league start right now. Everyone's results have been pretty bad. Will have to go with whoever has been pitching best (despite results) among Littell, Thorpe, Stewart...and hope for the best. Meanwhile, Rortvedt has been the best offensive player among prospects on this list...by a pretty wide margin. Good for Rortvedt, but not what plans or expectations were. Combination of injuries and slow starts has made tracking the position-player prospect list a bit...underwhelming so far.
  11. jkcarew
    And all in a crisp 3 1/2 hours. And that with a mercifully fast 9th. Odorizzi has the rare ability to slow a game down more the better he pitches...by staying in the game and continuing to pitch in his excruciatingly painful style. Then there’s the bullpen. It’s amazing the defense is playing as well as they are.
  12. jkcarew
    Let him be...he’s literally never had as much as two solid offensive months consecutively in his career. Let him find a sustainable level of confidence and comfort where he is before you ask him to be the leader or table-setter.
  13. jkcarew
    Now 7-0 against KC, DET, and BAL. 5-7 against rest of schedule. On to Houston.
  14. jkcarew
    I’ve always wanted to do that! But my wife would never give me her recipe.
  15. jkcarew
    But the 3 innings take 2 hours to play, so you can’t really say his starts are short.
  16. jkcarew
    Let's hope not. As 'horrible' as Sano's performance has been...or I should probably say, the perception of his performance...I don't think many of us are quite ready to have the 26 year-old Sano sit 70% of the games to platoon his career .802 OPS against right-handed pitching for 30 year-old Gonzalez's .737 against right-handed pitching.
  17. jkcarew
    Smoak is a switch-hitter, but the point is still valid...you'd rather turn Smoak around and have him hit from the right side. The problem is, Baldelli has one lefty he trusts. It's easy to say use Rogers there, but it's hard to pull that trigger when that leaves 3 innings in a close game with only Mejia available. At that part either call you make is probably wrong. They need a good LOOGY probably more than they need anything. I expect to see Moya as soon as he's available. Not that he's been great (yet) in that role. It's another indicator of how the FO had Molitor hand-cuffed in the bullpen..and now we're seeing Baldelli having to deal with it.
  18. jkcarew
    Nice stroke by Buxton in a high-pressure PA...that part of it was nice to see.
  19. jkcarew
    Valuable couple of innings from Duffey.
  20. jkcarew
    What happens is Buxton is on second base (high probability), and Kepler can get an RBI with a weakly-hit single or a ball threw the 3rd-baseman’s legs...and he doesn’t hit into a double play. If see your pitch, hit your pitch is how you look at every pitch in every at-bat in a game and season, we won’t agree on this, my friend.
  21. jkcarew
    That’s actually the complete opposite of what I’m say...of what the point is. And that is that it was a questionable decision...something all players can control. Nowhere anywhere was my point that it was a poor swing or failure to get a hit. It was a questionable decision before he rolled over on the swing, and it would have been a questionable decision if he had hit the ball 500 feet.
  22. jkcarew
    If you bat behind Buxton, you need to be willing and able to take pitches early in the count when he’s on base. Every at-bat does not call for one generic approach. Is it a rule that he HAS to take a pitch there? No. That’s why I say he must have really liked that pitch.
  23. jkcarew
    See Mikes comment above.
  24. jkcarew
    Exactly. Max must have REALLY liked that pitch. There’s aggressive, but then there’s....not smart.
  25. jkcarew
    He swings, therefore he’s out.
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