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  1. h2oface
    Perkins says "wear-down", but he looks soft and chubby and not in shape, and he gained that chub througout last year. I hope he is ready, but my real hopes lie with Burdi and Reed in the second half of the year as Perkins' soft body wears down more. It didn't surprise me at all that he strained muscles that weren't ready to pitch.
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    Nunez did make me cringe the other day when he totally took a bad route in left field and misplayed the fly/drive that dropped in as he flailed on his butt slide and missed it in the 8th inning with 2 outs. Ouch. Just one play, but it looked like Delmon Young was back. http://m.mlb.com/stl/video/topic/8877482/v46957483/stlmin-easley-delivers-rbi-single-to-left-field/?c_id=stl Nunez did keep it in front of him, though.....
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    Maybe I have missed it, but what velocity is Milone's fastball coming in at in Spring Training so far? I was always concerned that the difference in his fastball and change was about 7 mph last year. So far, the only pitchers that have actually received starts this spring training are Gibson, Hughes, Santana, Nolasco, and Milone. Meyer, May, Berrios, and Pelfrey all came in after the starters. Does that mean anything?
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    ".........Would he (Santana) remain in center field, where he excelled last year and where the Twins have no clear frontrunner......." I never felt that Santana excelled in center field. I would call it adequate to poor defense. I am looking forward to seeing what he does at short. If he proves to be a liability, and he is still hitting and center field is still a problem waiting for buxton, then he can try to get better in center and take over for a spell, I guess, but that would make the outfield defense just horrible.
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    As long as the Twins continue to stockpile replacement players that are 29-34 years old in AAA (many we now see playing in the Spring Training games in the second half of the games), the real prospects that will actually make the major league team will continue to jump from AA to the show. There has been plenty written on this site, and other fine articles elsewhere, about the lack of need for many to play in AAA at all. I think they will be just fine with Doug managing them in Chattanooga. More than fine. I think that is the best place for the group.
  6. h2oface
    The only way one truly knows how to pronounce a name is to ask the source. To rely on announcers as the definitive source of pronunciations will get you a lot of wrong versions. The current adventure in college basketball is J.P. Tokoto (TOE-ka-toe), forward for North Carolina. I have been hearing many wrong versions all year, and even more tonight on the ESPN website highlight reels from the woman that narrated it. The home team announcers, hopefully, will get it right, though. Maybe one of the TDers in camp right now can ask Berrios directly?
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    Prior would probably have washed out in the minors while playing for the Red Wings for yet another season to correct his walk ratio and save another year of Twins' control. I think a world series championship is always worth it. That is the reason the game is played. All speculation that it may have happened, but fun to think about.
  8. h2oface
    The Twins should just have Graham tank spring training, pitch horribly, and then the Braves will trade for a lower level prospect, and situation solved. Graham can then get ready, if he can, at Rochester, and have a chance to be called up when Fien or Stauffer or Duensing or Thielbar tank. I would love to see the pen being rocked by Reed and Burdi by mid-season. Let's get on with it. "......and the most troubling part is that he saw no performance boost after moving to the bullpen in the final two months, allowing a .378 batting average with seven strikeouts and five walks in eight appearances." This is just not encouraging. There is a reason the savvy Braves, who develop great pitching, didn't protect him.
  9. h2oface
    Maybe Joe should take bunting lessons from Carew and bunt into the shift. He has good speed of foot. Take those outside edge pitches down the empty third base line with the shift on. A single is a single, whether you bunt or get it through the infield. Puckett adapted. I think that is the key, here. If one just always tries to be who they used to be, the pitchers and the defense adjust, and you find yourself a shell of what you once were and not who you would like to be. Puckett became who he wanted to be because he made changes and adapted. Someone with the athleticism of Joe Mauer should be a great candidate for adapting to keep the edge on his side instead of the opponents, whether that be power, or bunting, or hitting it where the defense isn't.
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    I hope Joe Mauer reads this article.
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    Who?
  12. h2oface
    "Stewart comes from a very athletic family that includes seven children: Kyle, Kayla, Kohl, Kelly, Kade, Katie and Karli." Kohl's family is an alliteration. I guess it is not as troublesome as George Forman's kids' names. I hope he has recovered from this parental abuse ..... and turns it into a kareer with K's.
  13. h2oface
    So far, a lot of people are buying the hype, because, let's face it, that is about all there is so far. Maybe his velocity will go back up, and he finds control, and he starts striking people out, and he can make at least two of his slider and curve and change and sinker flash and become plus pitches. I sure hope so.
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    Is there a meaning there for this spelling? Does it mean something I am not getting? I figured it was just a mistake the first time I saw it, but since it is repeated, I am curious.
  15. h2oface
    Yes, I understand that. Perhaps Milone was pitching with a tumor in his neck the whole time, and he didn't know it because it never bothered him. Ervin Santana has been pitching with a partial tear in his medial collateral ligament for years. If he has a horrible season and finally has surgery..... Hey, I get that the tumor could have been a reason his performance had a meltdown. The way he has pitched and the declining velocity trend didn't change much these last 3 years, except for the time on the Twins. Certainly the results did for his short stint on the Twins so far. Scott Diamond looked OK for a bit , too. I see Milone blocking what we need instead of helping this team. We will see. Timing will be everything for him. He will have probably have some chances.
  16. h2oface
    Watching Milone pitch for the Twins, it is almost impossible for me to consider his performance with Oakland ("Over the next two-and-a-half seasons with the A’s, he went 31-22 with a 3.84 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP"). The 6.5 mph difference between his fastball and change up, and his declining fastball average now down to 86.6 mph, I have to feel that Billy Beane knew what he was doing, and using Milone for calling him up for a spot start from Rochester in an emergency is his only up side for this team.
  17. h2oface
    Great point. It is kind and convenient for some to just consider May's good outings in the show, shine that pile, and say he has earned another chance to be the 5th starter. Nolasco would like one to do that for him, too. But the fact is, I have a really hard time not considering that he gave up 40 earned runs in 45.2 innings pitched in the 10 games he appeared in. All the innings pitched count. I don't see how that earns anything yet, but would still like to see him get the first opening after Meyer gets his first opportunity.
  18. h2oface
    May doesn't make any prospect lists except fan based prospect lists. Has his time in the show made him unqualified, and TD and TT and other Twins' bloggers just treat him as an exception?
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    One would think that that would also be a requirement of someone who plays 1st base, which is also a traditional position that power is often expected. A high OBP can be a consolation to tradition. Here's to hoping Rosario finds one or the other, then.
  20. h2oface
    Thanks for the post. Great stuff.
  21. h2oface
    Great entry!
  22. h2oface
    ...... and it is worth absolutely nothing. These guys are wrong so many more times than they are right. He could be right, but no team would not try him as a starter first. Hey....... John Smoltz's furture was in the bullpen, too, but not until several years as a starter.
  23. h2oface
    Exactly. IF that happens, there are several starters to replace him for a spell. Then you can try those with less talent. And Berrios could be a real surprise before you know it.
  24. h2oface
    I would say definitely. But with Perkins' contract, and Burdi leading a slew of slinging arms that were drafted to relieve and could be ready even by the middle of this year, (and isn't every team hoping to strike gold and find the next Craig Kimbrel), why waste a guy with the pitches necessary to start. I can't see why you would mess with him at this point, and even temporarily have him pitch out of the bullpen. I mean, he was softhanded last year for a reason, and it wasn't to have him pitch out of the bullpen. Why even go that route now? If he is ready out of spring training, why waste anymore time? See if he can compete and start right out of the gate. He can always go to the pen. If he looks ready, like Gibson looked ready, and you want to field your best team......... what are you waiting for? For Meyer to turn 26?
  25. h2oface
    Meyer is 25 and healthy. Time to start him in the show. Period. Anything else is just wasting an asset that you traded a fine center fielder for. Patience is highly overrated. Same with walk rate for a lights out pitcher.
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