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Agreed and then he starts to throw it slower to try to throw strikes... almost looks like he's guiding the ball.
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Correa has 3 batted ball events over 104.5 and is 0-3... tough
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He's throwing it slower and his command hasn't quite been there. He's also unable to command his secondary pitches for strikes and it becomes a little easier to load up on the FB. Lots of small things that add up. Also Ryan has always struggled with HRs but the idea with his pitching style is that in a general sense he's so good at tunneling and he's got the sneaky life on his FBs and he pounds the strike zone to avoid walks along with pitching up in the zone. He's going to have WHIPs near or sub 1, but when hitters do connect it's going to go deep but hopefully a solo HR. Him not being able to command that breaking pitch/split finger at the bottom end of the zone has led to him reverting to being more of a FB pitcher.
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It's been interesting to see Ryan lose the couple extra MPH off of his stuff over the last month or so and how that has translated to more HRs leaving the park. He's also been unable to consistently command his offspeed stuff.
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Don't care about "ideal" defensive corner OFs -- give me an .800-.900+ OPS's across the board and we'll go from there.
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Dreaming of Lewis - Correa - Polanco - Julien - Lee infield/dh lineups with Kirilloff/Wallner in the OF.
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55/60 runner too so it sounds like he could shift to the outfield. I would guess he's groomed as kind of a utility type guy in the Farmer/Gordon/Marwin role. Ideal if he can stick at 2B and also play backup CF at a minimum with games at first. I don't mind having a guy like that with a good hit tool and some speed.
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.700+ SLG last season and 48 SBs in his last 112 college games along with only 62 K's.
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I'm just reading about the pick, I don't necessarily like drafting middle infielders who aren't SS's at lower levels, but it sounds like he's got a good hit tool/speed combo and can potentially even play some CF. I like that he's a younger college junior (22). I do think we need more speed that has decent hitting potential in the middle of the field in the system so overall I can't complain. Based on rankings, it's not a reach.
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Hope they just keep going BPA on their board -- like the upside plays and I think the farm system needs some upside in it.
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Yeah, I'm all for hating Correa but I think you have to have hope in the process of hitting the ball hard. Even his GIDP was like 102 exit velocity and a .500 xBA.
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I mean outside of the result that's what you are looking for unless you're not looking for 109 exit velocity and .910 xBA.
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7 outs of an xBA of .400+ through 6 innings is just comical
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To be fair he ripped 2 line drives 1 foot foul.
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I think there's a number of factors to consider there. I think in general a manager is going to keep in a pitcher who is throwing strikes versus one that isn't even if you could say both have had some command issues in different ways. Second, game score, it might have been different if the Twins were up and Rocco saw Ryan had below his average stuff/command for the day.
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Also Ryan's velocity is down about 2mph today and his stuff is a little less crisp than normal -- something to monitor.
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LOL Ryan might go 8 innings tonight
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Buxton is also a killer as a DH. If he was providing low avg. pop with okay obp skills with his defense in Center that's completely fine. He blocks guys like Julien from being able to be more full time DH players and having to put them in the field as much. Julien's bat is really good, but his defense has created I think at least 3 big innings so far with extra outs.
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I love Kirilloff's approach and it's clear that he's taken a step forward from his aggressive minor league days and he wants to show that off. The guy spits at balls right on the edge of the strike zone (to his detriment). I do think he could benefit from some selective aggressiveness earlier in counts where he tries to pull some balls or at least hit it hard if it's a fastball in the zone. I think with his hit tool he's making it a little harder for himself largely keeping the bat on the shoulder until he gets two strikes. It honestly looks like he's cloned Mauer, at least the version of Mauer after that 28 HR season and when he was at 1B.
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I hope Rocco lets Ryan go 7. If Julien makes that play, he's letting Ryan continue to pitch and he will have pitched the exact same within what he can control. He's pounding the strike zone and getting a little beat today with his control a little bit off. We're down anyways.
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I’m not sure how to describe it but Lewis carries himself like a star. I think AK could be really good and same with Julien but Lewis carries himself differently. Sort of reminds me of Correa.
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Third Base? Royce headed to St. Paul
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Dang finally hit one at em. Wanted to see AK get another XBH
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Let's go! This is hilarious.
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Please get AK back up!
