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  1.    wornsmooth reacted to a post in a topic: When It Comes to Joe Ryan, Twins Have Four MLB Trade Deadline Options
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  7. wornsmooth
    If only one batter was suckered by all those off-plate pitches, I would say , yeah, lousy at bat. When multiple hitters are flailing at pitches so far out of the zone, I would give the pitcher some credit for it.
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  16. wornsmooth
    I should check, but isn't Lee on track for a 100 rbi season? I stopped following baseball for decades. After retirement came back to following Twins online.(to cheap to pay the cable/streaming prices). Was dazzled by stats I hadn't heard of. After 5 years or so of this I have come back to what I felt was true in 1970. The two most important stats to rate a player's offensive value are RBIs and Runs Scored.(one can adjust that homemade stat by subtracting HRs from runs scored) The name of the game for half of each inning is to score runs. Lee does that. If Royce would quit chasing low and low and outside sweepers and other breaking balls he would too.
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  20. wornsmooth
    Rather than trade Larnach, why not keep him? When the time comes, pay him enough to stay?
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  24. wornsmooth
    I have never before heard of batting a guy on track for 40 to 50 homeruns batting leadoff. Mickey Mantle was as fast as Buxton, but the Yankees never wasted his power batting leadoff. ILast year I thought batting Buxton leadoff was stupid. I still think it stupid. If he batted 3rd or 4th he would have 50 percent more ribis and about same number of runs scored
  25. wornsmooth
    We forget that while Killebrew hit a lot of homeruns and struck out a lot, he also walked a lot. He clearly had plate discipline and a good eye. He didn't waste his swings.
  26. wornsmooth
    One encourage sign. Royce Lewis is having good at bats since his return. He isn't chasing every sweeper or foot outside change-up thrown.
  27. wornsmooth
    I think some of the problems the Twins have had with both their team defense and their inability to develop hitters is their constant tinkering with the positions that the players are expected to master. Today you play shortstop. Ok, tomorrow second day base. And so on. How can you concentrate oIn hitting when you are also trying to learn a different position? How can you ever master one fielding position when you are constantly being moved around? Management acts like the players are interchangeable.
  28. wornsmooth
    He seems to work hard. He has stayed healthy. Lots of criticism of his defense. When Tony Olivia broke into the majors, other than a cannon arm, he was a sub par right fielder. Other than a brief disastrous attempt to make him a centerfielder, they left him in right field until his knees were destroyed. He worked at it and became a gold glover. He learned to position himself as the pitch count changed, and do the little mental things that make a ball player go from good to great. Todays Twinsvcould learn a lot by reviewing Tony O's career. Lee turned 2 pretty nifty plays last night. He seems to now believe he can hit major league pitching. A more aggressive, hard bat swing. It looks like he will ne as good as they hoped when drafting him.
  29. wornsmooth
    Could not agree more regarding playing out of position. Play one position. Concentrate on that and hitting.
  30. wornsmooth
    Allegedly, when Tony Oliva was just arriving in the majors, Calvin Griffith said he would fire anybody that tried to change his way of hitting.
  31. wornsmooth
    Was it Jim Kaat who said that one has to be at least 30 years of age before they actually learn how to pitch?
  32. wornsmooth
    1. It has been cold out. 2. It has been cold out. 3. Ryan can bring attitude. I love his in your face " dude, hit this if you can" demeanor. 4. Give him some run support and he will be a year in and year out 20 game winner.
  33. wornsmooth
    First, a disclaimer. My only knowledge about hitting comes from watching people who can hit. IOW, not much. That said, am I correct that a lot of his swings the past year or so ended with his right hand off the bat, finishing off an arcing swing with just the left hand? Leaving the sense that the bat is being waved at the ball, rather than driven at the ball with the right hand and wrist making the bat slash. Or is my comment display how little I actually know.
  34. wornsmooth
    Wasn't he hit in the face/head by a pitch? Is anyone able to look at his hitting stats from pre-beaning and post beaning?
  35. wornsmooth
    I said it two years ago. Joe Ryan reminds me of Bob Gibson. So, if he stays healthy, he is likely a future Hall of Famer. A smart organization does everything they can to keep such players. Why not keep them, pay them and WORK at making them WANT to play for the Twins? You don’t dump potentiaIl Hall of Famers, or let them get away. Why is that so hard to understand?
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