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  1.    Coach reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 4, Royals 3: Eighth-Inning Rally Snaps Twins' Four-Game Skid
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  6. wornsmooth
    Isn't Jackson the only player on the team hitting over 300?
  7. wornsmooth
    This article justly praises Lee's clutch 2 run single. And Ober's superb outing. I believe a couple other items need highlighting. Bell, like Lee, is a clutch hitter. Again, a base hit to score a run. He and Lee lead the team in RBI's, and it is largely due to timely quality at bats. The players I am most happy see come to the plate with runners in scoring position are Bell, Lee, and Larnach. The other item is to add to your comment on Lewis. While he was 1 for 4 with his homerun, in all 4 of his at bats he absolutely crushed the ball. All well over 100 mph exit velocities. Even his final ground out was something like 108 plus. He really seems to be in a grove right now. Just in time for Milwaukee. I have said it before and people laugh. If he can stay healthy, give him a couple more years to mature as a hitter, and Lewis is a potential triple crown hitter. If Twins keep Lewis, Jefferson, and Larnach with Buc extending his productivity a few more years, that potential hitting group could lead the way back to the Series. The Twins need to start keeping the players they develop.
  8.    wornsmooth reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 4, Royals 3: Eighth-Inning Rally Snaps Twins' Four-Game Skid
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  16. wornsmooth
    My humble opinion. Lee is a solid starter and second only to Bell as the teams best run producer. Jefferson would be up there too if he hadn't been injured. Personal opinion. The twins need to stop "developing" players and start concentrating on keeping their budding stars. Every effort should be made to keep Larnach and Jeffers. The complaint of money would diminish if they keep these guys so that MLB TV would strart featuring the Twins because they have players people want to watch. This develop a player and then trade him stuff is a major part of them being a mediocre team.
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  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24.    JD-TWINS reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 9, Rangers 3: Larnach Stays Red-Hot, Joe Ryan Deals as Twins Secure Sweep
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  26. wornsmooth
    Rather than trade Larnach, why not keep him? When the time comes, pay him enough to stay?
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. wornsmooth
    Could not agree more regarding playing out of position. Play one position. Concentrate on that and hitting.
  33. 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.
  34. 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?
  35. 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.
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