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Article: Twins MLB Draft Profile: Clint Frazier, OF
Ncgo4 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I like this kid a lot. You just cannot over value a great work ethic combined with world cass bat speed and a real good arm. Buxton, Sano, Arcia, Frazier & Hicks is a lot of potential offense. -
Buxton 3 fer 3 plus walk & SB. Ave now 328.
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Sano and Buxton provide a very good case study of what a difference an extra year make. Last year at Elizabethton, Sano started like a house afire then a slump brought his average down a lot. This year we see the same with Buxton 390 in April followed by 240 in May. Sano, on the other hand, this year has gone from 368 to 308. A year's more experience and pretty substantial improvement. Demonstrates that El Rey should move up, now! Buck, on the other hand, may be where he belongs for now.
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I understand that Gibson, because of injury history, will be throwing limited innings this year. If so, why in the devil are they allowing him to throw all these innings and, specifically, 114 pitches in a meaningless game for Rochester?
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The good news about Sano is that even in a hitting slump he continues to walk and steal bases.
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I don't expect a call up this year, though certainly he will be in camp next year. In Terri Ryan's interview he talked about his maturity and my guess as soon as a few minor things are addressed he'll be in 2A or 3A ASAP. Just do not see the twins taking up a spot on the 40 man this year. Hope I'm wrong.
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Thanks for sharing this. Great interview, and I mean really terrific. Well planned out questions all helped by Terry's willingness to share what he really thinks.
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I marry a figment of my imagination every time my wife travels. Fortunately, try as I might, this never includes procreation.
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There's been a lot of talk abut Buxton's power potential. He hasn't put up prodigious numbers of HR's, but he seems to have gone amazingly deep on several that he has hit. His swing looks line drivish to me, but the walk off yesterday looked like a clear upper cut attempt at going yard. This kid is more interesting every day.
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Sano HBP twice tonight. This is becoming a concern. I've only seen him play in person once and do not recall if he really crowded the plate. Does anyone have a feel for this? Also, is there anything out there about the circumstance about what happened? I haven't found anything. Ths is the fourth HPB that I know of, plus the incident where they threw at his head.
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Sano, unlike Buxton has almost maintained his BA in May at .351. Bid change seems to be that he is being pitched around. His BB % has almost doubled, he's been hit twice and we know he was thrown at once in a well publicized incident. We'll find out how he treats the new respect. Does he stay patient or does he get frustrated. This will go a long way to giving a clue as to his maturity. If he does it could be a big factor supporting an acceleration of his movement to Mpls.
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Buxton has come back to the field. Probably no chance (not that there ever was) of a premature promotion. For May his BA is .271 v .392, strikeouts well ahead of walks and OBP down from .500 to .353. Nothing unexpected here at all. He has already played almost as many games as he did all of last year (37 v 48) in colder/wetter conditions than he ever faced in Georgia, Florida or Tn. Batting .271 is not exactly a slump. Ask Hicks. This just brings him off the Superman pedestal (for a while?). Will be very fun watching his reaction to a period of mere normalcy. I have no doubt that we'll see a bounce back. Only question is how high a bounce & how quickly?
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Sano/Rosario - following in Arcia's footsteps
Ncgo4 replied to jorgenswest's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Sano has fallen back into his high strike out pattern. I believe he's back over 30% (37.5% in May). But this year, unlike last, his average has remained almost unbelievably high. Will be interesting to see what develops. -
Looks like Buxton is finally getting the slump we all kind of expected. He's hitting .250 for May with more than 10 K's.
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Sano now w/115 at bats. Average back over .390, it really is nearing the time to move him. Sounds like beating a dead horse, but how long do they wait. Opposing pitchers have hit him twice in a week & 1/2, once with injury. A third time they threw at his head but missed. He is so outclassing opposing pitchers that they feel they can only brush him back. I'm starting to not like this.
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Who do you want the Twins to draft?
Ncgo4 replied to Brodin4Calder's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Clint Frazier. That bat speed makes him a crazy prospect. Mark my words, three years from now it will be like Michael Jordan being passed over for Olajuwon and Sam Bowie. Everyone will be saying how dumb lucky the Twins were. They stole Sano fom everyone in the Dominican, Buxton fell into their laps at number 2 and then Frazier at number 4. Go Twins! Draft Clint! -
Rosario and Sano not in the line up tonight. News?
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Allison was not a great player. He was a decent power hitter reaching 30 HR's only 3 times and striking out a lot. His lifetime BA was .255. Also, he was a continuous adventure in the outfield. I believe he led the league in outfield errors 3 times.
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ESPN: Miguel Sano Featured Article
Ncgo4 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I just watched the movie about Sano on Netflix and was amazed. MLB so screwed up his eligibility review that everyone ese but Pittsburg backed off. Then the Pittsburg scout so p/o'd the Sano family that the Twins got him at the last minute. Plus, due to the delay in the eligibility determination, we got him for about $1.5 million less than what he was expected to get. So far it looks like a gift from the baseball Gods. Then the team ahead of us passes on Buxton. Maybe it's coming up towards Minnesota's time. But, of course, those of us native of Minnesota know we aren't worthy of it ever being our time.....LOL! -
Sano 3 Run HR in first!
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Wat a great forum! Ask a question and get a terrific answer. Thanks. Back to the question I raised. Clearly, this young man has some serious deep in his bat. It's really crazy to think that he and Sano are this young and moving up this quickly through "our" minor league system. Mauer later in his career with Sano and Buxton could easily be today's version of Killebrew, Oliva & Carew.
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I am not familiar with the stadium, but a few days ago it was reported he hit one out that bounced onto the roof of a house across the street. This was the game the Twins head of Minor league ops was at. Sort of an indication that he may have serious power. If someone knows the stadium could comment...
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Sano a 3 run dinger in the third inning. Number 9?
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With all the discussion about Buxton, methinks the same is called for with Sano. He's started out a house afire. Average a bit lower than Buxton, but crazy power numbers. While Buxton is facing young arms in very cold weather, possibly a hitting advantage, Sano is on the field learning a totally new position certainly a potential disadvantage. Last year Sano, started like this then cooled off...a LOT! Is the same fate in store this year? Somehow, I hope not. The biggest concern I have is that his Home Run numbers get in the way of his development. There is a fear that he gets so occupied with the long ball that he forgets about singles. He could become a Hank Aaron or a Cecil Fielder and it will be important for coach "M" to make sure the right direction is chosen. if he can keep up the crazy numbers (average and power) and maintain his current pace of K's, we may have someone that will be harder to hold back than Buxton. It's fun to be a Twins fan right now.
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Buxton, through three cold rain soaked weeks, looks like a major league ready super star. But he isn't. What I'm not sure about is which side of the mound is favored by the weather. My guess is that the bats have had a huge advantage, that it's harder for the young arms to get acclimated and loosened up in the cold. In a couple more weeks the pitchers will have had time to study and probe him and then we'll see how he holds up at this level in the warmer weather. If he's still at .350 with an on base of .395, move him. If he's down to .310, leave him to get comfortable. If, and miracles do happen, he's still at .400 with an OBP of .500 then it may make sense to give him a some time at high "A" and then up to "AA" to finish the season. He's only 18 and it'll be fun to watch.