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  1. TJSweens
    "Prielipp has flashed promise in his first taste of the big leagues, but there is no certainty that his performance will hold over a full workload. Waiting for that answer delays the ability to address immediate bullpen needs." The obsession with moving Prielipp to the pen continues. Prielipp is outperforming other prospects as a starter at the major league level. For that matter, he is out performing SWR. Why even bring up assessing him as a reliever? The Twins shouldn't be willing to sacrifice Prielipp's development as a starter to fill a bullpen need on a team that is only going to win about 75 games.
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    Defensive metrics have a wide margin of error. I remember reading an article by the creator of the old UZR stat, where he states that in order to get a truly accurate assessment of defensive performance, you need 3 years of data on a player at a position to establish a baseline. Basically, I don't put a lot of stock in stats that say how many runs a player has saved or how many additional wins he accounts for. Just watch Buck play. He still gets to a select range of balls that the majority of center fielders don't get to. He is still one of the top center fielders. It doesn't take an advanced metric analysis to figure that out.
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    It's like the film critic who watched Jean Claude Van Dam's film debut and started his review with an apology to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stalone.
  4. TJSweens
    Ober has really transitioned well into a baffle em with b*llspit pitcher.
  5. TJSweens
    Send Wallner to St. Paul. DFA Outman. Bring up Emma and Roden.
  6. TJSweens
    I really don't care what baseball savant said. If BS says that play was out of the realm of possibility then there are some bugs in the system. I saw a ball that landed a short distance in front of a slow footed outfielder who was pulling up to make sure the ball didn't bounce by him.
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    I am going to go against the consensus here. I think any number of right fielders make that catch that Wallner didn't. I think even Larnach makes that catch because he makes better reads, gets better jumps and is a little faster. The one Lewis couldn't bring down was a hit all the way. I liked what I saw from Prielipp for a first start. That is a bodacious slider. Going forward, I hope we see better command of pitches that aren't the slider. I'm really glad they didn't move him to the pen. I liked the heat Rojas brings. A little refinement and he could be pretty good. He has high end stuff.
  8. TJSweens
    Prielipp's slider is flat out nasty.
  9. TJSweens
    Why does every article about Prielipp ultimately steer toward moving him to the pen? He is dominating as a starter in St. Paul. Better move him to the pen. The Twins have 3 lefty relievers. They don't need to move Prielipp to the bullpen. Stay big picture with Prielipp. The rewards will be much greater.
  10. TJSweens
    And Wallner has 7 walks. Martin Larnach have 18 combined strike outs. Wallner has 35. See where I'm going with this?
  11. TJSweens
    We just can't have nice things.
  12. TJSweens
    Three man cluster f*** on that play.
  13. TJSweens
    Leaving Morris in for the 9th was plain dumb. He needed 30 pitches to get through the 8th and went to 3 balls on every batter.
  14. TJSweens
    It's 13 shutout innings over two starts, but your point is well taken. It's two starts and way too early to declare him a success. I'm also skeptical about 2 inches and 2 degrees. The big difference is his control. In spring training, he dominated because he pumped strikes. In first starts to the season his control issues resurfaced and he got hit. His command returned in the last two starts and the results were impressive. If Abel sustains this level of control, he will be fun to watch.
  15. TJSweens
    Over the last six games Lee hitting .350 with 3 HR and 8 RBI. That's significant improvement. I say that as one who has been critical of Lee. I'm glad to see it because Lee needs to hit to justify his defense in the lineup.
  16. TJSweens
    Great outing from Abel. His pitches had a lot of bite. Do any of you other old farts think Abel's delivery reminds you of Kevin Tapani's? It's just loose and fluid, almost effortless.
  17. TJSweens
    Technically, the pumpkin turned into a coach.
  18. TJSweens
    It was encouraging to see Taj grind through 5 innings when he was fighting his command on every pitch. All pitchers have days where the ball just refuses to go where they want it to go. Good pitchers manage to make enough pitches to get through and give their team a chance to win. Taj did that.
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    I'm actually impressed. He made it two weeks into the season this year.
  20. TJSweens
    Use the technology full time. Even in a year when umpires were pretty accurate, the ABS was still more accurate. The ABS is also a lot more consistent. A close pitch in a given location will be called the same every time no matter who threw it or what inning it is. Pitchers, hitters and catchers will all know the strike zone.
  21. TJSweens
    Agreed. I watched Culpepper play SS three times in spring training. He is so far ahead of Lee defensively it isn't funny. Leave him at SS. I hate the idea of him forcing his way to the majors and being subjected to these mix and match lineups the Twins seem to love.
  22. TJSweens
    I'm not impressed with thre Driveline analysis, using a whopping sample of two pitchers. In any event, the analysis doesn't disprove the laws of physics. Arms and legs are levers. Longer levers possess more potential energy. Driveline doesn dispute that. There are other factors in achieving velocity. I never denied that. In fact that has been my point. Ober seems to lack the ability to efficiently transfer potential energy to kinetic energy. Again, I'm not asking Ober to be one of the hardest throwers in baseball. I'm asking him to be just below average. Right now he's 5 mph below average.
  23. TJSweens
    There is major difference between a random tall fan watching a ballgame and a trained 6'9 professional athlete. Your quip is rather pointless. The average 4 seam fastball velocity in MLB is 93.6-95 mph. I'm not asking Ober to melt down the radar gun. I'm asking him to be a tick below major league average. Height does not guarantee velo, however it is an advantage in achieving velo. Ober clearly does not have an efficient transfer of energy through his delivery.
  24. TJSweens
    Jenkins is in AAA and turned 21 just 29 days ago. As Torii Hunter would say...he doesn't even have his man muscles yet. Jenkins has been playing against older and more advanced competition every step of the way. As he continues to get stronger I expect his bat speed will increase. He will continue to refine his pitch selection. He will be fine. He won't be Joe Mauer, Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff or Royce Lewis. He will be something uniquely Walker Jenkins and we will find out what that is in a year or two.
  25. TJSweens
    I continue to be baffled by a 6'9 pitcher who can't sit at least 93 mph with a fastball in his prime. There are some pitchers who's velo starts out a few ticks low in ST and see a jump as they get stretched out. Ober isn't one of them. If anything his best velo is early in the spring. Ober should have been traded in the off season while he still had any value. Some will argue that would have been selling low. I think his value was as high as it will ever be.
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