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  1. Jham
    Ok, Milone has not been a train wreck. He's been an odd mix of really good with command and strike out stuff, to very bad and extremely hittable in the same starts. That's a little strange. I want Berrios in the rotation soon. I'm just not positive Milone is the guy to move. Nolasco is pitching too well right now. I think Gibson will be our best overall starter this season. And based on spring, I expect there to be a substantial learning curve for JO when he comes up. There's no guarantee high prospects will be great MLB pitchers. Phil Hughes was BA's #4 overall prospect in 2006. Higher than JO or Meyer. Ervin Santana was the 29th ranked prospect in 2003. Each is in the tail end of his prime, and we're certain guys like Berrios or Duffey will be better? We don't have Harvey and Syndegaard and de Grom. Our prospects have flaws. I get wanting to see these talented arms, I just don't get the rush. We can compete this year. We'll likely need some of these young arms to perform better than expected. We'll also likely need big years from some veteran arms. These are pretty big decisions to force after 3 starts.
  2. Jham
    Park has 4 HR. 3 on hanging breaking balls, 1 on a 3-1 fastball taken way deep to right (pitch was away). This is a very Kirby Puckett type approach ("hanging breaking balls are a gift from God"). Except Park is a power hitter. In general, I think once (if) he starts pulling fastballs out, you'll see an even bigger jump in HR's (and K's perhaps). That's the profile of most power hitters. Of course, you're susceptible to the breaking balls that way, which he's currently guarding against. Ultimately, that style of hitting then takes incredible discipline. Dead red on fastballs, patience to get into fastball counts, ability to lay off low breaking balls even if they're strikes. So for now, I'm happy watching him adjust his approach to make more contact and feel out new pitchers in a new league.
  3. Jham
    Buxton - 10.75 seconds home to third on his RBI triple. Fastest triple this season, and 2nd to Kiermaier in the last 2 years. Kiermaier has the Statcast record. I'm sure there are stop watch records out there. http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/173124474/twins-byron-buxton-hustles-out-triple FTW on USA Today has Neon Deion Sanders at around 10.5 and Hamilton as fast as 10.13. Those two were from the left side though. But I bet Buxton can break 10.5 this season. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/billy-hamilton-deion-sanders-very-fast-cincinnati-reds-mlb
  4. Jham
    Of course, the lefty HOF, WS MVP who shall remain nameless that Meyer is oft compared to had a devastating 3/4 delivery. He seemed to lose arm angle and movement after the shoulder, likely dropping down to protect the shoulder. This was blamed for struggle. But he went over-the-top and the results were worse. The bigger story to me, was an apparent loss of velocity and likely spin. Flat sliders and straight 94 gets hit. If he's hitting 99 on the gun, and not walking guys, I'll take my chances whatever the arm slot. In fact, I think much of RJ's success was releasing heat basically straight at a lefty's face. Most of the time the ball angles over the plate, often low and away, but if he's coming inside, well you saw John Kruk.
  5. Jham
    Re: goalies, that's my point, it equals out. But certainly more blame falls on their shoulders than is probably deserved. Re: Closers... I agree with you that closing is more difficult. You get every batter concentrating their absolute hardest and possibly adjusting their approach. You probably face more pressure. Expectations are higher. Your failures are more well publicized. Human nature gets involved on more psychological level due to the finality of the situation. I think good closers are able to identify and take advantage of batters wanting to be the hero and those that are scared to be the goat. Perkins apparently learned this from Maddux. I know Pavano was a big proponent of body language as well. But the numbers guys will berate you with statistics about how coming in with two on in the 7th is more difficult, the difference between the best and worst closer is relatively insignificant etc. You know how it goes. But usually the difference in pay is fairly dramatic.
  6. Jham
    Closers also get paid like 3 times more than relievers who do basically the same job. Goalies also get credited with wins regardless of how well they played individually. I also don't follow much soccer outside of World Cup, but as my memory serves me, the guys taking the penalty shots and missing are much more likely to be accused of blowing a game than a goal keeper.
  7. Jham
    Seth, as an experienced writer for this team, you know Perkins' history of getting shelled, then bringing up an injury. Gardy specifically called him out a number of times. Several local writers and media members connected to this team have questioned Perkins conditioning and off-field habits. We're not all as in the loop as you are, so these open criticisms are what we have to go on. And over time, they should necessarily require a second look. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me again... and maybe there's a real wolf this time, and some poor kid gets eaten, and then I can't wear my three-wolves-howling-at-the-moon t-shirt in good taste anymore. Point is, Perkins has wore through his benefit of the doubt period when it comes to getting shelled then reporting an injury that will probably require nothing more than rest and strengthening which he should have been doing all off season... As long as questioning Perkins work ethic and timing in reporting injury is taboo, then I might as well admit that I have questioned what he did on one of those rehab stints back when that allowed him to come back to the pen and throw 97 and get a big contract. If it's legit, I hope he does it again. Now that sort of question might not be fair. But the injury reporting is a pattern.
  8. Jham
    Ok, AJ Pierzinski.
  9. Jham
    Settle down Mr. The Stick, settle down...
  10. Jham
    Is Santana that much better of a hitter than Arcia? Or is Arcia even healthy? Or on the team?
  11. Jham
    Why giving up outs?!!
  12. Jham
    Really nice at bat Dozier. Get yourself into scoring position.
  13. Jham
    http://www.theonion.com/graphic/prince-fielder-dies-of-inside-the-park-home-run-9910
  14. Jham
    Seoul Brotha!! The Korean Gangsta!!!! Yes!!
  15. Jham
    Keep hitting Escobat!
  16. Jham
    Right guy up I guess...
  17. Jham
    The wind knocked down that ball hit to Sano clearly. Still blaming the wind.
  18. Jham
    This is going south fast...
  19. Jham
    Sick of this wind... Might have been 3 HR's this inning on a humid July night...
  20. Jham
    Worse base running or call by Dick?
  21. Jham
    Good: We didn't get blown out for the entire opening series without scoring a run like we did last year in Detroit.
  22. Jham
    O'Day is nasty... Come on Joe.
  23. Jham
    Hey Bill, when do you predict the weather clears so we can play little baseball game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TReCZ2auRkE
  24. Jham
    Rosario has the quickest hands of almost any hitter I've ever seen. His hand-eye is spectacular as well. Harold Reynolds compared him to Rod Carew. As long as we're making ridiculous statements, the only other player I saw who could hit this: pitch out was Ichiro Suzuki. Similar hands, speed, arm, different approach. If Rosario ever decides he wants to do some slap hitting, he could win batting titles. I think he'd rather hit 25 bombs, and frankly I'd rather he do that too.
  25. Jham
    6 pages before the first pitch, solid work gentlemen and ladies. I decided to skip lunch so I could take a late lunch at 2 for the game. I'm feeling quite peckish and borderline delirio on account of low blood sugar now. My body is much more Sano-ish these days, but I'm feeling mighty Buxton-ish right now...
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