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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For curiosity sake, I went back to check, and Alex Meyer didn't have control problems when he was acquired. Ryan called him a power guy who throws it over the plate. So I wonder if the insistence that Meyer master a change up pitch has anything to do with his control and two month shoulder soreness (by the way, two months is not a full season and Meyer was pronounced fully healthy when he did return and pitched in Arizona Fall League that year). Combine this with the myth that "young pitchers must struggle" (the Yordano Ventura comparison is helpful here too) and I feel the Twins may be blowing a huge opportunity. Meyer might realistically have been positioned to become an ace as of Day One of this upcoming 2015 season (if perhaps on an innings limit of some sort). Instead, it's also a real possibility that Meyer in AAA continues to issue walks at a rate not acceptable to Ryan and Molitor, with Meyer consequently being kept down in AAA because of it. And somehow this is all proof of the wisdom of the Twins front office. Ok, I'll stop my rant for now. For all that, it's also more likely than not that we see Meyer by mid-May or sooner, and that if he does struggle that the Twins work with him here at MLB rather than return him to AAA.
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Bummer. Not yet I guess.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree, tweaking the mechanics can be tricky business. Only the pitcher knows what's comfortable and there are a lot of different ways to sling a baseball.
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Quick point. The comparison is not the career potential of Alex Meyer to Randy Johnson or Sam Deduno, the comparison is actually to the control issues those guys all had. I don't want to be the guy who attacks every time an Alex Meyer article pops up, so I'll let it go. We will see him this year I agree completely. Hopefully very soon. Free Alex!
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good reporting Nick. Even looking at photos, Meyer looks like he's still a work in progress. But here again, Meyer is a top prospect. I also don't feel Terry Ryan can use "control problems" as a reason to leave Meyer in the minors. Samuel Deduno, right? It was a point of pride that nobody knew where a Deduno pitch was going to fly off to. Wildness was Deduno's calling card. I would think Ryan would want Meyer up ASAP regardless. If he struggles we'll all see it and Ryan can just send him back down with everybody's blessing. It will be fun (I think) to watch how this develops, and to see Meyer finally make his debut.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I appreciate you trying to apply the math to this, because it's hard for me to get my head around. There were several plays last year. Joe Mauer hitting a line drive 8 or 10 feet inside the left field line, yet Alex Gordon was basically standing right in that spot. Is that fielding or just the shift? Danny Santana missed some balls in center early on but improved pretty well. Our right field was a mess all year long. What is the value of an outfielder with a good arm? Hard to tell. Feels so subjective and hard to measure. But defense has got to be worth something.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So that was you…
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Didn't realize it was only a couple weeks. At this point, why not. I do think the Twins would have been better off calling him up last year, even after his innings limit, even to just ride with the team.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The "service clock" argument for Meyer needs to be retired immediately.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm ok (I suppose) with Milone winning the spot. But that comes with the real possibility of Meyer and May being packed back to Rochester. Hard to get excited about that idea. Those guys could use the MLB appearances. Like others have said, the wear on the arm is the same, whether they're throwing a pitch in AAA or MLB.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sorry 'bout that
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Can a person even be absolutely sure about that anymore?
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Nunez is a good baseball player. But, a lot of people doubt he's good enough to hold a spot on a major league roster anymore, even as the last guy selected. These doubts can be deduced from his negative WAR or by watching the videos in the article link.
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    Nunez has had some nice moments. But this article was a fun, polite way of saying he's lucky to still be employed as a baseball player. The Nunez-Cano popup thing was interesting. I didn't sense any levity there.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I would like to hear Torii say: "Granted, my UZR dipped to -18.3 at Comerica but my wRC+ is still strong and if my BABIP and slash lines see positive linear regression, I'm coming back."
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm glad Gibson has pitched well, because with competition for this final spot of the rotation, I'm not convinced Gibson might not have been one of the guys optioned. Looks like Milone is a couple lengths clear of the field to this point.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Would love to make it down there. I never realized the teams were all so close together until I heard Will Ferrell played in five different games in one day
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well put. Fairly or unfairly, Escobar has been labelled. I think he can be an everyday infielder too. I bet these phone calls are from teams looking for a starting shortstop for the price of a utility infielder.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I agree. This gap between cFIP and what really happened seems to point to the Twins outfield fielding. Eduardo Escobar Chris Colabello Chris Parmelee Jason Bartlett Eduardo Nunez All these guys and more were designated outfielders at some point last year; Parmelee was probably the least bad option among these. Hopefully it's all on the past. Doesn't matter anymore if it was Gardy insisting that anyone who shagged fly balls during BP was qualified or if it was Ryan trying to "ride it out" (Ryan did acquire Sam Fuld, who despite his poor arm was able to keep many balls from hitting the ground). Schafer seemed to get to balls in left that Willingham and Kubel had no chance at, this is why I would be fine letting Schafer hold a place somewhere out there, until Buxton and others get their chance. This is also why I respect Molitor's judgment to not want to use Santana as a CF even though Santana did improve as the season went along.
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    Trueblood has some quotable moments in this article, I especially liked the anecdote he led with: "...The first Twin to swing at a first pitch that night was Pedro Florimon, the ninth batter of the game. The second to do so was Trevor Plouffe, the 15th batter, leading off the fourth inning, and Plouffe only did so because he got such a meatball from Joe Blanton; he homered on that swing..." That's an interesting idea and I wonder if by design for that one game. I can almost imagine Gardy and/or Vavra instructing everyone in the lineup to take the first pitch, in order that Florimon might have a real easy first-pitch fastball waiting for him. Reminds me of how some NFL teams would script their first 15 offensive plays before the game began. It would be interesting to know if the Twins program a series of at bats against certain pitchers that way. If the Twins have the personnel to succeed with the "take-the-first-pitch" approach then why not stick with it. Another question would be why teams are going back to a more free swinging SLG type of offense.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So according to cFIP the Twins have a league average staff, or thereabouts. The Twins pitchers are also at the bottom of the league in getting strikeouts, and it's not even close. If cFIP has validity (it appears so) then what does that mean for the value of a strikeout?
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    "When I hear a pitcher is throwing a “simulated game” my first thought is that he repeated the opposing lineup 10,000 times." -Jonathan Judge tweet
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    and I think Mauer throws for 380 yards in that game
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Maybe he was acting out a joke about being winded. "I get tired of jogging around the bases after all these home runs…"
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I will make the opposite prediction. It's the first two weeks of spring and he's already making mental gaffes. To me that's a sign he won't have the discipline to maintain his gains and will (again) start to lose interest when things get tough. I'm sure he's a great guy but he's not going to make it in MLB (would be happy to be wrong, etc). Give Schafer the first chance to hold the CF spot instead.
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