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  1. twinssouth
    That's awesome news. Will be at Lookouts game this Sunday, hopefully I'll get to see him. My perfect game will be Berrios or Baxendale starting. Then; 7th, Chargois, firing 99 mph 8th, Burdi, firing 100 mph 9th Jones, firing 99 mph How's that for a day at the Ballpark. Oh, and how about Sano blast that leaves the stadium and Buxton shooting triples all day. With all that fireworks and heat coming at me, may have to put ice in my beer.
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    Now we're hearing from the press that it's his arm slot, pitches coming in flat, need to elevate it to get more movement. So what happened in 1 year. Last year he thru 3/4 arm slot with outstanding secondary stuff where he would get his strikeouts. This year he's grooving everything. I'm sure the coaches said listen kid, if you want to make it to the bigs, we need fewer walks, pitch to contact, go deeper into the game. So he compensates and look what happens. To the bullpen. How in the hel???? is this going to help his control. Ok, he raises his arm, ball comes in greater angle more movement, more strikeouts. But, he'll be back to the walks, now in then. Well now we're back to square one, his old self; awesome stuff with propensity to walks. This is what bothers me about the coaching, using the cookie cutter approach. No two pitchers are alike. They should have worked off Meyer's strengths to improve his weakness. Now, I admit, Meyer himself has a responsibility and it sounds like he has by putting a lot of pressure on himself. This is frustrating. I've seen him pitch and he's a unique talent. Ok, I'm done ranting, I'll accept the bullpen role (short term only) and ready to move on.
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    Real bummer on Meyer to the bullpen. I agree with the guys above that it's an indictment on the coaching staff. How can he go from a stud a year ago to this. I don't agree with the decision. They need a new pitching coach rather than sending him to the bullpen. In addition, it's only May, let him work thru it. After all, isn't that what the minors are for; player development. This stinks. The Twins have been lousy in developing pitchers, time for some housecleaning.
  4. twinssouth
    Best of luck to Bard Its been quite a journey for this kid.
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  6. twinssouth
    It's Berrios all the way for me. The Mud Hens (love that name) were probably partying the night before thus the reason for Milone's shutout.
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    Kepler
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    Awesome report Jokin. What a great game to see with all that action. I'm anxious to get up there soon
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    Great article SD, really appreciate your work with the Kernels. It's going to be interesting to see how he progresses thru the organization. He was a projected late 1st round draft pick last year and if he can develop his secondary stuff to go with that high 90's heater then the Twins will really have something.
  10. twinssouth
    Meyer/Ro Meyer Rogers total: 12 IP, 6 hits, 4 walks, 17 FRIGGEN STRIKE OUTS AND O GOOSEHEAD RUNS. Send them all down but Hughes and May and bring the Youngins up. Throw in Dean if you want.
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    I mean LOOK how well it's going with Tori
  12. twinssouth
    SEND HIM TO THE MINORS to mentor our young studs
  13. twinssouth
    Meyer gets thru a full 6 innings, on 96 pitches. Probably had more in the tank. It's been a long time since we've seen that. Great JOB future ACE. Cole had 1 heck of a game. Can you believe Achter. He throws 1 stinking pitch and it's a homer. He?? of a way to finish a game. All in all, I'm happy.
  14. twinssouth
    Yupper, he finished the 5th.. Baby Steps. He's getting there. IF he finishes the 6th, will be a record. BUT, he's already at 83 pitches. So, if they send him out for the 6th, he'll go way pass the magic 100. Should be interesting. What's maddening about Meyer, is he walks a buck63 hitter in Ka'kauna (or something like that) on 4 straight pitches, then turns around and strikes out their best hitter in Mastenson (?)a 300 hitter, in 3 straight. So far, I'm loving it
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    Sounds like to me he's really pressing, trying to fix his mechanical issues and the result is snowballing on him, going from bad to worse. His confidence is probably taking a hit, since after today's outing where he threw 88 pitches, only 49 strikes in 3.2 innings. Yikes, I don't know the answer. I've seen him pitch and he's really good. He seemed to be in control of himself. If he walked a batter, the next one up would either get a weak hit or a strikeout. Maybe EST is the answer for a couple of weeks, just to clear his head and regain confidence. He is No. 3 on my prospect list but if this doesn't clear up in couple of months, I may have to move him down. Also, my guess for the next pitcher to be called up is Taylor Rogers. A lefty with a little power (92,93 fastball) nice secondary stuff.
  16. twinssouth
    If you're thinking of flying, check out Atlanta. It's an easy I-75, 2 hr drive. For me, I'll be seeing games during the week.
  17. twinssouth
    Looks like we got a couple of guys interested in seeing the Lookouts. Will need to hook up.
  18. twinssouth
    Seth, what happened to Luke Bard
  19. twinssouth
    Plan on a few trips to Chattanooga early, can hardly wait. Hicks, Gonzales, Sano, Walker, Harrison; these guys are some big dudes. Quite a imposing line up. Noticed no Goodrum on the list. Must be staying down in Ft Myers.
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    It's great to have this discussion. As someone said earlier, how many other Farm Systems can have such a discussion on ranking 3 potential studs. I'm still sticking to my ranking of Meyer at 3, Berrios, 4 and Stewart, 5. Great job Nick and thanks for your feedback Brock. Can hardly wait for ST to start. Hopefully will have a chance to run into you guys down here. Also will be making lots of trips to Chattanooga; Buxton, Sano, Berrios, Polanco, Kepler, wow.
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    Appreciate your response. Yea, can't deny Berrios had a great year, but........
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    To the Powers to Be of TD, I don't get how you can bump a prospect from 3 to 5 due to shoulder concerns and a little wildness. Rankings should be based on potential and future impact. When he gets it right, this will go down as one of Ryan's best trades. In my book, he should be 3rd or 2nd best prospect. Concerning mechanics, I've seen him in ST and AAA and it's quite smooth. He's just so darn big, incredibly long arms, 3/4 delivery. Every time I've seen him, he's loosening his shoulder with that elastic band or whatever you call it. Seems primarily a physical thing. As Joker has said, he's a man amongs boys.
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    TR said same thing at Twins Fest. He likes Rosario athleticism and sees him in the CF mix
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    To me, Hicks has red flags all over. He gives up switch hitting in the minors, then goes back to it. Didn't he miss a meeting last year? Gets sent home early from winter ball. I just can't see it. Can't believe the Twins are going into the year with CF so unsettled.
  25. twinssouth
    Ok, great stuff and my 2 cents says Meyer is our 5th starter. Last year, they had him working on his secondary pitches, mainly a change up and they had him on a pitch count to get thru a whole season. He almost made it, scratching his last start with shoulder tightness. He said this off season that he couldn't get loose on the last start and he's had no problems since. If I remember correctly, he was in line for a September call up but the shoulder issue derailed it When I saw him pitch, he's really something. His strike outs come from that slider, lots of whiffs and foul balls off the fast ball. Yea, he's had a few walks but nothing major. To me, he has too much talent to be in the bullpen. I think the Twins are taking the kids gloves off this year and turning him loose If he doesn't go North, then he should be the 1st one called up. Can hardly wait for Spring Training.
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