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  1. HitInAPinch
    Thanks for posting the video! Sano has a lot of bat movement before the pitch and kinda jerks it up when the pitcher begins to throw. Gotta smooth that out quick!
  2. HitInAPinch
    I don't think it's really about talent. Pelfrey has talent. It's about injuries. Give him several more starts. If he's effective, trade him. Trade now, trade fast, trade often.
  3. HitInAPinch
    Hicks currently has a .286 BA, but it's only 49 AB's at AAA. It's still too early to tell, but 467 MLB AB's and only a .201 BA tells me a lot. Complete the year at AAA and if there isn't significant progress, release him. Maybe Aaron will to better elsewhere. On the Schafer/Robinson combo: They're "placeholders", i.e. holding a spot for a better player. Sadly, "placeholder" is the way the Twins have been built over the past several years.
  4. HitInAPinch
    Another example of the Twins successfully turning a starter into a successful reliever. Joe Nathan was a great one for the Twins.
  5. HitInAPinch
    MENOMONIE, WI !! Yah know, great things come out of Menomonie :-)
  6. HitInAPinch
    Reading the ESPN article, what Boras wants is Union Shop rules. Decisions are not left up to the owners or management of the shop. The Union does. I'm NOT bashing Unions. They have had a very important role in our country's history. I just think they've taken it too far. Example, Kris Bryant. What if the Cubs still insist that Bryant needs the extra couple weeks to "work on some stuff"? What happens? Would this panel have the authority to force the Cubs to trade Bryant? Yeah, not happening. Scott Boras is a brilliant man and a top notch player agent. And he's playing the MLBPA like a bass fiddle.
  7. HitInAPinch
    With what sounds like an effectively wild start and then gaining control of his game, Pelfrey actually deserves another start, maybe 2. Can anyone remember the last time Nolasco had a quality start?
  8. HitInAPinch
    I see a sinker [splitter, according to Pelfry] at a speed over 91 as a future elbow injury. It's early, he's getting a 2nd chance on a 2nd start, so he's probably a little excited. I just hope Coach Allen convinces him to through the changeup more and reduce arm stress.
  9. HitInAPinch
    Not if any of the hot, young MiLB INF prospects in come to fruition... Well, at least not a full decade
  10. HitInAPinch
    Better year hitting, but still the primary CF. So, IMHO, the better choice would have been for Santana to continue learning CF than to send him back to SS without additional SS prep time. As far as the rest of the OF: They knew what Arcia was and added a 39yr old who is WELL past his time defensively [some say the worst defensive OF in baseball last year]. I don't think I'd halt any young OF's progress because of those 2, especially when Hunter should be gone next year. Hopefully sooner.
  11. HitInAPinch
    You've gone thru the lineup and there are less that 3 outs. You have now reached the point of "Batting Around".
  12. HitInAPinch
    The Twins have inexplicably set this path: Santana at SS, Escobar at UTL, a soon to be retiree in RF and a sack of donuts in CF. Santana spent 62 games in CF, 31 at SS. How did management think naming Santana as starting SS? Especially when Escobar had a very good year at SS [upside be damned] ? And still no MLB quality OF's in sight ready to take over? I get what management is saying: Keep Santana where he is to get experience at SS. I highly disagree with the way they are managing the team this year. IMHO: Spring Training should have started with Santana in CF, Escobar at SS. Then you've got the extra year to figure out where you can find OF'ers and a another year of working with the young INF' s in the MiLB to replace Escobar, IF he doesn't work out or has better trade value.
  13. HitInAPinch
    Well, the whole handling of Santana has been bizarre, at best. The "good" reason for Santana playing CF last year was the Twins, inexplicably didn't seem to have any outfielders to play, ya know, outfield. How the heck can a professional organization pull off something like that?? Ahhhhhhhhh... I feel better now So Santana is still re-adjusting to SS and his backup, Escobar, adjusting to being a bench player. Santana was developing as a CF last year, so I think the whole poor defense thing is overblown. Escobar had an excellent year at SS, with good defense. So I ask the same question, again: why the NEED to move Santana back to SS when you had a good thing going with Santana in CF and Escobar at SS last year?
  14. HitInAPinch
    Ya know, Seth, if I'm the guy pulling the trigger to fix the CF mess, I'd probably go back to what worked last year: Danny Santana in CF and Eduardo Escobar at short.
  15. HitInAPinch
    I think Hughes is a guy who could really benefit in having a big fastball guy like Meyer in front of him. Every time I've seen him pitch, he seems to pitch backwards: breaking balls first, fastball second. In a trade? Remember what we got for Johan Santana? If the Twins had traded Hughes after last season, they had a better chance at getting a better deal.
  16. HitInAPinch
    And "ace" is a pitcher that hitters fear and he can repeat his success year after year. By normal standards, Hughes had a good year. Only by Twins standards was it a "ridiculously" good year. I just hope Hughes doesn't follow his history and have a down year this year.
  17. HitInAPinch
    Souhan only writes to get reactions. Doesn't really need to make any sense.
  18. HitInAPinch
    From LEN III: Caleb Thielbar is back in his home state, and will be in uniform tonight against the Indians. Thielbar, one of the last pitchers cut during spring training, was recalled from Class AAA Rochester on Friday after fellow lefthander Brian Duensing strained the right intercostal muscle in his ribcage while pitching against the Royals. Thielbar, a native of Northfield, Minn., was 1-0 in three relief appearances for the Red Wings this season, and had not given up a run in 2 1/3 innings. He has a 2.59 ERA in two seasons with the Twins.
  19. HitInAPinch
    In large part, the Twins recent successes is because they are no longer facing staff aces one after the other. I also do not discount the idea that Twins hitters are starting to get their timing down. So relax. Breathe the fresh air. There's still 153 games to go.
  20. HitInAPinch
    Don't know about anyone else, but I'd like to hear a lot more from Brunansky.
  21. HitInAPinch
    Great article, John.
  22. HitInAPinch
    Jon Rauch. 6' 11" Age 24 debuted with White Sox. Oops, starting pitchers, only
  23. HitInAPinch
    Look at his record starting with his 1st season as a full time started. Every year after his career record high in innings, he's had a bad year. W L ERA, Games Starts Innings 18 8 4.19 31 29 176.1 <------- @ NY 2010 5 5 5.79 17 14 74.2 16 13 4.19 32 32 191.1 4 14 5.19 30 29 145.2 16 10 3.52 32 32 209.2 <--------@ MN 2014 As I said in the original post, in reference to the new contract for Hughs, Twins management should have known this and not run him out there last year just to get his 16th win.
  24. HitInAPinch
    Recently [ last week, the week before?? ] Hughes said what I've always said about his record, good year, bad year. And it was always good year [ highest innings to date [cough, cough. overused. ] followed by bad year. Someone in the front office should have notice this.
  25. HitInAPinch
    My last word on Torii Hunter: an article by Aaron Gleeman on the day after the Twins sign Hunter. It starts getting interesting in the 3rd paragraph. http://aarongleeman.com/2014/12/03/twins-sign-torii-hunter-for-10-5-million/
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