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  1. gunnarthor
    I think it's too early to get concerned. He was a late 1st/early 2nd draft guy for a reason. He's in AA. It might take him the entire season to get there. The SEC is not as good as AA.
  2. gunnarthor
    I hope they push him but it's probably more realistic to let him just get back into the grove of baseball and not worry. He needs to work on his strike outs and walks anyway.
  3. gunnarthor
    Good point. He's not Buerhle but he has a great pace. Makes it easier for his defenders and viewers.
  4. gunnarthor
    I think it's cyclical although our emphasis on "launch angle" might end up just being an excuse for much more PED use than thought in the league. My guess is that as hitters see the one dimensional slugger type becoming easy to replace, hitters will strive to improve their hitting tool and not just power. We've made tons of improvements on power but we really haven't seen a 'hit' break-out yet.
  5. gunnarthor
    Great article. Do you (or anyone) have any information about how well he's actually throwing strikes in the zone and how much hitters are chasing pitches out of the zone?
  6. gunnarthor
    Great update, Seth! Nice to see the top five. Hopefully guys like Rooker and Baddoo make the (small) adjustments needed to take off. Graterol is really exciting. I think Mayo said he had a Luis Sevirino comp on him.
  7. gunnarthor
    Agreed. Obviously, it depends on how he finishes the year but I would imagine he'd be back either on a new deal or (less likely) the Twins could still just take his option.
  8. gunnarthor
    I'm not as convinced as you are that Trevor May belongs in this discussion but the Twins actually have control of him through the 2020 season, so two more years after this one.
  9. gunnarthor
    He doesn't really remind me of anyone we've had but the way hitters have flailed at stuff out of the zone, it's sorta like Liriano, back in his day. What was really nice to watch was how he doesn't (for now) need to throw actual strikes b/c hitters are confused and swinging at balls. With scouting reports we might need to see adjustments but, for now, this is a lot of fun to watch.
  10. gunnarthor
    Nice to see.
  11. gunnarthor
    Oh yeah, me too. I'd love it if he managed to make me eat crow and become a ML pitcher for us. I'm rooting for him.
  12. gunnarthor
    Obviously, Gonsalves is the story. He certainly seems to have taken the AA assignment as a challenge. Nice to see him pitching so well against AAA competition. I'd imagine he'll be the next one up.
  13. gunnarthor
    This came up when the Twins drafted him. The assumption was that he could serve his two years of service in the reserves and still pitch full time for the Twins. It was a risk since those rules could be - and were - changed. So the Twins thought they'd have Jax around a lot more when the drafted him. If he could have played with the Twins, he was a solid 3rd round pick. But because he's missed so much time, it's really hurt him. http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/professional/cedar-rapids-kernels/griffin-jax-heads-to-air-force-after-fine-pitching-performance-in-cr-kernels-12-4-win-over-lansing-20170722 Sure, there are no sure things in the drafts but it's always better to bet on players who are actually playing baseball, like Lewis. Right now, Jax hasn't played much. When he has, he hasn't actually been all that dominant (I made the comparison to Stewart for a reason - Stewart is getting raked over the coals for his low K-totals in AA, Jax has worse K totals in low A). He's old for a prospect. Sure, there are old players who figured it out but it's not a thing you want to rely on. Lastly, this is a minor league baseball forum. We're talking about players in our system. Occasionally, we get feel-good stories here, especially from Seth. But generally this is about talking about these guys as prospects. There are a lot of really good guys in the minors who won't make it and only occasionally is that mentioned. I don't think you should expect people to not say what they think about Jax the prospect just b/c you might be overly sensitive to it. Saying a guy with his profile isn't really a prospect anymore isn't that controversial.
  14. gunnarthor
    That's unlikely to be a problem we will have to concern ourselves with. The reality is, Jax is 23 years old (he's one month younger than Kohl Stewart) and hasn't thrown 40 innings since the Twins drafted him. He's made four starts in low A ball. He's really not a prospect anymore but more a feel-good story.
  15. gunnarthor
    Baddoo seems to be drawing a lot of walks even if he isn't hitting as well as I thought he would.
  16. gunnarthor
    Uff-da.
  17. gunnarthor
    I agree, it's too early to give up on this team and they have plenty of talent. But, as I mentioned in another thread, I do think some of these problems are on Molitor and the coaching staff. We have the talent but the ML coaches have to get the talent out of these guys. I'm flabbergasted that Lynn is this bad. I have no idea why. I know NL pitchers have trouble adjusting to the AL but this is ridiculous. Hopefully it's lack of ST and he gets going soon but, wow, he's been bad.
  18. gunnarthor
    Uff-da. really was hoping that we had already hit rock bottom.
  19. gunnarthor
    I really hope it doesn't get worse than this.
  20. gunnarthor
    I wonder if the fact that he's DHing more is getting in his head. Like a bad at-bat sticks with him longer b/c he can't forget about like he could if he's on the field? Hopefully the Reds pitching staff can get him back on track.
  21. gunnarthor
    To be positive a moment, Gibson has been decent for our #4 starter. Good to see. I wish Molitor would've let him pitch a bit longer but I'm just looking at the box score. Maybe he done. Who knows.
  22. gunnarthor
    Well, even with regression, I don't think anyone thought he was done. Something sorta between the last two years.
  23. gunnarthor
    I dunno. His bat path may be the same or it may not. But it also might be slower as he ages. All those pop ups and fouls back on fastballs suggest that Smalley is onto something.
  24. gunnarthor
    Long run, we'll be fine. I figured us for 90ish wins but I still figured we'd have some 3-7 stretches along the way. That said, my concerns about Molitor have not abated. I don't think he's the right manager for this team. I haven't watched much of these Yankee Twins games but the little I saw was with Bremer and Smalley (who I like in the booth) complaining about Berrios getting squeezed and our hitters having to cover a large zone. When an ump is messing up like that the manager has to get that fixed. Gardy would've gone apocalyptic on the ump and got tossed. Molly just seems to sit there. I don't like his lineups and his bullpen use has been questionable. I felt like the Twins won 85 games last year despite the manager and FO. Not sure that's changed. But the season is young and we have lots of baseball left.
  25. gunnarthor
    I believe we are now 33-93 against the Yankees since 2002. I'm not 100% sure that counts all our post season losses. I'm not going to check.
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