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  1. jimbo92107
    Bailey Ober continues to show that he belongs. Resilient after coughing up a couple homers, he stopped the damage, then put up a bunch more zeroes. So nice to have five starters that can each do this on a given day.
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    If avoiding surgery impedes his positional flexibility, then he should have opted for TJ earlier. His value as a pro will not go up as is. A fringy sub is not where Martin belongs.
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    I like Cody's idea of loading up Tyler Mahle's extension offer with incentives. When he comes back, it will absolutely be a "prove it" year for him, just as the second half of this year could be for Chris Paddack. I'd give Mahle $4 mil for a comfy recovery year, then offer him $15m first year back, with incentives that could pump it up to $20m. If he meets those, then the third year starts at $20m with incentives to get to $25m. If his first year back is disappointing, then repeat the first year back base and incentives. That would be my offer.
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    Always fun to see the "out of nowhere" guys doing well, but Gianluca Dalatri is especially intriguing. Watching his little video clip, he's got some very pretty stuff. How did a guy like that get rejected by two major league clubs?
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    Hey Matt, that's some good writing, buddy! Looks like you followed writer's rule number one: If you had fun writing it, folks will have fun reading it. I was busy today, so I saw only bits of the game. Looked like a couple good pitchers out there. I wanna see more of Ober, so I'll wait for the compressed games to show up in the Video section. Meanwhile, is it really possible that this Twins squad needs to bring up its one gleaming blue chipper for this team to click offensively? Brooks Lee is kicking ass in AA right now, but let nobody suppose his transition to the Show will be particularly difficult. His DNA was carefully calculated to produce a baseball player. It's just science. They should bring up Wallner, too. Hometown Boy story will not be delayed much longer. Who doesn't want to see the fun when baserunners challenge that bazooka arm? It's not that I don't think Max Kepler has some pretty good ball left in him, but Kep's biggest year was the one with the juiced baseball. Wallner could match those totals with a regular ball. Kepler's defense is superb, but his offense has fallen off too much to keep him around. Maybe he can refresh his career with a new team. Twins need to aim higher than Max can take them.
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    I'm impressed with the Twins system. Finally it looks like Falvey and Levine have created a pipeline of good future mlb pitchers.
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    "I couldn't even hug a tree, for fear of rejection. Now, thanks to Royce, I feel okay hugging trees again." - Heard in a coffee shop, Minneapolis
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    Ryan's delivery is so easy, operating within his body. He appears to be a center of calm surrounded by the chaos of the game. To me some comps would be Jim Palmer, Orel Hershiser, guys like that. On the Twins, I'd comp him with Ervin Santana or Keven Tapani. Easy motion, excellent command.
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    Not sure what comps people are using for Louie Varland now, but his ceiling seems a lot higher at the moment. Against a very dangerous Houston lineup, Varland looked like one of the best young pitchers in the league, bar none. He doesn't throw as hard as some, but (like Joe Ryan) Varland commands the zone well enough to throw strikes pretty much where he wants the ball to go. Maybe that's what he meant when he said he was schooling off Ryan's approach. Not the mechanics, but the strategy. If Varland continues to pitch like this, he could wind up being a perennial All Star. I wouldn't yet say a Cy Young candidate...not quite yet. But a top of the ro starter? Hell yes.
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    Wow, that swing of Andrew Cossetti's will get him promoted very quickly. See that bat whip through the zone? See how the ball rockets all the way to the wall? See his speed, and his muscular build? Outstanding mlb catcher is his future. I hope he's a good catcher...
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    Spark requested, 05/28/2023 Request granted, 05/29/2023 Welcome home, Mr. Lewis.
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    I see a handful of glowing embers that could throw off sparks at any moment. One is Eddie Julien, one is Alex Kirilloff, then Royce Lewis, and finally Brooks Lee. Other sparks are possible, but the Twins need to load up on their most promising talent, then stand back and watch the fun.
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    Emilio Pagan is a prime example of what a manager and FO are NOT supposed to do: Give a guy a free baseball education at the cost of losing games. First we heard he had "electric stuff," but he needed to work on his command. Okay, send him down to AAA to...Oh wait, let's stick him in the major league bullpen and just see what happens. Disaster, of course. Low leverage situations? Hey, now he looks pretty good! Let's try to work him back into... Walk walk, BOOM BOOM, the Pagan Sacrifice comes back. Sometimes a guy just doesn't work out. DFA him, and if he clears waivers (any other stooopid FO's out there?), send him back to the Saints. If he mows down hitters for the rest of the season with almost no walks, then consider...trading him. Jax is completely different. Weakly hit balls will regress to the mean. However, he should polish up his change-up. A heater and a slider are not enough to fool hitters 1 through 9. That is, unless Jax can peg the four corners with his heater, which so far he does not do.
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    Did you see Brock Stewart's final pitch? 100 mph, low inside corner. Strike three, waiter, I'll have the chicken, thank you.
  15. jimbo92107
    Don't look now, but Willie Castro is fixing to take Nick Gordon's job, and Matt Wallner is fixing to take Max Kepler's job.
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    I can't wait to see him play live. Get him up there, Twins!
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    I had to rewind and watch Matt Walner's throw from right field over and over. What a bazooka! Is that the strongest OF arm on the Twins since Aaron Hicks? Wallner may not have Max Kepler's footspeed, but the rest of his game may be better. Reminded me of Michael Cuddyer, who also had a major rifle in right.
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    Totally agree. It's one thing if the hitters earn their way on base, but if your pitchers can't or won't throw strikes, that's like some kind of emotional hangup. I say that because if you remove the game pressure, pretty much all these guys can throw strike after strike.
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    I agree, but after his little emotional tiff, the pitching coach came out and appeared to say exactly the right thing. Whatever it was, it got Lopez to crack a little smile. After that, he got back to being a happy tiger, striking out two of the league's toughest hitters with a clever mix of pitches. His slider to K Ohtani was absolutely filthy, nearly hit the batter in the foot. What a difference when your pitcher has the right attitude.
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    Good to see Jorge Lopez out there competing and having a good time. Clearly he was enjoying himself when he got Trout and Ohtani to end his inning. That was some good pitching.
  21. jimbo92107
    Of the five guys in these videos, the one that intrigues me most as a possible steal is Joe Whitman. Looked very professional on the mound, good poise, repeatable motion. Gotta be a way to teach him a good change-up to go with that nice heater. Twins system coaches can give his fastball a couple added ticks, you've got at least a good arm for the pen, maybe more.
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    Willie Castro may be "stretched" in CF as far as footspeed, but I've seen his arm, and it's a true gun. If you're playing Gallo in one corner, Castro CF and Garlick or Larnach in the other corner, that's not a bad fielding OF.
  23. jimbo92107
    How about a list of the top ten "snake bit" players or prospects in the Twins system? That would include guys that never quite made the bigs.
  24. jimbo92107
    The advantage I give to Joe Ryan is that his pitching style does not appear to require a massive amount of energy. Sonny Gray looks and sounds like he's expending max effort with each pitch. If I'm right, then Ryan's game is more likely to last the season than Gray's game is. Still, as many have said, there's a lot of baseball yet to be played.
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    Remember his thumb injury? Trevor Plouffe was a major reason players now wear a rubber gasket on their front thumb when hitting. If he'd worn one from the start, he might have been a monster power hitter. Great guy, all the best to him.
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