Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

jimbo92107

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,666

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by jimbo92107

  1. jimbo92107
    "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
  2. jimbo92107
    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.
  3. jimbo92107
    Well, at least that doesn't happen very often... Sure hope the Twins starters aren't all about to "regress to the mean."
  4. jimbo92107
    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.
  5. jimbo92107
    I actually do have a chicken dinner waiting. Lombardi's in Petaluma, CA. Nice bbq joint, decent prices. Chicken dinner with salad and baked beans, $18.99 plus tax. Skol, Louie Varland!
  6. jimbo92107
    Lopez to Stewart: "Touch my arm, please..."
  7. jimbo92107
    Honest question: If you're Baldelli, do you send Varland out for the 8th, or sit him down with 7 full shutout innings and a big grin while he's sleeping tonight?
  8. jimbo92107
    Louie Varland is starting to look like a pretty dependable pitcher. With his style, he could continue to refine his command until he's pretty hard to knock around.
  9. jimbo92107
    To me Buxton looks like he's nursing an injury, even with just DH'ing. He's just a fragile guy trying to do super things.
  10. jimbo92107
    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...
  11. jimbo92107
    I'm starting to wonder if Max Kepler is getting stale on this team. Like he needs to start over on a fresh team. I would grant him this.
  12. jimbo92107
    Wow, Sands just ran out of gas after about 40 pitches. Dude, a professional pitcher has to have a lot more endurance than that!
  13. jimbo92107
    When Cole Sands is pitching well, he keeps the ball buzzing in the lower half of the zone. I don't see much wrong with him at the moment.
  14. jimbo92107
    Well, one thing about Ryan's fastball...if somebody barrels it up, it goes a loooong way.
  15. jimbo92107
    Spark requested, 05/28/2023 Request granted, 05/29/2023 Welcome home, Mr. Lewis.
  16. jimbo92107
    Spark lights the fire, fire cooks the chicken. Thank you, Mr. Lewis.
  17. jimbo92107
    Been a while since I saw a plate ump pulling so hard for the home team. Reminds me of umps for the Yankees.
  18. jimbo92107
    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.
  19. jimbo92107
    I wonder if Michael Cuddyer could teach Matt Wallner how to play right field at the home park. Cuddy had every little angle covered, and with his arm he could nail almost anybody trying to stretch a single. Wallner has the same kind of gun, and he's got the same kind of athleticism as Cuddyer did. We've seen Wallner's Cannon just a few times so far. I'd love to see that arm for a full season in right field. Also, Wallner is much better than just a two-outcome beast. He showed that he can delay his trigger on an off-speed pitch to stroke an RBI single to right center. The man can handle a stick, and he's not too vain to back off the home run swing. The Twins right now have quietly assembled a roster of guys that each can do a lot of different things to help the team win. This bodes well.
  20. jimbo92107
    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.
  21. jimbo92107
    Did you see Brock Stewart's final pitch? 100 mph, low inside corner. Strike three, waiter, I'll have the chicken, thank you.
  22. 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.
  23. jimbo92107
    What a beautiful bit of bat control by Wallner. That little hesitation between foot down and the swing...allows him to wait that instant to keep the ball fair, with enough power to clear the infield. Beautiful.
  24. jimbo92107
    I can't wait to see him play live. Get him up there, Twins!
  25. jimbo92107
    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.
×
×
  • Create New...