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  1. jimbo92107
    Crossing my fingers and toes for Bailey Ober. I like pitchers with a little something funky in their stuff.
  2. jimbo92107
    Let's hope the new owners really do get it, that a Saints game is far more than just a baseball game - it's a happening. For that very reason I'd make some changes, starting with the baseball pig. Cute, yes. But people in the cheap seats can barely distinguish the pig from any old programmed bot, scurrying along doing some brainless task. If you want a more visible treat, how about training one of those hybrid hog monsters that are terrifying Canada? Catch one early enough, train it to the saddle, then have a monkey ride the pig to the ump, flinging a sack of balls like poop at the zoo. I'd buy a ticket just to see that! Granted, there is a risk factor here. However, tusks can be trimmed, hooves can be shod, and a well-treated monkey will do his job with grim regularity. Plus, it would provide a job opportunity for a couple rodeo clowns. We all love clowns!
  3. jimbo92107
    One note on Pagan: I watched a video about Randy Johnson a few days ago. Johnson was notoriously wild in the first half of his career, until he got a golden tip from Nolan Ryan, who told him, don't land on the heal of your landing foot; instead, land on the ball of your landing foot. Suddenly, Randy Johnson was a control pitcher with power. Could it really be just that simple with a guy like Pagan? I wonder...
  4. jimbo92107
    Definitely wouldn't trade Thielbar. He has succeeded only in the Twins system. The coaches? The bars? The water?? Whatever, he pitches well on this one, single team. What he brings in trade would be nothing compared to his value right here in the pen. The Monty Hall problem is limited to things valued in a very specific context, their estimated retail cash value. Problem is, the problem runs into further confounding factors when things like social microclimates and personal feelings are involved. Last season the trio of Thielbar, Jax and Duran caused the least heartburn of any in the bullpen. Lefty curveball artist, rightie with a nasty slider, then overwhelming velocity, with movement. The price is already just fine, thank you. Let's change the channel to a baseball game.
  5. jimbo92107
    Most of these assessments seem to converge on a common strategy: If Ober's pre-season stuff is shining while Maeda looks rusty, then it makes sense to make Ober the 5th starter while Maeda goes to the pen. Use Ober's innings at the MLB level so as not to waste them in St Paul. Let Maeda continue to hone his stuff as a long reliever. If Ober gives you half a dozen starts before something puts him on the IL, by then Maeda should be sharp enough to give the team some reasonable starts. By then, you're getting close to half a season, by which time somebody in St Paul could be ready for a callup. On the other hand, if Ober stays healthy... Then the Twins have a surprisingly good and cheap starter, maybe for a full season this time. Plus, if Maeda's time in the pen allows him to ease back into pitching well, then it becomes a relative embarrassment of riches. Here's to embarrassment!
  6. jimbo92107
    At least this season, the Twins are pretty well stocked with replacement players. Gallo, Farmer and Taylor should help prevent the team from depending on rookies and defense-only veterans.
  7. jimbo92107
    In the video example, Correa started on the dirt, then ranged onto the grass. Perfectly legal by today's rules, right? The back of the dirt is pretty far back, even now. His gun will continue to play at SS.
  8. jimbo92107
    You must have written this before we heard about Buxton's latest pain in his hip, the same place that put him on the IL last season. If Buck spends more time injured this year, then CF becomes another WAR weak spot.
  9. jimbo92107
    Dear Jordan, Pitch well, and stop hanging out in bars. You'll save a lot more than money. Jimbo
  10. jimbo92107
    Looks like a pretty solid, if unspectacular duo of catchers. Who is the next guy up, in case of injuries?
  11. jimbo92107
    Ober, Varland and SWR are three reasons I'm hopeful this spring. The fact that none of these three good young pitchers will break camp with the team means a lot. Do the Saints still deliver baseballs to the home ump with a pig? Much more relaxed atmosphere in St. Paul.
  12. jimbo92107
    If the Twins promote on merit, Brooks Lee could be in the lineup by mid-season. A switch hitter that recognizes pitches right out of the hand. Hits for power as well as average, Relaxed, confident, reliable fielder wherever you put him. Appears to play within himself, nothing reckless about his approach. This kid's floor is a top-ten MLB infielder. His ceiling is a perennial All-Star and HOF. That said, Lee does present a problem...for Jose Miranda. Lee already is an excellent infielder, where Miranda is working his butt off to become adequate. Whaddaya do with Miranda (and Polanco) when Lee and Lewis both hit town? Sadly, the answers may come down to injuries, which the Twins have not lacked in recent years. Baseball is very hard on knees, ankles, elbows, wrists, and fingers. And then there's foul balls off your instep, sliding head-first into a knee, crashing into walls, and pitches fouled right into your face mask. Have I listed even half of the dangers? Anyway, Brooks Lee looks as much as I've ever seen like a sure bet. Fasten your seatbelt, kid.
  13. jimbo92107
    I see no reason Jax can't go two or three innings now and then. Moran should be able to do that, too. Sands keeps his heater low, and Dobnak is a ground ball machine, when his finger isn't hurt. Both those guys came up as starters, so they could go multiple innings. If the Twins are going to keep experimenting with Pagan, for goodness sakes get it done early. Same with Megill, who with Pagan is in the running for giving up the longest tape measure home runs. Except Pagan walks a couple guys before giving up a hit... whew!
  14. jimbo92107
    Cautious optimism. If Kenta Maeda's arm is truly healed, then the Twinks have a solid starter in their rotation. Now let's see the rest of them...
  15. jimbo92107
    I didn't understand the pick then, and I still don't now. Were the Twins trying to draft a slow DH that swings hard? Seems like they could find guys like that in later rounds. Or in beer leagues. Good luck to Sabato, I don't expect to ever see him in the bigs. Surprise me, dude.
  16. jimbo92107
    Winning is sixty percent pitching, and 80% mental. If you can convince the scorekeeper that you're winning, you have a built-in advantage.
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    PatPfund said it: This team has not yet demonstrated that it is just one key player from a deep playoff run. In fact, last season's late collapse looked like something from a perennial bottom-dweller, not a borderline playoff threat. For that and another reason, Twins should hang onto all their hitting prospects, especially including Lee. If he performs at an extremely high level, enough to force his way to the bigs, then he's a star on this team for a decade, versus a hired gun for one or two years. Money is the other reason, and it's the main motivator in a Burnes deal. He feels shortchanged by the Brewers, so he'll be looking for a monster payday. That means Yankees and Dodgers kind of loot, in the hundreds of millions of dollars in gold-pressed Latinum. Ferengi joke. Nope, the Twins are stuck with their odd ducks, their TJ survivors, their broken-jaw bar fighters, and the usual assortment of wannabes that can't quite throw strikes on 3 and 2 counts. Here we are hoping that Emilio Pagan will save the bullpen. AGAIN.
  18. jimbo92107
    Another season depending on a pile of injury if's... Mikelink nailed it. We're watching General Baseball Hospital, where e-vile Doctor Tommyjohn delights in torturing handsome young ballplayers. DrTJ: Surgery was a great success. We'll have you pitching again in about a year... Player: Oh thank you Doctor! DrTJ: ...for the Independent League, muhahahahaha! Player: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
  19. jimbo92107
    I want RoboUmp, pitch clock, limited position pitching, and tie games after 11 innings, except in the playoffs.
  20. jimbo92107
    We are all crossing our fingers (and, where possible, toes) that Alex Kirilloff finally gets a full season of health. Same for Byron Buxton. One year, o ye gods of baseball and pediatrics! Hell, how's about one year where the Twins don't have the most players on IL in the league? How about one year where the team doesn't need to use over 40 different pitchers to limp thru the season? We want all that...and a shrubbery. Nothing too expensive.
  21. jimbo92107
    His overhand delivery should help him mask his changeup. However, far more important to his impending career is a good nickname. SWR...I swear, it won't cut it. Simeon Woods Richardson can produce several solid nicks, including of course Sim, Woods, Woodie, Rich, etc. Does he already have a nickname, or must we create a new one?
  22. jimbo92107
    Let's call Varland's velocity "94 plus." Plus, he hasn't blown out his arm, like most pitchers that try to throw 96. Plus, he gets guys out. Plus, he's an innings eater. Twins have a young, healthy pitcher that can go every fifth day, but doesn't quite hit the upper 90's. He might even pick up a couple ticks naturally, as sometimes happens with experience. I'd find a reason to put this guy in the rotation before mid season.
  23. jimbo92107
    Looks like they're putting together a beast of a slightly better than average team.
  24. jimbo92107
    If I could give one pitcher a 95mph heater, Smeltzer earned it. Good luck to him.
  25. jimbo92107
    When Brooks Lee comes up depends entirely on injuries, like Kirilloff's wrist. If he goes down, Miranda goes to 1B and Lee could come up to 3B immediately. Otherwise it's a logjam of good hitters. Lee's bat does not displace Miranda's or a healthy Kirilloff's. If they stay healthy, then you start giving Lee major reps at 2B, and get ready to trade Polo.
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