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  1. jimbo92107
    Now we see why the Twins can't send down Miguel Sano. Right now he's about half the offense.
  2. jimbo92107
    I'll say one thing for the 2016 Twins - They sure have a good looking ballpark!
  3. jimbo92107
    I still like watching Tyler Duffey. He's a curve ball artist. I think he's going to be a good mlb pitcher for at least at decade.
  4. jimbo92107
    Problem is, Sano's one of the only things left that makes the Minnesota Twins worth watching. I don't really care if Joe Mauer is hitting .327 with a bunch of singles and playing solid 3rd base. If you take out Sano, then pitchers will work around Park. This team could go from worst to historically bad to a crime against nature.
  5. jimbo92107
    I disagree. Baseball is about applying pressure to your opponent, which sometimes requires poking them in unexpected ways. First, he didn't trip, did he? He was safe, wasn't he? It irritated Verlander, didn't it? You're mistaking creative, aggressive play for egotism. I'm not saying Rosario's game doesn't need work, but mainly his problem is strike zone discipline. Otherwise, I love Rosario's approach to baseball. He's a picador, and the opponent is the bull. He constantly looks for ways to harass the other other side, and we should encourage other players to do likewise. It's what makes baseball fun to watch. The trick to applying pressure creatively is for the whole team to be more like Rosario. I'm not saying they should act like little kids and be completely reckless. Rosario KNEW he was going to make it. My point is that other players should try to see what he sees. Nick Punto was like Rosario. It's a game of bunts, steals, fakes, bluffs, and taking advantage of the other team's inattention. All that said, Rosario does belong in AAA right now. He can't be swinging at balls a foot out of the zone. But that's his main problem, and it's fixable with enough coaching and yelling. Smaller strike zone, Eddie. He could be back up in a month.
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    The ability to see your opponent's vulnerabilities and exploit them is what separates exciting, creative players from average, rather boring ones. Rosario's stolen base was a successful example of seeing an opportunity and taking it. I would not want to discourage that attitude. Rosario is capable of playing the game at a higher level than most. He sees the geometry of a third baseman a little too far from his base. He understands the difficulty of coordinating the throw and catch between a pitcher and a running third baseman. That wasn't stupid, it was inspired. It was also a play Trevor Plouffe had done in an earlier game. If it works, how stupid can it be? Rosario's problem with strike zone discipline is serious. He needs to refine his approach quite a bit, and quit trying to be Vlad Guerrero. His frustrations at the plate have started affecting his fielding, too. He needs to go down to AAA to reset and work on a more professional approach to hitting. The rest of his game is pretty good already.
  7. jimbo92107
    Shut him down for a couple weeks, then put him in the bull pen. He's still got great command and knows how to pitch, but he can't go 100 pitches anymore. That spells veteran middle reliever.
  8. jimbo92107
    Sano just hit a fly ball to right field. But then it kept going...
  9. jimbo92107
    Pitcher's duel? More like a pillow fight on a high wire.
  10. jimbo92107
    So, I hear Polanco doesn't have the arm to play shortstop...
  11. jimbo92107
    Good luck to Chris Herrmann. Scrappy ballplayer, I hope he finds his niche.
  12. jimbo92107
    There are plenty of examples in the long history of baseball how to manage young players. Some of them need more work in the minors to really nail down their mechanics and mental approach, and that is what I think the Twins see as Berrios's problem. They want him to be sure of his approach no matter what happens, whether the first guy strikes out or hits a home run. Berrios clearly fell apart right after the first guy hit a home run on the first pitch. A major league pitcher cannot let that happen. Alex Meyer has the same problem, falling apart after something goes wrong. You can't let the outcome affect your core confidence. The good news is, some very fine Twins pitchers have had that problem with they first came up. Rookie Frank Viola would blow his top if he allowed a couple runs. Point is, Berrios will be fine, but while he's getting his head straight, the team might as well see if guys like Rogers and Dean can get guys out at the mlb level. This is the year to find out, when we're already out of the playoff hunt. Terry Ryan has seen this before. He is trying to ensure that the team's young stars don't get too traumatized by the wild oscillations of their rookie experience. Some of them can take it; maybe Rosario will be able to grind his way through his rough first quarter. Pretty sure Sano can take it, and I don't see any particular problems with Polanco. Duffey has learned to channel his harsh self-criticisms in a positive way. All these guys need to learn the same thing: They can do pretty good if they keep their heads right between the helmet.
  13. jimbo92107
    So much of pitching is self-confidence. Berrios looked at that first-pitch home run and suddenly I was reminded of Tyler Duffey's first game against Toronto. Every batter looked like Babe Ruth, every pitch he threw seemed like a nothing ball right down the middle. He looked numb, passive. Sheep to the slaughter. Deer in the headlights. Me looking at a tax form. Some guys can take it - the ones that grew up on the mean streets of Edina or the hell-scape of Duluth. Berrios has great stuff, but without unshakable confidence, he could continue folding under pressure. Let him get his head back on in AAA for a while. Meantime, give some of these fairly good pitching prospects a few games to show their stuff. Pat Dean looked pretty good. See what Taylor Rogers looks like. It's a year for experiments, but we don't need to break everything.
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    I know they traded Aaron Hicks for JR Murphy, but in spring training Centeno looked much better at the plate. I was a little surprised they didn't send Murphy down initially, and even more surprised how little they used Murphy and how long they starved him for starts. He could have been starting almost every day in Rochester while Centeno relieved Suzuki on the big league club. The Twins can't seem to help overworking Kurt Suzuki, who rarely hits and rarely throws out a runner stealing second. Maybe now, finally, they'll trust somebody other than Suzuki to catch half the time. It's been a while since they had average play from the catcher position. Centeno might even be a bit better than average. Whoopee!
  15. jimbo92107
    I'm curious, why can't Taylor Rogers do exactly what Pat Dean is doing? Aren't they essentially the same pitcher with two different names?
  16. jimbo92107
    Whoa, that called 3rd strike was even worse than the ones Detroit was carping about. Ball was outside and low every damn time.
  17. jimbo92107
    This game is officially off the hook. Drop the mic. Nuff said, Stan. There is no spoon, because the spoon has left the building. It was Elvis's spoon.
  18. jimbo92107
    The Pat Dean Experience. Go ahead, top that ball. Go ahead, hit a line drive to an outfielder. Go ahead, pop one up.
  19. jimbo92107
    Nice pitching by Pat Dean. Batter tossed... Oh heck, they cut to commercial just as the manager was blowing a neck vein. I'll assume he's tossed, too. I was about to be sorry for watching this game. Now, I'm glad to be here. We got hubbub, ruckus, and a little French soup can of hullabaloo!
  20. jimbo92107
    The infield dirt is really wet. The ball is squirting like a nervous octopus.
  21. jimbo92107
    We got a baseball game. Tales of the Unexpected.
  22. jimbo92107
    I got here a little late and I was wondering how Berrios - What the F---?????
  23. jimbo92107
    Hughes to the pen. He's a power pitcher who's lost the zap on his fastball. His off-speed stuff isn't good enough to win games, so his only option is to try regaining a few mph in the bull pen. I have my doubts even if he does become a reliever. I'm not sure Hughes can bring it much over 90 anymore.
  24. jimbo92107
    Leave Buxton in AAA until the all-star break. Plate discipline, bunting, and better lead-off technique on base. He doesn't even do a couple skips on each pitch. He could put so much more pressure on pitchers if he actually learned how to steal bases.
  25. jimbo92107
    Reminds me of the night I went to a boxing match, and suddenly a hockey game broke out! I always love that one...
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