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  1. jimbo92107
    Fulmer looks like he still has plenty of gas in the tank. Not a shutdown guy, but a good, determined reliever. If they can keep his price tag reasonable, sign him.
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    As much as all the hits, I remember all the players from opposing teams that clearly are big fans of Louis Arraez. He'd be trading hugs with seemed like half the guys that checked in at first base. One of the true nice guys in baseball. Congratulations also to Louie Varland, who sure does look like a talented young starter for the next decade. Pretty soon the Twins may not need to hire many rental pitchers anymore. Wouldn't that be great... Disappointing season, but with harbingers of good times ahead. I'm binging on harbingers! Happy winter, Twins players. Don't tweak your backs swinging those golf clubs!
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    Kubel / Kirilloff comp is only partial. You can hit with a patched together knee, but not if your wrist gives you stabbing pain with every swing. I feel bad for the kid. Kirilloff clearly has dreamed of being a great baseball player since he was a child, and now that dream is threatened by a body part smaller than a dime. It's just not fair...but that's life - not fair. We're all pulling for him, very carefully.
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    Baseball seasons are wars of attrition, but it seems like the Twins have been stockpiling talent to the point where even bad luck may get overwhelmed. The tipping point may come from three or four top prospects that may start the season in AAA or AA. Varland, Balasovic, SWR, and Lee could see significant time in '23. Might also say that about Martin, who seems to be rebounding from a bad year. Biggest problems seem to be Kirilloff and Paddack, followed by Mahle. Well, you spin the wheel and hope that one will hit, the other two pitch. Keep Gordon and Bundy around. A super-sub and a veteran that survives without a big heater are great examples for everybody. I would part ways with Jake Cave, however. His ceiling is now well known, and with a guy like Martin coming up, we might as well see if he's a better 4th outfielder. One intriguing factor could be Miranda, if he comes back lean and mean and ready to play good 3B. Working out for six months with Carlos Correa could get just about anybody into great shape. Maybe the Twins could ask for a package deal. Send everybody to work out with Carlos. That might be the best move this organization ever made.
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    Another congratulations to another rookie's first cup of coffee. Simeon Woods Richardson. I won't be typing that whole name very often, but he's liable to have half a dozen nicknames in his first season. SWR for now. I love his straight over the top pitching motion, with that steep downward plane that Uncle Bert talks about. He'll get tons of ground outs, plus an occasional titanic homer hit off that delivery. When an uppercut swing hits a downward plane baseball, that's how a ball goes into low earth orbit. It'll be fun to see what his stuff does to mlb hitters.
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    I could see an outfield of Larnach, Martin/Celestino and Wallner. Strong arms in the corners, fast CFs improving at the plate. Infield: Urshella the rock at 3rd, Lewis SS, Araez 2B, Miranda 1B. All good hitters, the latter three working to improve their defense. This would mean that Buxton and Correa go elsewhere, but youth movements are pretty constant in baseball. And I haven't even mentioned Brooks Lee, who will probably force his way onto the mlb lineup sometime next season...
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    Roy Smalley said it - Bailey Ober's performance was important because it gives the young pitcher a huge boost of confidence going into off season workouts. He knows now that his stuff is good enough to get multiple whiffs and swinging K's. Now he can shore up his strengths and work on eliminating his weak points. It would be nice to see a bit more velo on the heater, so he can use that as a K weapon, not just as a decoy. Otherwise, if his command remains good and his health is good, Ober looks like a very successful mlb pitcher.
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    On a team that's already loaded with stars, Buxton's 50 percent availability works out just fine. I loves me some Buxton, but trade him to the Yanks or Dodgers. Then he can heal up right, because he doesn't have to carry the team.
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    Speaking of the Pagan virus... I'd like to ask every Twins Daily fan to go out and get vaccinated, whatever the current nasty virus is called. Much as we are frustrated by the Electric Pagan Sacrifice, we cannot honestly blame him for the pandemic. Can we? Whatever. Go get the jab; don't wind up on the slab.
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    Wallner: Nice homer for your first hit. Now, please shave off that scuz fuzz. You don't need to look like a tired 30-something daddy.
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    If Baldi's win percentage is .533, half a point higher than Gardy , Kelly or Molitor, even with all the injuries, doesn't that make him one of the team's all-time great managers? What he has done this season is almost the equivalent of an NFL coach losing his entire O line, then coaching up a bunch of rookies to play just about as well as his starters. Sure, you could simply state, "Well, he didn't win the division," but that's pretty ignorant.
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    Mahle's shoulder injury is far from mysterious. Either it's a torn rotator cuff, a torn labrum, or both. Get it sewed up, and maybe he'll be ready to pitch around mid season 2023. If not, it will bite him again inside the first month.
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    That play by Brooks Lee showed a very high level of athletic ability. Most mlb-quality players can throw from their knees, their butt, etc. But Lee's throw was dynamic, whirling his torso while it was still in motion, yet able to nail the 1B's glove with remarkable accuracy and decent velocity. How many mlb SS can do that? A handful, maybe. This guy is a future star, and his stardom is not very far in the future. I'd invite him to spring training, and get his butt to AAA in a hurry. You never have too many position players that can really hit, and really field.
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    If the Twins would just make one move, I'd be a little happier: Move Archer to the bullpen as long relief. Then DFA Pagan. Well, that's two moves. Aim high!
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    He's not a downward plane kinda pitcher, more like Cole Sands in that his whole delivery seems to happen down low. Louie Varland looks legit to me. When I saw his compact delivery, it reminded me a little of Bartolo Colon, who looked like a converted catcher. The tight snap from behind the ear, no big, loopy wind-up, is a style that works well for some good pitchers, like Grienke. The quick delivery and up-tempo pace will help him surprise some hitters, who are accustomed to a more relaxed pace. Less time between pitches means less time for the hitter to process the pitching sequence and predict the next one. That and the compact delivery also means less time for a runner to read the pitcher's move to home...or not. One thing that really impressed me was his K of Judge in the first. Got him with a beautiful diving change that caught the inside corner. He could throw a dozen of those to Judge, and I bet the guy still couldn't straighten that one out. Especially if he also can zip a heater high in the zone just previous. Point is, it looks to me like Varland can do just that. His command of several pitches is better than Joe Ryan's, not counting Ryan's heater, which is his one great pitch. Varland doesn't appear to have one great pitch, but he's got several very good ones, which bodes well. If his arm doesn't fall off, keep this young stud in the rotation. Twins have found themselves another good young pitcher.
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    Ted, this is an excellent write-up. I was a tech writer in a previous life...your writing here is tight and punchy, with just the right amount of baseball jive to bring a smile to my face. Best of all, there's very little excess verbiage. Your "sports writer" voice is spot on. Great job. Jimbo And now, for my pyrate voice: Har....
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    Glenn Perkins said it pretty well about Joe Ryan. He needs to throw his off-speed pitches with the same conviction and commitment as his fastball. Have faith that your breaking pitches will break; don't try to steer the ball where you want it to go. This is the sort of thing a pitcher can work on during the long off-season practice sessions. I do believe Joe Ryan has the potential to be close to an ace. He's got the physical tools and the poise. But he needs to have three off-speed pitches that he can throw for strikes, so he doesn't have to throw over ten pitches to get one guy out.
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    Excellent debut by Louie Varland, who looks like a rotation horse. If his arm is okay, I see no reason he can't finish the season in the starting rotation. Who ya got that's better? Note to Megill: Please learn to finish your follow through in position to field a ground ball, rather than doing an embarrassing little dance to avoid the ball hitting you in the ass.
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    Poise on the mound, and his follow-through. If Varland keeps his head and just throws whatever his catcher asks for, he could do well. Otherwise, if he over-throws his heater, he'll barf up some damaging walks and leave the team in a big hole. The Yankees are as good as anybody at picking on a rookie pitcher. Whatever happens, it'll be interesting.
  20. jimbo92107
    Wow, sometimes it's almost like they're listening to us... On the other hand, the team's options were getting pretty limited, with all the injuries. Good luck, Louie Varland. You will have everybody at TD pulling for you.
  21. jimbo92107
    I'm all for seeing Louie Varland fill Mahle's spot. Why not give the kid a cuppa? MiLB Twins pitcher of the year last year, probably will be this year, too. Reward the young man!
  22. jimbo92107
    Nick Gordon has discovered upper-deck power, and folks, it ain't going away. We have all seen how the ball has been exploding off his bat lately. Gordon has purified the mechanics of his swing to get max power at the contact point. He now faces some of the same dilemma as Dave Winfield. He can mash flat line drives and put dents in outfield walls, or he can elevate, strike out more, but hit long range dingers. I'm guessing he'll try to keep his BA up and just drive the ball flat most of the time. Tuesday he golfed a low heater with a Tiger Woods 2-iron swing. This is much more than gap power we're seeing. Fun stuff. The more he plays, the better he gets. Archer needs to go to the pen, so Twins can DFA Pagan. They can't keep running him out there when the game is already decided. They need guys that can deal with pressure situations for one or two innings. Archer can do that. Bring up Winder for the fifth starter. Larnach or Cave to finish the season? Tough decision.
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    Gio Urshella has changed my mind. When the Twins originally made the trade, I thought Urshella would be blocking Jose Miranda from the position he's probably destined to play, if not Royce Lewis. But Urshella's play has been good enough to earn him the job until somebody takes it away. Good range at 3rd, good arm, makes the barehand bunt throw, and at the plate the man is a legitimate threat. He can do damage in the gaps and sometimes over the fence. Solid ballplayer.
  24. jimbo92107
    The problem with Pagan is pretty simple. Every batter walks up to the plate knowing that the guy has a high walk rate for disciplined hitters, and he throws one or two pitches right down the middle during just about every at bat.
  25. jimbo92107
    LOVE that video with Jeffers and Lewis. Two great young guys having a happy day at the State Fair, meeting people, joking around, just having a good time. Very refreshing. I wish the Twins would do something like this at least once a week.
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