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  1. jimbo92107
    True, but I miss when AJ Pierzynski was on the White Sox. That made beating them so much better...
  2. jimbo92107
    I really like the swing Danny Santana put on that triple. He kept the bat cocked sharply as he shifted his weight into the pitch, releasing the energy as late as possible. That got great power into the moment of truth at the contact point, producing a little explosion into the ball. Santana is really swinging the bat with more confidence now. It's really sweet to see. He's kind of like everybody's little brother. You just like to see him succeed.
  3. jimbo92107
    The picture on my TV just froze in the middle of a replay of Sano's homer. He was SMILING in the middle of the swing. Happy swing!
  4. jimbo92107
    In comedy, the double-take is good for cheap laughs. In baseball, it produces errors. Eric Fryer, victim of the dreaded double-clutch, then launch it over the guy's head.
  5. jimbo92107
    Nice, controlled swing by Miguel Sano. Don't hit it too hard, so you don't hurt the fans in the first deck. I'm noticing that Sano's swing is not pull-power only. With that swing, he can barrel it up on lots of different pitches. Sano is going to hit home runs to all fields.
  6. jimbo92107
    As part of the core of a great team, I don't see Oswaldo Arcia. Vargas can re-emerge as "that guy" hitting behind Sano, if he starts cranking homers in AA the way Arcia is doing in AAA. Polanco and Santana are big question marks, but Santana has been looking much better at the plate lately. With him, it seems more a matter of controlling his emotions, which comes with more experience. Plus, Santana appears to be coachable at the highest level. I'm not saying there isn't an heir apparent at catcher, but Stewart, Garver and Swim seem a long way off, and the Twins have had bad luck with catcher prospects since Ramos left town.
  7. jimbo92107
    I believe we are seeing the core of a great team emerging from the Twins minor league system. Sano, Buxton, Rosario, Santana, Hicks and Dozier, and later Vargas will power this team for the next decade. We might add Kepler to that, and Polanco. Pitching is a lot harder to read, but the Twins certainly have some power arms for their bullpen rising through the ranks, and several promising starters are currently cutting their teeth on the farm. For now, we get to enjoy something like the 1983 Twins, where a group of young stars started shaking up the American League Central. This team has some of that, and they are starting to believe that they're never out of a game until the last out. That's what makes the 2015 Twins one of the most entertaining teams in the league.
  8. jimbo92107
    A little justice. Well deserved, Brian Dozier.
  9. jimbo92107
    Hicks still needs to hit more home runs from the left side of the plate. He's barely banging them off the top of the wall. Also, he needs to make the catch on those screaming line drives other teams are hitting to the wall in Left-Center. Buxton makes those catches, before smashing into the wall. His base stealing is okay, but I'd like to see a few steals of third. Ricky Henderson made that look easy, so, it must be easy. Decent bunt today. Can't he bunt for a little more power?
  10. jimbo92107
    Twins need a lefty power bat behind Miguel Sano when they're facing a right handed pitcher. Nobody's claiming that Oswaldo Arcia is a great outfielder, or even a great lefty power bat. It's just that at the moment, he looks like the best option in the system to protect Sano from getting junk pitches from an average right handed pitcher. Cy Young winners like Justin Verlander will get Arcia out, too. But an average rightie could be in trouble against him. That's all we want from Arcia, and that's actually a pretty good piece of the puzzle. Is Nick Swisher available? Whoops, I mean Nick Swisher from three years ago...
  11. jimbo92107
    When a young team starts to believe...watch out world. This was reminiscent of the 1983 Twins, when a bunch of young stars started pulling off improbable victories. How good can these guys be?
  12. jimbo92107
    I had to go back and watch the last two innings again. That. did. not. just. HAPPEN!!!
  13. jimbo92107
    Pressure, baby. Soria was feeling it. Without their Cy Young winners pitching, the Detroit Tigers are a beatable team. DOOOOZIER!!!
  14. jimbo92107
    Well, Cy Young award winners still give Twins hitters a hard time. Darn it.
  15. jimbo92107
    I called one for Sano tonight. Blast one, Miguel!
  16. jimbo92107
    Buddy of mine predicted that Joe Mauer's power slump is over, and he will get over 20 homers this season. He's a really nice guy, so I tried to hide my snicker over the phone... Let's see, for Mauer to total 21 homers, and he's got 6 at the moment, so if I subtract 6 from 21, I get roughly 15 or so... So Mauer would have to mash taters at a 30-homer pace for the second half of the season. Theoretically this is possible, given his career high several years ago. However, the fences at Target are farther back than at the Dome, so he'd have to muscle up quite a bit more than he's done so far this season. Either that, or he'd have to perfect his pull power swing, which we have seen zero sign of happening so far. I don't see it. 12 to 15 maybe, because that's simply double what he's got now. Mauer does seem to be hitting balls where they're pitched now, rather than trying too hard to pull, which is a good sign for his average, but doesn't mean a thing for dingers. A power surge at this point is a whole different matter.
  17. jimbo92107
    What puzzles me is why pitchers don't feed Dozier nothing but heat and sliders and changes low and outside. Why tempt fate with anything else?
  18. jimbo92107
    Oswaldo Arcia right now is the closest the Twins have to a dangerous lefty hitter to place behind Miguel Sano. They should call him up specifically for that reason. Arcia, for all his otherwise mediocre tools, is a legitimate home run threat. Put him in the order behind Sano, and RH pitchers might think twice about throwing so much junk to Sano on 3-ball counts. If they "unintentionally" walk Sano, here comes Arcia, ready to bash out anything near the zone, with Sano on first to increase the damage. Arcia plays only when the starter is an average rightie. You either DH him and let Sano play 3rd, or you DH Sano and let Arcia play LF or RF. He can also pinch hit on a RH reliever, most of whom are fastball/slider guys that attack the zone. Arcia can handle that. He's not a major puzzle piece, but as a lefty power hitter, he's the closest thing to protecting Sano from that side.
  19. jimbo92107
    We could try a snark meter tag, placed below a comment. /snark, and the longer the tag is, the heavier the snark. Example: /snarknadothreethistimeitsthethirdone That would indicate a very heavy level of snark/sarcasm. Anything over a foot long would qualify as a passage from a Douglas Adams novel.
  20. jimbo92107
    Until Vargas gets back up, Arcia is the best power-hitting lefty bat in sight. He's okay to play RF, passable in LF, and can DH or pinch hit against RH pitchers. That's a pretty valuable thing to have, plus he may be the closest thing to "that guy" to bat behind Sano, who had his first O-fer today. Big hat tip to David Price, who pitched like Cy Young material. Detroit is a very good baseball team, even without Miggy.
  21. jimbo92107
    I really hate to see players getting injured, especially great ones like Alex Gordon. Man, the phrase "groin injury" make me cringe. I hope Gordon heals up quickly. KC is a great team this year, and they've still got a chance to make a run. Maybe Gordon can come back later in the season to help out. I wish him luck.
  22. jimbo92107
    Twins need to find a team in the same situation they had with Mauer/Ramos. Great starter blocking a promising guy stuck in AAA. Any teams like that? Cubs? Cards? Giants?
  23. jimbo92107
    You may be right. Point is, Sano will continue to get junk pitches in ball 3 counts until the day comes when the guy after Sano pounds a pitch into the second deck. That's the day pitchers will fear the next guy enough to pitch to Sano. Right now the Twins don't have that guy. Plouffe's got a little pop, but he doesn't put the fear into a pitcher. Hicks might develop into a fearsome home run threat, but at the moment, he's not. Hunter was that guy five years ago, but today he's not. Any one of Arcia, Vargas or Walker might become that guy, or maybe somebody else will emerge. We were all hoping that Joe Mauer would become that guy, but so far it hasn't happened. The good news is, at least Miguel Sano is smart enough to take those walks, instead of flailing at junk. The next guy might get a hit, or advance Sano with a grounder, but that's not really "that guy." For the time being, I suppose Molitor can just put whoever's hot at the plate behind Sano, and hope for the best. Truthfully, the Twins have to find one more legit power hitter, or Sano will continue to see a lot of junk pitches. I can't blame them for pitching around him.
  24. jimbo92107
    Max Kepler reportedly "tweaked his shoulder" and is "day to day," so he's probably not an option for now. If they're going to make a move, you guys called it - Arcia up, Danny Santana to AAA to platoon with Jorge Polanco, or even Santana to AA, but down for some minor league at-bats. No reason not to go with Eduardo Escobar at short for a while. Esco's a good SS, decent pop in the bat, and he's a good clubhouse guy. Eduardo Nunez is the temporary winner too, mainly because Polanco is booting too many plays in Rochester. If Polanco cleans up his glove work, he could take Nunez's place pretty soon, or push Esco back to utility.
  25. jimbo92107
    After watching a relatively rested and fresh Eric Fryer catch Wednesday's game against the Orioles, I'd like to see more of Fryer. A week more. Would Kurt Suzuki benefit from about a week off at this point? That, plus the All Star break, might help Suzuki quite a bit to heal up from all his bumps and bruises from a tough first half. The key is Fryer's performance. He looked so fresh, and yet his plate appearances looked very hopeful. He's got a quick bat, yet plays within himself, not trying for too much, as Chris Herrmann sometimes did. It's perfectly legit for a backup catcher to be a slap hitter, especially if he's got a decent average and can work out a walk now and then. That's exactly what I saw today in Fryer. Kurt Suzuki is a good starting catcher, but a worn out Suzuki isn't so good, and lately he's started to look worn out. If Eric Fryer can help give Suzuki some time off to soak in the hot tub, pump a little iron and work in the batting cage, it might help the starting catcher get his mojo back.
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