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  1. jimbo92107
    I see two things that could screw up a hitter. First, (visibility) Albers closes his lead shoulder, which masks the ball. Second, (timing) he does an odd loop with his pitching hand, which makes it look like he's going to be late on his release, but somehow he catches up without losing control. The overall impression is herky-jerky, but apparently his motion doesn't result in wildness and it's hard to time. I've seen other pitchers use this kind of delivery before. Jared Weaver comes to mind, and somebody else mentioned Neshek, and a few others whose names I don't recall. None of them were hard throwers.
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    A lot of Deduno's effectiveness comes from his pitching motion, where he cocks his hand right behind his ear, a la Bartolo Colon. From that spot, like Colon, Deduno gets extra spin, as well as good deception. Another factor, overlooked by many, is Deduno's athleticism. He fields his position as well as any pitcher I've seen, and when he fires the ball to a base, it comes like a rocket, with no bend. That helps when you induce such a high percentage of grounders. With his deception, his movement and his defense, I see no reason that Samuel Deduno 2.0 can't continue to be a good major league starter.
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    It would be nuts to trade Pelfrey right now. First, the Twins wouldn't get much for him, because the buyer can still point at his season ERA and his TJ surgery. Second, Pelfrey when healthy would be an excellent mid-rotation starter and innings eater. Third, Pelfrey does so many things mechanically right and is such a solid pro that his leadership role could be huge for Gibson and other young pitchers.
  4. jimbo92107
    Yes, this Buxton person sounds promising. I hope he has "tools," as they say.
  5. jimbo92107
    Man, it's good to hear that Alex Wimmers is up and pitching again. He's gone through such an ordeal early in his career, I really hope all the work pays off for him and the Twins.
  6. jimbo92107
    Good point. Plus, the Yankees might be able to help him get his swing back. If he still is physically capable of swinging a bat that hard.
  7. jimbo92107
    It's not a stat, but Florimon lately has been looking a lot more confident at the plate than earlier in the season. I think we're seeing him blossom as a complete baseball player.
  8. jimbo92107
    Deduno appeared to have solved his control issues in the WBC this spring, where he learned to throw more breaking balls early in a game to get under control, then work in more fastballs in the middle innings. Last outing he looked more like last year's version, throwing heat early and walking too many guys. Deduno has much better control of his breaking pitches than his fastball. Moving forward, I agree he's a good option for a middle to late rotation guy. On a good day he can shut down a lot of bats.
  9. jimbo92107
    Kevin Correia does have value as a back-rotation innings eater. On a team with good offense he could win half his games, pitching regularly into or past the seventh inning. That kind of production is a lifesaver for a team's bull pen, while allowing your top starters to get your team above .500. Mike Pelfrey is now healthy and pitching well. He's a good mlb starter with excellent form and great work habits. You want a veteran like him to show the other guys how to be a professional. Sign him to a 3-year deal at the market rate. Pelfrey can be a team leader for your pitching staff.
  10. jimbo92107
    Good to see Arcia seems to be finding his swing again. Did anybody else notice that the Twins official prospect list now includes 11 pitchers in their top 20? And that doesn't include a lot of guys in their top three levels that are doing very well. A wave of good pitchers is slowly approaching. Let's hope it's a tsunami.
  11. jimbo92107
    As mentioned elsewhere, benching Sano now may save him from getting beaned by an angry pitcher sometime during his very promising career. People that throw baseballs and wave big sticks need to learn a high level of politeness and civility.
  12. jimbo92107
    Mike Pelfrey has been gradually regaining his pitching form all season. The best thing the Twins could do right now is offer him a 3-year contract at a price they can afford, before he finished the second half with an ERA that puts his future services out of reach.
  13. jimbo92107
    Tim Hudson's injury was cringe-worthy, but hardly "horrific." That word should be held in reserve for massive 3rd degree burns, limbs torn off and bodies extracted from the bellies of giant snakes.
  14. jimbo92107
    Question: Can the umpire invoke the infield fly rule after the play is finished, or does he have to make the call while the ball is in the air? If he can make the call after the play, then there is no excuse for not correcting the umpire error. Somebody among the umpiring crew should know the rule well enough to get it right.
  15. jimbo92107
    What better time to experiment with multiple new arms than a year like this? Send down Diamond, bring up somebody. Keep that merry go round moving until somebody wins the job.
  16. jimbo92107
    Chris Parmelee swinging the way he has lately will not dominate any league, much less AAA or the majors. Both he and Oswaldo Arcia are going down for the same reason: Get back the punch in their swing. Arcia and Parmelee both were starting to swing the bat like me waving a garden rake at a bumble bee. Both men need to break their swing down to the basics, get their feet right, their hands right, their stride right, etc. This is the result of pitchers screwing up their timing so badly, they started to change their swing.
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    I wonder if Gary Lucas ever sits pitchers down with hitters to discuss what each one does well, how a pitcher tips his pitches, how a batter looks vulnerable to the outside curve, etc. Feedback from the other side of the equation might be valuable.
  18. jimbo92107
    Please show a little more respect for guys like Carroll. He's a highly skilled, totally professional ballplayer. Teams need guys like that for their diverse skills, and also for the positive influence they can have on young players like Florimon, Dozier, Hicks, Arcia, etc. Even if Beresford is a talented utility infielder, he won't have the credentials of an experienced, knowledgeable veteran like Carroll. When Carroll hangs up his spikes, I hope the Twins are lucky enough to get him as an instructor in their system.
  19. jimbo92107
    Good points. Also, with Dozier hitting better and playing superlative 2B, why rush Rosario? Right now the Twins middle infield is about the last thing that needs to be fixed. Both Florimon and Dozier are hitting, and they're one of the best SS/2B combos in the league.
  20. jimbo92107
    I would recommend cryogenic freezing until Sano, Buxton, Rosario, et al, are up and in their prime. However, the current state of the technology is such that freezing pops all your cells, turning your brain and body into mush. Thus, I don't recommend it for Glen Perkins. Maybe Terry Ryan? Reluctantly I am forced to conclude that there's little chance Perkins will still be operating at a high level four or five years from now. For that reason I would consider trading him for Bryce Harper and Mike Trout. Well, maybe a little less than that...How about Matt Moore and Matt Harvey? There must be a package out there...
  21. jimbo92107
    Let him watch a couple Hulk movies, then go out there and...Arcia SMASH! Seriously, the other guys are right, this is just a rookie going through some uncertainty at the plate. Exactly what pitchers try to do, get batters doubting themselves by messing up their rhythm at the plate. Or in this case, their stance. Oswaldo Arcia got the early call because he has a short, compact, powerful swing with lots of inside-out punch. Lately he's kind of lost that inside-out punch, so the ball's not exploding off his bat like it used to. Like Morneau, Arcia's batting stance has lost its aggressive look, where he leans out over the plate a bit more, and stays there throughout the swing. Instead, like Morneau, he's standing just a bit more upright, leaning just a bit away, giving up the outside corner and losing the inside-out punch that really sends a baseball screaming off the bat. Arcia will get it back because his swing is in muscle memory, so hitting off a tee for awhile could do it, or just some extra soft-toss batting practice. Pitchers do everything they can to disrupt a hitter's rhythm and mechanics, and sometimes the disrupted stuff becomes a bad habit. The other thing Arcia must do is figure out what pitchers are doing right to make him do things wrong. Whatever they're doing, he can't let that trigger his bad habits. My guess is that Arcia will emerge from his current slump with a vengeance. Like Morneau used to do.
  22. jimbo92107
    Correia's main value is his ability to save the bullpen a couple innings. Might not seem like much, but over the course of a season, it's significant.
  23. jimbo92107
    I've said it before, and I'll say it again, for I have mastered copy/paste: I don't worry about Aaron Hicks. He's the kind of guy that learns through lots of hard work and tons of repetition. He will gradually improve over the next couple years until he's as solid and knowledgeable as Michael Cuddyer, with the added tools of great speed and switch hitting. Maybe not quite the power hitting of Cuddy, but we'll all be very glad he's on our team, right beside Buxton and Arcia.
  24. jimbo92107
    "...if you squint hard enough you can see a Nick Punto/Brian Dozier love-child in there..." Indeed, that's one messy love-child. Question is, why did the Twins spend a first-round draft pick on a guy that projects as maybe another Nick Punto? Wasn't Levi Michael supposed to be a little more of a love-child mix of Punto and Dustin Pedroia? As for the love-child thing...maybe these guys should all just agree to be friends.
  25. jimbo92107
    This argument is nonsense. Baseball is not football, where collisions are the coin of the realm. If a fielder is not in the act of fielding or does not have the ball, by rule he must give up the basepath to the runner. Think about it not just from an injury standpoint, but from the basic fairness that is supposed to be the nature of this game. When a runner comes home, he has earned that run. You're supposed to respect what others have earned. Blocking the plate not only risks injury, it's the wrong lesson to be teaching kids.
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