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  1. jimbo92107
    Ober looks legit, but that's what I thought of Dobbsie, too. See if he can keep it up and stay healthy. Jax kinda came out of nowhere, but he's not a nibbler with just a couple favorite spots. He has a good mix of pitches, spreads the ball around the periphery, and has just enough heat so they can't just sit on his curves. Seems more of a grinder than a tightrope walker. I don't expect explosions of runs off him, but his stuff doesn't look that dominant. I do expect all three young pitchers to remain starters, but maybe not all of them with the Twins. Meanwhile, bring up Miranda and Blaze! Give the kids a taste, see if they like it.
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    Not that hard, really. Assuming all these guys are gone, who's left? Of those guys who is cheapest? The Twins will take the cheapest and oldest of that lot. After every other team picks them over, of course.
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    OMG. That cutter Richardson threw...same motion as Mariano Rivera. Watch how his throwing hand follows through into his left armpit, the way it flops loosely at the wrist at the finish. That's how Mariano threw the cutter nobody could hit. I saw a video where Rivera was teaching that same motion to some other pitcher. Kid, keep throwing that pitch. Mix it in with a two-seem fastball, and hitters will have no clue where the ball will be. Mix it with a change-up, and you'll be looking at Cy Young awards.
  4. jimbo92107
    Everybody wins with this deal. Cruz goes to a playoff contender, as he thoroughly deserves. Two young pitchers on the cusp of The Show should get late-season tryouts, along with Blaze and Duran. Twins might wind up stocked with young starters.
  5. jimbo92107
    Chase Petty. Who?? A high school pitcher. There must have been half a dozen of us that specifically told them not to pick a high school pitcher. Not just because of recent draft flubs, but because it takes up to five years to coach up and get guys like this ready for the show.
  6. jimbo92107
    Polanco puts a charge into it from both sides of the plate. Impressive.
  7. jimbo92107
    Keep drafting big college pitchers, athletic infielders, and guys that can really hit.
  8. jimbo92107
    Best part of the Twins season so far is Jim Kaat coming back to announce some games. Any chance he sticks around for a while? Actually, there are a few little twinkles in the darkness of this season. Baily Ober looks legit, and Griffen Jax might be a pitcher. Seems like a long time ago, but Kirilloff and Larnach both are rookies, and Arraez is just in his what, second full year? Might even be some spark from the right side of the plate if the team brings up Jose Miranda soon. Meanwhile, I do hope they deal Donaldson to the Mets. He belongs on a competing team. Sano just belongs elsewhere. He seems hopeless on this team. Deal Simmons, too. Don't waste him here. Stick Gordon at SS, then put Celestino in CF. Tell him not to dive for balls the rest of the season. Play like Larnach, like your bat is more important than saving a few fly balls from hitting the ground.
  9. jimbo92107
    Trade him and call up Miranda. At this point, why not? Meanwhile, the Mets get a possible key to playoff wins, and us fans get to see another young prospect that looks like a future star. Bring up the kids, Twins. It's the only thing that will keep the fans interested.
  10. jimbo92107
    On the other hand, I don't know if Ortiz ever had slumps the way Sano has. Big Dave didn't whiff so damn much. Could be Sano needs to go somewhere else to finish his education as a hitter. Twins coaches don't seem to have the answer. Meanwhile, Kirilloff is every bit as good at 1st base, is a supreme hard contact hitter, and when another great batsman Jose Miranda arrives, Sano's lame bat will look even less valuable. Fact is, you put your best hitters in the starting nine, and hope they can field decently well. Miguel Sano no longer qualifies as one of the team's best hitters - not if he gets hot only a few days per month. Sadly, I think it's time to move on from Sano. Where he winds up doesn't really matter.
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    Oh, I dunno... I suppose the Red Sox might take a flier on Sano.
  12. jimbo92107
    A lot of Twins fans mention Rod Carew when they see Arraez, but I'm going to stick with my Tony Gwynn comp. His stout body and thick forearms are made for driving balls to the gaps, and sometimes over the fence. What we saw today should be what we see for most of his career. Line drives to the gaps, driving in tons of runs.
  13. jimbo92107
    Well, one thing should be obvious to us all by now: Matt Shoemaker should be our closer! Also, Baily Ober looks like he's going to be a pretty good starter. Also, a few guys are starting to hit.
  14. jimbo92107
    The best part about this losing season is that the FO is practically forced to try out some of the promising arms in AAA, like Duran and Blaze. Trying out Ober was the safest move, as he's known for excellent control. But now, with the veterans either breaking down or getting hammered, why not let a couple promising prospects come up and see what The Show looks like. Granted, the next round of call-ups may flop and scuffle like a skit from The Three Stooges, but that's what rookies do. Ask Celestino! Rookie goof-ups are a rite of passage. Before the rites are written for this blown season, let's see some of the kids come up and show us a flash or two what they've got in store. I wanna see a Duran heater at 100 mph, even if it does hit the top of the backstop. I wanna see Balazovic's wicked curve, even if he bounces it ten feet in front of the plate. If they throw 'em for strikes, all the better. Let them see that even their best pitches can fly half a mile in the other direction, if they don't mask their delivery. Early June, and we're already playing Future Ball. Yikes!
  15. jimbo92107
    Good thing about Ober is that his stuff is naturally different, coming from that higher release point. Also, he can make adjustments easier than some others because of his ability/willingness to throw strikes with each pitch. Some Twins pitchers seem to go through spells where they can't find the zone at all. I have not yet seen Ober go through one of those spells. Big props just for that.
  16. jimbo92107
    Sad when the highlight of the game was El Cherubo befuddling the opposition with his 43 mph nothing ball. Actually, there was a better highlight. Congratulations to Nick Gordon's solid 3 of 4 hitting, including his first mlb home run. Sometimes a dream does come true. Good for you, Nick Gordon.
  17. jimbo92107
    Celestino seemed to have a knack for reading hits in CF, plus the speed to go get them. His bat looked promising, too. I have no problem letting him fill in for Buxton. I seem to recall Celestino also had good base stealing skills. Worth watching!
  18. jimbo92107
    Agree with insagt1. Resnyder is better than Cave, and working his way towards being better than Kepler, if for no other reason than durability. Of course, all this is still a small sample size. The other thing I like about Refsnyder is hustle, which should count as the sixth tool. A guy that displays all-out hustle can help bring it out of the rest of a team, which can be the difference between winning and losing.
  19. jimbo92107
    Rob Refsnyder's story shows how hard it is to hit consistently against good pitchers. It has taken years for Refsnyder to find an approach that works, and now the next test is to see if he can maintain the same approach as pitchers try everything in their power to disrupt it. Meanwhile, Refsnyder came to the right team to learn about power hitting. With successful examples like Cruz, Sano and Garver to watch, it's little wonder he has discovered what works. He sees it every day in the cages. What I see in the third frame looks a little more like Cruz and Garver. This could be very fun to watch.
  20. jimbo92107
    I had noticed earlier, but now it may be slightly more important. Rob Refsnyder's muscular bod resembles a certain iron-pumping outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels. We've been told many times that baseball accommodates many body types. It certainly makes room for the guys that exercise like crazy. It does make me wonder what took Mr. Refsnyder so long to get to the majors.
  21. jimbo92107
    Two encouraging signs. First, Larnach's approach clearly reveals a mature plan at the plate, where Park had little idea how to cope with mlb pitchers. Second, Larnach's swing is classically beautiful, short to the ball, long through it, minimal wasted motion. Park's swing was an extreme example of what I think of as the 'Cuban style.' Bat speed created by a 360 degree helicopter of the bat, starting from over the head with the bat literally pointed at the pitcher. As Park found out, this kind of swing puts a lot of stress on the wrists, especially if your timing is not right on the mark. The result was in fact a painful, ongoing problem with Park's wrists, which of course slowed down his swing, exacerbating his inability to adjust to mlb pitchers, until he was gone after one disastrous season. Fortunately, Larnach's swing does not appear to put undo stress on his body. It was simple, quick, on balance, and his finish was relaxed. Looked like he could repeat that swing a hundred times without getting tired. Too soon to conclude much, but I see nothing standing between Larnach and a long career bashing balls over fences and playing decent outfield.
  22. jimbo92107
    Larnach's monster shot was a revelation. Not many men can hit a baseball that far. Those that can tend to be well-known names in the baseball world...or those that soon will be.
  23. jimbo92107
    I've been predicting Dobbs as a mid-ro horse for a while, so no surprise there. Refsnyder? Never heard of him, but you can't help notice the non-stop hustle from the 30-year old journeyman. Luke Farrell? Another whiff on the name, but maybe Wes Johnson can forge something useful from just his heater and his slider. There are no sure things in baseball except retirement, but of these three, Dobnak seems the most likely to contribute long-term. His low-90's sinker bends arm-side almost like a screwball. He commands his slider decently well, and his change gets enough misses to be a third strikeout pitch. Best of all, his delivery is not max effort, which means he can work longer and command the zone better than the all-out hurlers.
  24. jimbo92107
    So many straws I see - a wealth of them! Let us grasp, despite the ill favor of the gods of probability. Still, prospects do tilt my gimbal. If I grasp at these straws, what of the state lottery? Is it better to wallow in despair, or don the full motley, stagger 'neath the red nose and fright wig of the fool? Spend the whole stimulus on yet another long shot, or tighten the strap that girds these humble loins? An over-large sack of rice urges optimism. There are so many ways of cooking it.
  25. jimbo92107
    After Hernandez's home run... That reminds me: Folks, be sure to get yourself vaccinated. Just like that home run, it will be over in a blink, and practically painless.
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