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  1. jimbo92107
    Maeda's the "Ace" because he's always been this good. Dobnak is #2 because his stuff has always played this way, and there is no reason to think he'll get worse. Berrios is #3 because he's the guy we keep hoping will become a consistent winner. Smeltzer is #4 because he gets guys out for at least a few innings. Odo is #5 because he's coming off injury and we expect him to pitch better. One thing we may see this season is domination from guys that can spin the ball for strikes on the edges. Seems like batters are whiffing a lot on good curves, sliders, sinkers, etc. They are definitely punishing pitches in the middle.
  2. jimbo92107
    Best part was Romo used that energy to throw even better pitches. Yes, the first call was a gift, but after the bitching started, Romo was legitimately nailing the corners with perfect pitches. That's a competitive dude. Go Romo!
  3. jimbo92107
    I'm glad Maeda is on the pitching staff this season. Maeda can show a guy like Dobnak how to get even more guys out by moving the ball around the zone, not just along the bottom of the zone. Venturing away from the floor is what Dobbs needs to do if he wants to keep hitters from golfing for his sinkers.
  4. jimbo92107
    Dobnak will of course fare worse against better competition, by definition. However, even a good-hitting team isn't chock full of guys that can straighten out all those sinkers, sinking sliders, sinking curves and sinking change-up's that Dobbs delivers low in the zone, over and over. Assuming every other guy doesn't launch a 5-iron golf swing homer off him, let's say they do get some 1-iron line drives. Some still get caught, a few in the gap. Now you have a runner on 2nd base. Unless the next guy is just as good a golfer, you may get a ground ball out, a strikeout, or some other kind of out. The inning can still end without damage. Why the rosy scenario? Because I've seen Dobnak work out of situations. He doesn't buckle under pressure, he keeps fighting. He's got statistics on his side. If he continues to command low, sinking pitches on the edges, chances are good that a single hit does little damage. Nor is it likely that his stuff gets hammered for 5 or 6 runs in an inning, for that same reason. Sinking pitches tend to get pounded into the ground, over and over. Other than even better command, what I'd like to see from Dobnak is to develop a high-riding heater he can plant in the upper corners. 92 mph is just fine if you can throw it where Odorizzi does. But it does need a fair amount of backspin...
  5. jimbo92107
    Usually when we see stuff like Dobnak has, he would be a long reliever. Sinkers, curves, change up's, all low in the zone. Apparently he's better than that. Looks like he's starting to vary the speed of his offerings, making it even harder to square them up. Today he got just 3 K's, but he got lots of whiffs, too. Randy Dobnak: Stud horse.
  6. jimbo92107
    Hitting seems to be lagging behind pitching this season, so Duran and Balazovic might make more sense than one of the position players. So much depends on guys getting healthy off the IL...
  7. jimbo92107
    Congrats to Caleb Thielbar for a decent comeback appearance. Not sure how sustainable it will be if he keeps hanging those loopy curves to right handers. Some of those could have been tape measure home runs. I think Pirates hitters were shocked by how many of them he threw. Next opponent may be ready to cash in on those giant cookies.
  8. jimbo92107
    Two more good relief pitchers in Matt Wisler and Jorge Alcala? "Pen Pals," indeed. I'm thinking the Stealth Fighters.
  9. jimbo92107
    Randy Dobnak did a pretty good Carl Willis impersonation against Cleveland, the team for which Willis is pitching coach. Like Willis, Dobnak zips sinkers low in the zone to get strikeouts and lots of ground balls. Unlike Willis, Dobbs appears pretty comfortable going 5 innings, and might stretch out for more. The key for Dobbsie going more innings is a very nuanced change to his sinker. Right now certain hitters are able to foul off his current offerings, rather than whiffing or hitting a ground ball. Counter-intuitively, the solution is to sink the ball slightly less, thus allowing more weak ground balls from players that currently are just barely ticking the top of the ball. If Randers can vary the sink just a little, he can prevent those 17-pitch at-bats that keep him from going into late innings. Meanwhile, I do believe that Randy Dobnak is the young stud horse that I thought he was. Good to be right, now and then...
  10. jimbo92107
    Indications?? How about average physical collisions per minute? Even as a kid I could tell you the order of violence. Football by far was the worst, with regular concussions and injured limbs, every game. Second was soccer, with constant feet smacking together, lots of leg tackles, pushing and shoving, etc. Third and fourth were basketball and hockey, and somewhere around fifth was baseball, a relatively safe sport. Only tennis and golf were safer. As far as spreading Corona with maximum physical contact, I'd start with kid wrestling, all combat sports, then football (face to face collisions on every play) basketball (constant contact around basket, indoors), hockey, etc. Because these men are going all out, there's no way masks would help them. Look what is happening to baseball - a relatively low contact sport, played outdoors, now with empty stands. Still, two teams are now stricken. Were they doing anything different than the Twins are doing? Anyway, if you can imagine how radically increasing player proximity to other players, plus regular hard physical collisions, plus men sweating furiously, gasping for breath, throwing off spit and sweat particles in all directions... how all that could spread Corona more efficiently than men spaced out on a baseball field, there's you indication. I predict those sports will grind to a halt within two weeks.
  11. jimbo92107
    Sorry guys, it's blowing up. This should be an instructive lesson for pro basketball, pro football, pro hockey, etc. You just can't do pro sports during a deadly viral pandemic, no matter how hard we wish for it.
  12. jimbo92107
    His stance seems like a mix of Mike Trout and Chili Davis. His swing is more like Trout. All field threat, this guy will indeed be a decade of bad news for opponents.
  13. jimbo92107
    40 years old should not be considered over the hill anymore, not in baseball, anyway. Remember, on July 4th 1966, ageless wonder Jack LaLane pulled the Moon out of its orbit with his teeth. He put it back later, of course. Point is, with careful exercise and good nutrition, Cruz should be able to hit baseballs over 400 feet for the next seventy years. I plan to be there to catch them with my cybernetic implants.
  14. jimbo92107
    I felt bad for Fauci. Didn't anybody play catch with him, even for a few minutes, before he threw that ball? Fauci when young was a very good athlete. It looked like the first time he'd thrown a ball in several decades. I guess he grew up early.
  15. jimbo92107
    Tubthumping merely encourages in-game drinking. Luckily, I do not drive while watching TV.
  16. jimbo92107
    Of course you could get some value for Buxton in a trade. Sure you could. But you'd be getting unproven prospects, not an MLB star. And then for the next decade we'd all get to feel once again the joy of watching David Ortiz become Big Pappy in Boston. I want Buxton to stay a Twin until there is zero chance of him becoming an established superstar. Give him his entire chance in Minnesota. Put a little extra padding on the fences. Give him better shoes. Let his star shine with the Twinkies.
  17. jimbo92107
    Imagine having Garver and Jeffers platooning at the same time. Best hitting catcher combo in baseball, I bet.
  18. jimbo92107
    But back to the topic; Who’s on first, then? yes. Of course. Speaking of which, we could bet...who will produce more bombs this year, the Twins or us TD comedians? Get better soon, Miguel. No really, get a lot better, soon!
  19. jimbo92107
    Garver #4 against lefties, Kepler #4 against righties.
  20. jimbo92107
    How do you load up a team for even more wins than last year? How do you shoe horn a lineup for even more home runs? How do you provide even more pitching depth in the starting rotation, plus provide even more talent in the pen? Damn shame the season is going to be so short. This team is LOADED. The suckiest part? Even if the Twins win it all this season, everybody else will say, "Yeah, it didn't really count." In a plague-shortened season, nobody really wins. 2020 sucks, people.
  21. jimbo92107
    We must flatten the curve before Twins hitters get to flatten curves. Please everybody wear masks and wash your hands so I can stop using comparisons like that! Skol Twinkies!
  22. jimbo92107
    Pat Mahomes was such a puzzler for me. When he first came up with the Twins, I thought he was going to be a big star pitcher. Looked like he had good mechanics, a decent rep of pitches... Just didn't quite refine his command, I guess. His son Patrick is a real phenom, tho I wonder how long the kid can last with that playing style. Mobile QB's tend to have short, exciting careers in the NFL. Sure has been fun to watch so far...
  23. jimbo92107
    Was mean old Calivin Griffith any worse than the billionaire owners of these franchises today? I'm not just talking about blatant racism. I'm talking about professional sports franchises in general. Billionaire white man screws over a city to build a stadium, pays his workers table scraps, then reaps the big bucks for himself. Sound familiar? It should, because every football, baseball, hockey and basketball team is built the same way. It would be interesting to see how a worker's co-op sports team would compete against the rich owner model. The leagues would ban co-op teams, of course. Don't want the world to see how sharing the wealth is good for everybody. Meanwhile, drag away the statue of an old, long dead jerk that once owned the Twins. But let's not pretend that this solves anything.
  24. jimbo92107
    The league is a hot mess right now, just like the rest of society. High school and college players should find the most stable situation, then stick with that for a year. By summer 2021, the country should be fully into rebuilding mode. Meanwhile, if a player like John Stankiewicz does come along and sign, the Twins should find him a sponsor household where he can live until things get better. Mow the lawn and build a pitching mound in the back yard...
  25. jimbo92107
    Aaron "the Butcher" Sabato, eh? Imagine how good he'll be when he learns to hit for power! Right now he's holding his rear hip back until after contact. If he learns to commit that hip earlier and finish with his right foot in front of the plate, he'll add another 30 feet to his bombs. That will also spare him some lower back problems later. Looks to have Mike Trout power in that sturdy frame. Of course, he'll need to learn how to field first base. And he'll need tons of work on agility and speed. He chugs around the bases like a diesel land grader. Good pick!
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