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  1. jimbo92107
    Regardless of these awards, Arraez has a chance to be a Polanco-level player, and one of the best pure hitters in the league. It's nice to have a player that bats .350 or better. Also, I predict that Arraez will become a slick fielder at 2B, once the Twins quit screwing around and plant him where he belongs.
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    Smeltzer or Thorpe, flip a coin. Thorpe throws harder, Smeltzer has better command. No real way to decide. Use them both, but put Perez in the pen.
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    I wouldn't mind seeing Dobnak start a game. At every level he has adapted and figured out how to win. This is the highest level. Maybe he'll adapt here, too.
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    Beginning to see why Randy Dobnak raced thru the Twins system to the majors. He is brave, he's got a live arm, he throws strikes, and he rolls with the punches. Dobby's stuff isn't amazing, but he can make the ball bend in various directions. He can pop the glove at about 94, but he changes speeds, and he throws strikes. Quick move home from the set, and he throws strikes. Holds runners well on first base, and he throws strikes. Clearly, his stuff is hittable, as Cleveland's guys revealed. However, Dobs did not appear to get ruffled by what seemed like every other guy rifling a ball to the outfield, and he got a little lucky with some ground balls. They got hits but no runs. Is this the 'comfortable collar?' Possibly, but the velocity of some of those hits is worrisome. Could be that Dobnak's biggest gift is that he doesn't walk anybody, and he keeps pouring strikes thru the zone. Let's hope he avoids the middle. Jim Kaat seemed to like the kid.
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    Since the Twins are thrashing around looking for something positive, might as well invite Graterol to the party. Who knows, if they keep playing musical chairs with talented prospects, maybe one or two will shine. We already know Smeltzer looks real, and Thorpe looks promising. If Graterol is a high prospect, maybe he will bust out with great stuff. I'd also like to see Duran and Balasovic get a shot before the regular season is through. As others have observed, a big heater should not be wasted in the minor leagues.
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    I will grant that 100 mph will beat some guys no matter where in the zone it goes. However, there are also guys that can time a 100 mph heater and rifle it right back where it came from, or over the fence. Even a guy like Aroldis Chapman needs enough command to avoid the middle of the zone. Velocity by itself does not get it done.
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    Agree with rghrbek that if we have a simple case of tendinitis, then rest and plentiful massages should get him back on the mound in good shape in a couple weeks, maybe three weeks tops. The nightmare scenario would involve a gradually increasing level of seriousness and delays, featuring dubious new medical terminology like "bilateral vehicular shoulder phlebitis" or some other such crap. The Twins did not trade two valuable prospects in return for an obscure medical educational experience. Okay Dyson. Rest up, eat some steak, get your rub downs and stretching, hot packs, pills, etc. See you in a couple weeks, or we will want to know why.
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    Can Graterol throw strikes without throwing the ball down the middle? I, for one, think that's important.
  9. jimbo92107
    Teflon forearm skid plates, and a small, discrete air bag inside his hat. Boy, would Buxton slide a long way...
  10. jimbo92107
    I like the guys with ERA's below 1. And investment charts that always go up.
  11. jimbo92107
    That is sooooo true. Jake Cave is about 50/50 on those flat out dives for sinking liners. Half are great catches, but the other half go right through him, rolling slowly to the fence as their guy rounds first with a big grin on his face. I hate those big grins.
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    I like how the game chart suddenly jumps upwards and hits the ceiling, kind of like Sano's launch angle.
  13. jimbo92107
    Sam Dyson looks like he pumps iron. I wonder if he strained a bicep doing curls or something.
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    Exactly, because Perez hurt that arm-kinda ankle thing again. ;-)
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    I really wish Dick Bremmer would drop the Smeltzer tear-jerker cancer survivor story. To me, it diminishes who and what Devin Smeltzer is today, at this moment. He's a good major league pitcher, period. Full stop. He doesn't get sympathy strike calls from umps, nor does he get sympathy whiffs from batters. Let's just call him a good pitcher, whose refined skills have earned a spot on this Twins roster. We have all seen pitchers that get by without a big fastball. Ryne Harper and Sergio Romo are doing it, so Smeltzer can, too. Looking forward, does Smeltzer take Pineda's fifth spot in the ro? Based on today's performance, heck yeah! Is Pineda sitting on a hard innings limit for this season? If so, then I pick Smeltzer for #5, with Thorpe and Stewart on deck. I'd even keep Thorpe in the bullpen. Long relief is valuable.
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    Both kids throwing with the same 2-seam grip. But Kody releases the pitch rolling off his index finger, while Cade throws it more like a conventional fastball, releasing the pitch off the pads of his index and middle fingers. No reason both guys couldn't try alternating between 1- versus 2-finger release. That could be a young pitcher's bread and butter. Then put the middle finger between index and ring fingers, with index and ring on the seams. That will remove a few mph for a straight change. At that point, you wouldn't even need a curve.
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    I wanna call him Valdemort! The pitcher who must not be named later!
  18. jimbo92107
    Not worried about Dyson. Look at his stuff, it's dominant. He just needs to figure out where to buy groceries or something. Doesn't look quite settled.
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    Also consider that Garver has batted in less than half the games, and Rosario was on the IL for almost a month. Kepler has gotten the most At Bats by far of those three. Definitely has a shot at well over 40 dingers.
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    A little off topic, but I have noticed something interesting about when plate umpires blow calls on balls and strikes. Often it appears that, if you draw an imaginary line from the ump's face to the area of the strike zone where they miss a call, you'll notice that the catcher's head is blocking the umpire's view of the spot where the ball crosses the zone...or misses the zone. This would mean that umps are blowing calls literally because they cannot see where the ball is at the instant it needs to be seen. If this is true, or even mostly true, then it suggests a different solution than robo ump. Instead of removing human umpires, maybe we need to augment their vision, perhaps with a head's up display of the ball's path, drawn by a computer.
  21. jimbo92107
    When Gibby's throwing good and the band is back together, this team can really knock in some runs. How good will Max Kepler be when he finally learns this game?
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    Love to have Zack Greinke on the team, if he's actually willing to forego his no-trade clause. Twins have at least a couple pitchers that would love to see how Greinke throws various pitches. Greinke himself might learn something from Ryne Harper, a guy that is thriving despite never owning a big heater.
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    Yikes, quit mentioning Balazovic! What if somebody actually reads this stuff??
  24. jimbo92107
    Rocco Baldelli, yer a genius!
  25. jimbo92107
    I don't know about "untouchable," depending just how blown away the Twins were by a specific deal. Of those three guys, my gut says the ranking is Balazovic, Duran, and then Graterol, who seems to have a bit of trouble with command and with staying healthy. Duran could be the flame throwing starter we wish Graterol could become. Balazovic just looks like a big, lanky diesel of a pitcher. He may not break 100 mph much, but he'll chug along for a decade throwing mid-90s for seven innings per start, with command of three good pitches. Tradewise, I can see swapping Graterol plus a couple position prospects for Thor. Duran plus one prospect for Thor. I'd have to think a long time before swapping Balazovic straight up for Thor. Probably no on that deal. Syndergaard won't be around ten years from now. His game depends on a power heater and a power slider. Most guys like that flame out after a handful of years. Even today Thor's heater has lost a few mph. His value is sinking, while these three prospects are on the rise.
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