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  1. jimbo92107
    The one thing going for Vargas is switch hitting with power. He's a legit home run threat from either side of the plate, and his approach has improved greatly over his early days, when his swing looked more like something from slow pitch softball. Today his swing from both sides is short, compact and explosive. What happens if you give a guy like the 500 at bats? Looks like the Twins aren't going to find out.
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    Now the Twins don't need to feel any urgency about promoting any of their top pitching prospects. This means that as it stands today, the Twins will have something like a MLB average pitching staff, which is saying a lot. This reminds me how the Vikings grabbed a couple key FA's for the offensive line, and how just having an average NFL O line was a revelation. Same could happen here for the Twins. An average pitching staff could make this team a real competitor.
  3. jimbo92107
    Mauer will hit better this year than last year. He will spank with authority to the gaps, and by season's end will be flirting with .320. That's my prediction, pulled officially from my...speculation.
  4. jimbo92107
    "The Twins still only have 40/1 odds at winning the World Series, per the same article mentioned above." My god, you're saying there are 40 other teams more likely to win the Series than the Twins? I can see the other MLB teams, and maybe the Patriots and Eagles, but 40?? Things are even worse than I thought. My god. ;-)
  5. jimbo92107
    I don't understand the intrigue with Gabriel Moya. Funky style, yes. Effective? Meh. Phil Hughes had a good career, time to hang 'em up...unless he can find that missing 4 mph he dropped between the couch cushions. It's there beside the hundred dollar bill.
  6. jimbo92107
    Long ago, before the earth's crust cooled, when Gondwana was still a super-continent and not a hamburger, big league clubs would often bring a rookie pitcher into the bullpen to watch and learn from reliefosaurs and older catchers. Today our fangles are new. Promising young arms are grown hydroponically in climate-controlled tubes, fed a nutritious paste of goo and press clippings. It may take a little longer, and the results may be no better, but we all must acknowledge that the newer process is, in fact, newer.
  7. jimbo92107
    Have Gordon eat a few meals with Sano; he'll be looking like me in no time. For reference: When I look down, I can't see my feet. And it ain't my chest in the way.
  8. jimbo92107
    Verlander, Scherzer, Cueto...guys like that, in their prime are "aces." Lots of teams don't have an ace, but they do have a solid #1. The Twins today have Santana as a fairly solid #1, possibly being supplanted this season by rising star Berrios. Whether Jose Berrios goes on to become an "ace" is another thing. We all hope he does. Meanwhile, having him as a solid #1 would be very nice, as that makes Santana a very solid #2, with Odorizzi the big question mark at #3. Will the Odor be good, bad, or somewhere in between? His ERA rose in 2017, but he was playing hurt, and in the off-season he took up Pilates, which can give you a body like a gymnast. #4 is Kyle Gibson, fresh off a very good late season surge in 2017. If Gibson retains his new stuff, that could give the Twins a very solid group of starters. Last, if Mejia continues to improve, he could crack the rotation, and there's always the Gonzo factor...can the kid show some good stuff this spring? I'm on the side saying you don't really need an ace to dominate, but you do need at least solid pitching, and then everything else to back it up.
  9. jimbo92107
    Reminds me: Why did the macho man kick apart the mountain? It was in his way.
  10. jimbo92107
    I'd like to see Sanchez take up Pilates. Everybody should, except me. ;-) Pilates is HARD.
  11. jimbo92107
    When he first burst onto the scene, Jorge Polanco immediately impressed me with his cool under pressure. The Show did not overawe him at all. Since that time, Polanco has been a model student of the game, working quietly on all the little details, like refining his footwork and positioning at SS to make up for just moderate arm strength. Last season it resulted in remarkably solid performance from a guy many thought could not stick at short. This season I expect Polanco to remain steady in the field, and also add some pop at the plate. He has improved his plate discipline, which means it's more likely he'll be getting better pitches to hit. Now if Polanco and Grossman could rub a little of that plate discipline off on Rosario. Whoa baby, that would be cool.
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    Beautiful comment. I do remember that time, and it's a good illustration of how something like baseball can help people cope with personal tragedy. Along with his baseball talents, Jorge Polanco appears to be a very decent, sincere person.
  13. jimbo92107
    True enough; of the six or seven Americans that take up Pilates every year, only a vanishingly small percentage go on to win a Cy Young award. On the other hand, Odorizzi (Jake-O? Riz? Jizzi? Jazzi?) already was a very good MLB starter. If a stronger core helps him generate more power and control, he may in fact transform into Optimus Prime hurling sizzling spheres past puny humans. Or something like that. ;-) By the way, I did Pilates for a very short time about fifteen years ago. I couldn't even handle the grueling workouts. Gave it up after maybe ten sessions. Plus the coach got weird about some kind of mystical Yoga stuff. If they could just stick to the friggin' exercises... whatever.
  14. jimbo92107
    "This offseason he was far more careful with lifting that could affect his back, and took up Pilates regularly to work on his flexibility and core." Sounds familiar. I remember another pitcher that took up Pilates before having a breakout year. Jake Arrieta. I have a good feeling about this.
  15. jimbo92107
    Trade Vargas to Boston, so he can hit 500 home runs for them and make the FO look like idiots...again. Kidding. Sort of.
  16. jimbo92107
    This is exactly what should happen to a player that has worked his butt off, improved every aspect of his game, played unselfish baseball, avoided personal scandal, and stayed loyal to the organization that drafted him. Congratulations to Brian Dozier for building himself up for the next phase of his career. Clearly he deserves to finally get a huge paycheck and possibly play for a real contender, instead of the perennial bargain basement Minnesota Twins. I hope he lands on the Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees, or some other contending team, and I hope he gets paid in wheelbarrows full of Benjamins.
  17. jimbo92107
    The biggest questions are on the mound, as usual. If the Twins don't sign a Lynn or Cobb, then I go back to my preference to use 2018 to try out every plausible prospect in AAA and AA. Certainly it's time for Gonsalves, probably Romero. No reason not to give Stewart a cuppa, and Felix needs another taste. Meanwhile, Tyler Jay was supposed to be on the verge the day he was drafted, and John Curtiss didn't embarrass himself last September, did he? Not sure why the Twins signed Aybar, whose career is about done. Who really thinks he's going to produce like he did five years ago? Better to keep Granite or Grossman, and let Adrianza continue as the Super U, unless somebody like Nick Gordon catches fire this spring. Oh, I can already smell the green grass of spring! Sorry, I'm in San Diego. Minnesota's grass is under a couple feet of snow right now, so my brother tells me...
  18. jimbo92107
    Whaaat? Adrianza played very well last season. He came from injured long shot to excellent super utility man, and his bat played far better than expected. Ten years younger Eric Aybar kicks everybody's butt, sure. But now? Aybar's career is winding down, where Adrianza is still in his physical prime, and possibly getting better.
  19. jimbo92107
    For a while the Twins seemed to think throwing a baseball really fast meant that a guy was destined to be a pitcher. Apparently it takes a little more than that. Why can't the Twins manage their drafts and minor leaguer pitchers like the Rays?
  20. jimbo92107
    I heard the golf cart is a converted Tesla Roadster. Well, that's what I heard!
  21. jimbo92107
    Frank Viola sucked his first season up. Every time something would go wrong, he'd blow his top, get mad, then lose command. Fortunately, he got better after that. I'm all for bringing up the kids and letting them take their lumps. Personally, I'd bring up the top five pitching prospects right away. Gonsalves, Romero, Jorge, Jay, and Stewart. Bring 'em all up, see how they do. Let the veterans advise them how to prepare. Let them know that initial failure is the most probable outcome, and that getting sent down to AAA is not punishment, it is regrouping and learning. If I'm not mistaken, this is how the Rays do it.
  22. jimbo92107
    Recommend beckmt's comment. I'm not a stat guy, so maybe somebody here can tell me about the history of pitchers that had arm trouble in the minors making it in the majors. Is early arm trouble usually the kiss of death for a young pitcher? And then what about guys that have arm trouble twice or more? I have a feeling the success chart takes a steep dive, especially after two or more problems.
  23. jimbo92107
    24 to 32 seems to be the age range of MLB players, with a few exceptions proving the rule. Aybar seems about worn out for the majors. As some have said, he might fill in for a few weeks if somebody gets hurt, but he's not a starter anymore.
  24. jimbo92107
    Two catchers is better than one anyway. The long season takes a toll on any man's legs squatting for nine innings behind the dish, not to mention all the bumps and bruises. Most solo catchers start to wear out after mid season. Platooning helps both guys stay fresh, and if one goes down, the other can step in without making adjustments. I like this pair of catchers. Castro is fine overall, and Garver's ticket to the bigs was supposed to be his hit tool, so maybe he'll round into a better offensive threat. Best of all, both guys have reasonably good guns down to second.
  25. jimbo92107
    Memory Lane, thanks.
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