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  1. jimbo92107
    Bring up Garver! Better swingz!
  2. jimbo92107
    Gee whizzes through his first inning. Grounds crew not impressed.
  3. jimbo92107
    Wanted: Honest, hard-working young man. Casual dress, must be willing to be shot from a cannon.
  4. jimbo92107
    While it's true that Mejia has stuff sometimes called "filthy," he cannot simply keep throwing the same pitch three times. Good pitchers mix it up A LOT more than that. Otherwise, they get pounced and pounded. Of course, it helps when your fielders don't drop the ball, too...
  5. jimbo92107
    Yeah, but Smalley mostly has been critical of pitch selection, like throwing that third curve in a row after 0 - 2. Smalley commented that the count called for something different, like a fastball up and in. Maybe then go for the curve, but not three in a row.
  6. jimbo92107
    Long inning. Rangers pitcher will be a little cold. Jump him, Giuseppi! Go for the face!
  7. jimbo92107
    The wheels have officially fallen off the A train.
  8. jimbo92107
    A-Bert looks good tonight, after a little rough first inning. He really does have some filthy tilt.
  9. jimbo92107
    Smalley is right about Sano - the guy is only going to get better. He already has a great eye, knows how to work counts (when he wants to), and his swing guarantees 30 + homers per year, even without much plate discipline. The Twins are fortunate to have a few players like that. Sano, Kepler, Buxton, Rosario, Polanco, and now Zach Granite and hopefully a few more guys coming up. On the mound, Berrios and Mejia are cutting their teeth, along with Hildenburger, Busenitz, etc. All the young guys seem to be gradually getting better. Already I can say 2017 has been far from a wasted season. The core of a serious contender is emerging before our eyes.
  10. jimbo92107
    Fifty years later, that same little baby came to own a massive ranch, and all the cattle feared him as an angry god.
  11. jimbo92107
    At this point I do not understand why Bartolo Colon is taking starts away from potential starting pitchers for this team. It makes no sense, even if rookies from AAA and AA are not as effective as the cagey old veteran. You still need to get some rookie feet wet by pouring coffee on them. Who cares if Colon can fool hitters for three innings with an amazing drifting two-seamer, then get pounded after that? I want to see if Slegers can get a few big league hitters out. I want to see Gonsalves, Romero, Garver, etc. Bring on the kiddie parade!
  12. jimbo92107
    Pressure is the key to winning baseball. You look for ways to apply pressure, then look for ways to apply more pressure. Sometimes individual players see a way to apply pressure, a guy like Rosario stretches a single into a double when he sees the OF lagging just a bit. Sometimes management sees a way to increase pressure by bringing in better players. Right now the Twins are in the last half of a losing season, yet their AAA and AA clubs have guys that might be able to apply more pressure, now and in the future. That is why it's so important to bring up multiple prospects and over-achievers from the minors. We need to see which of those guys is ready to apply more pressure with their bat, their legs, their arms, etc. Of course, pressure doesn't guarantee anything. Garver may whiff on his first twenty at-bats. Gonsalves may scatter baseballs like a bad shotgun. But several guys in the high minors look like they will supply more pressure per pitch, per at-bat, etc. If their form and process are good, eventually that should start affecting the results in games. Consider Berrios's latest: If one more good bat is in the lineup, maybe that guy connects. Swap the current DH for Palka, Vargas or Park. Swap the C for Garver. Eight better quality at-bats, with more power. Maybe it makes no difference this time, but over time, the extra pressure will tell. BTW, SaggingBat would make a fantastic nick for a Twins Daily commentor. I'd grab it, but I'm Jimbo.
  13. jimbo92107
    Why would it be a surprise when the worst team in baseball over the past several seasons doesn't have blue chip veterans to trade? Brian Dozier is about the only one, other than Escobar. On a contending team, he could be an important contributor at the plate and as a team leader. In the off-season, Dozier could attract some offers, but not a front-line starter. Maybe they can get a serious catching prospect in AA.
  14. jimbo92107
    The FO boys took a good look at this team, then they took a good look at this year's strongest teams, and after a good look, it didn't look good. They were just trying to be realistic. There wasn't enough talent available out there to sell the farm for a one-year shot, which isn't the Twins way anyhow. So instead, they're trying to sell off the players that won't be here in a few years, so they can bolster the farm system. We can expect more such moves between now and September, and during the winter. There is no way the Twins should hang on to Dozier through the winter. With a raft of middle infielders rising through the minors, he should be dealt for more prospects. Meanwhile, the remainder of this season should see several guys get their first cuppa coffee in the bigs. From that we must derive whatever humble entertainment value we can. Let us welcome the new kids. Let's see as many of them as possible, and watch them run hard, throw hard, swing hard, and make rookie mistakes.
  15. jimbo92107
    Hildenberger and Busenitz. The latter has stuff that looks like a closer. Low fastballs and sliders to the corners.
  16. jimbo92107
    To me, the players most likely traded will be making room for guys the team wants up from AAA. Trading Kintzler and Gimenez makes room for Curtiss and Garver. We also might see Slegers up after the Garcia trade.
  17. jimbo92107
    Dozier is one hot week away from being some contender's key acquisition. Problem is, he's been looking very mediocre at the plate, not like a guy about to go on a hot streak.
  18. jimbo92107
    It's interesting that Kintzler and Colon throw the same two-seamer that bends arm-side about a foot. Difference is that Kintzler's pitch is going about 5 mph faster, and Kintzler works only one inning. BTW: They both learned the pitch from Greg Maddux.
  19. jimbo92107
    Starting to look like Matt Belisle is finding his game. Sneaky stuff, good command.
  20. jimbo92107
    If these results are typical, I'll take Jaime Garcia as a mid rotation starter. He's also got a legitimate bat. Anybody that can pop a baseball over the fence at least has a very good swing. Inning-eating lefty with a sub-.4 ERA is fine by me.
  21. jimbo92107
    There, see? I wasn't worried. ;-) In my own defense, the last batter he did pitch inside. Maybe Garcia really likes the left side of the plate. Also, I'm kind of stupid.
  22. jimbo92107
    Garcia really needs to pitch inside. He can't depend on deep fly ball outs.
  23. jimbo92107
    Either Garcia stops nibbling outside, or the A's are going to smack him around next inning.
  24. jimbo92107
    What I'm not seeing from Garcia is a willingness to work inside. I have not seen him make batters move their feet. Instead, he's doing a lot of nibbling on the outside corner, and Oakland's boys are starting to lean out over the plate and smack those pitches to the outfield. Good DP by Sano/Dozier.
  25. jimbo92107
    Wow, Castro's really got that spot picked out in left field. Nice grouping.
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