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  1. 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!
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    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.
  3. 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.
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    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.
  5. jimbo92107
    Hildenberger and Busenitz. The latter has stuff that looks like a closer. Low fastballs and sliders to the corners.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. jimbo92107
    Starting to look like Matt Belisle is finding his game. Sneaky stuff, good command.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. jimbo92107
    Garcia really needs to pitch inside. He can't depend on deep fly ball outs.
  13. jimbo92107
    Either Garcia stops nibbling outside, or the A's are going to smack him around next inning.
  14. 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.
  15. jimbo92107
    Wow, Castro's really got that spot picked out in left field. Nice grouping.
  16. jimbo92107
    Good to see they finally got rid of that huge wasp's nest. Nice redecorating job!
  17. jimbo92107
    I've been trying to think of a Twins pitcher that Garcia reminds me of. Scott Diamond. Cocks his wrist like Diamond, fastball tails glove side like his.Garcia's command may be better than Diamond's, but like the former Twin, it's a little puzzling why more hitters don't tee off on him. I guess "late movement" is the current theory.
  18. jimbo92107
    Yup. If Zach Granite does at this level what he was doing at AAA, the Twins have no reason to keep Robbie Grossman around. His walks are nice, but otherwise, Granite's overall game is better. Plus, the Twins can use a serious base stealer in the lineup, or at least on the bench.
  19. jimbo92107
    Buxton can take his time. Zach Granite is looking better and better out there. I like this kid's quick, flat swing. Built for a high average. Byron will have his job back the moment he feels healthy. Meantime, it's fun watching Granite.
  20. jimbo92107
    Dang, were the Twins this bad last season? I don't think so.
  21. jimbo92107
    Does the "trade deadline" actually mean anything? Don't teams just waive players any time they want, then yank them back if nobody wants to make a deal? Anyway, I don't see shopping Erv, Doz, Gimenez, Adrianza, etc, to be giving up on this season. Tell that to the hyper-excited young men making their major league debuts. They will be busting their backs trying to be superstars. At the same time, we've all seen the best team in the league, and it is the Los Angeles Dodgers. This young, incomplete Twins club is not yet competitive on that level. There is no shame in acknowledging this fact, and it's not surrender to plan for the future.
  22. jimbo92107
    Win-win. Zona gets a back up catcher, Twins get a classic Twins wimpy pitch-to-contact RP that can fool mediocre hitters, but will get slaughtered by top teams.
  23. jimbo92107
    It certainly is touch and go. What convinces me isn't so much the team's chances to make the playoffs (diminishing), but the stark reality of the two best teams in baseball: the Astros and the Dodgers. This year's Twins have just about zero chance to compete at that level. Houston was the first shock, when we saw what buzz saws their batting order was. Good pitching, too. But then came the Dodgers. Buzz saws with a little nitro in the gasoline. And we didn't even see their best pitcher. Yeah, if the plummet continues for the next few days, sell. Sell all the guys that definitely won't be here in 2019, and that could include either or both catchers, Hughes, Santiago, Santana, Dozier, etc. Make room for the late season experiments. The time is nigh for Gonsalves, Gordon, Garver, Romero, Stewart, Jorge, Rosario, Curtiss, Reed, and some of the lesser prospects that are doing well in AAA.
  24. jimbo92107
    Hey, I just realized that if Griffin Jax declared himself to be trans-gender, he could be back in the Twins system by next week! Hooray for bigotry!
  25. jimbo92107
    "...Stephen Gonsalves and Fernando Romero are looming in Double-A." Somebody tell those young men to quit looming. It's creeping me out.
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