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  1. jimbo92107
    Stephen Gonsalves talks about his latest start almost exactly the way you'd want a major league pitcher to do. Strategy, tactics, what pitches are working. This guy's got the mind of a good mlb starter.
  2. jimbo92107
    I think the long term plan for Levi Michael is to hire him as a minor league coach.
  3. jimbo92107
    Bert Mejia looks like he's going to be a very good big league pitcher, but it could take a while for him to find his best game. Could be that he's over-striding a bit, causing his stuff to ride high. When the mound was wet towards the end of his day, I noticed on the last couple batters he shortened his stride, and suddenly his pitches were zinging in at the knees, a far more effective altitude. Tie a rope on his ankles? Worked for Rocky Marciano, by gum. He was a very dangerous individual.
  4. jimbo92107
    Exactly. I was hoping Mauer said that to him. "Keep it knee high or lower, kid."
  5. jimbo92107
    I think I see why Hildenberger got the call. That change-up is going to embarrass a lot of major league batters. I hope he throws a million of them. Way to set 'em down, Trevor!
  6. jimbo92107
    Here comes gigantic Trevor Hildenberger. At just under 20 feet tall, Trevor has a pronounced downward plane to his 155 mph fastball. The catcher is wearing a specially padded 4-inch thick glove to catch Hildenberger's first pitch...
  7. jimbo92107
    Great play, but Santana was safe by a whisker.
  8. jimbo92107
    I suspect Mejia may be better than that. His stuff could play well enough to be a semi-ace, like a good #2 starter. If he really got himself in rock-climbing American Ninja Warrior shape...but no.
  9. jimbo92107
    Why was Mejia grimacing after that last strikeout? Worries me a bit. When the rain started, it looked like he shortened up his stride a little, maybe to avoid slipping. Suddenly his pitches were coming in lower.
  10. jimbo92107
    Vargas is... so..... slow...!
  11. jimbo92107
    This is where Molitor says to Mejia, "Kid, we need to rest the bullpen. You're in it to the end." He he.
  12. jimbo92107
    I wasn't worried. No problem... Line drive for out 3, bases loaded.
  13. jimbo92107
    “Mitch Garver is my favorite though, we have always been on the same page whether it be in Fort Myers, the Fall League, or Chattanooga. He has a great feel for how a hitter is feeling in the box, what they are looking for, and how to exploit it. He knows how to get a lot of different kinds of hitters out, and I'm very comfortable throwing to him. Obviously it helps that he threw out close to 50% of attempted base stealers this season. All these guys are so good at controlling the running game that it helps a pitcher worry less about the guys on bases, and focus on the guy in the box.” How can you not like a guy that tries to drag his buddy with him into the bigs?
  14. jimbo92107
    Time for Breslow and Belisle to join the Saints!
  15. jimbo92107
    I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Sano's fielding. What I'm saying is that Royce Lewis might be even better, which allows the Twins to put a very athletic guy with a huge bat at 1B.
  16. jimbo92107
    How about Lewis at 3B, Javier SS, Gordon 2B, with Sano moving over to 1B/DH? We are talking about two or three years from now.
  17. jimbo92107
    If Twins sign Leach and Enlow, I will conclude that this was a good (not great) draft. We will all be watching McKay, Wright, Greene and Gore as they become front line starters. Any of those four could become a dominating ace. Meanwhile, Royce Lewis looks to be a future star, Rooker could become a star, and the #3, 4, and 5 pitchers were rated as having good potential. If one of them pans out, it will help a lot.
  18. jimbo92107
    It's been said before, when Sano hits a nice fly ball, it carries about 20 yards farther than fly balls from most hitters.
  19. jimbo92107
    It could be as simple as adding more change-ups. Watching yesterday's game, Santana was still getting huge whiffs on his change. However, it also looks like a problem with command. In his most recent complete game shutout, Santana had almost perfect control of all his pitches. That level of command has been missing since then. I have a feeling we have not seen the last of Zentana, he of perfect control. Possibly it's a matter of throwing more change-ups, getting more whiffs, then gaining confidence in his mix of pitches. In his best games, hitters look like they have no idea what E-Zen is going to throw next.
  20. jimbo92107
    I loves me some Eddie, but he needs to gain some maturity, especially at the plate. He wants to be Vlad Guerrero, but even Vlad had an eye for balls and strikes. Eddie swings at anything, and even his potent swing needs to meet the ball to get a hit. I was hoping that seeing a super-disciplined guy like like Grossman would provide him a good example, but Eddie has ignored attempts to temper his hacks with a little basic batting sense. As a result, he's not getting good pitches to hit. Why throw strikes when a guy will swing out of the zone? I bet right now Rosario gets fewer pitches in the strike zone than just about anybody else in the league. If he's got any options left, I'd send Eddie down for Granite right now. Granite is a good contact hitter with plate discipline, very fast in the OF, good arm, excellent base stealer. He may not have the "ceiling" of Rosario, but Granite's game right now would help the Twins more than Eddie's.
  21. jimbo92107
    I remember trying to throw a curve ball like Gee after watching a slow-motion video of his grip and release. I hurt my arm, of course...
  22. jimbo92107
    What's really needed is a new rule in Major League Baseball to accommodate rookies that could use a cuppa coffee in the bigs. The Coffee rule would allow a team to call up five separate non-40 guys per year, but only one at a time, while putting a guy on the 40 into a temporary pool of players that cannot play with the club, but are not off the official 40-man roster. A Limbo guy could play in the minors while the Coffee guy is up. The limit for a cuppa coffee would be three starts for a minor league pitcher, or ten games for non-pitcher. At the end of that time, the Coffee guy can either return to the minors, or swap places with the Limbo guy on the 40-man. Otherwise, the Limbo guy simply returns to the 40, with no other changes in status. A rule like this would allow Jorge to replace Mejia for a few games, or Garver to replace Gimenez for ten games, with no worries about messing up the 40. This would allow rebuilding teams like the Twins to experiment more, give a veteran a rest, etc.
  23. jimbo92107
    Give 'em the business, Busenitz! Whoa, that one took max effort.
  24. jimbo92107
    I watched some of that game yesterday. Turley's pitching chart couldn't possibly have looked like that in the minors, or he wouldn't have gotten the call. We have to cut rookie pitchers some slack for elevated heart rate. Turley clearly was nervous, flinging balls all around the zone. Cleveland has a good hitting team. A nervous pitcher getting himself in trouble with counts is not going to do well against them. Let's hope Mejia has a bit more control today than the other newbie.
  25. jimbo92107
    I'm increasingly impressed by and hopeful for Dereck Rodriguez. The converted outfielder is gradually making himself into a legitimate pitching prospect. Keep it up, young man! I mean, keep it down...well, you know.
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