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  1. jimbo92107
    Baseball is a constant process of compensation. Pressly's early dominance depended on batters whiffing on his curve ball...until replays revealed that Pressly's curve usually isn't a strike. Then hitting coaches started telling players to hold up on anything Pressly threw that curved. That's when Pressly started falling behind in counts, which forced him to throw his fast, but relatively straight heater. There's a couple of things Pressly should work on in AAA. First, he should work on perfecting his stride and release point for his curve and his slider, so he can throw both of them for consistent strikes. Second, he should stop throwing his four seam fastball so much, going instead with two-seamers and cutters. Pressly needs to create lateral movement to get his heater off the sweet spot. Right now hitters are laying off his curve, and barreling up his heater. He can't be a big league pitcher if that keeps happening.
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    This right here. ^^ Sure, Pressly's curve bends a lot, and it's well-nigh unhittable. But if he can't get it in the strike zone, what good is it? Meanwhile, Tyler Duffey's mind-bending curves zoom and slice through the air just as much, yet at some point in their crazy aerodynamic journey they usually cross the zone of strikeness. Same can be said for curves from Santana, Berrios, Santiago and Mejia. Their curves cross the zone, often just nicking an inside or outside corner, or drifting outside or beneath the zone just before a batter swings. If the curve is Pressly's best pitch, but he can't throw it for strikes, then Pressly doesn't really have a best pitch, does he? Unless he can learn to dominate with his curve, Pressly maybe doesn't belong in the major leagues.
  3. jimbo92107
    That's exactly what people assumed about David McCarty. Pavin Smith's swing looks almost exactly like McCarty's swing did, all wrist. That's because artificial bats have unnaturally large active sweet spots. All you need do is flip your wrists to spray balls into the outfield. It takes about twice as much muscle power to get the same results with wood, and about twice the precision to hit balls consistently on the smaller sweet spot. That's why guys like Sano and Mauer are so rare. This is not to say a wrist flip is bad. Barry Bonds did a pronounced wrist flip. On the other hand, Bonds built up his forearms like a blacksmith, and pumped up his whole body with steroids to back up that wrist flip with massive muscle power. He also had great precision meeting the ball on the sweet spot. Too bad is was a chemically enhanced illusion. Smith's production is an illusion. It will go away the minute he tries to hit minor league pitching with a wood bat. That is my prediction. If he makes it at all, it will be as a light hitting 1B/RF. How's his defense?
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    Nope, nope, nope. Don't you guys recognize a wrist-flip swing when you see one? This guy's "power" is all in that fake bat, in that artificially huge sweet spot spread a foot wide along its length. When he goes to wood, HE. WILL. FLOP. Remember David McCarty from 1991? Meet David McCarty 2.0. This year, his name is Pavin Smith. The team that drafts this guy is going to have a light-hitting first baseman whose power disappears the minute he puts down his artificial bat, just like McCarty's did. When Smith faces professional pitchers with a wood bat and that tiny sweet spot, you can cut all his offensive numbers IN HALF, including his average exit velocity.
  5. jimbo92107
    I wonder how Fernando Romero would look in a Twins uniform... next week.
  6. jimbo92107
    Byron Buxton is still bailing with his lead hip, rather than keeping it forward and letting the rear hip rotate through. If you see the lead hip move back even a little bit, even as the rear hip rotates forward, it takes away your reach and most of your power. What's remarkable is that Buxton still was able to hit a home run with that power-sapping hip action. I think this is why Buxton should return to the high leg kick. You can't pull back the lead hip when your lead foot is in the air and you're loading up to drive forward into the pitch. That happens only when both feet are planted, and you pivot the front foot and rear heel backwards. It's not what I dubbed the "French Mistake" that Hicks used to do, but it's almost as bad. The solution for both is the leg kick.
  7. jimbo92107
    Stephen Gonsalves suddenly puts himself into the conversation for a September cuppa Joe.
  8. jimbo92107
    I don't see much reason to keep Wilk around. Better options in AAA, especially Slegers and Hildenberger, depending if you want a starter or a reliever. Since Wilk is making room for Mejia, the Twins might need to reconsider one of their veteran relievers, like Belisle or Breslow.
  9. jimbo92107
    Lefties only for Breslow? Molitor's choices are a bit puzzling. When a guy looks good, leave him in! Especially with Pressly, when he's on, his stuff gets a lot of whiffs.
  10. jimbo92107
    The word, "discombobulated" comes to mind. Archer's mechanics are falling apart. Odd.
  11. jimbo92107
    Santiago's ceiling is about one foot above his floor, and that's in the mezzanine.
  12. jimbo92107
    What?? Just when Pressly gets his command, you yank him? Paul, that's over-managing. Match-ups don't matter when Pressly is on.
  13. jimbo92107
    I see what's keeping Pressley's fastballs straight. He strides on a straight line towards home and throws straight overhand. To create movement, he needs to stride to the right of his target, then swing his hip around, causing natural cutter motion. Then his four seamer would slide left. Combine that with a two seamer that bends right, and he could dominate. Guaranteed! ;-)
  14. jimbo92107
    Good call to pull Santiago. He didn't have much, lucky to get away with only two runs.
  15. jimbo92107
    That's why there's an e but not an i in 'team.' Irrational's okay, but keep it simple.
  16. jimbo92107
    RB, reading your stuff is a pleasure.
  17. jimbo92107
    A Saints game is more than a ballgame, it's a fabulous day at the park. That's what I heard, anyway...
  18. jimbo92107
    Seth, is Alex Robinson another Sam Deduno? Great movement, no command?
  19. jimbo92107
    I agree completely that Santana is at the top of his game. He was always a cool customer, but this season he seems to be in a kind of Zen frame of mind on the mound. He seems totally unconcerned, almost careless as he confers with his catcher buddy what to throw next. In Baltimore today, the light rain seemed to irritate Santana more than any particular pitching situation. He seemed to be dispatching the Orioles batting order with all the stress of sorting socks before you put them in your dresser.
  20. jimbo92107
    What I noticed was that they shut him down right about the time he started touching 100mph. That's also when a human arm is reaching the limit of how hard it can throw a baseball. To me, that's a smart move for a young and talented pitcher. Let the professional coaches take the praise or blame for what happens next.
  21. jimbo92107
    Shutting down Greene was a good example of being responsible to a young star's potential. His HS coach is saying, "Okay, I took you this far; now let professional coaches teach you to throw 100mph without wrecking your arm." Isn't that what you'd want as a drafting team, a super-talented kid with the least possible damage to his golden arm?
  22. jimbo92107
    Imagine a local baseball player that is great, right out of high school, gets drafted by the home team, plays his whole career in his home state, wins batting titles, gold gloves, and plays clutch baseball nearly every game. That's why I'm still mad that the Padres got Dave Winfield, dang it! Draft Hunter Greene! Revenga! Oh, and Mauer is great, too. ;-)
  23. jimbo92107
    The Padres got Dave Winfield, so I say we take Hunter Greene. So there. Ptbbb!
  24. jimbo92107
    Escobar. Okay, now they're just piling on. YES.
  25. jimbo92107
    You have to wonder if Buxton affected the pitcher's concentration just enough for Joe to take advantage...
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