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  1. jimbo92107
    I wonder if the launch angle problem is linked to pitchers throwing stuff that usually breaks downward. If Batter A swings to hit flat, then pitches that duck down late will be topped, turning into a lot of ground ball outs. Conversely, if Batter B swings intentionally from low to high, then a certain percentage of those ducking pitches will either be driven to the fences or over the fence. Some of those pitches will still be ground balls, but fewer than Batter A. Right now the Twins are topping too many balls. Maybe it's all part of the cat and mouse game. If a pitcher comes in throwing a lot of sinking stuff, manager should tell his guys to switch to an uppercut swing. Good hitters should be able to do either kind of swing, right?
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    Wait...I have a colonoscopy scheduled for this week. Should I stop throwing?
  3. jimbo92107
    Nick Burdi has really been through the grinder. Two TJ's and an appendectomy! Whew! Well, at least he won't have to go through another appendectomy! Yo Nick, maybe in the off season, get your tonsils out..!
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    "Battling through elbow soreness." I believe that's another way of saying, "I'm going to throw some really hard sliders, to make damn sure I need TJ surgery."
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    Eddie Julien reminds me of Cory Koske for a couple reasons. Both guys arrived as good hitters, raw fielders. Julien today is much improved as a fielder, after working his butt off on it last year. With one more year of working his butt off, he might become a very good 2nd baseman, just as Koske made himself into a good 3rd baseman. In fact, both those guys remind me of one other Canadian that arrived with a good bat, raw glove. He became a darn good 1st baseman. It has happened twice before. I'm not gonna bet it won't happen again. Work your butt off, Eddie.
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    Actually, this should be the start of a long string of draft picks that have a good chance to contribute in the Valvine and Flannel era. Festa is another guy in the mold that the FO selected for the physical characteristics they project to be successful. Clearly they are big, strong guys that have at least one dominant pitch, but also get guys out. However, the formula must be a bit more complicated. Varland, Sands and Winder all fit the model. Ober fits, tho he's a bit taller than average. And so on. Point is, there enough of them in the pipeline now to make it unnecessary to look outside the organization for average to good veteran pitchers.
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    'Tis spring, and another bumper crop of special potatoes nestle just under the frozen loam, soon to be dug up, cleaned off, then lovingly carved into perfect spheres for baseball. Thousands and thousands of these tough little taters are harvested each year for our beloved national pastime. They are carved, dried, toasted, then carefully painted with plain red seams. The time-honored ritual begins anew. Down the road a piece, a grove of ash trees creaks in the wind, almost ready for the great lathes. Farther along, the forlorn lows of countless cattle announce the time of another harvest, which produces a million pounds of hamburger and hot dogs, along with leather for thousands of gloves, and twice as many cleats. The time has come. Pitchers and catchers have reported. Fielders are stretching and jogging. The Avengers have assembled. Baseball has returned to America.
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    Matt, this is an outstanding piece of sports writing. You belted at least a triple in every aspect. Grammar, sports lingo, breezy tone, good research, well-formed paragraphs...this one has it all. Excellent. As for the point of the article - the injustice of improperly handling young international pitching prospects - Maybe the problem lies more with a lack of early training in the fuller game of pitching. I would ask, do Cuban pitchers have this problem? Theirs is a culture of baseball that does not depend so much on that phone call from America. Or maybe it does, I haven't researched it. Point is, if they weren't so raw, maybe they'd produce more starters. How to achieve that, I don't know.
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    I wonder if Louie Varland, whose pitching motion reminds some of Max Scherzer, has been watching videos of how Max throws his pitches. I wouldn't mind that a bit...
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    Been wondering the same thing for a while. Captions can be the most eagerly read thing in an article, if you use them right. Usually a reader expects to see 1) who's in the photo, 2) what are they doing, 3) where they are, and then 4) who shot the photo. Leaving the 3 most important details out of a caption feels a little irritating. Are we really supposed to guess all that? For example, the photo at top would read: "Willie Mays shows off his unique forkball at Fort Meyers. Photo: USA Today." That's who that was, right?
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    Joe Ryan is a quiet, determined young man. Everybody knew he needed better secondary pitches, and Ryan got to work with DriveLine to develop a better changeup, which is exactly what he needed. Does he still need a third pitch? He's got a sweeper, but apparently it moves too much, allowing hitters to recognize and lay off it. However, if Ryan can throw that pitch for strikes... Ah, spring!
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    I'd give him a try. He's a quirky fellow, but well within the boundaries of civilized humanity. Low bar, I know... I think he could still get guys out. Not sure if that's as a starter or what, but the man's got some real stuff.
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    A 70-grade slider that sends him back to the operating table after a few innings? Well, at least he now qualifies as an official Twins-drafted starter...
  14. jimbo92107
    Is the front office actually listening, or are we simply watching an extended salvage effort? How many of these relievers were intended to be starters before something broke and they missed a season with injury?
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    Every now and then, somebody learns a new grip to an old pitch, or a new pitch altogether, and it turns out to be well-nigh unhittable. What salty old coach is passing out grip tips this spring? Could a guy like Sands or Winder learn a new cutter? Things that make a baseball change direction can be devilishly subtle. In fact, most of these guys can make a baseball move a whole lot. Question is, can you throw it where you want...
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    Are we looking at this the right way? Twins supposedly are developing a very potent offensive lineup. If that happens, then the team should stock up on guys that can hold onto a late game lead. If the offense doesn't produce, then it doesn't matter what's in the bullpen.
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    Like a gunshot. That's the sound his bat made in the first video clip when it met the baseball. Like a nice, simple 12 gauge shotgun shell. Walker Jenkins does have a hit tool.
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    He'll be in the show in two years. Bummer of a nickname, tho... "Wino."
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    Sad to see Polanco go, he was a fan favorite, a serious hustling player. I wish him luck in his new home.
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    Is it some kind of contract requirement that all Twins high-draft pitchers must have at least one TJ surgery before they get to the show? It's not that we can't have good things...It's just that they have to be broken, then repaired at least once.
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    Can TJ Hockenson get the same knee surgeon?
  22. jimbo92107
    That's why Festa's knuckler is so good. Nobody can see it!
  23. jimbo92107
    David Festa intrigues me. His knuckler is a unique pitch for any arsenal. If it works for Festa, it could trigger a new trend. Can't wait to see a guy like that in the pros.
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    Either use a table for stats, or switch your font to Courier/Courier New. Use a mono-spaced font, or the "columns" won't line up. Babe the pitcher. Wow.
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    It takes some pitchers a lot longer than others to find a "sweet spot" in their training and mechanics that allows them to handle the load of a stable starting pitcher. Chris Paddack actually is a good example of a guy whose mechanics blew up his elbow. Now that he is sufficiently healed for pitching, the multi-million dollar question is, has he altered his mechanics enough to be a starter without wrecking his elbow again? As for Ober, it looks like he has reached his sweet spot. He doesn't look like he's wrecking himself in any particular way. A rotation of Lopez, Ryan, Ober and Paddack would be formidable, if they can last through a season.
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