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Article: Der Schlager Kepler Keeps Climbing
jimbo92107 replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Great athlete, good student of the game. Kepler appears to be gradually gaining confidence in all aspects of his game at the mlb level. Unlike Rosario's first season, Kepler's approach at the plate is far more cautious, willing to take a walk, with a much smaller swing zone. This bodes very well for avoiding the sophomore slump suffered by Rosario and Vargas, both of whom were sent to AAA to reduce their high K rates. I don't see a major weakness in Kepler's hitting approach. His swing is quick, flat, and powerful. He appears very poised, before and after the swing. He doesn't fall off against lefties, and has been hitting righties about the same. In the field, Kepler is getting solid after some shaky moments early on. He is much better now at playing the carom off the right field wall, and he is getting very good at measuring his angles to fly balls. He still looks a little sloppy fielding grounders, but as he accumulates practice reps, I expect his grounder flubs will become rare. His arm appears to be about average, though I think his accuracy will improve on his throws to second, so he might catch a few guys trying to stretch singles. On the bases, Kepler so far has been pretty conservative, but his minor league career showed potential. He seems to be a technique-oriented player, so I suspect he will learn to steal bases about the way we saw with young Joe Mauer. Not as adventurous as Rosario, but probably a better percentage.- 49 replies
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You used 'Kurt Suzuki' and 'white hot' in the same sentence. You know what that means, right? AXEBATS FOR EVERYBODY!!!!
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Disagree. Park's reduced distance and exit velocity should have been dead giveaways that he was nursing some kind of injury. Meanwhile, Joe Mauer's reduced distance and exit velocity are due to...?
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Twins still don't have a closer, but today it didn't matter. Good win, all eleven hours of it.
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Great day for Eduardo Nunez. What a year he's having.
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Suzuki had time to JOG to second base between the hit and the throw back to third from C.
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I'm beginning to think Max Kepler could be pretty good.
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If jinxes exist, I can't imagine a much better one than what Roy Smalley just said.
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Good on Tyler Duffey. Fought like heck to find his form; just managed to keep Texas from scoring.
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I kept saying, "Change up, change up..." Finally he threw one. Ha!
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How many called third strikes on final outs today? So far I count seventeen...
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How odd. Duffey has discovered a new pitching strategy. Throw it all over the place with unstable mechanics for 4 innings, then find your regular stuff around the 5th inning.
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It's like there's a rubber band about to snap. How long can Duffey keep up the shutout?
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Ha! The catcher thought it was three outs! This game be dragon, baby.
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I wanna see Kep mash one.
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Remember when Aaron Hicks was doing the French Mistake? Funny as hell.
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Tyler Duffey forges ahead with his shutout!!
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I don't know as I've ever seen a pitcher tinkering so much with his mechanics during a ballgame. Now Duffey is falling off towards first base like Nolasco. WTF?
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"Mongo straight" is from Blazing Saddles.
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Unbelievable. Texas is really snake bit if they can't score when Duffey's throwing the ball this badly. Maybe their problem is they don't have any more idea where the next pitch is going than Duffey does. Weird.
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Suzuki did a little sand surfing to field that ball in the dirt. He does field those bouncers pretty well.
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Duffey is stooping over at the set. He needs to stand up straight so his release point is higher and he gets better tilt on his stuff. When he stoops over, his benders flatten out and his fastball sails.
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Duffey got out of that first inning on pure luck. He better straighten up and step across the line a little, or these Texas hitters will kill him.
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Article: Pacesetters: Crazy Halfway Projections
jimbo92107 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
It looks like Michael Tonkin is gradually developing into a dominant relief pitcher at the mlb level. In AAA he was dominating merely by whipping his 96 mph heater and his wipe-out slider past inferior hitters, not having to worry much about making mistakes placing his heater. At the mlb level he faces hitters that can square up and pound almost anything that gets too close to the middle. This means Tonkin has had to develop finer command, which requires more precise mechanics. He can't fly open too soon and let his heater level out or sail anymore. MLB hitters also know how to work the count and get a non-precise pitcher into bad counts. Earlier in the season I too thought Tonkin wasn't going to make it, but now he has changed my mind. Around the time he took a line drive to his thigh and kept going, I thought I saw from him a new level of determination. Before, he seemed to have an aw-shucks, Mayberry look on his face. Now he looks like all business out there. I'm glad Molitor has shown patience with him; it might just pay off. -
Mauer is swinging the bat like his concussion symptoms are back. Either that, or his back hurts. He's got no pop in his swing anymore.
