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Buxton is reacting with about half of a plan. He's avoiding swinging at anything outside, but that lets a guy like CC Sabbathia easily strike him out with his patented back door curves. Buxton needs to do a lot more planning out each at-bat. That means choosing "your pitch" from among the pitches you know the pitcher can and does throw during the game. You can't just say, "I'm going to look for a fastball in," like Dozier has been hoping for all year. You also can't just say, "I'm not going to swing at anything that starts outside," the way Buxton is doing. You have to look for a pitch that you're likely to get, then hit it where it's pitched. Buxton should have noted the pattern by his third at-bat, that CC was bending slow curves over the outside corner because Buxton wasn't moving a muscle on those pitches. A smart hitter can set up a pitcher that way; Buxton isn't a smart hitter...yet. BTW, Joe Mauer did set up a pitcher earlier this season by griping just a bit on a lefty's curve outside. The pitcher noticed the gripe, and threw Joe another one. Joe was sitting on the pitch. Bang. Someday I hope to see Buxton look at the ump after a slow, outside curve for a strike. Shake his head like ain't no justice, then smack the next outside curve for a double to right. It's a little like poker. -
Sabbathia noticed immediately that Buxton will not swing at any pitch that starts outside the zone. Thus, he has struck out Buxton twice looking with curve balls that caught the outside corner. I'm a little surprised that Bruno didn't tell Buxton to look for that pitch. I called it as soon as he stepped up for his last at-bat. It looks like Buxton is eager to do what his hitting coach tells him, but it will take a while before he learns how to work the outside of the plate. Right now he's simply not swinging at anything outside, as was duly noted by CC Sabbathia.
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Actors tell each other, "Break a leg." I wonder if a pitcher exiting the game should say, "Down the middle," to his replacement. Same idea, really. You don't honestly want an actor to break his leg, and you don't honestly want your relief pitcher to throw it down the middle. Mention the worst to dispel its power?
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Alex Rodriguez looked fat, slow and old, chugging into second base like a worn out diesel. Out by a mile. Good.
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Article: Cody's Post-Draft Top 10 Prospects
jimbo92107 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
So long to wait..! I wanna see a rotation of Jay, Stewart, Gonsalves, Berrios, and Duffey! I wanna see Shaggy and Burdi mowing 'em down late! I wanna see Polanco at 2B, Gordon at SS, and Sano at 3B! I wanna see an outfield of Grossman, Buxton, Kepler and Rosario! Mauer and Park at 1B... Garver and Turner at C... So long to wait..!- 33 replies
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- max kepler
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On the other hand, Achter just struck out Dozier and Park, then got Kepler to corn one to left field.
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Who says the Twins never develop great pitchers? I'm looking at the great AJ Achter right now... And he walks Plouffe on four pitches.
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If the Twins really want that first pick, they better get serious about losing. Atlanta is showing the world what "tanking" really means.
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Who says the Twins will get next year's number one pick? Atlanta's record is 18 wins and 45 losses.
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I have an idea: Let's all pretend that Robbie Grossman came up through the Twins system, and we knew all along that he was gonna be a good one.
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Granted, but my point is to use the rest of this season as a tryout for everybody that might possibly have value at the mlb level. This is the time to find out, and they're all cheap. The pitchers in question are unlikely to implode if the first guy they face hits a home run. Unlike Berrios, a guy like Pat Dean has seen his stuff get pounded, and his heart rate doesn't go crazy. Same should be true for the other veteran AAA pitchers. It's quite possible that Darnell and Wimmers just don't have enough talent to be major leaguers, but Wheeler might. Beresford has literally earned a shot at being a utility infielder, especially if the Twins deal Nunez. We won't know unless the Twins start making these moves.
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It really is disturbing how few good starting pitchers have emerged from the Twins system. Could it possibly come down to bad draft picks? No way. There must be some fundamental flaw in the way the Twins develop pitchers. On the other hand, maybe we're looking at the end of an era of the Twins drafting "ground ball, weak contact" pitchers rather than strike out pitchers. Maybe Gibson is the last of that era. Duffey is a strike out pitcher with a great curve. Berrios is a strike out pitcher. They just brought up Chargois, a strike out pitcher. Dean and Rogers are more in the former mold, but so far they both seem serviceable. If they bring up Wheeler and Darnell, the Twins would have more lefties than anybody else in the league. That at least would be interesting.
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Moving all the veterans (including the younger ones) isn't about getting that much in return. It's about clearing the way for lots of much younger, cheaper players in the Twins system, guys like Berresford, Wheeler, Darnell, Polanco, Wimmers, etc. If the Twins plan to be competitive a few years from now, this is a perfect opportunity to give extended tryouts to lots of young, cheap players, most of whom may not stick, but it no longer matters in this flushed season. One side benefit is that it allows some of these veterans to escape a lousy situation in Minnesota for possibly a more promising situation elsewhere. Guys like Plouffe, Dozier, Escobar, Nunez, etc, deserve a chance to do something other than lose, lose, lose on a team with the worst pitching in the league. If the Twins can get a decent low-A prospect for each of these guys, they should go for it. Meanwhile, they've got to clear out Hughes, Nolasco, Jepsen and Santana. They might get another low-A prospect for Abad, same with Kintzler and Tonkin, who might firm up into a decent set-up guy.
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I was wondering earlier if there were more guys like Robbie Grossman floating around the league, just looking for a chance to shine. Maybe the Twins lucked into two of them, including Daniel Palka.
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Never fat shame a manatee. It's a lifestyle thing.
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Tell them you're not looking for anything special. Maybe you can work out a compromise.
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I wonder how many more Robbie Grossmans are floating around between AAA and MLB?
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Good stuff by Tonkin. After he got plunked in the thigh, suddenly it was like, "F it, I'm just gonna get these mofos out." And he did.
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Make 'em split a bottle of tequila during each broadcast. You'd hear laughter, yelling, a fistfight, and possibly some gunfire.
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Lemonade, brother!
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Jepsen appears every bit as effective as when he was a closer.
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Jepsen taken out of the closer's roll... Twins need a closer?
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Duffey needs a little bit better fielding to keep his card clean.
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Beautiful change up by Duffey. I hope he uses that a lot more.
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I think Kepler should have stolen home on this pitcher. Watch for the knuckle ball grip, then take off. No way the catcher fields it cleanly, and the pitcher will probably deliver a wild ball anyway.
