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  1. jimbo92107
    Impressive growth by Brian Dozier. He has improved his oppo approach so well that it has now become a legitimate threat. At some point teams must reconsider shifting him to left field.
  2. jimbo92107
    I feel much better about Pressly starting a clean inning than answering the fire bell. He's got stopper stuff, but his command has been inconsistent.
  3. jimbo92107
    I'll take that pop-out any day from Miguel Cabrera.
  4. jimbo92107
    I'm not keen on Pressly after Gibson. Too similar, Pressly is like Gibson plus 3 mph, but with a little less command. We'll see.
  5. jimbo92107
    If Gibson gets the feel of that two-seamer... BUXTON!!!!! Byron Buxton just made the Vikings 53-man roster as a wide receiver. I should add, about Gibson: His two-seamer is a good surprise pitch, but it's not terribly hard to hit. It froze one hitter, but then Cabrerra saw one and said, "if he throws another, I'm gonna...BAM!" ...and then Gibson threw another one to the next guy, and he also blasted it right up the middle. It's not a whiff pitch, it's a surprise back-door pitch. Fact is, Gibson doesn't have any one dominating pitch. He needs to mix up all the factors.
  6. jimbo92107
    True, nervousness probably had him a little uptight, which tends to reduce the easy wrist action and such. What I think I saw in just a few innings was a possible back rotation starter, somewhere between a Tommy Milone and a Scott Diamond. If Enns can improve his change up and reduce the hang on that curve, his command otherwise might play fairly well at this level.
  7. jimbo92107
    I sang "Tubthumping" at karaoke once. Tried to fall down and stand up each time the song said. Practically had a heart attack, but the audience appreciated the effort...if not the singing.
  8. jimbo92107
    I went back and watched the bottom of the 1st through 3rd innings of Thursday's game to see what I was missing about Dietrich Enns. First, he's definitely a soft-throwing control lefty, which we've seen several times in recent memory, starting with Scott Diamond, going to Andrew Albers, Tommy Milone and Hector Santiago. None of them lasted very long. Second, he knows how to pitch. He was spotting a down-plane fastball low in the zone. Velocity was around 90 mph. Third, his curve ball was a disaster waiting to happen. It had a big, fat hump in the middle, the kind of trajectory that would make Kirby Puckett pay a man to throw his curve ball. I believe Puckett called that kind of curve "a gift from God." If Enns doesn't shave that hump, throw it lower and control the depth better, he'll get killed. Fourth, he does have a change up, which I saw him use to get a whiff on one guy. He should use it more often. He absolutely must use it, especially against righties, who are salivating as they sit on that hanging curve. It is barely possible that Dietrich Enns could survive in the majors. He must spot his fastball with great accuracy low in the zone. He must throw his curve with less hang. He must throw his change up more often, especially against righties. If he could develop a fourth pitch, that would help, too. Maybe most important, he has to learn to pitch like Bartolo Colon, varying speeds, placements, mixing his pitches, and staying away from the middle. A soft-throwing lefty has to be a real artist, or he'll get slaughtered by all those right handed batters.
  9. jimbo92107
    Drat! All my call are belong to bad!
  10. jimbo92107
    Rosario could blast one here... Eventually I'm bound to be right. ;-)
  11. jimbo92107
    Blew it!
  12. jimbo92107
    Sano could blast one here. Calling it!
  13. jimbo92107
    Wow, Duffy buzzed some decent heat past those Brewers. Good placement away from the middle. Those sure looked like 4-seamers. I thought he got rid of that pitch. Maybe that's when you bring it back...?
  14. jimbo92107
    I do love watching Tyler Duffy's curve balls bend time and space.
  15. jimbo92107
    Our "below average" third baseman starts his second double play of the game. This league must have some amazing third basemen.
  16. jimbo92107
    Davies does look like a pitcher. He knows how to attack, and has several different pitches. He didn't fold in a jam, either. Good pitcher.
  17. jimbo92107
    Davies junked his way past Dozier, but Kepler isn't going for the junk...
  18. jimbo92107
    Rod Carew reached 3,000 hits "ironically against the Twins..." No Richard, that's not ironic, although it's a good example of jock irony. "Look at that, three guys grounded out to short. Ironic!"
  19. jimbo92107
    Alan Busenitz is snapping some very lively pitches over the zone. Doesn't allow hitters to aim the ball much. They're just trying to make contact. Good stuff.
  20. jimbo92107
    I don't want to jump all over the guy, but what part of his game does anybody here see improving? Possibly his command, but that heater ain't gonna go much faster than 89 mph. That curve ain't gonna start looking like the ones coming from Duffy or Berrios. We have seen this movie before: Soft-tossing pitchers absolutely require plus command, or they get knocked around on a regular basis. Enns was getting knocked around, and then he walked in a run. 50 pitches means it wasn't because he was exhausted, though I'm sure he was nervous. Meanwhile, at least a few home-grown pitchers are waiting their turn in AAA and AA. If Enns gets a cuppa, then why not other guys? Let the late-season tryouts continue!
  21. jimbo92107
    In this case, yes. Unless Enns is hiding his Maddux-like command or his devastating knuckleball, he looks like a pretty good AAA starter, nothing more. Oh, and he's left handed, which appears to impress some people for some reason. I would wager Aaron Slegers and David Hurlbut both would look more impressive than Enns did today.
  22. jimbo92107
    He's 26, and his heater tops out at 89. His curve barely curves. Unless he has some secret sauce we haven't seen, his highest ceiling is a #5 starter, more likely for the St. Paul Saints.
  23. jimbo92107
    About time to yank Enns. This guy does not look like a viable mlb pitcher. His stuff is mediocre at best, not much of a curve, heater tops out at 89, command not good enough to stay afloat with marginal stuff.
  24. jimbo92107
    Yep, that old slump is looooong gone. Polanco is feeling pretty good right now, I bet.
  25. jimbo92107
    Polanco has been choosing better pitches and driving the ball. His process at the plate looks good, and he's keeping the bat head cocked longer, so he's got good outward snap. Doesn't mean he'll go on an incredible tear for a month, but he's got his confidence back. The slump is over.
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