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  1. gman
    This reminds me of a roster full of rookies with pennant chase fever. Trying to do too much. Swinging wildly at pitches over their head, throwing curve balls in the dirt and trying to make plays on defense that give the other team extra bases and outs. There are 47 games left, nearly a third of the season, too early to get all worked up.
  2. gman
    Unfortunately Romero threw 2 wild pitches and allowed 2 inherited base runners to score. It appears left handed batters are are still killing him. Hopefully he will learn a pitch(pitches?) that he can compete against lefties with. He still is not lights-out against righties either. Graterol also seems to have some trouble against lefties, not to the same extent as Romero though,
  3. gman
    2020 could really be interesting for new bats coming to Minnesota.
  4. gman
    Hit em where they ain't. Arraez is a great compliment to the homerun/ strikeout type hitters throughout the Twins lineup. He could score a bunch of runs on this team.Opponents have already stop trying to shift on him and he still hits it through them.
  5. gman
    The Twins spent a lot on pitching development this past off season. It may be the time to start giving them the best talent available.
  6. gman
    Ouch, Ouch & Ouch. But on the brighter side Diaz may be turning into the hitter we thought we'd signed 6 years ago.
  7. gman
    It might not seem like it because of early results, but to me Buxton struggles from pitch to pitch. He swings and misses too often on outside and low pitches. Yes most batters that swing at that pitch, miss regularly. Others have learned to lay off it, but Buxton hasn't yet. He still flails wildly at too many pitches. For all his doubles, which is pretty much any hit to the outfield, how many have gone to right center? He could set an MLB record if pitchers keep giving him pitches on the inside half of the plate. His best hit I think this past weekend was a two strike single in which he shortened his swing and hit it to right field knocking in a run. Teams have been giving him the right side of the infield to hit through, but he hasn't been able to make them pay. I can't recall him bunting a ball past the pitcher towards second yet. He is very talented, probably the most talented on the team, but he relies too much on his natural talent and needs to develop fully his bat control skills as a professional hitter. Let him bat ninth and keep on developing, so he can focus more on his personal skill development and does not feel the need to try and do too much.
  8. gman
    If the top five can finish off their pitches and command this bodes well for the future of the Twins rotation. Every level appears to have strong starting candidates, which hopefully means that every year we have have an additional 2-3 strong pitchers to continually grow the pitching staff. It is surprising to see that 3 pitchers who started games for the Twins last year and are in consideration for making starts at some point this year can't make the top 5.
  9. gman
    Its nice to see groups of players with major league potential making it to the upper minors. Hopefully next year this time, the Rochester roster will be loading as well. Nothing against guys who spend 8, 9 or 10 years trying to make it to the show, but I want to see double and Triple A loaded with talented guys trying to kick the door in.
  10. gman
    Hopefully several are knocking on the door by the end of 2020.
  11. gman
    Trey Cabbage and Jean Carlos Arias are a couple of names I expected to see much further along by now. This appears to be the fifth year in the system for both although there are many older on the roster. I assume the coaches see a future for them or they wouldn't still be here. Hopefully better instruction will be bring out the talent.
  12. gman
    I doubt anyone will catch Houston, its possible but unlikely. Not only are they one of the elite teams in baseball, but they have 6 of the top 100 prospects in AA or higher in they need support during the year. That's a good model for building a team.
  13. gman
    I think when Sano gets back he should bat 6th or 7th until he settles in and forces a move up(hopefully). I try to imagine a lineup where part of the best batting order has Sano, Garver and Buxton hitting 7-9. Then I try to imagine anyone suggesting 3 years ago that the best lineup might have Sano and Buxton hitting 7 & 9.
  14. gman
    While Kepler will lead off the game once, he has the opportunity to hit behind Buxton 4 times a game. Hopefully Buxton will be on base more often this year and with Kepler and Polanco following him, this should give him his best opportunity to utilize his speed. The lineup looks like we could see 20 or more homers from every position. I count Castro/Garver as one position. Polanco may be stretched to get there, but hitting in front of Cruz he may see more fastball strikes which he can handle.
  15. gman
    Most spring numbers are exciting only in fantasy baseball, but a couple of mph added to the fastball along with better command could turn this into a real find. I also hope the Santana change-up training also pays off.
  16. gman
    Seems like a kind of horse or cart thing. I hope he hits well enough to play every day so that he can make adjustments and learns to hit better.
  17. gman
    I look at the construction of the Cleveland rotation as the model that I think the Twins will follow.Youger pitchers with high upside "potential" that they think they can turn into cheap bargin members of a strong rotation. I don't see Keuchel in that category. He has already past his peak. They probably can't squeeze more out of him, if even he has a good-fair couple of years left, and is at his earnings peak.
  18. gman
    Just like the development of many other players in the system, I always wondered what exactly was the Twins strategy in "developing" Garver as a catcher. Looking at his minor league career, I doubt he spent more than 30-40% of his time at catcher, even though there never were any other likely candidates to field the position on the major league roster. Seems like another position needing more player development to be handled at the major league level.
  19. gman
    Hopefully with the veteran hitters the Twins signed this offseason, Sano won't feel the need to try and hit a 5 run homer every time up. I like to see him settle in to the order at 6 or 7 and gradually move up if warranted not because the rest of the lineup is wailing and failing. Also it would be great to see him play an average or better third base. He might end up at first or DH for most of his career but the Twins will be better the longer he stays at third.
  20. gman
    After 58 years of Twins history, you'd think there would be at least 1 player that really jumped out at you. There were some very good individual seasons in there but no really great careers. Hopefully some of the players in the current system will change the dialogue.
  21. gman
    It wasn't just Reed or Hildenberger. Every year the relievers doing best got rode into the ground. That was part of Molitor's m.o. So hopefully Johnson and Baldelli will have a better game plan and these 2 will come back this year and be part of a better bullpen.
  22. gman
    I think if you put together an alltime Twins team, Killebrew plays firstbase and bats 4th. For all the maybes and could'ves, Killebrew actually did it.
  23. gman
    C - Rortvedt/Jeffers 1B - Rooker 2B - Miranda 3B - Lewis SS - Javier LF - Rosario CF - Buxton RF - Kirilloff DH - Sano
  24. gman
    I find it interesting that the first players the Twins locked up to team friendly contracts both have a number of highly rated prospects coming up to their positions in the next 2-3 years. Maybe sooner.
  25. gman
    Thinking back to 2015 we had a few top prospects that got yanked from double A and slammed into he daily lineup. Most of these guys unfortunately we are still waiting on. Having them learn at the big league level hasn't worked out too well. For the Twins sake (and mine as a fan) I hope we don't drag the next crop out of the field too early. I would prefer to see a ready to go Kiriloff in 2020 then watch him come up in 2019 and flounder for 2-3 years. The same applies to others.
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