Count me in as a Wade Jr. fan. One thing I'm impressed with is how well prepared the rookies have looked when called up. Really a bummer about Rooker breaking his forearm; he just didn't get out of the way of the pitch enough.
Rooker is no gazelle in the OF, but he can't be worse than eddie was last year with the bad wheels. If the Twins do bring Rooker up and he gets his confidence going, you're gonna see some balls fly.
It could be that some hitters just aren't feeling comfortable in the batter's box and haven't got their swings to click yet. Whatever it is, it sure made this weekend against the Tigers frustrating.
Observing, understanding and even talking about the finer points of pitching mechanics isn't easy. It's why we have pitching coaches. Great article Matt; you're miles ahead of us pedestrian observers. Thanks for the insight and write-up. Now we can all watch the release point and pitch zone location. Good charts too; I like how the change up falls off the chart.
I didn't think Vargas' relay throw from 2B was that bad, Marwin should have caught it. A lot of 4-letter words at my house in the 9th. Kudos to "Meatlocker" in the 10th. When the heck are we gonna pound somebody with a barrage of runs? How used to winning have we become . . . as we pick apart a victory. It was awesome to pick up the win, but then my Black Hawks lost to Las Vegas to get eliminated. It was a late night here on the east coast.
Is it just me or do the players look different in the powder blues? Not play different, but actually look different. I thought Kep looked like he came out of a different era of baseball today. It's probably just my aging eyes.
I've always liked Alex Avila, but now that he's a Twin and we get to see him more regularly, I like him even more. Good signing. I'm a huge Mitch Garver fan, but I like winning more. If playing Alex a bit more is good for the team, I'm all for it.