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TD Top Prospects: #5 Tyler Jay
Walter's Whites replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Is there any pitchers taken after Jay who are having great success or have reached the bigs? I don't think I'm being very unreasonable when I say the Twins have done a horrible job finding pitching in the draft the past 10 years. -
I think the drills aren't emphasizing control but actually command. Being able to throw strikes is fine in lower level ball, but in order to succeed in the bigs pitchers need to be able to place their fastball where they want. The number one thing I noticed this year in the postseason is that all the good major league pitchers can paint the corner at will, and the Twins simply haven't been able to do that very well.
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My Predictions: The Twins look intriguing in spring training, and then stumble out of the gate. Just kidding. I think they will start off respectable this year, not great, but definitely not as bad as last season (fingers crossed). At least when I go to the home opener this year they won't be 0-6. Mauer plays in only about 110 games. Not due to injury, but due to the Twins platooning and resting him more. Ryan Pressly is the primary closer by June. Assuming Polanco and Sano are shortstop and third basemen, me having panic attacks every time a ball is hit to the left side of the field. Byron Buxton is the Twins best all around player by September. Rosario has a bounce back year. Won't get on base much, but I think he will contribute with extra base hits, steals and plus defense. Other than Santana being decent, I can't make any predictions with the rotation. Way to many unknowns. I hope to the baseball gods Berrios can be effective, but he just looked so overwhelmed last year. Some other random predictions: Trout wins MVP (not going out on much of a limb). Indians win the central, with the Twins winning about 76-80 games. The Dodgers and Red Sox in the world series, with the Red Sox winning it. Seager wins NL MVP.
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Stop By, Say Hi (Get To Know Us)
Walter's Whites replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
1. I am from Montevideo, MN. It's a good town, but it's in the middle of nowhere. 2. I am 23 (Its crazy to start seeing people younger than me playing MLB). 3. I've been a Twins as long as I can remember. It's hard sometimes (especially this whole decade), but I'm not leaving the bandwagon. 4. My favorite memory is the last game of 06 watching Mauer win the batting title and winning the division on the last day of the season. The Dome was electric that day. By far the best game I've been to. Another is taking trips to Kansas City with my dad before Target Field opened. It made watching games in the Dome seem unbearable. To anyone who hasn't gone to Kansas City: Go, its an amazing place to watch a ballgame. Another favorite memory is Game 163. I don't think I need to explain why that was a favorite memory of mine. 5. My favorite players: Harmon and Rod Carew are my favorite old ones, just because I've gotten to meet them and they seemed like class act guys. Torii Hunter, Jacque Jones and Doug Mientkiewicz (spelling?) were my favorite early 2000's Twins. Currently, I don't really have a favorite player. Maybe when we start winning again. 6. I've been reading TwinsDaily for probably about 2 years. 7. I check out TwinsDaily almost everyday. They have good coverage of the Twins and they have a lot of interesting talking points. I also get bored at work a lot, so it's nice to read some Twins articles at work.
