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  1. nicksaviking
    Yeah, these guys just seem to feel more relaxed and confident. Perhaps it's a cultural thing because Vargas and Arcia always seemed to give off the same vibe as well (OK, maybe confident, not so much relaxed for Arcia). Meanwhile Hicks, Buxton, Gibson, May and Meyer all seem(ed) much more anxious and much less confident, at least at first.
  2. nicksaviking
    I don't understand how the Twins are going to be able to bring back and stretch out Phil Hughes after a month off but not Trevor May who at least has been pitching. As for the pitching coach comparison, I don't know that I have much to compare at this point. I don't like all the vets in the rotation, I want them gone in favor of the young arms. I'm not going to judge Allen on a bunch of 30+ year-old vets, those aren't the guys who need coaching up and he has little control over the physical decline that comes with that territory. If he's had anything to do with May and/or Duffey's unexpected successes, that's where I'd put most of my weight. However I would like to know if Hughes' declining velocity and strikeouts have anything to do with any changes Allen has suggested. He'd get a pretty huge strike against him in my book if he's promoting those out of date philosophies.
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    I'm with Chief. It's better to have it than to not have it, but for the corner OF spots, I'd prioritize offense. Hopefully you can have both. Playing RF at Target Field is almost like playing racketball anyway; there's hardly any ground to cover, you just have to know how to play the bounce off of the wall.
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    When he starts playing SS. Everyone loves shortstops, I think you get automatic bonus points for the position alone.
  5. nicksaviking
    It could be some coaching, and it probably is, but it takes a pretty big talent and brain to be able to change on the fly like that. Even for pros, I don't believe a coach can tell a guy that he needs to adjust his swing and he immediately is able to do just that and put up results. Thus far, there seems to be no need for an adjustment period for the various tinkerings Parker has pointed out. Usually the word Prodigy is used to describe someone with such a rare talent.
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    I'm happy for Hildenberger, but I'd think the team would want to limit his innings. Maybe it's just me, but it always seemed like side-armers have a pretty limited shelf-life. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes a big jump next year, but I'd hope to give him a break from baseball and save those bullets for the big leagues.
  7. nicksaviking
    I know Fryer is going to be re-added to the 40-man but I wish he wouldn't. Pinto should get the call, he would be the emergency catcher and just like 99.9% of all games, the 3rd catcher is not going to be needed to catch. With expanded rosters, Suzuki and/or Herrmann should never have to be called upon to pinch-hit, leaving whichever one that is on the bench as an emergency catcher. A third catcher would only be needed if both of them happened to get injured or pinch-hit for, everyone should be OK taking those odds.
  8. nicksaviking
    It seems this game should cause a lot less regret this year. Those names aren't nearly as impressive as they used to be. Previous years of the "Where are they now" game have featured some stat lines that have made us curl up and cry.
  9. nicksaviking
    I just think there are very few great catchers; I'm sure plenty are available for the right price. I can't think of an exciting catcher other than Buser Posey, it seems to be the only position in baseball right now where the best players are past or near 30-years-old. Maybe the Cubs found something in Kyle Schwarber, if he sticks. Sounds like that's a big if though.
  10. nicksaviking
    I'd like to see those studies if you can find them. I think it's also kind of strange we measure workload by innings for youngsters when we measure workload by pitches during a game. No doubt that the average number of pitches Alex Meyer throws in an inning is going to be higher than Berrios.
  11. nicksaviking
    In theory I agree, as six to seven starts don't seem like a lot, but I think if he did get those starts and he was pitching well we might feel different in a months time. Hypothetically, if he came up and his six starts looked like Noah Syndergaard, Jose Fernandez or Matt Harvey's first six starts, most of us would probably be asking for him to be pitching the important games. I'd have to think that if Tyler Duffy pitches like he has his past couple starts, he'd also get consideration after only 10-11 starts. Of course this would have just as much to do with the blase nature of the rest of the staff. There wouldn't be any kind of discussion if there was a clear leader in the rotation.
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    Good point.
  13. nicksaviking
    Can't imagine Ryan was in the stands simply because he was in the area. The team is clearly considering calling him up and if they were on the fence about it and last night was an audition, one would have to think he passed. Who gets replaced then, Santana or Gibson? Santana has no post season value, but Gibson has looked like he's wearing down. I don't think I like the six man rotation as Milone is a low effort lefty who shouldn't need more rest and the extra day has always seemed to be a problem with sinkerballers and Pelfrey has suddenly refound his form.
  14. nicksaviking
    Nice first post and welcome to Twins Daily.
  15. nicksaviking
    There's a difference between not playing the outfield well and not playing it at all. If the Twins are going to consider moving Arcia, they're going to have to put him back out there. If the Twins don't show a willingness to put him in the OF they'll get nothing for him.
  16. nicksaviking
    Man, that article just brings up more questions! A Norway-based scout? That has to be pretty unique. The leauge has a page in the Internation Baseball Federation website though: http://www.ibaf.org/en/nation/04110913-dbbd-4066-be73-e130a4d8b3e3 "Winningest team in the adult league is Oslo Pretenders, with 16 Series Championships and 18 National Championships." The Oslo Pretenders website: http://www.oslopretenders.com/#!player-profiles/cam6 Not sure that there's many guys on that roster that looks like they're under 35, and I'd love to hear the story that brought the team the Japanese player. Hopefully the scout is now a German-based or perhaps Netherlands-based scout.
  17. nicksaviking
    Holy. Crap. I've been critical of the scouting and development many times, but I'd like to find out who in particular in the organization saw Kepler as a 16-year-old swinging like he was taking a crap mid-pivot and realized they could turn that into a useful ballplayer. Well done fellas, well done.
  18. nicksaviking
    I know it's not cut and dry who the Twins best starter was prior to May's demotion, but he was the best strikeout pitcher, he was the second best at limiting walks (and still one of the best in the league) and the second best at limiting HR. To me he looked like the best of the bunch, and at the very least he had the potential to become the best starter by season's end. I would think most team's best starter would also look good in the bullpen. No doubt Clayton Kershaw could be the best closer in the game should the Dodgers choose to put him back there.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yes Boras clients usually like to hit free agency, but not always. But this seems like even more of a reason to do it soon, because if a Boras client like Bryant actually does take a pre-arb extension, it's almost certainly going to be outlandish.
  20. nicksaviking
    One variable we should probably also consider is that Miguel Sano looks like he might have a pretty similar contemporary in Kris Bryant. Bryant is represented by Scott Boras and plays for the big pocketed Chicago Cubs. It may behoove the Twins to work out a deal with Sano first as the Cubs have a lot more room to offer a cartoonish contract.
  21. nicksaviking
    I really thought Jay would be given multiple innings, even while pitching out of relief. Man, he's going to take a long time to stretch out and get to a respectable innings workload, he's going to have to be on the same schedule as the guys they draft as HS starters. Levi Michael's .801 OPS is looking optimistic. It feels a little hallow though as he really doesn't appear to be more than average at any particular thing, save perhaps for taking a walk. 9 2B, 5 3B and 4 HR in 181 AB I guess can equal a .437 SLG, but it sure doesn't feel very impressive. Sometimes boring ballplayers turn into sneaky good ballplayers.
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I was very impressed and excited watching that. I agree with Parker though, the surprise may wear off quickly, I think we even saw it late in the game, while half the Orioles were still chasing the curve, a few of them had caught on. To keep this up, he's probably going to have to be a little less predictable about when the pitch is coming, and he's probably going to have to miss closer to the zone. If the book on you is that you have a good curve, at some point teams are going to drill into their players that if it's coming in low, lay off. Those swings at pitches in the dirt won't consistantly be there once teams wise up. These seem like fairly easily adjustments though, if they are needed.
  23. nicksaviking
    Nice first post, welcome aboard.
  24. nicksaviking
    We say that now, but are they any different than Edwin Jackson? This time next year when Nolasco's deal is down to a year and change, I'm guessing there will be plenty of thought going into DFA'ing him if he still has a 5+ ERA and no other team will come near him. And this time in 2017 there would be no doubt he'd be DFA'd under these same circumstances.
  25. nicksaviking
    And with the PED era in the rearview mirror (knock on wood) teams realized the foolishness in giving these monster contracts to players in their mid-30s.
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