SB Nation User Blog: Justin & Joe

Delmon Young is hitting .462 when ahead in the count.

Justin & Joe — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:01:56 -0000

That's absurd. Just imagine if he develops some patience at the plate...

He's like a volcano on the verge of blasting lava into the sky and covering several states in an inch of ash.

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Denard Span's power potential.

Justin & Joe — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:56:12 -0000

He hit 2 HRs today, and has more this season (9) then his first four seasons in the Twins organization combined (7).

As far as I can recall, no one has EVER projected him developing much power. Is it for real, and what's his ceiling, HR-wise?

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Biggest head-scratcher in your teams minor league system?

Justin & Joe — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:40:42 -0000

Who can you just not figure out? Who do you have no idea what their future holds?

Definitely Anthony Swarzak.

He went from a border-line elite prospect in 2007, to getting crushed at AA this year.

Since his promotion to AAA in July, he's dramatically improved. His BA has down more then .050 since his "promotion". His H/IP is good. As is his HR/9IP ratio.

But his K/9 ratio has dropped significantly, down to just 5.20 per 9 innings.

Anyone know what's the deal?

DSL Twins Starting Pitchers: All with impressive stats, but who are the top prospects?

Justin & Joe — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:42:30 -0000

18 years old - Pedro Guerra: 2.05 ERA, .94 WHIP, 57 H in 70.1 IP with 63 Ks and 9 BB

20 - Eliecer Cardenas: 1.84 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 49 H in 58.2 IP with 55 Ks and 10 BB

17 - Adrian Salcedo: 1.40 ERA, .76 WHIP, 38 H in 57.2 IP with 39 Ks and 6 BB

21 - Ramon Acosta: 0.0 ERA, .64 WHIP, 26 H in in 54.2 IP with 35 Ks and 9 BB

Obviously the DSL is an extreme pitchers league, but still, Acosta was arguably the best pitcher in the league, and Salcedo the best 17 year old, with the other two not far behind.

Any information about their stuff?

Why are so many people here down on Garza?

Justin & Joe — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:42:42 -0000

He's still just 23 years old, and he pitched great against the White Sox last night. But from reading through past diaries, it seems like a large percentage of the people here have soured on him.

What gives?

No, he's not going to be the next Liriano, but I see no reason to believe that he can't be an outstanding major league pitcher in his own right.

Pat Neshek.

Justin & Joe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:32:14 -0000

Last season he put up great numbers, but got hit around a bit by left-handed hitters.
This year, however, he's been ever better against left-handed then right-handed hitters. Is there any reason to believe that he can't be a dominate RP for the next decade?

Yay! Just got tickets to four concerts!

Justin & Joe — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:57:50 -0000

Mastodon on February 5th at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Midlake on February 15th at The Entry.

Sparklehorse on February 19th at First Avenue.

TV On The Radio on March 15th at First Avenue.

Poll

Which of the four concerts will be the best?

Mastodon

10 votes

TV On The Radio

22 votes

Midlake

2 votes

Sparklehorse

4 votes

None of them. Your taste in music is worse then the Nationals farm system.

47 votes

85 votes | Poll has closed

I know where Natalie Holloway is.

Justin & Joe — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:43:44 -0000

She was eaten by Sidney Ponson.

Damn't, the Twins already have one fat, worthless starting pitcher, do they really need to sign another?

Obviously the Twins don't have much money to spend, but I'd much rather see them sign a SP who has an outside chance to be decent like a Joel Pineiro or Mark Redman.

Anyone but Ponson...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/C6DFEE86CDA803DE8625725100161ABD ?OpenDocument

What are your thoughts on these 5 low-level Twins pitching prospects?

Justin & Joe — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:50:17 -0000

Jose Mijares

Oswaldo Sosa (Very good season last year and pitching great in the Venezuelan Winter League)

Yohan Pino

Eduardo Morlan

Alex Smit

I love this song.

Justin & Joe — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:31:49 -0000

Roscoe by Midlife.
Mediocre band, amazingly beautiful song. Probably my favorite from 2006.

I've had it on repeat for the last two hours.