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The Twins' offense has been struggling with offspeed pitches this year. We need to capitalize on this!

1. he is out of shape, and fat.
2. his stuff has regressed, he's lost close to 2 MPH on his fastball, his chnage-up used be great, and is garbage now, both his fastball and changes are meatballs. thus, he sucks.
3. He is fat! did I mention this? but he's fat.
heck Barria would have probably been better.

We can clearly see the work Jo Adell has put in and is  been making some impressive at bats. A more compact swing and improved contact rates are promising signs of development.  If he can maintain a strikeout rate in the 20 to 25% range while increasing his walks, that could greatly enhance his value as a hitter.
I would say placing him in the lead-off spot seems like a strategic move, especially with his combination of speed and power. It could give your team an early offensive boost and set the tone for the rest of the lineup, similar to trout.
1. Adell Rf (let him run! similar to an Acuna mold of role, with out the star power
2. Rendon 3b. With Rendon ability to control his at-bats, make contact, Wash can do so much with him and Adell
3. Trout Cf, I'd keep Trout in the 3-hole. He's in a really bad slump.
4. Ward Lf, big run producer 
5. O'hoppe C, perfect spot for him
6. Sano DH 
7. Schaneul 1b, He starting to finally hit again, not really seeing the power that I hoped, but he still showing a good eye and hitting the ball
8. Drury
9. Neto 

it's going to be his ability to control/command the strike zone. If he's going to be walking 3 to 5 guys per start, its going to be a struggle.
 
The stuff is still good, actually looks better than last year. The command/control not so much. 
 
 Personally I think he just needs to slow down. take a breath, pause beacuase it looks to me like he starts to rush and be out of sync with his mechanics.
Both Canning and him this is going to be a prove it type of year. 

Hopefully this is the last time we see Suarez in an angels uniform! 

DFA this Fatass!

should have just left him on on the mound to die wash! 

Hopefully this is the last time we see Suarez in an angels uniform! 

DFA this Fatass!

DFA this Fatass!

DFA this Fatass!

it's going to be his ability to control/command the strike zone. If he's going to be walking 3 to 5 guys per start, its going to be a struggle.
 
The stuff is still good, actually looks better than last year. The command/control not so much. 
 
 Personally I think he just needs to slow down. take a breath, pause beacuase it looks to me like he starts to rush and be out of sync with his mechanics.
Both Canning and him this is going to be a prove it type of year. 

Pros:
1. Detmers and Soriano, both have been had a nice little start to the season. Both showing front of the line potential. 
2. Anderson, he having nice little turn-around.
3. Trout, Ward, O'hoppe and Sano 
Con's
1. Sandoval and Canning, Kindly put they've both have been garbage. They need to be better
2. Middle innings Bullpen 
3. Neto, and Nolan 

Pro:
 Soriano is looking like a guy with front of the line potential Arm! the split he threw this inning, was a plus pitch. Main thing is command and to continue learning.
Con:
The offense is and has been struggling. 

Pro:
 Soriano is looking like a guy with front of the line potential Arm! the split he threw this inning, was a plus pitch. Main thing is command and to continue learning.
Con:
The offense is and has been struggling. 

Pro:
 Soriano is looking like a guy with front of the line potential Arm! the split he threw this inning, was a plus pitch. Main thing is command and to continue learning.
Con:
The offense is and has been struggling. 

Pro:
 Soriano is looking like a guy with front of the line potential Arm! the split he threw this inning, was a plus pitch. Main thing is command and to continue learning.
Con:
The offense is and has been struggling. 

Honesty both Suarez and Hicks can go.

He's one of the guys in the system that I am keeping an eye on. He doesn't have the star potential that or high upside, but I think his tools across the board are at least 50 grade. The biggest think for him will be the K rate and see if he can keep under 25% 

Honesty both Suarez and Hicks can go.

At this point I think we've gotten a good idea of the offense;
1. Sano, has shown he deserves the starting DH role and hitting in the middle of the line-up. ideally 5th or 6th
2. Hicks, not so much. Out of Moniak, Adell and Hicks, Adell deserves to get most of the time with what he brings and ability to do alot more on the bases.  I think Moniak can still get his bats split between the 3 spots and DH. While Hicks is just wasting a roster spot. 
     Ideally they play about 5 games per week; lets Say Adell starts 3, and  Moniak starts the other 2 in RF, and than in the other 2 games Trout and Ward could DH.
3. I'd Move Drury Up to the 3-hole, followed by Ward, Sano and Drury.
At the moment I see this team being 81-81 

Well at least we did not get shut out! 

Canning better be on his A game today, really need him to turn it around.

Clutch hitting!
solid pitching ( Heck of a solid job by detmers, Cimber and ever Hunter)
And finally some solid defense and base running.

Thaiss! I'm telling yeah he's an above-average bat!