Thread: Article: The Cuts Continue, 7 Twins Reassigned

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It frustrates me that so many of the players I am most curious about seeing are cut before getting to see them play a televised game. I wanted to see Hicks, Arcia, Colabello and Santana this spring. Guess I'll have to settle for just Hicks.

Santana played in the first televised game, I believe.

Hicks and Arcia started on Friday night in a televised game, and Colabello came in for the second half of the game.

I mentioned to Colabello this morning I was surpised to see him cut, and it must be to get him more at bats. He just said "Ah, that's alright, as long as I get to play baseball".

He should make it to Minnesota sometime this summer, and maybe sooner than later.

All expected cuts, but nice to see progress being made nonetheless. Are the Twins going to cut 2 pitchers now? Plus, what are the chances they keep Wilkin Ramirez on as depth?

Cutting Chris Colabello............ I dislike the braintrust more and more. It will be a fine day when Gardenhire and Ryan are back on the interstate, going somewhere, anywhere else. The twins need a "feel good" story. badly. When they have one....... they just basically throw it away.

There was zero reason to keep colabello on the roster at this point...

Originally Posted by h2oface

Cutting Chris Colabello............ I dislike the braintrust more and more. It will be a fine day when Gardenhire and Ryan are back on the interstate, going somewhere, anywhere else. The twins need a "feel good" story. badly. When they have one....... they just basically throw it away.

This isnt Disney, this is major league baseball.
I get that Chris Colabello is a nice story and all, but if he's one of your 25 best players, you ought to be ashamed and embarrassed as an organization.
The guy OPS'd only .836 as a first baseman at AA last year, as a 28 year old playing against a bunch of kids many not even old enough to buy a beer.

Originally Posted by Mr. Brooks

.....I get that Chris Colabello is a nice story and all, but if he's one of your 25 best players, you ought to be ashamed and embarrassed as an organization.

You have a great point there........... one ought to be ashamed and embarrassed as an organization......... for more reasons than one.

Pleasantly surprised to see Dan Rohlfing being the last catcher standing other than the 2 locks and Butera. He had a great spring and apparently opened some eyes over there. Add the facts that he can play 1B and OF in a pinch and is a great defensive catcher and you might have a surprise in the making (but likely next season...)

Surprised that Burnett is still there... frankly.

Originally Posted by h2oface

You have a great point there........... one ought to be ashamed and embarrassed as an orginization......... for more reasons than one.

So you want them to pile on by bringing some novelty north on the opening day roster?
I get that they've had a rough couple of years, but lets not turn them into the St. Paul Saints just yet.

Originally Posted by Mr. Brooks

So you want them to pile on by bringing some novelty north on the opening day roster?
I get that they've had a rough couple of years, but lets not turn them into the St. Paul Saints just yet.

Anyone know if Eddie Gaedel has any grandkids floating around?

Originally Posted by Mr. Brooks

So you want them to pile on by bringing some novelty north on the opening day roster?
I get that they've had a rough couple of years, but lets not turn them into the St. Paul Saints just yet.

If he earns it, yes. Definitely. But keep him around and see if he earns it. I don't think of him as a novelty. Butera is much more of a novelty - a player that can't hit at all taking up an active roster spot for how many years now? Paying Correia 10 million for 2 years is a novelty. I also think performance in the WBC should count big (and CC hit .333 while leading Team Italy with two homers and seven RBIs in the WBC), and is more important than spring training games and Gardenhire's School of Basics.

Originally Posted by h2oface

If he earns it, yes. Definitely. But keep him around and see if he earns it. I don't think of him as a novelty. Butera is much more of a novelty - a player that can't hit at all taking up an active roster spot for how many years now? Paying Correia 10 million for 2 years is a novelty. I also think performance in the WBC should count big (and CC hit .333 while leading Team Italy with two homers and seven RBIs in the WBC), and is more important than spring training games and Gardenhire's School of Basics.

Originally Posted by h2oface

If he earns it, yes. Definitely. But keep him around and see if he earns it. I don't think of him as a novelty. Butera is much more of a novelty - a player that can't hit at all taking up an active roster spot for how many years now? Paying Correia 10 million for 2 years is a novelty. I also think performance in the WBC should count big (and CC hit .333 while leading Team Italy with two homers and seven RBIs in the WBC), and is more important than spring training games and Gardenhire's School of Basics.

I guess I don't look to tiny sample sizes such as ST and the WBC to determine if a guy is one of the 25 best players or not.

Remember, just because they are now in minor-league camp...they can still get called to play in major league camp for a game or three. Mostly to just give them more playing time. The Twins still have too many players that need to start playing more often than not. It also helps if you are on the 40-man.

Originally Posted by Rosterman

Remember, just because they are now in minor-league camp...they can still get called to play in major league camp for a game or three. Mostly to just give them more playing time. The Twins still have too many players that need to start playing more often than not. It also helps if you are on the 40-man.

It is a shame that Colabello has been sent down to kinrs as he was having a good spring. Hopefully he goes to aaa so he will be called up.

Any chance Colabello was passive-agressively punished for playing in the WBC instead of staying with the Twins camp? The 25th roster spot was always going to come down to Butera vs Gardy's request for power on the bench. Colabello seems like an unlikely choice at first glance, but it would not have been a novelty pick, there simply were just few options. I would have to assume the bench bat to counter the Butera option now falls to Wilken Rameriz who is hardly less of a novelty than Colabello.

Of course they could decide to sign Thome, or perhaps Colabello's reassignment could be a show of power by Ryan showing Gardy now before he can get public support, that no, he will not get a bat for thebench.

Originally Posted by nicksaviking

Any chance Colabello was passive-agressively punished for playing in the WBC instead of staying with the Twins camp?

No chance.

With Morneau and Mauer back, and Parmelee still needing as much time as he can get practing RF, Colabello wouldn't be getting many opportunities to play. We know he wouldn't be starting anyways, why not let him get game time with the minor league squads so our starters (and our guys battling for starting jobs) can get more at bats and fielding opportunities?