Article: Is The Rotation Turning Around?

[spinowner]

I wish we had as many highly-regarded pitching prospects as we do position-player prospects. I want to be able to feel like next year's rotation will be an improvement over this year's before I use the term turnaround. And to me that means at least two good pitchers who are not in the current rotation.

[sdtwins37]

Anyone paying attention to the absolute gem Tommy Milone is tossing right now? 11 K's no walks, two hits through 7. That's two great starts in a row for him. Nolasko better be good tonight. LOL. Milone back on the big team soon and Berrios to Rochester? Probably will not happen until mid season though. If there is doubt that the rotation has turned around, that doubt will soon be gone, might be a bit different rotation is the only difference.

Edited May 13, 2015 by sdtwins37

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Anyone paying attention to the absolute gem Tommy Milone is tossing right now? 11 K's no walks, two hits through 7. That's two great starts in a row for him. Nolasko better be good tonight. LOL. Milone back on the big team soon and Berrios to Rochester? Probably will not happen until mid season though. If there is doubt that the rotation has turned around, that doubt will soon be gone, might be a bit different rotation is the only difference.

Milone is no stranger to dominating AAA, especially the IL.  In 2011, he posted a 9.4 K/9 vs 1.0 BB/9 for a 2.28 FIP there.

 

Does suggest he should be healthy, and could be a decent back of the rotation option again, though.

[Blake]

 

Anyone paying attention to the absolute gem Tommy Milone is tossing right now? 11 K's no walks, two hits through 7. That's two great starts in a row for him. Nolasko better be good tonight. LOL. Milone back on the big team soon and Berrios to Rochester? Probably will not happen until mid season though. If there is doubt that the rotation has turned around, that doubt will soon be gone, might be a bit different rotation is the only difference.

Wow. Can you see it? Nolasco gets DFA's and Milone recalled. It's not like anyone will pick up Nolasco due to his contract. (Unless DFA means the Twins eat the contract no matter what)

[nicksaviking]

 

Wow. Can you see it? Nolasco gets DFA's and Milone recalled. It's not like anyone will pick up Nolasco due to his contract. (Unless DFA means the Twins eat the contract no matter what)

 

The Twins would have to eat his contract.  Anyone who picked him up after he cleared waivers and refused an assignment would mearly have to pay him the pro rated league minimum salary for the rest of the season. 

 

I'm happy Milone is pitching well in AAA, maybe it will fool another club who needs a starter.  It's not fooling me though and I hope it's not fooling the front office either.  There are plenty of things Milone will be able to accomplish in AAA that he cannot at the MLB level.  Making terrible Tiger farmhands swing and miss at an 85 MPH fastball seems to be one of them.

Edited May 13, 2015 by nicksaviking

[sdtwins37]

_{Why did they not let Milone finish?}

[Rosterman]

We still need a few guys to consistently go deeper in their starts. Otherwise, musical chairs with the bullpen and hoping we have solid talent in the backend. Starters have to get to the 6th inning. Sometimes pitch into the 7th. Not everytime, but more often than not.

 

But we have lights on. Santana is like a trade addition mid-season. Meyer is still a prospect (or someone). Milone does have major league stuff better than the usual also rans the Twins turned to in the past. And there are prospects, although a couple aren't on the major league roster. Dean and Rogers are off the radar but above Logan Darnell at this point. Berrios would have to be added to the 40-man. I still have hopes for Wimmers. But we still got Steward and others, too.

 

How it all pulls together will be interesting to watch, but not very marketable for the general fan base to get overly excited about.

[HitInAPinch]

Alex Meyer, Taylor Rogers, Pat Dean and Jose Berrios.  And not a single spot available.  I think Gibson will be fine, just needs to be a little more careful with the walks.  Hughes:  Batters are well aware of his 16 BB's in 209 innings last year.  He needs to think more like the "Anti-hit-to-contact" guy.  Maybe buzz a few batters under the chin.  Otherwise, this could be a really ugly year for Hughes.

[drivlikejehu]

I'm mostly a skeptic because too many guys (rotation and bullpen) are muddling through without really looking sharp. I do think there is better depth than in the past few years, and that may well prevent things from getting totally out of hand if a few guys implode within a short period of time.

 

There is some upside, but there is more probability on the regression side at this point.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

I'm mostly a skeptic because too many guys (rotation and bullpen) are muddling through without really looking sharp. I do think there is better depth than in the past few years, and that may well prevent things from getting totally out of hand if a few guys implode within a short period of time.

 

There is some upside, but there is more probability on the regression side at this point.

Agreed. The Twins rotation won't show legitimate upside until Berrios arrives and (hopefully) Meyer sorts out his command issues in Rochester.