Article: Carlos Quentin Among Six Twins Roster Cuts

[bird]

 

It seems I am terrible at expressing myself. The flaw? I never said that he should make the team. Not once. Nor did I feel I inferred it. I was empathizing with how I assume he felt. The sentence in the post that you responded to was about the fact that there was no chance for him to make the team, no matter what he did in the short spring training, and that the pitch to the players that there might be, is bogus. I read it back. I can't see how it can be missed, especially with the second post (#31) just after the one you responded to clarifying that.  But I will work on my delivery. So sorry I have confused you, and any others that seemed to think I was saying Mastroianni should have made the team. He was always signed for injury depth.

 

I'm sorry, h2oface, I misinterpreted your post. My bad. But also, don't you think guys like Maestro are smart enough to read the tea leaves regarding their chances? Guys like Sweeney, Benson, Quentin, and Maestro have a pretty fair idea that they face an uphill battle to earn a roster spot over Rosario, Sano, Buxton, Arcia, and Santana. They didn't stupidly fall for some disingenuous "pitch" from the Twins, right?

Edited March 27, 2016 by birdwatcher

[h2oface]

I would hope they are not paralyzed by hope, and really don't foresee the outcome being making the team, but are investing in that chance that sudden injuries might give them the cracked door to squeeze in, and they need to be ready and do well to be that guy out of several that gets to go north with the team. In the end, even if they do the best of all the players in camp, they still will not have a job in the show unless a pre-ordained regular goes down with an injury. It is a bit of a dance..... the "pitch" from the team that they will have a true opportunity to compete and the player convincing themselves to have the bit of hope that encourages them to invest in the hope. It sure seems to waste a lot of at bats that could go to the prospects, though. I have never liked that, and it seems like such a waste. Unfortunately for the team, cases like Kubel and Bartlett (recently) got past the screening process, and were proved so totally misguided and the quick failure after all those precious at bats for prospects were now history.

 

It is too bad that Murphy has not earned his roster spot yet (another 0/3 today and now 2/28 and hitting .071). He is getting it just the same, for reasons I understand, even though Hicks and Centeno both have earned the back up spot). Good thing Suzuki is starting to heat up. A bunch of the guys that got cut and are in minor league camp all played today anyway.....

 

Mastroianni showed today what he brings that others don't..... scoring from first on a double after an infield single with two outs. Arcia doesn't give the team a run there. Also his 4th stolen base of the spring. Also a very good defensive replacement for Sano when the Twins are leading in the bottom of the eighth or ninth.

 

Edited March 27, 2016 by h2oface

[tobi0040]

I hope Carlos catches on with someone else and has a good season somewhere and I don't mean that in a stick it to the Twins sort of way.

 

We had to give Arcia another shot.

[sane16]

Mastroianni showed today what he brings that others don't..... scoring from first on a double.

Quinton and Arcia could both score from first on a double, but they would have to skip touching second and third base, and take a more direct route.

[stringer bell]

Small sample size, but Arcia is moving better and fielding his position(s) better than in seasons past amiright? Certainly, from what I've seen, Oswaldo is in better shape.

[DJSim22]

We are worrying about Tonkin getting claimed?

[sane16]

We are worrying about Tonkin getting claimed?

Not sure about "we", but I worry because sometimes AAA performance predicts MLB performance.