Article: Busenitz Looks To Provide Relief

[Seth Stohs]

Busenitz is coming up for the doubleheader tomorrow.

Along with Wimmers (likely as the 26th man)

[mikelink45]

Busenitz - good call up.  He deserved it.  So does Curtiss and a few more, but Wimmers?  What is the affection they have with Wimmers?

[HitInAPinch]

Must be about the last shot for Wimmers, no?

[Otto von Ballpark]

Wimmers has to be the 26th man, because he was optioned just a few days ago. So he is literally just an extra arm for today.

[Rosterman]

This is a risk the Twins take when they have a 40-man roster with players NOT YET ready for the big leagues (you could count Randy Rosario in that mix, along with Jorge and Romero) not to mention Palka and Vielma. 

 

You can't jsut rotate guys out of the 40-man spot. You MIGHT end up losing them. No loss, one might say. Or no one will claim them (i.e. Wilk and Tepesch, as recent examples).

 

Yet you do take a chance on those back-of-the-pen prospects like Hildenberger and Busenitz, for examples, who might come up, throw a bad inning or two, and go back down. Then you still have to replace them, with who? And chances are someone would give either a 40-man spot if the Twins had to run them thru the process.

 

Yet are they better or no worse than 3/4s of the current bullpen, many of whom would probably be jobless if cut loose.

 

But right now EVERY guy in the Twins minor league system has to know that jobs are available. That is a lot of pressure to produce not only in the minors, but to shine if you get a cup-of-coffee before September in the majors.

 

And you age, and there is always someone pushing from below. Both the guys you mentioned would be vuable choices NOW for the Twins pen. But if you looked at the beginning of the year, we all thought Chargois, Burdi, Reed, maybe Bard, possibly Zach Jones, amongst others would be in the mix, with Jay rotating back into bullpen status and some guy named Cederoth not getting released.

 

Be interesting to see what happens when Santiago and Haley and even Perkins come back into the fold!

[jimbo92107]

Give 'em the business, Busenitz!

 

Whoa, that one took max effort.

[wagwan]

 

Going to have to disagree here. Guys deserve chances. Guys who seemingly might be getting it together deserve second chances. Shuffling deck chairs is doing both with guys who just can't get the job done.

We don't really know what Busentiz can do yet. He was barely mentioned when acquired and hasn't even been talked about much until lately. Curtiss, Reed, Chargois, Burdi if ever healthy, Jay if he also can ever get healthy, Melotakis, etc, are guys we are familiar with. Busentiz's stuff and numbers indicate he deserves consideration. He may not be a pup, but he's also not old.

This was not meant to be a comment on Busenitz. I hope he does well. I was merely finishing the quote rearranging the deck chairs. Guys here are using it and some maybe did not realize the Titanic part of it. the expression The idea obviously is that it is not much use to rearrange the deck chairs if the ship is going down. 

I hope the twins can find a couple of guys in the system who can to help out the bullpen. 

[kab21]

 

I saw Busenitz pitch about a month ago against the IronPigs in a game that the Red Wings lost 0-9 and he was really good.  93-96 mph fastball and he was pounded the strike zone.  His secondary stuff is a change up and a curve ball that both sit at 82-84 and they are out pitches.  The change has so much movement that really looks like a cutter at some point.

 

I think that he can help the Twins this season, but they need to subtract someone.  Belisle and Breslow are the likely candidates for that, but I think that the Twins are giving them a very long leash...    

 

On the depth chart, I see him behind Turley and Chargois (when he is ready), so that's that too...

Yes, the Twins have been rotating deckchairs on the Titanic with a myriad of mediocre RP'ers all season but Busenitz is not like Wilk, Wheeler, Tepesch (SP), Rucinski, Haley, Wimmers and Heston. Almost all of those guys have 90 mph FB and middling MILB K rates. It has been frustrating to see the Twins cycling through these guys that were unlikely to be anything better than a long reliever or mop up man.

 

Busenitz OTOH has been in the 8+ K/9 range (not great) before spiking to almost 10 this year and has a mid 90's FB and a possibly some interesting offspeed pitches. This is the profile of a RP that could make a medium size impact (really good 6th/7th inning pitcher) for a team.

[jud6312]

So, Pressly to AAA to make room for Wilk to start game 1 and then Wilk back to AAA to make room for Busenitz?

 

Or has the Busenitz call-up plan changed?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

So, Pressly to AAA to make room for Wilk to start game 1 and then Wilk back to AAA to make room for Busenitz?

 

Or has the Busenitz call-up plan changed?

 

Unless there's an empty spot on the 40 man, someone has to get the DFA for Busenitz.  Personally, I would go with Wilk here.

[IndianaTwin]

 

Having fun while trying to make a point.

Maybe on the country song part. But I didn't mention anything at all about momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison...or getting drunk. (And a big high 5 and a cyber beer for anyone who gets that reference).

 

I'm going to hang around as long as you will let me. 

 

[jud6312]

 

Unless there's an empty spot on the 40 man, someone has to get the DFA for Busenitz.  Personally, I would go with Wilk here.

That would be my top choice, too, with Hughes to the 60-day a close second.

[yarnivek1972]

No change on the Twins roster so far.

[sploorp]

 

Unless there's an empty spot on the 40 man, someone has to get the DFA for Busenitz.  Personally, I would go with Wilk here.

I just saw it on MLB Trade Rumors: Wilk DFA'd to make room for Busenitz.

[The Wise One]

 

I just saw it on MLB Trade Rumors: Wilk DFA'd to make room for Busenitz.

Makes sense as Wilk would be of no use for a few days, wimmers as the 26th player was used for the first game. There will be a few fresher arms for the evening go around, when it resumes. 4 innings in they got what they needed out of Mejia