Article: Twins Minor League Report (7/13): Colon Struggles, Gonsalves Ks 9, Javier Homers

[Guest]

I'm a huge Vasquez fan, have been since they drafted him.  He's one of those new age cases, as he pitches off his breaking balls (been told by other Twins' pitchers it's 2 different sliders although one looks like a curve) instead of his fastball and it works for him.

 

Here area a couple of videos I took of Andrew over the past two years or so

 

Game action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCj9GcfYD84

 

One of his first times pitching professionally in GCL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAWn6vqL2Mw

 

Side Session Work with Virgil Vasquez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvB5Z3Hsnk

Bob,

 

The third or fourth pitch in the 2016 video looks like it was aimed at you!

 

I'm not smart about how to assess video, but I was actually hoping Vasquez looked better. It looked like Vasquez was throwing a lot of cheese that the young hitters - and perhaps the ump - couldn't handle, but those pitches will need to be much sharper at higher levels. Well, that's what the minors are for, and since the video he's carved up the Midwest League and is doing great in Florida, so hopefully he's getting better.

[Sweetwater]

Really hoping Gonsalves can slot in behind Berrios starting next season. He seems very intelligent from what I've read. So I think he will figure out hitters and how to succeed. We need him to pan out pretty badly.