Jump to content
Game 2 against the Reds! Come join our game thread! ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Ex-Twins in the Box Scores

Doctor Wu

By Doctor Wu
in Minnesota Twins Talk

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 445
  • Created
  • Last Reply
USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

Twins Daily Contributor
Posted
Posted

 

What ex-Twin playing still in the majors would you most like to see back on the team? And don't say Drew Butera!

I'd want Aaron Hicks.

 

And not Drew Butera. 

 

 

70charger Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

70charger

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Brian Duensing, so we finally have the pieces for that blockbuster trade.

But we’d probably have to throw in Duensing to get him.

 

Infinite Duensing loop.

nicksaviking MVP

nicksaviking

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

 

What ex-Twin playing still in the majors would you most like to see back on the team? And don't say Drew Butera!

 

Does J.D. Martinez count? The Twins drafted him in 2006. 

 

Four rounds before Anthony Slama!

 

And 27 rounds after Danny Valencia.

Danchat Minnesota Twins

Danchat

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Ryan LaMarre went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI as the White Sox blasted the Cubs on Friday afternoon.

LaMarre delivered an RBI double in the fourth inning to increase the White Sox' edge to 4-1. He then chipped in an RBI single in the sixth and a sacrifice fly in the seventh. He's having a productive season overall, slashing .286/.330/.391, though his lack of power and speed render him virtually useless from a fantasy perspective.

 

 

So... I guess LaMarre is catching on as a reserve outfielder? 

Doctor Wu FCL Twins

Doctor Wu

Verified Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

I noticed the Niko Goodrum was back in the lineup for Detroit yesterday (he sat out a few games after a scary collision in the outfield last week) and got RBI number 47 for the year. That's 1 more than Joe Mauer. Ouch.

Doctor Wu FCL Twins

Doctor Wu

Verified Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

Back on the mound, Tyler Kinley got called up the Marlins and is pitching well so far. VERY small sample size with only 5.1 innings pitched, but he has struck out 8 batters and only given up 1 earned run.

Twodogs FCL Twins

Twodogs

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Does J.D. Martinez count? The Twins drafted him in 2006.

 

Four rounds before Anthony Slama!

 

And 27 rounds after Danny Valencia.

Yeah too bad they didn't draft him in like the 26th round insted of the 36th round, but then he probably wouldnt have ever made it out of the minors.

David HK Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

David HK

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Welp, as per the A's/ Yankees WC game, the ex-Twinks didn't exactly set the world on fire...

 

Hicks did OK, but the pitchers, whew.....

 

Oakland got the full FRE, and also the LHE.

 

And I was so hoping they'd be able to knock off those Bronx Bozos...

h2oface Wichita Wind Surge

h2oface

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

Pressly comes in to relieve Verlander with the bases loaded and one out in the 6th in game one of the ALDS. First pitch.... wild pitch - 1 run scores and the runners advance to 2nd and third. Then the batter grounds out on the 5th pitch and another run scores, and the runner advances to 3rd. 

 

Sound familiar? Twins relief pitchers. Kings of the inherited runners scoring.

 

He did then get a K and a pop up, and pitch a clean 7th. It looks like he won't hurt the Astros enough to lose, though. 

Twodogs FCL Twins

Twodogs

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Idk, Pressly in 26 games for the Astros had a .77 era. He gave up 3 walks and had 32 strikeouts and a total of 2 earned runs. I'd say he's probably not hurting them too badly.

 

Had the Twins kept him he'd probably have been their closer instead of Hildendinger.

Doomtints FCL Twins

Doomtints

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

Idk, Pressly in 26 games for the Astros had a .77 era. He gave up 3 walks and had 32 strikeouts and a total of 2 earned runs. I'd say he's probably not hurting them too badly.

Had the Twins kept him he'd probably have been their closer instead of Hildendinger.

 

He allowed 4 more runs if you include the inherited runners, which is what h2o was referring to.

His 33% inherited runners scored in an Astros uniform matches his rate with the Twins. This is a little above league average, so it's not the automatic lights-out guy his ERA suggests he is. The Astros can see this as they have mostly put him in games when there was no one on base.

 

If you let three runs go in when you're on the mound but only one gets charged to you, that's nice I guess.

ashbury GOAT

ashbury

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

 

Bring the band back 2gether!!!1!

If Pensacola is on their bucket list, I'd have no objection to signing them.

yarnivek1972 Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

yarnivek1972

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Speaking of former Twins lefties, I had been wondering what happened to Ryan O’Rourke. He dpent the year rehabbing for Baltimore. Finally made it into a regular game in mid July. He’s left handed and breathing. He’ll find work.

h2oface Wichita Wind Surge

h2oface

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

Idk, Pressly in 26 games for the Astros had a .77 era. He gave up 3 walks and had 32 strikeouts and a total of 2 earned runs. I'd say he's probably not hurting them too badly.

Had the Twins kept him he'd probably have been their closer instead of

Hildendinger.  :lol: 

 

Yeah... I would like to think that. Assuming the same performance is usual, even though he may have done just the opposite in a different butterfly effect. His first outing was not impressive in the playoffs, but the inherited runs didn't hurt the team this time. Doomtints helped lay it out.

Han Joelo FCL Twins

Han Joelo

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

I know this is mean-spirited, but man, how nice was it to see Lance Lynn reverse suck for the Yankees last night.  Maybe that could be what it takes to get rid of the Twins' Yankee demons. 

ashbury GOAT

ashbury

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Ryan Pressly has been one of the more anonymous ones. He’s been in the majors since 2013, but we’ve almost never written about him here. Rian Watt did change that a month ago. He wrote a whole article about Pressly, who was dealt from the Twins to the Astros near the end of July.

 

They're like everyone else. If a player is on the Twins, he's unimportant. :)

yarnivek1972 Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

yarnivek1972

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Ryan Pressly has been one of the more anonymous ones. He’s been in the majors since 2013, but we’ve almost never written about him here. Rian Watt did change that a month ago. He wrote a whole article about Pressly, who was dealt from the Twins to the Astros near the end of July.

 

They're like everyone else. If a player is on the Twins, he's unimportant. :)

That’s the result of being largely irrelevant for most of the last decade as far as the playoffs are concerned.

ashbury GOAT

ashbury

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

That’s the result of being largely irrelevant for most of the last decade as far as the playoffs are concerned.

FanGraphs is supposed to look beyond that. But no, as soon as Pressly is off the Twins and onto a favored team, He Is Important.

 

I'm just grousing, I know.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Twins community on the internet.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    20,440
    Total Members
    48,845
    Most Online
    Sublime33
    Newest Member
    Sublime33
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...