Article: Matt Magill Making His Improbable Case

[scottz]

 

People who post on here are generally wrong anyway! :)

Wrong.

[Seth Stohs]

 

Seth I appreciate how you almost always see the positive in a situation no matter how things are going. I guess for me it has become frustrating not being able to watch a Minnesota sports franchise win a championship.

 

So... lets' take it out on a 28-year-old journeyman who overcame the odds of a minor league free agent offseason, ,has become a serviceable bullpen guy (with a mid-to-upper-90s fastball) who deserves the opportunity hes getting and deserves to be recognized... Makes sense to me. 

[Platoon]

I would rather it be Magill than Belisle. But I do think that some of this is accumulated angst. Twins FO types have been dumpster diving for years. I know lots of teams do it, sign, try, and release. Maybe it's just me, but it seems ours are expected to be middle of the BP reliable fill ins? I on the other hand think they should be hig margin inning eaters. But maybe that's just me?

[Otto von Ballpark]

Magill was an honorable mention in MLBTR's best minor league signings among relievers:

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/08/the-best-minor-league-signings-of-2018-relief-pitchers.html