Twins to Promote Olympic Medalist Joe Ryan, Slated to Start Wednesday

[old nurse]

13 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

If he matches Sal Maglie's career, I'll be happy. 

Maglie did not regularly pitch in the majors until he was nearing his mid 30s.  I hope Ryan has better luck than that

[old nurse]

12 hours ago, h2oface said:

People dont' like hair, but beer drinking unhealthy obesity is just fine for them, as long as the hair is short. Go figure.

Joe didn't need any warmup in St. Paul after what I saw in the wee hours during the Olympics, and he proceded in short order to demonstrate what a waste of time that was, but whatever. Glad they got with it and loaded him up to the show. Looking forward......

Were you also stopped back in the day for driving while hippie?

[h2oface]

37 minutes ago, old nurse said:

Were you also stopped back in the day for driving while hippie?

"driving while hippie".

Wow. Having long hair does not = hippie. Frankly, I don't really even know what you mean by that. It has nothing to do with Joe Ryan pitching, or his hair. 

[wabene]

15 hours ago, PDX Twin said:

Maybe the Twins can find him a barber before tomorrow night...

Why is he scheduled to pitch in the 50's? If so a flattop is in order.

[wabene]

14 hours ago, gunnarthor said:

He may be our staff ace but that's b/c the staff is a joke. He's getting called up in Sept of his 25th year. By the same time, Berrios was a two time all star and had made nearly 100 ML starts.

I think Ryan will be a real ML pitcher and capable of staying up in the majors. But he won't be as good as Berrios. He's a solid back of the rotation pitcher. Which we need.

Age is just a number. Different people mature differently and encounter different circumstances.

[Dman]

8 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Fair enough! Though my personal point was significantly more nuanced and deserves recognition as such.

Yeah you did not specifically state service time was an issue in your article but you did ask the question\wondering why the Twins weren't making a move after Ryans two excellent starts in AAA which was an impetus for looking for reasons why. 

While I agree service time as an answer was likely premature (especially because roster expansion hadn't happened yet) it would be a reason because we all know it happens.  With no CBA next year it could be even more of a reason because maybe teams only get 4 years of control and starting him early counts as a full year.  No one knows how it will work out so a team might want to be overly conservative.  I just think it was a fair question and wanted to state it as such. 

[TopGunn#22]

Glad to see Ryan get the call.  It will make watching tonight's game interesting.

[Karbo]

Looks like a good reason to watch the game tonight, at least the beginning, until Rocco decides to bring in the pen.

[Kal Lis]

21 hours ago, PDX Twin said:

Maybe the Twins can find him a barber before tomorrow night...

I believe we should all reserve commenting on his coiffure until we hear Dan Gladden's hair commentary during the game.

[Thegrin]

I am looking forward to watching this game.  I fear, that no matter how he throws, the Twins will have him in the rotation next year and by the end of the year he will no longer be in the rotation.  How many pitchers can you name that throw at this low velocity and find a permanent spot in a good rotation?  I hope I am wrong.