Andrew Heaney is the Best the Twins Can Do

[roger]

Matt, I think the only people interested in the Twins going out and signing a pitcher, like this guy or an older, expensive ACE, are many of the writers and commenters at TD and elsewhere.  I expect that the Twins are very happy with the starters they have going into spring training.  Five quality starters, a sixth who should return from the IL late summer, a promising young prospect who mostly pitched out of the pen last year and two young studs who looked awfully good in a handful of games last fall.  
 

Thats the best staff I can remember since Brad, Johan and Franky.  Depth wise, heck, it may be better.  There is no question the front office has some work to do the next couple months.  More starters isn’t one of them.

[weitz41]

You're clearly shooting at a soft spot saying, "is the best they can do". And here I am responding to it... so kudos to you. Heaney has maybe 5 starts that were good and 3 months on the IL total before and after that. My cat's asses have a better track record and probably more upside..There you made me do it. Kudos again...

[specialiststeve]

 

Gloom, despair, agony on me!! Wow... may want to get some help!! 

Twins pitching is fine... Love to find an Ace but we are good. 

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[TwinsDr2021]

If the Twins can convince him to sign here and pitch in the bullpen it seems like a pretty good signing. If the Twins sign him to be a starter then just fire the FO.

In his last 6 games he pitched an amazing 26 innings and the 6 games before that 27. 1/3. Lets compare Archer to him in his last 12 games (49 1/3) to 53 1/3. Heney is a guy that in the last 4 years has completed 6 innings a grand total of 22 times. There were 12 guys that had 21 or more quality starts just last year.  

 

 

[Minfidel]

On 11/30/2022 at 9:30 AM, tarheeltwinsfan said:

What happened to the former Twins super stud pitching prospects? We watch them progress up the ladder of minor league teams and inevitably they get stuck on a rung of this ladder of success or completely fall off as they age out of the definition of "prospect". Remember when we Twins fans pinned our hopes on Gonsalves, Romero, Kohl Stewart, Tyler Jay, Mejia, and dozens of others?

What happened? Are the odds that great that the current crop of Twins' superstar, stud pitchers will also fall off the ladder? Is this why the Twins have traded untested really young, recently acquired super pitching talent, like Graterol, Gil, Petty and others?  Are these stud prospects available to be traded because the odds are so great against any of them becoming the stud pitcher which we predicted? If so, how do the Twins ever hope to home grow any inexpensive starting "Ace" pitchers, if they languish during their most formative years in Ft. Myers and Wichita or get traded away? Do they need to build up arm and leg strength? Do injuries derail them? Do they need the wisdom about whether to agree to whatever location and type of pitch the veteran catcher tells them to throw? Do they need years more practice to refine the required control? Do they need to wait until they finish growing?  What are the differences between the few who succeed vs. those who fall from the ladder?  

Heck, I'm still waiting for Bumgarner and Gasser.