Twins Add Clete Thomas, DFA Tyler Robertson

[snepp]

Deleted personal dig

 

Completely unnecessary.

[gunnarthor]

While its possible, certainly not without precedent, its pretty rare for a player to post a high OPS in AA and then fail as a hitter at the AAA level.

 

Might depend on what we mean by pretty rare but I don't think it's so rare as to be a surprise. Obviously, players will wash out at every level even after dominating the one below it.

 

Just looking at one random year in the EL - 1996 - and 17 guys had OPS over .850. 5 didn't make the majors and 3 of them didn't really hit well at AAA. That's a low percentage but that's still about 17% of hitters didn't make the jump to AAA well. I have no idea if one league in one year is representative but I think it shows it happens enough that it's not a surprise.

[The Wise One]

While its possible, certainly not without precedent, its pretty rare for a player to post a high OPS in AA and then fail as a hitter at the AAA level.

 

Brian Dozier is one rare dude.

 

While it might be rare to fail at the AAA level after some sucess at the AA level, at some point in time a player peaks. It couldd be going from AA to AAA. or AAA to the majors, at some point in time a player reaches their peak and falls back.

[howieramone1406390264]

The dominate clique won the argument. The Twins dumped, in their opinion, some deadweight. Sounds like a win-win to me.

[John Bonnes]

So here was my night. While my wife and kids celebrated the first night of summer vacation, I worked with the Twins Daily guys to arrange draft coverage. Promoted a few stories. Edited a few stories. Caught a few innings of the Twins game on the side. Got some technical details worked out on a podcast, recorded it, burned it and posted a story on it. Whew.

 

At 11:30, I found my wife asleep in the other room with the dog watching over her. I assured her I was done for the night and we could go to bed. As we do, I notice my ipad isn't on my nightstand, and it serves as my alarm clock, so I go get it and I notice there are a couple of reported posts in the forum on this thread.

 

So she's trying to sleep in our bed while I type next to her head, deleting posts and wondering why I wouldn't ban a few people who have already been banned in the past, but have been given a second chance and have just thrown up all over this thread.

 

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[Kwak]

...and I thought this was a thread about Clete Thomas and Tyler Robertson...

Posters have been complaining about the lack of an alternate CF since Mastroianni's injury--and by golly two months later Ryan brought one to the Twins--and it was someone who was actually successful at Rochester! Will he be a useful addition to the Twins?--Probably not. But I think Thomas was the most successful CF in the organization this season who was at a level consistent with promotion to the Twins. This promotion does make a statement to minor leaguers to "keep working, follow instructions, and play well--and you might get promoted"! So, for all of you complaining about a lack of an alternate to Hicks for the Twins--here he is--you may stop complaining.

[Shane Wahl]

...and I thought this was a thread about Clete Thomas and Tyler Robertson...

Posters have been complaining about the lack of an alternate CF since Mastroianni's injury--and by golly two months later Ryan brought one to the Twins--and it was someone who was actually successful at Rochester! Will he be a useful addition to the Twins?--Probably not. But I think Thomas was the most successful CF in the organization this season who was at a level consistent with promotion to the Twins. This promotion does make a statement to minor leaguers to "keep working, follow instructions, and play well--and you might get promoted"! So, for all of you complaining about a lack of an alternate to Hicks for the Twins--here he is--you may stop complaining.

 

Clete Thomas is not an alternative as a CF. Not even close. Filler favored over prospect is not a good idea. Through and through.