Twins Minor League Report (4/17): Duran Shows off Mussels; Gonzalez Leads Kernels to Split

[IndianaTwin]

13 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

So he's adding about 5 pitches per start. Should be ready for an actual starter's workload by start 10. He has a sparkly ERA but his walk rate is awful.

Any idea how many pitches the non-Lopez/Ryan starters got up to during spring training? I don't know, but I wonder if it wasn't a whole lot more than 70 or 75, at least not more than once or maybe twice. He's probably not that far off from what they perceive as a rookie starter's workload.

But yeah, you're right. It probably doesn't matter how many pitches he throws if 45 percent of them are balls, the way they were in his first three starts. Last night was also a huge step forward in that regard, bringing that number down to 33 percent. I don't know what's considered good. 

 

(Also, I just noticed that the number of batters he faced has gone 12-13-14-16, so if that counts as an indicator, he's moving on up. Just two more and he's at the magic "two times through the order.") 

[Seth Stohs]

On 4/18/2024 at 9:57 AM, roger said:

Thought that Wichita was going to be loaded this year, Seth.  All those guys coming up from the Champion Kernels team, they should compete for the championship.  Shouldn't they?

1-10 is a disastrous start.  Your thoughts, Seth?

It's not good, but not sure it's any indication of that championship team. Something like 15 players from that team are still in Cedar Rapids. Rodriguez and Schobel and Rosario led the Kernels offense. They all moved up and they're doing fine. The Kernels made their championship run in the 2nd half when guys got called up from FM. MacLeod, Matthews, Culpepper, Morris are still in CR. Cory Lewis should join Wichita in the next couple of weeks. Kyle Jones had an emergency appendectomy this spring. They played a tough team early and bad luck. I'm not worried, but then again, I won't even think about minor league playoffs until about September.