A good lefty on the farm.

[thelanges5]

Great to see this! Was at the Kernels in 24, where does he start in 25?

 

[Seth Stohs]

7 Ks, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 IP... 

I would assume he'll start in Wichita. If they start him in the bullpen, he could be in the big leagues by June/July. I wouldn't mind seeing him on the Raya innings plan for the first half of the season, maybe 15 starts, get up to 50-55 innings. Then move him up to the Saints bullpen in July and get him a few outings in that 1-2 inning role. Then at that point, he could come up at any point. 

Dude is so talented, and - business side of baseball - he doesn't need to be added to the 40-man roster until after the 2025 season (and they will). At that point, you have three years. Again, not that he'd need all of that, but if they wanted to stretch him, even to 5-6 innings, they could. His "stuff" could be completely dominant for 1 inning at a time... or he could be regular dominant for 3-5 innings at a time. It's an interesting conversation, I'm sure, and hopefully the Twins front office, pitching coaches and coordinators and Prielipp himself are part of that discussion. Ultimately, it is his career. 

[Linus]

Very encouraging.  Hope they don’t give up on him as a starter of some sort. 

[tony&rodney]

15 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

7 Ks, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 IP... 

I would assume he'll start in Wichita. If they start him in the bullpen, he could be in the big leagues by June/July. I wouldn't mind seeing him on the Raya innings plan for the first half of the season, maybe 15 starts, get up to 50-55 innings. Then move him up to the Saints bullpen in July and get him a few outings in that 1-2 inning role. Then at that point, he could come up at any point. 

Dude is so talented, and - business side of baseball - he doesn't need to be added to the 40-man roster until after the 2025 season (and they will). At that point, you have three years. Again, not that he'd need all of that, but if they wanted to stretch him, even to 5-6 innings, they could. His "stuff" could be completely dominant for 1 inning at a time... or he could be regular dominant for 3-5 innings at a time. It's an interesting conversation, I'm sure, and hopefully the Twins front office, pitching coaches and coordinators and Prielipp himself are part of that discussion. Ultimately, it is his career. 

Prielipp was incredibly dominant in some of his games last year as I watched via milb.com. Due to his history of arm injuries the Twins will almost certainly proceed slowly with him, which means strict limitations on pitch counts in the 40-70 range depending on if those pitches/innings are easy or more stressful.

My guess is that the Twins will want to see Prielipp get through a half season without any issues before he is pushed above AA.

 

[jorgenswest]

The fastest path to the majors is in relief. It might not be the best path for his health. I wonder if starting once a week is a better route towards a healthy arm.

@Matthew Lenz compared his path to Cole Ragans. Ragans hadn’t pitched in a game since 2017 when he took the mound in 2021 after two surgeries. The Rangers pitched him once a week staying almost perfectly to a 7 day schedule. He started 10 games and moved up a level and then started 9 more games. He finished healthy and made his major league debut in 2022