Been any word on Vasquez condition?

[jaimedude]

Sounds like a serious infection. Was there any update from Rocco on the beoadcast or Twins tv. Vasquez has always been a rock solid defensive catcher for the Twins. I  know he has younger kids so I hope the Doctors have him on good hands. Appreciate his play and wouldn't mind having him back for the younger pitchers next year. Wishing him a speedy recovery. 

[Mike Sixel]

Scary. I hope he's ok. 

[Chembry]

All that I heard on TV was that he had a cut on his arm on Tuesday.  By Wednesday, he could barely lift his arm.  He went to the hospital and they cleaned and flushed out the wound.  He is still in the hospital on IV antibiotics and fluids.  Definitely a scary situation.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Yikes! Speedy recovery Vazquez!

[Dave Borton]

On 8/9/2025 at 4:54 AM, jaimedude said:

Sounds like a serious infection. Was there any update from Rocco on the beoadcast or Twins tv. Vasquez has always been a rock solid defensive catcher for the Twins. I  know he has younger kids so I hope the Doctors have him on good hands. Appreciate his play and wouldn't mind having him back for the younger pitchers next year. Wishing him a speedy recovery. 

10-day IL.

 

 

 

[howeda7]

On 8/9/2025 at 4:54 AM, jaimedude said:

Sounds like a serious infection. Was there any update from Rocco on the beoadcast or Twins tv. Vasquez has always been a rock solid defensive catcher for the Twins. I  know he has younger kids so I hope the Doctors have him on good hands. Appreciate his play and wouldn't mind having him back for the younger pitchers next year. Wishing him a speedy recovery. 

I hope he is OK and wish him well. But I would very much mind if he is back next year, especially if Rocco is still here.

[USAFChief]

Still can't hit. 

[VivaBomboRivera!]

On 8/12/2025 at 10:21 AM, USAFChief said:

Still can't hit. 

Foul ball!

[jaimedude]

I would like Vazquez back. He is good with pitching staff and his defense and throwing out runners is rock solid. 2 years,. I'm hoping Twins bring him back.

[howeda7]

1 hour ago, jaimedude said:

I would like Vazquez back. He is good with pitching staff and his defense and throwing out runners is rock solid. 2 years,. I'm hoping Twins bring him back.

You want to see 300 AB's of literally the worst hitter in baseball? 

[Possumlad]

10 hours ago, jaimedude said:

I would like Vazquez back. He is good with pitching staff and his defense and throwing out runners is rock solid. 2 years,. I'm hoping Twins bring him back.

What on earth. I swear some Twins fans share Rocco's deep, unconquerable love for predictable, stable underperformance, especially from middle-aged dudes.

Can we please be done w/ the Vazquez, Gasper, Fitzgerald, Kiersey, and Frances of the world? We have never-ending supply of guys who can do the same things (maybe better) and are 5-8 years younger in the minors. Let them play! 

[RpR]

16 minutes ago, Possumlad said:

What on earth. I swear some Twins fans share Rocco's deep, unconquerable love for predictable, stable underperformance, especially from middle-aged dudes.

Can we please be done w/ the Vazquez, Gasper, Fitzgerald, Kiersey, and Frances of the world? We have never-ending supply of guys who can do the same things (maybe better) and are 5-8 years younger in the minors. Let them play! 

The never-ending supply has pretty much been never-ending failure, or worse than what they were supposed to replace.

Pie-in-Sky thinking is just hope, based on wishful thinking, or the - " well if I were in charge " arm-chair pee and moaning.  If this imaginary never-ending quality supply was real, the Saints would not have losing record.

There is a reason the Twins tend to collapse, NOT a new item; I doubt it is the quality of the players.

[Possumlad]

12 minutes ago, RpR said:

The never-ending supply has pretty much been never-ending failure, or worse than what they were supposed to replace.

Pie-in-Sky thinking is just hope, based on wishful thinking, or the - " well if I were in charge " arm-chair pee and moaning.  If this imaginary never-ending quality supply was real, the Saints would not have losing record.

There is a reason the Twins tend to collapse, NOT a new item; I doubt it is the quality of the players.

I'm not suggesting we have a never-ending supply of guys who will anchor winning baseball clubs, just that we have a never-ending supply (as all clubs do) of at-or-below-replacement level guys like Vazquez, Gasper, Fitzgerald, Kiersey, and France. There's no reason--especially for this club, right now--to be giving at bats to guys like that.

[RpR]

12 minutes ago, Possumlad said:

I'm not suggesting we have a never-ending supply of guys who will anchor winning baseball clubs, just that we have a never-ending supply (as all clubs do) of at-or-below-replacement level guys like Vazquez, Gasper, Fitzgerald, Kiersey, and France. There's no reason--especially for this club, right now--to be giving at bats to guys like that.

There is no reason not to. 

France before he left had the 3rd greatest number of rbi, he was as good a fielder as Julien is not; Camargo is gone because he was determined to be worse than Gasper.  IF they are going to shoot craps  with Julien, then Fitzgerald , greatly, deserves a chance to be given a try, plus Lee is just plain not good at SS.

Last year SO many here were crying that Kiersey Jr. was not being given a chance , well he got  his chance , and that alone shows why bringing up unknown rookies rather than known veterans is not a good idea.

The Keystone Cops method the Twins are using is - annoying - but if one is a life long baseball fan , such as I am, one learns to live with it and not whine , with non-ending player insults  because they are not doing what the arm chair dude want.

[big dog]

2 hours ago, RpR said:

France before he left had the 3rd greatest number of rbi, he was as good a fielder as Julien is not;

 

I was surprised to see that France's OPS+ with Toronto is 170. Quite a couple of weeks. I hope he stays hot, especially if they face the Yankees in the playoffs.

[chpettit19]

4 hours ago, RpR said:

There is no reason not to. 

France before he left had the 3rd greatest number of rbi, he was as good a fielder as Julien is not; Camargo is gone because he was determined to be worse than Gasper.  IF they are going to shoot craps  with Julien, then Fitzgerald , greatly, deserves a chance to be given a try, plus Lee is just plain not good at SS.

Last year SO many here were crying that Kiersey Jr. was not being given a chance , well he got  his chance , and that alone shows why bringing up unknown rookies rather than known veterans is not a good idea.

The Keystone Cops method the Twins are using is - annoying - but if one is a life long baseball fan , such as I am, one learns to live with it and not whine , with non-ending player insults  because they are not doing what the arm chair dude want.

Camargo is "gone" because he had Tommy John surgery.

You keep defending the Twins strategy of going with "known veterans" despite the Twins continuing to lose. I find that interesting. But next time you want to claim a player "is gone because he was determined to be worse than (another player)" at least make sure that's actually why that player isn't playing and they aren't injured.

[jaimedude]

15 hours ago, howeda7 said:

You want to see 300 AB's of literally the worst hitter in baseball? 

I dont think the market for catching is good. Our best prospects at C are young. As a back up to Jeffers starting i wouldn't mind as long as the salary number is lower.  There not using Cardenas and Gasper is pathetically bad behind the plate. If there are better options I would jump on that but I do like Vadquez defense. 

[RpR]

55 minutes ago, chpettit19 said:

Camargo is "gone" because he had Tommy John surgery.

You keep defending the Twins strategy of going with "known veterans" despite the Twins continuing to lose. I find that interesting. But next time you want to claim a player "is gone because he was determined to be worse than (another player)" at least make sure that's actually why that player isn't playing and they aren't injured.

Keaschall may be an exception, but with a bat, NONE of the AAA rookies, past the Buxton, Sano, Kepler days,  have shown they would have been better than the veterans brought it.

With a glove, they have been from below average to just plain bad; a few have done OK , else where, but not here.

[chpettit19]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

Keaschall may be an exception, but with a bat, NONE of the AAA rookies, past the Buxton, Sano, Kepler days,  have shown they would have been better than the veterans brought it.

With a glove, they have been from below average to just plain bad; a few have done OK , else where, but not here.

Not sure you really want to go with the all caps on the none there. I think there's a couple people who'd argue that Rooker fella should've been given a few more looks over some veterans before they shipped him out because he turned out alright. Luis Arraez, I heard, could hit a little bit. Matt Wallner sure has some impressive numbers (yes, I know he strikes out, deal with it). Ryan Jeffers sure does alright for a catcher. 

But, sure, generally speaking, they've been pretty awful at both developing offense and bringing in veterans. It's why they don't win. 

[nicksaviking]

14 minutes ago, RpR said:

Keaschall may be an exception, but with a bat, NONE of the AAA rookies, past the Buxton, Sano, Kepler days,  have shown they would have been better than the veterans brought it.

With a glove, they have been from below average to just plain bad; a few have done OK , else where, but not here.

Right. If only Vazquez had caught every game the last three years instead of Jeffers the Twins probably would be chasing their third 100 win season in a row.