Breaking: Twins Call Up Top Prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez

[Parfigliano]

51 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

And Martin is in the lineup today for Jenkins.

Of course he is.

[Danchat]

1 hour ago, HarmonK03 said:

The career minor league numbers for Ross and Kriedler are actually very similar.  And Kreidler with his .181 batting average in the majors has shown he isn't a major league player.  Why aren't you giving the same opportunity to Ross.  I am not saying he will be successful or a bust, but if you are going to compare minor league numbers as the basis of comparison than Ross deserves as much of a chance as Kreidler. 

But for this FO, they perceive Kreidler as a vet and give him preference even though he has not done anything that says he has earned it.  This is why we keep riding the mediocrity train.

I don't know how good of a fielder Ross is, so perhaps I'm off, but my comments were made based on how the Twins used him - seems like they don't believe in him as a prospect. Fangraphs does have him as a top 30 prospect (#30) and a 55 fielder, so perhaps there is more upside there. Maybe they always planned to add him to the 40 man after the season was order to protect him from Rule 5, but I dunno... neither of these two are going to hit well enough to make an impact in the majors.

[mikelink45]

About time - nothing more to say

 

[LastOnePicked]

Welcome to the show, Emmanuel. Come on over and give this team a jolt.

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, HarmonK03 said:

And Martin is in the lineup today for Jenkins.

If they were to devote the rest of the season to systematic anti-platooning, to really "find out what we've got," I'd be a little bit impressed.

Right-handers in particular need to be able to hit righties at least tolerably, or they basically have no career.

[Andy MacPhail]

There's a lot more riding on Emma, IMO, he should have been called up sooner. He should be hungry. Nevertheless, wish you well, Emma. Have a great MLB run, what is left to it.

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, Parfigliano said:

Of course he is.

You can't be serious 

[bjorks]

2 hours ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I want to see what Jackson has ahead of Caratini.

back in August when they DFA’d Jackson and snuck him through waivers, he should have stayed in AAA. But now that he’s up?

Caratini is clearly not the answer for 2027.

good for Erod, he and Jenkins need to be on the outfield every day

Caratini was/is exactly who he's been, a slightly above average defensive catcher who has a streaky bat. He's performed at pretty much as expected. 

[HarmonK03]

4 minutes ago, bjorks said:

Caratini was/is exactly who he's been, a slightly above average defensive catcher who has a streaky bat. He's performed at pretty much as expected. 

He did let 25 of 26 runners steal from May thru July I believe it was.  So that is above average defense.

[bjorks]

11 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

He did let 25 of 26 runners steal from May thru July I believe it was.  So that is above average defense.

Quite a few other defensive metrics. you're not wrong, but the point is he didn't fall short or exceed expectations

[Coach]

Welcome to the team Manny.

[sweetmusicviola16]

I'm glad he got the call. But September 12. Wow. It's hard to fix disfunction.

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

You can't be serious 

Sarcasm

[DJL44]

2 hours ago, LastOnePicked said:

Welcome to the show, Emmanuel. Come on over and give this team a jolt.

Just like Jenkins did

[PuckettPond]

Why isn't Erod wearing #7 as I heard that was going to be his number.

[Cody Christie]

That was a fun start. 

 

 

[PuckettPond]

"Erod? we don't need him as all he does is hit HRs" Buddy Ryan

[ashbury]

32 minutes ago, Cody Christie said:

That was a fun start. 

 

 

As Expected.