Article: Twins Minor League Report (8/12): Gonsalves Deals in Appy Debut

[Seth Stohs]

Slowey is out for the year with an injury... but he was pitching well. In my opinion, he was a solid #3/4 type of starter until that line drive off the wrist. I think he had some screws put in there or a plate, and it really seemed as thought he struggled after that to get the break on his curveball and his pitches weren't moving as much.

[jimbo92107]

Stephen Gonsalves does appear to have some competitive fire, but I hope he realizes that bragging about your pitching prowess looks a little silly before you've even made it to low A ball....

[jokin]

Stephen Gonsalves does appear to have some competitive fire, but I hope he realizes that bragging about your pitching prowess looks a little silly before you've even made it to low A ball....

 

I think we can cut Gonsalves him some slack here. The Twitter world is filled with lots of much worse and ignorant commentary from many- and even adults who you think would know better are retracting stupid stuff all the time- and they're much older than a young kid 2 months away from graduating out of high school.

[rickyriolo]

i saw Gonsalves pitch in high school. This kid is the real deal. Twins got a steal

[cmb0252]

I don't understand how anyone can think this is a bad thing. I love the fact Gonsalves has a chip on his shoulder. His tweet wasn't disrespectful to any of the opposing players. Go get um!

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

A chip on his shoulders and a large set of... Oh, never mind.

[jimbo92107]

I think we can cut Gonsalves him some slack here. The Twitter world is filled with lots of much worse and ignorant commentary from many- and even adults who you think would know better are retracting stupid stuff all the time- and they're much older than a young kid 2 months away from graduating out of high school.

 

True, at least he didn't post a selfie of his shameful parts.

 

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