Twins axe Slama, Sign Eppley

I don't understand even bothering with Eppley. The Twins have a whole bunch of pitchers in EST and in the draft. Certainly some NB pitcher is worthy of promotion (Logan Darnell).

Molllifying the Red Wing ownership with filler former Yankees takes precedence over actually building your own organization.

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Building the organization? Slama?

Please identify where I once mentioned Slama.

How about building with actual prospects, not guys like Eppley or Slama- who was in his 5th year at Rochester and obviously never fit into the Twins plans for the major league roster (or apparently any other clubs' ML roster, either).

Come on man, do you really think Rochester is mad at us for dumping Slama? Former fan favorite or not, he has been awful this year. Rochester wants wins, just like we do. No one needs mollifying over this.

 

And for the record, I do not get or approve of the Eppley signing, and we should care about our affiliates concerns.

Again, I have never mentioned Slama. I want the Twins to build their organization by putting prospects in place to succeed, up and down the entire system. Guys like Slama and Eppley hang around far too long and end up taking valuable innings and opportunities away from pitching prospects who actually might have a chance to make it to the big club. And yes, the Twins have seen fit to mollify Red Wings ownership by constantly filling the AAA level team with 4-A detritus.

I don't disagree with you (Surprise) but I don't think there were any bullpen arms in New Britain ready to be called up. Twins Fan From Afar could clarify that point. Logan Darnell starts. He should be kept in that role until proven incapable of potentially doing that at the MLB level. Next year as the Cory Williams, Cole Johnsons et al continue to develop you will have a very strong argument.

It's pleasant to have some terms of agreement, but let me disagree with you a little bit anyways.

Logan Darnell is an excellent case in point. I think it's safe to say that the noble Virgil Vasquez experiment has run its course- time to move him to the pen or back on the comeback trail with another organization. Or just move Pedro Hernandez to the pen, he has virtually 0% chances of being a major league starter, anyways. Darnell has repeated his AA experience twice now and has passed the third exam with flying colors.

AJ Achter and Edgar Ibarra could also be considered for promotion. They have both been a little wild compared to their career rates this year, but as demonstrated by their low OBAs, wildly effective. I don't think anyone would miss Cody Eppley or Shairon Martis to give these guys a shot like they've given the "4 Ts", Thielbar, Turpen, Tonkin and Thompson.

Doing something like this then opens up the gates at Ft Myers for guys like Jones, Johnson and Williams to replace them. Let's get this timetable accelerated already, no more fillers and reclamation projects need apply.

You are still putting AAAA or less players in the pen. I think the Twins recognize this problem because they are drafting a lot more pitchers to sort through so they don't end up with this hole like they are having now. But you could probably do a blog about how the Twins will spend money on replacement level players to make the AA and AAA teams competitive for the franchises and won't spend the money slightly below average players to make the parent club competitive.

Huh? I clearly said time to cut bait with the AAAA lifers. Goodbye to the Eppleys and Martis' and Velasquez's of the world (OK, I left a small out for Velasquez, but really, he's just another scrap heap pray-and-hope). Hello to legit prospects. And remember, there is likely at some point to be the 13th pitcher sent down from the Twins to consider, as well.

Maybe in this interim period of hole-filling you take a chance on one reclamation project at each Roc. and NB and you start the season stocked at AAA with potential SP depth (it seems like the Twins have a whole nother "staff" on the Red Wing DL), but as the season progresses, replace the waste and move up the guys that still offer upside-

cases in point-

Darnell, Achter and Ibarra have put in their time at AA, it's time to see if they can be part of the long-term solution. Signing Eppley is the exact opposite approach, there's a fighting chance he still would have been a FA next offseason- if the Twins scouting department was that enamored with him.

I don't disagree with you (Surprise) but I don't think there were any bullpen arms in New Britain ready to be called up. Twins Fan From Afar could clarify that point. Logan Darnell starts. He should be kept in that role until proven incapable of potentially doing that at the MLB level. Next year as the Cory Williams, Cole Johnsons et al continue to develop you will have a very strong argument.

Shocking developments tonight for the Red Wings.

My personal "thanks' to Hernandez and Martis for helping illustrate the point I made this morning in this thread about their uselessness... as they are once again shelled....meanwhile the youngsters, Thompson and Tonkin, are effective in closing out the victory for Rochester