Notebook: Berríos in Ace-Like Form, Twins Release MiLB Instructors

Shouldn't it say Berrios in Maeda - like form?

Jorge Alcala looks like he's trying to throw a football. Seems to work for him.

Berrios looked great, but, as always with Jose, what kind of stuff he shows up with can vary widely from game to game, including fastball command and sharpness of his curve.

So, we'll see. 

Great pitchers come with their good stuff 80% of the time, and the other 20%, they scuffle, scrap and pull it together through watching how hitters react and making do with what's working that night.

We gotta hope Jose learns to pitch like great ones do.

And they missed the most important thing: Astudillo walked!!

No - Maeda was great - for one year, that was 1/3 of a year.  Like Maeda but lets see a full year.

I'm waiting for Berrios to live up to his potential.

Jorge Alcala looks like he's trying to throw a football. Seems to work for him.

Good.  Send him to US Bank Stadium.

I am not worried about our pitching staff, they are in good hands. I am worried about our bats though. If we are truly playing with a different baseball this year, Rocco and staff need to know how to play small ball at times and not wait for a HR

If those minor league instructors were indeed valuable employees, the Twins should have found a better form of discipline than outright release. The instructors reportedly violated Covid protocols during what looks like the final weeks of this pandemic (as the vaccine supply increases). I hate to see the organization make decisions that will effect the team for several years based on rules

for a pandemic that likely not to be a significant health issue affecting the team sometime between April 15 to July 1, 2021.

Has any starter given up an earned run this spring? Don't know if it will be a five or six man rotation, but the starters will be good, very good.

Count me among those surprised with the release of three key minor league coordinators.

I don't trust the MLB.com ranking of prospects, they still have Wander in the top 10.  That shows an absolute lack of knowledge of the Twins system.

I want to drink with the guy in the stands yelling at Alcala

The Twins like most employers have protocols for Covid. They constitute a condition for employment whether anyone likes them or not. If you want to work for the Twins you follow their rules.

I find it interesting that they are not being replaced.

Money saving move....spot on Linus

We can assume, then that any player caught violating the protocols will be immediately released as well?

Or is this only the policy for employees with modest salaries/contracts for which the club would potentially be liable?

The latter, I’m guessing.