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Turner's first week and a half at Ft Myers has been fairly non-descript He started off by getting hits in each of his first 5 games, but is 1-12 in the 3 games since. It all adds up to: 267 AVG 353 OBP 300 SLG 653 OPS

The thing that I find the most interesting is in depth historical analysis HS Pitchers drafted in the top 5, top 10, top 20, 1st rd, 2nd rd,.... HS Hitters drafted in the top 5, top 10, top 20, 1st rd, 2nd rd,.... College Pitchers drafted in the top 5, top 10, top 20, 1st rd, 2nd rd,.... College Hitters drafted in the top 5, top 10, top 20, 1st rd, 2nd rd,.... How many made the majors, how many got 1+ years, 5+ years, etc How many never made it past A-Ball?

Full Name: Randy Stuart Turner Born: 12/27/1991 - 22 years old for 2014 season Birthplace: Eunice, LA College: Mississippi Drafted: Rd 3, Minnesota Twins, 2013 Height: 6' 2" Weight: 230 Bats/Throws: R 2013: Turner finished out his career at Mississippi by winning the Johnny Bench award, which is given to the best Catcher in College Baseball. After being drafted and signed by the Twins in June of 2013, Turner was assigned to Elizabethton, the Twins rookie league affiliate. Turner is widely regarded as a very strong defensive catcher, who's offensive ceiling is still a bit of a question mark. Turner started his first game of his minor league career on June 21st, Catching for Josh Burris. Turner did play one game at New Britain (AA) at the end of the year, but almost all of his stats were accumulated at Elizabethton. [TABLE=class: rgMasterTable, width: 978] [TR=bgcolor: #E5E5E5] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray]Season[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray]Team[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]G[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]AB[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]PA[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]H[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]1B[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]2B[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]3B[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]HR[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]R[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]RBI[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]BB[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]IBB[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]SO[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]HBP[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]SF[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]SH[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]GDP[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]SB[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader, bgcolor: gray, align: right]CS[/TH] [TH=class: rgHeader rgHeaderOver, bgcolor: gray, align: right]AVG[/TH] [/TR] [TR=class: rgRow grid_minors_show] [TD=class: grid_line_regular]2013[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular]Twins ®[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]34[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]121[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]142[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]32[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]24[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]5[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]0[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]3[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]15[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]19[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]12[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]0[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]22[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]4[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]4[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]1[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]1[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]0[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right]1[/TD] [TD=class: grid_line_regular, align: right].264[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 2014: Turner's defensive prowess earned him an invite to Big League Camp, for Spring training in 2014. His college experience and his defensive acumen has enabled Turner to skip low-A, and start 2014 at High-A, Fort Myers, where he is the primary starting catcher.

I'll be there. Starting a tradition with my 6yo daughter.

Anyone who covers outdoor sports for a living should be required to take a 3 day class on basic meteorology. How to read a forecast How to read radar (static and non-static) Based on those things, what should you expect.

It was heavy, but not SUPER heavy. In Minneapolis we got 8-9"

Checking out Pitchf/x data on Brooks Baseball confirms that this ump didn't have his best game today. A couple bad ball calls went against Hughes and one laughably bad call against Quintana (Edited to add: Perhaps that Quintana call was a missed bunt - basically the same color)

Anthony LaPanta: "Chris Colabello, first Twin to drive in 6 since last September" WOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!! Great Nugget, Panther!

So... do we start the "Twins First HR" pool? Who? Date? I'll go with Pinto 4/6/14

Yes... but he bats right

The thing is... there's nothing wrong with his career averages. He's an awesome super-utility guy (both real life and fantasy) and a perfectly serviceable starter.

If Deduno isn't coming in here, then what exactly was the point of him warming up in the 9th?

Here comes the heart of the order!!!!

Atta boy, Kubes!!! I'm not sure about that Pinch Runner. It's only the 7th, and there's zero outs.

In this case.... Fangraphs

As many hits so far this year as his first 63 plate appearances last year.

Whooops.... I meant "Gift Score"

I'm calling a GS..... Groundout to Short

I was excited to see Pinto make the opening day roster, but if this is going to be the norm, just send him down and bring up Hermann.

Looks like Gardy took my Suzuki/Florimon double-switch analysis to heart!!!

Expounding on that just a little.... Once Hicks proves his worthiness and gets moved up to 1st or 2nd in the order, this might take care of itself. That would probably slot Suzuki 7th in the order, which, in the above scenario, is right where he should be. Who's currently our emergency catcher? (I assume Mauer isn't allowed to even own a catchers mask at this point) Escobar? Bartlett?

Perhaps this was mentioned in the last dozen or so posts that I skipped past, but what about a double switch? Pinto in for Florimon and Escobar in for Suzuki. Of course, I would immediately counter with, "but Suzuki is up two batters later, what's the point?" Perhaps, then, that points more to a failure of lineup construction. IF you plan on Catching Suzuki regularly (especially against lefties) and IF you plan on playing Florimon regularly and IF Pinto will regularly be your best RH bat off the bench (always going to be him or Cola', right?) Then you need to construct your lineup differently. Suzuki needs to bat soon before Florimon in the order, not soon after. That way, if Suzuki gets on base and Florimon comes up, you can PR Escobar or Bartlett for Suzuki and PH Pinto for Florimon. If, lets say Florimon comes up first in the inning, you can do that same thing (without the Pinch Runner) and you've at least "burried" your inferior batting Suzuki replacement much further away in the batting order that inning.

Stuart Turner

Hicks and Colabello Pitching... Deduno

Is says that you don't let bogus societal mores tell you when you should and should not enjoy a alcoholic beverage.