Riverbrian

It's the right move... AAA is the best place for Ben right now. I know there are some on this board that don't value Ben Revere as highly as I do. I don't want to start that debate again. We just have different ways of looking at the game of baseball. I may be right... I may be wrong and vice versa. (Side note... Vice Versa would be... I may be wrong... I may be right?). What I want to say right now is that I feel bad for the kid. Hopefully, others will feel the same way about it and if you don't... Pause... put yourself in his shoes and at least respect it for the time being. As the team reported to Ft. Myers to get spring training underway. I was personally excited about the thought of Revere/Span/Willingham in the outfield. I liked it... I saw it's potential... I think that Terry Ryan thought that would be our opening day OF and I think that Gardy thought that would be our opening day OF and I'm pretty sure that Ben Revere must have been able to assume or sense it or know it. Nothing he did in the Grapefruit league caused his loss of the starting job. It happened because Morneau became the DH and Gardy is afraid of running out of Catchers. Couple that with Parmelee playing well, Burroughs doing alright and Velencia not doing that great and a series of adjustments were made as Spring Training drew to a close and Ryan Doumit ended up as the primary RF option. Ben Revere had to be disapointed as this played out but he still had a major league job. It just got worse for Ben but being a 4th outfielder at his age and potential is a mistake. The kid is young and I believe he has the potential to be a Michael Bourn. He needs to play. AAA is the best place for him. I just feel bad for the kid. Just a month ago he had to be thinking that he was breaking camp the starter. Telling his folks about it, his friends, what an exciting time in his life it must have been. The anticipation of opening day must've been consuming him and then it all just kinda rolled over on top of him and he did nothing to earn that. This Kid has done nothing but Compete with every inch of himself. I appreciate that and I value that. Ben can continue to work on things in Rochester and injuries will happen and Ben will be up soon enough. I hope he can take a moment and shake the blow off and realize that he will be back and maybe the next time it will be for good. Signing Clete Thomas was the right move for this moment in time. Welcome to the Twins Clete. You just took out a dynamic player who competed hard. There are a lot of us, who are hoping you do likewise when Gardy pencils you in. Run into some walls and get dirty cuz Ben would have. And... Stick it to your old team as well.

Games are won and lost this way. Everybody fails from time to time but the bottom line is... Games are won and lost this way. Driving home Span with a Ground ball to 2b changes the game. 1 run can and does make the difference especially with the slim margin of error of this 25 man roster. Mauer is not Mauer yet... Hopefully he gets there soon. These are mistakes that rookies make. Not making these types of mistakes is why Managers and GM's prefer Veterens. Mauer is a well paid Veteran. This is the type of stuff that Gardy will rake someone like Casilla over the coals for. If it happens once... OK... but Mauer is making it an early season habit and it is making the job of the entire team harder especially when you consider that the total of the team is hitting poorly. These chances to score are more important in consideration. Mauer is paid 23 million to come through more often then he doesn't in these types of situations. A ground ball would have gotten the job done. I'm ranting... It's early yet and I know there is no gaurentee the Twins win any of the ballgames if Mauer comes through each time. It's just that games are won and lost this way. I just hate holes being dug with these types of shovels especially when you know that Mauer is the best ladder we have to get out of the hole. Get Hot Mauer and get hot soon so I can quit typing with this attitude. Go Twins!!!

Yeah, that's right... You score more then the other team you win. This Twins team can hit. We will simply pummel them with our bats. Look at the lineup sent out there today. No one in the American league can compete with that. Hang some cookies... Boot some balls. It won't matter because we will bash our way past all of that straight to the top. This offensive lineup can't fail, none of that other so called baseball stuff matters. The addition of Clete Thomas is the final piece. This dude can hit!!!

As I read your post... I imagined TR's voice. You know the kinda scratchy grandpa voice that he has. It fit like a glove. I could hear TR saying exactly that. That was a TR statement to the bone.

Blown Chances to Score. (shakes head and lowers it).

I know... Every team wants a piece of Iowa. The blackout rules are upsurd. The way Iowa is carved up... I wouldnt be surprised if the Padres and Marlins we're blacked out.

Span is our Mauer... lol.

Parmelee not advancing the runner. C'mon now. Left handed and he grounds to 3B. C mon.

Blackie threw a pitch. Trainer came out immediately and they walked off together.

Hopefully that will come and he will get real hot for a nice long stretch. He can do that. But for now... All he had to do was produce a grounder. Anything but a strikeout or pop up.

The voodoo dolls are still getting impaled. Blackburn? My god do we need some arm depth.

It just isn't clicking yet. Mauer has got to cash those chances in. He's in the 3 hole. That's what a 3 hitter does. That's what a guy who makes 23 million does. When the offense is scrapping like ours. Every chance like that is gold. One 3 run shot against the Angels does not mean he's the Mauer we are paying.

Well... On to the next inning

For sure... Players will ebb and flow throughout the season. Except for Willingham... Everybody is ebbing this year. Ben is too young and has to much talent to wait for his turn to play. Rochester makes sense.

C'mon Mauer... Cash those in... You are cashing in.

Rochester could use OF help right now. Doumit will catch the ball hit around him. It's the ball that are a little further away that worry me. His hitting will be passable. Might even get a key big one from time to time. Clete Thomas will go get it for that defensive guy role. Others will argue with me but I like Bens bat. I certainly like it better then Clete. Ben makes good contact and he can leg things out like very few can. Those that argue with me are the ones who like extra base hits. BTW... Ben can get some XBH but he just hasn't yet. Except for homers that is. All in all I'm a put the ball in play guy. I don't like the high strikeout guys.

Yeah... I'm a Ben Revere fan but if he is going to be the 4th. Might as well. Im a little sad about it. Please say nice things about Ben for a little while. Thanks.

I'm ok with just dont see the need. We need the defense in OF but unless Thomas unseats Doumit it won't matter because we have Revere. Ben will probably be sent to AAA now.

Open 40 man roster spot and Terry Ryan must have a gut feeling about him.

His swing just isn't built that way. He has HR power he doesn't have the HR swing

Lol... Hopefully it isn't the only chance.

Josh kinda got a hold of that one.

Tied after 2... Just like a new ball game now.

Very good defense. Strong arm with some wheels. Hitting... He has some pop... Can take a base but the contact has been a struggle. Im not sure that I see the need here but Ryan must like him.

Good top of one