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Managing his innings?
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Game Thread, Twins vs. Red Sox, 5/27 @ 12:10 pm CT
jokin replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Archived Game Threads
Yeah, that's the consensus where I hang out... -
Who's Ware? http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/194/194-546Fr.jpg
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Uhh, because they actually, and publicly, said what the plan was for Meyer?
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Game Thread, Twins vs. Red Sox, 5/27 @ 12:10 pm CT
jokin replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Archived Game Threads
Fien passed his final "test" today, going back-to-back games, and striking out two in 1 IP. I gotta think he's an automatic call-up. -
Game Thread, Twins vs. Red Sox, 5/27 @ 12:10 pm CT
jokin replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Archived Game Threads
After watching them today, something different is going on. This is a game that they have always found a way to lose over the past four years. They dominated the Red Sox, dominated the heart of the order, and the defense has a pre-2011 feel-> suddenly we "know" that plays will be made out there. It's like luck is meeting destiny- to this point, anyway, something pretty special is happening... what say you Chief? -
Game Thread, Twins vs. Red Sox, 5/27 @ 12:10 pm CT
jokin replied to Shane Wahl's topic in Archived Game Threads
Moves to be made in the postgame and/or tomorrow? Who, if any are part of it? Fien, Arcia, Vargas, Achter, Santana, Pressly, Duesnsing, Stauffer? -
There's no way to know, or prove a point, on Meyer and how he would have done in 2014. But the important point was, and is, they didn't even consider it, despite Gardy's public support for such a move.
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Huh? With the exception of Hicks, and possibly Arcia, what other examples could you possibly have?
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Liam Hendriks (Another ex-Twins pitcher suceeding)
jokin replied to Willihammer's topic in Other Baseball
Yep, he had his chances with the Twins. He needed a change in scenery. Now if they can just get on with the rest of this chaff-clearing business. -
Since when did i present conjecture as fact? I couched every comment with proviso. And I'm not looking for congratulations, just pointing out that I have not been alone on the TD forum and elsewhere that Terry Ryan's approach has gotten a lot of things wrong- of course, that's to be expected for such a tough job, but errors of omission can be more readily remedied by just being a bit more open-minded and less tight-fisted financially concerning promtions.
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Wrong on Vargas, he turned 24 last August 1. Polanco and Santana were emergency situations due to injury or in-house bungling. Hicks's milb track record suggested he was mis-handled, in 2013 they were the living illustration on how NOT to test a prospect. Pinto, really? I've been supportive all along for how they've handled Rosario. And I notice you have no pitchers in your list.... in the Berrios thread...
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Oh come on. Both Ryan and Antony haven't been vague at all.. they've both made pretty pointed comments recently, flatly stating that the top prospects aren't ready, and in turn, how much they have loved what Rosario has been doing. Polanco got a call-up when the Twins ran out of other options on the 40-man roster. I was one of many that strongly suggested starting out Santana as the starting SS out of ST in 2014- the Twins were forced to call him up after bungling the offseason and completely mis-assessing both their SS and OF situations. I was among many, including some in the media who also suggested that the Twins call up Vargas in May 2014 when the Twins were temporarily short a bat and he was mashing in AA. Regarding Hicks, he's still not getting much, if any praise from either Ryan or Antony.
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The exact same types of things were said last year, and it never happened for one, and for the other way past the Arb 2 date. And in point of fact, many other teams do promote their best talents early, if only to get a look to determine or confirm readiness levels.
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Except Rosario. And previously Bernier.
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Therein lies the problem... and the point... "Readiness" is such a subjective term, the Twins are replete with examples of slowing that process down. Don't take my word for it, it's virtually a given understanding of how the franchise operates according to practically any professional sports writer who has examined the data.
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Precisely my point in response to Brock. These guys are the best the franchise has to offer, and with the best chance to help this season. So that only leaves other considerations, possibly involving the financial aspects of such a move?
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While I acknowledged some conjecture on my part based on public utterances and the proverbial tea leaves involved, and in addition, we do have past history to guide us.... ie, Rosario got pushed to AAA, and then promoted, despite not doing particularly well at either AA or AAA.... indications in the off-season and ST suggested that he was in line to be fast-tracked... whereas, in recent years, others have dominated and had their promotions put off for extended periods of time, or never... with the latest creative excuses applied accordingly. Neither Ryan or Antony have given any similar indication as Rosario's, that any of the Twins best prospects are in the plans to be contributors this season. So now I'm confused, many tell us that Terry Ryan is a straight shooter, while you just illustrated what many others tell us- Terry is always playing a clever, tight-fisted poker hand and doing his best to keep the media in the dark. Which is it?
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Hu as a possibility on the World team?
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Twins Keep It Simple, Defeat Red Sox 2-1
jokin replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Yep, the turnaround on this starting staff is mostly stunning. In the postgame the announcers noted that the Twins SP ERA over the last 13 games is 2.76- nothing close to that kind of streak under Andy- It seemed like, for most of the guys, the longer they pitched for him, the worse they got. All in all, pretty incredible, particularly after what's gone down the last 4 seasons. -
Can't you guys use any better descriptiveness except glibness and didactic understatement? Here are just three of his ridiculous stats after tonight: LD% is < 8% K/9 12.38 WHIP 0.79 Yeah, we're witnessing a nice breakout performance here.... when a guy makes a mockery of the competition level, he's more than ready for moving forward to his next challenge.
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I don't need to guess, but I sure HOPE this is subject to change... but unfortunately, I've been following the braintrust's public utterances and their promotions of late- they haven't indicated that the most likely potential game-changers are being expected to be of any significant help this year.
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Uhh, in any given year, few, if any teams have any "ultra-elite pitching prospects", but were the Twins top prospects ready in 2014? Why, yes, yes they were. I even have Gardy on my side on this one to vouch for one of them in ST 2014. And Gibson was more than ready for months before he was finally promoted, the year previous, only to be passed over for at least 4 guys who are essentially out of baseball, or at least out of the running for ever getting a major league spot.
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Berrios is actually 21. Adam Walker has not played multiple levels. Max Kepler has not played multiple levels (always ticketed to AA this year, had 6 "rehab"-type games in A+) Nick Gordon has not played multiple levels. Kohl Stewart played two levels of Rookie League in 2013, not sure if this counts for "multiple levels". Terry Ryan on Monday told reporters that Buxton, Sano and Berrios are not ready for the Twins, and made it sound like he meant that not only were none of the three ready for a June call-up, but that none were probably ready for a September call-up- which translates to possibly- "See ya next summer, laddies". I'm pretty sure that there are a host of other teams that would take a different approach with three Top 25 guys who look like they can break out with a continued stretch of utter dominance at any moment.
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I hope you turn out to be right about Duffey, and Dougie was of course, factually correct about his performance at Chatty. But he's a college reliever with a FB in the low 90s, who up until this year hasn't really been much of a strikeout pitcher. Here's a pre-season evaluation from Gleeman: I've only seen video of Duffey, and some of it looks impressive. And it looks like going on 4 years now worth of arm strengthening starts against lesser competition has brought up his major league potential to innings-eating 4th/5th SP. But his disturbing lack of Ks against LHB continues this year- K/9 5.96 vs lefties, while sporting a K/9 10.96 vs righties- that won't cut it at the major league level. Berrios is 3.5 years younger and is simply cut from a different cloth, a Top 25 prospect, with a much higher ceiling and a chance at franchise-changing impact.
