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  1. jokin
    Wait a minute, here. Previously the attacks from those that support the go-slow approach centered on the temerity of questioning the Twins motivations and intentions for each individual promotion. Now we are all finally on the same side of the page, admitting that, in fact, there are business concerns that come into play concerning the order of promotion?
  2. jokin
    Another straw man emotion put to rest. Well done.
  3. jokin
    If the reasons prove to be wrong, how legitimate are they? As I've stated, it appears that the Twins prefer that they wait until the last possible moment to ensure that their prize pitching prospects make a one-way trip to the Twins. I guess I understand that reasoning, but it doesn't mean it's always the right thing to do. The Twins only called up Santana when there was literally, no other option. Why? Why did they do this?
  4. jokin
    It's official, too:
  5. jokin
    If I may suggest, the answers to all your questions might be soon gathered if you would check in with the promotion schedules of the perennially successful clubs who do it quite differently than the Twins.
  6. jokin
    The way it's going with Buck, it will be a major victory just getting him back on the field and not having lingering effects to the wrist. It still hurts alot thinking of what could have been this year with multiple top ten prospects making their Twins debuts: Buxton, Sano, Meyer, Rosario, Santana, Polanco.
  7. jokin
    Yup. For the moment, I hope Rosario gets out of his mini-slump real soon. In his last 9 games: 4 for 36 .118/.167/.118/.285
  8. jokin
    Nothing that constitutes giving up on him in your own mind, maybe, but for a person who is not entirely in touch with your thought processes and the context within what you've posted in the past might come to a different, entirely possible, conclusion about this: One game, and already your "awful pick", "certainly" looks "not very promising."
  9. jokin
    Good post- you made numerous good points- well worth the read. I would just point out that an example of the Twins "great balancing act" meant holding back the key catalyst for the club, Santana, and secondary catalyst, Escobar, even when it was obvious that "He's my starting shortstop", Pedro Florimon, was most certainly not ready to play coming out of ST. Gibson was a less than 50-50 guy to make the rotation, only Diamond's ST implosion opened the way for Kyle to get a starting spot. The Twins also decided that a guy that hadn't been healthy enough to play in 2 years and never played in the OF, was somehow good enough to become the backup CFer- (and then by keeping the guy, supposedly for team chemistry purposes, the "chemist" up and quit on them and ultimately caused them to lose 2 more depth CFers), along with another guy who publicly let it be known that he HATED TF and was already on a severe downward career path. And the Twins should have known what they had in Hicks based on 2013, coupled with his refusal to do what the team asked of him in the offseason. I don't see how these moves can be regarded as anything but poor evaluations of each potentiality. I've provided examples that other successful clubs use to promote their young prospects, as for the Twins, they might want to examine how this success was achieved.
  10. jokin
    Replaced by whom?
  11. jokin
    Only until July 3. They could send Pino down tonight and call him up for Saturday's game
  12. jokin
    Twinsights: Twins aren’t expecting Trevor May to miss the Futures Game http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/06/29/twinsights-twins-arent-expecting-trevor-may-to-miss-the-futures-game/ It does bring up the point as to why the Twins didn't make the move for May to the DL retroactive to the date of the injury, June 21, instead of June 26..
  13. jokin
    Boy oh boy, Boom Boom, that is a great point- they screwed one up just the day before. It would have been ludicrous for Gardy to have laid all the blame on Polanco, I'm glad Gardy apparently realized that.
  14. jokin
    I watched Burdi three times in the CWS. I, too, have concerns, and have previously posted them. I'm thinking he's going to need to throw an occasional effective change to keep major league hitters honest. His stuff was electric, to be sure. But college hitters were squaring up on his 98 MPH FB in all 3 games that I watched- is that indicative that it's coming up flat to the plate? The slider was his out pitch, and he's going to have to get professional players to bite on it. This is all going to require developmental time, hopefully much less than the typical college pitcher, of course- I'm under the assumption that the Twins scouts are aware of this as a factual statement. They have watched him since high school, have drafted him previously, and are convinced his stuff is a cut above the typical college arm, and is going to translate. The reason your post was micsonstrued was in how you phrased your response. It is your opinion about drafting relief pitchers and their project status, not fact. Burdi was listed as high as a middle first-rounder on many scouting reports- these are opinions from paid national experts. Communication is a two-way street- misconstrual comes with the territory for all of us amateurs.
  15. jokin
    Yup, after the rundown, I thought "rookie mistake" liable to get him in Gardy's doghouse, but Gardy put ended up putting much of the blame on Escobar being late to covering 2nd base.
  16. jokin
    I can't believe this is a point of speculation. Burdi just last week pitched with the exact same stuff and exhibited command and control while on national television, numerous times, in pressure situations. He didn't just completely fall off the rails and become Alex Wimmers in his first professional appearance just one short week later. Can we let this play out and give the kid and the coaching staff an inkling of a chance- until at least the end of August? Again, he threw his out pitch, his slider, only twice in 21 pitches.
  17. jokin
    The list of pitchers not making the majors until age 30 and then sticking around for long is a very short one, indeed. The Pino story is great, but I don't think there is any evidence yet that should convince the Twins that he is a long-term, permanent rotation solution (Andrew Albers anyone?). As you stated, he's great for now as a AAA depth guy, and maybe as a major league reliever, but throwing Darnell, Johnson and Pino in first- instead of May- is lost opportunities for one of your two best long-term starting pitching prospects, which the Twins FO fully acknowledges is where he resides on the prospect list. And being in AAA, his performance and prospect standing means he's at the front of the line....there really is nothing left for May to prove in Rochester at this point.
  18. jokin
    Yes...and no. Next question.
  19. jokin
    Indications are that May has significantly improved his command- May has reduced his pitches per plate appearance by over 1 pitch, May has cut his BB% year-over-year- 10.2% to 9.6%, he's increased his K% from 24% to 25.1%, and he has increased his swinging K rate from 16.4% to 18.9%. And just because there are articles about FIP being less accurate in the minors in the aggregate, doesn't automatically make it a non-indicative indicator of a group of players when compared to one another in similar circumstances. We only have to look at Kyle Gibson to see that the Twins wasted an awful amount of starts last year with guys who are no longer with the team, and in at least one case are completely out of baseball. Why? I find it interesting that this year the Twins aren't offering the "consistency" argument for May that they used with Gibson in 2013, they really haven't given a reason for May. By contrast, for Meyer, they have said: difference in level of competition, working on a new pitch, innings limit and pitch counts. For May, nothing.
  20. jokin
    Who said that again?
  21. jokin
    Heh-heh. Closer to the truth than we all think. Polanco actually played OF in 2011 in GCL Rookie Ball (one game in CF- that qualifies as "Experienced OF" on a Twins resume these days ). He is up here for Santana, who is out until at least July 10, so if he's staying past tonight, he'd have to be able to play some in CF. (That is unless Gardy is serious about his statement yesterday about his other "experienced" CF, Parmelee, possibly getting more time in CF).
  22. jokin
    Except the FIP numbers mostly all confirm the other peripheral stats, and the Rochester pitchers as a group are performing under similar conditions, adding to the general validity of the FIP number when used in context. Regarding Pino, there's nothing wrong with giving Pino these starts......if....one doesn't mind using up those opportunities for development to journeyman over to pitchers who will actually be a part of the long-term plans for when the Twins finally have their newer, younger lineup in place.
  23. jokin
    Yes there were, but that very small number of posters doesn't indicate that it was a general consensus. Shooter Hunt's name was actually invoked, after one freaking game!, another had apparently written him off BEFORE one freaking game, while "another" poster was dubious about Burdi "supposedly being one of the best arms in the organization":D
  24. jokin
    Well, there are a few who have made some fairly big assumptions based on one game And how much concern was out there, really from Burdi starting out in CR? The Twins scouts have been on this guy since he was in high school, I am hereby going on record and will state that I'm more than willing to give the Twins, and Burdi, the benefit of the doubt, for at least one more game.
  25. jokin
    That's 2 sliders out of 21 pitches thrown. In watching him throw for Louisville in the CWS, his out pitch was consistently coming from his slider. It looks like the kid was a victim of his own adrenaline today. And that's all this is, just one day. I can't believe there are posters already writing Burdi off. C'mon fellas, even college pitchers have learning curves when they hit the professional ranks.
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