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  1. jmlease1
    well, of course. why wouldn't a top Twins prospect have a lingering injury problem. hells bells we seem to be jinxed on this stuff. Maybe if the Pohlads finally sell the team it'll improve our karma.
  2. jmlease1
    Good to get the injury report on the MLB guys. would love to get a similar update from the team on the various minor leaguers who have headed to the injury list as well. Doesn't look like there have been any setbacks for Lewis, Castro, or Wallner which is good. Hopefully things stay on track. Really think we need the thump that Lewis and Wallner provide and Castro's flexibility is so useful. Looking forward to getting the team healthy again.
  3. jmlease1
    Excellent game for the Twins. Just excellent. I really liked seeing the offense keep piling on runs throughout the game and giving Ober more and more cushion. When your opponent is drowning, don't throw them a life preserver, throw them a bloody anchor. And that includes adding runs against the position player they tossed out there to save the bullpen. I don't care if he's throwing BP velocity, the runs still count. Give them all the misery you can. This ain't Little League! Ober was excellent. Scattered the hits, few of which were hit hard. Nice and efficient with easy grounders and pop-ups, he had CLE off balance all night. Too bad he couldn't finish the 8th, but a great performance to start the series. He's definitely in a groove right now. Good night for Buxton, Correa, and Jeffers three veteran hitters that the Twins need to perform, especially with Wallner and Lewis still out. They got it done.
  4. jmlease1
    I think that's good. nice from the Twins not to cut bait on a guy to save a little cash, and good that Canterino thinks well enough of the organization to stick here even though it hasn't gone well. I'm guessing they talked to him about it well in advance of outrighting him off the roster.
  5. jmlease1
    Injury updates would be great. But liking Kaelen Culpepper's performance after a short stint of the IL. Good to see Rosario having a good game, but he's been scrabbling out the gate this year. It's looking like his trouble making consistent contact is catching up to him.
  6. jmlease1
    I'd offer him the minor league deal. The talent is there and the price wouldn't be that high. But you have to treat him like a lottery ticket at this point. A real shame. He's certainly the poster child for treating your starting pitching prospects with kid gloves, limiting their innings, watching their pitch counts carefully, being careful about pushing someone after a high stress inning, etc. Had high hopes for him, but his bum wing let him down. I do think how they handled him at Rice had something to do with this, and they should be ashamed of themselves.
  7. jmlease1
    Appreciate the notation in the top 20 prospect lists where the guys were playing in Cedar Rapids. With several guys on the list all being infielders there it's nice to have a quick reference of which positions they were playing. (and happy to see Culpepper back after a short trip to the IL) Cespedes is having a nice start to the season in his first taste of AA. That's nice to see. Olivar's power isn't really showing out that much yet, but he's hitting well and I think we'll start seeing more and more of those. Happy for Preilipp that's he's healthy. Part of me thinks his destiny is still going to be in the bullpen, but I'd love to be wrong for him to be able to stick as a starter, because the stuff is for real. If he stays on the field, we will see him in AAA for sure this season.
  8. jmlease1
    Good grief, Rocco simply has no chance does he? He pulls the starter to snuff out a potential rally against one of the best players to ever play baseball (and who happens to be leading the league in homers), the bullpen gets the job done, and people are immediately jumping on him for burning out the bullpen. Pretty sure he would have gotten killed if he'd left SWR in there and the kid had given up a 2-run dinger too. Ain't no winning when some people just want the manager gone, I guess. I suspect they'd find a reason to hate the next guy too... Correa had a good game, hopefully this means that he's getting his swing back on track. No complaints if he got well against the Angels. 13 hits and 5 BBs...you'd hope the Twins could scratch out more than 5 runs, but it's a reminder that it's a lot tougher to small ball your way to lots of runs; they only had 2 xbhs (both doubles). I suspect that if the hits keep coming that the power will be there. Thought the team had a pretty good approach at the plate. Not a clean inning from Jax, but an effective one. Hopefully he's back on track. No complaints about him getting 3 K's. Still wish he had a guy in the bullpen who was trusted to go more than 1 inning; still feel like Varland could be that guy and it might ease things up a bit if he could go 2 innings from time to time, but if they're comfortable with him and other pitching so frequently, we might be ok. Liked seeing Duran be efficient and close it out like that.
  9. jmlease1
    The Keaschall injury absolutely sucks. He was off to a hot start and looked like a guy who was bound and determined not to go back to AAA. Liked that from him. The basestealing threat was a nice added dimension. Only good thing about this is at least there's no displacement (probably no surgery needed?) and it's an injury that shouldn't have any long-term effects on his career. But it really sucks. Pleased with the Twins offense last night. Take those walks and get guys across. Julien can keep leaning off when he has nights like this: 4 walks and 3 runs scored? I like it. Buxton and Larnach heating up as well. Pablo wasn't sharp, but battled through. Varland pitched a bit like he had a 15 run lead. Topa did well in finishing it off.
  10. jmlease1
    anecdotally, this feels right. but I don't watch enough other teams or track even during our games ho often the other team's 3b coach makes a gaffe. The many "what in the hell, watkins!" moments stick out, but i really have no idea how many terrible decisions there are in total, especially in context of the good decisions. feels bad. is bad? not sure. might just notice it more because it's my team.
  11. jmlease1
    Olivar doesn't look like he can stick at catcher. but it's good to see him hitting in AA this year. If he makes it, it's going to be with his bat. Who knows with McCusker. He's super popular with the instant gratification crowd, but he's a poor OF who should probably be a DH, and the jump from AAA to MLB is a really big one. Yes, he's doing great in AAA, but the calls to bring him up seem more like "eff it, let's see what someone else can do" than any real plan for him or an expectation that he can actually hit at this level. If he comes up and hits .220 with a pile of Ks, people will be screaming for him to be cut (and then get mad if someone else picks him up for not giving him enough time to figure it out). twins fans are mad because the MLB squad is playing like crap, our ownership sucks, and the weather is still cold. can't blame them, but lurching around chasing the new shiny object every day won't help much.
  12. jmlease1
    Hope to see Royce back soon. Happy to have him DH some and play 3B. I wouldn't expect him to be on a long rehab assignment: 7-10 days so he can get in some game time, get some ABs in against live opposition pitching to get his timing in place. the homestand vs Baltimore/SF seems like a decent target? A healthy Royce could put a jolt into this lineup.
  13. jmlease1
    Not enough hitting with runners on base from the Twins last night, should have been a laugher instead of tense. Wish Festa had been able to at least get through 5. Like Keaschall's aggression on the bases. He's not the fastest guy, but he's fast enough, gets good reads, and isn't afraid to get a good lead. (and he's quick enough to get back) Fun seeing him swipe bags, even if it hasn't always been impactful. Rough game for Correa. He is a mess at the plate right now, and I suspect he'd be looking at an IL stint if we had more guys available on the left side of the INF. Hope Willi gets back soon. Let's hope they keep it up on getaway day and can build some momentum. They dug themselves a big hole to start the season, this is a great stretch to get out of it.
  14. jmlease1
    Come on DeBarge! you skipped the easy part of the cycle?!? LOL but seriously: he's doing well to start the season, seems to be getting pretty comfortable in High A. lot of good in those stats
  15. jmlease1
    I think the Twins can pass him through waivers pretty easily right now and they probably should next time they need a 40-man slot for a position player. I wouldn't cut him outright or anything; there still might be something there, especially after the injuries he's had, but he was always a bit of a lottery ticket and those don't usually come home. Let him get healthy, get a re-set, play in AAA and see where he's at for next season. I don't think he's really blocking anyone in AA or anything. But he can slide of the 40-man.
  16. jmlease1
    Didn't Lee have a hit and 2 walks last night?
  17. jmlease1
    CWS is the team to get well against. Ober was a bit frustrating last night, just kept giving up hits early in the inning. He wriggled out of it because CWS, but he can't be too happy with his game. Was definitely not spotting his changeup well, which has been an issue this season. Keaschall looks like a guy who doesn't want to go back to the minors. Good for him. His speed definitely adds something, and he's getting on base. Nice seeing the big bomb from Larnach, And what else is there to say about Buxton? He's health and fielding like Buxton. Love it.
  18. jmlease1
    I don't get too spun up about the Mahle deal: it didn't work out, but we needed starting pitching badly at the time and if arm had held up it might have been not just a good trade but a great one. It was a reasonable risk. And hell, the prospect that i was the most high on (CES) is already looking like a 1B/DH at 25, isn't hitting anywhere near where he needs to be there, and has struggled to stay healthy. Twins traded from an area of strength to shore up an area of weakness and it didn't work out. they didn't move anyone who was a sure-fire MLB player or wipe the system of talent. If Mahle's arm had held up for either of the 2 seasons he'd pitched for the twins this might have worked out. As it is, it's a loss...that's turning out to be less awful that we thought because CES and Hajjar haven't done anything and Steer has been in free-fall since his rookie season in MLB. (maybe Steer pulls out of it, or maybe he's one of those guys who peaked early and never gets it back together)
  19. jmlease1
    Billy Amick...I'll admit I did not see this coming when he got his start last season in Ft. Myers. Anyone know how his defense looks at 3B? because dude just keeps on hitting. Only thing he hasn't done yet is hit homers, but I suspect he's got a few in him. How long do you keep him in A-ball if he keeps an OPS over 1.000?
  20. jmlease1
    harder to figure out in the minors, because you're not going to have the same kinds of negative results, I think? there are things you can get away with even in AAA that MLB will eat you up on, and until you actually have the negative results on the fastball you won't truly know if it's too hittable or not and what kind of adjustments you need to make whether it's location, arm slot, etc. I'm guessing the Twins had some concerns?
  21. jmlease1
    I mean, if the Pohlads actually manage to sell the team (which may not happen because they've saddled it up with a nice chunk of debt they want the owner to take on in addition to getting their sale price) the current situation is making it very easy for a new owner to clean house and start over with the front office and coaching staff, which probably leads to changes on the roster as well. I've always thought Baldelli was...fine. Maybe not great, but not awful. When his players are doing well, he looks smart, when they're injured/stink he looks like a idiot. With the vast majority of baseball managers, I feel that's the way. I'm often mildly defending Rocco around here because I usually feel like people overrate the ability of a manager to impact the game and player performance directly, and a lot of the stuff is just cheap insults because they don't like the way baseball is played today. I don't know that firing Baldelli changes much. The roster is what it is. but sometimes managers start getting tuned out, sometimes a change in style helps guys find their form again. not really sure that's the issue here: injuries are a big issue on this team (again), not much of a talent infusion came in this season (again) in free agency to shore up weaknesses, and some young players have failed to effectively make the transition to MLB. I guess you can blame some of the last one on Rocco and the MLB coaching staff? but whatever will people around here do if they can't call the manager "rockhead" any longer and blame him for all of life's ills? I'm not really going to advocate for Rocco to stay or go. I'm sure he'll be just fine if he gets fired. It won't be a disaster if he stays another month or through the end of the season, really. responsibility for the disaster ranks as follows for me: 1. players, 2. ownership, 3. front office, 4. manager/coaches, 5. minor league development staff
  22. jmlease1
    Sure seems like it. There are definitely some players who are really AAAA guys: too good for AAA, not good enough to make it in MLB. That last step is a doozy. But Gasper's lack of a defensive position and limited (even if willing) flexibility really hurts him and gives him limited time to show he can keep from sinking in MLB. Bride is a better stop-gap for the Twins right now, who are in an odd position where they don't really have a strong 3B/1B prospect, Eeles, is out with a knee, Keaschall's elbow is still healing (limiting his utility in the field), Martin got injured right as he was having fast start, and someone like McCusker isn't on the 40-man and no one know if he's a guy that actually has a future or not. i was rooting for Gasper and didn't have a problem with the Twins taking a chance on him: if you're crushing AAA pitching, there might be something there! Looks like a miss, though.
  23. jmlease1
    My concern levels have gone up for sure. back to back implosions, only 1 "clean" inning all season...he needs a re-set.
  24. jmlease1
    This is always the challenge with relievers: the samples are small enough that it's hard to be sure from the data whether there's something actually wrong, or it's mostly just bad luck (on jax's part) or good luck (on the hitter's part). Right now it doesn't look like there's anything mechanically wrong with him, so I'm going to keep my panic levels a little lower. If Brock Stewart were already up to give the team another high-leverage arm they were confident in, it would be easier on everyone, though.
  25. jmlease1
    There were people around here who were basically "just cut Julian", so it's not surprising they want to replacement in the lineup with the next shiny thing. It's silly, but there's definitely a contingent around here that have no interest in Julian being a Twin. I hope that with Keaschall coming up that he's playing. Having him watch from the bench doesn't help his development much. Let's see what he can do, whether it's at DH or somewhere else. Not sure where his arm is at, because otherwise I wouldn't mind seeing him in the OF with Wallner down.
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