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  1. RpR
    With the exception possibly of a few teams, till their rookies are called up, there is a BIG difference between the Minor League and the Major League; being a top player there often means little in the Majors. I read an article seven or eight years ago talking of people who were top in the Minors who never got a good shot at the Majors; article said it was to a large degree being on a team owned by a team with no spots to fill. The player may be as good as those called up but there is no full time room for him so they would get called up when some one was hurt but sent back when hurt player was able to play again. They were bounced around while they are still in their prime, but they were always in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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    New left fielder.
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    Bring on the kids

    RpR commented on Franz's blog entry in Greg Fransen

    BRAVO! The Twins season ended for all practical purposed by the end of May last year; starting a bunch of rookies and keeping your fingers crossed they do not stink up the stadium will end Twins season a month earlier this year.
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    Arraez is horrible against left-hand pitchers so stop with the pure hitter spiel, but I am surprised he was horrid at 2nd base his first year but this year was pretty good there, while at 3rd he was below average where he once was simply average. If they keep him, keep him as a back-up to Polanco at second. Putting him at third with some mediocre newbie at SS will have opponents salivating with chances to raise their batting average.
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    A blow-back from whom, how? The head office cares about attendance dollars, not on-line opinions.
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    Bring on the kids

    RpR commented on Franz's blog entry in Greg Fransen

    LOL, his ability put him, Twins do not play in the minor league THAT is where the rookies are supposed to learn or fail. Polanco at SS GOOD GRIEF, he failed miserably there, already. I wish I had the crystal ball so many here are gazing in when it comes to the rookies, maybe I can take it to a casino.
  7. RpR
    Twins catching defense has gone from 2nd best in 2007, to 5th to 19th to 11th to 7th in 2011 to 16th to 8th to 19th to 24th in 2015, to 13th to 11th to 19th to 12th to 19th to 19th again this year. Jeffers is a liability not an asset.
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    Arraez is as much like Oliva as Sano is like Molitor.
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    Last season during the early months, the starting pitcher could be pulled leading , tied, or down a few runs; then the Bull Pen pitchers came in and threw the game away. So some want to throw rookies to the wolves so that when the Bull Pen boys come in , how good they are is meaningless, brilliant.
  10. RpR
    I wouldn't mind Happ and Gant.
  11. RpR
    With the exception of a small blip in 2017 and a large blip in 2019 Twins attendance has been steadily dropping since 2010, watching the Twins become an embarrassment with rookie pitchers, boy , that will pack in the fans.
  12. RpR
    All of them are still a crap shoot like Celestino, Larnach and Rooker. Spring training may shed some light of their future.
  13. RpR
    That is why the bats of Celestino, Larnach and Rooker had so much to do with the Twins win-loss record. Two singles and a double are worth more than a home run with bases empty.
  14. RpR
    Should stay in the Minors till they show they will not be embarrassed in the Majors.
  15. RpR
    I hope dearly you are wrong; last thing fans need is a Major League looking like AAA or worse AA team.
  16. RpR
    Seager retired.
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    Rooker showed how trusting Spring Training performance can bite you in the butt because you show you are NOT ready
  19. RpR
    For the Saints or some Japanese team.
  20. RpR
    Sadly the last year he hit 49 home runs it should have been 50, but one that the umpire called a ground rule double, because it was an arrow straight shot, the opposing fielder later said: "It never touched the ground."?
  21. RpR
    I was at the last Yankee game where Mickey Mantle played for the Yankees at Met Stadium. I got to see Mantle hit a solo home run and the Yankees led 1 to zip in the ninth with two outs and one on. Harmon had two strikes, then hits a massive home run to give the Twins a 2-1 victory; only time in my life I saw my Dad jump up and cheer, as was the whole stadium, best baseball memory ever.
  22. RpR
    Rookies are like Sixth graders moving to junior high, Seniors heading for college, they think they are on top of the world, then reality strike; if they accept that they are not the brightest bulb in the string but have the desire to be one, they will succeed. Most do not but still manage to burn brighter.
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    Rooker should be on the mind of ALL who think the rookies are going to come up and be some magical potion; Arraez numbers at Third are NEGATIVE, at second he has decent numbers. I hope like heck that the Twins dump Jeffers and put Rortvedt in, his fielding ability is incredible.
  25. RpR
    Buxton showed fielding ability from the get-go, Larnach is a fielding turtle with a weak arm.
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