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  1. RpR
    For two games, NO!
  2. RpR
    "I don't think there's an exact science," Hinch said about moving Torkelson and Greene to Toledo. "You can't predict how things are going to be. You call them up, and they get off to a really hot start, then you kept them down there too long. You call them up and they get off to a dry spell and they're not very good early, then you rushed them. There's no perfect way to predict exactly how they're going to respond or what the right time is." This article: Detroit Tigers promote Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Ryan Kreidler to Triple-A Toledo (yahoo.com) with A.J.HInch of the Detroit Tigers is about moving rookies from AA to AAA much less the Big Show. This article shows moving these players around is not a simple -- Why aren't they moving so and so because I think they should -- so much rhetoric is about here but says why and how difficult it actually is to do so and not screw things up worse for the player or team. --- A good read.
  3. RpR
    That is what the minor league is for; not dumping on paying spectators in major league games.
  4. RpR
    You really want the Twins to lose .
  5. RpR
    Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep....
  6. RpR
    If SS is that worthless then Polanco should still be a short, or Arraez should be there, as "Figures won't lie: but men that draw up the tables may."
  7. RpR
    That is what AAA is for; they get to the big show when they have already shown, they may be ready, not for more training. All have to adapt, but I doubt many are sent up as maybe-kinda-sorta ready; injuries in the big league may force that but that is no longer the case for bringing up any more wannabes -- well pitching possibly.
  8. RpR
    Cave has been in a steady decline for some odd reason but his agility in the outfield makes either Larnach or Rooker look like lumbering hippos.
  9. RpR
    People do not pay 19 bucks for a cheap ticket, to go watch batting practice which is what this would be.
  10. RpR
    To 98.6 percent of the fans, winning is every thing, or they would not go.
  11. RpR
    Because if fans want to watch the Saints, they will go to Saints games, not pay big league prices to watch rookies prove they are still rookies.
  12. RpR
    Because he has made fielding plays that none of the others would even attempt, maybe Arraez and he would throw the ball into right field. In his worst year, Simmons made 14 errors at shortstop, in 2019 Polanco made 22 errors at shortstop
  13. RpR
    His defense numbers at Baseball Ref. say you are wrong; you are blaming him for a team that is under performing as whole and while too many think the Minor League Rookies are some sort of miracle cure.
  14. RpR
    Let us hope he just gets better and better.?
  15. RpR
    Simmons bat has gone South but then so has most of the entire team; lose Simmons and his fielding ability will make a bad team look worse.
  16. RpR
    Pitching was/is a disaster, most any thing is better than what they created. Outfielders -- Buxton, Garlick, Refsnyder all OK, even the veteran rookies, AAA boys not ready for big show -- Celestino, Gordon, Larnach, Rooker -- it seems they kept Cave because his first year was not bad but since then he has played like a AAA rookie. Catchers -- Rortvedt, not ready for Majors, although Jeffers is doing better than Suzuki the former Twins veteran who blossomed after the Twins let him go. Even the worst of the vets are above .200 , do not know why Simmons is in such a slump but his fielding is 500 percent better than any one else on the team at his position. 1st, 2nd and 3rd have not been a problem when veterans played, hopeful exception Kirilloff; Arraez can hit but is a lousy fielder and Gordon as I have said is like watching Willie Mays Hays from the movie.
  17. RpR
    But, but numbers don't lie....? ?
  18. RpR
    That is the reason he was removed from SS and replaced by Simmons; he is far from league top 2nd basemen but much better at 2nd.
  19. RpR
    Because Arraez gets the yips very often.
  20. RpR
    Well Larnach did not join Rooker and Cave in being the worst new guy and kinda-sorta newer guy but his fielding ability and speed just is not what the Twins need. Trade him for a competent veteran. Rooker should be sent back to the Minors unless the Twins want to pull a Billy Bean on him and have destroyed by Major League pitching to the point he never recovers. Cave -- trade him to Detroit for Grossman.
  21. RpR
    Our prospects are miserable failure at this point, why pile on the misery.
  22. RpR
    14 Ks and only 3 walks. How the season was supposed to go.
  23. RpR
    When I see all the current Twins who have played in the big show this year, I think of Mike Hessman who has the most home runs in Minor League ball. I read an in depth article on him a few years back that one reason he never made it full time big league is not a lack of talent but at that time there were too many , not average, but good players in the minors and there are only so many positions available on any big league team and they were already taken. Refsnyder, Garlick and Larnach made me think of him.
  24. RpR
    From the results I have seen Cruz is probably not too happy where he is and he already has stated he would like to come back. 2019 had some short terms veterans that truly bolstered the team, maybe they will do that again and then play the rookies on and off to see who has a future.
  25. RpR
    If Happ and Robles do quite well with their new team, in my opinion that shows the Twins coaching staff is a detriment.
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