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  1. Monkeypaws
    http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20180912&content_id=294181356&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Jim callis predicts baseball’s top 10 prospects next year. Wowza! I’ll let you enjoy the surprise
  2. Monkeypaws
    Dream Twins battery for sheer entertainment value: Samuel Deduno and Willians Astudillo.
  3. Monkeypaws
    How about drinking, then going to work? Shaping up to be a great game here
  4. Monkeypaws
    Astudillo’s hand-eye coordination is off the charts. His last at bat he hit breaking balls that Sano or Buxton would have missed by a mile
  5. Monkeypaws
    Hmm, whaddaya know? A little sour grapes piece in the NY Times about Tyler Austin. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/sports/tyler-austin-twins-yankees.html Can't lose em all I guess.
  6. Monkeypaws
    Pretty easy to imagine Cedar Rapids winning the Midwest with Lewis and Kiriloff. Glad to see these guys winning already. Hopefully irt will follow them around.
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    Absolutely!
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    So, are we excited about Jovani Moran? Don't know what he throws, but he kicked A ball's butt this year being 1-2 years younger that his competition. All told, 76IP, only 45 hits allowed, 107 Ks. 2.25 ERA. There are the 35 walks in 76 innings, but...impressive.
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    Not sure about Rooker - he faded big time down the stretch. There are the 22 dingers, but his OPS was only .798. Far more Ks than hits, 150 vs. 128. Granted, it was his full first year of pro ball, and he played in AA almost a year younger than league average. Still, Kiriloff is a phenom. Rooker projects more as a Brunansky than a Puckett.
  10. Monkeypaws
    "Hello Newman."
  11. Monkeypaws
    Twins' biggest failure at this point is wasting space with guys like Belisle, Field, Petit when they could be letting some guys get their feet wet, like Gordon, Wade, Thorpe. Granted, I like that Stewart, Gonsalves, and Vasquez are here, but it should be all in at this point.
  12. Monkeypaws
    E-Town - title #12. Second only to the Bluefield squad, which has served the Orioles, Dodgers and Blue Jays. All 12 if Elizabethton's titles have come as a Twins affiliate, 1978 to 2018, from Lenny Faedo and Jesse Orosco to Trevor Larnach and Gilberto Celestino. Hats off!
  13. Monkeypaws
    Kohl Stewart vs. defending WS champs: 5IP, 3H 0R 1BB 3K For a guy that was rule 5 candidate at the start of the season, great joy supreme. There is hope for this 23 year old former 1st rounder.
  14. Monkeypaws
    I'm excited about Ben Rortvedt - playing good catcher, and holding your own at the plate with good plate discipline when you are a full 2+ years younger than league average is pretty heady stuff. Kiriloff - what a season. Like pre-knee injury Kubel.
  15. Monkeypaws
    After mulling this over for a minute or two, front office gets the win. IF Buxton is pissed off and gets an "I'll show you" attitude, they get and extra year. If he busts, sad story, but really this situation is not a make or break if Buxton is actually a MLB caliber player: a month of stat padding garbage time? Who cares? If he shrivels because of this, well, that isn't the make-up of a champion(using some sports lingo there folks). Also, what if they call him up and he fails miserably yet again? So much for momentum going into next season. If I were the Twins, I'd find a failed prospect righty pitcher who's only tool was either a killer slider or curve and hire them to throw to Buxton and Sano all winter until they could recognize those pitches in their sleep.
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    Yet somehow, .135 hitting waiver castoff Johnny Field got a call up. If I were Buxton, I'd feel a tad insulted, especially if we are talking about meriting your promotion.
  17. Monkeypaws
    Is Garver considered a rookie? He sure is getting better and better
  18. Monkeypaws
    Glad to see Gordon turning it around in Rochester: 7 for 17 over the last 4 games, raised the BA a whole 10 points. Hope it continues.
  19. Monkeypaws
    probably Rizzo, or Bryant. Maybe even both.
  20. Monkeypaws
    I always predicted he would become good/great if he shaved his head: Puckett and Hunter set the trend for for Twins centerfielders. Buxton should shave his head if he wants to be great.
  21. Monkeypaws
    It's like having your first full time job - he's probably losing a little focus now, feeling the grind. All part of the learning process. Manager should sit him a game or two.
  22. Monkeypaws
    I was at the game Sunday, and that blast to center was special. TA!
  23. Monkeypaws
    Wow, this guy sounds like a smart cookie. Focused too.
  24. Monkeypaws
    Good call. The more innings going to prospects over the final month the better.
  25. Monkeypaws
    Tuba's take might be closer to reality than I would expect from the Twins. Falvine want their guys, not leftovers. They've been pretty brutal letting the previous regimes players go so far.
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