Bob Sacamento

The dog died while being taken in to be neutered, the vet gave him too much anesthesia... If you have ever been around Alex, you'd know that he's an avid dog lover and that little guy was his world. Him and his wife, who just got married as well, just recently got a miniature golden doodle, named Oscar that he absolutely loves.

Good to see Polanco is playing 3B often now for the AAA squad and he's looked good showing off plus range and strong arm. Talked to him after the game and he said whatever it takes to get to the big leagues

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Romero looked real good the other day hitting 93-95 consistently with his FB and his slider was sharp hard breaking. Also threw 5 innings

As of 3/23 Bax was in AAA workgroup and Wheeler in AA

Here is the latest Twins Workgroups as of 3/23/16

I hadn't looked for or saw him after the shave but I did see him beforehand and he talked about how much he loved the beard. As a beardwearer since 15yo that is a stupid rule

No problem at all, was trying to get a picture of the two of you when you weren't watching. Being a horizontally challenged caucasian male as well, I understand the plight. Side note, can't believe it hasn't been brought up but apparently there is a facial hair ban in the Twins MiLB. The only facial hair they can have are moustaches, thus the hideous porn-cop staches in camp. Think I'm going to put together a Stache-Off of the MiLBers in camp this weekend.

Yeah, I got to talk to Tyree more than I'm sure he would have preferred during the GCL season due to an elbow injury. Apparently, it was such an issue there was talk of possible surgery yet they went the conservative route. At the end of Instructs, he said he was finally healed up and was trying to get the team to let him play winter ball outside of the States. Looked like he didn't get his wish instead spending more time in the weight room during the offseason. Davis is definitely one of the guys I'm looking for a strong showing in 2016 of his skills. I've seen him launch some serious opposite field shots in BP, show great speed on the bases, run down balls that most don't get to and show off a plus arm. The tools are all there, it's just a matter of putting it all together. My biggest concern is his contact as the last time he played he had some serious holes in his swing. I expect he'll start the season off in EXST and go to the GCL and hopefully see Etown by the end of the year.

I'm lazy this week, here are some pictures to help tell Seth's story My highlight was talking with Terry Ryan for about ten minutes about scouting in general but mainly Spring Training. For those who haven't met the GM, he's extremely fan friendly, gladly talks to everyone about nearly everything involving the Twins; he also has a memory like a steel trap. I've been lucky enough to run into Terry at least every few months down here and he doesn't let me forget it. As he said to me, for someone who's a Cubs fan you sure do spend alot of time with the Twins. Terry asked my opinion on a few of the GCL guys from 2015, saying you saw them more then I did.He brought up my hometown of Springfield, Illinois, knew some of my relatives, baseball players/prospects from the area - that we had talked about in passing a year or so ago. As Palka entered the batter's box, I congragulated Ryan on his trade find as Palka had hit a monster homerun in his last at bat. As Terry said, you know just as well as I that you don't let Spring Training fool you and he preceded to breakdown Palka's swing and approach with me. The swing is pretty with the bat staying in the zone for a long duration yet it gets long leaving him suspetible to high K numbers and offspeed pitches. The new BoSox pitcher was a softer tossing lefty (the first pitcher was RHP Teddy Stanky 93-95mph) who had good secondary pitches. Palka fouled off the first pitch up and in, then the fortune teller Ryan said watch this, next pitch Palka swings at a slider away in the dirt and misses, the next pitch up and in for a ball, followed by another breaking ball in the dirt for the strikeout. Terry turns to me and says that's why we don't get too excited for one at bat.

Nice, didn't bother to lookup Gonzo's bonus. They also gave him 4 1/2 years to figure it out (including the lost 2014 due to injury), but he also at least looked good at points even though it was in the GCL (he was also 21 vs 18yo competition). I'm still a little surprised they never had him above Rookie ball, the stat line and velo weren't bad. As for Poulson, he signed in July 2014 for 250K with 8.38 ERA in college (Academy of Arts University) after not being drafted in the Rule IV selection. He pretty much got the same money as Twins 2014 6th Rounder John Curtiss who had a decent career at Texas. My guess is Twins didn't see anything that could help Poulson find the strikezone even after they altered his mechanics which in turn decreased his velocity.

No I wasn't, and if I saw him on the mound I would have walked the other way. What you described seems accurate to what I saw most of last year from him. I just find it unTwinsian to cut bait with a guy whom they gave 5th-6th round money to two years ago and outbid several other teams. Everyone else on the cut list were minor investments, just shows how much the Twins did NOT believe he had the stuff to turn it around.

This is the hard part of the business as most if not all these kids are good stand-up guys that are chasing their dreams but alas it is a business and only so many roster spots to go around. Poulson is perhaps the "biggest name" but that's mainly due to his backstory and throwing 100mph. I can honestly say I've seen Poulson pitch nearly twenty times (EXST, GCL, Instructs) and unfortunately at no point did it seem to ever click. The fastest I saw him on the gun was 97 and he sat regularly 93-95mph but it felt like he had no idea where it was going. His slider was hard but more often then not hung up in the zone. In one outing, I recall him hitting a batter, throwing two wild pitches, walking three, and striking out two. With as little of his history of pitching I am a little surprised the Twins are giving up so soon on what was obviously a project from the get-go and a power arm, as well as a 250K investment just two years ago.

Lewis said he is staying in EXST to keep up with his rehab but hopes to be pitching in For Myers (for the Miracle) by the end of the season. It would be aggressive but he has the stuff and tenacity to workout to get there.