Anorthagen

For the first two games of this Yankees-Twins series, the Twins went off early by scoring 3 runs in last nights game, then only being able to score one more the rest of the game (thanks to a Parmalee solo shot). Then allowing the Yankees to not only tie the game with 3 unanswered runs, but let them carry on with their rain of terror by scoring 7 more ending in a blowout over the Twins. Following that up was the next night with- what do you know- the same result occurring. The only difference this time was that the Twins gave less run support to Deduno then they did to Diamond, the night beforehand. Only scoring one run during Deduno's six inning start and not being able to score again till the ninth inning. Meanwhile going back a few innings to where the Yankees once again over came their early struggles to only beat the Twins once again in the later innings. For those two games, If I wanted to go around and point fingers on who would be the most to blame in both of these losses, it wouldn't be one man in particular. But rather the entire bullpen in general. Which as of this season hasn't been a reason on why the Twins have lost games but rather on why we have won games. Who, might I add are one of the best bullpens in the American League (ERA based). So the point I'm trying to get to here is that for years, possibly for the last decade, the Yankees and the Twins always go into this predictable merri-go-round (don't think I spelled that right?!) where the Twins get ahead early, then fail to maintain that precise lead and inevitably lose the game and get swept. It has only been in those few rare times that the Twins are capable of scoring early and scoring often throughout the game which then brings them to a victory over the Yankees. Where like I said happens maybe twice or four times a season. Don't believe me? Please take look at the following box scores. April 16 2012 [TABLE] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 1 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 2 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 3 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 4 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 5 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 6 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 7 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 8 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 9 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] R [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] H [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] E [/TD] MIN 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7 14 1 NYY 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 [/TABLE] Apirl 17 2012 [TABLE] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 1 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 2 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 3 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 4 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 5 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 6 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 7 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 8 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 9 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] R [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] H [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] E [/TD] MIN 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 NYY 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 - 8 13 1 [/TABLE] Those are just 2 example from a 4 game series that took place last year in April. In which the series was surprising split. The point that I feel I have been saying is that whenever the Yankees come to town or the Twins head over to the Brox, it's hard not to look at the history these two teams have with each other and say "Wow...the Yankees sure have the upper hand against this organization". And to end this rant, I have come to two conclusion 1( The Yankees have an evil, yet ingenious plan to not only beat the Twins in the game of baseball but to beat them mentally by letting them gain confidence at first then crushing it down at the last second. 2( For whatever reason the Twins are prone to losing to the Yankees in whatever circumstances and at any field (old Yankee stadium, new Yankee stadium, the Metrodome, and Target Field). They just seem to find a way to win. And as much as I enjoy watching the Twins win and the Yankees lose, I can only ask when this dreaded curse will end so the Twins can one day sweep the New York Yankees. And they can feel the pain that we have felt for oh so many years.

For the first two games of this Yankees-Twins series, the Twins went off early by scoring 3 runs in last nights game, then only being able to score one more the rest of the game (thanks to a Parmalee solo shot). Then allowing the Yankees to not only tie the game with 3 unanswered runs, but let them carry on with their rain of terror by scoring 7 more ending in a blowout over the Twins. Following that up was the next night with- what do you know- the same result occurring. The only difference this time was that the Twins gave less run support to Deduno then they did to Diamond, the night beforehand. Only scoring one run during Deduno's six inning start and not being able to score again till the ninth inning. Meanwhile going back a few innings to where the Yankees once again over came their early struggles to only beat the Twins once again in the later innings. For those two games, If I wanted to go around and point fingers on who would be the most to blame in both of these losses, it wouldn't be one man in particular. But rather the entire bullpen in general. Which as of this season hasn't been a reason on why the Twins have lost games but rather on why we have won games. Who, might I add are one of the best bullpens in the American League (ERA based). So the point I'm trying to get to here is that for years, possibly for the last decade, the Yankees and the Twins always go into this predictable merri-go-round (don't think I spelled that right?!) where the Twins get ahead early, then fail to maintain that precise lead and inevitably lose the game and get swept. It has only been in those few rare times that the Twins are capable of scoring early and scoring often throughout the game which then brings them to a victory over the Yankees. Where like I said happens maybe twice or four times a season. Don't believe me? Please take look at the following box scores. April 16 2012 [TABLE] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 1 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 2 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 3 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 4 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 5 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 6 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 7 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 8 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 9 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] R [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] H [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] E [/TD] MIN 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7 14 1 NYY 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 [/TABLE] Apirl 17 2012 [TABLE] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 1 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 2 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 3 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 4 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 5 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 6 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 7 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 8 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #e7e7e7] 9 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] R [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] H [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #d8d8d8] E [/TD] MIN 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 NYY 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 - 8 13 1 [/TABLE] Those are just 2 example from a 4 game series that took place last year in April. In which the series was surprising split. The point that I feel I have been saying is that whenever the Yankees come to town or the Twins head over to the Brox, it's hard not to look at the history these two teams have with each other and say "Wow...the Yankees sure have the upper hand against this organization". And to end this rant, I have come to two conclusion 1( The Yankees have an evil, yet ingenious plan to not only beat the Twins in the game of baseball but to beat them mentally by letting them gain confidence at first then crushing it down at the last second. 2( For whatever reason the Twins are prone to losing to the Yankees in whatever circumstances and at any field (old Yankee stadium, new Yankee stadium, the Metrodome, and Target Field). They just seem to find a way to win. And as much as I enjoy watching the Twins win and the Yankees lose, I can only ask when this dreaded curse will end so the Twins can one day sweep the New York Yankees. And they can feel the pain that we have felt for oh so many years.

With the recent release of the MLB Futures game roster, it came to no ones surprise that Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton were on that list. Sano who was making a mockery of high-A ball and is now starting to catch fire in Double A. And Buxton who was also destroying low A ball in Cedar Rapids now finds himself in high-A and has yet to make a strong impact there (having only played 4 games there). Now lets say you just became a hugely dedicated Twins fan and had no idea when or who the Twins had drafted last season. And because you just became this hugely dedicated Twins you wanted to know who the Twins drafted last year and how they were doing. When you find that they drafted a kid named Buxton out of high school you now want to know what his stats are for this year. When you find these stats you are happy to learn that he hit .341, 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs, in Low-A ball. Later learning that he is now in High-A ball. But if you were to focus only on Buxton's Low-A stats alone, he looked pretty amazing and Major league ready. Even though it is highly unlikely he is Major League ready and will most certainly not be called up this year. Which if you do look only at his Low-A numbers you would be thinking that he was a former first round pick. This is where you would be wrong, only to be some what surprised that he was the second over all pick in the 2012 draft. So then you have to thinking to yourself that "if he was taken 2ed overall, then the 1st overall pick must way better then Buxton.....right?" This is where you would be wrong again. Carlos Correa, who was taken one spot ahead of Byron Buxton, went to the Houston Astros in last years First year player draft. To most people this was a surprise pick, thinking the Astros would go a different route with the 1st overall pick. But by choosing Correa over Buxton, Appel and Zuino they ended up saving millions of dollars that they would use on later picks in the draft. A "Quantity over Quality" type of drafting. Anyway going back to the Futures game roster, When I finally took a second to examine it, I noticed that Carlos Correa isn't on that roster, yet Bryon Buxton is. I then went and looked up Correa's numbers and what level he has currently been playing at. To my surprise he is still at Low-A ball. Where he is hitting .324 with 47 RBIs and 5 Home Runs through 64 games with the Quad Cities River Bandits. His numbers really aren't that bad, but being a former first overall pick you would expect better and maybe even being at a higher level then Low-A ball. Now I want you to put those numbers of Correa's minor league career and compare them with a certain Byron Buxton who has a .341 AVG, with 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs. The simplicity of it is that Buxton is much better in all there of those categories. Which ranks him as the 10th best prospect in all of baseball, according to baseballamerica.com. While ranking Correa as the 13th best prospect in all of baseball. With that said it is almost certain these rankings will change by the end of the season. In a recent article from Baseball America, about Buxton, they interviewed Major League scouts on what many on are calling the next Mike Trout. “I was expecting to see a raw tools guy who flashes brilliance. That’s what a normal 19-year-old from a small town does in the Midwest League. That’s not him,” an NL scout said. In fact In this article there was a lot of high praise going around for Mr.Buxton, “I am positive he’s the best prospect I’ve seen in (more than a decade) of full-time scouting,” a pro scout for a National League club said. “It’s not even close. Tools, athleticism, feel and vision. Time will tell what kind of major league player he becomes, but the sky is the limit.” Even though many scouts and executives agree that Buxton is worthy of that first overall pick, some felt differently, saying “Especially because you might be getting another stud premium position player in Correa, who is still a little bit younger than Buxton. If this deal was on the table, I honestly don’t know who would say no first. Any way you slice it, the fact that we’re talking about trading three guys, one of whom went 1-1 last year, for a 19-year old in low-A ball is pretty insane.” In conclusion it would seem quite logical to take Buxton 1st overall, instead of taking three 2nd round players at best. Because with the skills and tools that Buxton has, he shows that he can be the difference in a game and a possible future MVP. *All quotes, that are italicizes, are from BaseballAmerica.com. From a article called "Deja Vu?: Byron Buxton Stirs Echoes Of Mike Trout In Cedar Rapids" by J.J Cooper. You can view the article by clicking here http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/deja-vu-byron-buxton-stirs-echoes-of-mike-trout-in-cedar-rapids/

With the recent release of the MLB Futures game roster, it came to no ones surprise that Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton were on that list. Sano who was making a mockery of high-A ball and is now starting to catch fire in Double A. And Buxton who was also destroying low A ball in Cedar Rapids now finds himself in high-A and has yet to make a strong impact there (having only played 4 games there). Now lets say you just became a hugely dedicated Twins fan and had no idea when or who the Twins had drafted last season. And because you just became this hugely dedicated Twins you wanted to know who the Twins drafted last year and how they were doing. When you find that they drafted a kid named Buxton out of high school you now want to know what his stats are for this year. When you find these stats you are happy to learn that he hit .341, 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs, in Low-A ball. Later learning that he is now in High-A ball. But if you were to focus only on Buxton's Low-A stats alone, he looked pretty amazing and Major league ready. Even though it is highly unlikely he is Major League ready and will most certainly not be called up this year. Which if you do look only at his Low-A numbers you would be thinking that he was a former first round pick. This is where you would be wrong, only to be some what surprised that he was the second over all pick in the 2012 draft. So then you have to thinking to yourself that "if he was taken 2ed overall, then the 1st overall pick must way better then Buxton.....right?" This is where you would be wrong again. Carlos Correa, who was taken one spot ahead of Byron Buxton, went to the Houston Astros in last years First year player draft. To most people this was a surprise pick, thinking the Astros would go a different route with the 1st overall pick. But by choosing Correa over Buxton, Appel and Zuino they ended up saving millions of dollars that they would use on later picks in the draft. A "Quantity over Quality" type of drafting. Anyway going back to the Futures game roster, When I finally took a second to examine it, I noticed that Carlos Correa isn't on that roster, yet Bryon Buxton is. I then went and looked up Correa's numbers and what level he has currently been playing at. To my surprise he is still at Low-A ball. Where he is hitting .324 with 47 RBIs and 5 Home Runs through 64 games with the Quad Cities River Bandits. His numbers really aren't that bad, but being a former first overall pick you would expect better and maybe even being at a higher level then Low-A ball. Now I want you to put those numbers of Correa's minor league career and compare them with a certain Byron Buxton who has a .341 AVG, with 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs. The simplicity of it is that Buxton is much better in all there of those categories. Which ranks him as the 10th best prospect in all of baseball, according to baseballamerica.com. While ranking Correa as the 13th best prospect in all of baseball. With that said it is almost certain these rankings will change by the end of the season. In a recent article from Baseball America, about Buxton, they interviewed Major League scouts on what many on are calling the next Mike Trout. “I was expecting to see a raw tools guy who flashes brilliance. That’s what a normal 19-year-old from a small town does in the Midwest League. That’s not him,” an NL scout said. In fact In this article there was a lot of high praise going around for Mr.Buxton, “I am positive he’s the best prospect I’ve seen in (more than a decade) of full-time scouting,” a pro scout for a National League club said. “It’s not even close. Tools, athleticism, feel and vision. Time will tell what kind of major league player he becomes, but the sky is the limit.” Even though many scouts and executives agree that Buxton is worthy of that first overall pick, some felt differently, saying “Especially because you might be getting another stud premium position player in Correa, who is still a little bit younger than Buxton. If this deal was on the table, I honestly don’t know who would say no first. Any way you slice it, the fact that we’re talking about trading three guys, one of whom went 1-1 last year, for a 19-year old in low-A ball is pretty insane.” In conclusion it would seem quite logical to take Buxton 1st overall, instead of taking three 2nd round players at best. Because with the skills and tools that Buxton has, he shows that he can be the difference in a game and a possible future MVP. *All quotes, that are italicizes, are from BaseballAmerica.com. From a article called "Deja Vu?: Byron Buxton Stirs Echoes Of Mike Trout In Cedar Rapids" by J.J Cooper. You can view the article by clicking here http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/deja-vu-byron-buxton-stirs-echoes-of-mike-trout-in-cedar-rapids/

With the recent release of the MLB Futures game roster, it came to no ones surprise that Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton were on that list. Sano who was making a mockery of high-A ball and is now starting to catch fire in Double A. And Buxton who was also destroying low A ball in Cedar Rapids now finds himself in high-A and has yet to make a strong impact there (having only played 4 games there). Now lets say you just became a hugely dedicated Twins fan and had no idea when or who the Twins had drafted last season. And because you just became this hugely dedicated Twins you wanted to know who the Twins drafted last year and how they were doing. When you find that they drafted a kid named Buxton out of high school you now want to know what his stats are for this year. When you find these stats you are happy to learn that he hit .341, 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs, in Low-A ball. Later learning that he is now in High-A ball. But if you were to focus only on Buxton's Low-A stats alone, he looked pretty amazing and Major league ready. Even though it is highly unlikely he is Major League ready and will most certainly not be called up this year. Which if you do look only at his Low-A numbers you would be thinking that he was a former first round pick. This is where you would be wrong, only to be some what surprised that he was the second over all pick in the 2012 draft. So then you have to thinking to yourself that "if he was taken 2ed overall, then the 1st overall pick must way better then Buxton.....right?" This is where you would be wrong again. Carlos Correa, who was taken one spot ahead of Byron Buxton, went to the Houston Astros in last years First year player draft. To most people this was a surprise pick, thinking the Astros would go a different route with the 1st overall pick. But by choosing Correa over Buxton, Appel and Zuino they ended up saving millions of dollars that they would use on later picks in the draft. A "Quantity over Quality" type of drafting. Anyway going back to the Futures game roster, When I finally took a second to examine it, I noticed that Carlos Correa isn't on that roster, yet Bryon Buxton is. I then went and looked up Correa's numbers and what level he has currently been playing at. To my surprise he is still at Low-A ball. Where he is hitting .324 with 47 RBIs and 5 Home Runs through 64 games with the Quad Cities River Bandits. His numbers really aren't that bad, but being a former first overall pick you would expect better and maybe even being at a higher level then Low-A ball. Now I want you to put those numbers of Correa's minor league career and compare them with a certain Byron Buxton who has a .341 AVG, with 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs. The simplicity of it is that Buxton is much better in all there of those categories. Which ranks him as the 10th best prospect in all of baseball, according to baseballamerica.com. While ranking Correa as the 13th best prospect in all of baseball. With that said it is almost certain these rankings will change by the end of the season. In a recent article from Baseball America, about Buxton, they interviewed Major League scouts on what many on are calling the next Mike Trout. “I was expecting to see a raw tools guy who flashes brilliance. That’s what a normal 19-year-old from a small town does in the Midwest League. That’s not him,” an NL scout said. In fact In this article there was a lot of high praise going around for Mr.Buxton, “I am positive he’s the best prospect I’ve seen in (more than a decade) of full-time scouting,” a pro scout for a National League club said. “It’s not even close. Tools, athleticism, feel and vision. Time will tell what kind of major league player he becomes, but the sky is the limit.” Even though many scouts and executives agree that Buxton is worthy of that first overall pick, some felt differently, saying “Especially because you might be getting another stud premium position player in Correa, who is still a little bit younger than Buxton. If this deal was on the table, I honestly don’t know who would say no first. Any way you slice it, the fact that we’re talking about trading three guys, one of whom went 1-1 last year, for a 19-year old in low-A ball is pretty insane.” In conclusion it would seem quite logical to take Buxton 1st overall, instead of taking three 2nd round players at best. Because with the skills and tools that Buxton has, he shows that he can be the difference in a game and a possible future MVP. *All quotes, that are italicizes, are from BaseballAmerica.com. From a article called "Deja Vu?: Byron Buxton Stirs Echoes Of Mike Trout In Cedar Rapids" by J.J Cooper. You can view the article by clicking here http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/deja-vu-byron-buxton-stirs-echoes-of-mike-trout-in-cedar-rapids/

With the recent release of the MLB Futures game roster, it came to no ones surprise that Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton were on that list. Sano who was making a mockery of high-A ball and is now starting to catch fire in Double A. And Buxton who was also destroying low A ball in Cedar Rapids now finds himself in high-A and has yet to make a strong impact there (having only played 4 games there). Now lets say you just became a hugely dedicated Twins fan and had no idea when or who the Twins had drafted last season. And because you just became this hugely dedicated Twins you wanted to know who the Twins drafted last year and how they were doing. When you find that they drafted a kid named Buxton out of high school you now want to know what his stats are for this year. When you find these stats you are happy to learn that he hit .341, 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs, in Low-A ball. Later learning that he is now in High-A ball. But if you were to focus only on Buxton's Low-A stats alone, he looked pretty amazing and Major league ready. Even though it is highly unlikely he is Major League ready and will most certainly not be called up this year. Which if you do look only at his Low-A numbers you would be thinking that he was a former first round pick. This is where you would be wrong, only to be some what surprised that he was the second over all pick in the 2012 draft. So then you have to thinking to yourself that "if he was taken 2ed overall, then the 1st overall pick must way better then Buxton.....right?" This is where you would be wrong again. Carlos Correa, who was taken one spot ahead of Byron Buxton, went to the Houston Astros in last years First year player draft. To most people this was a surprise pick, thinking the Astros would go a different route with the 1st overall pick. But by choosing Correa over Buxton, Appel and Zuino they ended up saving millions of dollars that they would use on later picks in the draft. A "Quantity over Quality" type of drafting. Anyway going back to the Futures game roster, When I finally took a second to examine it, I noticed that Carlos Correa isn't on that roster, yet Bryon Buxton is. I then went and looked up Correa's numbers and what level he has currently been playing at. To my surprise he is still at Low-A ball. Where he is hitting .324 with 47 RBIs and 5 Home Runs through 64 games with the Quad Cities River Bandits. His numbers really aren't that bad, but being a former first overall pick you would expect better and maybe even being at a higher level then Low-A ball. Now I want you to put those numbers of Correa's minor league career and compare them with a certain Byron Buxton who has a .341 AVG, with 55 RBIs, and 8 Home Runs. The simplicity of it is that Buxton is much better in all there of those categories. Which ranks him as the 10th best prospect in all of baseball, according to baseballamerica.com. While ranking Correa as the 13th best prospect in all of baseball. With that said it is almost certain these rankings will change by the end of the season. In a recent article from Baseball America, about Buxton, they interviewed Major League scouts on what many on are calling the next Mike Trout. “I was expecting to see a raw tools guy who flashes brilliance. That’s what a normal 19-year-old from a small town does in the Midwest League. That’s not him,” an NL scout said. In fact In this article there was a lot of high praise going around for Mr.Buxton, “I am positive he’s the best prospect I’ve seen in (more than a decade) of full-time scouting,” a pro scout for a National League club said. “It’s not even close. Tools, athleticism, feel and vision. Time will tell what kind of major league player he becomes, but the sky is the limit.” Even though many scouts and executives agree that Buxton is worthy of that first overall pick, some felt differently, saying “Especially because you might be getting another stud premium position player in Correa, who is still a little bit younger than Buxton. If this deal was on the table, I honestly don’t know who would say no first. Any way you slice it, the fact that we’re talking about trading three guys, one of whom went 1-1 last year, for a 19-year old in low-A ball is pretty insane.” In conclusion it would seem quite logical to take Buxton 1st overall, instead of taking three 2nd round players at best. Because with the skills and tools that Buxton has, he shows that he can be the difference in a game and a possible future MVP. *All quotes, that are italicizes, are from BaseballAmerica.com. From a article called "Deja Vu?: Byron Buxton Stirs Echoes Of Mike Trout In Cedar Rapids" by J.J Cooper. You can view the article by clicking here http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/deja-vu-byron-buxton-stirs-echoes-of-mike-trout-in-cedar-rapids/

Those are some good points. I complety forgot about the whole money situation.

Perhaps I should have been more explainiatory with my use of the word casual. By this I mean someone who enjoys watching the Twins and may bring them up in a conversation every once in a while. Unlike a person, as myself, who is obsessed with the stats and the minor league players of the Twins orginization. My intention of this thread was to ask fellow Twins Daily users if they had an theory or explaination on why recently Morneau has suddenly been put atop some people's favorite Twins lists. I had not intended for this to insult anyone, on how they view the Twins or Baseball. So I ask that this thread can remain a good place for conversation and stay as harmless as possible. Thank you

I could see Ramiez being demoted in order to keep Thomas in the Majors, then bring Hicks back up. And once Pelfrey comes off the DL Walters would, without question, be sent back down then by default giving Pelfrey his second and final chance.

As of lately I have been hearing that the average or causal fan isn't cheering for Plouffe, nor Willingham, and not even Mauer. But instead for Morneau? This I have questioned, because of this year alone, Morneau is having an un-Morneau-ish type year. Having only 3 Home Runs and hitting around .290. A defiant bright spot to his season so far is that he has been healthy, which recently has been rare for him. When I asked why anyone would favor Morneau over Mauer, when Mauer is clearly having the better year, they would say things such as "he doesn't complain about injures" or "he hits more Home Runs" (What?!??!!) Anyway, some of these reasons aren't very legit ament (some of it could be because they are the casual fan and choose to blame the face of the franchise, rather then the bits and pieces), but worth questioning. With that I still wonder why he is more favored when there is a good chance he won't be with the Twins next year. So if there is anyone out there who does favor Morneau over Mauer please tell me why or if you think you have a reason on why people do like Morneau over Mauer please tell me why.

If he keeps it up a September call up will be in his future.

I wish reveres was still a Twin. When he was on the Twins he had the capablities of hitting .300 with 30 stolen bases. And now he has had a slow start but seems to be picking it now. He still has these capabilities, but he is just hiding them.

If parmelee doesn't improve In a hurry Arcia would be an easy replacement for him out in RF and sense Parmelee is a better bat then both Thomas and Ramiz then both of those guys would be sent to the minors and Parmalee would be a bench bat. Having Doumit DH, Arcia in right and Hicks in center.

Arica to be called back up to the majors to replace Aaron Hicks. It is unknown when or where Arcia will play while he is in the Majors.

In Arcia's last 10 games down in Rochester, he has hit .303 with 3 Home Runs (All of those come g in back-back-back games) and 8 RBI's

It is the 1st of June and still the middle infield has stayed intact. With Dozier at 2ed and Floirmon at short. Which is surprising with no one thinking either of these guys were legitimate Major League starters. And with all the recent struggles the Twins have had in the middle infield they seem I have a new combo each season and they always demote one 2ed/SS and bring up a new one because it failed. So my question is, is this the longest a middle infield combo has lasted, in maybe the last five years? If not please include who did out play Dozier and Floirmon.

If Hicks is going to return as the lead off hitter. Then I would rather see that average to go up and the home runs go down

Arica has moved from an everyday Right Fielder to an everyday DH, due to he is shoulder issues. Which is also why Colabello was called instead of Arcia while Plouffe is on the DL.

In last nights Red Wings game, Oswaldo Arcia hurt his throwing shoulder on a throw throw to home from Right Field. It is unkown if and how long he will be out.

I too am dissappointed by the decision. It seems as if the Twins are trying to get Parmelee's bat going in the majors, so they can move him to 1st and trade Mornaue. But you are correct that if Parmelee doesn't pick up the pace soon, Arcia will be called back up through Parmelee's demotion.

All good things must come to a end. Oswaldo Arcia has been demoted back down to AAA today, after the one-hitter thrown by Anaibal Sanchez. During his a little over a months stay in the Major leagues, he hit .263 an OPS. Of .372 (4th best on the team might i add) along with 4 home runs and 14 RBIs. Much better then any other Twins rookie or second year player. Yet he gets demoted back down to the minors only because the Twins are in desperate need of pitching. In which P.J. Walters will take his spot on the 25-man roster and will start sometime this weekend. In my personal opinion Arica is deserving of a spot on the Major League roster. Obviously out performing players such as Dozier, Parmelee, Hicks and Florimon. Respectively I do understand that Arcia is a outfielder and some of the players mentioned above are infielders, I am simply making a statement for Arica to stay in the majors while suggesting to have Florimon demoted in order to bring Arcia back up and have Escobar take him over at short. In summery, Arica should not only get back to the Majors soon but should stay there as well. Because if the past can tell us anything he will destroy AAA as he did in AA and high A. Leaving the Twins no choice but to promote him once again, in hopes of getting back to .500. Origanlly posted in NorthagensBaseball.blogspot.com

All good things must come to a end. Oswaldo Arcia has been demoted back down to AAA today, after the one-hitter thrown by Anaibal Sanchez. During his a little over a months stay in the Major leagues, he hit .263 an OPS. Of .372 (4th best on the team might i add) along with 4 home runs and 14 RBIs. Much better then any other Twins rookie or second year player. Yet he gets demoted back down to the minors only because the Twins are in desperate need of pitching. In which P.J. Walters will take his spot on the 25-man roster and will start sometime this weekend. In my personal opinion Arica is deserving of a spot on the Major League roster. Obviously out performing players such as Dozier, Parmelee, Hicks and Florimon. Respectively I do understand that Arcia is a outfielder and some of the players mentioned above are infielders, I am simply making a statement for Arica to stay in the majors while suggesting to have Florimon demoted in order to bring Arcia back up and have Escobar take him over at short. In summery, Arica should not only get back to the Majors soon but should stay there as well. Because if the past can tell us anything he will destroy AAA as he did in AA and high A. Leaving the Twins no choice but to promote him once again, in hopes of getting back to .500. Origanlly posted in NorthagensBaseball.blogspot.com

Reasons behind the desicion over Gibson were locigal, but not what I wanted to hear.

Arica is way better the pn Ryan Doumit will ever be. No question.

With the Twin not having a win in over week, it was obvious there was a need for change. The first change came earlier this week with the long over due demotion of Pedro Hernandez to AAA. Only to bring up a iffy pitcher in Samuel Deduno who excelled in the WBC, while allowing one too many walks per 9 innings. The other change, came more as a surprise to me, coming yesterday on Wednesday, demoting Vance Worly to AAA. At first this move didn't make any sense, knowing that the Twins traded for this guy this past off-season, so they had to have had some faith in him, thinking he could excel in the American League. Going into the season I was thinking he was going to be the only reliable starter in the rotation, a side from Scott Diamond. Little did I know that it would be Kevin Correia being the next man up behind Scott Diamond. So with Worly now in the minor leagues and a now open spot in the rotation, who will fill it? And more importantly what does his demotion mean for the Twins? First off with the surprising move of promoting Samuel Deduno ,seemed to have closed the door for Kyle Gibson to get his Major League debut any time soon. And now it seems as if that door for his Major-League debut has opened once again. It looks like a no brainer -for me at least- for the Twins to promote Gibson now rather then later. Especially if they are going to be strict on that innings limit they put on him (120-130 innings) earlier this year. If Gibson is't going to get the call to the big leagues then it would either be P.J. Walters or Andrew Albers. Both pitcher well in AAA. Now as for where does this leaves the Twins for till possible mid-June. Well...in a word, desperate. Even more now. The Twins experiment with Worly has been put at a halt for now. Which makes the trade between the Twins and the Philles seem like a bust for both teams. Revere has been off to a slow start to the season. But it is a little to late to be saying that, after one-third of the season is over. So he has been under performing, if you will. As for the Twins, Worly and May are both now in the minors (May started in the AA this year, and a possible September call-up) and the Twins seem to find themselves in the same boat they found themselves in last year. In the bottom tier of ERA in the AL. In which they have to go the same route they went last year, where they brought up pitcher after pitcher. That just don't look ready to face a Major League hitter. If Pelfry gives up one or possibly two more bad starts you could see him join Worly and Hernandez in AAA. Only to be replaced by Gibson, Walters, Alber, or even Devires if he is ready by then. Anyway, it seems as if this year's rotation has only gotten a little better with Correia joining the team. But a sides from that, if Worly doesn't turn it around soon, the rotation will not be any better then last year's rotation. Putting not only the Front office but Gardenhire in in a rough position that could possibly only get worse by the minute. With the rotation continually getting worse. As seen on NorthagensBaseball.blogspot.com