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  1. FlyingFinn
    Thank God for the minors reports the way the Twins are playing! And Jenkins and Lee returning as well as promotions - bonus!!
  2. FlyingFinn
    If both those guys are hitting, look out FCL opponents!
  3. FlyingFinn
    Wichita's relief pitchers seemed like they were doing well lately. Up to their old tricks tonight. Brian Dinkleman seems to always get the best out of his players in Cedar Rapids. New guys every year and they both win and advance their skills. Does he have a chance to move up in the organization?
  4. FlyingFinn
    Helman is really hitting lately, maybe the Twins minor league hitter of the week. Needs to sustain this to have a chance to get called up. Margot would probably have to be bad enough to be DFA'd for Helman to get a chance. Because Brooks Lee is injured, Helman is forced to play a lot more SS right now. Check the pitch count in the box score. Raya is up to 60 pitches.
  5. FlyingFinn
    He's not ready yet. Had a good, but short streak in early May. Recently, he has returned to striking out way too much. And I'm a Wallner fan.
  6. FlyingFinn
    Love these stories. Makes me think of Crash Davis in Bull Durham. Maybe Tony Kemp has a future in coaching.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Wow, John Klein signed as a free agent and is from Brooklyn Park, MN. Decent #'s at Fort Myers and Cedar Rapids last year. Anyone know more about him? Does he actually have a chance to make it to MLB?
  8. FlyingFinn
    Just on the communication issues, I don't get it with Martin because he played a lot of SS. I was always taught at SS that you go for the pop up until the OF calls you off (if you collided, the OF was always to blame). Whenever we got an inexperienced OF, I would remind him of that because I didn't want to get creamed by him. When I rarely played OF, I would always communicate because I knew from playing SS that it was a key job of mine.
  9. FlyingFinn
    Not sure what you don't like about a 2.71 ERA and 1.14 whip in Cedar Rapids. And that's not counting his playoff performance that year (as they don't put the playoff #'s in the combined stats) - 6 innings, 2 hits, 0 walks, 10 K's. Always been a Festa fan.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Must give Willi Castro a day off on Thursday. Has to get his head straight.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Zebby Matthews is incredible. Morris at Cedar Rapids should probably be moved up to join Zebby. Have to find some guys to backfill with the Kernels. I like Velez as a relief pitcher, at least looking at his stats. Bad news on De Andrade and Gonzalez. Keirsey just keeps looking like the one hitter at St. Paul who is ready for MLB, and his defense has always been great.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Interesting exercise. You must downgrade Wallner's arm on accuracy? The one area I disagree on is judgment. I think Larnach and Kirilloff use good judgment (throw to the right bases), just may not physically be able to get to some balls. I thought Larnach's arm was okay last year, throwing out a few runners. I give Castro 1's for routes and judgment. Throwing the ball in the stands like he did is bad and not knowing how many outs there are is a lot worse, after I haven't liked how he throws to the wrong base at times (probably have his range higher as I think he covers ground when he runs the right route). Nitpicking as I agree with much of your chart. Thanks for posting.
  13. FlyingFinn
    Festa was great in his first full season, 2022 - 2.43 ERA and 1.09 whip (would have been my choice for Twins minor league pitcher of the year). AA showed that he had some work to do in 2023 but there's a reason he was the Twin selected for the minor league all-star game. Great K% this year, 3.00 ERA. Needs to work on all his pitches, reduce that whip and he will be ready to get a few spot starts for the Twins this year. 2025 is when he will be fully ready for MLB. If some people don't like him, they aren't going to like any of our starting pitching prospects (Raya is more talented but doesn't go very deep into games).
  14. FlyingFinn
    Someone said yesterday that the Twins are in the bottom third of innings used for bullpens. I'm not finding the exact innings pitched right now. I think my first post had total innings by all pitchers so I deleted it.
  15. FlyingFinn
    I'm a fan of rotating catchers to keep both healthy. But to limit Jeffers from DH'ing because of workload management? Really??? DH'ing for 4-5 at bats is really taking a tole on him? Have to disagree with that.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Exactly my reaction. Again, we waste all that time at SS when everyone knew he wasn't going to play there in the future. He gets so little time in the OF that it's almost lucky that he didn't get injured like Royce Lewis. The Twins need to change their philosophy in the minors so athletes like Martin are ready to play well in the majors (it was obvious, that there wasn't an infield opening for him with the Twins the past two years). Love his hustle but don't like his decisions on throws from the outfield. He really has narrowed his possible roles in MLB to LF and 2B and Utility (not super Utility like Castro). Castro isn't great in CF but he is appropriately ahead of Martin there (what does it say about Margot that Martin is ahead of him in CF!). I believe the 2nd best defensive CF in the Twins organization is Keirsey with the Saints. I do think I heard on the Twins radio broadcast that Martin's barrel % is the best on the Twins team (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
  17. FlyingFinn
    He certainly is the model of what many people want - draft and develop our pitchers. Hope Matthews, Lewis, Culpepper and others can do the same.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Nice to see Pierson Ohl have a great game. Charlie Soto is learning the hard way right now.
  19. FlyingFinn
    Cory Lewis?
  20. FlyingFinn
    Sure are a lot of articles with the word "hate" in the title lately. I'm sure the Twins don't hate Alcala.
  21. FlyingFinn
    The Twins must really like De Andrade since they traded Noah Miller. We got Rayne Doncon in that trade but he will be a 2B or 3B as he moves up. De Andrade is comparable to Miller but 1.5 years younger. They are both playing high A. Their stats: Miller - 131 AB, .267 avg., 5 HR, 20 rbi's, .797 ops, 2 errors. It surprises me that the Dodgers are playing him at 2B one third of the time (SS the remainder). De Andrade - 97 AB, .258 avg., 2 HR, 19 rbi's, .732 ops, 6 errors. SS for 21 games, 2B for 4 games. The errors are concerning for De Andrade. Miller is the best defensive SS in the minors and his hitting #'s are better this year than in prior years (repeating high A).
  22. FlyingFinn
    It makes the ones who succeed every year, like Duran, that much more valuable.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Yea, probably should have put him in my rankings. What's your order for Twins minor league catchers in likelihood of making MLB? I have Camargo (cup of coffee already), Cardenas, Olivar and Cossetti (little older I think). I've soured on Winkel as his hitting #'s aren't good in what's known as a hitting league.
  24. FlyingFinn
    We need more good LH pitchers in the organization. Could Cesar Lares be one? Maybe..............
  25. FlyingFinn
    Much of the time, Cleveland has been trading for their pitching, not drafting and developing everyone.
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