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These highlights of Martin in CF seem to show he is really good out there. Now, hopefully he never forgets how many outs there are. Still not counting him out as an add to the 40 man and being on the playoff runner mostly as a pinch runner.
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The Twins will have to do it without their best guys in the end. Correa and anyone kind of injured will get plenty of rest. We will see a lot of Keuchel and the back end of the Twins bullpen once we have clinched, probably even rotating guys to and from St. Paul to eat up innings.
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If your calling Francona a quitter, I strongly disagree.
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Great article! Certainly makes you cheer for these guys.
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A manager's job is to win as many games as possible under the rules of the game. If Cleveland wins the next two by one run because of the bullpen and then miraculously catches up to the Twins, you will see a lot of comments that Francona made a brilliant move on Labor Day. In the NFL, players will stop at the 1 yard line so the other teams have no chance of winning. Would any manager dare to tell the runners not to run home so the opposing team can't pitch a non-pitcher, thus forcing the Guardians to keep using up their pitchers in this case? MLB definitely needs to change the rules because what's next, the Guardians pitchers are lobbing balls in at 58 mph to save their arms..................
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Ben Ross gets the call, to Wichita, as Helman is done rehabbing and back with the Saints.
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Roster Crunch? Who stays, who goes?
FlyingFinn replied to stringer bell's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I agree that Larnach will be on the trade block this off-season. Though, I think Kepler should be on the trade block. His trade value will never be higher than it is now and it's just my opinion that he is more likely to return to 2020-2022 and early 2023 form than to duplicate what he has done in the last half of 2023. I would love an outfield of Martin, Lewis and Wallner with Castro off the bench (this assumes Buxton can't play CF) with Lee at 3B and Julien at 2B. Very young but I also think we will have the OF depth in St. Paul to help out if someone fails. Look out in 2025 as we could have Emma Rodriguez and possibly Jenkins banging on the door of the Twins OF. Of course, if the Twins don't value our Saints quite as much now, that could be why they go with Kepler for one more year (and I do think that is what the Twins plan to do at this point). -
Twins Trending Toward Bullpen of Starters
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
If we're going deeper than Lopez, Gray, Maeda, Ober, Ryan, Duran, Jax, Thielbar, and Pagan in the first round, it's mop up time anyway.- 28 replies
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Twins Minor League Report (9/3): Wichita Walks it Off
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Not so fast - Lee 4 for 5 today with a triple and homer. Although I do think Jenkins will supplant Lee in the middle of next year................... because Lee is playing for the Twins and is no longer a prospect.- 11 replies
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Week in Review: Keeping a Distance
FlyingFinn replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Solano has been really good and yet we have multiple people every week on TD saying that we should DFA him when other people come back from injury. Solano also has never hit the IL this year and plays multiple positions on defense.- 15 replies
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Twins Minor League Report (9/3): Wichita Walks it Off
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Their pitching went from bottom of the league through most of July to off the charts better than anyone in the league since then. Great job coaches as it is more than just the Raya, Nowlin and Grace callups from High A doing this.- 11 replies
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Twins Minor League Report (9/3): Wichita Walks it Off
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SSS but Jenkins is doing incredible in low A with a .438 batting average and 1.111 slugging.- 11 replies
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Seems like a person kind of knows which people are in the monthly minor league awards for the rest. As for the relief pitchers, I just don't remember each of their great short relief outings for the month so most of these guys on this list surprise me each month.
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Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month - August 2023
FlyingFinn replied to Cody Schoenmann's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Isola has zero chance of being a backup catcher. He rarely plays catcher right now in the minors. Emergency catcher only if he makes MLB.- 29 replies
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Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month - August 2023
FlyingFinn replied to Cody Schoenmann's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Fajardo with 17 stolen bases in August. Wow, that is amazing. I wonder if he again gets selected by another team in this winter's Rule 5 draft. Playing in AA all year, does that qualify him for the AAA Rule 5 draft? My reading says the Twins just need to add him to the AAA roster to avoid that, if I'm understanding correctly.- 29 replies
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I see why the national rating agencies love E-Rod. His hits are often for extra bases and he has a good eye at the plate. My impression is that he has a little Julien in him and takes too many strikes. Much better to have this than to try correct a problem of swinging at everything. I would have picked Harry, Jenkins (wow, is this guy really 18 years old!) and E-Rod for hitter of the day.
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Forever winding and changing TD discussion of this ended with, "the Twins can ask the commissioner for an exemption to replace an injured player" so Stevenson can play in the playoffs in this case IF the commissioner approves. Apparently, this is one of those rubber stamp things and is always approved.
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Maybe it was "thanks for the information" because they didn't know about it.
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Scherzer left with the dreaded "forearm tightness."
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Get to Know 'Em: Andrew Stevenson
FlyingFinn replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I would say Cave is hitting better but not much better. There's about 30 points difference in batting average. They each have 16 homers but Cave has them in less at bats because of his time in the majors. The major difference on the plus side for Stevenson is stolen bases, 44 for him to 2 for Jake Cave. I still would have called up Martin instead but Stevenson certainly deserves a 2nd chance with his great year with the Saints.- 19 replies
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If Castro is injured for the playoffs, then Stevenson is our speed guy off the bench.... and not Martin. Interesting. Or is it already too late to be on the playoff roster (unless the Twins did it in time last night and word is just coming out now??).
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Twins Minor League Report (8/31): Call-Ups Coming
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I wanted Martin on this 40 man spot. If Castro is injured and can't play in the playoffs, Martin is our best guy to replace his speed off the bench. Doesn't necessarily even be with the Twins right now if he was only going to sit on the bench. But Stevenson has some speed as well. He deserves a shot but like you said, he may not get to play much. Or does this say that Taylor is more injured than we know................- 17 replies
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