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I don't think the Twins see Prato as a prospect. He hit .171 in more at bats in Wichita this year. Very much like Shuffield last year, they just move him to wherever they need him. Like Shuffield, he oddly goes and hits way better at AAA than he did at the lower level. Still think the Twins move him down if they need roster space with the Saints rather than up to the Twins when a utility guy is needed.
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Yea, and it feels like Gallo's homers win games and aren't in garbage time (I didn't actually check it out).
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McCusker was signed about the time Ortega got moved up and seems to have taken his place as the star hitter with Fort Myers.
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Twins Minor League Report (7/13): FCL Runs the Show
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Any word on Schobel or anyone else moving up a level during this break?- 2 replies
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Maybe the Twins think they really have someone in the minors between Camargo, Cossetti, and Cardenas and maybe Olivar.
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Some bad news from last years draft, Connor Prielipp is now done for the season according to the Cedar Rapids roster.
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I'm hoping it's a smokescreen from the Twins to get one of the top five who drops to us to accept a little less money. The Twins have taken a number of high schoolers in the 1st round, Kirilloff and Lewis being two of them. Also hoping the front office doesn't feel pressure to succeed in the next two to three years and take a college hitter just because of that.
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Minor League Report (7/8): Tanner Schobel Is Not Done
FlyingFinn replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Good job by Festa in the futures game. I haven't looked up the numbers but it sure seems like Soularie has been so much better this last month for the Wind Surge.- 23 replies
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Culpepper continues in the line of starting pitchers who moved up from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids and do great. Hope Matthews, Lewis and Culpepper keep it up. MacLeod actually pitched a couple game in Fort Myers this year and is really pitching well. A very good pipeline right now in A ball. With Nowlin, Hidalgo, Carr, Paredes, Jones (some good and some bad games for most of these guys), and Prielipp hopefully coming back, you have to wonder if one of these gets traded for bullpen help for the Twins. I certainly don't want more than one of these guys being traded though.
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What's happened to the Saints bats? After scoring 10 runs per game for a week, they can hardly get a hit in the last few games. Enlow not very good either. Schobel, after a slow start this season, is on fire. Make room for him in Wichita by July.
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Cedar Rapids is getting consistent, strong pitching and just enough hitting to keep winning. Nowlin with a good game last night.
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What's so Bad About Max Kepler?
FlyingFinn replied to Hans Birkeland's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Trade him before he returns to hitting slow grounders to 2B. In the playoffs, you will have both Buxton and Taylor to play late inning D and thus Kepler will not have as much value then.- 87 replies
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Twins Minor League Week in Review (6/26-7/2)
FlyingFinn replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Not a surprise that one of the great starters in Cedar Rapids was promoted. Being Raya averages three innings I'm a bit surprised it's him. Obviously he is doing exactly what the Twins want him to do. Wichita has been playing better lately and it will be nice for the fans to have a top prospect to watch in Raya.- 5 replies
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I'm thinking the Twins put Funderburk on the 40 man roster in place of Thielbar at some point, probably this winter.
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Enlow had a bad first start after getting called up to the Saints but has been good since then. I'm sure he's on the Twins radar. With both Balazovic and Headrick in the pen, we could consider an opener and then bring them in.
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So odd that the Saints score double digits every game now and the Twins struggle to get 2 runs each game lately. And the Kernels pitching is dominant. They keep adding the Fort Myers best starters and they perform well one level up. Culpepper was great in his debut.
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Twins Daily Hitter of the Month: June 2023
FlyingFinn replied to Steven Trefz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I was thinking it would be Matt Wallner just because he never got out (even if he last played in May!).- 21 replies
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The Twins strike out too much. Some of these guys in the minors aren't going to reduce that (this K% per plate appearance - listing key players over 30% and 20% or below): Saints - Larnach, Williams, Wallner (I still want him up) and Camargo all 32-35%. Who would be good at reducing K's - Celestino 12% (SSS), Miranda 17%, Stevenson 20%. Wind Surge - Sabato and Severino 33%. Good - Lee 16% and Keirsey 20%. Kernels - E-Rod 32%. Good (and look how many are good and hey, they are winning!) - Cossetti 18% (18% combined with Fort Myers), Schobel and Miller 20%. Ortego is at 20% but 24 % combined with Fort Myers.. From last year, Austin Martin had a 14% K ratio.
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Wallner, Wallner, Wallner - call him up now while he's still hot!
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The best team in baseball at hitting homers with the bases loaded, the Saints. One of the worst at getting any hits with the bases loaded, the Twins. Not sure if we want to bring all of the Saints up or does that just spoil them and they would quit doing that with the Twins. What a night for the #8 and #9 hitters for Fort Myers - a combined 7 for 8 with 9 rbi's! Maybe it's a deep lineup. Ahhh, no. They raised their batting averages to .222 and .230. Yikes, what was it before last night.
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Exactly. I don't think the Padres are claiming the Rogers trade as their 2nd best trade in the past 5 years. 4.35 ERA, removed as the closer and traded. And Rooker had 7 AB's with them. Also, I'm not sure we wouldn't have lost Steer (or someone else that we pulled off, or didn't put on, the 40 man roster) in the Rule 5 draft anyway. Don't make me GM. I would have made trade #'s 1, 3 and 5 at the time of the trade.
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Top Twins Minor League Performers in Season's First Half
FlyingFinn replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Yes, that was going to be my post - #1 Kernels, #2 yep, #3 the same and #5 is another Kernels starter. All the ratings in the article seem about right. Good job.- 19 replies
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DaShawn Keirsey: Twins Most Underrated Prospect
FlyingFinn replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Keirsey vs. Celestino - both play CF, throw LH and are about the same size (Celestino is lighter). Keirsey bats LH and Celestino RH. Minor league # comparison (Celestino at higher levels) with roughly 1,500 ab's for Celestino and 1,100 for Keirsey - (Celestino's #'s will be listed first) batting avg .273 vs. .258, obp .349 vs .329, HR's 29 vs. 23, SB's 68 vs. 84. Celestino is better in all but SB's. I like Keirsey though and it will be interesting if he keeps getting better like he has this year. -
Has Derek Falvey Established His Pitching Pipeline?
FlyingFinn replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Blayne Enlow - Saints - appears fully recovered from his surgery this year David Festa - Wind Surge - ERA isn't great but the stuff is and as posted in another thread many of his other #'s are really good (sometimes the bullpen lets your runners score and makes you look bad - with their record, I'm not sure Wichita's middle relievers are that good). And he is going to the future's game in July. Marco Raya - Kernels - very good #'s and the Twins are bringing him along slowly Connor Prielipp - Kernels - on rehab I believe and he may be like Enlow where it is two years after surgery when he starts pitching "normal" again. And for the bullpen, Regi Grace has really pitched well this year, currently with the Wind Surge.- 68 replies
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