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  1. Yake is definitely like Shuffield last year. They need a guy who mostly comes off the bench, a warm body. I believe Yake was on the Saints roster last year when a player was needed for the short-term.
  2. Who would have guessed that Kepler would ground out to 2B. Has he ever done that before............
  3. Not a serious answer but if you really want to be negative - have to let Wallner cool off so when he is played, he doesn't show up Gallo and Kepler.
  4. "His momentary outbursts of offense – a few mile-long home runs bunched together in a brief span – are surrounded by oceans of unproductive PAs at the heart of the lineup. It's not a tenable situation." Wasn't this exact quote made last year, for Miguel Sano???
  5. Polanco to 2B, Julien to DH, Buxton to IL. Radio announcers said that Buxton just doesn't look right out there. When he plays hurt, he turns into the 3 outcome batter, BB, SO, or HR. Since he's swinging at balls and letting strikes go, it is a lot of SO's lately. Let Buxton get healthy for the stretch run and injuries will probably let us figure out things by the time he is ready to play again.
  6. 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.
  7. Yea, and it feels like Gallo's homers win games and aren't in garbage time (I didn't actually check it out).
  8. McCusker was signed about the time Ortega got moved up and seems to have taken his place as the star hitter with Fort Myers.
  9. Any word on Schobel or anyone else moving up a level during this break?
  10. Maybe the Twins think they really have someone in the minors between Camargo, Cossetti, and Cardenas and maybe Olivar.
  11. Some bad news from last years draft, Connor Prielipp is now done for the season according to the Cedar Rapids roster.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Cedar Rapids is getting consistent, strong pitching and just enough hitting to keep winning. Nowlin with a good game last night.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. I'm thinking the Twins put Funderburk on the 40 man roster in place of Thielbar at some point, probably this winter.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. I was thinking it would be Matt Wallner just because he never got out (even if he last played in May!).
  23. 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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