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  1. FlyingFinn
    Cedar Rapids is getting consistent, strong pitching and just enough hitting to keep winning. Nowlin with a good game last night.
  2. FlyingFinn
    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.
  3. FlyingFinn
    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.
  4. FlyingFinn
    Polanco
  5. FlyingFinn
    I'm thinking the Twins put Funderburk on the 40 man roster in place of Thielbar at some point, probably this winter.
  6. FlyingFinn
    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.
  7. FlyingFinn
    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.
  8. FlyingFinn
    I was thinking it would be Matt Wallner just because he never got out (even if he last played in May!).
  9. FlyingFinn
    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.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Wallner, Wallner, Wallner - call him up now while he's still hot!
  11. FlyingFinn
    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.
  12. FlyingFinn
    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.
  13. FlyingFinn
    We'll just have to agree to disagree on this. I believe when he is playing hurt he becomes mostly a HR or out type of batter. Since running into the White Sox second baseman earlier this year, he has appeared more and more like this. The biggest problem is he blocks others from the DH and when Taylor is in one of his long slumps it hurts (they are either then stuck in the minors like Wallner or forced to play bad D in the field like Julien).
  14. FlyingFinn
    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.
  15. FlyingFinn
    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.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Low leverage, inning eater - he is doing great this year. Any game that is tight - horrible. Just don't put him in any tight games unless everyone else is used up. Trouble is their are times you have to put your last guy in if the others have been used.
  17. FlyingFinn
    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.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Goodness, the Kernels just keep adding good players to their team (Culpepper has really been pitching well) and none of their best players move up to Wichita. They just release the guys at the end of their roster. Congrats to David Festa. His numbers are mediocre this year but obviously his stuff is impressive. There is a pretty good record of the players who play in this game making it to MLB.
  19. FlyingFinn
    And/or Severino, though his K rate is disturbing. As if the Saints need any more talent. Those higher ticket prices may be worth it.
  20. FlyingFinn
    I think Schobel is ready to be moved up to Wichita, along with Rosario probably. And Wichita needs all the help they can get.
  21. FlyingFinn
    I've criticized Rocco for pinch hitting way too early this year so today I give him credit for a lot of good moves at the right time. Deciding to pinch hit Jeffers and clear the bench with Buxton was the right call and he managed the pitching to get our three best bullpen guys in the game in the 8th, 9th and 10th innings. And good things can happen if you just put the bat on the ball. Need more of that.
  22. FlyingFinn
    Good call. Cespedes with a 2B and HR among his 3 hits today.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Exactly who are you bringing up from Wichita? Who is Sanchez blocking (Winder is a reliever now)? Festa is reported to have good stuff but has struggled with one bad inning in many games this year. He needs more time in Wichita. We traded away Haijar and Povich (bad trades but I would have done them at the time) who would be at that level. Enlow is already pitching for the Saints. Sanchez purpose is to be ready for an emergency start for the Twins. He gets added to the 40 man roster, pitches, and then gets DFA'd and probably returns to St. Paul. We can't do that with guys like Enlow as they will get claimed by another team.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Those Saints can really hit. Stevenson, Miranda and Wallner combine for 7 hits in the top 3 spots in the order.
  25. FlyingFinn
    Ortega did go to St. Paul and pitched 2 innings tonight. Yes, Julien is really bad at 2B. Such a good bat (not tonight) but he better practice 1B. Otherwise, he is a DH only. He costs the team numerous runs with his D at 2B. Arraez looks like a gold glover compared to him.
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