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  1. FlyingFinn
    Miller and Salas are hitting about the same in Cedar Rapids and Miller plays SS 5 days per week with Salas there for 1 day. Miller is known as the best SS defender in the Twins system. If he can hit, he's our future SS. Maybe Salas at 2B if his hitting gets much better (he's young). Severino - no way he plays SS. And I think Julien and Severino will be bad at 2B defensively. Again, it sure would be nice to have a DH spot open for one of them (or Miranda) coming up.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Keep MAT in the lineup most days as long as Buxton isn't out there. We need better hitting from SS (Correa is supposed to hit better than this), RF (shouldn't be totally focused on defense there) and DH (that should be one of the best hitting positions in baseball if you are focusing on defense at catcher and CF).
  3. FlyingFinn
    It just feels like we let the week slip away by allowing Kepler back when Wallner was (and still is) on a hitting rampage. Just a few hits by him would have been better than what Kepler did and win a game or two more even if the defense wasn't quite as good.
  4. FlyingFinn
    Zebby Matthews continues his fine work, up one level now. Great job.
  5. FlyingFinn
    I had never paid attention to him or even remembered his name. I was all ready to start looking for him and he immediately goes on the the IL. Bummer.
  6. FlyingFinn
    There has to be some serious discussions in the Twins development department about Cano. If it wasn't just a case of Cano not listening to instruction, they have to ask 'how did we miss this and are we still missing it with guys.' Maybe it was an isolated incident but any more of this and someone could be fired. What is gold to teams like the Twins - players who perform great for the Twins at a low cost.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Amid some inconsistencies, interesting to hear some of the discussions that do take place between minor league managers and the front office. Thanks for posting this.
  8. FlyingFinn
    Nice to see Camargo doing so well after a very slow start. It's kind of amazing, with all the Twins injuries, we haven't yet needed a third catcher.
  9. FlyingFinn
    Schobel is really doing well lately. We may yet see this promotion by July - Ortega to Cedar Rapids, Schobel to Wichita, Severino to St. Paul.
  10. FlyingFinn
    The front office is tying Rocco's hands by making him work with such a short bench. AJ Pierzynski said having 1 player on the bench last night is unheard of. Lopez has one bad thing happen to him and then every pitch is missing the catchers target by 3 feet. He's really going to hurt someone if he keeps this up.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Hey Chief, It appears Lewis has indeed beat Brooks Lee to playing for the Twins. It will be fun when they are both playing for the Twins certainly.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Yes, we should play Buxton in CF. If he's not healthy enough to play there, let's put him on the IL and get him healthy enough. He's also blocking some of our good hitters who struggle in the field from playing - Wallner (who is on one of his hot streaks), Julien, and Miranda (who has 5 or 6 hits in his last three games and may be turning things around). Right now, it feels like we have MAT in CF and MAT at DH. Buxton's slump is probably due to injury so let him get healthy and get another healthy bat in the lineup.
  13. FlyingFinn
    I compared TD's latest rankings to Fangraphs (note Fangraphs has Varland at #4 and TD said he's ineligible to be a prospect now). Fangraphs is higher on Festa (5 vs. 8), Castro, Chivelli, Schobel, and Henriquez (all aren't in TD's top 20). TD is higher on E-Rod (3 vs. 6), SWR (6 vs. 11), Mercedes (10 vs. 13), Miller by a lot (13 vs. 18), Headrick (15 vs. 20), Balazovic (14 vs. 34), Jose Rodriguez (18 vs. 30), Severino (19 vs. 29), Enlow and Helman (not ranked). Anyone know what Enlow is throwing his fastball at now?
  14. FlyingFinn
    They sure don't like Michael Helman. Thought maybe it was age until I saw that they have a 30 year-old (Brink) on the list. I'm a huge Festa fan but am surprised he is in the top 5. His numbers this year are mediocre. But he is still hitting 98 mph and they must like his pitches. Balazovic has just about fallen off the charts. How long can the Twins keep him on the 40 man roster. Also surprised Hidalgo isn't on this list.
  15. FlyingFinn
    If Buxton is in the DH role, Encarnocian-Strand has no place to fit on the Twins. People think that Miranda isn't very good on defense. CES has always been much worse than Miranda in the minors on D. I do think he will hit in the majors but a player should hit really well if they are a full-time DH.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Fajardo and Kiersey are really playing well in the Wichita OF. Does St. Paul have room for them to move up in July? Not if you have Wallner in RF, Celestino back in CF and Larnach coming down and playing LF.
  17. FlyingFinn
    If Correa and Buxton would both end up on the IL, who is coming up? Miranda for Correa as Lewis can't play every day. Wallner or Julien for Buxton? Wallner is so hot, bring him up. DH would also be open for Miranda and Wallner now.
  18. FlyingFinn
    You thinking DeLeon moves to the long man role? Then, if we have a short start, do the Twins DFA him to try send him back to St. Paul if he pitches 4-5 innings and we need a new long man?
  19. FlyingFinn
    Castro is who we always wanted Gordon to be. SSS so this may not continue. What will continue is that Castro steals bases much better and has a stronger arm that plays as a backup at SS and 3B.
  20. FlyingFinn
    Two games in a row. If we have double-header due to a rainout, we may see him. He also has an opt out in his contract so him pitching well lately could make him take that chance that some MLB team wants him now.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Very nice game by Solano. Julien will be a great OBP guy and hitter but I'm just not seeing him ever being better than a bad fielder. Sure wish we had a DH spot open for him.
  22. FlyingFinn
    With Jorge Lopez in complete meltdown mode, we need both Thielbar and Maeda in the pen. I'm even thinking I'd rather have Pagan pitch right now than Jorge.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Cole Sands pitched 80 innings at Wichita in 2021 with a 2.46 ERA. His and Varland's careers have gone in different directions since then. Varland is a starter and Sands is in the mop up role (good numbers in that role this year but his pitching hasn't been good overall since 2021). Is it all about Varland increasing his velocity and Sands not since Wichita?
  24. FlyingFinn
    Wallner goes on these hot streaks. The Twins should have rode this hot streak until he didn't hit for a couple games.
  25. FlyingFinn
    If not for an error that inning, his performance is 2 runs over 5 innings. Like someone said, snowballed after that. Has to learn to overcome those errors though.
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