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  1. FlyingFinn
    St. Paul starts Sadzeck, an opener, and brings in Balazovic in the 2nd inning. Any theories on this? Mine is that the Twins want Balazovic to get his innings but they also want him to get familiar with coming in out of the bullpen, at least to start a new inning. That would be because they are considering bringing him up to the Twins (please let it be for Pagan). Total guess on my part.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Not yet. Odd to start a reliever for 1 inning and then go to Balazovic. My thought - they want his 4 or so innings per game in St. Paul but want him to get used to coming out of the bullpen, because that is where the Twins are considering using him. If so, I think it's a good strategy.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Yikes, probably wanted to see Lee play and all you got was a pinch hit walk.
  4. FlyingFinn
    I call for Buxton to start getting reps in CF.
  5. FlyingFinn
    I think Funderburk would be up if he was on the 40 man roster. But the Twins think/know that Maeda and/or Thielbar are coming back soon. Since they don't want to DFA Funderburk, they also don't want to put him on the 40 man.
  6. FlyingFinn
    Raya and Jones pitched great for Cedar Rapids. Raya is done again after 3 IP and 61 pitches. Just have to trust the Twins being safe rather than sorry with him I guess. Rosario is really looking like the minor league hitter of the month unless Lewis does this every night for the next 9 games.
  7. FlyingFinn
    They've both made feeble attempts in LF in the minors and will not be playing the OF for the Twins.
  8. FlyingFinn
    Wow, some really good pitching tonight. Enlow goes into the 6th with 10 SO's and no walks. Headrick with 7 SO's and no walks. Nowlin was on the ropes in the first inning, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits. 1 hit the rest of the way. 4 SO's and amazingly for him no walks (see a trend with our starters tonight). It feels like Nowlin always pitches two totally different games within each game, always having a bad inning and then being great the rest of the way. To complete our night of no walks by our starters in 18 plus innings, Culpepper also had 0 walks. Okay, so he pitched one inning due to the lightning delay.
  9. FlyingFinn
    I think you are saying that the Twins have told Lewis and his agent that he will be playing 3B and SS only. I sure hope the Twins aren't limiting him to those two positions just because that's what the agent wants.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Polanco and Gallo dinged up as well. Miranda probably coming back up. Again, the best fix would be Buxton in CF. That opens things up for Julien or Wallner, depending if more than 1 is needed.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Should the Twins claim Gus Varland who was DFA'd by the Brewers? Would DFA Deleon to get him and probably DFA Gus as part of the train to St. Paul. Could end up with another arm to work with in St. Paul.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Brooks Lee breaks his mini-slump. Nice to see MacLeod pitch so well. Keirsey already has 16 SB's. He's not Billy Hamilton but just being good at one more tool has to get him a shot in MLB some day.
  13. FlyingFinn
    Lewis 3 for 4 with 4 rbi's and a SB so far tonight in St. Paul, including a HR.
  14. FlyingFinn
    How good (or bad) is he on defense?
  15. FlyingFinn
    For relievers to go an inning or two, Funderburk and Balazovic appear to be the two they could call on. Balazovic has great #'s in his first two innings in most outings (bullpen or starting) but runs into problems in the 3rd or 4th innings of his stints. Maybe Schulfer?? I agree on Dobnak. At this point, if we actually need a starter, he is pitching better than anyone except Headrick.
  16. FlyingFinn
    He had 3 great innings and then blew up in the 4th (no clue of the quality of the hits). That was aided by his own error. Maybe still ramping up but his trend this year is to pitch 2 or 3 good innings and then lose it that next inning.
  17. FlyingFinn
    Though I'm disappointed in Vasquez' defense so far this year, I believe if we suddenly gave him the most AB's against LH's, the stats would flip the other way, and thus I'm not as concerned about his hitting. The way our starters are pitching, I'm not changing much with our catchers, as they are handling the pitchers great.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Great pitching from our A level clubs. Jordan Carr had some good game last year. If he can be more consistently good, that would be great. Anyone know if he's got the stuff to have a chance to make it up to the Twins? Obviously, he isn't on our top 30 prospect list right now. Lewis continues to dominate at Fort Myers. If Gallo goes on the IL, Contreras may get a few days with the Twins. He probably would knock Rodriguez off the 40 man and then be a candidate to be DFA'd as well after Kepler is healthy, if the Twins need that 40 man spot.
  19. FlyingFinn
    What was our #1 complaint last year..................... starting pitching! Love the start of this article: "Coming into the game, Twins starting pitchers led MLB in innings pitched with 227 1/3 innings. They also lead MLB in FIP (3.15), WHIP (1.06) and strikeouts (259). They are second in ERA (3.01) and batting average against (.220)."
  20. FlyingFinn
    5 walks in 2 IP when you are ahead by 7 or more runs and Duran has to start warming up in the pen and you get the umpire call on a borderline 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded in which the batter and manager for the other team get thrown out. That qualifies as terrible in my book.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Lewis stealing bases is the best thing I've heard about him. You have to be healthy to do that. Great news. Severino - on the 40 man or gone in the Rule 5 draft is my opinion right now. He is really hitting the ball. Lee is in a terrible slump right now though with everyone else on the team slamming Frisco's pitching. Festa with a great game. Great week for people to watch the Wind Surge (looks like they are playing in Frisco - rough week for those fans!), and even getting to see Corey Seager play. Funderburk sure trying to show the Twins that he is ready in St. Paul.
  22. FlyingFinn
    Sands was terrible. He was so good in Wichita two years ago. Probably in St. Paul tomorrow. About time to see Balazovic. The Twins 40 man roster has some flexibility right now with 2 DFA candidates - Derek Rodriguez and Sands.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Relief pitchers are the easiest to get at the trade deadline and I predict that is the one and only area the Twins focus on, maybe getting two relief pitchers.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Injured early so I understand the start but I sure would like to see Raya building up. 4 starts - 2.2, 3, 3, and 3 innings. But this time he had only 1 combined hit/BB (compared to 4, 4, and 3 in his first three starts) so I'm thinking his pitch count was lower (I can't find that).
  25. FlyingFinn
    Reminder, if anyone wants to vote for the TD minor league prospect rankings, go to the Minor League forum. Some very good performances tonight - Raya (time to let him go more than 3 innings), Nowlin, Headrick, Culpepper and plenty of relievers as well. Too bad for Helmin. Gets back from injury and is having a great season and he dislocates his shoulder.
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