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  1. FlyingFinn
    Dennis Santana DFA'd by the Mets.
  2. FlyingFinn
    I'm surprised. What do you do if Pablo Lopez gets knocked out in the first inning on Sunday like the Yankee starter did? No long relief and Alcala is now most likely unavailable. You end up burning the entire pen unless throw Pagan until his arm falls off. I guess if Maeda really isn't hurt, he could go long relief and Varland pitches in turn in the rotation.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Yes he was. Not on the IL so hopefully it wasn't anything to do with that. Edit: And now he has indeed been put on the IL. Bummer!
  4. FlyingFinn
    Look at that roster. It's stacked. You have 4 guys drafted as SS's - Miller, Salas, Schobel, and Ross. They are taking up 2B, 3B and SS. Cavaco is probably now projected lower than any of these guys and gets 1B. If anyone is going to complain about the Twins drafting him in the 1st round, we should also be giving credit for drafting the Julien's and Festa's in the double digit rounds.
  5. FlyingFinn
    Nice pitching from the starters tonight - Sanchez, Adams (great bounceback), Carr and Lewis (another good bounceback). The prospects the major league teams like always bat near the top of the order on the minor league teams. Poor Dalton Shuffield. He hits good everywhere including with the Saints as he filled in last September. Hitting .385 for Fort Myers, he bats 8th. So early in his minor league career and he already appears destined to be a career minor leaguer at best.
  6. FlyingFinn
    I love Julien but bringing two LH batters back, I'm thinking we need guys who can hit RH's. I think Garlick stays until Polanco returns. Gordon, Kepler and Julien can't hit RH's IMO (and Larnach and Gallo aren't exactly great at it) and, with Buxton at DH, one of the catchers is also on the bench.
  7. FlyingFinn
    .433 WPA for Correa. I don't always pay attention to that but it sure seems like a lot for one game. Garlick is a half tool (not sure that's what you call a guy who is only great at hitting LH pitching) but if you don't make him do anything else, he sure does that well.
  8. FlyingFinn
    Yes.
  9. FlyingFinn
    If I remember correctly, the radio announcers said he looked healthy taking batting practice in New York. I think Gordon will get plenty of time to improve and he is very valuable in being able to play a lot of positions. If he would just quit swinging at most every first pitch. The pitchers know this.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Great start by Kyle Jones and another good one by Festa. The Wichita bullpen sure makes the starters #'s look bad as the last two nights they allow all of the runners they inherit to score. And I like Hunter McMahon but he was terrible. Balazovic pitches in relief again. Wonder if he's just building up after the broken jaw or if that is where he is going to be this year. At least he did okay this time.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Nobody's talking about Rocco pulling starters in the 4th, 5th and 6th innings now as the quality of our staff is so much better. That makes the bullpen better. The end of the pen pitchers throw more in blowouts and best guys pitch in the close games. Keep it up Twins!
  12. FlyingFinn
    Yes.
  13. FlyingFinn
    I will have to disagree for the most part. He threw more than 80 pitches, I believe for the first time since his surgery. As would be expected, he probably tired at the end. He left the mound with a 6-0 lead and had 8 K's. Too many pitches for 5 innings, sure. But for him, he is progressing. E-Rod is struggling a bit right now. He does basically three things at the plate, walk, strike out, or hit a home run. He's younger than the other guys so this is stretching him a bit.
  14. FlyingFinn
    Rocco talked about making a move. There isn't anyone left on 40 man roster for position players and there are 40 men on the roster. Polanco????????
  15. FlyingFinn
    Julien really fits in at the leadoff spot. But with Kirilloff and Polanco on their way back and Buxton probably still at DH, I don't think there is any way he avoids another stop in St. Paul, no matter how well he does. I hope I'm wrong and he does so well at getting on base, that Buxton is forced to play CF so Julien can be the DH against RH's.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Nice game by Headrick, who did much better starting than relieving. Carlos Luna with a David Festa type game, 5 innings, 10 K's, one hit. It appears he's an older player, so maybe not much of a prospect?? E-Rod has struggled early. Still taking walks and he really has a flare for the dramatic, beating the Yanks in spring training and now with a game ending grand slam. Polanco and Kirilloff were 2 for 6 and Winder pitched a shutout inning in relief (is he a reliever now?) but the rest of the team was dreadful, 1 for 21 hitting and not pitching well either.
  17. FlyingFinn
    JT Chargois to the IL for the Marlins.
  18. FlyingFinn
    I think the postponements messed things up (though they certainly could have fit him in before now so there must be a reason - best guess as he's still very young is that they have an innings cap on him and they might need some of those with the Twins at the end of the year??). The Twins are determined to keep Ober on schedule in the rotation as he is the first man up. Therefore, Ober has pitched twice and SWR finally gets to pitch today.
  19. FlyingFinn
    Yes, like Ober, Varland, SWR, and Festa.
  20. FlyingFinn
    There was someone on TD that was on the Zebby Matthews bandwagon (wish I could remember and give you credit). Great game for him. Cedar Rapids was pounding the ball. Nice to see Miller hitting great as too many people wanted to give up on him at such a young age. And he is indeed playing SS every day. On the rough side, our guys who might come up to start an emergency game or two from the Saints were mostly terrible. Dobnak is struggling to throw strikes. DeLeon and Sanchez weren't much better. Rodriguez was great today, saving game #2. Many were surprised that Adams is up in Wichita to start the year. He had a very rough time. For Cedar Rapids, it was great just to see Preilipp pitch three innings, as he gave up most of the his runs in the 4th.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Mahle for 7 with Thielbar and Alcala to close it out would be ideal. Thielbar gets the Alvarez/Tucker inning. Even though Duran only threw 3 pitches, he had to warm up twice to do it and teams track that (along with him pitching on Friday). If you don't get 7 from Mahle, you're looking at.....................Pagan.
  22. FlyingFinn
    First, I don't see everyone being healthy all at one time. If they are, what a great problem to have. Kirilloff will be at 1B, Polanco will be at 2B and Larnach will be OF/DH IMO.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Josh Donaldson to the IL with hamstring issues.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Actually, if you are on the 40 man and out of options, you become much less likely to be called up for this 13th pitcher spot. Megill and Ober are better than Sands right now but, since they are better, the Twins want them pitching regularly. Because the Twins think less of Sands, he is the one they put in this 13th spot, who may not pitch for 10 days. If the Twins are willing to DFA you, you can be a prime candidate for this. Dobnak, Deleon, Rodriguez, Sands, Sanchez all fit this bill. All have been DFA'd already (except Sands) and another team didn't claim them. Ober, Winder, Megill, and Headrick would all be claimed if DFA'd IMO and therefore the Twins don't want use up their options. If the Twins need a 40 man roster spot and want to replace pitcher with pitcher, the ones I see as possibilities to be DFA'd are Sands and Balazovic (he has to start pitching better soon).
  25. FlyingFinn
    Great games by Varland and Festa. Festa picked up where he left off last year, throwing 97 in the 1st inning. 1 hit allowed, no walks, 8 K's. 51 total pitches of which 43 were strikes! Nice game by Isola as he had 2 hits and played catcher. Balazovic pitched one great inning and then ran into trouble, allowing a triple and a couple walks. Megill bailed him out before allowing the bases loaded the next inning (walks way too many batters) but Stewart bailed him out. 4-0 on the farm. Gotta love that.
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