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  1. FlyingFinn
    Happened to listen to the end of the Cedar Rapids game, wow. Better coaching by the Twins minors than the opposition. Tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and 2 strikes on the batter. The Kernels are in the field. Swing and a miss but Charles Mack misses the ball and it goes to the backstop. The runner from third comes home, steps on the plate and apparently joins the batter in celebrating the win. What's the problem? Mack knows. He picks up the ball and fires it to 1st base. That would be a force out since the batter never ran to first base on strike 3. That run does not count. The Kernels win in the 10th 5-4.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Yes. See the Sonny Gray game today.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Some have been complaining about our bench. Solano and Farmer really came through today. Love our pitching. Great game. If Gallo and Kepler are both out tomorrow, we must make a move to put one of them on the IL and get Wallner up here. Our bench can't be that short.
  4. FlyingFinn
    Buxton really blocks Julien right now at DH. And Julien's defense blocks himself elsewhere, an example is the routine error yesterday that cost the Saints a win.
  5. FlyingFinn
    Agreed, to a point. You can't duplicate the game "pressure" or whatever you want to call it. When you fail in practice, it's easy to get the next ten. In a game, you may have lost the game for everyone on the team. A great example is Julien yesterday. Not known for his fielding (which is probably going to keep him from getting called up earlier), he boots a routine grounder with 2 outs in the 9th inning. 4 unearned runs later the Saints have a loss instead of a win. Now, how well does he bounce back from that?
  6. FlyingFinn
    Very good starts for Enlow (who indeed is a starter again instead of a reliever) and Nowlin. Julien, Garlick and Wallner all hit well for the Saints. Brooks Lee started well. Cardenas is one of the catchers I am watching and he hit a late game-tying homer among his two hits. Cavaco with the game winner, maybe giving him some confidence. And it was Miller at SS (and leading off) with Salas at 3B for those of us curious where they would play for the Kernels.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Rough day for Twins pitchers on the 40 man roster, Ober and Headrick. Some have also mentioned Laweryson as a possible callup and he had a bad day as well. On the flip side were the hitters - Julien, Garlick and Wallner all with 2 hits. Our catchers, Wolters and Camargo, combined for 6 walks with Camargo going 1 for 2 on SB's. Is he that fast that he is trying to steal two bases in a game?
  8. FlyingFinn
    Josh Donaldson pulled from game due to "hamstring tightness." Rortvedt has been hurt most of two years now so the Yankees didn't get a whole lot from that trade and spent a lot of money doing it.
  9. FlyingFinn
    Anyone surprised that Josh Donaldson was pulled from the Yankees lineup due to hamstring tightness.
  10. FlyingFinn
    I think you mean batters who are older than him. Looking at the Fort Myers roster, only De Andrade is younger than Oliveras. You and Seth have really put this guy on my radar to watch this year.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Hey, as if this team doesn't have enough good players, Mike Paredes, who pitched really well last year, was added to the Kernels roster today.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Two thoughts - Ross and Schobel also play SS. They can pretty much forget about getting playing time there. For a high school draft pick, I don't think Miller has struggled as much as some people are saying. He seems to walk enough that he has a good feel for the strike zone. We need to give the high schoolers a little more time. Now, Cavaco, he was drafted 2 years earlier than Miller, doesn't play defense like him, and has not shown much as a hitter. I can understand giving up on him.
  13. FlyingFinn
    Minor correction, it's his 2nd start. Kepler will be fine according to radio announcers after the game. He hit in the cage today. Probably won't play because it's a LH starter on Wednesday according to Rocco before the game.
  14. FlyingFinn
    According to today's transaction list, Frank Nigro (another catcher) got assigned to Wichita. Maybe our hopes of Isola catching 3 days a week aren't going to come to fruition.
  15. FlyingFinn
    I think the title is correct - the Saints could be special. The biggest way this happens is if the Twins do well and stay healthy. Then, you have Castro, Celestino, Lewis, Kirilloff (on rehab), Henriquez, and Winder all showing up from the Twins direction and guys like Lee and Festa moving up. Even if you don't like some of these guys as major leaguers, they often play really well at AAA.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Seth, We seem to be missing some pitchers (maybe injured?) from the rosters - Denny Bentley, Mike Paredes, Andrew Cabezas, Zach Neff, Alex Phillips, and Sean Mooney. Bentley, Paredes and Mooney are guys that I think have a chance to do well.
  17. FlyingFinn
    I love that they are giving Isola a chance to catch more (I'm one that said he can't stick at catcher if he's playing there less than 25% of the games played). In the AFL, he didn't catch much, if at all. It's his only path to the majors IMO. Prato seemed to play more in LF than anywhere else at the end of last year, if I remember correctly.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Rocco on the pregame show yesterday - "We will reevaluate Bux playing CF in mid-April, possibly the end of April." Sure didn't sound like he's playing CF in Miami, which I had hoped in that warm weather.
  19. FlyingFinn
    This team is stacked, even with Raya injured. Now we see why Perez and Shuffield get demoted to low A. Not sure who is playing 1B but everywhere else they will be fighting for playing time. Cavaco's last chance to do well or he may be the odd man out as the other guys pass him up. I expect some of these guys to move up to Wichita if they are playing great, as they may need the help.
  20. FlyingFinn
    Wait until we see the Cedar Rapids final roster. That team is stacked. These guys in Wichita may have only a half a year to show that they are worth keeping or the mid-season call-ups from Cedar Rapids will push them out.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Perez and Shuffield are the two guys that moved from low A to AAA last year, wherever we needed them. Probably not good news for them as they don't seem to be on any planned path towards the Twins. Cedar Rapids is probably overloaded with our many SS's playing in the infield. The infielders are strong here in Fort Myers with those two plus De Andrade.
  22. FlyingFinn
    Jake Cave is an A+ in the effort category. The problem is that he is hitting .000 and hasn't hit MLB pitching great for years. Most people are rooting for him but most don't think he stays on the major league roster long.
  23. FlyingFinn
    If Enlow is in the pen, I like McMahon, Enlow and German. Boyle and Brink are older and maybe they stabilize this pen. Not sure the starters can go enough innings for this team to be as good as last year. But like you said, trading away Hajjar and Povich hurts this team. I do agree with those trades though.
  24. FlyingFinn
    33 degrees with an 18 mph wind on Thursday for the opener. With an off day on Friday and 45 degrees and a 7 mph wind, let's move that game now...........unless we think we are the hardier group and that can get us a win against the Astros. But, ugh, rough day to be a fan at the game in that weather.
  25. FlyingFinn
    I'm interested in hearing how Isola and Winkel do at catcher. Isola has the bat and Winkel has the defense. Can either one do well enough on the reverse to make them into major league catchers? That infield has potential but Sabato, Severino and Rucker need to step it up. Lee is the star of the team. Keirsey - I would like to see him step up and be a great outfielder. He has the speed for it. Then, the tough part - hitting consistently. I'm sure Holland and Prato will be out there a lot even though they are listed as IF's. The Rule 5 guys, I don't know what to expect. I think the bullpen will be good. I'm thinking the starting pitching could be a little weaker than last year after Festa. I'm expecting guys like Hidalgo and Nowlin to get moved up at mid season. Of course, if Festa is doing great, he could be moved up to the Saints at that time as well. My future Twins in this group are Lee and Festa.
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