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  1. FlyingFinn
    It won't be Maeda, as reported yesterday. Add Ober and get rid of Pagan is another possibility.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Yes, he will only have a chance as the 14th player if Buxton is out for a long time. Hamilton has to be A+ as a defensive CF, base stealer, base runner, and bunter. He would mostly come in late in games, not as a starter. But isn't Helman all of these things and maybe he can actually hit, which Hamilton can't do?
  3. FlyingFinn
    LH bat, RH arm.
  4. FlyingFinn
    Sisk, Peacock, Moran, Maeda, Ober (what's the latest on these last two?) - give any one of these guys the chance. They can't be any worse than Pagan.
  5. FlyingFinn
    Feels like Wallner is heating up. Probably still wouldn't bring him up as he starts slow at each level. Sisk keeps pitching well and Peacock is good most games. Dobnak - not ready.
  6. FlyingFinn
    He has been pithing well, mostly out of the pen in August. Maybe to keep down his innings for the year coming off of surgery?? The Twins have some interesting decisions for the 40 man this winter with 3 guys who have been on this year's 40 man roster all year and not pitched a single pitch for the Twins - Balazovic (pitched horribly in AAA), Henriquez (started out terrible but has improved lately, the youngest of these three), and Enlow (best performance of the three but the least innings (I think) and vs. AA batters). They would have to be projected as pitching for the Twins by the middle of 2023 and I don't see all three of these guys doing that. And the Twins will certainly add Canterino to the 40 man and he probably won't pitch for the Twins all next year.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Is Wallner stealing 2nd when his teammate steals third? This is about 7 steals for him on the year and he is supposed to be slow. Argh! What can happen next to our top pitchers in the minors. Raya - one batter and out he comes.
  8. FlyingFinn
    Henriquez great, Moran terrible and that is a trend. Martin and Cruz also trending in the right direction this month. Festa continues his fantastic year. Urbina, Cardenas and Ross continue to do well, the first two becoming more than just a trend now. SB - Mikey Perez is interesting. Great SB and has some pop in his bat. The negatives appear to be a low batting average and is he more than a 2B, where we have a ton of prospects? Martin would be on top of the list if he didn't miss a month. Emma Rodriguez would also be on the list if he didn't get injured. The Twins have some very exciting but very young OF's - Mercedes (wow, didn't realize he also stole bases like this!), Rosario, and I'm missing someone else to go along with Rodriguez. If MLB increases the base size, thus decreasing the distance between bases, SB's will be much more important. Most bases stealers who are thrown out in MLB are on close plays. I believe the base size increase will have a bigger impact than most people think.
  9. FlyingFinn
    I find it so hard to get accurate defensive information on our minor leaguers. From just reading comments from TD, it seems he has a great arm. I'm thinking he catches the ball when he gets to it but is slow. Does he get a good jump on balls off the bat? IMO he has to do everything else well to play defensively in RF in the majors if he is slow. Will never be a Kepler defensively but we will still need guys who hit homers to go with our Arraez's. But then we need great defenders somewhere out there.
  10. FlyingFinn
    In Wichita's case, yes. They have won 15 of 19 (15-6 for the month). If you only look a week back, yes, none of our teams have done great. For the month, most are a little below .500 after a bad few games this week. St. Paul - 10-11 for the month. Cedar Rapids - 9-12 for the month. Fort Myers - 9-13 for the month. Combined - 43-41 for the month. Not much to complain about on our pitching tonight though as Varland, Gossett, Ohl and some bullpen guys had a good night.
  11. FlyingFinn
    If Correa liked how the Twins played through July and that would affect his decision at all, I think the way the Twins played in August should have changed those thoughts. The Twins current type of baseball is unwatchable, unlistenable and almost makes me want to watch preseason NFL games. Who would play SS next year? Palacios would get his chance of a lifetime for 2 or 3 months until Lewis was ready. In his case, I think this would be his only chance to ever lockdown a starting SS position in the majors. Most on TD say he is a good fielder though one person says he is a bad fielding SS. The Twins fully expect Correa to opt out. Lewis was the plan but that is delayed. I don't see the Twins signing Correa long term as their drafts the past two years were SS heavy and Lee, Miller or someone from that SS group has to be ready in a few years.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Ugly night on the farm. Shuffield had a great night for Cedar Rapids and Cardenas continues his hot month. At least the Wind Surge are trying to steal bases - 7 attempts though they were caught 3 times. Martin with 3 SB's.
  13. FlyingFinn
    No on Wallner, not this year. Seems to start slow at each level and then improve. If he starts to excel at AAA, we can expect a slow start with the Twins as well. There will certainly be those who will want him sent back down to the minors after a week. The key will be to not move in reverse like Sano did at the end of his time with the Twins.
  14. FlyingFinn
    Just being on the IL has made Jeffers, Garlick and Larnach look SO much better. Jeffers at least gets a hit once in awhile, Garlick can hit lefties and Larnach can mean we don't have to suffer through Jake Cave (though I like how he tries hard).
  15. FlyingFinn
    Great game for Gossett! Isola comes back from injury and continues hitting. If he projects at least average as a catcher, the Twins may have to pray that he isn't taken in the Rule 5 draft. I just don't see the Twins adding him to the 40 man roster.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Anyone know - are they drafting high schoolers who are taking 3-4 years to get through the minors or are they drafting college players who spend very little time in the minors?
  17. FlyingFinn
    Wow, it has been Cedar Rapids year. One hit and win the game. Move pitchers up, trade pitchers, it doesn't matter. The new guys pitch just as well as the old. I wonder who their pitching coach is.
  18. FlyingFinn
    How about another homer early in the game tonight!
  19. FlyingFinn
    I think Bundy and Archer have done what the Twins expected and maybe hoped. They have been the most consistent starters to take the ball every 6th day. The Twins have there own internal salary cap and need the 5 inning, 2 times through the batting order starting pitcher to be a cheaper, younger, better, throw 6 innings sometimes pitcher like a healthy Winder and Ober would be. At least, you can't have two starters who consistently throw 4 or 5 innings in a game (and we need Gray, Mahle and Ryan to more consistently go 6 innings).
  20. FlyingFinn
    Is Steven Cruz looking as good as his numbers in the box score show lately?
  21. FlyingFinn
    Steven Cruz has quietly started throwing strikes. The flame thrower seems to be mowing down the opposition every time I see him in the box scores lately for Wichita.
  22. FlyingFinn
    He is not our 3rd best pitcher (we only traded an A level player for him). Duran, Lopez, Jax and Theilbar are all better than Fulmer.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Noticed that as well. Other things from that game - Derek Rodriguez was great but the other 3, all guys talked about at some point as potentially helping out the Twins, Henriquez, Schulfer and Moran, were horid. And that was to get all the Twins top 4 minor league teams to sweep the night. Damn Yankees! Rortvedt batted cleanup for the Yankees but went hitless, dropping his average to .177. Maybe he will never hit well enough to catch in the majors.
  24. FlyingFinn
    "Expect at least one 2022 draft pick to be promoted to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday." Now, there is a tease! Has to be Prielipp, right? Do they even have a spot for Schobel with Lee already there.............unless it's musical chairs with Julien going to AAA and Martin playing OF at AA, with Javier going to AA to play the infield.
  25. FlyingFinn
    My guess is that this was his bullpen throwing day (didn't actually look when he started this week) between starts and they decided to just throw him in for an inning of relief instead. Seems to happen with a few guys in the minors on Sundays, possibly because of the Monday off day and how the rotation falls the next week.
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