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  1. FlyingFinn
    And I'll give you 2 to 1 odds. Define regular............... does playing the last half of 2023 with the Twins as the starting SS (or elsewhere) count?
  2. FlyingFinn
    I'd like to see Julien and Chris Williams moved up to St. Paul. You would have Steer, Palacios, Beckham and Julien for the 2B, 3B, and SS positions and I believe Palacios can play LF (maybe Beckham plays some at 1B, I forget). Palacios needs to be the Twins starting SS next year until Lewis gets back (assumption - Correa opts out) and then he is our utility man in place of Gordon. Also, Headrick needs to move up to Wichita. Let's see if he does better than Gipson-Long has started at that level. It may be that only one of the two make the Twins 40 man and the other is at risk to get picked by another team.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Wallner looks like he is taking batting practice. Low and outside, homer to left. High and inside, homer to right. He is carrying the Wind Surge as the pitchers often need it. Not sure Varland was the best pitcher of the night, giving up 5 hits and 2 walks and 3 runs in 5 or so innings. Julien doing well again tonight but Martin, not so much. Raya and the Fort Myers pitchers were great. One Cavaco homer and the rest of the night the hitting and the fielding (4 errors, both runs unearned) stunk. That league is death to most hitters except for E. Rodriguez. Povich also had better numbers than Varland but the CES-less Kernels batted like Fort Myers.
  4. FlyingFinn
    I think guys like him and Varland need to advance one level each year once they hit AA. Getting a little MLB action helps them understand what they need to do. Having said that, the Twins made need a long relief guy and I wonder if Sands might be that guy. Not sure he's quite ready for that but the Twins pen may need to try it. Sands and Varland don't throw the stuff that Balazovic (not sure what's wrong with him, giving up 7 ER and 3 HR in less than 1 inning tonight) and Canterino do but they also don't get hurt as much.
  5. FlyingFinn
    Blasted, wrong. CES goes on the IL.
  6. FlyingFinn
    One of those three is the post-Polanco second baseman. How do they compare to each other defensively at that position? I realize Martin plays so much SS that it may be hard to evaluate.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Wow, a night with a lot of great news after losing every game the night before. Best news - Raya is making his normal start after coming out very early in the last game. Great hitting - Julien with a super night and Martin if 4 for 4 with 4 walks to start the 2nd half, if I have that correct. Wallner continues to roll and the Wichita bullpen was lights out after looking like the back half of the Twins bullpen the night before. Pitching - Festa, Tavares, and Sands looked good for starters. Interesting...................... CES does not finish the first game nor play the 2nd game last night and Jake Rucker was called up to Cedar Rapids. Anyone see him arrive at the airport or bus station in Springfield, where the Wind Surge are playing???????
  8. FlyingFinn
    To me, it's Miranda vs. Steer. Neither is a major league SS. Steer plays 2B and 3B. Miranda plays 1B and 3B (Twins play Arraez at 2B and Miranda at 1B at times. Therefore, it appears Miranda will play 2B only in emergencies). Batting - Miranda's start at AAA was actually better than Steer's as far as batting average. It seems they are on the same pace for HR's. Miranda started very slow for the Twins but has adjusted well since. I give the edge to Miranda. Fielding - I think Miranda was an okay fielder in AAA at 3B and will end up okay in the majors in the end as well. Is Steer better? If the unimpressive arm is correct and he can't play 3B in the majors , probably not. If that's incorrect, he probably is. Speed - Is Steer faster than Miranda? One of Miranda's biggest shortcomings is speed. A mistake like he made on the safety squeeze yesterday becomes an out because he had to guess about the bunt in the first place and couldn't get back fast enough after that, both due to his lack of speed. Good problem to have both of them. Sure enjoyed seeing them move up through the organization.
  9. FlyingFinn
    Martin and Headrick with great nights. Multiple blown saves from the Twins through the minors these past two weeks. Yikes! The Fort Myers hitters have seemed to hit a wall. Again, this seems to have coincided with Rodriguez' injury. So has the 2nd half of the minor leagues started already? Must have otherwise Fort Myers and Cedar Rapids wouldn't have clinched the 1st half by now.
  10. FlyingFinn
    1. Duran 2. Pagan - he's got the pitches and just has to perform consistently 3. Thielbar - for situations that include lh's 4. Jax - his pitching tells another story this year. I just can't get last year out of my mind. It appears that I may be wrong about him. Hope so. 5. Canterino - not sure what his injury is. If it's not much, his stuff is good enough for him to be another Duran this year if his arm allows. Yes, we will trade for 2 relief pitchers at the trade deadline.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Amazing what a difference their record has been pre-Steer and post-Steer. I don't know the exact #'s but I don't think they had a losing week pre-Steer (except week #1) nor have they had a winning week post-Steer.
  12. FlyingFinn
    For a top prospect, we are just sitting Miranda on the bench a lot. When Polanco comes back, he is almost certainly headed down. That may be great for him to get AB's every day again and show what he learned in his first stint in MLB.
  13. FlyingFinn
    Strotman and Henriquez - okay, okay, I'm just cleaning up the 40 man and we may only get a couple rosin bags in return. I think the Twins have a glut of good players who will need to be put on the 40 man or be subject to being plucked by another team this winter. Figure out who we aren't adding to the 40 man and some other teams may be glad to have them in return for a relief pitcher who could help us this year. Also, we seem to have too many quality players who play 2B and/or 3B (Martin, Julien, Javier, CES, Steer, Miranda not to mention Beckham and Helman) while still having Arraez and Polanco. This is where I think another team may be willing to give up a more quality RP for one of these guys.
  14. FlyingFinn
    Nice article but Travis Adams for pitcher of the day? Isn't he still with Fort Myers who got rained out again. CES walk off homer, #16, should just be walk down to the Wichita Wind Surge this weekend. Not sure on his glove but the bat has played well everywhere. Not much more Beckham can do in St. Paul but there isn't really room on the Twins. But wait a few days, we may add people to our 26 we put on the IL already this year, a league "best." I missed SWR going on the IL. What is that all about? Hopefully just getting his wisdom teeth out or something..
  15. FlyingFinn
    Cedar Rapids and Fort Myers won their leagues in the 1st half. Individually, I'm still excited about Lewis (what he did in coming back this year and will do again), Steer, Wallner, Julien, Encarnocion-Strand, E.Rodriguez (another injury which does make things less exciting) along with these pitchers - Festa, Hajjar, Raya, Gipson-Long, Headrick, and SWR. I look at most of minor league starting pitchers and think we have a good chance to win.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Where is Correa failing on defense, what area? Urshela makes some great plays and messes up some easy plays. People have wanted to get rid of Kepler, including me, but we don't have anyone equal to him in regards to corner OF defense. Maybe Celestino but he may end up being Kepler without power. Our current pitching staff needs all the defense it can get. Of course, our hitters have 1 run in the last two games so they aren't carrying the load either.
  17. FlyingFinn
    Wins Above Replacement (WAR) Definition WAR measures a player's value in all facets of the game by deciphering how many more wins he's worth than a replacement-level player at his same position (e.g., a Minor League replacement or a readily available fill-in free agent). For example, if a shortstop and a first baseman offer the same overall production (on offense, defense and the basepaths), the shortstop will have a better WAR because his position sees a lower level of production from replacement-level players. The formula For position players: (The number of runs above average a player is worth in his batting, baserunning and fielding + adjustment for position + adjustment for league + the number of runs provided by a replacement-level player) / runs per win For pitchers: Different WAR computations use either RA9 or FIP. Those numbers are adjusted for league and ballpark. Then, using league averages, it is determined how many wins a pitcher was worth based on those numbers and his innings pitched total. Note: fWAR refers to Fangraphs' calculation of WAR. bWAR or rWAR refer to Baseball-Reference's calculation. And WARP refers to Baseball Prospectus' statistic "Wins Above Replacement Player." The calculations differ slightly -- for instance, fWAR uses FIP in determining pitcher WAR, while bWAR uses RA9. But all three stats answer the same question: How valuable is a player in comparison to replacement level? Why it's useful WAR quantifies each player's value in terms of a specific numbers of wins. And because WAR factors in a positional adjustment, it is well suited for comparing players who man different defensive positions. Source - mlb.com
  18. FlyingFinn
    Thank you for the great report again. One correction - Wichita seems to still be playing game #2 of the doubleheader as it is now tied at 3. Great starting pitcher - Ohl, Rozek, Balazovic. Nice to see Martin with two multi-hit games in one night. Steer with a great day as well. Bullpen - blown saves from the top to bottom in the Twins organization this week - Gore, Shreve, Klimek, Barrington to go with Cano last night.
  19. FlyingFinn
    When MLB moves to bigger bases, steals will increase dramatically. Most caught stealing attempts are only out by a fraction. Good for the Twins to be ready for this change. Wallner? - seriously, 8 steals? Who knew?
  20. FlyingFinn
    Should have been an incredible 6-0 night for our minor league teams but Moran and Cano blew the Saints game. Bad news as these are guys we would like to be pushing to come back up and push guys out of the Twins bullpen. Wallner needs to move up to St. Paul. After a horrid start, this is a long, great run he is having. As for Austin Martin, we have had multiple questions about why he played only one game last week and no answer that I know of. I'm not ready to give up on him, especially if he's battling through an injury. Nice pitching last night. Henriquez had a decent game, something we never say about Strotman. Gipson-Long, Festa, Carr all also had decent games as well as some good outings from the relief pitchers on their teams. Fun to look at minor league teams this season.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Austin Martin sitting for the third time in four games. Must be a nagging injury? What do we know about Cespedas? His bat has started off hot.
  22. FlyingFinn
    This is all about age. He is 4 years younger than Winder and Strotman. He is the same age as SWR but pitching one level higher. He needs to improve and show some improvement this year just because he takes up a 40 man roster spot.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Looked like a nice crop of starters tonight but it was not their night. Headrick, Gipson-Long and Adams all had one of their poorest outings of the year.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Austin Martin sat out both games of the double header. Any news on a minor injury?
  25. FlyingFinn
    Winder pitched 3 innings in St. Paul today. Stats looked good. Balazovic pitched in relief, which is interesting. Two good innings but gave up runs in the 3rd inning of work. Canterino being on the IL may end hopes of him coming up to the Twins this year.
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