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  1. FlyingFinn
    No, Palacios is really playing well at AAA and is a great fielder. He would be used until Lewis returns. And maybe beyond that if he plays well with Lewis also playing SS and OF.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Agreed. If you are the Twins or a border line hitter, wouldn't you practice bunting for a half hour every day. MLB players are so bad at it now that a border line player could get the last roster spot just because they are a great bunter.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Gordon, Jax and maybe a little bit of Cave are the surprises for me. That's why I'm not a GM. Love the hustle from guys, forcing the defense to make errors.
  4. FlyingFinn
    If Kepler, Larnach, Jeffers and Ober got healthy (without others getting hurt), St. Paul could look like a good team. As it is, they are playing well. Some very good pitching performances to go along with a lot of runs scored tonight. Derek Rodriguez, SWR, Headrick, Mullenbach, Hanner, Lavallee and Rimmel all go multiple innings and don't allow a run. Maybe we have some pitching left in the minors. Brent Rooker continues to be one of the all-time best AAA players, no matter what organization he is in.
  5. FlyingFinn
    I believe we are talking about guys who may come back yet. Maeda is #1 in my book. Alcala doesn't count as he is done for the year. Jeffers is better than Sanchez. Once Sanchez started catching every day, his batting tanked.
  6. FlyingFinn
    Is Varland better than Sands was last year in AA? I just think it takes these guys a year or so at AAA before they are really ready for MLB, and of course some don't make it. The Canterino's of the world, with better stuff, can make the jump more quickly IF they could just stay healthy.
  7. FlyingFinn
    Indeed, Perez is adding to his frequent flyer miles and going to Cedar Rapids today. Severino moved up to Wichita as well!
  8. FlyingFinn
    Helman - how does he compare to Nick Gordon? Same speed? They seem to play the same positions with what seems like the same level of effectiveness. Gordon with a big advantage in that he is already playing in the majors. Helman would provide tons more flexibility with max options left. Every time I count Gordon out after an 0 for 15, he gets 4 or 5 hits in two nights.
  9. FlyingFinn
    He still scares me. Doing better as he doesn't let the runners score when they load the bases, but there are still runners out there against him. Baby steps.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Agreed. Mikey Perez, probably temporarily to cover for Steer, is up with the Saints right now. Rucker's #'s surprised me. I didn't know he was doing this well at high A. Severino is really hitting now!
  11. FlyingFinn
    With Miranda looking like the real deal, I think that opens up dealing CES. Hajjar is the one that concerns me but he is a long ways away from the majors. We got rid of both of our lefty starting pitchers from the 2021 draft.
  12. FlyingFinn
    Covid related. Didn't count as using up an option.
  13. FlyingFinn
    Sabato is the minor league version of Miguel Sano's prior years. Start out dreadfully slow and then get hot in the middle of summer. Last year was the same thing for Sabato. Urbina and Severino continue their recent hot streaks. Twins radio announcers said SWR's IL stint was Covid. I'm always reading things into the box scores, usually wrong, but ECS gets taken out of the game for a pinch runner. Injury or is he getting traded..............or just strategy I haven't seen used with him before?
  14. FlyingFinn
    Any news on Kirilloff's wrist?
  15. FlyingFinn
    Most guys seem to struggle for a while when they get moved up. Adams moved up and gets blasted. Headrick pitched well tonight but was hit hard in his first game. Gipson-Long, same thing. The bats are no different - Wallner off to a slow start the Saints. Being called up to the Twins can result in the same thing - Miranda, Kirilloff, Larnach all struggled (though Larnach had a short spurt of success first). ECS and Steer seem to be the exceptions to struggling when moving up. Makes me wonder if the Twins have to be patient with guys like Cano and Moran. Tough to let them fail too much though with the playoff hopes we have.
  16. FlyingFinn
    Someone in TD was asking for more power to make Palacios a MLB SS. He answered with a couple homers tonight. Varland with another decent game and Balazovic with another clunker. Both are consistent this year.
  17. FlyingFinn
    I haven't looked but I'm pretty sure Cedar Rapids does.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Austin Martin - he seems to have missed most of July. How bad is that thumb injury and when did it happen (how long was he playing with the injury)?
  19. FlyingFinn
    Agreed! Urbina and Severino continue to play well. Gipson-Long had a rough 1st inning but then dominated. Hope he's adjusting to moving up one level. CES not only hits but, if I remember correctly, he seems to do well in clutch situations and not just when the game is out of hand and the other team brings in a mop-up pitcher.
  20. FlyingFinn
    The Saints just don't seem to be able to supply the Twins with any more effective relief pitchers. We don't seem to like Ian Hamilton. Schulfer is talked about but he got hit pretty hard last night. Wichita and Fort Myers had almost no offense, Urbina supplying most of the hits in the Mussels double header. Carr looked great but the bullpen was terrible. Cedar Rapids just keeps rolling. Get a bad start and it doesn't matter. The bats take care of that deficit. Severino having a great week so far.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Short but nice returns from the IL for Enlow and SWR. CES just hits, at every level. Great game from Severino as well. Should be a lot of changes to these rosters in August - trades, moves to cover holes from trades, and maybe some draft picks being assigned but it seems the Twins really ease these players in slowly.
  22. FlyingFinn
    Like Kirilloff and Miranda have been playing lately............
  23. FlyingFinn
    I disagree. When you add in free agent signings in the offseason, we don't have enough dead weight on the 40 man without eventually releasing some players who would have trade value now (might also be more cost effective to trade for a decent contract than pay top dollar to a free agrent). Plus, you can only carry so many guys that may not hit the majors next season. Otherwise, the way MLB teams are moving guys up and down so often, you run out of options, etc. for players.
  24. FlyingFinn
    SWR (still 21), Festa, Povich, Hajjar, Raya - all 22 or younger. The Twins had 3 or 4 at least partial graduates to the big leagues this year - Duran, Jax, Moran and Ryan. Balazovic is the big disappointment this year. I'm hoping that Canterino (in the bullpen), one of Sands/Varland, and Festa make the jump next year to the Twins for at least part of the season. Not counting the Saints, there are a lot of good, not great, pitchers in our minor leagues. Less of this group will make it through to the Twins but 1 every year from this group would be good (Jax would be the one I would have classified here - honestly, I didn't think he could pitch as well as he's doing this year).
  25. FlyingFinn
    Two questions - did the Twins hitting coaches totally mess up Martin by reworking his swing? Also, the injury he has had this year is a thumb injury. Has he had that most of the year and they just recently decided it was enough to hit the IL? Maybe that has affected his #'s. If either of those is true, the Twins can't trade him now as he will get better by next year, at least if it's a thumb injury causing problems.
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