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Achter, Darnell, Romero, Watts, Kepler, Vargas, Rohlfing, Oliveros, Dean, Ibarra, POlanco

Achter, Darnell, Vargas, Kepler, Watts, Wimmers, Rohlfing, Polanco, Oliveros, Dean, Ibarra

I said Kepler twice...Bigley instead of second Kepler

Achter, Darnell, Romero, Vargas, Kepler, Wimmers, Kepler, Polanco, Dean, Ibarra, Oliveros

My wife is frustrated now because I spent too much time going through all the possibilities and submissions and could not find a way to make this work if given the right numbers by Seth so I'd like to ask that you glance through the guesses to check to see if you made a mistake... I may have made my own but I am not seeing it yet. Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Wimmers, Watts, Kepler, Dean, Ibarra, Oliveros, Polanco

30 seconds after that last list I saw a flaw. If this list is correct then Seth made a previous mistake in his numbers. I will wait to see how many I have before trying to fix it though...

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Watts, Kepler, Rohlfing, Beresford, Bigley, Dean, Ibarra

My original list had 11 names which Seth said 4 we're not on it and I had 6 correct. Subtracting Wimmers since he never fully came back from injury to his previous level of pitching gives me six known. Comparing those six to the other lists you can tell how many of the "other names" are right or wrong therefore only two of the four (Ibarra, Beresford, Turpin, Dean) can be correct based on the list I had with 8 correct. If Polanco is on the list than Beresford is not based on Shane's first list. Using all the lists any combos that include Ortiz or Dean seems to eliminate too many candidates leaving us with my list above which I could argue about later. Off to work, cannot see if I am correct now for next 11hours....

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Watts, Kepler, Polanco, Ibarra, Turpen, Oliveros, Rohlfing

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Watts, Kepler, Polanco, Dean, Ibarra, Fuentes

Thanks for the support Shane, I have been comparing ALL our lists. That is why some of these don't seem to fully make sense (Kepler but not polanco) but I think your right putting Watts back in. I am fairly convinced neither Kepler nor Polanco are on his list at this point...

Please tell me I have at least 9... I had 8 a long time ago...

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Wimmers, Watts, Dean, Beresford, Hauser, Soliman, Farris

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas, Kepler, Wimmers, Beresford, Ibarra, Knudson, Roberts, Salcedo

I don't think he's responding to us any more Shane...

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Vargas Beresford, Watts, Dean, Kepler, Ibarra, Turpen, Wimmers

Darnell, Achter, Romero, Buxton, Sano, Watts, Rosario, Meyer, Wimmers, Kepler, Vargas

Final Statistics 3 Wins 2 Losses 1.76 ERA 49 Games 46.0 Innings 24 Hits 11 Runs 9 Earned 4 HR 14 Walks 39 Strike Outs .154 Opp Batting Average 0.83 WHIP Not a Prospect... Bonafide Major Leaguer... Last Post

I agree oldgoat, time to sign some real keepers in free agency especially given the salaries and coming salaries. We could spend 40 million per year on free agency and sign those free agents for 3-5 years and most everyone coming up is going to be real cheap still for that time period keeping the payroll in the 100-110 range long term which is about where it ought to be

Are there Two Aces to sign and a home run hitting big time 1B? If you sign those three and the prospects rise, I think this team transforms next year. Unfortunately I think you need all three for any hope before 2015... I think we will be better next year but nothing exciting without a free agent dive

In my series of posts, I omitted Relief Pitchers intentionally. I think that part of the Inn was not open this year as we actually sent out MLB talent and there were not AAAA placeholders in play in the bullpen

Oops, should edit before posting... I forgot to mention that the Inn has closed for Jeff Clement at Rochester. I think he is elsewhere next season.

As AA Twins become AAA Twins, Room for AAAA players is becoming more scarce. With many 30 plus "prospects" called up this year, and several more failing to get called from Rochester, there will be many players released into oblivion this off season. Before even considering Free Agents (Please Ryan, Sign some Free Agents) If I was General Manager, I would have to make the following decisions: Infielders When I decided to do this series of three posts I was looking at who played for us this year and who we currently have that will play on the MLB side next year. Everyone is excited about Sano and Rosario getting so close but there are several other Infield prospects pushing up as well. (the big exception being at first base.) Lets go position by position Catcher: MLB level: Mauer, Doumit, Chris Hermann, Eric Fryer, and Josmil Pinto. Rochester: Danny Lehman and Jairo Rodriguez are both recent promotions to AAA. this area of strength has already jettisoned Butera and now the only questions are how many to have on the 25 man roster, Mauers health, and when we trade Doumit. My gut says Pinto and Fryer go back down for more seasoning with Pinto coming back up when Doumit is traded in the middle of next season. (I am praying for Mauers health and expect to see him splitting time with 1B especially when considering 1B options) 1B Colabello and Parmelee are with the Twins and Jeff Clement is at Rochester. I expect Colabello and Parmelee to compete at first next spring. One stays, one goes back down until a prospect rises to push them a aside. The Winner in spring training splits time with other players or rises to his last opportunity and wins our love. 3B This position belongs to Plouffe but the heat is on HIGH. Debinson Romero isn't clamouring for a call up but may get a Spring invite along with Miguel Sano. My guess is they both are at AAA to start the season but Plouffe is not long for 3B. This means when Sano does come up, Plouffe either pushes out Escobar as utility man or Parmelee/Colabello at first. Rochester has already jettisoned Mark Sobolewski and Ray Olmedo is next. Who? Exactly! Inn closed!! SS There is no one pushing up (for now) so all we have is Escobar, Florimon, and Beresford to choose from. Florimon has won the job for the foreseeable future as we need the defence too much. Beresford was rewarded for his help in Rochester with a cup of coffee this fall but he will soon be cut. Escobar for now is our Utility guy. He is a defensive replacement, pinch runner guy with a light bat and big glove. Useful but not exciting. Rochester will have Danny Santana as SS coming up from New Britain and the prayer here is that he continues to develop and Florimon becomes the Utility man for the Twins some day. 2B I am excited by Dozier and hope he is at second for us for the next 10 years. Rosario will be the Man at Rochester next year. Down the road how they shake out will be exciting for us to watch but for now all it means is Nate Hanson and Eric Farris will be marginalised in Rochester or New Britain until Rosario is called up.

As AA Twins become AAA Twins, Room for AAAA players is becoming more scarce. With many 30 plus "prospects" called up this year, and several more failing to get called from Rochester, there will be many players released into oblivion this off season. Before even considering Free Agents (Please Ryan, Sign some Free Agents) If I was General Manager, I would have to make the following decisions: Starting Pitching: Andrew Albers, Kevin Correia, Sam Deduno, Scott Diamond, Cole DeVries, Liam Hendricks, Pedro Hernandez, Lester Oliveros, Mike Pelfrey, PJ Walters, Nick Blackburn, Kyle Gibson, Vance Worley See a problem? With Logan Darnell, Trevor May, and Pat Dean already called up to AAA, at least 6 of these need to be cut or moved to the bull pen this off season assuming we do not sign any free agents. (I'm hoping we sign at least two...) So who do we cut? Pelfrey and Blackburn are already gone. PJ Walters and I believe Cole DeVries are going to be following them out the door as soon as the post season is over. The obvious keepers are Gibson and Correia. Now you have to fill in the best of the rest. At this point (based on who is and has been here) the best of the rest... Sam Deduno. This is a less than impressive start thus the cry for free agent signings. Andrew Albers has earned a shot but age is against him. Liam Hendricks has his 30 starts and has not impressed. Worley, Hernandez, Oliveros, Diamond all seem to demand another shot but there is only so much room to go around. If I was a betting man, I would guess that Hernandez, Oliveros, and Hendricks are either gone or pushed into long relief, spot starter jobs in Rochester or gone. That leaves us with Albers, Worley, and Diamond trying to win two spots this spring. If we sign a free agent, Albers age and lack of impressive stuff probably pushes him out of the organization. My point? There just is not room to keep all these AAAA pitchers. We lack a true starting five yet have to start cutting in a big way. Thank you gentleman for giving us your best, good luck and good bye!