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mikelink45 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 1, Guardians 0: Devin Smeltzer Throws 6 Shutout Innings and the Bullpen Holds on
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Feels a lot better than a sweep. Win 2 from the Rockies and go from there. The bullpen could use another long start though. A short start could be disastrous.
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The bullpen was getting a ton of volume over the past week. Good to see a bit of a reset tonight.
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Canterino is almost 24 and has less than 50 innings pitched in the minors. This is a crucial stretch for him.
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I can't shake the feeling that Jose Miranda is one of the best 50 prospects in baseball. I can't remember a Twins prospect mashing AA/AAA like this at 22/23. 300+ at bats isn't that small of a sample. Wallner could move up quickly. Can't be long until we see him at AA.
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Twins Minor League Report (5/8): Rain Rain, Go Away
launchingthrees replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Small sample still but Jose Miranda learning how to hit would be a welcome addition to the farm system. -
HOU 3, MIN 1: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
launchingthrees replied to Andrew Thares's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I don't care too much either way. I'm just tired of watching him strike out. It's not fun I also think it's time to end the Polanco at SS experiment. He doesn't hit well enough to cover his bad defense. Bring up Lewis, Arraez at 2nd. Polanco will be a serviceable utility man. -
launchingthrees reacted to a post in a topic: Bring Up Young Pitchers/make the necessary roster moves..
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launchingthrees reacted to a post in a topic: Brent Rooker Makes MLB Debut
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According to Fangraphs Deivi Garcia is the only Yankees pitcher in the top 100. He's 20 years old and just debuted in the majors. Philadelphia's only top 100 pitcher, Spencer Howard, has already pitched in the majors as well. Cincinatti has two top 100 pitchers. Both in camp. including Hunter Greene who has virtually no Minor League experience. I don't think 2020 draftees are fair comps for JD or JB so they shouldn't be included. Looks like Spycake beat me to the punch
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Oh I think that's a part of their thought process. I'm sure they have their reasons. I'm just trying to reverse engineer what those reason are for Duran, because it's certainly not his age, service time, or lack of innings pitched. I suspect it's performance related. Balazovic's situation is harder to understand. No other teams are taking this approach with top 100 prospects who are allegedly slotted to debut next season.
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Balazovic did actually pitch in AA, albeit briefly. It's very odd that he isn't in camp. I can't find any other healthy top 150 prospects who have pitched in the high minors not being in at least the 2nd group. It's not entirely clear as to why Duran is being treated with kid gloves. He's pitched nearly 400 minor league innings(not including St. Paul camp 2020) and has reached 100IP inboth the past 2 seasons. He'll be 23 before spring training next season so it's not like he's a young prospect by any stretch of the imagination.
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The only quote I've seen on Duran is this from Falvey: “Jhoan Duran has thrown the ball well for a good portion of camp. We’ve been really careful with him just to make sure, for all the pitchers, and for a lot of reasons as we look at challenges for pitchers with the second restart across the game, making sure that we’re being particularly careful" His wording is interesting for sure. Balazovic not being at camp is also notable. I've having trouble finding examples of players in his situation not being invited to camp and I can't find any.