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Having suffered through Ron Davis years, I still cannot stomach seeing Colome on the mound, but for those who missed him. Ron Davis was a Twin for parts of 5 years. His win loss for that time was 19 - 40 and I know RP win loss are not the most important numbers but often to get a win he had to give up the lead, to get a loss was easier, just stink. His ERA was 4.51, Reliever era is almost worthless because it does not credit the RP with the runs he gives up from inherited runners and since they are in for such a short time and batters only succeed 1/4th of their ABs it is easy for them to have a low era so any RP who has an era over 4 should be jetisoned. For the record we still have Colome and Alcala (Robles would have been on the list too). Barraclough would be on the list but has not been here long enough and we have gotten rid of many like Derek Law. Davis was in 249 games and saved 108. In 380 innings he gave up 188 walks plus 38 intentional walks. That is .6 walks per inning. And that gives him a 1.49 Whip. His runs allowed better than average was -26 for the five years with zero being league average! In 1986 opponents line against him was 340/449/580 - an OPS of 1.029. Everyone had a HOF year when he pitched. I ran a comparison of Ron Davis 1986 and Alex Colome in 2021 - it was very interesting. Colome 21 vs Davis 86 Here are some key outcomes. Davis was 30 and Colome is 32. ERA - Colome 4.53, Davis 8.59. Innings Colome 47, Davis 58. ERA+ Colome 92 and Davis 49 WAR - Colome -1.1, Davis -2.7. WPA Colome -2, Davis -3.2 What a chase - Colome still has time to catch up with some of Davis numbers. And I would hate to try to find all the worst relievers we have had.

Baldelli was not going to name a closer at the beginning of the year, but then decides Colome is his closer - this makes no sense. I feel for Ober. By the way Garza Jr. experiment should end too. Bring up Cano, Moran and any other MiLB reliever and no more of these expert choices of fading vets. Finally - thank you Red Sox for taking Robles, would you like Colome too? Free?

Ryan has done enough - put him in the rotation - why are we waiting? Call up Miranda, Ryan and get us ready for 2022.

I am glad he has you for a fan - I want more - Jax might make the BP, but he is not who I am looking for in my ideal next rotation.

I enjoy seeing where former Twins minor leaguers and MLB players are and how they are doing. Reed is one of the baseball nomads and I hope he finds a home and success. It is important to realize how hard it is to make the jump from minor to major leagues. Keep these articles up. Maybe an article where you list the players and their teams and stats. Thanks.

I appreciate the insights and discussion. Yes to a second opinion, but also yes to doing the surgery as soon as it is an agreed upon need.

I understand your point, but for the year he has a -0.7 WAR, he has a 6.29 era and a 1.36 whip. The opponents have an 848 OPS against him - more than 100 points above league average. He had a nice run, but overall I am not convinced. If he continues that five game stretch again you have a point.

Don't we have some other minor league pitchers we can give a trial? Jax is a nice story, but not a nice starter. Time to try something else. Isn't the rest of this lost season a time to get some trials done? Balazovic and any other potential started should be called up. Gant and Jax are not going to give us what we need next year.

This was an excellent report. The ending sets of stats giving us a perspective on how the players rank with other minor leaguers was great and so were the year to date statistics on our prospects. Some of those prospects may need to be adjusted when you do the end of the year prospect rankings.

Strotman did not look good - add the hits and the walks and his WHIP was terrible. He is not looking like a quick fix for MLB, so let's hope Ryan continues to deliver.

I know it is illogical in this day of outsized contracts, but to me a player like Buxton should look at the fact that the Twins have paid him for full years and he has been a part time employee. The offers for him have been generous and if he does not sign, trade him. Time to start moving on. From the great prospect and hope for the future only Berrios and Polanco have really delivered on the promise. Buxton has teased, Kepler and Sano have not grown or developed as hoped. Let's hope this next set of prospects can continue to develop and deliver.

Since others are defending Kepler, I will defend you. Kepler is not a leadoff hitter. He is not a good hitter. I put a like to the article because it is well done, not because I like what it says. We are just all desperate for something positive and Gant, Garza, Garcia are not the answers anymore than Vincent and Burrows. We need to see some young live arms with potential.

The obvious response for me is that he should already be here. It is not about who gets moved where it is about the FO rewarding a player for outstanding performance. Service time is a joke and we all know it. We either extend or trade. Come On Falvey give us something more to cheer about. And maybe another young arm not named Gant, Garcia, Garza - forget the wonderful additions you keep making from the waver wires and bring up real prospects.

Is there any reason, any good reason, why Ryan's next start is not for the twins?

Thanks Henri. I don't have to check the score and see another ex Twin beat up on us.

Is this the playoffs?

Royce who?

I love his accomplishments and his potential for the future. He is the kind of batter that us old timers can relate to

what have we learned From this fun ball game? Polanco is our MVP. Thorpe is not going to be able to be a SP for a good team. Colome really is not the closer we need. The Twins should have a much better record and should be in contention.

This is a really good summary of a crazy week. It shows the twins potential, but at the same time it reflects some of the same things we've seen in the past. Are bullpen is consistently pieced together with waiver wire pickups instead of working from within our system the way our starting pitchers have been finally promoted. We need a hitting coach who can work with these young players to get better production and help them make their adjustments.

I cannot understand what Miranda has to do to see the majors.

I am speechless. Let's keep celebrating 1991 the rest of the season.

After tonight's game I have to reassess this statement.

I am not confident with Thorpe and keep hoping another young pitcher would pass him by.

I worry about Duran. Not getting an operation this year could just delay the inevitable. I hope they are correct in letting him just rest, but we have been down that road before. I am pleased to have three pitchers in the top five. I have no idea if Lewis should still be number one. After the last two years he has become this mystical figure that we all look up to, but having not seen him don't really have anything to justify putting him on the pedestal. For your wrap up on the series put out two lists - pitchers - position players.