BoBo71

This sounds like a comment from the Twins F.O. What's so cold and calculated about their approach? This is a F.O. that essentially said they thought this team could compete in 2013. This is a tight-fisted GM that has posted 10 losing seasons in his 16 on the job, and who has personally posted three straight losing seasons. The approach doesn't make sense anymore. The game has changed, and TR has not changed with it. Good professional organizations (like the Cardinals, Patriots, Spurs, Red Wings, etc.) do indeed use draft and develop as a basis for their roster compilation. But those organizations also effectively mix in trading for big league talent and the signing of able free agents. I'm sorry, but your comment reads more like someone that has drank too much of the Twins' Koolaid than someone who is basing his opinions on the evidence at hand. Perhaps Terry Ryan's time has come and gone as a GM? Happens every day in sports. Why not here? Why not him? Why not now? Is it impossible to believe that he's way past HIS prime??? That his notions are tired and old and even apathetic at this point? This team will not move forward unless Terry Ryan is willing to spend on pitching, either via free agent dollars or by way of blue chip prospects. THAT is what seems so obvious here.

Just not true. Most players look good at A, Low-A, Rookie, and Instructional. It's when they get to AA that their weaknesses--both physical and mental--become magnified. Look at Trevor May. There's no way any one of the prospects you listed is more highly regarded than May was when he was at those lower levels. Yet, here he is now, seemingly stuck in AA for eternity. Gibson and Meyer (along with Barrios, perhaps) are the cream of the crop in this organization. There are plenty of other interesting arms, but those are the guys that have been pegged to lead this organization to the promise land. And it looks like we'll need to come up with another one or two at AA or higher via trade if we really want to contend soon.

First of all, what "innings limit"? You've just assumed he'll be shut out at a certain number. I've heard nothing. Have you? He's almost 26 and dying to pitch. If he feels good, I think they'll let him go. Also, you mention elsewhere that he gives up "all these hits." What? Do you even FOLLOW Gibson? Or are you the guy that simply hates him because he stole your girlfriend. Gibson's numbers over the past nine games are almost eye-popping. He's 6-1 with a 2.36 ERA. In 61 innings pitched, he's given up ONLY 46 hits, while striking out 54. Even if you added a full run-and-a-half at the MLB level (which I think is a complete stretch with a guy of this talent), you'd be talking about a 3.85 ERA up here--almost HALF what Pelfrey's is at present. In fact, I'll bet Mike Pelfrey couldn't get his ERA under 5.00 at AAA, let alone 3.00. So, you're absolutely wrong about Gibson. If he were called up now, he'd ride that momentum to MLB success. If he isn't called up soon, you risk burning him out at AAA like Terry Ryan has done with so many other players through the years. It's time. We couldn't have asked for anything more than Gibson while getting any less from Pelfrey. That's the truth.

In his past nine starts at Rochester, Kyle Gibson is 6-1 with a 2.36 ERA. In that span, he's logged 61 innings pitched (a horse), given up a mere 46 hits, and struck out 54. There's no sane reason why he is still in Rochester, this being his FOURTH year there. Yet, I'd much rather see him replace Pelfrey, who has never been good, than Diamond, who was brilliant last year. If Diamond doesn't come out of this funk and needs to be replaced, do so with the similar Andrew Albers, who also deserves a shot up here. But Gibson should be the ace of this staff.