Butterfingers8

Alex was promoted to class AA and called on in relief right away, his first appearance did not go well but hee is now one step closer.

I don't think Vargas qualifies as an international free agent, PRs are in the MLB draft, unless he signed before that was the case, I'm not sure whenPRs had to enter the draft.

Trading Hughes would be utterly stupid. Give me an all-star quality pitcher, especially with a team friendly Deal, in the prime of his career, over a prospect any day!

He's the main color guy for cubs radio

Seriously? He never tells you what's actually going on during the play. He's worse than Lonny from major league two.

Morris by far but tk has gotten much better this year. Smalley is awful. I would also like to hear Dick on the radio every once and a while, when he did spring training games a few years ago it was absolutely wonderful. So glad Ron Commer is gone, Gladden needs to follow him out the door, Smalley too.

Could lack of k's for Stewart be because the Twins are asking him to limit use of his slider? I thought I read somewhere that he was not throwing his slider to work on his other pitches.

During yesterday's broadcast Dick mentioned that Nick Gordon would start with Elizabethton, does anyone have conformation of this? If so I like the aggressive move by the Twins. This my even indicate he has a chance to be in Cedar Rapids by the end of the year (though I doubt it).

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Good points though, except I don't understand why you would put Myers on the 40 man until you're actually going to call him up, why create a roster jam just incase you need someone and a spot.

Christ

Appearances 3-5 were not quite as good as 1&2. It was reported in appearance #3 that he had lost control of his fastball, in his last three appearances he has had 3,3, and 4 walks after having 0 combined in his first two. Here are his stats from those three starts and his totals for the year: [TABLE=class: dataTableClass, width: 615] [TR=class: dataRow even] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: right]Apr 21[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]@JUP[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]3.60[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]5.0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]5[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]3[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1.25[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center].278[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: dataRow odd] [TD=class: dataCell, align: right]Apr 27[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]PMB[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]7.20[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]5.0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]7[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]7[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]3[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center]3.33[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, align: center].318[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: dataRow even] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: right]May 03[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]@PMB[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]7.36[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]3.2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]6[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]6[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]3[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center]0.33[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center].333[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: dataRow highlightRow odd] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: right]Totals[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center] [/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]3.86[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]5[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]4[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]0[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]23.1[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]24[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]16[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]10[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]2[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]10[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]17[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center]1.08[/TD] [TD=class: dataCell, bgcolor: #EEEEEE, align: center].261[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Looks like he still has some things to figure out in A ball

I think Fuld is an outfielder.

During the second at bat of the bottom of the first inning, it looked like it was going to be a rough start for Alex Wimmers, one that might have been the final straw one the patience of some Twins fans. Alex has been a disappoint for Twins fans to this point in his career because he has not stayed healthy. After giving up a leadoff double and then balking him to third, I was afraid this would be the start that a lot of Twins fans would tell me to give up on him, he's done. Oh how wrong I was. After that scary start, he buckled down and retired the remaing 18 batters he would face on the night. When his start was over after six stud innings, his line read 0 runs on 1 hit, with 6 k's and free passes. He had six ground outs and three fly outs. He is now 2-0 on the year with a 0.93 era and a 0.62 whip with a .176 obavg. It was a great first start of the year for Wimmers after having a solid first appearance as a reliever five days ago. This start makes me even more exited about Wimmers' prospect status. If he strings together a few more starts like this, he will likely be pushing someone out of AA in the near future.

Wimmers is said to be a control type pitcher that will out smart hitters rather than blow them away. Coming out of college he was said to have three plus pitches including a very good change up. I think when the Twins drafted him, they were dreaming about a Brad Radke clone coming to Target field.

He didn't actually start the game, he came in to start the fourth inning and gave up his run on the second out of the 7th and final inning and was then relieved.

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Name: Alex Wimmers 2014 Team: Ft. Myers Miracle Born: 11/1/1988, Age: 25 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Position: Pitcher Height: 6'2 Weight: 195 Throws: Right Drafted by the Twins in the first round (21st overall) of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft out of Ohio State University. Twitter: @AlexWimmers21 Wimmers was Drafted by the Twins in 2010 and was advertised as someone who could rise to the big leagues quickly. He had been named College Pitcher of the Year in 2010 and BigTen Pitcher of the Year in 2009 and 2010. He had a good start to his professional career after being drafted in 2010. It looked like the Twins would get what they wanted and have a pitcher rise to the big leagues quickly. In 2011 Wimmers had a hiccup in his career for the first time, he injured his elbow and ended up requiring Tommy John Surgery. 2012 was spent recovering from TJ and Wimmers pitched in only two minor league games. He had a hard time getting going in 2013 and ended up only pitching in six MiLB game with mix results for the rookie ball GCL Twins. He will look to get going in 2014, this year should tell us whether or not Alex Wimmers will ever live up to the hype he had coming out of college. I chose to adopt Alex Wimmers because I believe this will be the break out year for him. I am still a believer that Wimmers can slide into the future big league rotation as a solid #3-4 starter. As I mentioned above, I believe this is the year that either makes or breaks him, hopefully makes. Here are his stats from his first year in college to 2013: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Alex-Wimmers

Alex Wimmers

If Eades or sledger excel and are moved up quickly, I think we will see Gonsalves in short order.

It probably doesn't really matter where he starts, to be honest, i'm really just being selfish and want to be able to check his box scores every 6 days or so.

I know low minor league numbers don't mean much, but Stewart and Berrios had remarkably similar numbers in rookie ball. I would just like to see Stewart up against some competition that might challenge him. If he struggles that may help him grow anyways, he has to learn to fail so when he is up against major league pitchers and they hit him around a bit, he can deal with it.

Seth, what reason(s) do you have for continuing to assert that he will not start in Cedar Rapids? They started J.O.in Cedar Rapids last year and he was drafted much later than Stewart. I do not understand why the twins would push berrios and not Stewart who is by far the better prospect.

^same except I'd slide Beede between Jackson and Turner

Stewart got past him last year. I realize that there is not a hitter of Kris Bryant's readiness and quality in this draft. However, I think theo is interested in finding college players in the draft that can make it to the majors quickly. I say this because he seems to be investing a lot of money in the International market for very young, raw players that can develop over time. I think the idea of a "sure thing" out of college appeals to him more in the draft. Just my observation.