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But from what I hear, he has displayed his "just-shy-of-the-warning-track" power on a couple occasions today.

Rookie mistake - I should have known better to make a sincere request on a game thread

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Actually with the online feed being so flaky, some non-trolling, good old fashioned Circus Boy updates might not be a bad idea. I was tired of finding out James McCann grounded out softly and Dozier is batting now and the game is still 0-0 pure, maybe I should stay in that moment.

Actually I did, and a bunch of TwinsDaily pages came up. Maybe Tonkin has the right fingers to throw the sinker. Who knows. It's pretty apparent Gibson doesn't. How long has he been working on that thing? Gibson will be just fine with a fastball-slider combo. He just needs to have faith.

I think you are on to something, even if that Mauer pop up would have been a hard read. I can't really second guess anything Molly did there in the ninth, but you have to admit there were a lot of slow, lumbering earth-movers out there that inning.

Rosario took K-Rod deep in a high leverage spot last season, so I guess it depends on how rotted K-Rod's corpse was in that previous game. Edit: smiley face for levity.

Cedar Rapids lost to Kane County, 2-0, in Beeker's first start. Beeker's line tonight: 7 IP, 8 hits, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SOAs Jeremy Nygaard wrote, the Kernels simply could not string together enough hits or collect any extra base hits tonight. Other notes: According to Gameday's game play tracker, several of the hits off Beeker came on the first pitch of the at bat;The home run Beeker surrendered was to Jasrado Chisholm, a heavy-hitting, highly regarded young shortstop in the Diamondback's system;Again according to Gameday, Beeker retired outfielder Luis Silverio on a line drive that was scored 1-4-3: "Silverio lines out, pitcher Clark Beeker to second baseman Brandon Lopez to first baseman Lewin Diaz. 2 out"If anyone has video of that play, the rest of us would love to see it!

Sean Poppen, 23, was a 19th round pick in the 2016 amateur draft. He pitched four years at Harvard. Poppen began the 2017 season at Cedar Rapids, where he pitched the Cedar Rapids Kernels home opener. He pitched seven innings and left with a 6-3 lead, but Beloit rallied to win, 7-6. Poppen's pitching line: 7 IP, six hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts. 87 pitches, 60 strikes12 ground ball outs to 2 fly ball outsPoppen also hit a batter in the early innings. Interestingly, Kernel's second baseman Brandon Lopez was beaned twice in the early innings, too. It's probably nothing? The blog Knuckleballs has a good write-up of the home opener and great photos here. There is another very good article about Poppen here, from last June after the draft, by a Norfolk Tides beat writer named David Hall. The chorus I hear repeated in Hall's article is "...if the baseball thing doesn't work out..." and it's true; Poppen has a lot going for him should he not make it to the majors. But his performance in the first game indicates he will be sticking around for a bit.

Fair question. I will look. Maybe 2016 isn't really a season to go back and care about, but I'm sure I'll find something from 2015, because the Twins were in a pennant chase and I remember blowing my top at least a couple times by his bullpen usage that season

Clark Beeker is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Beeker, 24, was drafted in the 33rd round of the 2016 draft out of Davidson College. Beeker was a fifth-year senior coming off his strongest season; he suffered an injury early in his sophomore season which caused him to red shirt. In a good interview with Twins Daily writer Seth Stohs, Beeker called that injury a blessing in disguise. More from that interview with Beeker can be read here. I also stumbled upon some other interesting nuggets: Beeker attended the same high school as Chattanooga second baseman Levi Michael, and in college once pitched against Chattanooga center fielder Tanner English, who was playing for nationally ranked University of South Carolina program. In his senior season at Davidson, Beeker made 15 starts, two of which were complete game shutouts. He finished with 9-4 with a 2.55 ERA his that season. After signing with the Twins, he pitched mainly in relief for rookie affiliate GCL before making two starts for Elizabethton to conclude his season. Beeker throws four pitches. He has a slider, curve and change which he is comfortable throwing in any count, and a fastball that sat 90-ish after he reported to GCL last summer. Beeker's college BB9 rate was below 2.00 and his K/9 was a slightly above 6.00, indicating a pitcher with very good control who lives in the strike zone. However, Beeker struck out 52 in his 43.2 innings in rookie ball last season, a rate far higher than his college strikeout rate. Beeker makes his season debut tonight for Cedar Rapids (2-2) versus the Kane County Cougars (4-0) in Geneva, Ill. First pitch 6:30 PM.

I don't really have an opinion on Tonkin. More so I am glad they didn't burn through better guys like Pressly or Rogers in a game they didn't need to.

And we're not even into August!

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I like the lineups too. I like how Haley and Tonkin were both stretched several innings in a losing effort. In previous years you might see many bullpen guys coming in for an inning apiece. Molitor has not been tested with the short bench yet, but it will happen soon enough.

Damn you! Ban this guy!

I was out last night, but every time I looked up at a teevee there was a hard hit ball to the outfield somewhere and an outfielder breaking his neck to make a catch. I do agree with chief, too. One run in six innings is nothing to scoff at. As long as we have our best outfielders out there we can probably limp along with Hughes for a time.

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Thanks. I agree with you; however, you can really start to appreciate how hard it is to know for sure.

Eduardo Del Rosario, 21, was a late-2012 international signing by the Twins out of the Dominican Republic. Del Rosario started the season opener for the Cedar Rapids Kernels this afternoon after a rainout forced a 7-inning double header to be played today. Cedar Rapids won, 4-0. Del Rosario's pitching line: 6.0 IP, two hits, no runs, with a 1:7 BB:SOStrikeouts and walks: 7 Ks in 21 batters faced = 33%One of the hits was a bunt single. Here is the box score. I have not laid eyes on him, but reports are the Del Rosario's fastball sits low 90s, and he is developing some additional pitches. He played in rookie ball for three seasons, before debuting with Cedar Rapids June 5 last season. He put up a very good line: 6-2, 3.67 ERA in 16 games. Twinsdaily.com has additional info about him, which I will crosslink in future posts.

And Hughes doesn't. There's the rub.

Great job running Buxton out there in the third spot again, Molly*! *probably ninja'd by someone earlier in thread

Would be nice if the Twins ever decided to put their best players on the field.

Clark Beeker Sean Poppen por favor