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Where's Rick Anderson when we need him?

5 years.

Williams and Jeffers, two good hitting college catchers. I wish them both well in the future. I wonder how their defensive skills, including arm strength, are?

What does Jake Reed have to do to get called up?

I love beating the Yankees!

I hate the Yankees.

A strong lower level minor league system may simply indicate that the major league team has consistently been drafting high, due to poor won lost records annually.

"Don't ever give up." Jimmy V.

I enjoyed reading this article so much that I read it again.

This year the cake of choice seems to be Boston Cream Pie. To paraphrase the Soup Nazi: "No cake for you, Twins' fans".

Last season 3 good fielding outfielders helped our pitchers greatly. The same would be true of 4 good fielding infielders. I think too much emphasis is placed on offensive statistics in these posts because offensive stats are more available and easier to quantify. I would like to see a ranking of the best fielding Twins, major and minor leaguers, according to fielding ability. To heck with these "sluggers" who strike out so much. I'm sick of it.

Congratulations to Harold Mains, President, Mike Mains, GM, Ray Smith, Manager, the E-Twins' coaches, the E- Twins' staff and employees, all the young players, and the grounds crew, headed by Big Dave McQueen. Also congratulations to the town of Elizabethton. I am so happy for all of you.

More Morneau.

Good luck Zack.

Go E-Twins. I'm happy for those guys.

Odorizzi needs 1) a nutritionist, 2) an exercise coach and 3) a sports psychologist. If he believes he always has trouble after two times through the lineup, then he most certainly will.

Thanks and good luck to Bobby Wilson. I enjoyed his hustle and determination. He was banged up several times and once the heat got to him after a long half inning behind the plate...but he persevered. He is a tough baseball player.

This statement is true...but alas, it was also true the last 6 years. Time will tell.

I have always felt it was not fair to Harmon Killebrew, nor to the Twins' fans, that Harmon did not finish his career as a Twin. I felt that for all the wonderful gifts Harmon gave to the Senators/Twins and the fans, he deserved to end his career as a Twin. I wanted him to be a Twin for life. I didn't want to share him with the Royals. I feel the Twins owed it to him to keep him, even if he only hit .199 with 14 home runs his last year, when he was a Royal. I would hate to see Joe Mauer end his career as a Royal or a Tiger. I may be the only one, but my love of the Twins is about so much more than winning. It is about family.

2 Class A catchers has good offensive nights. Yea!

I would like to know if the Twins use any psychological evaluations in selecting free agents to sign. I may be wrong, but it appeared to me that the Twins signed 5 major FA's last year and on paper, they looked good...but something was missing with 3 or 4 of them. Whether it was physical injuries, or they were "head cases", or the Twins players did not incorporate them into the team...I don't know. Yet on paper it looked like a great year for the Twins in terms of FA signings...but in reality, based on 2018 performances, I would have to say that Reed, Morrison, Lynn, Rodney, and Odorizi, turned out to be a weak group of free agents that were paid a lot of money..We have written and read a lot at TD about "veteran leadership" What do you think about FAs who are "leaders" solely due to the fact of being "veterans", but maybe their leadership is not conducive to team building or winning? Or maybe they are "loners" by nature. One can be an encouraging (rah, rah) leader, but not have selected a good path. Maybe I'm way off base here, since I did not travel with the team and am not a sports psychologist. I'm just saying I want some "team first" players rather than "me first" players. There is no "I" in "TEAM". That is especially true of FA's because FA's do not have the minor league relationships with other Twins players , coaches and managers...which helps build a positive, team first, win at any cost, attitude., During the last day or two I have been reminded about "goals larger than oneself", when reading some quotes by and about John McCain. I may be wrong, but I think that was missing on the Twins' team in 2018. But also missing was our #1 starting pitcher, #1 starting catcher, #1 starting shortstop for half the season, #1 platinum glove wining center fielder, the #1 home run leader third baseman, #1 starting second baseman for 1/4 the season and our " team leader 2B, SS, 3B all around great guy" for 1/4th the season. 2018 was a tough year for the Twins and consequently for most of us Twins' fans.. Contrary to what Tom Hanks said in the movie "A League of Their Own", there is crying in baseball.

Awesome reminder. Thanks. Sincerely, Sgt Benbow, Co C, 3/23rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, Korean DMZ, 1968 & 1969.

With September almost here and the Twins not doing so well, I really have looked forward to these daily minor league reports. To all the reporters, I say thank you for writing theses reports. When the minor league season is over in a few days, I plan to wear black and go into mourning for a while.

We've been here before. Life is still good.

Bullpen was awful tonight. Please bring up Reed, Curtiss and Anderson. Can you select 3 BP guys to be sent down and/or released? I can.