mnfireman

Never said that Jenkins should also be promoted, was just making an observation about other HS players taken in the same draft.

If the team decides its a lost season and wants to start making trades to open up spots for the youngsters at AA, two contending teams in the NL recently lost COFs to long-term injuries, the Phillies and the Padres. One of Larnach and Clemens, and Martin could conceivably be traded to either, and if the team wants to make Bell available (and the other team wants him), two trades could happen. The Phillies are left-hand heavy in their line-up, but Clemens has had success against LHP this season, so Maybe Clemens and Martin to Philadelphia (I know Philly traded us Clemens), and Larnach and Bell to San Diego, as they also need a DH. The return won't be big, the trades probably won't happen, and promoting 4 players at once is a big gamble, but it seems like something that could be done.

And the fact that the RBI is an overrated statistic...according to some so-called experts (wink, wink)

How many RBI has he not gotten due to the fact that most of the teams runners only advance one base at a time?

Buck Truck is rolling...

I saw it on TV before I typed it....

47 pitches through 4 IP, does Paredes come out for the 5th?

Even nicer DP!!

Nice catch by Martin...

10 pitch inning for Paredes, gotta like that...

Lee is 1-12 @ Globe Life Stadium - .083/.083/.083 (.167 OPS) 2/0 K/BB. Clemens 2-15 is not much better, however - .133/.235/.200 (.435 OPS) 3/2 K/BB So, all things considered, Clemens success against LHP this season gives him the start tonight, but with Rocker and Leiter going the next two game (weird day off Wednesday because of the FIFA WC) should have Lee back in the line-up, with Clemens probably starting over Martin, but also Larnach over Fedko.

Can't control roster construction, can only play the available options. Agreed that those two could probably switch positions, but that would weaken the defense at two positions. June's pitching stats may explain more than the offense stats. # Name Team W L ERA G GS QS CG ShO SV HLD BS IP TBF H R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP BK SO 1 Anthony Banda MIN 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5.0 24 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 Kody Funderburk MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Yoendrys Gómez MIN 0 0 3.00 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.0 27 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 4 Joe Ryan MIN 1 0 4.00 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 77 20 8 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 22 5 Mike Paredes MIN 0 0 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 28 3 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 6 Connor Prielipp MIN 1 1 5.51 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 71 17 10 10 1 5 0 1 0 1 16 7 Zebby Matthews MIN 1 1 6.23 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 55 14 9 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 6 8 Travis Adams MIN 0 0 6.35 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.2 25 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 9 Andrew Morris MIN 1 0 7.36 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.1 38 12 7 6 1 2 0 1 4 1 14 10 Taj Bradley MIN 0 2 7.47 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 75 19 13 13 5 9 0 0 2 0 15 11 Cody Laweryson MIN 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 26 7 5 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 12 Taylor Rogers MIN 1 1 10.13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.1 23 4 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 13 Justin Lawrence MIN 0 1 10.38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 26 6 5 5 2 5 0 2 0 0 8 14 Eric Orze MIN 0 1 11.57 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.2 27 7 7 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 15 Alex Jackson MIN 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Twins stats for the month of June, may help explain some line-up/roster decisions. # Name Team PA BB% K% BB/K AVG OBP SLG OPS ISO Spd BABIP UBR wGDP XBR wSB wRC wRAA wOBA wRC+ 1 Byron Buxton MIN 45 6.7% 24.4% 0.27 .357 .400 .786 1.186 .429 4.3 .385 0.3 12 6.6 .499 222 2 Royce Lewis MIN 33 9.1% 12.1% 0.75 .379 .424 .759 1.183 .379 3.4 .348 0.2 8 4.6 .490 216 3 Victor Caratini MIN 34 8.8% 14.7% 0.60 .333 .412 .633 1.045 .300 0.1 .348 0.0 8 3.6 .448 188 4 Kody Clemens MIN 46 4.3% 15.2% 0.29 .318 .348 .659 1.007 .341 5.2 .303 0.2 10 4.1 .428 174 5 Josh Bell MIN 47 2.1% 27.7% 0.08 .289 .319 .489 .808 .200 1.6 .367 -0.1 7 1.3 .351 122 6 Tristan Gray MIN 31 3.2% 19.4% 0.17 .321 .323 .464 .787 .143 4.3 .348 0.2 4 0.4 .332 109 7 Ryan Kreidler MIN 21 9.5% 9.5% 1.00 .222 .333 .389 .722 .167 4.1 .250 0.0 3 0.1 .323 103 8 Luke Keaschall MIN 45 11.1% 15.6% 0.71 .237 .333 .342 .675 .105 2.4 .258 -0.1 5 -0.4 .307 92 9 Trevor Larnach MIN 35 11.4% 20.0% 0.57 .233 .343 .300 .643 .067 1.8 .304 -0.1 4 -0.5 .301 88 10 Alex Jackson MIN 18 0.0% 16.7% 0.00 .294 .333 .294 .627 .000 2.0 .357 0.0 2 -0.4 .289 80 11 Brooks Lee MIN 56 8.9% 8.9% 1.00 .160 .232 .340 .572 .180 2.4 .116 -0.5 4 -2.9 .253 55 12 Orlando Arcia MIN 22 4.5% 13.6% 0.33 .190 .227 .333 .561 .143 2.6 .176 0.0 1 -1.2 .247 51 13 Austin Martin MIN 44 11.4% 27.3% 0.42 .135 .273 .162 .435 .027 5.7 .200 0.1 2 -3.3 .223 35 14 James Outman MIN 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 .000 0.0 0 -0.5 .000 -100

Can't run a team based on manipulating service time. Jenkins was picked #5, so far 3 lower HS picks from the same draft have made their MLB debut; Eldridge (#16 SFG), Emerson (#22 SEA), and McGonigle (#37 DET), as well as Ewing (4th RD #33, 134th overall NYM). I understand players develop at different rates, and often because of injuries, but 2 of those 4, Emerson and McGonigle are SS, and Ewing was drafted as a SS but is playing CF, very demanding positions. All 4 are having various levels of success, but have looked good lately. When Jenkins returns this year and if he plays good enough, I feel he has earned his chance. Same for next season, if a strike is avoided, though the team may disagree and choose to not add him (and Culpepper) to the 40-man roster until the labor issue is resolved, which would be a shame for us fans.

Nope, the Twins are taking an assembly line approach to SP in the minors; 6 starters 1 for each game per week), 3-5 IP per starter based on pitch count and results. Protecting arms might be part of the reason, but I'm not sure if this is the best approach as prospects get closer to MLB.

Emma, Wallner, Martin, and Larnach are all out of options next season. Couple that with the fact that Gonzalez (2 options left after this season) and Walker (still has to be added to the 40-man) will be making a push to make the big club, plus Roden, Fedko, and possibly Kreidler and Gray (hasn't played OF since college) coming back, should lead to an interesting off-season regarding the make-up of the teams corner OFs. The farm system has to start producing, literally, sometime. Right?

Old habits die hard....

Ump got called out on his late ball/strike calls...

Regardless of who is in AAA, it's past time to DFA this guy...

Regardless of who there is to replace him, he is going to be shutdown/limited at some point. He is at 60 IP for the season (including MiLB), he threw 82.2 IP last year in AA/AAA, and teams are really starting to square him up. The poor defense behind him doesn't help either...

Prielipp might be due for a "tired arm" IL stint...

Sounds like he'd make a good reliever....

Caught stealing followed by a HR, how very Twinsesque....

Wrong thread.....