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There were many people who wanted Sanchez, though I must admit that I think we all thought it was unrealistic... Wouldn't hurt to keep tabs of him as well. He's doing quite well. 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA. 21Ks to 8 BB in 19 innings.

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I like this. Ryan should hold firm at Bundy, Gausman, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Schoop. Might have to throw in Duensing to even it out.

I could see it if no other candidates emerge, but it will be a cold day in you know where before Gardy considers such heresy.

Slowey continued pitching after that injury and watched his stats absolutely tank that year. That's the danger in just looking at year to year stats. Whether it was bromancing blogger love, or just his mother hacking a few websites, the comps existed (adequate or not). You sighted Gleeman as an example, and it goes right into the point I was making. Slowey was a very good prospect that was starting to figure things out. He unfortunately took a line drive to the wrist and was never the same. I did not say that he's a future HOFer. I did say that he could have been an above average pitcher, and right now I think most of us would kill for something like that in our rotation where none presently exists.

It jumped the shark the moment you missed the point.

May walked 4 guys in 5 1/3 while striking out 8. He still hasn't gotten that control thing down yet. I'm hoping something clicks for him.

I'd say as a college player, he's probably facing easier competition than what he faced in college, so I wouldn't put too much stock in those numbers. If his success continues, he'll be one of the first to get a bump this summer.

A few things here: 1) I'm not sure it's been said, but there's no way the Twins keep Slowey. He was arb eligible, fighting through a nasty injury, and was ineffective. For the arb reason alone, he was going to end up somewhere else. He was too expensive to warrant his production. 2) Slowey was not the one that went public. It was the other way around. I'm not saying he was an awesome pitcher by any means, and I have no idea how he handled it in the clubhouse away from the media, but the Twins really looked classless with this one, just as they tend to do sometimes. And let's not pretend it was just him, Neshek, Bartlett, Morneau, and others had to put up with this kind of treatment. I do hope that part of the new manager/accountability era will be to clean that kind of stuff up. There's really not an excuse for it, especially for an organization that prides itself in being professional. 3) Slowey was "given a chance" to earn that spot, but everyone and his brother knew he was the odd one out, no matter how well he did. 4) Telling him to suck it up regarding the bull pen assignment is ridiculous, as is insinuating that he tanked. I have no doubt that he wasn't happy about the decision, and I have no doubt that he tried his best. The reality is that he was going to get a shot as a starter, as you can almost always count on one starter going down. It didn't work out. Where it went from there is my problem. 5) With Slowey, I'll always wonder about what could have been. I dont' think he would have been ace, but at that time he was drawing comps to Halladay and he was starting to blossom. He really looked like he was going to be an above average pitcher until he got hit by that line drive. I wish him the best, and I hope he's finally recovered. If so, the Marlins will be able to flip him for a nice prospect in a year.

I'm glad he's done well thus far, but 3 starts does not a season make. I seem to remember Livan Hernandez starting well too.

I'm still a bit surprised that Buxton didn't start out in the Appy given he wasn't exactly dominant there last season. So consider for a moment that he essentially skipped a level going to CR. Personally I think one more level jump will be warranted if he continues to hit, but for him to make it to NB this year would greatly surprise me. I'd say it's doable, but jumping 2 levels typically happens to college guys (like Garza) with much more under their belt.

What in the world does Parmalee have to do to meet expectations around here? He is currently sitting around league average for a RF in his first full season. What do people expect? A few days ago, his OPS was over .800. It's a bit early, so tons of SSS issues here, but I swear some people have very unrealistic expectations for players.

Options are simply the number of years a player can get sent to the minors without a say in it. Every player has 3 options when they first hit the 40 man. Arcia burned an option this year by starting in AAA. If/when he gets sent back down, he will not burn a second. If he starts next year in AAA again, he uses his second option.

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Benson 3/4. Logan Darnell struck out 10.

Mauer is gonna hit 30 this year.

What will be interesting is where his grades will be midseason or the end of the season. I could a case for bumping grades for Buxton, Sano, Arcia, and Meyer if they continue to play well.

Sano went 3/4 with a HR today. Good days for Buxton, Rosario, Achter, and Morales too.

I think Brock needs to find a new word filter for "Scholarship". I'm not sure what the scholarship debate is. With Diamond coming up (who I might add has a scholarship), someone needed to go down. I do think Hendricks needs to be pitching every day, and I do think that at one point, he's going to need to get an extended look in the majors, but to argue that sending Worley down in favor of Hendricks is just silly. One has an established track record. One doesn't. The guy coming up has a better track record too I might add, though I suspect there will be people with a lot less confidence in him by the end of the season... That said, if there's a reason to be angry, perhaps it should be at the GM who assembled this group of pitchers. Most of us could see this implosion happening.

Most people I know don't enjoy being criticized. Having your boss call you out unfairly, in front of all of your coworkers, and in front of your paying customers is bad for business. As I said before, if I managed people that way, it would the last time I managed people.

Yes. He would be just shy of 3 seasons and would subsequently be a super 2. If they wanted to play the arb game, he'd get called up a bit closer to June. At that point, they'd get approximately 3.5 arb free seasons out of him with 3 arb seasons.

When was Hawk not the worst?

He was having a break out season prior to that wrist injury. I still wonder if he would have been a very good 2/3 type guy had that injury not happened. I hope it works out for him. He'll have plenty of chances in Florida this year.

After today, that's 11 Ks... Aaron hicks on the other hand has struck out 17 times.

Wow, this thread really took an odd turn. I've been a fire Gardy guy since his first couple of years in the minors, though I've waffled much more on that of late. I do think his time with this org has passed. I agree with others that his handling of Hicks thus far is poor. If I were to treat direct reports in that way, I'd find myself not managing people in a heartbeat, and I have to think at one point, it's on Terry Ryan to call him up and say as much. It's unprofessional. I'm not saying Hicks doesn't deserve some criticism, but being called out publicly for what is at best silly and at worst a flat out lie is not how to treat a young player. I don't have a problem with Gardy criticizing the guy, but I shouldn't be reading about it. It ought to happen in his office with the door closed.