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  1. Cap'n Piranha
    I'm glad to see Slegers having success, but can we pump the brakes on the superlatives a little bit? Seven hits and two runs in seven innings is not phenomenal unless it's accompanied by double digit strikeouts. It's very good, no doubt, and I'll take it every day, but phenomenal is more like 3 hits or less, 1 run or less.
  2. Cap'n Piranha
    Shouldn't that be less than no joy in Mudville? More than no joy implies there is some joy, however small.
  3. Cap'n Piranha
    I like Meyer AND Achter as a call up better than just Achter.
  4. Cap'n Piranha
    What's up with JO? His past few starts (iirc) have not been up to his established standard. I hope he's not battling an injury.
  5. Cap'n Piranha
    How can there be a 3 strikeout differential between two accounts of the same game? Someone's got some 'splainin' to do...
  6. Cap'n Piranha
    Escobar deserves more of a shot than he is getting. He hasn't been getting consistent playing time, and when he does, he's being bounced all across the diamond. I'd like to see what he could do if he got to play shortstop every day for 4 weeks, since he's way better than Santana on both sides of the ball right now. That would give the Twins their best defesnive alignment with Rosario, Hicks, and Hunter in the outfield. You can then go with the below line-up, which would be pretty solid. 1. Dozier 2. Mauer 3. Hunter 4. Plouffe 5. Rosario 6. Random DH guy pending Vargas' call-up 7. Suzuki 8. Escobar 9. Hicks
  7. Cap'n Piranha
    Not happy at all with what's happening with Kohl Stewart. He's obviously young, and deserves more time to get things straight, but he is going in the wrong direction, which is alarming for an alleged top prospect pitching in a pitcher's park.
  8. Cap'n Piranha
    We can quibble all day about whether it's likely to last, but if a 2.59 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, and 1.73 GO/AO isn't performing to you, I think you may need to recalibrate your expectations.
  9. Cap'n Piranha
    Niko was a busy guy yesterday apparently, making appearances for the Miracle and the Kernels.
  10. Cap'n Piranha
    On last weeks Gleeman and the Geek, Gleeman noted that no other affiliated player has more than 7 triples, making Buxton's 11 that much more ridiculous. I don't think it's going to happen, but I certainly think it's possible that Buck could get 30 in a season.
  11. Cap'n Piranha
    I think it's pretty clear that Hildenberger should be on the move, as his numbers aren't even video game numbers, they're too good for that. I love seeing Zack Jones killing it too. The Twins bullpen might be...uneven shall we say, right now, but it looks like that could change in a hurry.
  12. Cap'n Piranha
    And of course, a 9 to 3 ratio can be reduced to a 3 to 1 ratio, or the actual number of strikeouts and walks he had.
  13. Cap'n Piranha
    Glen Perkins with a bullet. Dozier and MAYBE Plouffe if there's an injury at their position, or they really get hot over the next month.
  14. Cap'n Piranha
    I hate the idea of moving people up based on how old they are, and not how they're producing. If anything, the results gap between Gonsalves and Batts is even larger, given that Gonsalves is that much younger. Additionally, aggressively promoting kids who sign right out of high school (who have earned it) can send a message to other kids like Gonsalves, and get them to sign after being picked in the third or fourth round, instead of going to school for three years. I'm not saying that should be the determining factor, just that it should be taken into account.
  15. Cap'n Piranha
    I'm not thrilled that we have 3+ more years of decline Mauer ahead of us, when the best thing that could happen to this team positionally is to have Vargas at first and Arcia at DH.
  16. Cap'n Piranha
    Why is Batts being promoted over Gonsalves? What more does he have to do to move up?
  17. Cap'n Piranha
    I'm so tired of the cliche "player x doesn't hit enough for y position". When it comes to defensive positions, as long as a guy can field it, and not be an offensive black hole, I'm fine with it. After all, if offensive production is what matters for defensive production, we can greenlight Vargas for right field.
  18. Cap'n Piranha
    If Rosario is playing, one out of Hunter, Vargas, Escobar, Hicks, Plouffe, Mauer, or Santana needs to sit, all of whom have very legitimate reasons for playing every day too.
  19. Cap'n Piranha
    Everyone needs to relax on Bocaton. We're still only a month into the season, a season coming after he missed an entire year. There's going to be a hefty amount of rust, not just physically, but psychologically too. Given that he has an OBP over .300 despite a BA under .200, I'd say he has an approach and it's working. Now the hits just need to start falling.
  20. Cap'n Piranha
    Oliveros is basically at 18 k/9. If he's not in a Twins uniform soon, I say we riot.
  21. Cap'n Piranha
    To the eyes-on-the-ground Chatty correspondents, thanks for the great info! One question--what's going on with Stuart Turner? I had hoped he would build on last years success in the second half, and give us a good defensive catcher with some hitting ability.
  22. Cap'n Piranha
    Not really. Let's say Aaron Hicks is in AAA until June 1, giving him a decent sample size. Let's say he's hitting .300/.375/.450 at that point. Does that guarantee he'll hit in the bigs? What if that was his line after being at AAA until August 1? The time to find out if we have soemthing in Hicks is now. Let's say he's not in the Twins plans going forward, because of Buxton/Rosario/Arcia/ABW/Plouffe; is there any GM out there who will think more of him because he has a great line at AAA? The only way to build his value is to have him succeed at the Major League level, and the time to do that is growing shorter.
  23. Cap'n Piranha
    It is laughable that Hicks remains in AAA while Jordan Schafer eats up AB's in the bigs. There are no words.
  24. Cap'n Piranha
    MiLB had a nice write-up yesterday about Gonsalves where he talked about how training with and learning from Strasburg and Shields in the offseason really helped him. In the story, it also mentioned that his fastball is in the low 90's, with a decent change, and he has an iffy slider and curve. As for the bunting to break up a no-hitter being against the unwritten rules, that is the stupidest thing ever. The pitchers job is to get outs, and the hitters job is to avoid making outs, however he can. If you don't want to give up a bunt single, then play a bunt defense. Otherwise, get over it and move on.
  25. Cap'n Piranha
    Please, please, please a starting pitcher with ace potential. With Meyer not exactly lighting the world on fire, and Kohl Stewart apparently allergic to strikeouts, we could use a guy that profiles as a potential top-of-the-rotation arm, as right now we have a collection of 2-3's
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