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  1. SF Twins Fan
    I'm definitely excited for some of the young pitchers in the Twins system. Felix Jorge, Mat Batts and Stephen Gonsalves all could start next season in the A+ league and move up quickly to AA or AAA by seasons end. Berrios is knocking on the door to be a starter for the Twins. He probably won't start next season with the Twins for financial reasons but will / should be up by May. (Similar to Kris Bryant this season) A starting rotation next season of Santana, Hughes, Gibson, Berrios and May looks to be solid. With Milone and Duffey as options as well. It makes you wonder if Terry Ryan will try and trade Hughes and or Nolasco this offseason. (Crossing my fingers)
  2. SF Twins Fan
    He's been able to strike out people at least left handed batters. That's a good thing. I like O'Rourke as well, but he is young and inexperienced.
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    Although I didn't agree with moving May to the pen, moving him back to the rotation this season doesn't seem to be an option at this point either. It would mean sending him down to AAA for at least 3 starts, which would basically bring us to September. It would also mean making our bullpen worse. I'm all for putting Pelfrey in the bullpen, but you don't know what you're going to get from him. He might thrive and he might completely fail. Other than Perkins there isn't anyone I trust, so you can'y expect Pelfrey to pitch the 8th and Jepsen has been a disappointment. So, I'd say put Pelfrey in the bullpen, and bring Berrios up from AAA. Send one of the other bullpen guys through waivers to see if someone will pick them up and if not either assign them to AAA or release them. That to me would make our rotation better and could potentially upgrade our bullpen as well.
  4. SF Twins Fan
    Well seeing as how Nunez hasn't played in the outfield since 4/25 and Escobar since 7/7 that point is basically null. Escobar basically hasn't played in the outfield since Hicks returned from AAA. So neither of those players are taking playing time away from Buxton. It makes absolutly so sense in rushing Buxton back up to the majors. He missed a month and a half with a thumb injury and has only played in 3 games. The Twins aren't going to win the world series this year and even bringing Buxton up will not make the Twins world series contenders. Basically all three major groups (SP, BP and hitting) have been awful since the all star break. They aren't stashing the best prospect in all of baseball in AAA. They are letting him play a handful of games to get his confidence back up, so when they do call him up (likely in September) he can build off of what he's doing in AAA and be ready for next season.
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    I don't think there is a chance Nolasco will be in the rotation next year. He hasn't done anything in the two years he's been here and unlike when we resigned Pelfrey we now have good prospects ready for the SHOW and a much deeper overall rotation. It should be Santana, Hughes, Gibson, May and Berrios to start the season. I don't think Milone is consistant enough so I'd try to trade him and dump nolasco this offseason. I doubt that'll happen but it's worth hoping for.
  6. SF Twins Fan
    Putting them into the bullpen is a perfect way to get them experience in the SHOW. Next season they either stay in the bullpen, go back to AAA to start if the Twins have a full rotation or prove they belong in the Twins rotation. Many good teams around the league do that. As Cap'n Piranha pointed out the Twins did the exact same thing Johan Santana, and he turned out to have a pretty solid career. Plus, as you pointed out Rogers is probably a future bullpen arm anyway. Next season the Twins rotation will have: Santana, Gibson, Hughes and Milone for sure. May, Meyer, Berrios, Rogers and Duffy are all options for the 5th rotation spot. You might as well get Rogers and Duffy some experience this season in the majors via the bullpen, because those are 3 good players those two are going to have to jump to be able to make the Twins rotation.
  7. SF Twins Fan
    I agree 100% Jimbo. As much as I'd love to see the Twins win the world series this season it's not going to happen. Not this year. Maybe in the next few but there is no reason to trade away good prospects... at least not yet. Wait until next year when we know more about the SS prospects. Which one has a better chance at becoming a stud and trade the others away. Try and find a better catcher this offseason and some relief help.
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    Just curious... How has Torii Hunter, "been every bit the defensive liability he was imagined to be?" I don't understand this at all. I've probably watched 90% of the games this season and he has made many of the same catches the average outfielder would make. He's made 4 errors, has a .971 fielding % and has 2 outfield assists. If you're going to post don't just put your opinion in the article and actually use facts. You lose all credibility when you just post your opinion. The Twins don't have to trade for bullpen help... They could go down to AAA and pull up some pitchers who have pitched very well this season. In 18 appearances this season Taylor Rogers has a 3.19 ERA and a1.27 WHIP. Has 115.2 IP, 2 complete games and only 30 BB compared to 82 K's. Tyler Duffy has a 2.24 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. Has 64.1 IP, 1 CG, 1 shutout, and 17 BB to 50 K's. Instead of just throwing prospects around they should bring up the wave of talent they still have down in the minor leagues.
  9. SF Twins Fan
    Fantastic!!!!!
  10. SF Twins Fan
    That's a whole lot of IFs there at the beginning of your post. 10 years of Tulo in the majors and not once playing a full season is pretty good evidence he isn't able to stay healthy. He's definitely a very good defensive SS, but his offensive numbers are helped by the fact he plays in Colorado for half the season. If you look at the last three year from 2012 to 2014: Home: BA .354, HR 31, Runs 107, RBI 92 Away: BA .276, HR 23, Runs 69, RBI 69 Also, I don't think I'd call someone who will be 31 in the beginning of October "in the middle of their prime." Prime age is 26 to 30 and once you get to 30 you're on the back end of your prime.
  11. SF Twins Fan
    So, H2OFACE you'd like to trade two of the Twins top prospects in Polanco and Meyer for Tulo who is a 30 year old SS who has never played a full season in the majors. I'm glad you're not the GM for the Twins. In 46 games at AA Polanco is hitting .318 with 27 runs and 24 RBI's. He is only 21 years old and is on the verge of at least moving up to AAA. You say we have plenty of SS in case Tulo gets injured, but with him it's not an IF he gets injured it's a WHEN he get injured. There is no reason to trade for an expensive, soon to be over the hill SS that benefits for playing half his games in Colorado.
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