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  1. nclahammer
    Of all the pitchers mentioned, I've only seen Prielipp and Morris in person and came away with these observations. In his two starts I saw, Prielipp really caught my attention with the quality of stuff, that pop, his nasty slider, a lot of people mentioned his lack of innings pitched (a valid arguement along with the length of his starts), but what's hard to believe is that last season was his only complete season he pitched in college or the minors...since the 2020 COVID year...and he only tossed 23.1 innings in 2024. He's already surpassed that with a career best 31.2 this season. This kid is a real diamond in the rough IMO, albeit with the caveat "if he stays healthy" always next to his name unless proven elsewise (which it looks like he is certainly working on.) Prielipp is #1 on my list. Andrew Morris I've seen make three starts and while his stuff is not as eye-popping as the others, his final stat line always seems impressive with only 1 or 2 runs allowed in 5-6 innings, more Ks that IP, and very few walks. He's not over powering, but really seems to know how to pitch and use what he's got to give his team a chance to win, pretty much every start. Morris is not my #2, but I think his name needs to be included in the top 5 or so. He has the potential to fill out the end of a starting rotation. It's exciting to read about Soto, Hill, and the others; I'll be following on Twins Daily of course to see how they continue to develop.
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    Welcome to the bigs kid, show em' what you got.
  3. nclahammer
    I wept when the Twins traded Bruno.
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    A win-win for both Buxton and the Minnesota Twins IMO.
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    The four James Earl Jones baseball movies (without looking them up) are: -Field of Dreams -The Sandlot (and its lesser known sequel) and -The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars (also featuring Billy Dee Wiliams & Richard Pryor) My favorite scenes from The Sandlot 1. The boys taking in the chewing tabacco and then getting sick. I had a similar scene behind the dugout and trying and then swallowing some chewing tobacco before a game. Let that be a lesson kids. 2. When the boys start talking smack with some other kids with fancy uniforms and it ends with, "Well you throw like a girl." 3. Wendy Peffercorn...the pool scene with Squints The Sandlot makes my top ten all-time list of baseball movies.
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    Winning a playoff series and then cutting payroll wasn't just a punch in the stomach, but actually a little bit lower. The Twins then hung Provus out to dry when he said, "No blackouts", although Cory owned that comment at their winter caravan stop this past winter.
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    Excellent write-up, I really enjoy finding out "Where they are now?" when it comes to former players.
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    Excited to see Keaschall get some at bats, good luck kid!
  9. nclahammer
    The best part of waking up, coffee in your cup and Twins Daily. Thanks Seth & crew.
  10. nclahammer
    Love all these good outings from these young arms so far this season.
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    Saw the kid twice last year pitching for Cedar Rapids and his stuff is electric. Such a small sample size simply from the lack of innings pitched in college and as a pro, but what we've seen is really something. Stay healthy kid.
  12. nclahammer
    Thank you Tom and Twins Daily. These minor league reports are the French vanilla creamer to my coffee. Love them and welcome back to the minor league teams.
  13. nclahammer
    Thank you Tom, I look forward to this every spring.
  14. nclahammer
    You gotta have dreams...I'll take them.
  15. nclahammer
    Another doggone terrific article Ms. Berman!
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    I saw Connor Prielipp pitch on two occasions for Cedar Rapids, at home and at Davenport, and it's easy to buy into the hype. His stuff is electric. His 23.1 innings pitched in 2024 at three levels with the Twins is nearly any many IP in his entire college career at Alabama (21 IP in 2020-then COVID; 7 IP in 2021 then TJ surgery.) The last time the kid pitched more than 50 innings in one season was his junior year in high school in Tomah, WI (2018.) All of this is not a lot to go off of for an evaluation, but what is there so far, I know has the Minnesota Twins (and fans like me) salivating. Like Greggory said, the Twins took a gamble when they drafted him, so think of Prielipp as a lottery ticket...and the ping pong balls that have dropped so far are looking pretty good. Could the rest fall this season? I sure hope so.
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    BINGO El' Ringo!
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    A well-detailed stroll down memory lane, you got all the big ones. I might add Glen Perkins and Kurt Suzuki closing out the 2014 All Star game to clinch an AL victory ,at least on my list because I was there. I think that can embed itself in your memory a little more when you're there.
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    I like Jair Camargo. I feel he still has some potential to untap. He had a few injuries last season that slowed him down, but two years ago had a terrific season in St. Paul (21 HRs.)
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    I'm thankful I won't have to watch Manny Margot at the plate or in the field for the Minnesota Twins next season.
  21. nclahammer
    My annual baseball roadtrip group saw Emmanuel Rodriguez play five games when he was with the Kernels, four-in-a-row at one point. We saw where Emma had some moments at the plate where he got a key hit, followed by taking a called third strike and looking back at the umpire, a scene repeated during the games we attended. He is touted for his defense in centerfield, but what we saw over that brief set of games tended to be lackadaisical play including an error on what should have been a can of corn. Rodriguez had some big moments in helping to lead that Cedar Rapids Kernels team to a Midwest League champions, but what we saw in our short sample was that he was just not consistent enough for us. He didn't pass the eye test for us. We came away thinking that E-Rod was a bit over-hyped, and felt that the Minnesota Twins should sell high on his value.
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    A very interesting read, answers some questions and wonderings I've always had regarding pitching draft picks.
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    Brooks Lee: Avoiding the sophomore Slump????? In order to avoid the sophomore slump, that implies the player had a good freshman year, which statistically was not the case with Brooks Lee. He racked up a whopping -0.2 WAR while batting .221, those are already slumping numbers. The headline should say something like Brooks Lee: Hoping to prove the hype with sophomore campaign.
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    I have that vinyl Minnesota Twins jacket from 1978, still in the package. Wow. I saw Trevor Hildenberger's name mentioned above as one of the top rookie middle relievers, but nothing was written about him, so I'll add a few notes. Trevor and his college roommate at California, Michael Theophanopolos, were both drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2014. Both would later be roommates again as teammates for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2015, I saw them both play that year in Iowa. Trevor made his MLB debut with Minnesota in 2017 tossing 42 innings, 44 Ks, only 6 walks, a 3.21 ERA, and one save in 37 games. Growing up a fan of Kent Tekulve and Dan Quisenberry, I liked watching Hildenberger, also a submarine pitcher, on the mound. Hildy threw 73 innings the next season (2018) and I remember him beginning that season fairly strong. However, the strikeouts per inning went down that year (70) while the walks went up (26) and he was plagued by the longball giving up 12 taters. The reason I remember being mentioned was batters figuring him out (his delivery.) Any other Trevor Hildenberger memories? I still have one of his home white Twins jerseys I bought at a discount at TwinsFest.
  25. nclahammer
    Nice write-up and Festa info., I see him in the rotation for the Twins next year and beyond.
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