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  1. gman
    They wouldn.t push him through the minors to be a 4th outfielder. By definition that would be someone who plays occasionally. By the end of next year they will need a firstbaseman who can hit and referably hit with power for a change. Be a run producer. The firstbase position should be opening up. Do we really want to put someone at a position that hasn't played there much in a couple of years? I don't think so. Therefore you move him to first.
  2. gman
    IMO, Rooker appears to be ready for Chattanoonga next year. I hope he gets off to great start and makes the Twins late in 2018. Or even early would be good too. Any chances he plays in Arizona this fall? P.S. I would put him at first base whereever he plays.
  3. gman
    I think that the long term goal is to have him pitch in Minnesota at some point next year, not squeeze a couple hundred more pitches out of his arm this year. At this point, control, command and movement have to be as big a factor as speed. He may not have the energy left in his arm to command where that fastball is going or the movement on it is gone, even though it appears to be as fast. I would finish up his year, by bringing him up after his playoffs are over, just to sit on the bench not pitch and start adjusting to the Twins team and talking to the vets and learning about the group I hope he is part of next year.
  4. gman
    He looked pretty good. His fastball usually at 96 and a good breaking ball. While he obviously had the jitters, which mostly affected his breaking ball, he put together a 1-2-3 inning with 1 strikeout.
  5. gman
    It's disappointing to realize the regular minor league season ends in about 1 week Saw Curtiss pitch in his ML debut yesterday (on TV). He's listed as the #19 prospect. Hildenberger and Busenitz are not listed at all. Can't wait to see the good relievers make it. Hopefully 2018.
  6. gman
    Or maybe not
  7. gman
    I give them an A for effort, an A+ for trying different things and an A+++ for willingness to move on from failed decisions and recognizng when things just aren't working.
  8. gman
    Rooker watch. In the 3 game Tampa series in 14 AB's he had 6 hits and 8 strikeouts. I guess that's called the good and the bad. But he also had 2 homers and 5 rbi's.
  9. gman
    Looks like Rooker has come on strong after his initial adjustment period in Ft Myers. He has 20 rbi's in 29 AB's with runners in scoring position. Also very good to see Tyler Jay back on the mound.
  10. gman

    Enns this experiment now!

    gman commented on huhguy's blog entry in Blog huhguy

    The Twins need to find out which players at the upper levels are ready or almost ready to help them next year. How else are they going to do it?
  11. gman
    When nearly a third of the roster is in one area (average about 8 relievers) maybe the program should include the complete identification and development of relief pitchers instead of drawing from a failed category. That is pitchers who don't make it as starters.
  12. gman
    It makes one wonder why the Twins would trade for or sign a free agent relief pitcher. With as bad as the Twins relief pitching as been, a lot of these guys should be getting tryouts with the major league club. It really makes you wonder what the program is.
  13. gman
    Interesting to note that 5 of the starters mentioned above pitched at some point for Elizabethton, although all 3 of he college guys have been move to the Cedar Rapid roster.
  14. gman
    In September just like minor league players getting a look see, we often see minor league managers get added to the coaching staff as a way of saying job well done. I wonder if this year we might get a preview of things to come and allow certain minor league managers to get reacquainted with the major league roster?
  15. gman
    If they trade any other veterans I hope they eat additional cash to up the prospect return.
  16. gman
    Maybe we can hire Miracle Max to help with the pitching.
  17. gman
    Are they waiting for waiting for Andrew Vasquez to dominate before they promote him? Will Chris Paul make it back this year?
  18. gman
    I like the thinking behind the trade. Moya may or may not work out, but I would prefer to trade most of our Triple A roster into possibilties instead of space filler. On the Twins fielding calls note, how do they know? I'm sure most suspect they would be, but is somebody in the front office really talking about potential trades before anything concrete gets done?
  19. gman
    I agree with most of whats been previously stated. I think the plan the whole year should have been sale at peak. Maybe this is peak season. Hopefully they have been setting up trade possibilities long before now and those trade partners have not gone somewhere else.
  20. gman
    Neither Cleveland nor Kansas City will win the rest of their games nor will the Twins lose the rest of theirs. What this series really did was expose the overall weakness in the Twins roster. If you look at the lineup this series, can you imagine playing 30 or 40 games with Sano on the DL. Nine months in, I don't fault current managment for the roster construction, you build with what you have.
  21. gman
    I always thought that this year should have been a tryout camp and rebuilding year. I didn't care how many gmaes we won and still think that. At 28th in pitching this year, next year needs to be a tryout camp for pitchers, hopefully we will have more healthy bodies coming up. Again I don't care what our record is and expect having many rookie pitchers will probably put a drag on the won/loss record. Over the next two years, besides Gordon, Garver and maybe some AB's for Wade what other players on the farm are inline for any meaningful AB's with the Twins? I don't ever expect the Twins to compete with theYankees, Red Sox or Dodgers in free agent spending so that pretty much leaves prospect drafting and development. As a mediocre team we don't get the best draft picks either. To optimize our assets, we need to trade whatever veterans we can at the perceived optimum time of year for the best prospects we can get. The prospects may bust, but there doesn't seem to be too many alternative routes to develop a really good team in Minnesota. I think they need to become a prospect juggernaut in order to become that really good team year after year. I also think it will take several more years to get there.
  22. gman
    Reminds me a lot of the Tommy Milone trade. Except Milone was more effective and the cost wasn't as high. Garcia's last two starts have been okay, but his 4 previous starts he pitched 22 innings and gave up 31 hits and 23 runs. He should fit right in. But he did hit a grandslam.
  23. gman
    In 2009 the Twins signed a 16 year old teenager for $800K. His name was Kepler. Right now I would be real pissed if we gave up Kepler for 10 games of Garcia
  24. gman
    Seems like a 2018 ticket sales drive type of trade.
  25. gman
    Rochester has a decent record but they are not loaded with prospects. With only about 5 weeks left in the minor league season, I think it's time to start moving players up to the level we want them to start at next year. Give them some adjustment time and get players ready for the next step.
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