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Going all the way back. TWINS DRAFTEES WHO DIDN'T SIGN BUT PLAYED IN THE MAJORS: 1960s: Eddie Leon, Del Unser, Frank Brosseau, Steve Garvey, Charles Scrivener, Tommy Moore, Roger Freed, Al Hrabosky, Jake Brown, Craig Skok, Ken Szotkiewicz. 1970s: Rick Burleson, Ron Cash, Dick Ruthven, Dave Stegman, Pete Falcone, Warren Cromartie, Rick Peters, Jerry Maddox, Eric Show, Paul Mirabella, Marty Castillo, Steve Christmas, Vance McHenry, Jamie Allen, Joe Charboneau, Rick Bordi, Edwin Rodriguez, Bradley Lesley, Dave Leeper, Tony Fossas, Steve Bradley, Ralph Citarella, Mike Couchee, Randy O'Neal. 1980s: Mike Fuentes, Steve Ellsworth, John Marzano, Steve Davis, Ralph Bryant, Greg Mathews, Tim Belcher, Bill Swift, Oddbie McDowell, Clay Parker, Joe Bitker, Mark Grace, Mike Benjamin, Mike Schwabe, Dan Smith, Craig Paquette, Aaron Sele, Derrick White, Tony Urbani. 1990s: James Moulton, Tim Davis, TJ Mathews, Gary Matthews, Craig Dingman, Kelly Dransfeldt, Travis Lee, Danny Kolb, Emil Brown, Jason Varitek, Lance Carter, Brian Lawrence, AJ Hinch, Robert Ramsay, Matt Kata, Mike Lamb, Josh Bard, Mike Gosling, Kevin Thompson, Brian Slocum. 2000s: Aaron Heilman, Paul Maholm, Daniel Davidson, Jason Vargas, Adam Lind, Jeff Clement, John Gaub, Garrett Mock, Travis Metcalf, Steve Pearce, Yonder Alonso, David Herndon, Charles Leesman, Andy Oliver, Chase Anderson, Mickey Storey, Seth Rosin, Aaron Barrett, Adam Cnley, Mario Hollands. Recently: Cody Martin, Mark Payton (White Sox prospect), Andrew McCreery, James Marvel, Taylor Hearn, Sam Hilliard, Mike Baumann, Kyle Cody, Blake Cederlind, Greg Deischman..... I also like how the Twins go after unsigned draftees and trade or sign them late. Some notables: CHuck Baker, Pat Light, Chris Heston, Clete Thomas, Matt Macri, Jesse Orosco and recently Kyle Barraclough. Plus they have Elliot Soto currently in St. Paul. How would the Twins success have been over the years if they ahd signed Steve Garvey, Mark Grace, Tim Belcher, Jason Vargas, Adam Lind amongst others?

You'll see quite a few in the first post in this link started on April 8. Always amazed at "The Twins That Could've Been."

This Memorial Day weekend would be a joy for any fans from Kansas City. Great outdoor games in Minnesota. I know I have taken the drive to Kansas City, even to a couple of games where the Twins fans outnumbered the locals.

We often forget that COVID is international. All major league teams are facing the same issues when playing in Canada. If nothing else, it does give opportunity to other players in the system, albeit for a brief time. But interesting to see who moves to St. Paul if there has to be significant player replacement, even for just three games. Do they just draw from the Ft. Myers (or instructional league) roster for temporary replacements? Remember there were concerns coming out of spring training before states relaxed their ruiles for public spaces.

We forget that he needs to play everday. Just to build up the strength and endurance. Will he make it thru an entire season after absically sitting out two years? I am comfortable with him just getting glimpses of life in the major leagues in 2022. And hope the Twins bring him up to play everday if a regular goes down. I just wish rosters could be expanded bigtime in September like in the past. Even a player riding the bench in that month is a learning experience. I was surprised when the player's union didn't fight this...more salary for minor league players.

QUITE A FEW FORMER TWINS playing in the minors, be it for other major league team systems, in Mexico or Japan or Korea, or in Indy ball. SHAUN ANDESON (Blue Jays) is 1-1, 5.46. DEREK LAW (Tigers) is 0-0 0.00 with a save in 11 games. FERNANDO ABAD began his season in Mexico and now with Seattle organization and is 0-1, 2.15. TOMMY MILONE is starting at Mariners AAA and is 1-0, 1.17. STEPHEN GONSALVES (Cubs) is 1-0, 4.26. LUKE FARREL (Cubs) is 2-0, 3.00. BRANDON WADDELL (Cardinals) is 0-1, 1.30. BLAKE PARKER (Cards) is 0-1, 3.07. BEAU BURROWS (Dodgers) is 1-2, 6.12. MICHAEL TONKIN (Braves) is 2-0, 3.09. NICK VINCENT (Braves) is 0-3, 5.40. TYLER CLIPPARD (Nats) is 2-0, 3.38. IAN GIBAUT (Guardians). is 1-0, 6.23 with two saves. RYAN LAMARRE (Yankees) is hitting .208. JUAN GRATEROL (Arizona) is hitting .300 with 6 homers. TOMAS TELIS (Dodgers) is batting .310. BRENT ROOKER (Padres) is hitting .254 with 6 homers. TRAVIS BLANKENHORN (Mets) .195 with 4 homers. TZU-WEI LIN (Mets) .171 with 2 homers. DREW MAGGI (Phillies) .196, RONALD TORREYES (Phillies) batting .171 before being released. CHRIS HERRMANN (Nats) .208. AARON SLEGERS (Rays), EDWAR COLINA (Texas), TREVOR HILDENBERGER (Giants), ANDREW ALBERS (Seattle), JUAN CENTENO (Arizona) are all on the injured list. Indy Ball: RYNE HARPER 0-1, 10.80. DARYL THOMPSON 3-1, 3.19. LEWIS THORPE 1-0, 3.92, VANCE WORLEY 1-1, 5.85. JOHNNY FIELD batting .233, 3 homers. LOGAN MORRISON .281 2 homers. LEW FORD .250. OSWALDO ARCIA opened season on injured list. In Korea BYUNG-HO PARK is hitting .269, 16 homers. DREW RUCINSKI is 3-4, 1.36. CHARLIES BARNES is 6-1, 2.19. In Japan, MATT SHOEMAKER is 2-4, 2.86, DIETRICH ENNS is 3-2, 1.11. FERNANDO ROMERO is 3-4, 4.29. NIK TURLEY is 2-1, 2.16. ALAN BUSENITZ is 1-0, 2.45. TYLER AUSTIN and JOHN GANT are on the disabled lists. Down in Mexico RANDY ROSARIO 0-0, 18.00. LESTER OLIVEROS 0-1, 1.13. SAM DYSON 2-1, 3.55. FERNANDO RODNEY 1-1, 5.73. CARLOS PAULINO is hitting .261. KENNY VARGAS is batting .323 with 6 homers. PEDRO FLORIMON .292. BARTOLO COLON and CARLOS TORRES are on the reserve lists. Oh, and HEY! Our one-day possible shortstop ISIAH KINER-FIELDS is hitting .257 36/140 with 5 stolen bases and .664 OPS for the Yankees. Akil Baddoo was sent down to Toledo by the Tigers after barely hitting his weight and is now on the disabled list after going 7/50 and .111. CHASE PETTY has 4 starts in 8 games and is 0-2 4.39 with 26 Ks in 26 innings as a Reds prospect.

Thge next big move is switching out Kirilloff for Miranda. Even though Miranda is hitting a tad better, I would rather see him work it out in St. Paul and play first base regular, if that is a position you'd like him to play. Although I still do see Miranda as the third baseman of the future. St. Paul seems to be playing Steer at second, and Palacios is holding down third. Right field at Target field is a tough spot, but the Twins are on the road come Monday. You want the strongest bench you can possibly have, especially with a doube-header in play. Give Kepler the rest if you need to do so. Yes, Celestino will be back in the next week. I would rather have 4-5 games of Lewis in the line-up right now and then make a decision on who to send back (that extra pitcher). Jeffers and Sanchez will tandem catching duties on the double header and one will play the day before, and one the day after. I'm more curious as to whom the Twins will recall to pitch the double-header. I doubt Ryan will be back until at least the day after (I hope Ryan is throwing as looks like he will be a part of the series against the Yankees). I hope he gets his warmup game against the Tigers.

The CHicago White Sox go into the long Memorial Day Weekend with NO GAMES on Friday or Memorial Day Monday? What gives?

You have to hope Canterino can push towards 100 innings period this year. Yes, he needs to expand and show that he can possibly get thru an order, say, a third time. Unless you want him to be a bullpen opener. But if the Twins need a bullpen arm to advance from AA, they only need to look at Schulfer, Scherff, Sisk or Sammons...who need to advance to St. Paul pronto and decisions made about keeping them on the 40-man come of the off-season. Canterino, the team never rushes to add players before they have to...it seems. He doesn't need a 40-man add this year.

Can the Twins use an opener for Archer? Or maybe combine him with Bundy for one game? Starting games doesn't do much good if you can't pitch a quality start.

Join this group for a modest yearly fee. Keeps you up to date on (paid) signings. Plus you can plug in most any player and see the results for collectors, as well as get current address info on most players. https://www.sportscollectors.net/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=MessageBoardSearch.aspx%3fp%3d1%26f%3d0%26k%3d%26mn%3d Plus you can also get great lists for many sports here. The baseball one is issued yearly in January, and if you buy it you get periodic emails for new addresses during the year. https://sportsaddresslists.com/ For ALL current players, you should write them via the team. But be aware that Colorado and Detroit, of late, have centralized autograph requests as a donation to their community funding drive. Autographing STILL IS Fun! And can still happen, although seems to be getting harder and hArder with new players as they are signing thru events with certified services or card companies these days. Twins USED TO BE GREAT with access before the game at the Metrodome (no more at Target Field), as well as TwinsFest and the now long-gone summer autograph party.

It has definitely been the Year of the Pitcher, and even the worst of the former journeymen that the Twins employed, as seen in yesterdays post, have fared well on the mound. But not so the hitters. If the Twins catchers are struggling, former catchers are even doing...worse. Yet to catch a game for the Yankees is BEN RORTVEDT. MITCH GARVER is pretty much a DH coming of an IL-stint and is batting .219 21/96 with 5 homers and 10R/10RBI and a .709 OPS in Texas. JASON CASTRO’s Astros line is .103 , 4/39 3R period and a .393 OPS. KURT SUZUKI is batting .186, 8/48, 1 homer 6R/9RBS and a .550 OPS. C.J. CRON is the basher, hitting .311 51/164 with 11 HR 26R/32RBI and a .941 OPS in Coors Field. JONATHAN SCHOOP is hitting .178 27/162 with 4HRs 13R/9RBI and a .520 OPS, plus a stolen base! ANDRELTON SIMMONS recently returned to the Cubs lineup and is batting .261 6/23 3R/4RBI and a .553 OPS. JOSH DONALDSON and his millions is hitting .238 31/130 with 5 dingers 17R/15RBI and a .764 OPS for the Yankees. Willians Astudillo is 0-2 from his recent callup by the Marlins. MARWIN GONZALEZ may be on the outs as a super utility guy, hitting .205 9/44 5R/3RBI and a .538 OPS. NIKO GOODRUM was demoted by the Astros after hitting .116 5/43 with a homer 2R/1RBI .318 OPS and a stolen base. EHIRE ANDRIANZA has yet to play for The Nats. J.T. RIDDLE went 1-4 with the Reds and TAYLOR MOTTER 1-6 before being optioned out. ILDEMARO VARGAS batted .130 3/23 with a homer and 4R/4RBI and .579 for the Cubs before being outrighted and becoming, again, a free agent, recently siging with The Nats and assigned to Rochester. Favorite EDUARDO ESCOBAR is batting .229 with the Mets, 35/153 with 2 homers 19R/11RBI and a .690 OPS. Not much happening in the world of former outfielders. Best was ROB REFSNYDER going 2-5 with the Yankees before going back to AAA land. ROBBIE GROSSMAN is batting .189 25/132 11R/10RBI and a .533 OPS with the Tigers. AARON HICKS is hitting .216 24/111 with a homer and 14R/7RBI and a .723 OPS, plus 5 stolen bases – Go Aaron! LAMONTE WADE is 6/25 batting .240 with a homer and 4R/6RBI and a .735 OPS for the Giants. AARON WHITEFIELD came up and went 0-11 with the Angels. And EDDIE ROSARIO is sitting on the IL-list after starting the season .068 3/44 and a .254 OPS for the Braves. NELSON CRUZ is hitting .219 33/151 for The Nats with 4 homers and 19R/23RBI and a .603 OPS. Coming Sunday: Former Twins in the minors and other baseball leagues.

Well, it depends how the NOT a shortstop Royce Lewis experiment goes. And, no, we probably don't have three years of CORREA. And Martin is still "learning." How many years removed is he from collegiate ball and playing in a major league system?

Jake Cave is on fire and due to come back to Minnesota soon, right?

As we end springtime and head into summer, let’s look and see, over the next few days, what some of our former Minnesota Twins major league players have been doing for other teams in baseball. Between the majors and minors, there is slightly more than 100 players who have donned the major league uniform of Our Twins. Today, we are going to look at the pitchers we once cheered! JOSE BERRIOS is 3-2 in 9 starts, 4.75 ERA and a whip of 1.44 and we might see him in the upcoming series in Toronto. Won’t that be...exciting? He had a bad couple of starts, but has settled in nicely. RICH HILL is 1-1, 3.14 with a whip of 1.15 in 8 starts for the Red Sox. KYLE GIBSON over in Philadelphia is 3-2 3.94 with a 1.27 whip in 9 starts. Remember, we let this guy walk in arbitation. Thought JAKE ODORIZZI was going down, but he is back in the Astros rotation whre he has a 3-2 record, 3.18 ERA with a 1.19 whip in 7 starts. MARTIN PEREZ has been a surprise for the Rangers, 3-2, 1.64 with a 1.01 whip in 8 starts. MICHAEL PINEDA got a late start this season as well as a trip to the IL-list, but is 1-2 3.22 in 5 starts with a 1.07 whip for the hapless Tigers. LANCE LYNN continues to ride the IL list for the White Sox. In bullpen land: LIAM HENDRIKS is 1-2, 3.48 with 14 saves and a 1.29 whip for the White Sox. RYAN PRESSSLY is 1-1, 3.00 with 6 saves and a 1.22 whip for the Astros.ALEX COLOME has settled in with the Rockies, 1-2 3.79, with 2 saves but a 1.88 whip. TREVOR MAY was shut down by the Mets after gaining 1 save and a win, with a high 8.94 era and 1.92 whip. Everyone’s favorite TAYLOR ROGERS has been lights out in San Diego with 16 saves in 19 chances, an 0.47 ERA and 0.67 whip. HANSEL ROBLES has pitched 16 games for the Red Sox, 1-1 3.95 with a 1.26 whip. JT CHARGOIS was shut down by the Rays after 1 game and throwing two outs. MATT WISLER, also with the Rays, is 2-1 3.00 ERA and a 1.19 whip in 18 games. SERGIO ROMO is 0-0 1.13 ERA in 8 games, with a 1.22 whip, SEAN POPPEN is 1-0 in 10 games with the Diamondbakcs, 3.27 ERA and 1.36 whip. ZACK LITTELL is 0-1 6.32 in 14 games with a 1.53 whip with the Giants. RALPH GARZA JR. is 0-1 5.06 in 7 appeaerances with the Rays and a 1.59 whip. ANDREW VASQUEZ os 0-0 9.82 in five appearances with a 1.90 whip with the Blue Jays. CHASE DE JONG is 1-0 2.00 in 9 games with the Pirates, with a 0.83 whip. TYLER KINNEY is 1-1 1.10 in 18 games, 1.16 whip with the Rockies. BRUSDAR GRATEROL has pitched 17 games for the Dodogers, 0-2 3.50 ERA and 1.22 whip. KYLE BARRACLOUGH was a recent call-up by the Angels and is 0-1 1.17 in 6 games with a 1.04 whip. JOHN CURTISS in on the Rays longterm disabled list. Coming Saturday: Batters. Coming Sunday: Minor League and Other Ball former Twins.

Well, it seemed that Duff was the go-to guy and that, in all liklihood, Rocco was hoping he would close out the game with two innings of work. Otherwise, if you were going to close with Duran, he would be up prepping for the ninth. Joe Smith only threw three pitches the day before, too. But you should be able to see that Duff was struggling. The game was close. And then, the 8th. Even when Sanchez reached first base I would've put Gordon in to run. You need one run to keep the game going. (Although, refresh my mind, how does the DH rule work these days? The current DH can move to a position, but then you MUST use a new bat each time that position comes up in the order for the rest of the game?)

Alex Colome 1-0 3.79 in Coors Field, with a couple of saves.

The thought of putting him on the IL now for 15-days (or whatever) is strong. Bring up Royce Lewis to play cenetrfield (or one of the corners) everyday during that time. Or, at least, bat Byron 9th. Even Kepler, at his worse, wasn't this bad of a leadoff hitter.

Jack Morris was an ace. He would lose as many games as he won, at times. But he would pitch a consistent, solid outing. Usually an innings eater. Keep the team in the game. Give the bullpen a rest. And more often than not, stop a losing streak.

Maybe bat Buxton 9th for now? One less at bat?

So many of the minor league free agents on the Saints staff have imploded. Ian Hamilton is still the only non-roster guy that should be under considerataion. Derek Rodriguez is pitching well as a starter. His one Twins appearance was marred by Rocco keeping him in one inning too long when it wasn't necessary. Balazovic and Henriquez should both be switched out with starters prospering at AA Wichita, for the moment. Or we jsut let them take their lumps? Cole Sands is also overmatched. WIll he be this season's Charlie Barnes? Strotman has been a disaster in relief and probably will be the next arm to go from the 40-man roster. Will the Twins make a roster move (Godoy and COntreras are both 40-man expendables at this point) and bring up Chi Chi Gonzalez to start in the double header? They did sign Hunter Wood, who is working out at FCL camp. Not sure why he didn't sign anywhere in the off-season. His stats show some promise. He is coming off of an IL-stint last season for "elbow discomfort." https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodhu01.shtml Coulombe is coming back this weekend, I imagine. Maybe WInder will be back next week.

At least the White Sox lost. If the Twins want to win, you put the BEST players on your team. Wait, Miranda went 2-4. He's heating up. But I can see Kirilloff coming back soon and replacing him.

Ump's strike zone is outrageous. But, hey...the Royals know to take out a guy when he doesn't have it in a close game. Would've put Gordon in to run when Sanchez was standing on second.

Duff blows an outstanding game for Smeltz. Wrong guy was sent to the Saints. Of course, I wouldn't be trusting Cano right now, either. Do we always need to bring in Smith to shut down a team? Let's let Duff get out of his own trouble.....damn!

If he could bunt and steal abses, he would be the "Second Coming of Rod Carew." Also, reminds me a lot of Cesar Tovar. Both fine players from my days as a kid watching the Twins!