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  1. Respy
    Fairly canned responses that we've heard in previous interviews, but that's just showing me that he's a smart and mature kid who already knows how to conduct interviews. Hopefully we'll see some personality and talent shine in the near future!
  2. Respy
    Nailed it.
  3. Respy
    Hildenberger-Mientkiewicz-Lombardozzi
  4. Respy
    Backfoot slider? Just speculation.
  5. Respy
    Some matchups to watch today: During the last series between the Indians and Twins, Jose Ramirez went 11 for 18 (a mere .611) and is on a 10-game hitting streak with 9 of the last 10 being multi-hit efforts (and 5 of the 10 being 3-hit games!).Brian Dozier is only 4 for 32 lifetime against Trevor Bauer. With Adrianza going to the DL, will Molitor play the statistics and keep hot-hitting Eduardo Escobar in the lineup by giving Escobar or Polanco a rare start at second base?Miguel Sano 2 for 23 (.087) with 11 K's against Bauer and his nasty breaking pitches. Sano also went 0 for 4 with 3 K's yesterday. Does Escobar play third base today?Joe Mauer is 12 for 37 (.324) lifetime against Bauer. Sound pretty typical? Well, 8 of those 12 hits are extra-base hits (7 doubles and 1 HR) which gives Joe a sweet .595 slugging% in the matchup. Look for Molitor to try and get Rosario (10 for 25 against Bauer) and Vargas (8 for 18 against Bauer) into the lineup. With Joe likely at first, Vargas would need to DH and if Grossman plays, that could mean a day off for Buxton or Kepler.Mejia is 1-0 this year in games that start at 6:10pm CST (c'mon, I had to find some kind of positive sign for him). Twins X-Factor: The bullpen. Will we see Gee or Hildenberger pitch today immediately after the callup? Mejia is averaging 4 innings per start. The Twins bullpen is the worst in baseball at 5.20 ERA. Maybe the Twins should invest some money in US Patent 3247859: Anti-Implosion Device.Indians X-Factor: The bullpen. Indians bullpen is the best in the league at 2.56 ERA.My Magic 8-ball says: Indians win 11-6.
  6. Respy
    Gee will be temporary as Hughes and Santiago are almost ready to come back. I really hope Hildenberger can stick. About time!
  7. Respy
    Back to the original question - How long is his leash? I would say as long as the WAR stays positive. It's important to note as well that he hits lefties decently, which helps the club. Some may say he's not adjusting, but his BB/K rate is his best this year (0.29 versus 0.13 each of last two years) and his OPS is at a career high (0.771). It would be great if he walked more and/or had an OPS above 0.800, but if he averages double digit homeruns and steals, hits lefties decently, and plays decent-to-good defense, is it worth complaining about as a #7-#9 hitter? Still with only 1000 MLB AB's, I'd give him more time, but am not opposed to putting more pressure on his playing time. PS - He does happen to be having his best month offensively in June with a .286 average, .880 OPS, 4 HR, 5BB, 13 K's.
  8. Respy
    Meh. At least he has more MLB experience than these other guys we've been picking up.
  9. Respy
    Consider it considered!
  10. Respy
    I agree entirely that Granite and Wade are projecting very, very nicely to be at least 4th outfielders. What's unfortunate is how our MLB roster is currently constructed with 2 utility infielders (Escobar and Adrianza) and 2 DH's (Grossman and Vargas), we currently have no room for a 4th outfielder. Wade could come to AAA for injured Palka, but I think they would have done that last month if they were interested. On a related note, anyone know how decent or bad Mitch Garver looked in the outfield?
  11. Respy
    What I'm arguing is that I feel Wade has not dominated AA. His single dominating factor offensively is his walk rate, which will likely decline at higher levels. I can't comment on the quality of his defense though.
  12. Respy
    Wade still does not have very many minor league reps (960 PA). For comparison, Granite has 1689 MiLB PA's. I love seeing Wade's patience at the plate, but in reality his power numbers have dropped every year and his walk rates are likely going to take a heavy hit at AAA and MLB against pitchers who can actually throw strikes. If they need him because of OF depth at AAA, then sure bring him up. Otherwise I see no issue letting Wade adjust a bit more at AA.
  13. Respy
    Some matchups to watch today: Derek Holland is already 0-2 against the Twins this yearHolland is a lefty, and look for righties like Grossman (5 for 14 against Holland) and Escobar (4 for 7 against Holland) to make an impact today.Mauer might get the day off today, only hitting 4 for 20 against Holland with 6 strikeouts. Vargas or Sano might be at 1B today.Ervin Santana looks to bounce back after going only 4.0 and 5.0 IP in 2 of his 3 last starts.Santana should be careful pitching to Melky Cabrera (12 for 38 lifetime against Santana and 17 for his last 40) and Abreu (6 for 15 lifetime against Santana and 12 for his last 29). But he'll try to mow down the rest of the lineup which is collectively hitting around .200 against Santana.The Twins' X-Factor: The Twins need a deep start from Ervin Santana. If he can pitch deep into the game, look for a Twins W.The White Sox X-Factor: Todd Frazier's bat. Frazier has been in a prolonged season slump, hitting .205 with 'only' 11 homeruns. After going 0 for 18 last week, he hit a homerun Saturday and has been putting the ball in play. The White Sox need Frazier to pick it up and knock in more runs for their offense to be competitive.My magic 8-ball says: Twins win 6-3
  14. Respy
    I basically concur with everything. Very nice article. I especially am pleased to see that you are OK with Nick Gordon spending some more time at AA. Though a few more walks would be nice, his bat by all means has been very good this year, and a big improvement on previous years. But, he definitely needs as many fielding reps, especially at shortstop, as possible. Gordon has 15 errors in 62 games this year (after having 26 in 105 games last year). For comparison, Polanco has had 4 errors in 52 games this year at the MLB level. Gordon is still only 21, and Vielma is ahead of Gordon in the organizational chart because he needs to be on the 40-man roster, so Gordon could very possibly spend the rest of the year at AA and that would be OK. Gordon can spend all of next year at AAA while Dozier is in the last year of his contract (assuming he's not traded), then we can expect to see Gordon in September 2018 and hopefully as a regular in 2019 at the still-young age of 23. Granite will be quite interesting to watch. He just keeps hitting the ball. As much as people would probably like to compare him statistically to a Ben Revere, Revere was a .700 OPS hitter at AA/AAA and Granite has been around .800. Hopefully he can play his way onto the Twins roster, but I agree that he would need to be starting most days.
  15. Respy
    Correction: I see reports of Lewis starting at GCL, and some speculation that Javier as well would start in GCL. Maybe they plan to rotate Royce into the outfield a bit?
  16. Respy
    I hadn't thought about the possibility of Javier and Lewis starting this year on the same team. I'd think Javier will start at DSL or GCL, and Lewis at Elizabethton?
  17. Respy
    I agree that the Twins need to be careful with Romero and Gonsalves, and promoting them to the big leagues soon might not be the smartest idea. So what to do in the meantime? I am not a fan of these waiver wire pickups for SP at all. For the starting rotation, that leaves us with Berrios and Santana. Let's assume that Santiago will be back soon and needs to be our third starter. Two spots are left. Duffey is an option but he looks good in the bullpen and our bullpen needs the help too. Kyle Gibson has obviously struggled but has potential to be an innings eater. Mejia has struggled as well, but in today's market, he's honestly been an adequate #5 guy keeping the team in the game most starts. Mejia is still young with some potential, as well. So, I personally think we can get by with: 1. Santana 2. Berrios 3. Santiago 4. Gibson 5. Mejia Now for fixing the bullpen? I think the FO needs to be more aggressive here. Hughes when he returns will need to go to the bullpen, barring injuries to the above 5. Duffey has been good, Kintzler has been good, Rogers has been good, Boshers looks like he might stick, Belisle is improving. Busenitz might stick. I'm on the fence with Breslow. Haley will be returning and I suspect they will leave him on the roster. Melotakis probably needs to get brought up at some point (though he would give us another lefty on top of Breslow, Boshers, and Rogers). They need to find a way to give Hildenberger a shot, by waiving one of our waiver wire pickups off the 40-man. 1. Kintzler 2. Duffey 3. Rogers 4. Belisle 5. Boshers 6. Hughes 7. Busenitz or Hildenberger 8. Breslow or Melotakis My math here says dump Breslow. Send Turley down. Hildenberger would need to remain at AAA for now unless they dump Belisle, DFA Turley, or transfer Hughes to 60-day DL if he has any major setbacks. Haley I'd personally send back to Boston, but will probably take Busenitz's spot.
  18. Respy
    Wow. How long have minor league teams been celebrating playoff births by trashing the locker room like MLB teams do?
  19. Respy
    Video of Bryan Sammons striking out 14 here: http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/033117aaa.html
  20. Respy
    All I see on Bryan Sammons is a big-frame lefty who was projected to go around #350.
  21. Respy
    Good question. I don't have much insight, but a quick review of some articles are describing how he once was projected as being average at catcher, expected to stick there, except he hasn't played much at catcher this year. So he profiled as a hit-first catcher, but wasn't catching much. That makes him a hit-first 1B or DH. And he's been awful offensively this year. So he's a struggling hitter with no position. I'd suspect he might drop to rounds 10-15 or worse.
  22. Respy
    I also like that they picked a top Puerto Rico talent, given the young Puerto Rican talent currently on the Twin roster (Berrios, Rosario, Vargas). If De La Torre can make the big leagues, it's fair to assume at least one of those three would still be on the roster.
  23. Respy
    If we exclude drafting/developing or buying an ace via FA market... As I've heard others state, though I don't have evidence to support, there's a notion that a speedy up-the-middle defender with an ability to hit, has a better chance of staying healthy than most pitchers, and therefore also makes them more tradeable in the future. Perhaps the Front Office is already making plans to trade for a guaranteed front-line starter in a couple years after our young position player talents develop. But alas, I'm just speculating and throwing Falvey and Levine a bone that they know what they're doing.
  24. Respy
    Jorge's numbers have never popped, but whenever I check in on him, it seems he's turning in more quality starts than his peers. At this point, can't complain about that. His K-rate (32 in 74 1/3 innings) at AA last year was alarming, but has improved significantly this year. I think we've all gone a bit sour on some of our pitch-to-contact and 'groundball' pitchers in recent years giving up too many homeruns. Felix Jorge has a 0.63 HR/9 which equates to 14 HR / 200 innings. He's on the 40-man, so he should see time at least at Rochester, if not the Twins, this year. Hopefully he doesn't get blasted.
  25. Respy
    So, Andy Wilkins' first game and gets a TD POD honor. Anything to make of his signing? Were they really that short on players, specifically first basemen?
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