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Twins Spring Training Report From Fort Myers: 3/14/2014 and the newest dashboards

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- Second day of live coverage of the Twins Spring training from Fort Myers. Today there was mainly major league action and some minor league drills before the Miracle and Kernels games, with the Red Wings and Rock Cats squads traveling.   As a reminder, you can find all Spring Training coverage here.   On the single A Beloit side of things, there was a lot of fielding practice going on, including a lot of serious work with the pitchers.
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Twins Spring Training Report From Fort Myers: 3/13/2014

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- I am on site at Fort Myers and this will be the first in a series of reports regarding the Twins' major and minor leaguers from the Lee County sports complex grounds. As a reminder, you can find all Spring Training coverage here.   Miguel Sulbaran came to the Twins from the Dodgers in the Drew Butera trade last season and started four games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, the Twins single A affiliate. Sulbaran did not make it to my to
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The Elusive Twins' 5th Starter Battle: It does not exist and it is not a bad thing...

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- One of the most contested spots for the Twins, on paper, this Spring Training was going to be that of the 5th starter. The newly signed (or re-signed) Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey, in addition to holdover veteran Kevin Correia, had four spots, while the three out of option guys (Samuel Deduno, Scott Diamond and Vance Worley, in alphabetical order) were to battle for that fifth spot, maybe with the addition of first round d
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The Elusive Twins' 5th Starter Battle: It does not exist and it is not a bad thing...

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- One of the most contested spots for the Twins, on paper, this Spring Training was going to be that of the 5th starter. The newly signed (or re-signed) Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey, in addition to holdover veteran Kevin Correia, had four spots, while the three out of option guys (Samuel Deduno, Scott Diamond and Vance Worley, in alphabetical order) were to battle for that fifth spot, maybe with the addition of first round d
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Updated Twins Spring Training Battle Dashboards Reflecting the First Cuts

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- Here are the latest Twins Spring Training battle dashboards updated for yesterday's game and the Spring Training cuts. The players who were cut are not longer listed. You can find all of the 2014 Spring Training dashboards here) :   A reminder of the scoring system:       For the pitchers, I quantify using a measurement created by Bill James more than a decade ago called " Game Score". It is calculated as follows: You s
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The Twins make their first cuts of Spring Training and there are just a few surprises

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- Yesterday I speculated about the first cuts of the Spring Training for the Minnesota Twins. This morning the Twins announced these cuts and there were only a couple names I have not mentioned yesterday. After these 16 cuts, the Twins now have 48 players in the major league camp. Here is the full list of the cuts:   40-man roster:   Optioned to AAA Rochester Red Wings:   LHP Logan Darnell LHP Edgar Ibarra LHP Brooks Raley RHP Trevor May
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Speculation on the Twins' first Spring Training cuts and updated battle dashboards

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- Like most teams the Minnesota Twins will be announcing the first cuts of the major league Spring Training camp very soon. Who will those players be?   One group of players who gets cut first are players on the 40-man roster who do not have much likelihood to make the team and were added on the roster for protection's sake. I think that Logan Darnell, Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco and Kennys Vargas will be the four casualties from this cat
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Diamond's Back Foot and Twins Spring Training Dashboards

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   The Twins lost to the Baltimore Orioles' travel squad yesterday in a pretty bad way (11-5.) Here are the Spring Training Battle Dashboards updated after yesterday's game:   For position players:   http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/12966868145_25dfce691f.jpg     For pitchers   http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2214/12966868315_0c1783496e.jpg     Scott Diamond's performance, even though collectively awful, and reflected by the lowest
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Twins 2014 Locks, Spring Training Battles and the first Battle Dashboards

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- As in the past few years I will use dashboards to keep track of the performance of the Twins' players during Spring Training in order to get a numerical and visual representation of who is doing what, of the players who are battling for a position on the 40-man roster. With few games in and the first cuts coming early next week, it might be a good time for the first one of these.   To determine that, we need to figure out who are the "lo
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Random thoughts from the Twins' intrasquad game today

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Today the Minnesota Twins unofficially had their first game of the Spring Training, which was an intrasquad contest. Here are some of my thoughts from what happened in this game:     Pitchers seem to be well ahead of hitters: Phil Hughes pitched 2 scoreless innings throwing 21 out of 27 strikes, striking out 4 (including Buxton and Sano) and his FB was 91/92 mph Kevin Correia also pitched 2 run-free innings with 14/26 strikes, a K and a
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Who is the Newest Twins' pitcher Brooks Raley?

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch -------   Multiple reports today, including a formal announcement by the Twins' twitter, indicate that the Twins selected LHP Brooks Raley off waivers from the Cubs' organization.   Who is Brooks Raley?   Brooks Raley was drafted by the Cubs in the 6th Round of the 2009 draft from Texas A&M, 8 picks after the Twins selected C Chris Herrmann from Miami, and there is a good possibility that the pair will form part of the Rochester Redwings batter
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2014 Spring Training Guide to Fort Myers. Part I: The Logistics

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ------ Less than a month for Pitchers and Catchers to report to Fort Myers so it is about time for you to make your arrangements to go to Fort Myers and it is about time for the third annual Fort Myers Guides, which will be updates from last years' guides. Also, as a retrospect after I return, I will do a "bargain guide to Spring Training in Fort Myers" to really try to give hints on how to get there, stay there, eat there and attend Twins
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Twins' LHP Andrew Albers' departure and the curse of Jim Rantz

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- Today the Minnesota Twins have finalized their agreement with South Korea's Hanwha Eagles, selling LHP Andrew Albers' contract. It is a good move for Albers who will be compensated close to $1 million, while he would have had a hard time cracking the Twins' and potentially even the Red Wings' rotations, after the acquisitions of Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey at the major league level and Kris Johnson and Sean Gilmartin at th
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What the Twins are getting with Ricky Nolasco: A comparison with a former Twins' SP

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- Last month, I examined in depth the re-signing of Mike Pelfrey to a two year contact by the Minnesota Twins, suggesting that he, indeed, can be a steal for the Twins for many reasons. Today, I am looking at the biggest free agent spending from the Minnesota Twins ever, the signing of Ricky Nolasco to a 4 year, $49 million contact with an option of a 5th year, just before Thanksgiving. In the near future, I will look at the signing of Phil
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Clutch hitting and pitching and the 2013 Twins

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   "Clutch" is a word that has been used to describe the players who go above and beyond the norm and perform highly in difficult situations in close games: The guy who comes into the game with 2 outs and the bases loaded, down three in the bottom of the ninth and hits a grand slam off a closer who never blew a save. The pitcher who comes in with bases loaded and no outs, up one on the bottom of the ninth and strikes out the side to s
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The chronicle of the shoulder injuries of Twins' RHP Samuel Deduno

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- Last season, after his World Baseball Classic performance (which ended with a pulled groin that made him miss a chunk of Spring Training and 44 games with the Twins) and his consistent performance in June and July that had him enter August with a 7-4 record and a 3.18 ERA in 12 starts, made many people in the Twins Cities call Samuel Deduno an"Ace". This included several well-respected mainstream media. (For sample of relative stories,
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By the numbers: a body count of the Twins' pitching depth for 2014 and myth busting

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- The major priority of the Minnesota Twins' General Manager, Terry Ryan, has been to re-build a rotation that has been at the bottom of the major leagues in pretty much every statistical category in 2014. There is a general agreement that the rotation was pretty much "a mess" in 2013 and needed fixing. There is also the general impression that the Twins' pen was one of the strengths of the team and it is better left alone. However, t
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Profile of the newest Minnesota Twin: C Kurt Suzuki

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   It has been reported that the Minnesota Twins have Signed 30 year old C Kurt Suzuki to an 1 year $2.75 million contract plus incentives. He will provide catching depth, allowing the Twins to pace the use of Josmil Pinto and Chris Herrmann at the catcher position in a way that it is most appropriate for them. He would also act as insurance, in case one or both of the rookies need additional work at AAA. The Twins would need to creat
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Scouting report of newest Twins' member LHP Sean Gilmartin

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch -----   The Minnesota Twins in an effort to reduce the logjam in the DH/OF position have traded Ryan Doumit to the Atlanta Braves for 23 year old minor league LHP prospect Sean Gilmartin. The 6'2", 200 lbs Gilmartin was the Braves' 1st round (28th overall) pick of the 2011 draft. Before he was drafted, he was named All American from Baseball America and before the 2012 season he was ranked as the Braves' 5th best prospect, and 4th best befo
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Five reasons that the Twins re-signing of Mike Pelfrey could be a steal

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   Late last week it was communicated, but not officially announced that the Minnesota Twins have reached agreement with Mike Pelfrey for a 2 year contract. The contract is for a base amount of $5.5 million per season and with the potential of additional $3.5 million in incentives through the life of the contract. Additional details about the incentives will be announced when the signing will be official.   There has been a lot of noise
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2014 offseason Minnesota Twins top 40 prospects: summary; all 1-40

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   I have been counting down the Twins top 40 prospects with descriptions and scouting reports of the players, their potential, their likely destinations for 2014, and in some cases the reasons why they were ranked where they were. These detailed reports for prospects 36-40 are here, 31-35 here, 26-30 here , 21-25 here, 16-20 here, 11-15 here, 6-10 here, and you can find all segments in reverse order here.   I thought that a summary that
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2014 off-season Minnesota Twins top 40 prospect countdown: 1-5

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the eighth segment of the 2014 off-season Twins top 40 prospects, and we entered the top 10. Prospects 36-40 are here, 31-35 here, 26-30 here , 21-25 here, 16-20 here, 11-15 here, 6-10 here, and you can find all segments in reverse order here.   This is not the last post in these. For completeness sake, I will have a summary post with all 40 tomorrow.       The number 1 to 5 off-season 2014 Minnesota Twins prospects are:   5. Ko
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2014 off-season Minnesota Twins top 40 prospect countdown: 6-10

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- This is the seventh segment of the 2014 off-season Twins top 40 prospects, and we entered the top 10. Prospects 36-40 are here, 31-35 here, 26-30 here , 21-25 here, 16-20 here, 11-15 here, and you can find all segments in reverse order here.   The number 6 to 10 off-season 2014 Minnesota Twins prospects are:   10. Stephen Gonsalves LHSP, DOB: 7/8/1994, 6'5", 190 lbs.   Stephen Gonsalves was drafted by the Twins in the fourth round of the 20
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2014 off-season Minnesota Twins top 40 prospect countdown: 11-15

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the sixth segment of the 2014 off-season Twins top 40 prospects, counting down prospects 31 to 35. Prospects 36-40 are here, 31-35 here, 26-30 here , 21-25 here, 16-20 here, and you can find all segments in reverse order here.   The number 11 to 15 off-season 2014 Minnesota Twins prospects are:   15. DJ Baxendale RHSP, DOB: 12/8/1990, 6'2", 190 lbs   DJ Baxendale was drafted in the 10th round of the 2012 draft by the Twins from U
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2014 off-season Minnesota Twins top 40 prospect countdown: 16-20

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the fifth segment of the 2014 off-season Twins top 40 prospects, counting down prospects 31 to 35. Prospects 36-40 are here, 31-35 here, 26-30 here , 21-25 here and you can find all segments in reverse order here.   The number 16 to 20 off-season 2014 Minnesota Twins prospects are:   20. Brian Gilbert, RHRP, DOB: 8/12/1992, 6'1", 215 lbs.   The Twins selected Brian Gilbert in the 7th round of the 2013 draft from Seton Hall Unive
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