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Which Pitcher goes to AAA for Joe? Or do the Twins stay with 13 pitchers for 3 weeks?

Well, Pino can be optioned. They have an extra bullpen arm (Pressly) or maybe someone gets traded (pitchers Correia, Fien, Duensing, Burton or OF Hammer). From what I can see there should be room made for Mauer and Milone and within a week Nolasco could be ready. Time for some waiver trades!
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Nolasco can only do so many rehab starts before getting the call. I'd imagine it would be him.

Rehabs are 20 days maximum. The Twins get a "free" player move for the nitecap of the doubleheader but I seriously doubt they would add Meyer to the 40-man for that.
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Does Meyer need to be added to the 40 in the winter? If so, then why not add him to the 40 soon and let him start adjusting to major league hitters. Why wait until winter?

He does need to be added.

 

40 man issue is not what's keeping him down.

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At the moment we only have 5 Starters on the 25 man unless you count Deduno. There will have to be a reliever or bench player sent down or traded to make room for Mauer and another one for Nolasco. Both were assigned to Rehab on the 5th according to the Twins transactions page which means the 25th (or before) these moves will have to be made.

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At the moment we only have 5 Starters on the 25 man unless you count Deduno. There will have to be a reliever or bench player sent down or traded to make room for Mauer and another one for Nolasco. Both were assigned to Rehab on the 5th according to the Twins transactions page which means the 25th (or before) these moves will have to be made.

 

There's little doubt that Mauer will be back on Monday in Houston, so it has to be a pitcher going down (or out) after tomorrow...supposedly Nolasco's return was going to be further stretched out.  There are no Twins starters projected after Wednesday.  If Correia is traded/DFAd, after Monday's start, Nolasco would fit nicely into KC's next scheduled turn, or because of the day off Thursday, on Friday, in the "May slot" if things don't go well tonight.

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There's little doubt that Mauer will be back on Monday in Houston, so it has to be a pitcher going down (or out) after tomorrow...supposedly Nolasco's return was going to be further stretched out.  There are no Twins starters projected after Wednesday.  If Correia is traded/DFAd, after Monday's start, Nolasco would fit nicely into KC's next scheduled turn, or because of the day off Thursday, on Friday, in the "May slot" if things don't go well tonight.

 

  1. Joe Mauer felt "general soreness" today after playing 9 innings last night for @CRKernels, Gardy said, but Houston return still the hope.

     

     

    "Hope" no longer sounds like "little doubt".

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IMO he'll get another start or two or three, regardless.

 

I will be (unhappily) surprised if May does not finish the rest of the year in the majors... 

They already used an option year on him, their season is going nowhere, there is nothing to lose.

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I will be (unhappily) surprised if May does not finish the rest of the year in the majors... 

They already used an option year on him, their season is going nowhere, there is nothing to lose.

Yes, I think I understated it, as far as being on the 25-man goes.  By the time they would decide he needed to be sent down, it will be September and there will no longer be anywhere to send him down to.  :)

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People need to stop being paranoid. They are not going to send May back after one game. The Twins are slow to promote but they are also slow to change plans and cut cords.

 

They prepared May for the long haul. Only way he doesn't finish the season is injury or if he completely bombs for multiple starts.

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People need to stop being paranoid. They are not going to send May back after one game. The Twins are slow to promote but they are also slow to change plans and cut cords.

 

They prepared May for the long haul. Only way he doesn't finish the season is injury or if he completely bombs for multiple starts.

 

 

Where's the paranoia?  The Twins are in the midst of a series of potential trades, AAA tryouts and pitchers/players returning from injury, including May.  May's last start in Indy didn't go all that well, if there are lingering issues with his injury, the world won't come to an end if he struggles tonight and goes back down to Rochester to get his health or form back to 100% for another turn or two.

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That was in Loo-uh-vull.  Meyer is going against Indy.  People get them mixed up all the time. :)

 

Correct. I was in Louisville on Sunday night.  I often forget that the International League has a strange concept of "weekend series".

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I think only Prof. Slowey would attempt to parse R. Clyde Gardenhire's words quite that closely.

 

Whatever the actual case may be,  Mauer just completed his second 9 inning stint in CR, with 2 more singles tonight in 4 ABs.  That's 6 singles in 15 trips (.400 BA) on his rehab stint....he appears well back on his way to his pre-injury form (parse my words at your pleasure).

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Where's the paranoia?  The Twins are in the midst of a series of potential trades, AAA tryouts and pitchers/players returning from injury, including May.  May's last start in Indy didn't go all that well, if there are lingering issues with his injury, the world won't come to an end if he struggles tonight and goes back down to Rochester to get his health or form back to 100% for another turn or two.

Jokin is right. The Twins have been playing the shell game for weeks now to flush out the rotation. If May struggles, not saying he will, or agrivates anything, again not saying, he could go back down for a start or two and come back up again. But forget paranoia, he's probably up for at least a few starts if not the rest of the season, probable.

 

Pino could easily ride the shuttle again, and is a possible/probable for the DH mentioned. Could be time for Nolasco to come back up, and stay, as well.

 

Unless we see a waiver trade or two, likely, or a DFA, less likely, I think we will continue to see more of the shell game the next few weeks until September when all bets are off.

 

No matter what happens, Colabello has been a great story. And he's already experienced a dream few get to experience. The story on him might have finally reached its conclusion. And I think that's OK. I'm still not sure I'd bet against him though.

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