Ryan Pressly returns. Wimmers optioned to Rochester.

I'm so excited!

I would have preferred Pressly to stay down for a bit longer, but if they are just going to rearrange the deck chairs then I'm not sure it matters much.  I think it's time that some new chairs were thrown into the mix though.  

 

and you just can't hide it?

 

If I could get to youtube at work, that would certainly have been posted, yes.

I don't have a deck, but I have an ugly lawn with a bunch of old plastic chairs strewn about. One of them was held together by tape (and not even good quality duct tape, more like cheap clear tape), and it was starting to fall apart even before the recent storms kicked it around the yard. I think I'm going to call that chair "Belisle." Another has been chewed a lot by squirrels, maybe that one should be called "Breslow."

 

I do have some intact chairs in the garage, but those are only "for company."

Pressly has been a major disappointment, but could be the power arm we need. Twinkietown did an article on him last year which stated he has the best breaking pitches of anyone in the pen. Let's hope for a Berrios-type rebound. His stuff is that good.

Edited June 13, 20179 yr by howieramone2

I missed it yesterday, but apparently Heston was sent down for Jorge Polanco's return too? Pitching staff down to 12.

 

Interesting there isn't really a "long guy" right now, hopefully Good Kyle shows up tonight and renders that a non-issue.

What a coincidence, just last night I moved my red patio chair to the left side of my patio and my green chair to the right side. 

 

I should send in my resume.

 

I don't have a deck, but I have an ugly lawn with a bunch of old plastic chairs strewn about. One of them was held together by tape (and not even good quality duct tape, more like cheap clear tape), and it was starting to fall apart even before the recent storms kicked it around the yard. I think I'm going to call that chair "Belisle." Another has been chewed a lot by squirrels, maybe that one should be called "Breslow."

I do have some intact chairs in the garage, but those are only "for company."

 

Pictured: Belisle, Breslow, and others portrayed as deck chairs...

 

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What a coincidence, just last night I moved my red patio chair to the left side of my patio and my green chair to the right side. 

 

I should send in my resume.

Interesting.  Sunday morning I brought out my "spare" deck chairs so that Mother Nature would rinse them off for me.  So now, I have 8 deck chairs but really only use about 3 or 4 of them.  

The only bright side to the bullpen is that we get to see MLB's reddest neck (Boshers). With everyone else failing, it looks like his job is safe for s while.

I missed it yesterday, but apparently Heston was sent down for Jorge Polanco's return too? Pitching staff down to 12.

 

Interesting there isn't really a "long guy" right now, hopefully Good Kyle shows up tonight and renders that a non-issue.

This surprised me too. I support bringing back Pressly, but does make keeping Belisle and Breslow that much more inexplicable.

The only bright side to the bullpen is that we get to see MLB's reddest neck (Boshers). With everyone else failing, it looks like his job is safe for s while.

He's turned into an acceptable second lefty somehow.

 

Makes Breslow's continued presence all the more unnecessary.

Maybe I'm crazy, but if Pressly is back to mediocre and not a disaster, a bullpen structure of Kintzler, Rogers, Duffey, Pressly, Boshers, a rotating long man, and a spot reserved for a rotating prospect (until one sticks) could be functional.

 

Can't be worse.

 

He's turned into an acceptable second lefty somehow.

Makes Breslow's continued presence all the more unnecessary.

This is what I was going to say as well.  He's been pretty solid since being called back up.  A pleasant surprise and clearly more effective than Breslow.

I already explained myself here, but I still don't understand this move. Wimmers may have been mediocre, but he was pitching better than Pressly. They're actively making the bullpen worse with this move. At this rate, we're going to see Tonkin back with the team...

 

Meanwhile, I think Boshers has pitched really well and I think he should get some opportunities in high leverage outings (basically taking Belisle's role). 

 

I already explained myself here, but I still don't understand this move. Wimmers may have been mediocre, but he was pitching better than Pressly. They're actively making the bullpen worse with this move. At this rate, we're going to see Tonkin back with the team...

Wimmers was pretty bad, in low leverage, with no future. Obviously the hope is that Pressly won't be as bad as before. Might as well find out before the July trade market heats up.

To me Breslow's presence at the start of the season was Falvine hoping to spin him at the break for a prospect.  Not sure now though...

Wimmers was optioned instead of DL'd? With 10 day so, that makes more sense. Keep rotating in fresh arms instead of rotating tired ones. At least until the league stops you.

Wimmers was optioned instead of DL'd? With 10 day so, that makes more sense. Keep rotating in fresh arms instead of rotating tired ones. At least until the league stops you.

Why would it make more sense to DL Wimmers? Being optioned, he could be recalled if someone else went DL In next 10 days. If he was on the DL, he's out a minimum of 10 days.

 

Wimmers was optioned instead of DL'd? With 10 day so, that makes more sense. Keep rotating in fresh arms instead of rotating tired ones. At least until the league stops you.

 

Are you suggesting he be put on the DL when he is not injured?

There is a convoluted process for putting players on the DL that must be followed, and an equally convoluted process for removing them. The process is pretty much air tight.

 

- Team doctor signs off on it

- Second opinion doctor signs off on it, sometimes this is the player's doctor

- League doctor signs off on it

 

If the player, team, or league disputes what is going on, more doctors get involved. All teams + the commissioner get full visibility of each step.

 

Follow this process again to remove the player from the DL....

Edited June 13, 20179 yr by Doomtints

 

I already explained myself here, but I still don't understand this move. Wimmers may have been mediocre, but he was pitching better than Pressly. They're actively making the bullpen worse with this move. At this rate, we're going to see Tonkin back with the team...

 

Meanwhile, I think Boshers has pitched really well and I think he should get some opportunities in high leverage outings (basically taking Belisle's role). 

 

Wimmers can't pitch against lefties at all and his control is barely good enough against righties.

 

If your point is that Wimmers is young and will hopefully improve, I agree. Not sure he needs to be in the majors to learn, though.

 

Pressly can hit 99 mph but he can't find the strike zone consistently. He seems to know where he needs to throw it because he places it properly sometimes. I think we'd be OK with him slowing to 96 and throwing strikes. In any case, if he doesn't get things right this year this is probably his last rodeo. It's doubtful he's a Twin next year regardless of what happens.

 

Pressly/Wimmers are not interchangeable pitchers so we should not see this as "moving around the chairs."  No manager would flip a coin to decide whether to use these two unless utterly deranged. Maybe the team thinks they need more heat in the pen for the next stretch of games. That's not Wimmers, that's for sure.

Edited June 13, 20179 yr by Doomtints

 

If your point is that Wimmers is young and will hopefully improve, I agree.

He will be 29 at season's end. This is his career peak right now.

I assume the point of sending him down was to give him time to work on his mechanics on the side. That is really hard to do as a reliever in the major leagues. Let's hope he comes back with better command.

Wimmers is barely a AAAA player. He will never be relevant at the MLB level.

Just 4 innings at AAA and already fixed huh?

At least Pressly has the stuff to occasionally dominate, mixed in with blowups.  He also might get better.  I'd rather he be on the staff than someone who never dominates, mixed in with the blowups.

Pressly has been a major disappointment, but could be the power arm we need. Twinkietown did an article on him last year which stated he has the best breaking pitches of anyone in the pen. Let's hope for a Berrios-type rebound. His stuff is that good.

I was discussing this very thing the other night with another obsessed Twins fan, my father. And we wondered if Pressly's biggest problem is his velocity. Maybe he'd have better command as well as better movement if he just took a little off his FB, much like Berrios has done. We have seen Pressly be very solid in the past. I have no doubt his getting straightened out...(no hittable pun intended)...shores up the pen.

He's turned into an acceptable second lefty somehow.

Makes Breslow's continued presence all the more unnecessary.

Actually, except for the game before his DL stint, and like the first game or two back, (or maybe I have those reversed?), he was pretty solid last year as well.

 

2016: 2-0/ 4.25 ERA/ 1.25 WHIP/ 36IP/ 35Hits/ 7BB 37SO/ .248AVG

 

I don't have a deck, but I have an ugly lawn with a bunch of old plastic chairs strewn about. One of them was held together by tape (and not even good quality duct tape, more like cheap clear tape), and it was starting to fall apart even before the recent storms kicked it around the yard. I think I'm going to call that chair "Belisle." Another has been chewed a lot by squirrels, maybe that one should be called "Breslow."

I do have some intact chairs in the garage, but those are only "for company."

 

Chairs should have names. I never thought of that before... but thanks to this post i'm going to spend some time tonight naming my chairs.