June 21, 20179 yr I really hope Gee get's called up....So if anything, I could buy a Twins jersey with my actual last name on it and not be that guy who puts his own last name on a jersey. (No relation)
June 21, 20179 yr Gee, I'm not impressed. How come the Twins only sign guys the buzzards are circling? Don't we have anybody in the minors who isn't dead meat? Are we really sure Terry Ryan isn't pulling levers behind the big curtain?
June 21, 20179 yr Gee, I'm not impressed. How come the Twins only sign guys the buzzards are circling? Other teams rarely release guys that are pitching well.
June 21, 20179 yr Free Slegers That's only with the purchase of a Ryan Eades of equal or lesser value. That's how they get ya.
June 21, 20179 yr Sincere question: do the twins promote guys much slower than most teams? It sure seems that way to me
June 21, 20179 yr Sincere question: do the twins promote guys much slower than most teams? It sure seems that way to meProbably not. Berrios, Buxton, Sano, Kepler etc are all pretty young. Last year, Stewart and Gonsalves were two of the youngest guys in AA. Romero was promoted straight to AA after recovering from surgery. Barring injury, our guys seem to be promoted after a half season or so if their performance dictates it.
June 21, 20179 yr Probably not. Berrios, Buxton, Sano, Kepler etc are all pretty young. Last year, Stewart and Gonsalves were two of the youngest guys in AA. Romero was promoted straight to AA after recovering from surgery. Barring injury, our guys seem to be promoted after a half season or so if their performance dictates it. Definitely not slower to promote. They might be lighter on talent than other farm systems though.
June 21, 20179 yr The article also mentioned that Gardy was saying Justin Morneau is ready to sign. Hummm. Anyway, wasn't Gee mentioned in the Santana trade waaaay back? The Twins wanted Pelfrey, but the Mets offered Humber or Gee? Getting a lot of names backing up the rosters at Chattanooga AND Rochester. Be interesting to see who goes where or out in the next couple of weeks!
June 21, 20179 yr Remember during spring training when a lot of people were up in arms over the "wealth" of starting pitching we had and how that would probably mean wasting a year of Berrios and Mejia in the minors? I sure wish we had another Berrios and Mejia in AAA fighting for a spot instead of having to dumpster dive to have somebody throw a few innings so the bullpen doesn't have a rash of arms falling off. Here is a toast to Trevor May making his return June 1 of next year to Target Field. Health to Ervin, Jose and Alberto along with a little growth and 1 new starter and then maybe we can talk about having a decent league average+ rotation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 21, 20179 yr ... we got him(Geez people) My head is down on my desk in shame for missing this...
June 21, 20179 yr Romero was promoted straight to AA after recovering from surgery.Not that it affects the larger point, but Romero's surgery was in 2014-2015, and he returned at single A last year.
June 21, 20179 yr Not that it affects the larger point, but Romero's surgery was in 2014-2015, and he returned at single A last year.Damn it, I suck. Yep, you're right. He came back and made 5 starts in low A and then was promoted up to A+ for 11 more starts.
June 21, 20179 yr Anyway, wasn't Gee mentioned in the Santana trade waaaay back? The Twins wanted Pelfrey, but the Mets offered Humber or Gee?I don't think so. I certainly don't remember Gee's name from back then (and as the puns attest, it's a notable name ). Technically the Mets wouldn't have been allowed to trade Gee at that time (2007-2008 offseason), since he was just drafted in June 2007 -- and even though they could have done the Trea Turner "player to be named later for 6 months" trick, it would have been an odd move considering Gee was only a 21st round pick and relatively unknown at the time. He was not listed among Sickels' top 20 Mets prospects entering 2008, and never really rose above C/C+ later anyway. By comparison, Humber was the lowest graded prospect we received per Sickels, at B-, and even he had been a B+ the previous winter and snuck into some national top 100 recognition. Gee's MLB results remind me a bit of Kyle Gibson's, but for Gibson it has been seen as an under-achievement, while Gee probably gets over-achiever credit.
June 21, 20179 yr So we got Gee.Anyone for a Doug Fister flier? The more, the merrier. If you thought the puns for Gee were bad...
June 22, 20179 yr Fister is probably done but he's not that far removed from being a 4+ WAR pitcher. I'd take a flier on him.
June 22, 20179 yr I don't know about Fister. The Angels are just as desperate for pitching as the Twins, and they didn't want to call him up. Sounds like he's just washed up.
June 22, 20179 yr Gee is better than Heston and Wilk. That's who he will be replacing. Interesting tidbit that I have not seen being mentioned, but it is worthwhile: In Gee's best season in 2013 when he pitched about 200 innings for the Mets, he was teammate with LaTroy Hawkings.
June 22, 20179 yr Interesting tidbit that I have not seen being mentioned, but it is worthwhile: In Gee's best season in 2013 when he pitched about 200 innings for the Mets, he was teammate with LaTroy Hawkings.I pretty much assume that by the end of his career, LaTroy Hawkins had been teammates with everyone on Earth.
June 22, 20179 yr Looks like Doug Fister is becoming free again as well - he could be another stopgap option.
June 22, 20179 yr Looks like Doug Fister is becoming free again as well - he could be another stopgap option. He's so bad the Angels weren't interested, right?
June 22, 20179 yr He's so bad the Angels weren't interested, right?He only made 3 starts in AAA - the first 2 were ok and the 3rd one was bad. Maybe he had a time limit on his deal with them to either make the majors or release him or they didn't like that last start. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=fister001dou&type=pgl&year=2017
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