April 30, 20188 yr The Twins have announced that Fernando Romero will start on Wednesday with Phil Hughes going to the bullpen. Wow!!
April 30, 20188 yr My guess is that who gets sent down will depend on who gets worked hardest Tuesday. Obvious candidates are Hildenberger, Rogers, Magill, Duffey and Curtiss in no particular order. Does Magill have an option? Not that I would be concerned about losing him. Just wondering.
April 30, 20188 yr Very good, and he's coming up even earlier than I thought. Let's hope he can dominate and stick in the rotation, though unfortunately the precedent for Twins rookie starters is to pitch very poorly. Perhaps Romero, with his dominant stuff, can break the mold. Edited April 30, 20188 yr by Danchat
April 30, 20188 yr Is that a day game or night? Hope it's night so I can watch him pitch!!It's a day game, of course. But still, yes!!!! I'll have to watch the replay.
April 30, 20188 yr Very good, and he's coming up even earlier than I thought. Let's hope he can dominate and stick in the rotation, though unfortunately the president for Twins rookie starters is to pitch very poorly. Perhaps Romero, with his dominant stuff, can break the mold.Who votes for President For Twins Rookie Starters? Just other rookies or can all the players vote. Precedent, not president.
April 30, 20188 yr Awesome news. Truly unexpected. Faith in the possible future restored, as they show it isn't all about money.
April 30, 20188 yr My guess is that who gets sent down will depend on who gets worked hardest Tuesday. Obvious candidates are Hildenberger, Rogers, Magill, Duffey and Curtiss in no particular order. Does Magill have an option? Not that I would be concerned about losing him. Just wondering.Duffey has already been optioned, for Curtiss. Magill is out of options, and could elect free agency if we tried to pass him through waivers and outright him (having been outrighted previously in his career).
April 30, 20188 yr Encouraging. He may not be ready but the experience won’t hurt him in the long term and will likely help. This Twins team should be focused on the long term.
April 30, 20188 yr About time, do not know why Twins just do not cut bait with Hughes, injuries derailed his career.
April 30, 20188 yr I'd rather see Enns or Enlow.Are you referring to Blayne Enlow? He was drafted last year and has 2 starts above rookie ball (and they haven't gone particularly well). Him attempting to face mlb hitters right now would make Hughes look like Walter Johnson. Enns is more realistic, but I'd like to hear you expand on why you'd rather see him than Romero?
April 30, 20188 yr I joked about this earlier on a different thread. Turns out I'm a psychic. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/29651-article-cin-8-min-2-berrios-bombs-as-twins-drop-series-to-cincy/?p=739970 For my next trick, if Sano ends up on the DL, Escobar moves to 3B, Enns DFA'd, Gordon added to 40 and 25.
April 30, 20188 yr Hopefully at least one of the Fernando's will be a successful pitcher for the Twins this season. Even if Romero gets lit up, I'd rather have a young pitcher taking his lumps and learning from it than an old one who doesn't have it any longer. Edited April 30, 20188 yr by puckstopper1
April 30, 20188 yr Very good, and he's coming up even earlier than I thought. Let's hope he can dominate and stick in the rotation, though unfortunately the precedent for Twins rookie starters is to pitch very poorly. Perhaps Romero, with his dominant stuff, can break the mold.. I don’t know about that. That Blyleven kid did pretty well in his rookie year.
April 30, 20188 yr Excellent. I’m surprised to see Romero jump so many other candidates but I’m not going to complain about it.
April 30, 20188 yr Good deal. No reason not to at this point. Even if they cap him at 80-85 pitches for awhile, it's a shot at some real production. There might be some 4 inning outings due to walks being higher out of the gate, but I bet he also makes some batters look silly on some swing and misses. Those would still be longer outings than what Hughes has given.
April 30, 20188 yr Are you referring to Blayne Enlow? He was drafted last year and has 2 starts above rookie ball (and they haven't gone particularly well). Him attempting to face mlb hitters right now would make Hughes look like Walter Johnson.Enns is more realistic, but I'd like to hear you expand on why you'd rather see him than Romero? Leach or Littell would work too.
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