Twins Call Up Edwar Colina for Season's Final Weekend

Great write up. I don't see how we can use him where every inning matters from here on out. If they do use him in anything remotely important I'll be excited because they obviously REALY see something in him now

This is interesting...of the 18 starting players in the lineup, 12 are hitting .228 or less. that is a ton of very bad BA's. In and among them you do have production however.

How bad is Sano going? Last 15 games he has only 2 walks and is k'ing nearly once every two AB's. His BA over the last 7 is barely .100. In short, this is a legit slump and he has 3 games to battle out of it, or he may not be of much use in a short series. That may be harsh, but we all watch the games. He has looked lost at the plate. He has the talent...right now its a matter of confidence...clearly lack of it.

We need him. Hope someone is working with him.

I didn't expect this, but I won't complain, since I think he has the stuff to be a major leaguer eventually. He was going to have to be added to the 40 man roster once the season ends, so it makes sense to give him a spot now. If he ever does pitch in important innings, teams won't have any scouting reports to go off of, so it could turn out for them. That likely won't happen if everything goes right.

Great write up. I don't see how we can use him where every inning matters from here on out. If they do use him in anything remotely important I'll be excited because they obviously REALY [sic] see something in him now

Can you use Rogers where every inning matters? How about May? or Romo? Or any of the pen..... It is all a crap shoot, now, we will see who can be a star. Here we go.......

Very excited for Colina. My understanding has been for some time he could be a potentially dominate pen arm, but that they wanted to keep him as a SP as long as possible in hope of developing a 3rd pitch. I am wondering now if that is still the plan/hope and he's in the pen now for opportunity and to get his feet wet, OR, have they already made a final decision on him?

Guess I'm a little confused though by the Bailey move. With the potential of 5 and 7 game series beyond the first round, there is room for Hill as the 4th starter, but also room, potentially, for a 5th starter. It would appear they are set/comfortable/optimistic with Odorizzi or Dobnak in that potential role.

Guess I'm a little confused though by the Bailey move. With the potential of 5 and 7 game series beyond the first round, there is room for Hill as the 4th starter, but also room, potentially, for a 5th starter. It would appear they are set/comfortable/optimistic with Odorizzi or Dobnak in that potential role.

Yeah, this surprises me too—it's not surprising that Odorizzi would slot ahead of Bailey if he's healthy, which seems obvious enough, but that the management is confident enough in their options for a potential 5th starter without Bailey around as at least emergency depth.

Very excited for Colina. My understanding has been for some time he could be a potentially dominate pen arm, but that they wanted to keep him as a SP as long as possible in hope of developing a 3rd pitch. I am wondering now if that is still the plan/hope and he's in the pen now for opportunity and to get his feet wet, OR, have they already made a final decision on him?

 

Guess I'm a little confused though by the Bailey move. With the potential of 5 and 7 game series beyond the first round, there is room for Hill as the 4th starter, but also room, potentially, for a 5th starter. It would appear they are set/comfortable/optimistic with Odorizzi or Dobnak in that potential role.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, seems like they could have found someone else to drop off the 40 man to keep Baily around just in case you need him in the playoffs?

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, seems like they could have found someone else to drop off the 40 man to keep Baily around just in case you need him in the playoffs?

Agreed. But they apparently believe the cut/blister Odorizzi has is no big deal. You still have Dobnak, impressive in his "half" a season career thus far. But they apparently saw, or didn't see, anything in Bailey's last start to convince them he was actually ready to contribute.

Bailey has 245 games pitched in MLB but zero in relief. I wonder if he refuses to be used out of bullpen which eliminates his value in the post season. Just speculating since I too am a little surprised that he would not be considered decent depth just in case a starter is injured

Edwar is an underrated beast.  He's been a starter.  I wish I knew how bad his third pitch is in order for him to be moved to the pen.  I felt the same way about Graterol.  That being said, I understand that Edwar fits the profile of a power reliever.  I'm just really happy to see this bulldog up with the team.  Starters are hard to come by.  Let him fail as a starter before you throw him in the pen...not this year obviously.

Well that debut was underwhelming, and that is being kind.

Good to look at Colina last night, if Rocco needed to see him this season. The juxtaposition of Colina and Alcala was interesting though. Last year Alcala was nervous and struggled with command and he is looking better every time out there now. Colina featured some real promise in his short stint; he needs command of the arsenal. No way Colina is on the roster on Tuesday though. The spot will go to either Odorizzi or Dobnak.

Lol, Lol.  We got that stardust out of our eyes real quick.  but don't worry.  Another year, another time and he'll probably do just fine.  Remember Berrios' first outings? Hopefully you forgot them.  They were a disaster,, like Colina's appearance last night. Forget it. Next year he will probably be a star.