Twins Minor League Report (5/7): Berrios On The Brink

Maybe the Twins should just stick to Tepesch. 

Play it safe

LOL

"leave a runner in scorning position"  I like this! Our pitchers need to scorn those runners more often!

Berrios just keeps using up those bullets in AAA. Not a huge fan of that right now.

Honestly, what's the deal, here? Are they just praying he throws a clunker so they have excuse to hit some beneficial service time bench mark?

There can't possibly be anything he can do in AAA to become a better pitcher, that he can't do in the MLB while simultaneously helping a pitching staff going down like the titanic. Is there? Honest question.

It's time to see what Berrios has to offer the major league team.  Tepesch honestly looked terrible. No need for him to throw another pitch in the majors.

Anyone have thoughts as to what the next step should be for Stewart and when that should take place? What he is doing now isn't working. He has a WHIP of 2. He had a 1.47 last year at AA that through smoke and mirrors (as far as I can tell) translated to a 3.03 ERA. He simply isn't effective and has not been at AA really at all.

Anyone have thoughts as to what the next step should be for Stewart and when that should take place? What he is doing now isn't working. He has a WHIP of 2. He had a 1.47 last year at AA that through smoke and mirrors (as far as I can tell) translated to a 3.03 ERA. He simply isn't effective and has not been at AA really at all.

He's just not very good. They'll keep throwing him out there but it is what it is.

It's time to see what Berrios has to offer the major league team.  Tepesch honestly looked terrible. No need for him to throw another pitch in the majors.

Oh no....Tepesch is obviously the most qualified.  We can work with him so he can be a nice pitcher with an ERA in the 6.00 range.  We can't bring up anyone the coaches actually have to work with. 

He's just not very good. They'll keep throwing him out there but it is what it is.

I don't disagree that he isn't very good. But at what point do you think they bump him from the rotation? In favor of whom I have no idea. But to continue to run him out there getting hammered and/or showing no strike zone command seems silly.

He's just not very good. They'll keep throwing him out there but it is what it is.

Having watched him at Ft Myers, Stewarts has very good control of his fastball and throws it 92-94 during the game.  As I noted after one of his outings in this forum,  his problem is that when he throws his slider it just doesn't have any downward movement, and just stays in the same plane.  Lower level hitters were able to get this ball in play, higher level hitters will be able to really hurt him.

THis season Kohl is having problems throwing strikes, 22 walks in 24 innings which is very high total for him.

I think the Twins need to completely rework his slider.  I think they have ignored it because they wanted to avoid elbow issues, but at AA he needs to get this pitch moving.  He needs to change his release point to get the change in plane movement a sldier needs.

I also think they need to work on his change.  Because Steward played football his baseball skills are not as advanced as other players in similar draft positions.  He was drafted almost purely on projection and is a type of prospect that I advocate taking slower than otheres.  

I think the Twins should take him out of AA and put him back to EST, work on his slider and change, then get him back to AA. 

Barring an injury or mechanical thing, just let him continue. He's young and he's already dominated the low minors. Even if he has to repeat AA next year, he'd be young for the level.

He already spent half of last year in AA. ALL of this year AND next year? That's wasting a roster spot for a legitimate prospect IMO. He's 5 months younger than Berrios. He isn't THAT young.

Is it a service time thing with Berrios? Do his starts last year mean he's likely to be super two eligible if called up now? I'm not sure how that stuff works exactly...

If he's dropped to Ft. Myers, which should be a possibility, he'd be the second youngest pitcher on the team.

Which probably indicates that the Twins have lousy pitching prospects that can't advance in a timely fashion.

And anticipating your reply, where is the evidence that the Twins don't have lousy pitching prospects? Their track record of drafting and developing them?

Which probably indicates that the Twins have lousy pitching prospects that can't advance in a timely fashion.

And anticipating your reply, where is the evidence that the Twins don't have lousy pitching prospects? Their track record of drafting and developing them?

That's a, well let's call it an "interesting" conclusion.

We could just look at the median ages of leagues without making broad-strokes statements on the Twins prospects, many of which are good despite your ridiculously pessimistic outlook.

The latest info I could find, because all I'm willing to spend on this nonsense is a quick google search, was in 2013, where the Florida State League median was 23.5 years. For AA Southern League, it's 24.6 years: http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/median-age-for-every-full-season-league/

Kohl Stewart is currently 22 years and 7 months old. Meaning that he's not only super young for his league, he'd be about a year younger than the median for the league below him.

This is simple google searching that you could have done before making conclusory statements. 

This is simple google searching that you could have done before making conclusory statements. 

Really??? 

You expect people to actually do a little research before they post their expert conclusions?  Have you ever read Twins Daily comments? 

I'm not really sure what relevance "average age" of an entire league is. 2/3 of the guys at AA and maybe even more below that level are not prospects at all and will never even whiff the majors. They are simply there because, surprisingly, the rules dictate that you have to field an entire roster around the 4 or 5 legitimate prospects you have at any given level. So, exactly what does the average age of all The players in AA have to do with the age of the PROSPECTS in AA?

Is that a joke? He already spent half of last year in AA. ALL of this year AND next year? That's wasting a roster spot for a legitimate prospect IMO. He's 5 months younger than Berrios. He isn't THAT young.

He's 22 all season and in AA. How is 22 not young?

According to baseball reference, Kohl Stewart is 2.3 years younger than the average age of players in his league. He could repeat AA next season and still be a year younger than average. How is that not young?

The Dodgers Julio Urias is 20 and this is the third year for him making an appearance in the big leagues. It's not about how old Kohl Stewart is, it's about how awful he is performing. He's fortunate he is the bonus baby because if he were a 10th rounder he'd be hanging out in Ft Myers hoping they don't send him home. That's brutal, but it's true

LaMonte Wade's last 18 games:

.420/.557/.680

4 doubles, 3 homeruns, 17 walks, 11 strikeouts