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Tough day at the plate for these top 20 Twin's prospects hitters. 4 for 36 if my count is right for a 111 average.

Be the best you can be. He's done that.

Maybe, stretching for hope here, these current and upcoming prospects will be like the Hrbek, Gaetti, Laudner, Brunansky group from the early eighties and just need six years to come together and be good.

I disagree; not alright. To get shutdown on offense against an elite pitcher is understandable; but they're repeatedly getting shutdown by < average pitchers. Feels like no heart.

What's happened with Wade? It seems like he's had several ofers lately.

Hey Tom; get some sleep :>)

Yes, it seems like numerous promising prospects end up at the AAAA level.

"There were some good things in the first half of the game"? Wha?

You make some good points and Souhan should be more careful. But some of this seems just personal between you and him. But I can understand that. I have the same type of issue with Berardino. Some people think he's great but I haven't paid any attention to him since he sucker punched Torii.

from Ncgo4: In two years he could sign a $30 million deal or be back on the island...up to him! from Leon Russell (hope it doesn't turn out this way): "And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down) Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in) But I'll be thinking of you (yes, and I'll be thinking of you) And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been) Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry) Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die) Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island."

Seems like he's missing a number of pitches that are in his wheelhouse. When he gets hot he rarely misses that high and inside pitch.

Frustrating and bewildering point for me. How many times do we get men on second or third, or both with zero or one outs and we can't advance those runners? Even if someone gets out they should at least move each runner up a base; that's basic baseball. In Sundays game we had 2 on and no outs only to have the next three strike out. Why such poor execution?

I take it you meant May 29th instead of March 29th at the beginning of your article (not meant critically)

Buxton swinging into a pop-out with the bases loaded because of two straight walks and a hit batter and a ball one count to him is incomprehensible.

"The Twins threaten but don't score" (Dick Bremer after the 8th inning today when Dozier and Mauer got on to start the inning). How many times has this been said in the last week or two?

Not sure what to do. There are just too many players right now playing so epically poorly...

Frustrating to watch Tanaka get batter after batter out without having to pitch a strike. However, he was very accurate on the corners when he did pitch a strike.

SSS, but the Twins weaknesses are being exposed. Hitting at the catcher position, backup outfielder, DH, 5th starter and bullpen.

I like Grossman as a hitter (when he's not in a slump) but why Grossman is playing outfield instead of LaMarre is the puzzle for me. I know the Rays had a right-handed pitcher, but right now I don't think Grossman is even hitting .100 and Lamarre seems to be hot, not to mention a better outfielder.

Well written; I enjoyed the read!

Rosario fan here. In most situations I'd rather have an outfielder go for the catch even if an occasional ball gets by him. I see too many where a ball lands in front of an outfielder who doesn't even attempt a catch. However, he's better than what he showed on his attempted catch by the wall; he missed a potentially catchable ball by a good couple of feet. Seems like he should have at least had a glove on it. And Buxton hasn't had all good at bats but it seems like he's hitting into bad luck when he does barrel one up (liner to short and potential hr just foul).

that's fine, but if several games are weathered out, how can you make them all up? There aren't three game open stretches of the schedule for makeup games.

Still not what I meant. I mean someone (commissioner) make a decision now, based on expected weather and play these games, supposed to be at Target field, in Houston and Seattle, and then play the return games scheduled later in the season at Target field. But I know it won't be done; I just thought it'd make the most sense.

I just meant for this situation; for this year. It just seems like the best way to get these games in--this year.