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  1. roger
    Will agree that your concern about Miranda stepping in at third from day one is legitimate. The good news is that if the Twins go down this road and Miranda needs more time at AAA, Arraez is available to start at third until he is ready. That assumes that Polo isn't the everyday shortstop and Arraez is again super utility.
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    Have never been a huge fan of the Twins signing Pineda, twice. Yet, so often I look at a box score following his start and think...that was a solid outing. Not being around the team, I don't know what his presence means to the locker room. Some could argue that with their record this year no one meant a lot in the locker room. But recent reports seem to indicate that he maintains a large presence, which could be more important in 2022 should there be several young starters. It appears that Pineda likes the Twins and the Minneapolis area. It also seems that the FO likes big Mike. So I will not be surprised when/if the Twins announce that he has been signed to another two year deal for similar dollars as the last. Some combination of Pineda, Ober and Ryan could be a solid #2-#3-#4 for 2022. If Ryan develops like we hope, they could be better than solid!
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    Lots of questions. Some will be answered by the front office over the winter. I fear others will not. The most obvious move to open a spot for Miranda is to trade Donaldson. Unfortunately, the FO needs a trading partner to agree to a reasonable deal, whereas, those of us at these sites don't. Is there a partner out there for the Twins to make that move? And even if they eat some of JD's salary, it would still provide dollars to use towards a Buxton extension and/or a very good starting pitcher. Expect there are other moves that would open a spot, but the only two that make sense are at first and second. Unfortunately, the Twins have two players already penciled in for each of those spots...three at second if you include Gordon. So the obvious move is also the best...open up a job for him at third base. Come on Front Office, find a way!!!
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    What a great month/year for Ryan. And yes, a clunker like last night should be expected. As he said, a great opportunity and so much to learn. And it becomes critical to the Twins future that they sign Buxton to an extension this winter. Build around this young man, including a top 4th outfielder who is solid in center field. Perhaps that is Celestino.
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    With the FCL Twins losing two of three games played and the opposition getting double digit runs in many of the losses, there weren't a lot of great numbers next to Twins pitchers. To be honest, am a bit surprised with how well Perez did. With that said, I did check their lineup earlier in the season and noted that a large percentage of the team were both young and had played only in the DSL two years ago. Don't know if this was the same for all the teams they were playing, or if the Twins squad was unusually young.
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    You raised a lot of questions, questions that the FO is paid to answer. How they will respond will keep our winter interesting. You stated that Martin played exclusively in the outfield after coming over from Toronto. That isn't accurate. I watched maybe five games after he arrived and in two of them he was at shortstop. How many he played in total, I don't know, but he was at short in almost half the games I saw. Add me to the list of those who: 1) don't know whether either of the top prospects will eventually become good major league shortstops; and 2) if the FO feels one may, am ok with having Polo at short for one more year until they get here. Polo, Arraez and Gordon can be adequate to solid defensively up the middle and very good with their bats.
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    So happy that Moran finally got that call. Considering the problems the Twins bullpen had this year, getting Moran pitching for the Twins like he did in the minors may be their TOP goal entering 2022. Having him coming into games in the 6th or 7th inning with runners on base and needing an out or two could give them many more wins...assuming he is lights out like he has been throughout the minors.
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    Seemed that Rosario was so consistent, hitting well nearly every week all summer. Seems every time I looked at the FCL box score, he had a hit or two. Plus, the kid has a great last name for most Twins fans. Also thought that Rodriguez did very well considering he didn't have that first year in the DSL last summer. A bit surprised that Pena wasn't in the Top 3 considering he was hitting over .400 average much of the summer. Noticed he didn't play much, or at all, later in the season. Was he injured? Or were they just getting innings for this year's draft class?
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    I don't know if the Twins can get anything for Jeffers, but he is the odd man out for me. Huge disappointment with the bat this year. And the little I saw, thought his defense was worse than his bat. Those of you who watched a lot of games may feel different, if so, let me know. So I keep Garver and Rortvedt, while working on a third man either with the Twins (Astudillo?) or at St. Paul. Ideally, that third guy would have some MLB experience, which La Tortuga has as does Telis. What the Twins are lacking, however, is that good catching prospect at Hi-A or AA, someone who will be ready to replace Garver two or three years from now. And those good catching prospects are so very rare.
  10. roger
    Thanks Matt. In your one inning example, the strikeouts were 33.3% and the walks 16.67%, with a difference of 16.67%. So the percentage you referred to is the difference? In the case of Winder, his strikeouts were 24.4% higher than the walks based on all hitters faced?
  11. roger
    I need some help, Matt. For the life of me, I don't understand how your K-BB% is calculated and what it means. For example: Winder had 13BB and 80 K, which you state is a 24.4 K-BB%. Gipson-Long had 27BB and 137K, which you indicate was 25.6 K-BB%. I guess I don't understand how this is calculated as they are almost identical, yet, Winder struck out 2 more than 6x as many as he walked with Gipson-Long striking out 2 more than 5x. To my old 'California math', Winder would have a better strike out percentage, albeit in less innings. And both were substantially better than both Sands and Balazovic.
  12. roger
    A year ago Jose Miranda wasn't added to the 40-man and exposed to the Rule 5 draft. Earlier this week, he was named Minor League Hitter of the Year with many of us wondering why he isn't in a Twins uni tonight. A year ago Louie Varland had just completed his summer of doing nothing (I know he probably worked his tail off, but didn't play in a single game) and left wondering what his future would be. Today he is named the Minor League Pitcher of the Year after an astonishing season. Will he become the best player to ever have played for Lunch McKensie at Concordia? Yes, I understand that Josh Winder's season was cut short by the line drive and shoulder problem. But looking at his numbers, he is the only pitcher in this group of a dozen pitchers with a sub 1.00 WHIP...and he did it at AA/AAA. Furthermore, his K:BB ratio of more than 6:1 is better than all of them, except Albers, and much better than most. I know if I were voting on this honor, after seeing several of his games at Wichita and that first gem in St. Paul, he would be at the top of my list. When next year's Players of the Year are announced will we also be surprised that they will have seemed to come out of nowhere?
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    I continue to believe that Balazovic has 'it' and the potential to be a true ACE. Will he? Remains to be seen, but he sure didn't step up and get the Wind Surge a win in game one of their series. But when he was in his mid-summer stretch he was pitching as well as anyone in minor league baseball. With that said, based on the games I watched this summer I believe that Winder is the top pitching prospect in the organization. Well, maybe except for Canterino, but we didn't get to see much of him this summer. Is unlikely Canterino could make it to the Twins before 2023 and Balazovic won't be ready before next late summer. But Winder could be someone to step in when a starter is needed in early summer...assuming agreeable health.
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    Whereas Miranda is screaming call me up, six of the other 7 all appear to be long shots for a sustained big league career (Rooker is already here). Unless I am mistaken, several are Rule 5 eligible and doubt there will be room to add more than Miranda...from this group. Of course I could have written the exact same thing as above about Miranda two years ago. Is there another future star in this group? Expect the seven young men listed believe there is. Would be curious to know if anyone from the TD staff believes any of this group will be added to the 40-man this year, other than Miranda.
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    Not seeing the Twins play this year, I don’t have a clue how well Gordon played when in center? Is he an adequate backup? Could he be a solid starter if Buxton is injured or traded? Expect the FO will go into the offseason planning to compete in 2023 and hoping that if lots goes right, they may surprise next year. Gordon’s role in the middle infield and center will be a key decision in that process. will they bring in a shortstop? Who is their #1 backup in center, Gordon or Celestino? Lots of questions?
  16. roger
    Interesting discussion. Like others, was really impressed with his bat in 2020. But like most of this team, don’t know what the heck happened this year. Question several comments above that there is lots of room on the 40-man. Aren’t they 8 over right now? Expect there are going to be several very good prospects who won’t make it come November. Will the Twins lose the next Baddoo in this year’s Rule 5?
  17. roger
    What a pleasant surprise Ober has been. May be less work for the FO this winter than thought a couple months ago.
  18. roger
    The Wichita sweep is a surprise. Did not realize that Julien had that many walks and well over .400 OBP.
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    Should be interesting discussions in the FO, however, no where near as interesting as solving the starting pitching problems. I expect the Twins will/should begin the process by signing one top late inning guy. Not picking up Colome's option (it is a team option, isn't it?) would give them a big part of the cost to bring in late inning pitcher X. Combine X with Duffey and a healthy Rogers and you have a nice 8th and 9th inning trio. Alcala and Thielbar make it a fivesome which stretches it back to the seventh inning. Expect Gant will be in the pen as a long reliever, which he should be effective as. Speaking of Rogers and Duff, I expect they will have discussions about extensions with each...or at least they should. Can see the remaining two spots manned by some combination of the guys they have in house along with a couple AAAA types picked up over the winter. Who knows, maybe they can find lightening in a bottle like with Wistler two years ago. Moran has options. What about Minaya, Garza, Farrell and Coloumbe? If they do, expect several of this group could begin their seasons in St. Paul with one or two filling out the Twins pen. They also expect Cody Stashak to be healthy next year, don't they? Assuming he returns to pitch like 2019, he could be one of the leaders for the last two spots.
  20. roger
    Wichita comes home in a tough position. Time to win one tonight. Miranda is just plain amazing. Is he the best hitter in all of minor league baseball? At least this year? Big decision for the Twins this winter as they try to figure out how to open a spot for him. It wasn't in the minors, but another excellent start by Joe Ryan. No reason not to pencil him into next year's rotation in probably the #3 slot. Hell of a trade for two months of Cruz' playing time. Although there are some decisions that have us scratching our heads, this FO has done a fairly good job with their deadline trades.
  21. roger
    Am so disappointed that Baldelli wasn't able to find a way to get Maggi into a game. Also believe that many of you are shortchanging Jax. Lets remember that he didn't pitch at all last summer and the number of innings prior are minimal. This young man will continue to develop into a solid starting pitcher. Granted, he may not become a top of the order starter, but I will be surprised if he doesn't have a long and successful big league career. Hopefully, it is with the Twins.
  22. roger
    With Balazovic on the mound for the Wind Surge and the Kernels facing the powerful Quad Cities nine, would we win one and lose one would have expected the win to be from Wichita. I guess that's why they play the games. With an off year last summer and a late start, seemed to me that Balazovic tired following that tremendous streak of four or five games without giving up a run. Expect his ceiling remains very high, just gonna take a couple more years for him to grow into that big time major league starter. No one knows the future, but we may not see him at Target Field until 2023. Wichita cannot afford to come home down 0-2, so tonight becomes a MUST game for them and Cole Sands.
  23. roger
    Thanks for all the work you and the guys at TD have done all summer. And yes, it seems like this season has flown bye way too fast. For some reason, I thought the Central Division AA (Texas League) was going to be a playoff between the top two teams in both divisions. Is that Wichita and NW Arkansas? Or did they make a change and it is only a North Division championship? Quad Cities is going to be a tough hill to climb for Cedar Rapids. Hopefully, Varland can get them off to a good start tonight. Also will help if those four or five hitters that have been on fire continue pounding the baseball. I know there was a DSL and the Twins had several of their recent signees playing there. Will you be doing some type of recap about them later this month/fall? Thanks again, Seth.
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    The best news for Maggi is that he is collecting around $3,000 per game, compared with probably close to that a month while playing for the Saints. Expect he will see his first action in Chicago where they are playing under NL rules. Will he pinch hit for a pitcher? Will he pinch run for someone, then stay in a game? May be the biggest news we are waiting to hear this coming week...well, that and whether or not Ryan will actually make his start come Wednesday? Had to be interesting for the Twins to be facing Berrios yesterday. Especially so for those guys he came up with through the minors, Sano, Buxton, Polanco and others. The other exciting news these last couple weeks will be to see if Miranda gets the call. We don't have a clue what the Twins plan on doing, hopefully, he will get called up the last week to get a feel for what his future holds.
  25. roger
    Wow the year is over for those kids playing minor league ball. Well, not for the Kernels and Wind Surge. Guess the Saints also have a couple weeks of non-playoff baseball remaining, whatever that is. Wonderful day in Wichita where the Wind Surge finished in first place, 18 games over .500. Great performance Sunday by both of the players obtained for Jose Berrios, who also had a big day in Toronto. Martin going 2-2 with three walks is exciting. Also like Whitefield's day at 2-4 with a couple stolen bases. OK, he was also thrown out once and had an error, but for someone who hadn't touched a hardball until he was 17, I like his long-term potential. He is making progress and just may be with the Twins in say, 2023. And the Kernels left little doubt that they wanted to keep playing next week, putting up a 11-0 butt kicking of Peoria who I believe was the last place team. Nice to see some of the big names have big days from Julien, Sabato, Wallner and Isola. Only problem is they now get to face Quad Cities who I believe won roughly two of three from Cedar Rapids this season. But heck, anything can happen in a short series, right? Do we know if it is three games or five? Its good there remains some baseball for the TD team to write about. But with the regular season ending, thanks to all who brought us these updates every morning as we shied away from reading about what the Twins did the previous day. Thanks guys, it is appreciated.
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