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Lucky enough to be in DC tonite at the park (very nice). Twins reunion tonite. Dozier, Suzuki, Sanchez. Man is Atlanta stacked 1-8 offesively. Happy to see em lose tho.

Wow, my #1 target this off season, for pennies on the dollar. Cmon Wes, fix him!

For me, a guy to watch is Rijo at Cedar Rapids. Saw his previous start in person, and he brings 95 96 regularly. As I recall he gave up 1 hit in 5 or 6 innings that night, and here’s another good start. Big league stuff.

Gordon handled high A ball pretty well, and he was 4 months younger than Lewis is now when he did it. He is 23, and had 1 hiccup in the second half of his first year at AAA. Otherwise he has more than held his own while competing with folks at least 2 years older than him on average. I do think latest greatest shiny new toys is a big part of popular rankings. He is not superstar material, but I’d be happy to see him and Arreaz battle it out for 2b next year while providing good trade value. As Seth said, he is a good ballplayer.

Gordon has fallen out of favor around here it seems, but his is hitting .301 with an ops over .800 and 8 steals in 35 games.

The 2019 Astros have managed 2 accomplishments the Twins have failed to achieve: - a 3 game losing streak - a 4 game losing streak Swept by the Redlegs!

Broad, I suppose. With Nathan the Twins were getting a 29 year old that SF had converted to the pen just the year before and was serving as the 7th inning guy in a stacked bullpen. He notched 1 lone save as a Giant, his rookie season, then boom, 44 his first year with the Twins. Aguilera was used only as a starter his first season with the Twins before moving to the pen season 2, although the Mets may have started that transition when the Twins acquired him. "From within" meaning they were here, acquired with multiple other pieces in big trades in which they weren't the principal piece, and they had very little to no history of being a big time closer.

There is a rich tradition in the Twins organization of getting their best relievers from within, and often by converting starters to relief roles: Perkins, Guardado, Nathan, Agiuilera. I don't think anybody predicted the success the above 4 had as closers after they got their first save, so who knows how far Littell, Rogers, May and Co. can go.

Definitely would like to steer clear of dealing within the division.

Thanks Andrew, I was waiting for this.

Willians sporting a modest 1.903 OPS after 2 games in Rochester.

Hey Blake - make that 36 losses for Detroit. I was wondering how 3 games under .500 could amount to a .390 winning percentage.

The Twins sit at 21 games over .500 After last night's loss, Cleveland drops back to 0 games over .500 That seems even more comforting than a 10.5 game lead.

Pick 17 went to Edouard Montpetit HS. Pick 18 is named Edouard Julien. I bet that is the first time the name Edouard has appeared on back to back picks for an MLB team ever.

Happy Birthday Royce Lewis - in another year you'll be able to buy yourself a cold glass of beer.

I was on-board the Angel Morales hype train after he hit .301 and had 15 homers as an 18 year old in E'town, and followed it up with a respectable showing as a 19 year old in the Midwest League.

Prato has some swagger: https://www.theuconnblog.com/2019/6/2/18650040/watch-uconn-huskies-baseball-anthony-prato-predicts-clutch-home-run-in-ncaa-tournament more https://www.theuconnblog.com/2019/5/31/18648021/watch-uconn-huskies-baseball-shortstop-anthony-prato-makes-incredible-diving-catch-ncaa-tournament

Steer - Well, the Twins just added 600K to fish for prospects in the next few rounds. Oops - thought he was a senior. NM

Wahoos over Jumbo Shrimp: delicious.

Right down to getting drafted by the Twins twice.

I wonder if he still has that huge leg kick as part of his swing. Maybe it's time to ditch that if so.

Day 1: bombas and ks. I like it.

Youngest guy in his draft class so far. Royce was also quite young for his draft year as I recall.

Not so bold prediction: one of the guys the Twins draft tonight will be ranked 200 or greater by BA, Fangraphs, MLB, or any of the other popular sites.

Looks like the Tigers got a good one in Casey Mize, last year's #1 overall. His AA stats so far: 7G, 5-0, 1.21 ERA, 44.2 IP, 28 H, 9 BB, 40K. Combined with high A earlier this year: 11G, 7-0, 0.89 ERA, 70.2 IP, 35 H, 10BB, 65K.