Monkeypaws

Twins' biggest failure at this point is wasting space with guys like Belisle, Field, Petit when they could be letting some guys get their feet wet, like Gordon, Wade, Thorpe. Granted, I like that Stewart, Gonsalves, and Vasquez are here, but it should be all in at this point.

E-Town - title #12. Second only to the Bluefield squad, which has served the Orioles, Dodgers and Blue Jays. All 12 if Elizabethton's titles have come as a Twins affiliate, 1978 to 2018, from Lenny Faedo and Jesse Orosco to Trevor Larnach and Gilberto Celestino. Hats off!

Kohl Stewart vs. defending WS champs: 5IP, 3H 0R 1BB 3K For a guy that was rule 5 candidate at the start of the season, great joy supreme. There is hope for this 23 year old former 1st rounder.

I'm excited about Ben Rortvedt - playing good catcher, and holding your own at the plate with good plate discipline when you are a full 2+ years younger than league average is pretty heady stuff. Kiriloff - what a season. Like pre-knee injury Kubel.

After mulling this over for a minute or two, front office gets the win. IF Buxton is pissed off and gets an "I'll show you" attitude, they get and extra year. If he busts, sad story, but really this situation is not a make or break if Buxton is actually a MLB caliber player: a month of stat padding garbage time? Who cares? If he shrivels because of this, well, that isn't the make-up of a champion(using some sports lingo there folks). Also, what if they call him up and he fails miserably yet again? So much for momentum going into next season. If I were the Twins, I'd find a failed prospect righty pitcher who's only tool was either a killer slider or curve and hire them to throw to Buxton and Sano all winter until they could recognize those pitches in their sleep.

Yet somehow, .135 hitting waiver castoff Johnny Field got a call up. If I were Buxton, I'd feel a tad insulted, especially if we are talking about meriting your promotion.

Is Garver considered a rookie? He sure is getting better and better

Glad to see Gordon turning it around in Rochester: 7 for 17 over the last 4 games, raised the BA a whole 10 points. Hope it continues.

probably Rizzo, or Bryant. Maybe even both.

I always predicted he would become good/great if he shaved his head: Puckett and Hunter set the trend for for Twins centerfielders. Buxton should shave his head if he wants to be great.

It's like having your first full time job - he's probably losing a little focus now, feeling the grind. All part of the learning process. Manager should sit him a game or two.

I was at the game Sunday, and that blast to center was special. TA!

Wow, this guy sounds like a smart cookie. Focused too.

Good call. The more innings going to prospects over the final month the better.

Tuba's take might be closer to reality than I would expect from the Twins. Falvine want their guys, not leftovers. They've been pretty brutal letting the previous regimes players go so far.

Not impressed with the job of ump Nick Mahrley behind the plate tonight.

Wow, Drake is funky as hell - him back to back with Hildenberger, mess em up. I can see why 5 teams have taken a shot at Drake.

Berrios got beaten up his first time up too. Hopefully he learning on the job

Problem for Joe is that he doesn't rack up huge hit totals with his approach. His 3 highest season totals ever were 191, 181, 176. In the 2010s he has averaged 143 per season, and is only at 86 for this season. He'd have to play well into his 40s to have a sniff with numbers like those.

Wiel is another guy that deserves to go to AAA.

#24 always been kind of a sacred number, mainly cuz of Willy Mays, and less so Griffey Jr. Seeing Logan Forsythe take the number caused curiosity, especially seeing LaMarre had it earlier this season. Notable Twin #24s, in my order of importance for my enjoyment: 1. Willie Norwood 2. Shane Mack 3. Tom Brunansky 4. Soup Campbell 5. Trevor Plouffe 6. Mike Lamb Others include Matt Lecroy, Rondell White, Ricardo Ingram, Jaime Garcia, and going back to the 50's and the Senators, the immortal Bunky Stewart.

Point taken - however, when you put Morrison, Grossman, Motter, and others out there, is Mauer that bad as a bench option as a 1b,dh, ph option? He could probably patrol RF with his arm if he tried. Didn't expect to be defending Mauer tonight. Still, how would you like a team to treat its real stars, faded or not, money aside? Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera: that's how you treat a star you signed and developed. Mauer had a health issue , like Tony O. Coulda been a 1st ballot guy. If you wanna watch Rooker whiff 200 times next year, more power to you.

Happy to see Sano out there playing and having fun.

Good lesson for Garver, on the defensive side.

It's about respect. Should be a 2 way street.