Monkeypaws

Larach was a tough out for the Gophers in their super-regional, which was the silver lining. Couple other Twins draftees may be on display tonight as super-regionals wind up. 24. Michael Davis, Texas Tech. Senior infielder, playing short mainly. https://www.vivathematadors.com/2018/6/5/17426850/2018-mlb-draft-prospect-senior-infielder-michael-davis He had 3 RBI in game 1. 31. Zach Neff, Mississippi State, Senior lefty reliever Fun video of teammate's opinion of the man here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hDDxCAZgh8 Both these games will stream in ESPN Live. edit: 17. Erik Cha, Cal-State Fullerton lefty senior is also still in the running

that .242 puts him 3rd highest in today's lineup - better than Kepler, Sano, basically anyone not named Ed....

Adrianza is hitting .320 over the last 10 games.

Anyone watching UM vs. OSU? Good game so far, 3-2 Minnesota in the 6th. Larnach to hit. Larnach 2-2 with a walk. Boy the ESPN guys are pumping Max Meyer's tires. He looks pretty good too.

Wow, as one who enjoys fundamentals, that last half inning was a disaster - failure to advance runners, take extra bases, and a lead off double goes wasted. Ugh. Bobby Wilson seems a nice guy, but I'd rather see Rortvedt here than him.

According to the draft signing tracker here, he actually came in 150K+ over slot.

Gordon and Gonsalves >> Petit and Littell.

This is kind of the inverse of what saw the Twins send Ramos to Washington for Capps. Panic, no good. Garver is still finding his way at the MLB level, 57 games. I'd rather give him a chance to grow into the job than make a short-sighted trade. Catcher isn't holding the Twins back at this point.

When I watch games on MLB, I always enjoy most those pitchers who get the ball back from the pitcher and get right back to business. To me, that infers focus on the game, not on one's self. Berríos has that in spades.

As a father of 2, my experience was, 0-2 is sleep deprivation; 3-9 is just the tops of the tops - you the man, or woman, in their lives; 10-18 is the challenge of balancing what the kids want and the outside world with the relationship you have built up to that point. Good cop, bad cop, friend or parent, it all gets muddled. 18-24 is where it all comes together for better or worse. In my case, it was better, but I've watched it go south with some of my kids' friends. Best of luck to all of you who are parents. Certainly puts baseball in perspective.

Where would this team be without the Eds?

9IP 6H 2ER 0BB 10K 109 pitches That is an ace line right there.

There may be a diamond or two in the rough.

8 of the Twins 10 picks in the 20s are college seniors. Like the dip into division 2 with Blank.

Here are some articles about 8th rounder Chris Williams from the Clemson Insider: https://theclemsoninsider.com/tag/chris-williams/

Found this article on 10th rounder Regi Grace https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/06/05/madison-centrals-regi-grace-picked-minnesota-twins-mlb-draft/675320002/

We don't know for sure, but it looks like the Twins may have saved enough bonus money through the early rounds to add in the 5-7 range, which is exactly what they did last year. They also saved a good amount rounds 8-10.

Riskier in terms of signability? Or floor/ceiling risky?

Found this recap of that game: He had been battling tendinitis in April as well.

Cole Sands out of Florida State - a real live pitcher in the 5th.

likey - want to see these guys get a chance

Been watching Jacob deGrom pitch for the Mets on FS1 after the Twins nice 7-1 win - wowza, never watched him throw before; not bad for a 9th round pick.

So far this has been one of the most entertaining Finals I've seen in many a year. Nothing like the unbridled hunger of 2 teams going at it who have never won a cup, and each have only a single player who has won one. Great direct attacking hockey, with even a slight edge: when Haula is a bad guy, well, just wow.

Gave the somewhat hot Indians a losing streak to think about. Big win there. LaMarre: not hitting .400 anymore, but playing a pretty good role these last few games.

I wish the Twins would give guys like this a chance more often than going to the scrap heap. I'm sure there are issues with the roster, options, whatever. Draft and develop seems to have a very large last step in this organization.