Monkeypaws

I guess this means Gonsalves has definitively left Stewart in his dust.

Wow, watching the Padres polish off the Phillies, and San Diego put in a sub in left field that out Hrbeks Hrbek: Matt Szczur. If you allow names in hangman, that wins every time. They pronounced it like Caesar. Wonder if that's a name that got mangled at Ellis Island.

The other high school SS they drafted is also doing pretty well for a 17 getting his first taste of pro ball, Ricky De La Torre, playing all over the infield and hitting .261.

As a Minnesotan, I like the cool, calm demeanor of Molitor. Makes him seem more cerebral than he is, when I listen to him talk. I want a players' guy. Maybe that's Dougie M. I don't like Molitor's short leash for young players, although it has turned a rebuild season not a contention season. Hell, what do I know.... Pretty hard to let him go if this season continues to trend positively.

I'll take one tool at a time with Buxton - the field throw run are already top notch. Get the hit tool going, and the power will come with time.

2017's draft class will help - not seeing many duds in the premium section of the draft.

That new stance with little leg-kick has been working a treat. Reminds me of Span. His plate control has gone up by leaps and bounds.

Tough call - his intangibles are probably off the charts. Just wait until either Rochester is done, or September. Garver will get his due. Very good prospect.

With pitches in the 70s and 80s. Craaazy.

Us as well - helps ease the crud of last night.

Get Perkins on a plane and have him pitch the 9th.

Mikie Mahtook?

Torii cracks me up - he is so unprofessional, total homer, so un-Lapanta. To me, that's refreshing. I think his commentary holds insight as well.

Donny Bremer.... Where's Deduno Abides when we need him

Byron Buxton's batting average over the last 10 games: .343

And we want Sano at 1st why? He can be borderline spectacular at the hot corner. And the Tigres current pitcher has an ERA of 15+

Clark Beeker is a great baseball name. Beeker Bonser.... Reminds me of Gophers hockey when they bad Bonk, Bonar and ... there was another that eludes me.

Wow. Gonsalves and Lewis promoted in one week. I like it - get them ready for 2018

1B seems like it would be one of the easiest positions to to acquire by free-agency. I do appreciate Mauer's defense, but 5 HR and 45 RBI, .377 slugging, all pretty sub-par. If it's just to have him break some team records, I'd say no thanks.

Interesting way of looking at it. Everybody was a minor leaguer once though.

Buyers again? I sure as merde/scheiss hope not. Give our system a bloody chance. Why have a farm system if you don't use the thing? Yeah, I know the current regime didn't build it, but at least give guys a chance to work their way out of the organization, much as they have done with scouts, admin types, etc. This team has some character - let them play it out...next year looks better than this year did last year, or something like that.

I hope it's nothing serious with Meija. I don't know I've watched him throw before tonight. Good looking big power lefty. He reminds me of Berrios last year, not trusting his stuff, nibbling, lots of pitches out of the stretch.

I like the way Falvey and Levine didn't come in guns blazing and blow it all to hell before getting to know the organization. Only now are they starting to clean out those that don't fit their vision. Not aggressively pursuing pitching in the off-season also makes sense, in that the Twins don't and didn't have the offense to compete right now.. when 2/3 of your daily lineup struggles to hit .250.... This, coupled with what I considered a logical deadline, gives me optimism. These guys have a vision that goes deeper than the (mis)treatment of a prospect, or the trade value of a veteran player.

What are the flaws in Garver's game that suggest he projects as a backup?

This post reads like a Norm MacDonald punchline.