Monkeypaws

Hunter Greene would not address immediate problems, not that should be an issue in mlb drafts, but he looks like a phenomenon.

Sounds like Falvey has even more experience than Andy did, and given his knowledge of the modern game, why not? Then again, monkeys might fly out of Rob Antony's butt.

Thanks for brightening my day Pat Light!

After today's 9-2 loss. batting averages Sano .236 Kepler .234 Buxton .221 Maybe he'll catch them both ....

Shoring up the defense and the fundamentals could shave 1/2 a run off the team ERA. Errors are deflating to a pitcher, and a team as a whole. If Turner or Garver is our best defensive catcher, they should get the job. Add maybe a mild hitting defensive wizard at short(Vielma?), and with Buxton, you got some spine in your defense.

Class of 2012: 2 Buxton 32 Berrios 37 Light - BOS 42 Bard 63 Melatokis 72 Chargois 97 Walker 160 Duffey 310 Baxendale 340 Rogers WE've already got more out of that draft than one would eapect, with quite a bit of potential going forward.

I hope he gets a Ron Meshbesher to plead his case, because, to quote Dan Rather, "The people of Washington could not be more surprised if Fidel Castro came loping across the midwestern prairie on the back of a hippopotamus."

Twins sign Nolasco....

Advanced stats are like magic. I keep reading what a crap defender Dozier is, but when I watch, he seems to make a lot of very good plays. Now I'm seeing the same with Polanco: been watching a fair amount lately. and have actually been impressed with his play at short, especially given the circumstances. I must need glasses.

My hope is that th Twins will one day return to being an organization that relies on guys they've drafted and developed as opposed to the AAAA filler they've relied on thru these dark years. Hopefully Wiel can be part of this.

Took him a couple games to shake that Twins stank off....

Vargas needs to be the 1B going forward.

Relief provided by 2010 1st rounder, 2012 2nd rounder. Looked good too.

After a couple of meh seasons, I hadn't realized to what level Justin Verlander has rebounded. Good for him: 200IP, 156 hits allowed, 216 K.

Just saw old friend Pedro Florimon enter the game as a pinch runner for the Pirates. He was referred to by Reds' announcers as "a speedster."

The lad just turned 22 in May. He is averaging nearly a K per inning. He's having huge growing pains, as is Buxton, but holy crap, these guys gonna be good at 25. We have prospects in the system that are that old, or older. I'm still bullish on his future.

Keep him and just draft and develop better dammit - 5-6 years of premium picks oughta produce something.

I'm not badmouthing him. I'm pretty sure i saw him win a game vs. Boston and Papelbon with a homer during the MVP season , 2009. The shock and amazement are legit :-0

Shocked and amazed: D&B say that was Mauer's first walk-off hit since 2007, and only his 2nd ever? Preposterous....

I love the sound produced by Sano walloping a pitch - even a single.

Props to Jeremy for nailing this scenario back in July.

When you're getting hammered with questions by reporters, "why isn't so and so up with the Twins," sometimes the truth comes out. Is truth bad?

Remember before Berrios was promoted there was some talk by coaches of things he needed to work on in spite of the gaudy numbers? Their claim has been validated. His command is non-existent. At least Berrios has something to build on next season, now that he has some big-league experience. I think the coaching staff is far less clueless than some of you believe.

International Trade major at SUNY Buffalo. http://buckyandsully.buffalonews.com/2016/08/23/ubs-blair-lakso-taking-his-pitching-talents-to-the-minnesota-twins/ Was waiting for someone to post this, as it happened a couple days ago.

Beats having Dan Serafini and Jay Bell as your studs in waiting, or Ryan Mills. They've produced quality here and there, Erickson, Baker, Slowey, Garza.... Internally I'd call the current system pitching rich, compared to, well, pretty much any other era of Twins baseball.