tellis205

Seth are they letting people walk around the minor league complex like always?

We're lucky any of the admin's go down there to begin with. They've got to take time off their jobs and I doubt their making much if anything off this site.

I told you this was happening. Can I get some credit now?

Their looking for a good young blocked catcher. The cost will likely be alot. But we have alot of young players to give up.

He's not going anywhere until after the AA all-star game. After that, the super 2 cutoff date will probably come into play. My personal feeling is he'll open up in center field on the day that play resumes after the mlb all-star game.

He's not going anywhere until after the AA all-star game. After that, the super 2 cutoff date will probably come into play. My personal feeling is he'll open up in center field on the day that play resumes after the mlb all-star game.

Alot of interesting comments. I'll settle for him staying healthy for an extended period of time. If he does, everything else will fall in line.

I think the main reason they had him at first base was because of the arm problem he had last year. I'm hearing he'll be going back to the outfield now that his arm problems are behind him. Still, I think they'll have him playing both positions this year with the outfield being primary. He's impressive as a hitter in the context that he's always been playing with older players. My prediction is that he'll be traded within a year or two. We've got several impressive outfielders and he'll be more attractive if he can play an infield position. He's not the only one that will be traded down the line. When you draft high several years in a row you tend to stock alot of players that can get blocked.

I have been watching and hoping for Benson to do well for 5 years now ever since I saw him the 2nd year after they drafted him. You mentioned one important observation in your post. You don't know if he's concentrating enough or too much. Well, he's been quoted as admitting that he hasn't been focused enough in the past. And then this year he's probably been pressing too much. When I was down there last week, I noticed Benson was starting and didn't run out to stretch or get loose for about 10 minutes until after the other starters were out there down the left field line getting loose. Who knows why, it could have been a good reason. I do know that some of these guys, especially the ones who have much more ability than some of the others, sometimes spend a little too much time in the night life. I remember years ago when Justin Morneau, who hadn't been up for very long, was called into Mr. Gardenhire's office when they were in Seattle for a little talk about his full time committment to the club. Morneau listened and all the sudden began playing at a high level. All of these things are pure speculation. The Twins will not release Benson until he runs out of options, that much is a given. He has too much talent. It's all pretty much up to him how things go from here on out.

I was down last week. Hermsen pulled a rib cage muscle and had to come out after one inning last week. Interested to see if he's recovered. Watched Sano quite a bit. Noticed he just doesn't seem to take the fielding drills as seriously as he does when he steps into the cage for his cuts. I came to the conclusion that Vargas is at a tipping point as far as his weight. Thanks for the report.