DarrenVahtra

Hildenberger, stupid auto correct.

What does Holden Berger do well? Is it gas, filthy breaking/Godspeed stuff, phenomenal command, or all three. Just trying to paint a picture in my brain, because it seems like no-one has barreled up anything he's throwing in 2 years.

Isn't it about time for a promotion for Palka? This guy has done nothing but crush AA pitching. I'd love to see him do the same in Rochester and maybe get a taste of the majors in September. With the pitching the Twins have they need as many balls as possible to leave the yard.

When Mauer was at his best he controlled at-bats it felt as though he was just toying with the pitcher. He's just not the same guy up there he looks over matched more often than not. So sad that a brain injury robbed one of the best pure hitters of a generation of his powers.

Earlier this year there were reports that Gonsalves was actually starting to throw with some velocity, like mid 90's, is that still the case or was that just a hot gun.

The answer to the question the title of the article poses is quite simply yes. A thousand times yes. Please anybody raise their hand and tell me Ervin Santana isn't a better pitcher than Mike Pelfry. The hand wringing over this "dilemma" is ridiculous.

I can't wait to see this kid in a twins uni. He sounds like everything you want to root for. It would also be nice to have a true ace again. No pressure young fella

I also think this is a bit high for Gonsalves. Saw him pitch, he simply overmatched mwl hitters by having a legitimate 3 pitch mix. He was able to keep those inexperienced hitters off his fastball. As he ascends I think his lack of velocity is going to increasingly limit his ability to miss bats, which in turn limits his upside a bit.

After the past week it's nice to get some good news. Now if we can just get Sano and Kepler up here we might have a real line-up.

I agree the starters have been getting by on a bit of luck. Phil Hughes is pitching like Yankees Phil Hughes, and pelf will regress at some point. What is encouraging is Gibson has naturally progressed into a 3-4 starter as has Trevor may. Simply not trotting out 4a players 3 out of 5 games makes a huge difference. That being said let's not kid ourselves. To get to the next level we're going to need at least 2 prospects to turn into top of the rotation arms, from what I see iun the minors that's still a year or 3 away.

The premise that something the Astros did affects what the twins do with the top prospect in the game is completely ludicrous. The twins will bring up Buxton whenever they feel he's ready plain and simple. I personally am of a mind that should be sooner rather than later because he'd be the best fielder on the team, and why not let him learn how to hit at the majors.

So glad the twins took pitching early in this year's draft. More and more it appears that mlb calibre pitching is quite thin in our system.

He touched 90 a couple times but lived at 88. Not overwhelming by any stretch but because the off speed stuff was so good nobody could touch it.

I'll believe this team is serious about winning when Ricky nolasco doesn't have a starting job. And that has to, for the love of god, be before Ervin Santana comes back.

I was one of about 150 people at thkernel's game(it was quite cold) and from what I saw Stephen gonsalves has nothing left to prove at low A ball. His secondary offerings are just filthy. Also Nick Gordon really looked like a kid out there but he flashed some tools that get me excited to see how far he can go.

Dude's garbage. I've seen this movie before and i don't like the ending.

Looking at the top lf free agents i struggled to keep my dinner down. If they were to sign anyone it would be one of the top fa pitchers but i feel like the price of admission will be too high. The baseball playoff are such a crapshoot i don't feel like spending huge money on free agents is a recipe for success. With the tigers about to enter contract hell, the sox about 2 years behind the twins in their rebuild and the just flat out ineptitude of the royals and indians i feel like the twins are poised to take another long stay atop the central. This was our snakebit year i've been a fan for over 20 years and i've never seen the injuries this bad. Next year people will keep following the path that they're supposed to be on. We have a top 10 offensive club right now and most of the lineup isn't in they're prime. i fully agree with nick, stay the course, believe in your scouting. Also as an aside keep jordan schafer he would be the best 4th outfielder in baseball.

I hope they keep pushing thorpe through the minors. He seems to thrive on challenge. If you look at the history of baseball the truly special players constantly push the envelope and reach new levels of competition before they are "supposed' to. If lewis is special he will continue to rise to whatever competition he is facing. I hope to see him in '16.

good win, the race to 89 losses is still a possibility.

As log as hawk is"calling" games i will never feel sorry for the sox. Truly the worst broadcaster in sports.

if that happened i'd eat a hogshead of hats.

nice to see the kids getting a lot of ab's tonight

I think meyer may just be a bullpen guy. he doesn't seem to be able to handle the stress of starting. that being said I think he's got an electric arm and should be with the big club. Berrios strikes me as kind of a twins sort of guy. If he's the ace i think the twins are still in search of a top of the rotation arm.

did he inappropriately suspend/fail to suspend anyone?