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Great season by Diaz. Nice productive season for a 19 year old But like so many twins prospects too many K's not enough walks.

No Granite? Weird. He deserves to be rewarded for his breakout season

I am a big critic of the Twins FO for keeping players in divisions they don't belong. But in the case of Kiriloff twins handled him just fine. He was new to the org,18 years old and had success. Its a good foundation for him to build off.

If you feel positive and upbeat about this team, then write a post about the good things you see. I am sure lots of people would enjoy reading your unique takes. But folks like Nick are trying to write multiple articles a week about this team looking at many angles. I think even the most upbeat person would be challenged to find positive things to post 2-4 times a week. Especially when the evidence that there are some real structural problems within this organization keeps piling up.

Granite is probably in the AFL this year, right? Outside of him, I am not sure what other position players deserve it.

If the FO is happy with the way Mauer is handling Blankenhorn hopefully Steil Radcliff and Antony follow Ryan to the unemployment line.

Its good to read they had him work in the OF in EST. So why wouldnt Mauer play Fernandez over Blankenhorn in RF? These are situations where Radcliff and the GM need to get involved.

Blankenhorn has been a DH for 32% of games this year. It would be hard to believe they left him in EST for 2 months and he can only play 2B. Mauer needs to be forced to play him somewhere in the field even if its not his strongest position.

What?????

Are there people who really think Mauer is not one of the all time great Twins? I don't read a lot of Mauer threads, but if people think that well...they are just silly. But none of that really matters now. Mauer's contract ends after 2018. Twins probably won't be contending until hopefulyl 2019. I don't think the Twins should re-up him as he isn't a good hitting first baseman and Twins have lots of young players who might be more suited to play first base. So the question is should the Twins just DFA him to ensure they don't lose some young players with potential? I say yes. Let him sign with another team and hopefully get a ring.

Allen is back with the team?

When does Gonsalves have to be added to the 40 man?

Last year Vielma had 35 Stolen bases in 47 attempts. This year he only 9-16. Any ideas to as why the attempts are way down?

I know its only been 3 games but Blankenhorn has played DH in two of them. They need to get him in the field. Miller, Cavaness, Weil should not be getting field time over Blankenhorn. Hopefully the FO will be giving Jake Mauer a phone call and stop this before it goes on much further.

Im no expert on injuries but 101 pitches in a blow out win seems excessive.

You're placing the blame on on his free swinging ways on a hit to the face in 2012? That's ridiculous. Why not where it belongs? On the Twins player development staff and himself

Romero: Is he throwing his off speed pitches? Or is he throwing a superior FB and getting single A hitters out? This is the first time i remember him struggling this year. Hope he bounces back.

Hopefully when he gets on the 40-man, he buys himself steak dinners. If he can increase his power he could be a really good pro

If i were a betting man id wage Twins fans will be hoping Santiago is non tendered at the end of the year.

It was old friend Sam Deduno doing a rehab stint who shut down the GCL Twins for a few innings

Not to go off topic but Brandon Lopez highlights everything wrong with Twins player development and one of the many reasons why Mike Radcliff deserves to be fired. 18 games in E-town absurd OB% and clearly too advanced at age 22.

Id be interested to hear impressions on Dereck Rodriguez from some of the Cedar Rapids contingent. Does he show anything more than a fastball?

Basketball season starts in 4 months. Looking forward to watching those t-wolves

Sure, he is going to be good one, that became clear last year if not before, but i don't think he is going to be in ROY consideration - not even close.

5 of the AL's best rookies are in the AL central and none of them are with the Twins. Tyler Naquin - CLE 63 G - .324/.387/.636 Hyun Soo Kim - BAL 46 G - .329/.410/ .454 Steven Moya - DET 26 G - .258/.295/.517 Dae-Ho Lee - SEA 70 G - .273//.322/.485 Cheslor Cuthbert - KC 62 G-, .298/.328/.456 Tim Anderson - CWS 33 G - .283/.293/.462 Michael Fulmer - DET 2.13 ERA, 84.2 IP 77 SO 1.07 WHIP Michael Feliz - HOU 4.14 ERA, 41.1 IP, 59 SO, 1.14 WHIP Fine. Most people including me think he is going to be a good Pro. But this article said he has been "one of the most productive hitters in the past few weeks" and a potential ROY candidate. I don't think he has been either of those things. I think a lot of people are getting ahead of themselves on him. He has hit some dingers at key times. - Fantastic, and has a good slugging %. But his overall stat lines are not in line with other rookies.