Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Search the Community

Showing results for tags 'escobar'.

  • Search By Tags

    Type tags separated by commas.
  • Search By Author

Content Type


Categories

  • Twins
  • Minors
  • Saints
  • Just For Fun
  • Twins Daily
  • Caretakers

Categories

  • Unregistered Help Files
  • All Users Help Files

Categories

  • Twins & Minors
  • Vintage
  • Retrospective
  • Twins Daily

Categories

  • Minnesota Twins Free Agents & Trade Rumors

Categories

  • Minnesota Twins Guides & Resources

Categories

  • Minnesota Twins Players Project

Forums

  • Baseball Forums
    • Minnesota Twins Talk
    • Twins Minor League Talk
    • Twins Daily Front Page News
    • MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
    • Other Baseball
    • Archived Game Threads
    • Head 2 Head Debate Forum
  • Other Sports Forums
    • The Sports Bar
    • Minnesota Vikings Talk
    • Minnesota Wild Talk
    • Minnesota Timberwolves Talk
  • Twins Daily's Questions About The Site

Blogs

  • Blog awstafki
  • The Lurker's Annual
  • Mike Sixel's Blog
  • Twins fan in Texas
  • highlander's Blog
  • Patrick Wozniak's Blog
  • Blog dennyhocking4HOF
  • From the Plaza
  • The Special Season
  • Twins Daily's Blog
  • Blog Twins best friend
  • Kyle Eliason's Blog
  • Extra Innings
  • SkinCell Pro: How Does Remove Mole & Skin Tag Work?
  • Blog Badsmerf
  • mikelink45's Blog
  • MT Feelings
  • Keto Burn Max Benefits
  • Blog crapforks
  • Off The Baggy
  • VikingTwinTwolf's Blog
  • A Blog to Be Named Later
  • Cormac's Corner
  • Blog MaureenHill
  • Halsey Hall Chapter of SABR
  • Road Tripping with the Twins
  • Greg Allen
  • Classic Minnesota Twins
  • The Line of Mendoza
  • BombazoMLB
  • Blog Twins Daily Admin
  • joshykid1's Blog
  • What if the Twins had drafted Prior or Teixeira instead of Mauer?
  • the_brute_squad's Blog
  • Better Baseball Is Ahead
  • Nick's Twins Blog
  • Blog jianfu
  • joshykid1's Blog
  • The PTBNL
  • Levi Hansen
  • SethSpeaks.net
  • Blog leshaadawson
  • Underwriting the Twins
  • Small Sample Size
  • parkerb's Blog
  • Tim
  • TwinsGeek.com
  • Blog Roaddog
  • Mauerpower's Blog
  • SotaPop's Blog
  • Face facts!!!
  • Over the Baggy
  • curt1965's Blog
  • Heezy1323's Blog
  • LA Vikes Fan
  • North Dakota Twins Fan
  • Blog Reginald Maudling's Shin
  • curt1965's Blog
  • Miller1234's Blog
  • Twins Curmudgeon
  • Blog Kirsten Brown
  • if we aint spendin 140 million
  • Boone's Blog
  • Rounding Third
  • Kirilloff & Co.
  • Shallow Thoughts - bean5302
  • The Hanging SL
  • Red Wing Squawk
  • Distraction via Baseball
  • Nine of twelve's Blog
  • Notes From The Neds
  • Blog Lindsay Guentzel
  • Blog Karl
  • Vance_Christianson's Blog
  • Curveball Blog
  • waltomeal's Blog
  • bronald3030
  • Knuckleballs - JC
  • Blog jrzf713
  • The Minor League Lifestyle
  • Jason Kubel is America
  • weneedjackmorris' Blog
  • Mahlk
  • Off The Mark
  • Blog freightmaster
  • Playin' Catch
  • Sethmoko's Blog
  • Dome Dogg's Blog
  • Lev's Musings
  • Blog Scott Povolny
  • Blog COtwin
  • Hrbowski's Blog
  • Minnesota Twins Whine Line
  • Bomba Blog
  • cjm0926's Blogs
  • Blog Chad Jacobsen
  • Blog ScottyBroco
  • tobi0040's Blog
  • Back Office Twins Baseball Blog
  • DannySD's Blog
  • nobitadora's Blog
  • blogs_blog_1812
  • Greg Fransen
  • Blog Adam Krueger
  • Hammered (adj.) Heavily inebriated, though to a lesser extent than ****faced.
  • Thegrin's Blog
  • 3rd Inning Stretch's Blog
  • Mark Ferretti
  • Jeremy Nygaard
  • The W.A.R. room
  • Christopher Fee's Blog
  • Postma Posts
  • Rolondo's Blog
  • blogs_blog_1814
  • Fantasy GM
  • Blog Fanatic Jack
  • Dominican Adventure
  • Cory Engelhardt's Blog
  • markthomas' Blog
  • blogs_blog_1815
  • Un/Necessary Sports Drivel
  • Blog AJPettersen
  • Blog AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS
  • BW on the Beat
  • jfeyereisn17's Blog
  • 2020 Offseason Blueprint
  • The Hot Corner
  • Blog TimShibuya
  • Fumi Saito's Blog
  • This Twins Fans Thoughts
  • Long Live La Tortuga
  • Baseball Therapy
  • Blog TonyDavis
  • Blog Danchat
  • sdtwins37's Blog
  • Thinking Outside the Box
  • dbminn
  • Proclamations from the Mad King
  • Blog travistwinstalk
  • jokin's Blog
  • Thoughts from The Catch
  • BlakeAsk's Blog
  • Bad Loser Blog
  • Tom Schreier's Blog
  • less cowBlog
  • Hansen101's Blog
  • Musings of a Madman
  • The Gopher Hole
  • 2020 Twins BluePrint - HotDish Surprise
  • Travis Kriens
  • Blog bkucko
  • The Circleback Blog
  • All Things Twins
  • batting 9th and playing right field
  • Blog iTwins
  • Drinking at the 573
  • The Thirsty Crow and the google boy from peepeganj
  • Catching Some Zs
  • Favorite Twins Memory
  • Blog TCAnelle
  • Singles off the Wall
  • tarheeltwinsfan's Blog
  • Jack Griffin's Blog
  • A View From The Roof
  • The Blog Days of Summer
  • Jordan1212's Blog
  • You Shouldn't Have Lost
  • Jeff D. - Twins Geezer
  • TwinsTakes.com Blog on TwinsDaily.com - Our Takes, Your Takes, TwinsTakes.com!
  • Blog SgtSchmidt11
  • Dantes929's Blog
  • Critical Thinking
  • Old Tom
  • Blog Matt VS
  • Blog RickPrescott
  • The Dollar Dome Dog
  • Travis M's Blog
  • Diamond Dollars
  • Rick Heinecke
  • Blog jorgenswest
  • Twinsfan4life
  • Travis M's Interviews
  • whatyouknowtwinsfan's Blog
  • An Unconventional Trade Target
  • Blog righty8383
  • Blog TwinsWolvesLynxBlog
  • Supfin99's Blog
  • tarheeltwinsfan's Blog
  • SportsGuyDalton's Blog
  • Blog glunn
  • Blog yumen0808
  • Unkind Bounces
  • Doctor Gast's Blog
  • AmyA
  • One Man's View From Section 231
  • Don't Feed the Greed? What does that mean...
  • Diesel's Blog
  • Curtis DeBerg
  • Blog denarded
  • Blog zymy0813
  • Twins Peak
  • Minnesota Twins Health and Performance: A Blog by Lucas Seehafer PT
  • Paul Walerius
  • Blog kirbyelway
  • Blog JP3700
  • twinssouth's Blog
  • Ports on Sports Blog
  • Analytic Adventures
  • Blog Twins Fan From Afar
  • Blog E. Andrew
  • The 10th Inning Stretch
  • Hansblog
  • Depressed Twins Blog
  • Blog twinsarmchairgm
  • Pitz Hits
  • samthetwinsfan's Blog
  • Updated Farm System rankings
  • Blog JB (the Original)
  • soofootinsfan37's Blog
  • You Can Read This For Free
  • One Post Blog
  • Blog Dez Tobin
  • South Dakota Tom's Blog
  • hrenlazar2019's Blog
  • MNSotaSportsGal Twins Takes
  • Brewed in the Trough
  • Blog kemics
  • Blog AM.
  • DerektheDOM's Blog
  • Twins Tunes
  • Home & Away
  • Blog jtrinaldi
  • Blog Bill
  • Not Another Baseball Blog
  • Down on the Farm
  • Most likely pitchers making their MLB debut in 2021 for Twins.
  • Alex Boxwell
  • Blog Wookiee of the Year
  • mike8791's Blog
  • Pensacola Blue Wahoos: Photo-A-Day
  • Puckets Pond
  • Bloggy McBloggerson talks ball
  • Blog Jim H
  • A trade for the off season
  • curt1965's Blog
  • Kasota Gold
  • The POSTseason
  • Hunter McCall
  • Blog guski
  • Blog rickyriolo
  • SgtSchmidt11's Blog
  • Twinternationals
  • Seamus Kelly
  • Blog birdwatcher
  • Blog acrozelle
  • Axel Kohagen's Catastrophic Overreactions
  • Bashwood12's Blog
  • Spicer's Baseball Movie Reviews
  • Twins on Wheat; Add Mayo
  • Beyond the Metrodome
  • Blog yangxq0827
  • The Pat-Man Saga
  • TheTeufelShuffle's Blog
  • ebergdib's blog
  • Adam Neisen
  • Blog Thegrin
  • Zachary's Blog
  • scottyc35
  • Danchat's Aggregated Prospect Rankings
  • Which young player should we be the most optimistic about going forward?
  • Thrylos' Blog - select Tenth Inning Stretch posts
  • Blog taune
  • scottyc35's Blog
  • Adam Friedman
  • World's Greatest Online Magazine
  • Blog tweety2012
  • DRizzo's Blog
  • mrtwinsfan's Blog
  • Ben Reimler
  • Blog asmus_ndsu
  • Otto Gets Blotto
  • Betsy Twins Report
  • Cory Moen
  • Blog shawntheroad
  • Blog David-14
  • Neil C. Lahammer - Winter Caravan News
  • Blog Buddy14
  • Blog keithanderson
  • Players I would be looking at now after Correa signing
  • Blog Topperanton
  • Blog lightfoot789
  • And We'll See You Tomorrow Night
  • Blog Axel Kohagen
  • Blog Lesser Dali
  • Harrison Smith’s Blog
  • Blog Neinstein
  • Blog Bob Sacamento
  • Blog J-Dog Dungan
  • Thoughts of a Bullpen Catcher
  • Luke Thompson
  • Blog Dilligaf69
  • blogs_blog_1599
  • Twin Minds
  • My Opening Day Poem
  • Blog Teflon
  • Blog yanking it out...
  • Blog Anare
  • Blog Charlie Beattie
  • Blog Coach J
  • What to do with Morneau?
  • Peanuts from Heaven
  • Blog Physics Guy
  • Twins Adjacent
  • Field of Twins
  • Martin Schlegel's Blog
  • The Long View
  • Blog grumpyrob
  • Off The Mark
  • Blog Jeff A
  • Blog jwestbrock
  • by Matt Sisk
  • Blog Sarah
  • Blog RodneyKline
  • Blog JeffB
  • Anorthagen's Twins Daily Blogs
  • Low Profile MI Trade
  • Blog CC7
  • Blog dwintheiser
  • Blog Docsilly
  • Blog cmathewson
  • Blog mnfireman
  • Blog twinsfanstl
  • Blog dave_dw
  • Blog MN_Twins_Live
  • Standing Room Only
  • Blog gkasper
  • Blog puck34
  • Blog Old Twins Cap
  • Blog diehardtwinsfan
  • Blog Twinfan & Dad
  • Blog LimestoneBaggy
  • Blog Brian Mozey
  • vqt94648's Blog
  • Blog Loosey
  • Blog fairweather
  • World Series Champions 2088
  • Blog Drtwins
  • Blog peterb18
  • Blog LindaU
  • Kevin Slowey was Framed!
  • Blog Christopher Fee
  • Very Well Then
  • Pitch2Contact.com
  • A View from the Slot
  • Blog severson09
  • Blog husker brian
  • Blog Ray Tapajna
  • Sell high?
  • Blog bogeypepsi
  • Blog tshide
  • Blog Gene Larkin Fan Club
  • Blog jimbo92107
  • Blog DefinitelyNotVodkaDave
  • Blog Cap'n Piranha
  • The Blog Formerly Known as Undomed
  • Frank Vantur's Blog
  • Blog Ricola
  • Blog AScheib50
  • SamGoody's Blog
  • Blog clutterheart
  • Blog Trent Condon
  • Blog bwille
  • blogs_blog_1635
  • Blog strumdatjag
  • Blog huhguy
  • blogs_blog_1636
  • Blog 3rd Inning Stretch
  • Blog 10PagesOfClearBlueSky
  • blogs_blog_1637
  • Blog Tyomoth
  • SD Buhr/Jim Crikket
  • blogs_blog_1638
  • Blog bear333
  • Blog sln477
  • Blog abbylucy
  • Blog Gernzy
  • Troy's Twins Thoughts
  • Blog OtherHoward219
  • blogs_blog_1642
  • Blog ScrapTheNickname
  • Blog TicketKing
  • Blog sotasports9
  • Twins Rubes
  • Blog goulik
  • Hosken's Blog
  • Blog one_eyed_jack
  • Blog joelindell
  • Blog rikker49
  • Blog nickschubert
  • Blog DreInWA
  • You're Not Reading This
  • Blog Hugh Morris
  • The Blog Formerly Known as Undomed
  • Kottke's Cuts
  • Blog Dakota Watts
  • Blog markroehl
  • Blog jjswol
  • Blog Tibs
  • blogs_blog_1654
  • Blog jlovren
  • Blog Boone
  • Puckmen's Blog
  • Minnesota native to attend Twins predraft workout
  • Blog obryaneu
  • Blog JohnFoley
  • Blog TwinsArmChairGM_Jon
  • Bloop Singles
  • Blog Ryan Atkins
  • Blog the blade
  • Blog Lonestar
  • Blog jdotmcmahon
  • Blog WayneJimenezubc
  • Blog Sconnie
  • Blog PogueBear
  • Blog pierre75275
  • cHawk Talks Baseball
  • Blog Paul Bebus
  • flyballs in orbit
  • Blog A33bates
  • Blog lunchboxhero_4
  • lidefom746's Blog
  • Blog coddlenomore
  • Blog Trevor0333
  • Blog lee_the_twins_fan
  • Blog StreetOfFire
  • Blog clark47dorsey
  • Texastwinsfan blog
  • Blog KCasey
  • Blog Joey Lindseth
  • Blog jakelovesgolf
  • Blog mchokozie
  • Thoughts from the Stands
  • cHawk’s Blog
  • Blog best game in the world
  • Heather's thoughts
  • Blog sammy0eaton
  • HitInAPinch's Blog
  • Blog Mauerpower
  • Blog Jdosen
  • Blog twinsfanohio
  • Beyond the Limestone
  • Blog dougkoebernick
  • Get to know 'em
  • 5 Tool Blog
  • Cole Trace
  • Blog Sunglasses
  • Blog CTB_NickC
  • Blog Colin.O'Donnell
  • "And we'll see ya' ... tomorrow night."
  • Blog richardkr34
  • Gopher Baseball with Luke Pettersen
  • Blog KelvinBoyerxrg
  • Blog twinsfan34
  • Blog CaryMuellerlib
  • Blog jtkoupal
  • FunnyPenguin's Blog
  • Blog Sierra Szeto
  • Blog ExiledInSeattle
  • A Realistic Fix to the 2014 Twins
  • Blog naksh
  • Blog bellajelcooper
  • rickymartin's Blog
  • Blog twinsajsf
  • Blog keeth
  • Blog Murphy Vasterling Cannon
  • Twins Winter Caravan
  • Blog tracygame
  • Blog rjohnso4
  • Half a Platoon
  • Blog jangofelixak
  • Blog SirClive
  • tooslowandoldnow's Blog
  • Blog Troy Larson
  • Blog thetank
  • nicksaviking blog
  • Blog iekfWjnrxb
  • Blog SouthDakotaFarmer
  • Bill Parker
  • Left Coast Bias
  • Blog tobi0040
  • Lee-The-Twins-Fan's Blog
  • Blog foe-of-nin
  • Blog cocosoup
  • Minnesota Groan
  • Blog wRenita5
  • rgvtwinstalk
  • Major Minnesotans
  • Blog Aaron 12
  • Blog janewong
  • The Twins Almanac
  • Blog boys
  • Blog bennep
  • Hambino the Great's Blog
  • Blog JadaKingg25
  • Jesse Lund's Blog
  • Blog Brabes1987
  • RealStoriesMN
  • Blog sanal101
  • Blog Spikecurveball
  • Blog Devereaux
  • D-mac's Blog
  • Blog tarheeltwinsfan
  • kakakhan's Blog
  • Blog Oliver
  • Blog travis_aune
  • Twins and Losses
  • In My Opinion
  • Blog ieveretgte4f
  • Blog Sam Morley
  • Pinto's Perspective
  • Blog curt1965
  • VeryWellThen's Blog
  • Extcs
  • Minnesota Foul Play-by-play
  • Dave The Dastardly's Blog
  • Blog winunaarec
  • Negativity Police's Blog
  • Blog Robb Jeffries
  • Adam Houck's Blog
  • SaintsTrain
  • Loosey's Blog
  • Blog EE in Big D
  • Talkin' Twins with Jonathon
  • Steve Penz's Blog
  • Blog jtequilabermeah
  • The Tenth Inning Stretch
  • Apathy for the Game
  • Dave The Dastardly's Blog
  • Blog hmariloustarkk
  • Car detailing
  • Blog Brendan Kennealy
  • Twins Fan From Afar's Blog
  • Visit500
  • Blog totocc
  • SD Buhr's Blog
  • KirbyHawk75's Blog
  • Blog Bark's Lounge
  • huhguy's Blog
  • Blog TwinsFanLV
  • NumberThree's Blog
  • Blog pandorajewelry
  • The Go Gonzo Journal Twins Blog
  • Twinsnerd123's Blog
  • Blog cClevelandSmialekp
  • Talk to Contact
  • Boo-urns
  • Blog silverslugger
  • jtkoupal's Blog
  • Broker's Blog
  • Blog Twinsoholic
  • diehardtwinsfan's Blog
  • Brad's Blog
  • Javier Maschrano - the rising star of Argentina
  • Be Always in Fashion &in Trendy Look
  • Blog Salazar
  • curt1965's Blog
  • Be Always in Fashion &in Trendy Look
  • ThejacKmp's Blog
  • Blog vMaymeHansone
  • stringer bell's Blog
  • Blog brvama
  • AJPettersen's Blog
  • WiscoTwin
  • Rants (not Rantz)
  • iec23966's Blog
  • Blog loisebottorf83
  • CodyB's Blog
  • Staying Positive
  • Target Field of Dreams' Blog
  • Intentional Balk
  • Blog rodmccray11282
  • ReturnOfShaneMack's Blog
  • Blog SksippSvefdklyn
  • A blog about the Twins & more
  • Thome the Moneyball
  • tobi0040's Blog
  • Lefty74's Blog
  • USAFChief's Blog
  • tobi0040's Blog
  • Tony Nato's Blog
  • Clear's Blog
  • Blog LeeStevensonuuf
  • Waking up the Twins
  • Blog GrahamCharleshqr
  • First Base and the legacy of Kent Hrbek
  • carly148
  • Blog MWLFan
  • Minnie Paul and Mary
  • twinstarheelsfan's Blog
  • This game's fun, OK?
  • Blog TimeAgreell
  • Tsuyoshi's Island
  • NASCAR Steve's Blog
  • Kevin Horner's Blog
  • blogs_blog_1742
  • Blog CDog
  • Hold for the Batter
  • John the Analytics Guy
  • mrmpls' Blog
  • Zlog
  • samberry's Blog
  • nmtwinsfan's Blog
  • Under Teflon Skies
  • Views from the road
  • St. Paul Saints
  • Blog tkyokoperkinsn
  • Alskn's Northern Lights
  • Talkin' Turnstiles
  • Find Stats Elsewhere
  • Blog LaBombo
  • hugelycat's Blog
  • Deduno Abides' Blog
  • Milldaddy35's Blog Area
  • Blog Fire Dan Gladden
  • Baseball Intelligence
  • framedoctor's Blog
  • Blog Riverbrian
  • Blog Brandon
  • Organizational Depth Chart
  • Left Field Gap
  • gtkilla
  • Hicks' Left-Handed Helmets
  • MauerState7's Blog
  • 80MPH Changeup
  • Twins Pitch Breakdown
  • What you know about that blog
  • Blog DaTwins
  • positive1's Blog
  • rikker49's Blog
  • baxterpope15's Blog
  • Blog ThejacKmp
  • Random Thoughts About Baseball
  • Don't Feed the Greed Guy's Blog
  • Run Prevention
  • Blog ericchri
  • pierre75275's Blog
  • Don't Feed the Greed Guy's Blog
  • Cargo Cult Sabermetrics
  • Blog 81Exposruledbaseball
  • Deduno Abides' Blog
  • David Howell's Blog
  • Blog daanderson20
  • Twin Billing
  • sorney's Blog
  • TCAnelle's Blog
  • Blog shs_59
  • rikker49's Blog
  • Crackin' Wax's Cardboard Corner
  • Blog jm3319
  • jsteve96's Blog
  • The Always Fashionable; Uncle Charlie
  • Blog stringer bell
  • twinssouth's Blog
  • Baseball Good
  • Blog everettegalr
  • twinsfan34's Blog
  • menthmike's Blog
  • Blog Obie
  • B Richard's Blog
  • Brazilian Twins Territory
  • The Hidden Baseball
  • Blog SpinnesotaGirl
  • Marthaler
  • InfieldFlyRuled
  • Coopcarlson3's Blog
  • Blog SoDakTwinsFan5
  • Blog LastOnePicked
  • Bob Sacamento's Blog
  • MnTwinsTalk's Blog
  • Blog Top Gun
  • Twinfan & Dad's Blog
  • Nebtwinsfan's Blog
  • Blog TKGuy
  • GLO Blog
  • Ben Fadden's Blog
  • ajcondon's Blog
  • Blog TheMind07
  • TwinkiePower's Blog
  • Blog Michael Blomquist
  • VeryWellThen
  • MN_ExPat's Blog
  • Channing1964's Blog
  • Blog Darin Bratsch
  • Twin's Organizational News
  • Around The Horn
  • Blog beckmt
  • jjswol's Twins Trivia Blog
  • BeantownTwinsFan's Blog
  • Blog YourHouseIsMyHouse
  • jjswol's Twins Trivia Blog
  • Blog jay
  • SF Twins Fan's Blog
  • Morneau
  • TNTwinsFan's Blog
  • Musings from Twins Territory
  • Original Twin
  • Blog El Guapo
  • Doubles' Blog
  • Kirbek's Leaps and Pulls
  • Blog jokin
  • Brandon's Blog
  • A Look Back
  • Science of Baseball
  • Blog IdahoPilgrim
  • Sam Morley's Blog
  • oregontwin's Blog
  • Rounding Second
  • Blog Lyric53
  • The Curse of the Trees
  • gagu's Blog
  • Twins in CA
  • Blog Oldgoat_MN
  • Giant Baseball Cards
  • Blog twinfan49
  • docsillyseth's Blog
  • Kirby O'Connor's Blog
  • dfklgkoc
  • Blog ContinuumGuy
  • Wille's Way
  • Minnesota Sports Statistics Analysis
  • Ryan Stephan's Twinpinions
  • blogs_blog_2805
  • Blog tradingadvantage
  • brvama's Blog
  • Minnesota SSA's Blog
  • Danchat's Strat-O-Matic Blog
  • Blog Chance
  • NoCryingInBaseball's Blog
  • It Takes All Kinds
  • TFRazor's Blog
  • Blog twinslover
  • Sarah's Blog
  • theJemmer's Blog
  • Spikecurveball's Blog
  • Four Six Three
  • blogs_blog_2809
  • 2012 Draft.
  • travistwinstalk's Blog
  • Seth Stohs' Blog
  • Through a Child's Eyes
  • Colexalean Supplement Reviews
  • Blog jiamay
  • Dome Dogg's Blog
  • Fanspeak's Twins and AL Central Blog
  • In Pursuit of Pennants
  • minnesotasportsunlimited's Blog
  • Jacob Booth Blogs
  • Blog stewthornley
  • mickeymental's Blog
  • Baseball Bat's Offseason Blueprint
  • AJswarley's Blog
  • Twins Outsider's Blog
  • Blog h2oface
  • Iowa Twins Fan
  • Twinkie Talk
  • Battle Your Tail Off
  • JackWhite's Blog
  • bikram's Blog
  • Twins Nation Podcast

Product Groups

  • Publications
  • Events
  • Extras

Find results in...

Find results that contain...


Date Created

  • Start

    End


Last Updated

  • Start

    End


Filter by number of...

Joined

  • Start

    End


Group


Website URL


Personal Blog Name


Personal Blog URL


Location:


Biography


Occupation


Interests


Twitter

Found 4 results

  1. I was originally going to write about the Twins "June Swoon", but the news of Vargas' demotion followed by word that Miguel Sano would assume his spot on the roster makes last month's struggle old news. The Twins are above .500 so by loose definition they are contenders to make the playoffs. They have promoted three of their top prospects within the last month and it looks like this won't be the end of the moves. First, a look at positions, followed by a look at players. Center Field: The Twins have supplanted an injured and now released Jordan Schafer with first, Aaron Hicks and then top prospect Byron Buxton. Both are currently on the DL, with Hicks rehabbing and Buxton supposedly not due back for three to five weeks. I was really surprised when Hicks was not recalled following the injury to Buxton. Hicks has struggled a bit in his first games, but had three hits today. I have to believe Hicks is in Kansas City tomorrow when the Twins face the Royals. The future still belongs to Buxton, despite his struggles with the Twins. Hicks future seems pretty uncertain. The team has started three guys in center in the last week. Shortstop: When Santana was demoted about a month ago, it was assumed that Eduardo Escobar would get his chance to establish himself as the current shortstop. It didn't happen. Santana has returned and started a few games and Eduardo Nuñez has been at short more than Escobar. Jorge Polanco is still in Chattanoogs and committing too many errors. Starting rotation: Ervin Santana's suspension is up on Independence Day. His three rehab starts were very good. All five current starters have a pretty good claim to stay in the rotation. Bullpen: Alex Meyer was recently called up and in two appearances where the starter was knocked out early, has been pretty close to dreadful. The two non-closing left handed reliever have bad statistics and little chance for upside. Blaine Boyer seems to be weakening after a stong start. DH: Vargas opened the season as the regular DH, got demoted and then came back. He hasn't been a constant threat and has seen his playing time diminish. It appears that Sano will get a chance at DH. Players: Kennys Vargas-He wasn't a top prospect last year, but last year he forced his way onto the Twins last year. This year has offered major regression. Vargas had a brief demotion to AAA and today was sent to Chattanooga. Vargas needs to hit with authority and he's failed to do that. As mostly a pure DH (a game at first occasionally) the production has to be substantial. Oswaldo Arcia--He was injured and then optioned to Rochester. Arcia finally has started hitting, but he's been passed by by Eddie Rosario as an outfielder and probably Miguel Sano as a DH. The way back to the majors isn't clear. I would guess someone needs to struggle while Arcia lights it up. Eduardo Escobar--Last year's primary shortstop has hardly played the position. Danny Santana was given the job and when he faltered Escobar has gotten a few starts, but other have started many more. Most of Escobar's playing time has come in left field. He hasn't hit well enough to be a serious alternative in the outfield. Danny Santana--The Opening Day shortstop was demoted to the minors and only recalled when there were injuries. He hasn't hit well since his recall, and started the last two games in center field. Eddie Rosario--Rosario was recalled in May and now seems secure to stay with the club. He has adjusted very well to the majors, starting games at all three outfield positions. Aaron Hicks--Recalled after dominating AAA, Hicks played well in the field, but was at best only a #9 hitter. He was injured just as Buxton was to be recalled and is rehabbing in Rochester. Hicks could be on his way back to the majors as soon as tomorrow. Byron Buxton--The crown jewel of the farm system, Buxton struggled but showed obvious talent. He is slated to be disabled for probably another month. It appears that the Twins have settled on Rosario as a regular outfielder and that DH will be handled by Sano for now. Center field probably goes to Hicks until Buxton is healthy. I don't know who the shortstop for the rest of the year will be. I wish they would give Escobar a legitimate chance at this point. I think Santana needs work in the minors, along with Vargas and Arcia. That is some high quality depth
  2. Baseball is truly a weird game. The Twins are 32-17 since a 1-6 start. They’re 31-16 against teams that aren’t from Detroit. They’re getting contributions from unlikely sources, winning games they have no business winning and having post-win dance parties which seem to have made baseball in Minnesota fun again. Fans seem to be noticing, as just over 100,000 people streamed through the gates for the Milwaukee Brewers series over the weekend. But I don’t think it’s sustainable. Even since I wrote the piece detailing how I’m not a Twins fan due to my work obligations, I’ve still seen scores of people imploring me to simply enjoy this current run. But I don’t really think a writer’s job changes too terribly much based on how good a team is. Sure, you might be more apt to see guys hang around for postgame comments, but with a team that has Torii Hunter, you immediately have that accountability anyhow. It isn’t my job to ride the wave; it’s my job to analyze streaks and tendencies to find out if I truly feel it can keep on going. And for a few reasons, I’m not sure it can. That isn’t to say this team hasn’t had great success. To be clear, being 10 games over .500 at any point in the season was never part of the plan. Think about all the projections that came up in the preseason. Most pegged the Twins at a 72-win team, again possibly prolonging the 90-loss streak into the first year of the Paul Molitor regime. Pretty much all of those projections have done an about face; Fangraphs’ latest projection has the Twins dead even at 81-81. That’s not only an 11-game improvement from last year, but just three games off the projected pace to win the division outright. As I mentioned before the season, I figured the AL Central on the whole would be a dogfight, separated by fewer than 10 games from top to bottom. The revised projections seem to flesh that out, with not only the winning team taking home 84 wins (a virtual tie between Kansas City and Cleveland at this second) and the last place team (Chicago) winning 76, but with the Tigers sneaking into third place with 83 wins and leaving the Twins in fourth. Still, that would make for an insane rest of the season if the first four spots have just three games separating them. But let’s talk about the rest of the division for a minute. To say Detroit is staggering is putting it nicely, as the Tigers are 13-17 over their last 30 games, 7-13 over the last 20 and 2-8 over the last 10. It’s gotten worse, not better for the aging Tigers as the season has worn on. But even so, if this Tigers team seems vulnerable, keep in mind they’re getting Victor Martinez and Justin Verlander back over a short span. That could provide a huge boost. For how well the Twins have been cruising, Kansas City is still nipping at their heels, just a game down coming into today’s action. As most expected their rotation has been suspect (4.55 ERA; 25th in MLB) and their bullpen has been unbelievable (1.75 ERA; No. 1 in MLB), and their offense is impossible to strike out. Cleveland has probably the best rotation in the AL, but it has been let down by poor luck and bad defense. Most projections still have them winning the division. And as for the White Sox coming off their free agent spending spree, well, they aren’t too far down to make a hard-charging run before all is finished. And maybe that’s the biggest detriment to the Twins, who have to continue playing at this pace to fend off all comers, which includes the heel-nipping Royals starting Monday night. In the Twins’ favor is their 20-9 record at home, and to be quite honest the 13-14 mark on the road is not terribly far off from what most playoff teams do — dominate at home and stay afloat on the road. But is it fair to say the Twins have gotten fat off playing subpar teams? Yeah, maybe a little. The Twins are 24-12 against teams presently under .500, and just 9-11 against teams currently over. That means as of today, the Twins have played 36 games against teams with more losses than wins. No other team in the division has played more than 28, as you’ll see here: Record against teams under .500 (AL Central): Twins – 24-12 Royals – 16-7 Tigers – 13-15 Indians – 14-9 White Sox – 13-11 Interestingly, the team (Detroit) who has played the second-most games against lower-level teams is under .500 against them. And while it’s true that you have to take advantage of those opportunities when they’re presented, it does call into question the sustainability of this run over the long term. Another thing that could potentially become a problem is lineup depth. Consider this top four on any given day: .267/.341/.530 .281/.335/.452 .269/.329/.370 .250/.321/.434 That’s not exactly a star-studded top four in a lineup, but it’s more than enough to get the job done in today’s game. That’s Brian Dozier up top, Hunter, Joe Mauer and finally a still pretty decent line from a currently slumping Trevor Plouffe. Now, have a look at a handful of candidates that could fill out the bottom five of the lineup on any given day: .245/.318/.325 .218/.235/.291 .230/.252/.355 .247/.291/.296 .288/.301/.400 Those are the slash lines for Kurt Suzuki, Danny Santana, Eduardo Escobar, Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario. You could also lump in Eduardo Nunez (.300/.340/.460 in just 53 PA), but either way this is not a group that inspires confidence. Sending out Santana for a resurgent Kennys Vargas (.308/.403/.519 in 16 Triple-A games) after Sunday’s game represents progress, but this is a bottom half that simply isn’t going to be competitive over the long haul. The other thing that stands out is that aside from a few more extra-base hits — three home runs, specifically — Escobar is having roughly the same season Santana is. In that sense, keep an eye on Jorge Polanco, who is hitting .315/.346/.440 down at Double-A Chattanooga. And while it would be foolish to suggest the pitching staff hasn’t made big strides this year, it’s still a rotation that doesn’t strike anyone out, and is backed by a largely piecemeal bullpen. The simplest way to explain it is that while the results have been better, the process has not. So while the team’s 3.84 ERA coming into Monday — still just eighth in the AL — is markedly better than last year’s 4.57 mark, the peripherals don’t really show a huge leap. Last year’s team struck out 6.5 batters per nine innings. This year’s iteration is at just 5.9. The league average last year was 7.7 K/9, and is 7.6 this year. So even as the league has taken a slight step back, the Twins took it a step further. Last year’s team had a 3.97 FIP (fielding independent pitching, a barometer of what the team’s ERA ought to normalize to over time); this year’s bunch has a 4.10. As we’ve seen with Mike Pelfrey and Kyle Gibson, strikeouts aren’t necessarily a must to be a successful starter. That isn’t to say that they can both sustain sub-3.00 ERA marks without strikeout jumps, but pitching isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition either. With that said, the Twins’ staff isn’t really groundball heavy like Gibson and Pelfrey each are, ranking eighth in the AL with a roughly league-average 44.2 percent groundball rate. Considering Pelfrey (55.2 percent) and Gibson (53.2 percent) are both well above that mark, that means there are a fair share of other guys who come up way under that mark, and will need a little added help to keep their ERAs down. The theory behind that is if a guy isn’t striking too many hitters out, grounders are the next best step for run prevention because there are so few extra-base hits that come via the groundball. Basically speaking, a hitter has to roll one over the first- or third-base bag for an extra-base hit. Statistically in 2015, just 1.9 percent of grounders resulted in extra-base hits across both leagues. For fly balls, that spikes to 11.5 percent and for line drives a staggering 24.4 percent. The nice thing for the Twins moving forward is that they can address their fly ball tendencies one way, and it’s one the fans will be largely happy about: promoting Byron Buxton. There’s some buzz around town that the move could come sooner rather than later, and an outfield of Rosario-Buxton-Hicks would spell death to fly balls in a way that Twins fans haven’t seen since the days of the Soul Patrol. This bunch could be even better, and that would allow Molitor to keep Hunter fresh with more days DH’ing, with Rosario rotating in and out depending on how Vargas does with this go-round. Again, it would be nice for Molitor to have too many guys going well with the stick rather than needing to simply fill out the bottom of the order with guys who aren’t carrying their weight. That the Twins have managed to continue winning despite that might suggest a certain moxie, but most likely it’s been getting key hits at key times, something that doesn’t necessarily play itself out on a regular basis over the course of a 162-game season. The important thing to remember is that even if the Twins can’t keep it up over the long haul, nobody can take away the early-season wins, and any step forward represents a good look into the future. Even if this team finishes 81-81 as the projections suggest, that’s A. still in the thick of it in September and B. a huge improvement over last year. This post originated at Cold Omaha here; please consider clicking through to support the content.
  3. It’s early June, and the Minnesota Twins are not only keeping their proverbial heads above water, but in fact have the second-most wins and the best winning percentage in the entire American League. Yes this Twins team, who was picked by national types to be among the five or so worst teams in baseball, is leading the charge in one of the better divisions in baseball.Baseball is truly a weird game. The Twins are 32-17 since a 1-6 start. They’re 31-16 against teams that aren’t from Detroit. They’re getting contributions from unlikely sources, winning games they have no business winning and having post-win dance parties which seem to have made baseball in Minnesota fun again. Fans seem to be noticing, as just over 100,000 people streamed through the gates for the Milwaukee Brewers series over the weekend. But I don’t think it’s sustainable. Even since I wrote the piece detailing how I’m not a Twins fan due to my work obligations, I’ve still seen scores of people imploring me to simply enjoy this current run. But I don’t really think a writer’s job changes too terribly much based on how good a team is. Sure, you might be more apt to see guys hang around for postgame comments, but with a team that has Torii Hunter, you immediately have that accountability anyhow. It isn’t my job to ride the wave; it’s my job to analyze streaks and tendencies to find out if I truly feel it can keep on going. And for a few reasons, I’m not sure it can. That isn’t to say this team hasn’t had great success. To be clear, being 10 games over .500 at any point in the season was never part of the plan. Think about all the projections that came up in the preseason. Most pegged the Twins at a 72-win team, again possibly prolonging the 90-loss streak into the first year of the Paul Molitor regime. Pretty much all of those projections have done an about face; Fangraphs’ latest projection has the Twins dead even at 81-81. That’s not only an 11-game improvement from last year, but just three games off the projected pace to win the division outright. As I mentioned before the season, I figured the AL Central on the whole would be a dogfight, separated by fewer than 10 games from top to bottom. The revised projections seem to flesh that out, with not only the winning team taking home 84 wins (a virtual tie between Kansas City and Cleveland at this second) and the last place team (Chicago) winning 76, but with the Tigers sneaking into third place with 83 wins and leaving the Twins in fourth. Still, that would make for an insane rest of the season if the first four spots have just three games separating them. But let’s talk about the rest of the division for a minute. To say Detroit is staggering is putting it nicely, as the Tigers are 13-17 over their last 30 games, 7-13 over the last 20 and 2-8 over the last 10. It’s gotten worse, not better for the aging Tigers as the season has worn on. But even so, if this Tigers team seems vulnerable, keep in mind they’re getting Victor Martinez and Justin Verlander back over a short span. That could provide a huge boost. For how well the Twins have been cruising, Kansas City is still nipping at their heels, just a game down coming into today’s action. As most expected their rotation has been suspect (4.55 ERA; 25th in MLB) and their bullpen has been unbelievable (1.75 ERA; No. 1 in MLB), and their offense is impossible to strike out. Cleveland has probably the best rotation in the AL, but it has been let down by poor luck and bad defense. Most projections still have them winning the division. And as for the White Sox coming off their free agent spending spree, well, they aren’t too far down to make a hard-charging run before all is finished. And maybe that’s the biggest detriment to the Twins, who have to continue playing at this pace to fend off all comers, which includes the heel-nipping Royals starting Monday night. In the Twins’ favor is their 20-9 record at home, and to be quite honest the 13-14 mark on the road is not terribly far off from what most playoff teams do — dominate at home and stay afloat on the road. But is it fair to say the Twins have gotten fat off playing subpar teams? Yeah, maybe a little. The Twins are 24-12 against teams presently under .500, and just 9-11 against teams currently over. That means as of today, the Twins have played 36 games against teams with more losses than wins. No other team in the division has played more than 28, as you’ll see here: Record against teams under .500 (AL Central): Twins – 24-12 Royals – 16-7 Tigers – 13-15 Indians – 14-9 White Sox – 13-11 Interestingly, the team (Detroit) who has played the second-most games against lower-level teams is under .500 against them. And while it’s true that you have to take advantage of those opportunities when they’re presented, it does call into question the sustainability of this run over the long term. Another thing that could potentially become a problem is lineup depth. Consider this top four on any given day: .267/.341/.530 .281/.335/.452 .269/.329/.370 .250/.321/.434 That’s not exactly a star-studded top four in a lineup, but it’s more than enough to get the job done in today’s game. That’s Brian Dozier up top, Hunter, Joe Mauer and finally a still pretty decent line from a currently slumping Trevor Plouffe. Now, have a look at a handful of candidates that could fill out the bottom five of the lineup on any given day: .245/.318/.325 .218/.235/.291 .230/.252/.355 .247/.291/.296 .288/.301/.400 Those are the slash lines for Kurt Suzuki, Danny Santana, Eduardo Escobar, Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario. You could also lump in Eduardo Nunez (.300/.340/.460 in just 53 PA), but either way this is not a group that inspires confidence. Sending out Santana for a resurgent Kennys Vargas (.308/.403/.519 in 16 Triple-A games) after Sunday’s game represents progress, but this is a bottom half that simply isn’t going to be competitive over the long haul. The other thing that stands out is that aside from a few more extra-base hits — three home runs, specifically — Escobar is having roughly the same season Santana is. In that sense, keep an eye on Jorge Polanco, who is hitting .315/.346/.440 down at Double-A Chattanooga. And while it would be foolish to suggest the pitching staff hasn’t made big strides this year, it’s still a rotation that doesn’t strike anyone out, and is backed by a largely piecemeal bullpen. The simplest way to explain it is that while the results have been better, the process has not. So while the team’s 3.84 ERA coming into Monday — still just eighth in the AL — is markedly better than last year’s 4.57 mark, the peripherals don’t really show a huge leap. Last year’s team struck out 6.5 batters per nine innings. This year’s iteration is at just 5.9. The league average last year was 7.7 K/9, and is 7.6 this year. So even as the league has taken a slight step back, the Twins took it a step further. Last year’s team had a 3.97 FIP (fielding independent pitching, a barometer of what the team’s ERA ought to normalize to over time); this year’s bunch has a 4.10. As we’ve seen with Mike Pelfrey and Kyle Gibson, strikeouts aren’t necessarily a must to be a successful starter. That isn’t to say that they can both sustain sub-3.00 ERA marks without strikeout jumps, but pitching isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition either. With that said, the Twins’ staff isn’t really groundball heavy like Gibson and Pelfrey each are, ranking eighth in the AL with a roughly league-average 44.2 percent groundball rate. Considering Pelfrey (55.2 percent) and Gibson (53.2 percent) are both well above that mark, that means there are a fair share of other guys who come up way under that mark, and will need a little added help to keep their ERAs down. The theory behind that is if a guy isn’t striking too many hitters out, grounders are the next best step for run prevention because there are so few extra-base hits that come via the groundball. Basically speaking, a hitter has to roll one over the first- or third-base bag for an extra-base hit. Statistically in 2015, just 1.9 percent of grounders resulted in extra-base hits across both leagues. For fly balls, that spikes to 11.5 percent and for line drives a staggering 24.4 percent. The nice thing for the Twins moving forward is that they can address their fly ball tendencies one way, and it’s one the fans will be largely happy about: promoting Byron Buxton. There’s some buzz around town that the move could come sooner rather than later, and an outfield of Rosario-Buxton-Hicks would spell death to fly balls in a way that Twins fans haven’t seen since the days of the Soul Patrol. This bunch could be even better, and that would allow Molitor to keep Hunter fresh with more days DH’ing, with Rosario rotating in and out depending on how Vargas does with this go-round. Again, it would be nice for Molitor to have too many guys going well with the stick rather than needing to simply fill out the bottom of the order with guys who aren’t carrying their weight. That the Twins have managed to continue winning despite that might suggest a certain moxie, but most likely it’s been getting key hits at key times, something that doesn’t necessarily play itself out on a regular basis over the course of a 162-game season. The important thing to remember is that even if the Twins can’t keep it up over the long haul, nobody can take away the early-season wins, and any step forward represents a good look into the future. Even if this team finishes 81-81 as the projections suggest, that’s A. still in the thick of it in September and B. a huge improvement over last year. This post originated at Cold Omaha here; please consider clicking through to support the content. Click here to view the article
  4. I just checked today's AFL game and Eddie Rosario got a double in his first at-bat. We Twins fans shouldn't get too worked up about minor league baseball played in Arizona in October and November. However, there isn't much else Twins related to follow, so all of a sudden it becomes important that Eddie Rosario is hitting .400 in off-season ball. Having said that, Rosario is following the script he needs to follow to make his Twins' debut early in 2015. He is undoing the tough season he had in AA and showing that he can play and excel with the best American prospects in baseball. As I write this, Rosario leads all AFL hitters in batting average. He is on the leaderboard in hits, stolen bases, and OBP. Most reports have him playing a more than respectable left field, with a couple of games in center. He has hit both lefties and right handers. To further his chances, Rosario needs to continue to hit in the remainder of the AFL and carry those results forward to Spring Training. I still think it would take a "perfect storm" for Eddie to break camp with the Twins, but with each success in the off-season, the perfect storm becomes more likely. I have said before that Aaron Hicks' two partial seasons with the Twins should not provide him with a leg up in making the club in 2015. His offensive performance was too dismal and his defense was adequate, certainly not enough to justify a roster spot. If Rosario outplays Hicks in the spring, he should be in front of him for promotion or for making the club. The Twins need to have more than Hicks and Rosario competing for a starting spot. With all the flux in the Twins' outfield, there is a chance that Eddie Rosario can undo all that went wrong in the past 12 months and claim a starting spot at some point on the 2015 Twins.
×
×
  • Create New...