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McMurfy -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 10:49:23 AM)

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ORIGINAL: sixthwi

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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suddenly stacked with quality young arms.

On Tuesday, Seth wrote about the dilemma that the Twins face, with Tommy Milone forcing his way back into the picture by decimating Triple-A hitters while no spots in the MLB rotation are necessarily open.


I surely would not go with "stacked"

half of the group has pitched at AAA

And there really should be no dilemma. Pelfrey has returned to form, and that's lousy. Milone deserves another shot.



Stacked? Are you sure this shouldn't be in the idle talk thread with the Twins Peaks and Hooters discussion?




Mountains of potential



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 10:53:09 AM)

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ORIGINAL: McMurfy

I'd like to see Meyer brought up to pitch in the pen.
Start with one inning at a time, eventually stretch him out.
We need to get him to Neil Allen ASAP.

Disclaimer

I know he has not earned it, I don't want that pissing match.


Completely the same page here, Murf.



TJSweens -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 12:32:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: McMurfy

I'd like to see Meyer brought up to pitch in the pen.
Start with one inning at a time, eventually stretch him out.
We need to get him to Neil Allen ASAP.

Disclaimer

I know he has not earned it, I don't want that pissing match.



Until this year I was firmly in the NO F***ING WAY camp when it came to pitching Meyer out of the pen, but this year he is obviously fruit starting to rot on the vine. I think getting him up here even short term to work with Allen and pick a few spots for him out of the pen isn't a bad idea.



twinsfan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 1:04:17 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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suddenly stacked with quality young arms.

.On Tuesday, Seth wrote about the dilemma that the Twins face, with Tommy Milone forcing his way back into the picture by decimating Triple-A hitters while no spots in the MLB rotation are necessarily open


I surely would not go with "stacked"

half of the group has pitched at AAA

And there really should be no dilemma. Pelfrey has returned to form, and that's lousy. Milone deserves another shot.


[&:][&:][&:] What's the freaking dilemma? There is at least one open spot in the rotation w/ Pelfrey taking one up. Add May and Nolasco as iffy-at-best. Seth is, as usual, ridiculous in overstating things.



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 7:11:28 PM)

Triple number EIGHT for Buxton tonight in the early going. And the 9th double of the year for Kepler, who is now batting .344 with an OPS of .907. ON FIRE

Love that squad.



SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 7:14:45 PM)

Would like to see more doubles out of Buston.



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 7:15:45 PM)

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ewen21 -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 8:31:20 PM)

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Triple number EIGHT for Buxton tonight in the early going. And the 9th double of the year for Kepler, who is now batting .344 with an OPS of .907. ON FIRE

Love that squad.


Good to see. Great story



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 8:31:26 PM)

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Triple number EIGHT for Buxton tonight in the early going. And the 9th double of the year for Kepler, who is now batting .344 with an OPS of .907. ON FIRE

Love that squad.


8 triples. Most guys are lucky to get that all season(those w/decent speed)

Whoops

2 triples tonight

9 on the year now



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:40:41 PM)

Kepler and Walker have HR'd and Chatt has a blow out.



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:43:22 PM)

Unreal. Sano 2 doubles tonight as well.



SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:44:45 PM)

Kepler and Bryce Harper got shipments last week that were incredible. [:-][:-]



SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:45:50 PM)

I'm surprised how quiet it's been about Walker. He seemed impressive this spring.



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:50:18 PM)

Big offense for Chatt, 2 4run innings results in 11-5 win

Meneses 2-4/double/4RBI, Sano 3-5/2doubles(9)/R/2RBI, Buxton 2-4/2 triples(9)/BB/2R, Kepler 2-4/double(9)/BB/2R HR(2), Turner 2-4/double/BB/2R, Walker 1-5/2R HR(10)/E(2), Polanco 1-4/BB/R/RBI, Harrison 1-4/BB/R/Assist@3rd

Baxendale 6IP 7H/4R/2BB/4K/HR
Reed 2-2 2IP H/K/
Jones IP 2H/R


Eades and Offense click in FTM's 7-2 win

Now 3-1, Eades 7IP 3H/UER/BB/3K
Muren IP
Chargois IP H/UER/K

Kanzler 3-5/BB/R/RBI, Haar 3-4/double/BB, Goodrun 1-3/double/2BB/2R/RBI/SB(9)/E(9), Vielma 2-4/R



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:52:35 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I'm surprised how quiet it's been about Walker. He seemed impressive this spring.


He's been pretty good. But he really is all power. Still a lot of holes in his plate discipline. But when he does hit one, he HITS one. I've made the comparison before, but I could see him being a Chris Carter type player in the bigs.

That lineup is just so damn loaded. Imagine being a AA pitcher having to face that 1-6. Their 5th hitter, Kepler, has an OPS above .900 and a .344 average. And their 6th hitter, Walker, has 10 jacks already.



SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:53:43 PM)

I usually don't go for those types ......



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:56:03 PM)

15 knocks. Sano up to .235 after a bad a start you could have.

Walker is a guy i really want success from. Serious threat all the time. Need more like that. K's? I could care less. That's how the game is today.



SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:57:33 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

15 knocks. Sano up to .235 after a bad a start you could have.

Walker is a guy i really want success from. Serious threat all the time. Need more like that. K's? I could care less. That's how the game is today.

Bingo
Bench bat at some point ....



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 9:58:48 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

15 knocks. Sano up to .235 after a bad a start you could have.

Walker is a guy i really want success from. Serious threat all the time. Need more like that. K's? I could care less. That's how the game is today.


Ya, I don't mind the K's too much. But he needs to be better than he has been. Before tonight he had 51 already to only 11 walks. And a .295 OBP. That's not going to get it done as he gets to higher levels.



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 10:01:35 PM)

Roch walked off in 10 8-7, on a bases loaded single by Farris(1-6/rbi)

Vargas 3-4/BB/2R, Ortiz 2-5/double/2R/2RBI(27-league leader), Diaz 3-4/double/BB/R/2RBI, Beresford 2-5/R, Fryer 1-4/BB/2RBI

Wheeler 6IP 9H/6R/2BB/7K/HR
Stauffer (BS) .2IP 2H/R/BB/
Hamburger .2IP 0-1 IRS 2BB
Thielbar 2-1 2.2IP 0-2 IRS 2H 3BB/3K



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 10:02:25 PM)

Gonsalves should get the win tonite. 6IP H/3BB/7K



djskillz -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/20/2015 10:03:39 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Gonsalves should get the win tonite. 6IP H/3BB/7K


Stud



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/21/2015 6:29:23 AM)

CRapids combined on a 1-hitter, 8-0

Gonsalves 4-1 6IP H/3BB/yK
Cederoth 2IP 3K
TIllery IP K

offensively, 5 with 2 hits or more.

Doe 3-5/double/RBI, Schmit 2-4/double/BB/R/2RBI, Larson 2-5/double/2RBI, Vavra 2-4/BB/2R, Kelly 2-5/2R, White 0-3/2BB/2R/SB(5)



Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/21/2015 7:32:52 AM)


Across 23 Double-A games this season, Kepler is batting .326/.363/.500 with 11 extra-base hits (entering play on 5/19). He hasn't had a slugging percentage of .500 or higher since his second trip through the Appalachian League back in 2012. He's also never hit over .300 at any level.

Besides improving his numbers at the plate, Kepler is also making waves with the other parts of his game. He's already stolen six bases this year after totaling six steals all of last season. His career high in steals is seven so he is well on his way to breaking that mark.

On defense, he's split time between all three outfield positions and first base. He's been perfect fielding in the outfield to go along with an assist from right field, the outfield spot he's played the most. At first base, he's committed two errors but his fielding percentage is still higher than it was last season.

Kepler's improvements this season definitely make him a player to watch. There's a good chance the Twins will see many of the top prospects debut at some point this season and this could mean Kepler shoots up prospect lists next off-season, with the potential to be a top 100 prospect in all of baseball.


There's still a lot of season left but Kepler has shown some early season signs that he's ready to break out in a big way.



Phil Riewer -> RE: Players and prospects III (5/21/2015 7:44:57 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed


Across 23 Double-A games this season, Kepler is batting .326/.363/.500 with 11 extra-base hits (entering play on 5/19). He hasn't had a slugging percentage of .500 or higher since his second trip through the Appalachian League back in 2012. He's also never hit over .300 at any level.

Besides improving his numbers at the plate, Kepler is also making waves with the other parts of his game. He's already stolen six bases this year after totaling six steals all of last season. His career high in steals is seven so he is well on his way to breaking that mark.

On defense, he's split time between all three outfield positions and first base. He's been perfect fielding in the outfield to go along with an assist from right field, the outfield spot he's played the most. At first base, he's committed two errors but his fielding percentage is still higher than it was last season.

Kepler's improvements this season definitely make him a player to watch. There's a good chance the Twins will see many of the top prospects debut at some point this season and this could mean Kepler shoots up prospect lists next off-season, with the potential to be a top 100 prospect in all of baseball.


There's still a lot of season left but Kepler has shown some early season signs that he's ready to break out in a big way.


Ed, how long do they have control of Kepler since they signed him at 16 and he is 22 now?



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