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CPAMAN -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/16/2015 7:38:06 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Apparently the Twins may sell Kennys Vargas' contract to a Japanese team to free up roster space for Bungholio.

http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2015/11/16/twinsights-kennys-vargas-drawing-interest-from-asian-club/

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Can't say I'm surprised. Disappointed, for sure.

Some fan asked Berardino about Pinto's future, and his response was something like

"In a different uniform"

So it appears the Twins are moving on from a couple of these guys.

They're putting a lot of stock in Bung hole.

But they have more DH types coming up the road.


I hope someone within the media adopts the name Bung Hole to refer to this guy. What a great talkvikes nickname. One of our best. [8|]




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 9:23:37 AM)

7-3 loss Monday, only game played(others rained out)

Walker 0-4/4Ks

Turner 1-4/K

Reed 1.1IP 0-3 IRS H/K




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 10:20:43 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

7-3 loss Monday, only game played(others rained out)

Walker 0-4/4Ks

Turner 1-4/K

Reed 1.1IP 0-3 IRS H/K


Looks like Walker is doing a great job on cutting down on the K's [&o]




twinsfan -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 10:24:43 AM)

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ORIGINAL: sixthwi

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

7-3 loss Monday, only game played(others rained out)

Walker 0-4/4Ks

Turner 1-4/K

Reed 1.1IP 0-3 IRS H/K


Looks like Walker is doing a great job on cutting down on the K's [&o]

Hey! Too negative!




Phil Riewer -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 10:40:05 AM)

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

quote:

ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Apparently the Twins may sell Kennys Vargas' contract to a Japanese team to free up roster space for Bungholio.

http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2015/11/16/twinsights-kennys-vargas-drawing-interest-from-asian-club/

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Can't say I'm surprised. Disappointed, for sure.

Some fan asked Berardino about Pinto's future, and his response was something like

"In a different uniform"

So it appears the Twins are moving on from a couple of these guys.

They're putting a lot of stock in Bung hole.

But they have more DH types coming up the road.


I hope someone within the media adopts the name Bung Hole to refer to this guy. What a great talkvikes nickname. One of our best. [8|]


Do you really want someone on your supposedly favorite team called that? I don't. I want the guy to come in and be another Sano in the lineup.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 9:14:54 PM)

8-2 win Tuesday

Walker 0-4/RBI(18)/3K

Hildenberger 1.1IP 3K
Burdi IP BB/2K

Palka 0-3/sac fly/RBI(17)/K in 4-2 win




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/17/2015 10:20:56 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

8-2 win Tuesday

Walker 0-4/RBI(18)/3K

Hildenberger 1.1IP 3K
Burdi IP BB/2K

Palka 0-3/sac fly/RBI(17)/K in 4-2 win


Walker - 7 K's in his last 8 at bats - nice [:(]




SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/18/2015 8:38:08 AM)

Some call that our "outfield depth"




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/18/2015 9:42:30 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Some call that our "outfield depth"


Palka 0-4/3K's today too




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/18/2015 9:46:52 PM)


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Taylor Rogers just laughed when asked if he thought Tyler Duffey was aware of his mounting innings total, which reached 195 on Monday with a four-inning start in the Arizona Fall League.

“Oh, he’s aware, yeah,” said Rogers, a left-handed pitching prospect for the Twins. “That will be fun, to mess with him.”

You’ll recall that Duffey, Rogers and another Rochester lefty, Pat Dean, made a three-way wager back around midseason. It was winner-take-all, with top prize going to the pitcher who logged the most innings on the year.

Dean finished his Triple-A season with 179 innings, most in the minors. Rogers finished the regular season with 174, second only to Dean in the minors.

Duffey, meanwhile, tacked another 58 big-league innings onto a workload that started at Double-A Chattanooga this year. He finished his year with 196 innings and no doubt figured he was safely the winner of this good-natured bet.

Not so fast, Rogers said.

“When we made the bet, there were no asterisks,” Rogers said. “That was part of it. Pat Dean had a start where he got rained out in the second inning, so he was kind of behind, but we all agreed there were no asterisks.”

Rogers, who has a 2.57 earned run average in five starts with the Scottsdale Scorpions, should get at least one more start here in the desert and maybe two. He is lined up to start in the AFL championship game after working in relief last year as his Salt River club took the crown.

How does Rogers, who turns 25 in December, feel after increasing his innings by 29 percent over the career-high 150 2/3 he threw in 2014, including an injury-marred stint in Arizona?

“Not too bad, actually,” Rogers said. “A lot better than I thought. It is kind of nice to get up in this territory and learn what it’s like and learn more stuff about yourself. Hopefully I can do this every year.”

Rogers took a liner off the wrist from Addison Russell in his first AFL outing last fall but has avoided freak setbacks this time around. He was admittedly surprised the Twins sent him west after such a hearty innings total this year, but he was pleased to get a second chance to face many of the game’s top prospects.

He struggled with fastball command on Monday, throwing 30 balls among his first 57 pitches over the first three innings. He did get six swing-and-miss strikes in that span even while running up six three-ball counts (including three walks).

Rogers, who finished up with a solid fourth, has made a concerted effort to throw more changeups out here.

“I’ve been throwing that a lot more here, even when it doesn’t make sense,” Rogers said. “That’s what this place is for. Hopefully it’s better in spring training.”

Throwing as many as 15 changeups in an outing at the fall league, Rogers said he has even tried “tripling up with them and seeing what happens.” He doesn’t need the change against lefties, who had a .212 on-base percentage (.411 OPS) in 190 trips against him this year, but he could use another weapon against righties after they hit .330 with an .843 OPS that included 41 extra-base hits.

He has tried experimenting with his changeup grip, but there has been no magical click to this point.

“It’s not like you can go buy a changeup at the store,” he said. “It takes time. It’s frustrating at times but I just have to keep working at it. I’m just seeing what works and trying to find something that’s repeatable.”

His changeup produced a couple of swing-and-miss strikes on Monday. If he can hone that pitch, to go along with a fastball that was 88-90 mph on Monday and a mid-70s curveball, he should push for a big-league spot sometime during the first half of 2016.

Whether that’s at the back of the Twins rotation or in their bullpen remains to be seen. His career mastery of lefties, who managed just four walks against 54 strikeouts against him during the regular season, could make his path quicker as a situational reliever.

In the meantime, Rogers has a bet to win. What exactly is on the line, anyway?

“Just straight bragging rights,” he said. “That’s plenty.”

For good measure, there’s a “metaphorical title belt,” Rogers said, one that he believes is currently in Dean’s possession. If the no-asterisk policy is heeded, Rogers should receive his title belt in an official ceremony down in Fort Myers next February.

“We’ll do something, I’m sure,” he said. “It was fun. Good competition makes everybody else better. That was the best part: We were all pulling for each other.”




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/19/2015 4:41:40 PM)

4-2 loss to Salt River

Palka DNP

Walker 0-4/2K
Turner 0-3/BB/K




McMurfy -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/19/2015 4:49:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

4-2 loss to Salt River

Palka DNP

Walker 0-4/2K
Turner 0-3/BB/K



Hicks, 8 over Par
John Ryan Murphy, training in Russia with Rocky




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/21/2015 9:39:27 PM)

Scottsdale AZ Fall league champs, 6-4 win

Walker 2-4/double/3RBI

Turner 0-4

Rogers WP 3IP 2H/2K
Hildenberger IP K
Reed IP BB/3K
Burdi IP H/R/K/HR Save




MDK -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/22/2015 12:08:59 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Scottsdale AZ Fall league champs, 6-4 win

Walker 2-4/double/3RBI

Turner 0-4

Rogers WP 3IP 2H/2K
Hildenberger IP K
Reed IP BB/3K
Burdi IP H/R/K/HR Save


Turner demonstrated that he is clearly not ready for the big time.

Twins had to trade for a catcher or sign one this offseason.




ewen21 -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/22/2015 12:12:53 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MDK

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Scottsdale AZ Fall league champs, 6-4 win

Walker 2-4/double/3RBI

Turner 0-4

Rogers WP 3IP 2H/2K
Hildenberger IP K
Reed IP BB/3K
Burdi IP H/R/K/HR Save


Turner demonstrated that he is clearly not ready for the big time.

Twins had to trade for a catcher or sign one this offseason.


They absolutely had to. No way could we have kept the status quo and that is what it would have been.




McMurfy -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/22/2015 12:17:28 PM)

They traded for a cornerstone piece at a valuable position.
I was bummed to see Hicks go but thrilled they did something.




ewen21 -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/22/2015 12:55:57 PM)

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ORIGINAL: McMurfy

They traded for a cornerstone piece at a valuable position.
I was bummed to see Hicks go but thrilled they did something.


It was the right risk to take. The best prospect is baseball is earmarked for Hicks' position. Max Kepler has made strides and appears to be nearing readiness. Eddie Rosario can play out there and he is an above average bat. Does it set us back a little this year? Yes, probably in the outfield.

I don't like Ryan, but have to give him credit for taking a risk that could pay big dividends.

On a weird note.......
I had a dream about Aaron Hicks last night. He hit a pitch up in his eyes into the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. It was from the left side and it was a grand slam to win the ballgame. If you have ever seen Mickey Mantle's 500th HR it looked just like that as Hicks rounded the bases. Hicks simply had his head down and was running around the bases as the crowd went completely berzerk. I was rather spooked by this, I must say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioALzM98jaQ
Pick this up at 1:18 and instead of Mantle put Hicks in that uniform. It's basically what I saw.....
I woke up practically screaming[&:]




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/23/2015 8:59:26 PM)

CF Danny Ortiz, formerly of #Twins system, to minors deal. Ranked fifth in IL with 51 XBH (17 HR, 31 2B) in 2015.

#MNTwins have re-signed OF Shannon Wilkerson, per @BaseballAmerica. 27 yr old slashed .292/.355/.378 in 49 games for @ChattLookouts

Ex-#MNTwins RHP Adrian Salcedo, who received a pair of PED suspensions in 2015, has signed a MiLB deal w/#Dodgers




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/24/2015 10:33:02 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

CF Danny Ortiz, formerly of #Twins system, to minors deal. Ranked fifth in IL with 51 XBH (17 HR, 31 2B) in 2015.

#MNTwins have re-signed OF Shannon Wilkerson, per @BaseballAmerica. 27 yr old slashed .292/.355/.378 in 49 games for @ChattLookouts

Ex-#MNTwins RHP Adrian Salcedo, who received a pair of PED suspensions in 2015, has signed a MiLB deal w/#Dodgers




If formerly of the Twins, who did Ortiz sign with?




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/24/2015 10:53:10 AM)

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ORIGINAL: sixthwi

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

CF Danny Ortiz, formerly of #Twins system, to minors deal. Ranked fifth in IL with 51 XBH (17 HR, 31 2B) in 2015.

#MNTwins have re-signed OF Shannon Wilkerson, per @BaseballAmerica. 27 yr old slashed .292/.355/.378 in 49 games for @ChattLookouts

Ex-#MNTwins RHP Adrian Salcedo, who received a pair of PED suspensions in 2015, has signed a MiLB deal w/#Dodgers




If formerly of the Twins, who did Ortiz sign with?


Sorry, Pirates




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (11/27/2015 1:09:26 PM)

Not a single #MNTwins rep on @BaseballAmerica's top 24 prospects in this year's Arizona Fall League. Nick Burdi fell 2 IP shy of qualifying.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (12/1/2015 12:28:13 PM)

The busy offseason continues [;)]

Mike Quade to return as manager at @RocRedWings.

Stu Cliburn moves up from Chattanooga to be @RocRedWings pitching coach.

Chad Allen promoted from Chattanooga at hitting coach.

Process of elimination points to Ivan Arteaga and Tommy Watkins as pitching/hitting coaches for @ChattLookouts. Both highly regarded.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (12/1/2015 12:29:08 PM)

Jake back at CRapids

Brian Dinkleman is the hitting coach

JP Martinez the pitching coach




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (12/1/2015 12:30:17 PM)

And it's confirmed, Dougie at AA with Arteaga and Watkins




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (12/1/2015 12:38:39 PM)

HUGE offseason continues

#MNTwins announce Joel Lepel to return as field coordinator, Eric Rasmussen as pitching coordinator, Sam Perlozzo as baserunning/IF crdntr.




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