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Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 12:51:42 PM)

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Gonsalves pitches today. One to watch progress.


Should move up in 2nd half, after the draft.

Hopefully

9 up/9 down with 5K's so far today, on 39 pitches




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 12:53:26 PM)

Gonslaves is a pup but has some potential. 2 great starts so far. 19 strike outs in 13 innings. Make it 3 today kid. 4th round pick in 2013.

14th ranked prospect in the org right now.


Here is his scouting report from way back:

As a senior at San Diego's Cathedral Catholic High, where he was a year ahead of 2014 No. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken, Gonsalves was suspended for eight games after lying to the school's dean about a roommate's drug use during a national tournament in Cary, N.C. That setback dropped the talented lefthander out of an expected draft spot in the late first round. Lanky and athletic, Gonsalves is an accomplished surfer who still has plenty of projection. His average fastball sits at 88-92 mph and will occasionally touch 94, though he needs to command the inner half better. His spike curveball and slider continue to show improvement, while his split-changeup is an average offering with the potential for more. Intelligent with a quiet competitive streak, Gonsalves should advance to high Class A Fort Myers in 2015, projecting as a No. 4 starter unless one of his pitches develops into a plus.




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 12:55:59 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

quote:

Gonsalves pitches today. One to watch progress.


Should move up in 2nd half, after the draft.

Hopefully

9 up/9 down with 5K's so far today, on 39 pitches



He's rolling again.

he should pick up the young lefty to watch torch from Thorpe as we go on in 2015.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 12:57:22 PM)

They list him at 6'5"/190

Lefty. Please advance this year.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 12:58:21 PM)

CRapids team ERA coming in was around 2.20

Big reason starting the day 10-4




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:01:31 PM)

4IP H/6K 49 pitches. So he's challenging the hitters.
ERA is currently 1.06




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:10:00 PM)

5IP H/8K on 59 pitches




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:22:39 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Stacey King

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

quote:

Gonsalves pitches today. One to watch progress.


Should move up in 2nd half, after the draft.

Hopefully

9 up/9 down with 5K's so far today, on 39 pitches



He's rolling again.

he should pick up the young lefty to watch torch from Thorpe as we go on in 2015.



The REAL young lefty to watch.

While the TWINS will be watching Taylor Rogers with more interest as the next lefty to come to the bigs.




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:23:52 PM)

They're playing in Appleton today, only about 30 miles down the road. Wish I was there.




SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:25:11 PM)

Get in the car dude




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:26:29 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Get in the car dude


Damn work [X(]




sixthwi -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:27:41 PM)

CR plays in Appleton three more series this year. Hope to make at least one game.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:34:29 PM)

Check your scheduled starters, and make sure you see Gonsalves before he moves on

6IP H/10K on 74 pitches. [:-]




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:37:20 PM)

CRapids small-ball'd 2 runs

single
bunt single
double steal
Sac fly
Walk
steal
strikeout, throw to first, runner scores from 3rd.




SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:39:00 PM)

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ORIGINAL: sixthwi

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Get in the car dude


Damn work [X(]

Hate how it constantly gets in the way.
Need me a Matty job.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:46:22 PM)

7IP 90 pitches 1H/1BB/11K

0.90 ERA in 3 starts




SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:47:59 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

7IP 90 pitches 1H/1BB/11K

0.90 ERA in 3 starts

[:-][:-][:-]
How can we screw him up?




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:48:26 PM)

He is surfin' through these batters like they are nothing.




SoMnFan -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:49:23 PM)

Is this one of those guys whose mother won't let him play at Target until he's 30? Hope not.
We've got a bunch of those already.




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 1:58:08 PM)

Seth Stohs @SethTweets
I may agree w this. RT @MikeBatesSBN Barring injury, Gonsalves might be the best Twins pitching prospect not named Jose Berrios right now.




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 2:12:50 PM)

from 3 /4 weeks ago...

Gonsalves Will Have a New Pitch When He Returns to Cedar Rapids


Ask Minnesota Twins pitching prospect Stephen Gonsalves about his offseason and the first thing he may mention is his vacation to Australia with fellow Twins pitching prospects Lewis Thorpe and Sam Gibbons.

“It was Sam’s 21st birthday so we made a little vacation out of it,” Gonsalves explained on Friday, while watching his Cedar Rapids Kernels teammates take on a group of Tampa Bay Rays Class A prospects.

But hanging out with Aussies Thorpe and Gibbons down-under for a couple of weeks was just one small part of Gonsalves’ winter.

The 20-year-old lefty starting pitcher played a crucial role in the playoff drive the Kernels put together during the second half of the 2014 season. He notched a 3.19 Earned Run Average while striking out 44 batters in just 36.2 innings of work over eight starts with Cedar Rapids.

Some young pitchers might have felt satisfied with those numbers and focused their offseason workouts on simply adding some muscle or improving their conditioning, but not Gonsalves.

The young Californian combined a 90 mph fastball with an effective slow curve and an equally effective change up to solidify his ranking as a consensus top 20 prospect within the Twins’ organization heading in to 2015.

Rather than being satisfied with that, Gonsalves went home after participating in fall instructional league and went to work on broadening his arsenal of pitching weapons.

“Right after instructs, I went home and started working out that next week,” Gonsalves said.

“Home” for Gonsalves is San Diego, California, and he wasn’t working out alone there. He worked out with a couple of other well-credentialed pitchers with San Diego ties.

“I was able to work out with Stephen Strasburg this whole offseason, got to pick his brain a lot,” Gonsalves recalled. “James Shields was there, also. So I got to mix in a lot with those guys and kind of pick their brains the entire offseason. Helped me out a little mechanically on the hill, also.”

Strasburg and Shields were both rotation leaders for Major League postseason participants last year, Strasburg with the Washington Nationals and Shields with the Kansas City Royals. Shields inked a new deal as a free agent this offseason with the San Diego Padres.

“I was working on a slider,” said Gonsalves. “That’s what Shields is known for, his slider, so I got to work with him for about a month just specifically on that pitch for a while. It’s coming along nicely. The Twins are starting to like it.”

So far this spring, the results seem to be positive. He’s been in Ft. Myers since March 1, well before the minor leaguers began playing games. He’s made three solid appearances, building up his pitch count and getting ready to head north to Cedar Rapids when camp breaks the first full week of April.

Gonsalves acknowledged that he’s likely to be one of just a small number of 2014 Kernels returning to open the new campaign in Cedar Rapids, but he’s looking forward to opening the year with the new crew of Kernels.

“We’re going to have a whole new team, pretty much, (but) we’re going to have a good little squad together. It’s going to be fun. We’re going to be a little scrappy team.”




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 2:15:36 PM)

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Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 2:23:25 PM)

Unofficial Season Stats for Stephen Gonsalves's 3 starts: 2-0, 20 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 HB, 30 K. 0.90 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, 13.5 K/9, 0.90 BB/9




Mr. Ed -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 2:25:30 PM)

3 zip win for CRapids, now 11-4

Gonsalves 2-0 7IP H/BB/11K
Hildenberger 2IP 2K/Save(1)

Hinojosa 2-3/R/SB(1), Granite 1-3/BB/2R/SB(5)/Vavra 1-4/RBI


Roch rained out this afternoon.




Stacey King -> RE: Players and prospects III (4/23/2015 2:25:31 PM)

he's got 20/30 vision.

20 IP
30 K


Keep hanging out with Strasburg and Shields every off season, young man.




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