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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 8:04:46 AM   
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I thought that would be a little clearer what I was saying. A big problem for Harper, as talented as he's been, has been a lack of ability to dial down the aggression. Lots of injuries (DL and nagging variety) over the last few years because of "aggressive" plays, both on the bases and in the field. Buxton should learn a lesson there.


I think Buxton has to learn that diving head first on the bases and in the field is just not something he should do. Last year it resulted in 2 wrist injuries and a concussion. So far this year he will miss 6 weeks with a thumb injury. That's 4 injuries that have cost him about a season's worth of games in a year and a half as a direct result of diving head first.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 8:44:36 AM   
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I read somewhere they have to pay a penalty to sign Javier for 4 million however if they sign him for 3.9 or so they don't. I'm hoping it's actually 3.9.


They are taxed at 100% if they go over their allotment.  So, if their allotment is 3.9 million and they pay Javier 4 million they are only taxed $100,000.


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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 8:52:31 AM   
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I thought that would be a little clearer what I was saying. A big problem for Harper, as talented as he's been, has been a lack of ability to dial down the aggression. Lots of injuries (DL and nagging variety) over the last few years because of "aggressive" plays, both on the bases and in the field. Buxton should learn a lesson there.


I think Buxton has to learn that diving head first on the bases and in the field is just not something he should do. Last year it resulted in 2 wrist injuries and a concussion. So far this year he will miss 6 weeks with a thumb injury. That's 4 injuries that have cost him about a season's worth of games in a year and a half as a direct result of diving head first.


It is costing him development time. TO act as if Buxton is going to walk right into the starting CF job next year and be the man there for the next 15 years or so is crazy. I am just keeping my fingers crossed at this point. I am hoping we can get 250 at bats out of him next year. How he hits I have no idea. I'm expecting it to be better than Hicks, but then again....I really have no idea.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 12:35:44 PM   
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Darren Wolfson retweeted
DPL ‏@DPLBaseball 26m26 minutes ago
#Twins and Wander Javier make it official. $4.0MM.
http://dplbaseball.com/?p=46801
@mlbtraderumors

I read somewhere they have to pay a penalty to sign Javier for 4 million however if they sign him for 3.9 or so they don't. I'm hoping it's actually 3.9.


They are taxed at 100% if they go over their allotment.  So, if their allotment is 3.9 million and they pay Javier 4 million they are only taxed $100,000.


OK thanks for the clarification on that but doesn't it also limit us for next season as another penalty.
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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 12:57:40 PM   
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http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150701&content_id=133814644&fext=.jsp&vkey=stock_watch&sid=milb

Kepler asked this year...to

PULL THE BALL

*attention Joe Mauer*

Growing up in Germany, Max Kepler had a choice between playing soccer and baseball. Most of his countrymen chose the former above all else. Kepler decided to go the other way.

Since arriving stateside, the Twins' prospect has had a similar approach at the plate. It worked pretty well for him, too, as he hit .264 in 102 games with Class A Advanced Fort Myers last year.

But the 22-year-old -- the son of ballet dancers, including a Texan mother -- has expanded his game this season. Rapidly, the 6-foot-4 outfielder and first baseman has blossomed from a prospect project to a complete hitter having his way with Double-A.

You don't need a Technische Universität Berlin engineering degree to see just how good Kepler has been with Double-A Chattanooga this year. In 64 games, he's batting .336 with a .940 OPS. He's ripped three homers, eight triples and 22 doubles. He's walked nearly as often as he's struck out. And in June, he's done all those things even better, batting .364 with a 1.052 OPS.

According to Lookouts hitting coach Chad Allen, the difference is that the left-handed hitter has expanded his approach to include more assertiveness, particularly when it comes to pulling the ball.

"When he first got here, Max was a guy who mainly tried to hit to left-center field," Allen said. "That's a good thing for a young kid, but we got him to also be more aggressive, between me and [manager Doug] Mientkiewicz. Get him to be more aggressive to right-center and right field."

Kepler gave the approach a try early in the season, and after hitting .359 in May, he fully bought into the more aggressive approach. The results have driven his confidence, which has soared on and off the field in the years since he arrived from Germany.

"He was a very shy kid. He didn't know a lot of people coming from Germany," Allen said. "He's now a kid who runs around with his teammates. Everybody hangs around Max. He's a good kid, outgoing. I think he's gotten used to the fact of being around teammates more and gotten more comfortable with the game itself."

The 22-year-old Berlin native has also made dramatic improvements with his platoon splits. After the 2013 season, the Twins wanted to see Kepler improve against same-side arms after he hit just .117 against lefties in Cedar Rapids. Kepler balanced his platoon splits last year, posting a .691 OPS against lefties compared to a .735 OPS versus righties.

This year, Kepler has a .910 OPS against lefties and a .990 OPS against righties. He's mashing regardless of which side the ball comes from.

"He's staying in there and letting the ball travel longer," Allen said. "That kind of goes back to his process of going to left-center. That's allowed him to hit lefties better. At the same time, now against lefties, he's still using the left-center part of the field, but also he's being aggressive to right-center, so if they do throw a fastball, he can turn and burn it."

On top of all that, Kepler has become a versatile and valuable piece defensively. Per Allen, his best position is in either outfield corner, where he gets the most out of his average speed and arm with strong reads and an ability to make plays on the ball. He's played more first base than outfield this year, but while he's a solid defender on the dirt, Allen said Kepler has only played so much first this year because of team necessity.

"He's a really good outfielder," Allen said. "He can play first base, don't get me wrong. But he's really good in right field and left field and he can also go out and play center field 2-3 times a week."


BTW there's a chart that compares 2014 and 2015

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 5:45:20 PM   
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GCL Twins won 4-3 in 13 innings Friday

Palacios 3-6/R/RBI, Arraez 3-6/RBI, Diaz 1-3/2BB/R, Blankenhorn 1-5/double/BB, Cabbage 1-5/R

Hernandez 2IP 4H/3R/2BB
Gonzalez 3IP 4K
Pearce 1.1IP H/BB
Cordy .2IP 2BB 0-2 IRS
Lujan IP K 0-3 IRS
Mazza 2IP BB/K
Lands 2IP 2H
Poulson 1-0 IP 2BB/2K

7 batters were HBP in this game.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/3/2015 10:36:46 PM   
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Rochester won 6-5 in 16 innings.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/4/2015 8:54:52 AM   
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Rochester won 6-5 in 16 innings.


Arcia 1-4/2R HR(3)/2R, Fryer 1-5/BB/2R HR(2)

Berrios 5.2IP 8H/5R/4ER/BB/4K
Hamburber IP H/K
O'Rouke .1IP 0-1 IRS
Tonkin 3IP 8K
Achter 2IP H/3BB/4K
Darnell 2-0 4Ip 3H/3BB/6K



Chatt dropped 2 with little offense

3-1 loss, 5 hits, Polanco 2-4/RBI, Harrison 1-3/R

Hurlbut 3-4 5IP 6H/3R/4BB/3K
Muren 2IP K

6-1 loss, also 5 hits

Polanco 2-4/double, Kepler 1-4/double(21)/R/3K, Gonzales 1-3/double
1-9 RISP

Wimmers 5-2 5IP 7H/4R/BB/3K
Reed IP H/R/K
Chargois IP H/R/HR


FTM Lost 4-3 in 10 innings
Kanzler 2-5/double/Solo HR(6)/3RBI, Haar 2-4, Mejia 2-5/E(4), Garver 1-3/double/BB

Eades 4IP 5H/2R/2BB/5K
Williams 2IP 2H/R/BB/K
Summers 3IP 2H/K
Van Steensel 1-3 .1IP H/R/HR


CRapids lost 4-1. 5 hits

White 1-3/BB/R, Gordon 1-4/RBI(30), Doe 1-4/double

Wilson 5-3 1.2IP 3H/3R/4BB
Bard 3.1IP 0-3 IRS 3H/2K
Booser 3IP H/UER/BB/3K


Eliz was rained out.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/4/2015 10:17:34 AM   
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Interesting stuff on Kepler, Ed. Actually it isn't all too interesting. It reads like common sense.

If a hitter pulled the ball almost exclusively this franchise used to obsess over it and do everything to try to correct it. Why is it not the other way around?
If a player cannot pull the ball with authority then I consider that to be a hole ini their game. Anyone worth their salt as a hitter needs to have a happy spot where they can see that pitch and jump all over it. Serving a single to left when you see a pitch in your happy zone makes no sense. A hitter should want to do more than that. Good on the Twins for getting Kepler to understand this

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/4/2015 11:32:03 AM   
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Good on the Twins for getting Kepler to understand this


My ? is, why did it take Dougie to figure this out. And why this long?

Naturally, players will have more power pulling the ball.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/4/2015 2:04:36 PM   
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Fireworks for the GCL Twins on the 4th, 11-1 win

13 hits

Arraez 3-6/2 doubles/R/2RBI, Palacios 3-5/2R/RBI/SB(2), Blankenhorn 2-3/double/2BB/R/2RBI, Olson 2-5/R, Cabbage 1-3/2BB/R, Hayman 1-3/double/2BB/R/RBI,Andrade 1-4/R/2RBI, Diaz 1-5/R/RBI

Ramirez 2-0 5IP 2H/R/3BB/6K
Condeelis 2IP H/4K
Pryor IP 2K
Quezada IP BB/K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/5/2015 6:01:42 AM   
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Saturday night

Roch lost 4-3. Gave up 2 in the top/8th

Arcia 1-4/2R HR(4), Beresford 2-4/double/R, Rodriguez 2-4/R, ORtiz/Wilkin(SB/4) 2-4.

Polanco was promoted to AAA, debuted with a 1-4 night, 2 fielding errors

Duffey 7IP 4H/2UER/4BB/2K
Meyer BS/3-4 2IP 4H/2R/BB/K


Chatt was 2-hit 3-0

Kepler 1-3, Menesses 1-2/BB

Lee 0-2 8IP 7H/3R/2K

(Buxton/Polanco/Sano all gone, Chatt has strugged on offense. Shows you what lack of depth below them, this org has)


FTM won 5-3

Granite 2-4/triple/BB/R, Walker 2-4/RBI, Christensen 2-4/RBI/SB(12),Kanzler 2-4, Garver 1-1/2BB/3R/SB(3)

Batts 3-2 6IP 2H/2BB/6K
Gallant 2IP H/BB/2K
Jay .2IP 2H/3R/1ER/BB/K
Van Steensel .1IP H/2-3 IRS/Save(10)


CRapids won 4-0 on a combined 5-hitter

Corcino 2-4/double/R, English 1-3/RBI, White 1-3/triple/R, Kelly 1-2/Triple/R

Tillery 5-3 7IP 5H/BB/3K
LeBlanc 2IP 2BB/2K


Eliz was ripped 10-3

Guzman 2-4/BB/RBI, Kihle 2-4/R, Montesino 1-4/2RBI/SB(1)

Easton 0-2 1.2Ip 3H/4R/5BB
Hernandez 1.1IP 1-1 IRS 8H/5R/BB
Gercken 3IP 2-2 IRS 4H/R/BB/2K
Stirewalt 2IP H/2K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 7:37:57 AM   
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Sunday:

Roch was 5-hit, 4-2

Martinez 1-4/2R HR(3), Arcia 1-3/E(2)

Rogers 7-5 6.1IP 9H/4R/3ER/6K/HR
Hamburger 1.2IP K
Thielbar IP 2H


Chatt lost 3-2
Walker 2-4/double(19)/RBI(69), Michael 2-5/double/SB(9), Walker 2-3/double/BB,Goodrum 1-4/Solo HR(2)/E(1)

Baxendale 4IP 3H/2R/1ER/BB/4K/HR
Boer 2IP H/3BB/K
DJohnson IP H/R/BB/K
Chargois IP 2BB


FTM won 5-4, thanks to a 3-run 8th

Swim 2-3/2R,Knecht 1-4/2RBI, Vielma 1-3/R/SB(20)

Stewart 7IP 5H/3R/2ER/2BB/6K/HR/E(5)
Gilbert 3-2 IP UER/BB
Burdi IP 2H/K/Save(1)


CRapids 14 hits,survived 5-run 9th, winning 9-6

Fernandez 3-5/2doubles(14)/2R/4RBI, Gordon 2-5/double/R/SB(19), Corcino 2-4/BB/2R/SB(5),Navaretto 3-4/double/R/2RBI, Doe 1-5/Solo HR(3)

Rosario 4.2IP 4H/5K
Bixler 2.1IP 3H/R/BB/2K/HR/0-2 IRS
Theofanopoulos 2IP7H/5R/3K


Eliz won 5-2, 3 in the sixth, 2 in the 7th

Diemer 3-4/2R HR(3)/2R, Molina 2-3/BB/R, Young 1-3/BB/R, Miller 2-5/R

Stashak 1-0 5IP 3H/BB/5K
Clay 2IP 4H/R/BB/2K
Abreu 1.1IP 3H/R/BB/K
Mciver .2IP 2K/Save(1)/0-2 IRS

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 8:24:33 AM   
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June 26-July 1

Minnesota Twins
Draft pick signed: 1B Chris Paul (6)
Released: 3B Ryan Wheeler
Recalled: RHP Alex Meyer, SS Danny Santana
Optioned to Double-A: 1B Kennys Vargas
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Keaton Steele, RHP Zack Jones
Reinstated from DL: RHP Dallas Gallant, LHP Randy Rosario, 3B Nate Hanson


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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 9:17:29 AM   
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Didn't make it to E-Ton, Ed. Calling for rain tonight so I made other plans. I'll try to make it in the next couple weeks and make a report. Ditto for Ft. Myers and GCL; trying to get there this month as well as part of my annual affiliate trek.

Will be interesting to see how Kepler, Walker, Polanco, Goodrum, and Harrison do now. What's crazy is that is STILL a good lineup, even without 2 of the very best young players in the sport.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 10:56:50 AM   
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Didn't make it to E-Ton, Ed. Calling for rain tonight so I made other plans. I'll try to make it in the next couple weeks and make a report. Ditto for Ft. Myers and GCL; trying to get there this month as well as part of my annual affiliate trek.

Will be interesting to see how Kepler, Walker, Polanco, Goodrum, and Harrison do now. What's crazy is that is STILL a good lineup, even without 2 of the very best young players in the sport.


Plus Vargas if he gets angry and works hard and doesn't pout.


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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 11:27:12 AM   
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Certainly beats the heck out of Gonzalez and DJ Hicks.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 11:44:07 AM   
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At least Dougie will give them a fair assessment

RH RP Scott Atchison, who pitched for Cleveland this year and signed with the #MNTwins over the weekend, is on the Chattanooga roster.

Taking Polanco's spot:

Aderling Mejia has also been transferred to Chattanooga from Ft. Myers.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 11:54:14 AM   
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Totally missed Polanco being called up to AAA. Good to see. I don't think he had much more he could prove at AA.

Ditto for Kepler of course.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 12:21:10 PM   
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I have my ticket for Chattanooga's game tonight. One perk of living in Jacksonville, FL and having AA baseball in your city. I am sitting right behind the Twins dugout. Hopefully the rain stays away.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 1:38:22 PM   
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Adam, is that you man?

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 2:20:10 PM   
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This is Matt Peterson. Originally from Lanesboro, Minnesota-the best place on earth to spend a relaxing weekend.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 2:21:20 PM   
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Ahh, hey Matt. Stay back in here, dude.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 2:30:18 PM   
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I figure if I post from the game tonight, my post count might reach triple digits...

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RE: Players and prospects III - 7/6/2015 2:37:32 PM   
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This is Matt Peterson. Originally from Lanesboro, Minnesota-the best place on earth to spend a relaxing weekend.


Home of the Burros, still battling to remain by themselves in all HS sports.
Bike traffic in the summer there gets crazy.

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