Twins Prospect Watch Thread

[slinky]

after last nights game, i hope he improves his defense. Rondell white may have an arm like a 3 yr old, but he doesnt turn his back twice on the way to catch a warning track fly. Obviously he doesnt play there much in the dome, but this will be his third year dealing with it. Its time he starts. (the same thing happened a few times last year)

[Klomp]

Casilla was called up today along with Rabe to replace White and Cirillo.

[kg2005]

Not a huge fan of the Casilla decision, but its not the worst move ever.

[slinky]

yeah i am not sure about casilla either. According to the Twins, Rabe is getting the start tonight in LF. I wouldnt be surprised to see tyner get regular starts in LF though. Kubel might have shelved his OF playing for a while with last nights miscue.

If tyner starts than casilla will most likely be used in the Tyner role, as a pinch runner/late game bunter. Thats why they claim Kubel started in left over Tyner, cause they liked his versatility off the bench.

FYI

Perkins pitched very well his first game in AAA

[kg2005]

He really did. I hope that doesn't make the Twins take him over Garza the first time necessary.

[kg2005]

The Twins are struggling, to say the least.

[kg2005]

I did a quick update on Triple A- I was bored.

[TheFranchise21]

I give it like 4 starts max for Ponson before Garza gets called up.

[kg2005]

You have to give Ponson a little more credit, he was facing the 1927 Yankees reincarnated. Plus he was really unlucky with his defense.

[TheFranchise21]

He looked incredibly nervous on the mound, he was sweating buckets of sweat. Like I said, I think he'll have 3 more bad starts and then 1 pretty bad start and then Garza will get called up.

[slinky]

with perkins now called up, he might sneak in a spot start, if silva or ponson struggle in their next few outings.

[horaceworthy]

Did a wholesale update.

Our AAA position players are pretty much disappointing across the board, but there are some bright spots in AA. I guess that makes sense, since for the most part, our AAA players are first round picks who have disappointed. Well, maybe not "for the most part", but definitely in the case of Matt Moses and Denard Span. The season is still young, plenty of time for them to turn it around.

The AA guys, in particular David Winfree and Trevor Plouffe, are doing well though. Hopefully Winfree sticks around all year this time around, the Twins could really use a guy like him. Decent defense at third, gets on base well, and he's got good power. Plouffe's always been seen as a good glove with an excellent arm, and he's shown good power and patience at every stop he's made, he's just had trouble making contact. If he keeps this up, and Winfree does the same, we could be looking at a Morneau/Casilla/Plouffe/Winfree infield in a year or two.

[kg2005]

The Snappers seem to be struggling as well.

[TheFranchise21]

Plouffe was a first rounder right?

And Winfree was our Minor League Player of the Year a year or two ago but then left for personal reasons the next season right?

[kg2005]

Plouffe was a 1st round pick, yes. I don't remember the reason that Winfree was gone last year, I thought it was injuries.