2K24: Minnesota Twins

[Hornsby]

He's under the Mendoza line and just back from an injury. Where should he bat? He has four tools, but the hit tool is the most important.

He should certainly bat ahead of Adrianza, and most likely Garver as well. Yeah, he's just back from an injury, but your doing his confidence no favors by batting him 9th.

[cavebird]

He's fresh off the DL, and he has speed; secondary leadoff hitter makes sense. (And I do have him in one league, but not daily, so he won't be back for me until Monday.). But seriously, he's 0-2 with two whiffs. He's not showing he needs to hit higher.

[Hornsby]

He's fresh off the DL, and he has speed; secondary leadoff hitter makes sense. (And I do have him in one league, but not daily, so he won't be back for me until Monday.). But seriously, he's 0-2 with two whiffs. He's not showing he needs to hit higher.

It's his 1st game back...it's not like they gave him a chance to show that he should hit higher. And wouldn't the secondary leadoff guy theory make more sense for a player who's actually hitting better?

Anyway, the problem tonight is Barrios...pitches are flat, no breaking ball to speak of. Something is amiss here I fear.

[Hammer]

Anyway, the problem tonight is Barrios...pitches are flat, no breaking ball to speak of. Something is amiss here I fear.

18 ER in last 18 innings over last 4 starts. Looks very hittable these days. Controls is still there. By amiss are you thinking arm issue or just dead arm type thing?

[Hornsby]

18 ER in last 18 innings over last 4 starts. Looks very hittable these days. Controls is still there. By amiss are you thinking arm issue or just dead arm type thing?

I don't think that it's a dead arm thing, his velocity seems to still be in the mid 90's, but man, that frisbee slider that he has just isn't there anymore...maybe something does hurt so that he can't throw his breaking stuff with the bite that it had. Very disappointing to watch...

[Mithrandir]

Ervin sure has taken a long time for what seemed like a simple procedure. But I'm not a doctor.

[Hornsby]

Ervin sure has taken a long time for what seemed like a simple procedure. But I'm not a doctor.

He threw 50 pitches yesterday in a bullpen, and should face live batter Monday and Thursday. Depending on how that goes, he'll probably get sent out for a rehab assignment.

I wouldn't look for him pitching again in the majors before June.

[Pauly]

What's the 'pen's take on Mitch Garver now that he is the FT starting catcher for the foreseeable future? Is he 2nd catcher quality in a mixed? I have been suffering thru a $1 Chance Sisco all season...worth a move?

[Hornsby]

What's the 'pen's take on Mitch Garver now that he is the FT starting catcher for the foreseeable future? Is he 2nd catcher quality in a mixed? I have been suffering thru a $1 Chance Sisco all season...worth a move?

He'll hit a bit, above .250, some power, but he's a brutal defender. Watching him is painful...it might eat into his AB's, but his competition is Bobby Wilson, so...

[chancellor]

He'll hit a bit, above .250, some power, but he's a brutal defender. Watching him is painful...it might eat into his AB's, but his competition is Bobby Wilson, so...

...the answer is yes, he'd probably be better than Sisco.

[chancellor]

So, the Twitterverse is saying Miguel Sano has been demoted all the way down to high-A.

Hope that's inaccurate.

[joncarlos]

So, the Twitterverse is saying Miguel Sano has been demoted all the way down to high-A.

Hope that's inaccurate.

Is he hurt? Sometimes players rehab wherever is most convenient.

[Ken]

Is he hurt?

Negative

[mjl]

Just sucking, apparently.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23794298/minnesota-twins-send-slumping-3b-miguel-sano-single-fort-myers

[Hornsby]

Is he hurt? Sometimes players rehab wherever is most convenient.

He's probably still not right from the surgery, so yeah, it's safe to say that he's physically at a point where he needs to do more to progress.

Ft. Myers is their ST site, it's modern, it's got all the things that he needs to tear himself back down and rebuild who he is. Coaches are there, Tech is there, and I doubt that he'll have to travel more than he wants to. Frankly, it's probably the best thing for him to do...

“We’re not going to follow the traditional view — just go get at-bats at Triple-A,” said Derek Falvey, the Twins’ chief baseball officer. “We wanted to take a step back and blank-canvas this a bit and say, ‘What do we think the best next steps are for him?’ … We can do a lot of things with the facility we have there, around strength and conditioning and the work you can do from that side.”

The Twins’ roving instructors are all in Fort Myers now, for instance, as the organization works with new draftees to form rookie-league teams, and the team’s weight room is major-league quality.

“We have a lot of staff there, inclusive of [hitting instructor] Freddy Guerrero, who’s really close with Miguel,” Falvey said. “We felt like that was the most supportive environment for what we’re going to try to achieve.”

And what’s the goal? Cutting down on strikeouts, restoring Sano’s pitch recognition, and working him into better physical shape.

“We have his best interests in mind,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “And we don’t feel right now that we’re getting what we need from him. He’s going to have to go down there and get to work.”

Sano said he understood and respected the Twins’ decision.

“I’m not mad. I’m happy because I’m struggling,” the 25-year-old Dominican said. “You know, this is an opportunity they gave me. I know they love me here and everything. … Everybody here trying to help me. It’s a chance to go there and work, and I’ll come back soon.

http://www.startribune.com/twins-send-miguel-sano-to-minors-after-loss-to-tigers/485595781/