Twins-Bronx Bombers: Punto returns
Posted on May 31st, 2008 – 5:37 PMBy La Velle
The Twins activated Nick Punto from the disabled list and designated Howie Clark for assignment.
Punto was immediately inserted as the starting shortstop tonight - but I wouldn’t be surprised if Twins manager Ron Gardenhire sticks with him there for awhile.
Gardy values defense up the middle over offense, and Brendan Harris missed two plays in the field during Friday’s loss to the Yanks. I’m getting wind that Punto and Alexi Casilla will remain up the middle while Brendan Harris splits time at third with Mike Lamb.
All Gardy would say on the record before the game that he’s, “open to anything,” when asked if Harris is going to get playing time at third.
Boof Bonser is on the hill here. Scott Baker is on the hill at Fort Myers. Check in on the game here. Needless to say, this is a massive start for Boof.
Lineups
Bombers (27-27): 1. Johnny Damon, LF. 2. Derek Jeter, SS. 3. Bobby Abreu, RF. 4. A-Rod, 3B. 5. Hideki Matsui, DH. 6. Jason Giambi, 1B. 7. Robinson Cano, 2B. 8. Jose Molina, C. 9. Melky Cabrera, CF. Pitching: Wang.
Twins (28-26): 1. Carlos Gomez, CF. 2. Alexi Casilla, 2B. 3. Joe Mauer, C. 4. Justin Morneau, 1B. 5. Michael Cuddyer, RF. 6. Jason Kubel, DH. 7. Delmon Young, LF. 8. Mike Lamb, 3B. 9. Nick Punto, SS. Pitching: Boof.
158 Responses to "Twins-Bronx Bombers: Punto returns"
I had to take the back way to get to the blog. When I went to the strib sports page, Joe’s story about the Rays was below all three bloggers. Anyway, see you later Howie, you had a nice hit and Brendan, I think you’ll be looking for your sixth team before another year passes.
Here’s a hypothetical… what happens if Boof shuts out the Yankees tonight? Even to be fair, what if he goes 7 innings and gives up just one or even two runs? Then what?
Way to go Seth, you blew it!
Not yet! Two good frames for the Booooooof.
Boof works out of it, I guess you’re off the hook.
Baker is pitching 2 perfect innings (with 2 Ks) in Fort Myers
Trade Livan & prospect for a 3rd base prospect. Ride with young starters this season. They are not going to improve being moved to bullpen. we have young pitching depth, let’s use it!
Liriano, 3 IP 1 ER 2H 1 BB 3K for Rochester tonight. McDonald hit his 7th HR (a solo 2-out shot)
Baker: 3IP 1ER 2H 0BB 2K
Great job Punto… so glad he is back [/sarcasm]
They can’t trade Livan yet, not while they’re in contention. In a month they can. And, they don’t need a 3B prospect. They’ve got Danny Valencia (check LaVelle’s Minor League report!) and Luke Hughes as options and Deibinson Romero below that.
livan will not make the difference between the twins making or not making the playoffs. if somebody wants him bad enough and offers anything close to a major league infielder who can hit, i’d make that trade in a heartbeat.
You know, Baker is one guy that’s going to throw the pitching staff into flux…but what happens if they decide Liriano is ready to get called up?
Friggin’ unearned runs.
I would too… I’m just saying that they won’t do that. I would have no problem if they did, but I know most Twins fans would see it as throwing in the towel.
but I know most Twins fans would see it as throwing in the towel.
Keep in mind most people who would see it that way are the same people who felt dealing Ortiz and letting Cirillo get claimed last year were “cheapskate” moves as well.
Anyone else find it funny that a lot of people (coaches/manager/media) were talking as if Punto was returning and he was going to be a savior. Funny!
Anyway, Boof should be out of this, but at the same time, he’s got to pick up Punto and get the next guy out.
I have a feeling that liriano will be ready right about the time that Livan should be traded.
Punto, you suck get back on the DL we certainly didn’t miss you.
a major league infielder who can hit
ok. check time:
Casilla has been ok
Harris is ok
I don’t think that Livan can bring in Hanley Ramirez or Chase Utley
It’s a matter of Gardy not playing Punto
Throw Boof to the pen. Send Racoon a packing.
T - I agree with you completely… just acknowledging that perception unfortunately sometimes can influence things like that.
The other thing to remember is that there likely isn’t a team dumb enough to give up the kind of prospects right now that would make it a no-brainer decision for the Twins.
Yeah, I was glad to have Punto back because he’d be a nice multi-purpose bench option.
I didn’t expect him to get a start right off the bat. Though I suppose you gotta see if he can get back into the mix right away…
Everett and Tolbert will eventually be off the DL. So the Twins need to assess as quickly as possible who they’re going to run with, and who’s going to be the bench.
…Also, nice statistic. Twins are the 2nd best team run production wise in the Central.
Wow. That bunt surprised everybody!
there we go joe
what the f
Re Livan:
Depending how the Dodgers are doing, I could potentially see BS being aggressive and packaging Livan with some prospects or? to go after Andy LaRoche. That might make sense but not sure that this Twins FO knows what makes sense (i.e. going big after Frank Thomas…)
Okay guys…not cool. You could get two deep flys and tie it.
Now you need some clutch hits.
Seth, picture this. Tolbert returns from DL, starts at 2nd. Casilla takes over at SS. Twins trade what is needed to Rockies for Atkins. If Valencia makes it to AAA as legitimate top prospect, he replaces Atkins when he leaves as FA. Hughes becomes new utility infielder that can hit a little.
Oh well. Nevermind. Well done Cuddy!
Thatta boy Cuddyer, that is huge. Now Kubel at the very least we need a sac fly outta you.
coco, considering what it would take to bring Atkins in, the Twins would NOT let him go to Free Agency just like that.
why does dick care so much if somebody breacks a bat who cares he they breack there bat
dano, it’s called interesting parallel.
A-Rod drove in the go-ahead runs with a busted bat. No Cuddy gets a big busted bat hit of his own.
Seth, what do you think happens when Everett is able to come off the DL? I sure hope we don’t stick him out there day in and day out as our regular starter.
Baker: 4IP 3ER 5H 0BB 3K
not sure how does that impact the call up scenarios…
Geeze Kubel, pick him up Delmon.
Monroe should be in the lineup
coco,
I am not sure that Atkins is the answer… check his home vs away splits.
Baker will still be up in the majors for his next start as long as he finishes that start and doesn’t reinjure himself.
what, yeah Monroe should be in there because he would K just like Kubel did, just like he did last night against Mo.
FTR:
Frank Thomas is hitting .258 with 7 HR and 27 RBI.
Craig Monroe is hitting .235 with 5 HR and 18 RBI.
Jason Kubel is hitting .250 with 6 HR and 27 RBI.
In other words, our two-headed DH (Craig I think called him Crason Monbel once) is doing just as well (and I’d argue better)
Delmon if you could ever pull a ball in your life, I think it would fool us all.
Its hard for Monroe to get going when he gets an at bat a week
T,
look at Frank Thomas’ Oakland numbers:
.319/.417/.516 and show me a single Twin that can match that….
he was messed up in Toronto
he was messed up in Toronto
He wasn’t messed up, it’s called a small sample size.
lamb is awful
I believe big Frank was just put on the DL. Playing on our artificial turf, he would always be injured. Lets all give Kubel a chance to develop further. By the way, I suggested Atkins because he might actually be available …. they have Stewart ready to plug into 3rd base.
Great play by Casilla there. Lamb that throw could have easily ended up in right field and been a nightmare.
Liriano: 6 IP 1 ER 3H 1 BB 6K; 87 pitches 58 strikes
OK, Lamb’s fielding (mostly his throwing) has been atrocious of late. But what do we make of his resurgence at the plate? If they do make a trade for a ML-ready 3B, do you keep Lamb around as a LH pinch-hitter and occasional DH? Kind of the same role he played in Texas and Houston, more or less successfully.
coco, I am not that sure that Atkins is better than Lamb…
Baker: 5 IP 3 ER 5H 0 BB 3K
Wish i could watch the hockey game but kare 11 is non stop with the bad weather
I like the idea of talking with the Dodgers. When LaRoche is ready, they’re going to have to bench him or Dewitt, and they can always use another starting pitcher. Livan has proven his value — if they can shake one of those guys free, they should jump at the chance.
Final for Liriano tonight:
6.1 IP 1 ER 3H 1 BB 7K; 96 pitches 64 strikes
btw Lamb was involved in all outs this inning, including a couple of pretty decent plays…
Baker’s final line: 5 IP 3 ER 7H 0 BB 4K
And the hockey game is 1-1 after one period, for those of you dealing with KARE-11’s weather hysteria.
PD,
LaRoche is ready… they made the decision to go with Dewitt and Nomar, so he is pretty much dispensable for them
Let’s go Delmon, do something.
Kubel is so pathetic
Lamb!!!!!!!!!!
this is a first:
Punto gets an intentional walk
Ohhhhhhhhhh. Sooooo clooooooose.
oh christ rincon is coming in, yanks will score
Why didn’t gardy sub monroe for gogo?
Did I miss something?
Gomez regressing a bit during that last AB. And he knows it.
Gardy may have thought about putting Monroe out there instead of Punto, but I think he smelled the IBB…
alright… this is it. The Yankees have nobody left in the pen… maybe LaTroy? 
gil,
“Why didn’t gardy sub monroe for gogo?”
Because a single wins the game and Gomwz is out-hitting Monroe. (BAvg)
Later when a HR is required, Monroe bats.
strib blogs web servers messed up tonight. Finally able to get on. Just in time to call the Morneau walk off. Let’s get someone on just in case it isn’t a HR.
He should have pinched monroe for gomez. That is a perfect place to put in monroe.
Experinced hitter who can play center…why are we paying him if he doesn’t come in there?
Always two different zones with the Yanks in town…
Casilla with a great night. Nice patience every AB.
sane hit the nail on the head.
As usual actually. 
The difference with Casilla this year is that he is so much better from the left side… He was always ok from the right
A sac bunt would be ok with me.
T,
Thanks.
Your check is in the mail.
A walk is even better.
Another good AB here.
Okay Morney, just drop one in the gap and let’s call it a night.
Ironically enough, the Twins could sacfly the winning run in yet…
I’d prefer the dramatics of a hit though.
Breslow looked quite good tonight. Nice big curve. Looked composed. Tough decisions coming up if we don’t move someone via trade. Looks like Bass will be testing the waivers, IMO.
Carlos, I don’t think the Twins have a pitcher at the moment who’d clear waivers.
They’re track record with homegrown pitchers makes them attractive.
hope kubel can pick up cuddy
Yup, official. Two different sets of umps tonight.
I imagine Breslow will have one or two more chances to prove tonight wasn’t a fluke. If he does, it looks like he stays. I think Bass would be next to leave. And, yes, probably won’t make it through waivers.
bass has been shakey of late.
I can’t take another AB by Gomez, Cuddy, Kubel, Young with a swing at a slider that looks like my 9 year old daughter at her softball game!
Nathan’s signed. So he’s not going anywhere.
Bass and Guerrier are the “long relief” as I understand it, though Guerrier’s moved into the set-up role with Neshek out.
Reyes and Breslow are lefty options. Don’t know what differentiates them at this time.
That leaves Crain and Ricon. With Crain back from injury this season, I doubt the Twins would want to just give up on him.
Rincon was about gone in the Garza/Young trade until injury concerns forced the Twins to swap in Morlan. To me that says there are teams that would use him, and the Twins are preparred to move him if the need arises.
Look for them to shop him around, for anything they could get. Likely not immediate help, as it would cause the same kinds of roster shuffilng that they’d be moving him to resolve.
IMO Bass clears waivers.
Career minor leaguer who could not stick with the KC Royals.
5.67 ERA, 16K, 14 BB this year in MLB.
Not a keeper for most teams.
T - I believe Boof replaces Bass as long relief, unless we move someone via trade.
sane,
With the way waivers work, the Twins could pull him back and work out a deal before a team could just take him correct?
And the claiming team picks up the salary?
Thanks Carlos, I had forgotten to account for Boof in the Pen.
Hopefully this is the last time I have to see Juan Rincon in a twins uniform
CH,
“I can’t take another AB by Gomez, Cuddy, Kubel, Young with a swing at a slider that looks like my 9 year old daughter at her softball game!”
The little girl throwing that slider to your daughter sounds like a prospect!
Rincon in the game–game over.
Oh Rincon.
Waivers during the season or non-revocable. We don’t get to pull him back like you do in the winter.
Sorry, typo…Waivers during the season are non-revocable. We don’t get to pull him back like you do in the winter.
Hey Bill Smith….get rid of Rincon TONIGHT!
Just bean A-Rod so we have soemthing to cheer about tonight…
CH,
I would like to see you face a Major League slider…I am sure you would look horrible. I play baseball and I know how hard it is to hit a slider. The slider looks like a fastball and as you swing the ball suddenly starts to move to the right. You end up either hitting it off the end of the bat or totally missing it. It is HARD to hit a slider.
How much more of Rincon do we have to take?
Stupid baggy in RF was 3 feet too high or Lamb’s triple would have ended it. Rincon should hit A-Rod just for fun.
Christian….Thanks for the Baseball lesson…..However, I don’t see many major league hitters taking swings like our guys are taking…They are not even close!
Rincon seems to be taking a page from Lohse/Romero book.
That is, once you realize your butt’s on the trade block you do everything in your power to drop your value as much as possible.
CH, the reason the slider is such an excellent pitch is because it can fool a hitter like that.
If it was just as easy to hit as anything else you wouldn’t see it thrown now would you?
Where in the heck was THAT pitch ump?
CH
Dont worry , Christian is a 16 year old…so that makes him a veteran…
Wow. It would be so much easier just to hand it to them. Then I wouldn’t have all this stress. Ulcers, man.
Due up in the 12th:
Young, Lamb, MONROE.
i hope the long game today tires the yankees old men for tomorrow.
how did you guys get into the blog tonite, i couldnt until about half hour ago. flatblade, you said there was a back way??
LaVelle… you’ll have to see what happened in the Beloit/Clinton game tonight. In the 9th inning, eight players were ejected. I don’t know what happened, but there was some strange play at the end of the 8th that involved a couple of the players ejected. Benches must have cleared because there were two Snappers players that weren’t even in the game that got ejected. Just happened, so I don’t know anything more than that.
I am really wondering how the bullpen is going to do this tomorrow. There is nothing left, and Livan is pitching. He either needs to be the pitcher we saw at the beginning of the year, or… *gulp.
OK. Rivera with one earned run this year. No way he gives up another. It’s a lock with Rivera. He is lights out. No chance for Twins. Put it in the books. Rivera can’t possibly give up another run.
Was that enough to start the jinx? Or, does it have to come from Souhan, Joe C, or LaVelle.?
I couldnt get into here until later this evening, not sure what was going on with the server
Gardy should have let guerrier go, 3 pitches? come on we are in a long stretch here…
T,
“With the way waivers work, the Twins could pull him back and work out a deal before a team could just take him correct.
And the claiming team picks up the salary?”
IMO, if revoking the waivers occurs, the team claiming Bass could just wait for the Twins to choose between keeping Bass or activating Baker.
Terms of the deal would determine who pays the salary.
Guerrier might have to do two or three innings tomorrow… it might have been prescient for Gardy to take him out (though I am still not a fan of the move in that situation).
Why is Gardy treating the righties like situational righties more and more recently?
this game should be over ….what the hell would have been wrong with morneau laying down a sac bunt with no out and 2 on…thats basic baseball….with a man on third hes going to score more often than not….gardy just blew this away…all will blame rincon but you cant hold these yanks to 0 too many innings ….2 on andn 0 out the twins should have scored, thats all there is to say……nice job gardy
“Gardy should have let guerrier go, 3 pitches? come on we are in a long stretch here…”
And let the second guessing begin.
Why don’t we just default to Punto? He’s in the lineup today, had an error. Come on this should be easy after all the practice in 07.
“Was that enough to start the jinx? Or, does it have to come from Souhan, Joe C, or LaVelle.?”
I don’t know if you can invoke it on purpose…seems like you’re trying to beat the Baseball Gods at their own game.
They tend to not like that.
are you kidding me, hes going to let him hit?
mj1: Seriously. I can see places in this game where Gardy made some questionable decisions.
For example, not PHing Monroe here.
Why don’t you complain about that. Because THAT is actually confusing.
why didn’t Gardy ph for Punto?
I think it just comes down to the fact that righties do terribly against Rivera (not that lefties are so great).
if you can’t take advantage of having runners all over the place tonight and not bringing them in against the yankees, you deserve to lose
gardys post game comments
“We really went after them tonight, battled real hard, blah blah blah”
Well those old tired Yanks probably can’t get up for tomorrow afternoon’s game. Right Souhan?
Well, two games into this series:
1) If we were a contender, I’d be worried. They fought the Yankees hard, but made some mistakes that ending up costing them. Never give the Yanks extra outs. Ever.
2) But looking at this still as rebuilding, these two games weren’t too bad as a learning experience. The Yankees usually march into the Dome, slap the pitchers around and then leave with a series win. They have a chance to win the series yet, but the games have been hard fought…and have come more off the glove of the Twins than the bats of the Yanks.
I’m ticked off they lost two games they could’ve just as easily won…but at the same time they played the Yankees hard.
““We really went after them tonight, battled real hard, blah blah blah””
You’d prefer a Guillen (Ozzie/Jose…take your pick) style meltdown where all he does is embarass himself, and cause a rift in the clubhouse?
gardy has his head up his ass tonite….he needs to be benched along with a few others……god this game was depressing and should never have been lost…some of these games the twins lose just make you want to shake your head and scream….its one thing to lose a ball game and its another to just hand one over to the yanks….theres a difference…..
Rincon Needs to Be Sent to Triple A Immediatly and Call up Carmen Cali or Tim Lahay, Rincon Sucks, Breslow looked Very Good.
T,
who told you that the Twins are not a contender?
Kubel should be benched for a while… and the fact that Gardy does not know how to use a pitching staff (i.e waste Crain, Guerrier and Nathan and let Rincon and Bass at the critical places) is not news.
T,
Id rather have Gardy just be a realist, not a bs’r
i would say a game out of 1st is contending - we should stop all this rebuilding bs as an excuse for crap baseball….this team is contending and thats all there is….
and that sh*t about starting LNP today, his first day off the DL, cost the game.
Methinks that Gardy’s daughter should be having a graduation ceremony every day this summer.
why was it so important to get nicky back in the lineup tonite…his error actually hurt more than anything….3 unearned runs
another nice decision gards - stay home and do carols “honey do” list tomorrow
is anyone watching his post game comments?
battle battle battled, what did i tell you
don’t have access to the postgame but Gardy never thinks he ever makes any mistakes and he is ready to throw his players under the bus & I am sure that the media are not about to ask any pointed questions (because they never do)
Thats the media for you in Minnesota, never want to step on anybodies toes. At least souhan tries to stir the pot, even though he has absolutely no clue on what he is talking about. His article about the Yankees being old and terrible, was just comical. He must not who plays on the Yankees. I wish the media in Minnesota would be more direct, not a bunch of a– kissers and cheerleaders.
Well, if Gardy decides to play Punto every day at SS and platoon Harris with Lamb, he should be accountable for his actions (and the media and the front office should hold him accountable). Slowly and steadily Lamb has been shown a massive improvement and Harris won more games than he lost (unlike Punto).
If this team does not win the division Gardy should be gone.
thrylos98,
“waste Crain, Guerrier and Nathan and let Rincon and Bass at the critical places”
Uh, figure it out.
If Crain, Guerrier and Nathan weren’t “wasted” earlier, there would not be any “critical places”.
That critique is bull sh-t!
thrylos98,
“waste Crain, Guerrier and Nathan and let Rincon and Bass at the critical places”
If that’s your logic, Gardy is Einstein compared to you. He should be asking for your firing.
If you pitch Rincon and Bass earlier, we lose in nine innings. That’s rocket science!
sy,
Guerrier threw 3 pitches. Do you think that he could have pitched the 9th, then have Reyes for the 10th, Rincon for a couple of outs at the 11th and Nathan for the end?
mj1,
“what the hell would have been wrong with morneau laying down a sac bunt with no out and 2 on…thats basic baseball….with a man on third hes going to score more often than not”
Except that Cuddyer and Kubel followed with strikouts - so its more NOT than OFTEN this time.
Sluggers (like Morneau) don’t bunt in MLB - they do what they do best - drive in the winning runs.
If Morneau fails trying to bunt you criticize the Mgr.
If Morneau bunts and Cuddyer and Kubel fail to hit, you criticize the Mgr.
Its always good for the second guessers.
And the less you know, the easier it gets.
“Guerrier threw 3 pitches. Do you think that he could have pitched the 9th”
If Guerrier loses in the 9th, everyone would be bitching “why did we re-sign Nathan if we aren’t going to have our closer pitch the 9th inning? Fire Gardy!”
While it’s tough to drop games like these to a Yankee team that won’t even make the playoffs the Twins won’t make the playoffs either so it’s not really a big deal. I’m a Gardy defender but it’s always baffling to me why he always waits to put Nathan in during extra-inning home games. There’s no save situation when you are at home so you might as well go with the best closer in baseball to keep you in the game for another inning. Oh well.
Just got home to see the score and the highlights of the game. Punto was a bit rusty in the field, and combining that with Rincon and Boof… the fact that it took 12 innings to lose is testimony to the heart of the rest of the team. Boof and Rincon should be cut!
Howie Clark was sent out and removed from the 40 man roster, as I predicted. Great to have Nick Punto back. Nick should get the starts at SS until Everett returns. Gardy will have a decision to make at that point.
Why do people thik Punto is a good defensive player? Just because Dick-n-Bert want to cuff themselves after every semi-routine play he makes? Errors happen, but that ball he missed tonight was inexcusable for a major leaue ballplayer. An average high school shortstop makes that play 10 of 10 times. Punto simply does not have the skills to be a starting MLB player, period, end of story. Examples like tonight have happened over and over with this guy both in the field and at the plate. Honestly, it makes me question the legitimacy of the team when they trot him out there over and over. Throw me a freakin’ bone and give me a MLB player at SS. If not, then don’t pretend that this team is contending for anything. Your payroll should not be that tight that you can’t afford to get someone that can play the position if Everett is on the shelf the rest of the year.
As soon as I saw Rincon come in I turned off the game.
“Here’s a hypothetical… what happens if Boof shuts out the Yankees tonight?’
Not a problem.
“who told you that the Twins are not a contender?”
Let’s see…
Lost Hunter and Santana. Silva…
Most senior pitcher (next to Hernandez) was Scott Baker.
Neshek is out for the season. “Key” offseason additions include two young OFs who are both a bit rough around the edges.
Oh, and then there’s people such as yourself who all through the offseason ripped on Pohlad, Smith, Gardy, and Wally the Beerman for making stupid decisions that would “destroy this team”.
Looking at the Young-Garza trade:
Garza ERA 3.78 has been replaced by:
Blackburn ERA 3.39
Slowey ERA 3.38
Perkins ERA 3.90
Baker ERA 4.09
Bartlett .249 0-9 has been replaced by:
Punto .264 0-8
Garza (3.78 ERA) and
Bartlett .249 0-9 were traded for:
Young .264 0-15 and
Harris .253 2-14.
I would say the loss of Garza has not been felt much because of the development of the Twins young SP.
The loss of Bartlett has been felt only because of the Punto, Tolbert and Everett injuries. If Punto continues to hit near .265, Bartlett will not be missed much.
The trade will ultimately be measured by the long term performances of Matt Garza and Delmon Young.
Up to now, its too close to call, and the Twins have not been hurt significantly by the loss of Garza and Bartlett.
sane - up to now the trade is not close - the Rays got the 2 best players. Yes Bartlett has been better than Young all-around as he has been credited by Joe Maddon for his range and stabilizing the Rays infield defense - major factor in them having the best record in AL. But it’s only been 2 months so we shall see. The scary part is Garza - Buster Olney said in a radio interview there were a lot of folks puzzled that the Twins gave up a pitcher with plus-stuff so quickly. That’s the thing that COULD haunt - Garza has #1 stuff. I don’t think you can say that about the rest of the rotation.
Paul, I don’t think the Twins “gave up” on Garza.
They wanted Young, and their offense was in far greater disarray than their pitching staff (as demonstarted this year)
Unfortunately Young’s in his sophomore slump by the looks of it. But the Garza/Young deal was one of those gutsy moves that so many had complained the Twins never did.
To sane:
Is Bartlett/Punto a fair comparison? The Twins have used four/five guys in place of Bartlett (more due to injury than lack of production)
I’d be more curious to see a comparison of Bartlett vs. our SS “by committee”
T,
I dislike our “committee” because of Everett’s injury-riddled subpar play, Harris/Tolbert’s lack of range, and Punto’s injury, which occurred (IMO) just as he was about to hit like 2006.
I think Bartlett’s year surpasses the “committee”.
I think Punto is the final answer at SS unless Adam Everett2006 re-emerges from the DL.
The Twins totally gave up on Garza, because he did not get along with the manager and some of the players….Now, they did so in an attempt to get a legit hitter, they just appear to have chosen the wrong target (though he is 22…). I didn’t like the deal at the time, as was soundly ridiculed for saying that Garza would succeed.
mike wants wins,
One risk with Garza is that he has a maximum effort delivery.
The probability for durability is usually better for a smooth delivery.
There have been many exceptions, but most pitching coaches believe that theory to be generally true.
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Bonser has a career ERA of over 5.00. I think he should be traded or sent down to the minors. Then only thing bad about sending him to AAA is that he would be blocking the progress of other potentially better pitchers who need to pitch. Therefore, I think that Bonser should definately be traded to any team who will take him.
