Twins expected to recall Alexi Casilla
Posted on July 12th, 2009 – 10:14 AMBy La Velle
Alexi Casilla homered in his first at-bat for Class AAA Rochester on Sunday, then was pulled from the game. Indications are that the Twins will announce after today’s game that Casilla is being recalled.
The Triple-A break coincides with MLB’s All-Star break. I guess the Twins could wait until Thursday to announce the move, but I expect Casilla to be with the Twins on Friday when they open a weekend series in Texas.
It’s going to be a busy morning in the clubhouse, so I’m not sure when I’ll get the lineups posted. Have something like 74 interviews to do today. I will Twitter from the clubhouse when I can. Gardy, during his weekly radio show, said that Carlos Gomez will play.
Gardy said last night that Bobby Keppel has a sore hamstring, so they were down a reliever. Will check on him when I can. Kevin Slowey is expected to throw in the bullpen today to see how his sore wrist responds.
There was a Christian rock concert here after last night’s game. Slowey and R.A. Dickey addressed the crowd. Slowey told the crowd that his wrist might be something he’ll have to deal with the rest of the season. Will check on that, too.
Update:Slowey was unable to throw today and has been pushed back to playing catch on Wednesday. Anthony Swarzak will remain in the rotation for the time being. It messes things up for the Twins, who hoped to activate Slowey and move Swarzak to the bullpen.
The Twins will go to 12 pitchers after the break. Gardy will sit down with GM Bill Smith to figure out who comes up (Jesse Crain? Rob Delaney?)
I’m also getting some signals that Alexi Casilla will be back up after the All-Star break. It will be his last chance to show he can turn things around. With Casilla back, Nick Punto would move back to short.
Casilla’s missing mojo has set this lineup back significantly.
Sawarzak and Francisco Liriano are available out of the bullpen today.
Heard that the Twins are having trouble signing LSU hitter Blake Dean, and that he’s leaning towards returning to school.
Lineups
White Sox (45-42)
1. Scott Podsednik, CF
2. Alexei Ramirez, SS
3. Jermaine Dye, RF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. A.J., C
7. Chris Getz, 2B
8. Gordon Beckham, 3B
9. DeWayne Wise, LF
Pitching: Mark Buehrle, LHP
Twins (44-44)
1. Denard Span, LF
2. Brendan Harris, SS
3. Joe Mauer, DH
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Michael Cuddyer, RF
6. Joe Crede, 3B
7. Mike Redmond, C
8. Carlos Gomez, CF
9. Nick Punto, 2B
Pitching: Scott Baker, RHP
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On his radio show Gardy said that Mauer was DH, Redmond catching. He also said that Liriano and Swarzak are available to pitch in relief today.
Also intimated that there will be some adjustments to the roster, that they need another pitcher. If you read between the lines it sounded like Gabino will come up and, likely, Morales will go down.
Also said that Casilla is close to being ready to come up and that they need him since “Nicky is scuffling at the plate.” I assume Tolbert would go down if that move is made.
So…
Gomez
Harris
Mauer
Morneau
Cuddyer
Crede
Young
Redmond
Punto
???
Gomez, CF / Harris, SS / Mauer, DH / Morneau, 1B / Cuddy, RF / Kubel, LF / Crede, 3B / Redmond, C / Punto, 2B
I would hope.
Love watching Nick’s defense. he’s good at 3rd & short, but best suited for 2nd. He’s a human highlight film at 2nd.
If only he could hit a little better.
HAVE FUN !!! GO TWINS !!!
Nick has hit in the past. But, you just can’t count on Nick hitting consistently.
Hudson 2B
Mauer C
Morneau 1B
Cuddyer RF
Blake 3B
Young DH
Harris SS
Span LF
Harris SS
Whoops…Gomez CF batting 9th.
Punto is a terrible - regardless of how great his defense is.
He’s not an everyday player. The only organization that was willing to pay him like an everyday player was the Twins…which shows their ineptitude at putting together a contending team.
Bill Smith and Ron Gardenhire should be blamed.
We need not only to hit better, but we need better starting pitching.
Nick has hit in the past.
No, he really hasn’t. Even in 2006, when he hit .290, he wasn’t a very good offensive player. He turned that .290 into a .725 OPS (90 OPS+).
But, you just can’t count on Nick hitting consistently.
Yes, yes you can. That’s the problem.
please everyone keep beating a dead horse
Gardy writes the line-up, we complain, it’s the fan thing to do.
I’m much more worried about Morneau stating that Mauer will sign based on the aggressiveness of the FO. Should the Twins just close up shop right now? Is anyone surprised the M&M are now saying (even if it is Morneau saying it alone publicly) the same things Hunter was saying?
Good Golly, imagine this team three years from now with no Nathan, Mauer and Morneau…..
please everyone keep beating a dead horse
Is that what that pile of mangled pulp is outside Puckett Plaza? I mean, at one point it could’ve been a horse…
I have a good idea…Let’s address and complain about something new today…. Like The Puntz’s lowsy hitting. 
Morneau can’t leave until after 2013.
span lf
sanchez 2b
mauer c
morneau 1b
kubel/young dh
cuddyer rf
crede 3b
casilla ss
gomez cf
mauer, morneau, are both here to stay, its just a matter of whether the cheap ass execs in this org will get them anyone to play with.. if not i hope they both bolt like lightning-they deserve better than what they are getting……
Hey, lay off already …
From mlb.com
Span, LF
Harris, B, SS Mauer, DH
Morneau, 1B
Cuddyer, RF
Crede, 3b
Redmond, M C
Gomez,CF
Punto, 2B
Good thing we’re stretching out the order. Not much going on in 7,8,9 land.
Here is what Buerhle said after beating the Twins the last time in the Chicago paper:
Buehrle on the Twins: ‘I own them’
By
Joe Cowley
on May 19, 2009 10:52 PM
span
bartlett
mauer
morneau
hunter
kubel
cuddyer
crede
punto
4 days for most of the team and this is the line-up they go with to salvage the series? C’mon Gardy, man up! Young, Kubel and Morales need to be playing, even with the lefty going.
“Morneau can’t leave until after 2013.”
Yes. Just like Santana couldn’t “leave until 2009″. And yet, strangely, he did not play for the Twins in 2008.
If this organization doesn’t make the moves necessary to prove to its stars that they are serious about winning, not only will Mauer and Nathan be gone, but Morneau will force them to deal him at least a year early, as well.
And I won’t blame him a bit.
Smith needs to get serious about demonstrating he’s willing (and able) to improve this team… now.
Sure, Fredo…….now that Morales has come through in the clutch, the Twins will send him to Roch.
I don’t like Harris at SS. It seems as if every game there’s either a flub, an inability to make a hard play, or an obvious lack of reaction and/or lack of range. And now his BA is dwindling. And then there’s the called third strikes. So what’s the use?
Now that he and Punto have probably resolved to their weaknesses, they’d probably accept a L/R platoon situation at SS with no ensuing lack of self-morale. So I’d like to see the platoon at SS.
This would be fine and acceptable if the Twins solve the problem with the hole at 2B. Might as well give Casilla his “last chance”.
And if Keppel recovers nicely from the hammie, I wouldn’t go to 12 pitchers. Duensing still could turn out okay.
If Keppel’s injury lingers and/or if Duensing gets wild again, then that’s a different situation — and Huber and Crain would then be considered.
BTW, here’s to hoping that we see Liriano out of the pen today. Then there’s another possible option to consider if he does well.
No reason to have Redmond on the roster at all right now. But, apparently fielding (heck, having them on the MLB roster) the best players in their system is not part of the Twins and “doing things the right way”.
What is Gardy’s problem with Young? Just when he starts hitting, he gets the bench?
“Not much going on in 7,8,9 land.”
And given Fredo’s lineup, I think it’s crazy that it’s Redmond instead of Morales.
Maybe Redmond will “own” Buehrle today.
We have three superstars (five-star guys, perennial All-Stars). We have lots of two-star and three-star guys (complementary players). We have no four-star guys right now. At times, Slowey, Baker, Span, Kubel, Cuddyer, Blackburn, Guerrier, Mijares, and others have looked like they are about to become a four-star player, but none of them are quite there yet. A four-star player is a highly dependable player that regularly contributes to the team. We need some of our three-star guys to become four-star guys. It would be great if some guys with great defense would hit more consistently (Crede, Gomez, and Punto, I’m looking at you.) Other guys are actually pretty good but just need to keep on working on everything, like Harris. Despite everything, this team kind of looks like the ‘85 or ‘86 Twins. Lots of promise, but it’s not all put together yet.
How about Ron Gardenhire’s quotes today in Sid Hartman’s column re: Punto. If that doesn’t make you sick on a Sunday, I don’t know what will…
“If everyone else does their job, Nicky will be just fine..”
What the heck does that mean? It’s everyone else’s fault he’s hitting .203? The plan all along was for the rest of the lineup to “mask” his hitting?
“Nicky can really pick it”
Please. We’ve all seen by now that his defense is not head and shoulders above everyone else’s. How many Gold Gloves does he have again?
And then the all-timer…”Nicky can hit .280 in this league”
Yep, he can, Ron. That’s if you’re cool with not a sniff of power and topping out at about 30 RBI.
I hope Bill Smith took a long look at those comments. If I’m Gardy right now, I’m calling out Nicky, not defending him. Gardy’s delusion that Nick Punto is an MLB starter might possibly cost him his job.
the central usually takes at least 90 wins. (last yr 89).
tigers 47-39; have to go 43-33
sox 45-42; have to go 45-30
twins 44-44; have to go 46-28
right now the tigers are playing at a win % to get 89 wins unless they fall back it would be nearly impossible for the twins to go 18 gms over .500 the rest of the way to get 90 wins.
Buehrle 23-13 3.74 lifeime against Twins.
Redmond .455
Young .400
Gomez .375
Span .333
Punto .297
Harris .227
Morneau .227
Mauer .200
Span w/12 & Gomez w/16 are the only ones without at least 20 ABs against Buehrle.
Gardy looks disinterested when I see shots of him in the dugout, sitting back on this chair over in his corner of the Twins dugout.
Contrast to Joe Girardi, who I would see standing often with one of his coaches or even sitting by them.
Gardy maybe just isn’t the right guy anymore. He could have taken the Twins as fan as he can.
Forgot Cuddyer’s batting .311 against Buehrle.
“Adam S. says:
July 12th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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bartlett
mauer
morneau
hunter
kubel
cuddyer
crede
punto”
If hunter is still here, they never spend the money on Joe Crede, and its also quite possible that Kubel would have been dealt to avoid the money he’d have made in arbitration. You can’t just plug Hunter and Bartlett into the line up without considering the big picture.
LF Span
SS Bartlett
C Mauer
1B Morneau
CF Hunter
RF Cuddyer
DH ?? (Morales maybe? Some Craig Monroe reject more than likely)
2B Casilla
3B Punto
this is a much more likely representation of what the line up would be
Casilla was pulled from Rochester’s game after HR’ing in the first.
Is he getting the call?
No reason to make a move today. Next game isnt untill Friday
Alexi Casilla hit a HR to right in his first AB in the bottom of the first today.
Then he was quickly removed from the game and replaced by Tommy Watkins.
I am guessing that this is a guarantee of his call-up after the All-Star break.
Never could quite figure out how a guy gets to play 30 min and then is suddenly removed. Did the call really come too late for the game?
Do yo think there bringing Casilla up to give him the last 2 weeks before the deadline? Either he starts playing or wont play again in a Twins uni..
Gardy is a dumbass. He says that Punto plays because his defense is so great…. although he hits like garbage. Well if thats the case then why isnt Gomez playing centerfield everyday?? He’s one of the best defesive CF’s in the game, and i know he can hit better than punto.
Don’t need to make a move today, but maybe they got the word and don’t want to risk an injury.
Or… another reason he would get pulled abruptly would be because he’s been traded. Just sayin’.
Then he was quickly removed from the game and replaced by Tommy Watkins.
I am guessing that this is a guarantee of his call-up after the All-Star break.
Or a trade…
Bad news about Slowey. At this point the Twins need to go and get another starter.
I can’t wait for another great “Twins Instructional” after the game. It is definitely some of the finest entertainment on television and a must see for all baseball fans. Seriously, how can anyone justify spending 15 minutes of air time putting that crap on. If they can’t fill their postgame show with 30 minutes of something worthwhile, they should just cut it to 15 minutes. Those ‘instructional’ are just brutal. But it’s Sun., so maybe we’ll get a break.
Wow. That is pretty much the EXACT opposite of that bunt…
Hmm. Did that bizarre manuever throw Burhele off?
I cannot believe that Punto will replace Harris if Casilla comes back! That angers me a bit.
I cannot believe that Punto will replace Harris if Casilla comes back!
Is that confirmed…or is that just the Hype Machine?
T…hype or not, I dont think Punto will ever sit for an extended period of time. If Casilla comes back, you would have to agree that Harris is going to be the odd man out.
So not confirmed. Okay.
I wish Gardy would realize that he needs to move the M&M boys up in the batting order! When Mauer was batting #2 and Morneau was #3, the Twins were producing big hits. They have both been in kind of a slump lately and it’s time for a change.
“Gardy looks disinterested when I see shots of him in the dugout, sitting back on this chair over in his corner of the Twins dugout.
Contrast to Joe Girardi, who I would see standing often with one of his coaches or even sitting by them.
Gardy maybe just isn’t the right guy anymore. He could have taken the Twins as fan as he can.”
I can’t believe how dumbed-down this blog has become. Fire the manager because of his body language.
Anybody got the url of Trish’s gameday blog? Time to make the change.
T, I think LEN alluded above to the likelihood that Punto would move to SS.
It’s probably a fair assumption, especially since Harris hasn’t been hitting out of this world lately himself.
Oh my… “so you think I’m gonna bunt, eh Bitches?” ROFL
I think Mauer should take the HR Derby off, he’s not looking to good lately.
I’m tired of seeing Mauer ground out! It’s pretty bad when everyone else in the lineup (excluding Punto) is coming up with big hits, and the M&M boys are getting outs when they need to be producing big hits. I’m a Mauer fan, but something needs to change. Hopefully he won’t succumb to the HR derby curse.
worst news I have heard today:
“With Casilla back, Nick Punto would move back to short.”
Not harris?!
I’m hoping Mauer is the first guy to FIND his swing by participating in the HRD.
Well, M&M just produced again. 0 for 4 with RISP. They would be better off going up to Canada fishing for 3 days than St Louis.
UPDATE!
Thanks for the update on Blake Dean. Hopefully the team can find a way to get it done.
As for Casilla. The team may have missed his mojo, but I doubt they missed his .200 average, and mental lapses in the field.
I hope that this is not the deal for a top of the order second baseman everyone has been hoping for.
you have got to be kidding me! I have had the worst two weeks in the history of mankind and this game on friday has been keeping my sanity and the two guys I was looking forward to seeing now more than likely aren’t going to be playing because Gardy has to play Punto….. GRRRRRR Now I am wondering if the 4 hour drive is even worth the hassle
They certainly haven’t missed Casilla’s .200 BA… the two guys they’ve had playing 2B in his absence have kept that pace intact.
Too Nice:
Other than stating my opinion of Gardy is “dumbing down” the blog, why don’t state evidence to the contrary?
Because today I see Gardy chillin in his corner…
Casilla is fine if he can field
but punto our starting SS?
it would be bad to bench harris
very bad
Yes, by all means let’s bench a guy with a homer and two doubles today. That’s a season for The Putz.
so homers from the usual crowd today… gomez, span and harris?!?!?! is the world coming to an end?
What seriously? I’m at work and we’re still waiting for our new card for local channels on satelite, so no Twins here today. So Gomez span and harris hit homers? What’s the score?
8-1 Twins.
Because today I see Gardy chillin in his corner…
And the Twins have 8 runs on the bored.
I don’t believe I said that his replacements were doing any better, but I do believe that there are better options out there to replace his replacements.
Know what I mean.
T
Gardy did the same thing last night when it was 5-0 White Sox.
my pre all-star predict; delmon won’t be with the team after the break, my wild guess is he’ll be traded to cincy, they just lost their rf and are very thin in the of. i think they’ll get another 1st round disappointment back in homer bailey.
Gardy better get Castillo up before Harris gets hot and makes the move look more foolish. I hate the idea of Punto starting at SS and Harris on the bench.
Based on what I’ve seen today, it definitely makes sense for Punto to go back to SS and Harris to go back to the bench when Casilla returns to the team.
I’m watching on gametracker. What has Harris done wrong today. What has 201 hitting Punto done to deserve full time SS?
Harris isn’t Punto…. that is enough for Gardy to bench him…. and who knows, he might keep Harris and Lexi but that is a HUGE might
Ugh giving up more 2 run outs!
I hope they make a couple of trades and shake up the roster then. Bringing up Castillo installing Punto as full time SS will not get us out this gravitational pull toward 500 baseball we are in. If thats the extent of the move i would just as soon trade Redmond and the highly valued by the other 25 teams Punto for prospects and begin planning for next season.
Jason, I am hoping you are being sarcastic
Get Baker out, he is done!!
much as it would make sense for Kinsler to go to the allstar game for Pedroia Maddon selected Pena…. it would make sense based on this game and for most of the season (especially when NOT batting 2nd) Harris should play over Punto but Gardy would prefer his guy over the other so it will probably be Punto and Lexi starting in Texas (boo of all series to start it in)
At least Little Buddy was getting after it.
That play must be the fault of the commenters and not LNP. We balked.
my guess gardy has already forgot about that pick-off.
is it confirmed that punto is going to be our starting SS once Casilla comes back up?
ggg- if everyone else does their job lnp will be fine
Is gametracker right? Did Punto get picked off first? Cuddyer got picked last night, what is going on are they taking bigger leads? I wonder if getting picked off counts as blown fundamentals with Gardy?
b & e,
Our beat writer, who spends hours and days with the Twins and who spent a good chunk of the morning with the manager stated above that the Casilla move would move Punto back to short. He didn’t say “I think” or “it could be” It didn’t read like LEN3 was speculating but passing on what he heard from the manager this morning.
twins baseball at it’s best!
Who swapped bodies with Mauer?
Gardy says things like that to make sure LEN passes them on, so bloggers have days upon days of discussions that are meaning less.
i love the twins.
Exactly Fredo. But here’s my question…did our beat writer think to ask “why” when he heard about that plan?
Our writers like to toe the line.
Just have to get Baker through the 7th.
Guess not. Come on Mijares!
This might have been an interesting time to let Liriano pitch. Given his “first time through the order” success he might have gotten to end the game.
It appears Baker was solved in the last inning and Gardy specifically mentioned Liriano and Swarzak were available in the pen today on his show.
As it is now Gardy will probably just play it with the “real” bullpen.
Tell me Baker is coming out, this movie we seen before.
Twins have had issues with the Sox 7-8-9 the whole series.
I’ve got some bad, bad vibes about this.
Atta boy Matty G.
I’m just hoping that Gardenhire won’t be afraid to bring Nathan in if trouble starts a brewin’ in the 8th.
Um. If I can’t get this network…how do I see this announcement to know it’s been fixed?
Is the MN Twins front office really that stupid?
They honestly can’t be functioning on all cylinders if they think an infield up the middle with Punto/Casilla will be serviceable. Harris is a career .270 hitter, he has done a fine job at SS.
I also will be really bothered if they send Morales down. Tolbert and Buscher have ZERO business being on this team.
But If your the twins, who cares what you put out on the field, ticket sales are up with this brutal economy!
If they really want to go with that type of infield, and not have the best options on the field, than I will sit here and watch them piss there way to a .500 season.
Punto has a fine glove, blah blah blah. But this is not the NL, hitting .200 is worthless.
I’ve got a great idea: Have a “Twins Instructional” on ‘How not to get picked off base!’
It would be a bad move to move Punto to SS with Harris playing well there and hitting much better than Punto. Casilla should be battling Punto at 2b.
What was Gardy thinking throwing Baker back out there in the 7th today??? WOW
Was that Cuddy’s first AB since the hard slide into 2B?
Great job. Make them pay for the HBP
This team is hard on the emotions as it is. To many holes in dike. This whole Punto favoritism them makes it even more irritating. The article sounded like Gardy is trying to resell good old Punto to the public again. Sort of telling us we aren’t seeing what we are seeing.
Somebody call the fire department, my boy Gomez is on fiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrre.
2nd walk of the night…day…game.
C’mon. Let’s get the HR cycle.
2 walks merit a starting spot in my book - Gardy’s too for that matter.
White Sox missing Crede more and more with each play.
See, Harris even causes errors by the other team.
“What was Gardy thinking throwing Baker back out there in the 7th”?
Your question presupposes that there’s something actually deserving the epithet “thought” happening somewhere in the fat red head of Professor Gardenshire.
Haha. AJ had no idea that ball got by him.
Thats the 3rd error in the last 2 days for Beckham. White Sox have a problem at 3rd.
4 strikeouts? God sit this guy he SUCKS
Mauersie better pack the QuickSwing on the trip to StL
Tell me that watching AJ look down for the ball and realize it wasn’t in his mitt wasn’t the funniest f%#@ing thing you’ve seen in a long time!
Here’s some good news for Punto fans…those who had the “over” on his average being over/under Mendoza line at All-Star break can cash in their tickets, it appears.
If we come back from the break with an infield that includes Punto as a starter and we continue to carry Tolbert and Buscher as bench players, it will be sad. Give us a chance, Bill Smith.
They can’t be bringing back Castillo and not sending down Tolbert or Buscher can they? Of course he might send Harris down for team chemistry as he’s doing such a bad job. Morales is a solid player. I would send down Tolbert, he is a young Punto, we don’t need 2 Punto’s.
JC: I have to agree with you there. Cracked up big time. It was classic. Right down to the “Hey waidaminut!” when he went to take it out of the glove and it wasn’t there.
E-7
Gobblygook,
I like your prediction of Young for Baily. I think you have valued both players accurately, which is frustrating since we gave up a quality arm that’s had ML success… and now he’s only able to fetch a quality arm w/o ML success… veri little success since AA in 2006.
Yeah the official scorer needs a stern talking to on that one.
i’m in the camp that would prefer matty G to pitch this inning late in the season, not now with a 7 run lead. let one of the others do slop work, not matty G!
Maybe Casilla is being traded for Sanchez?
Hey all lets talk ball!
On the one hand, I’m not sure what it says about me or the rest of you that I have enjoyed reading the WSox blogs during games more than almost any Twins blog.
On the other hand, how seriously can you really take the opinions of people who don’t even know the names of the players they’re offering opinions about?
One guy was traded to the Mets years ago… the other has alternated between being an infielder for the Twins and the RedWings ever since then. It’s not that hard, really.
Gardy says things like that to make sure LEN passes them on, so bloggers have days upon days of discussions that are meaning less.
DrDon calling OTHER’s posts meaningless.
Now there’s irony, defined.
mauer gets the golden sombrero for his trip to ST Louis
So T… do you think it was coincidence that Cuddyer was HBP with first base open after his hard/late slide in to 2B a few innings ago?
What does this team need to do to be sucessful in the second half?? First here what is alright with the team,
First base
Third Base
Catcher
Outfield (Five Players who are all good)
Three Starters(Baker, Slowey, Blackburn)
Slowey is a concern
A closer
Three Relief pitchers(Guerrier, Mijares, Dickey)
Sound about right?
You got it, Chief.
oaky. Let’s have a nice clean wrap up and call it a day.
Now what do we do about Second, Short, and our pitching staff??
Casilla is not the answer, Punto is not the answer, Harris is adequate, if we picked up sanchez, in my eyes that would fix our infield problem.
Sanchez at second
Harris/Punto at short
“Three Starters(Baker, Slowey, Blackburn)”
seems to me that slowey (bad wrist) and baker (not so good) are significant concerns.
Pitching staff??
Pick up a starter in a trade?
Put Perkins or Liriano in the pen??
does jesse crain got it still?
I think Baker is doing alright. Yes he has been up and down a bit, but has been good enough considering our needs
I said clean…clean.
And JC: Not by a longshot. I’m just glad they made them pay for doing it.
DrDon calling OTHER’s posts meaningless.
Now there’s irony, defined.
Whereas Chief taking potshots at other users is pretty much par for the course.
kirbs, I think Harris is fine at SS till we get someone better, Not willing to count Baker as solid at this point. he seems to break early or break down big late in most outings. Since mid releif is a matter often who is hot I would add Koepper to releif group. DH- Kubel solid vs RHP, Delmon or Morales solid as DH vs LHP.
good play punto
Good job by the Offense to stick with the assault through the whole game.
well, all in all, the first “half” coulda been worse …
The kids got a lot of energy, but wow is he tough to understand.
But I think I caught “See ball hit ball” in there. 
talk really quick i gotta go
At least this time he didn’t say anything like “He’s not good in the head”
T… kinda what I think about the HBP, too. Have to say, I do wish Twins pitchers would have put AJ in the dirt once Sat night, though, too.
Sox postgame guys are whining about the Dome… as if it played any role in this loss. Well… I suppose maybe if the fences were 20 feet deeper… maybe.
i love the kid, glad he had a good game
All 11 of the Twins RBI were by Gomez, Span and Harris. Not sure what that says, but it says something. Maybe it’s what so many of us have said for so long… this team’s success won’t be determined by M&M, it will be determined by others being productive… or not.
LEN’s Tweet: Tolbert down, Casilla up.
LEN’s Tweet: Tolbert down, Casilla up.
Chief’s Tweet: There’s ur big Twins midseason ‘acquisition.’
Tolbert is expendable, so is Butcher.
Tolbert and Buscher are only two of about 20 “expendable” players on this team right now.
Kind of like Beckham from the White Sux?
“DrDon says:
July 12th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Tolbert is expendable, so is Butcher”
Wasn’t “Butcher” your old nickname, as a doctor?
yeppers, sid.
I would imagine Beckham is still pretty much off-limits except perhaps if it means getting Halladay. A tough weekend on artificial turf doesn’t mean that much in the long run.
True, JC, but it was good to see him struggle today, just like AJ’s “where is the ball passed ball”.
I enjoy seeing anyone/everyone with “Sox” on their jersey struggle. All the time.
just like AJ’s “where is the ball passed ball”.
Highlight of the year thus far.
Casilla and gomez need to get this offense going again. Punto to bench as role player. Pinch hitter, pinch runner, defense in 8th/9th inning. Gardy that is all he is.
I have watched Casilla and Tolleson play sided by side for a month now. Here is how they Grade out.
Speed Adv Casilla but Tolleson is has stolen just as many bases
Power Adv Tolleson
D-Fence Adv Tolleson Solid at 3 positions 2b,ss,of
Tolleson doesn’t give away as many abs. I believe he is a smarter player.
Casilla is much more Flash! Maybe that is what the Twins like.
Final Report
Tolleson is well rounded and solid in most aspects of the Game
Casilla is a exciting player with lots of Flash
If it were my team I am taking Tolleson
While at AAA, did Casilla play any SS? SS is his “natural” position. Would he play better if he did not have to be forced into 2B? I still would like to see a .300 hitter like Sanchez playing @ & batting 2nd. C’mon Bill Smith, make a move to fire up team!
