My StarTribune TwinsCentric blog entry for Tuesday talks about How Wilson Ramos can make the Twins roster, in my opinion. I personally think that he needs to play at least half of the time to justify his roster spot. But the stream of consciousness blog format shows the affects of getting Ramos the playing time. It’s not as simple as you might think. I’d love to hear you thoughts on the blog itself, and also welcome other questions in the Comments section.
MINOR LEAGUERS RELEASED
This is always a tough time for some of the Twins minor leaguers. Roster decisions will be made within the next week as the minor league seasons start on April 8th. Having followed the Twins minor league system so closely, it is always important to remember that not every prospect is going to make it to the big leagues. In the last couple of days, that dream was taken away from a few players. Some of them have given a lot of time to the Twins organization and deserve one last recognition. Here are players released by the Twins in recent days:
- Jason Jones, Mark McLemore, Rene Leveret, Jonathan Waltenbury, Thomas Wright, Kyle Carr, Paul-Michael Klingsberg, Nick Freitas, Brian Bistagne, Matt Gaski.
- The only real surprise for me is Kyle Carr, who put up solid strikeout numbers when he was healthy. Rene Leveret was also a slight surprise as well.
SPEAKING OF PROSPECTS
I will bring back to Prospect Watch in 2010. Many have already voted, and I hope to get more. As I have in the past, I ask your participation in determining which Twins prospects will be shown. Starting right now, and continuing through Wednesday night at midnight, I will take your votes for which SIX TWINS PROSPECTS you would like to see on the left of this screen. As I have in the past, the six receiving the most votes will have their stats updated throughout the season here to help you keep an eye on what they’re doing. To vote for your six Twins prospects, e-mail me your picks.
Sad to see Leveret and Waltenbury released. They had some good seasons and the 1B depth is not that big in the organization (unless someone like Rams or on of the 2009 draft picks turn into a 1st baseman) and they were still young. They deserve to be in the organization more than others who are totally hopeless….
Agree with you on Kyle Carr. He was one I was watching, thought he might have a chance as a lefty specialist. Do you know if he was released because of health issues?
I guess I am really surprised to see Waltenbury released. I bet he will catch on with another team. He seemed like a good player when I saw him at Beloit last year.
Too bad about Carr. He was a North Dakota kid, that would have been cool to see him work out.
Wait – Matt Gaski? He was one of ours? Isn’t he with the Mets?