A brief post today, as I have been very busy.
- Aaron Gleeman has some notes about the Twins’ 40-man roster and the moves that were recently made. He also touches on the incredible control of a certain Kevin Slowey. I had never realized how great he was until I read this:
He faced 344 right-handed batters and handed out a grand total of three walks while striking out 57 and allowing a .246/.254/.383 line. Not only did his ratio of 19 strikeouts per walk versus righties lead baseball, the next-best mark was Mike Mussina at 8.3-to-1 and no other starter was above 7-to-1.
- Warren Williams has an interesting piece up on Bleacher Report throwing around the possibility of the Twins trading for Garrett Atkins. Would the Twins be willing to give up Michael Cuddyer? A very good read, please check it out.
- Joe C. reports that Double-A New Britain will be managed by Tom Nieto. Nieto was a catcher on the ’87 Championship team.
- Josh Johnson of Josh’s Thoughts also has his thoughts on the recent moves the Twins made to their 40-man roster.
With that, have a great day Twins fans!
Glad to see that Nieto is getting his shot to manage. I always liked the work he did with Mets catchers at Spring Training. It’d be great to see him manage a big league team one day.
Well, let’s just hope that his coaching ability exceeds his batting ability.
Great point considering that Nieto hit .205 for his career…