As the Twins’ roster currently stands, there aren’t many fans who think that the Twins have a serious shot at the World Series. Because of the mediocrity of the AL Central the Twins may be able to reach postseason play, but anything beyond that is probably wishful thinking. Unless, of course, the Twins sign a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Anthony Swarzak’
Freddy Sanchez: A Boost Through the Playoffs?
Posted: 3rd July 2009 by vacant in rumorsTags: Alexi Casilla, Anthony Swarzak, Freddy Sanchez, Kevin Mulvey, Matt Tolbert, Nick Punto
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Minor League Month In Review, June Edition
Posted: 2nd July 2009 by vacant in Minor League ReviewTags: Aaron Hicks, Alex Burnett, Alexi Casilla, Anthony Slama, Anthony Swarzak, Ben Revere, Bobby Keppel, Bradley Tippett, Carlos Gutierrez, Danny Valencia, David Bromberg, Denard Span, Glen Perkins, Jason Pridie, Jeff Manship, Jesse Crain, Joe Benson, Joe Testa, Jose Mijares, Justin Huber, Kyle Waldrop, Ludovicus VanMil, Michael McCardell, Michael Tarsi, Ramon Santana, Rene Tosoni, Rob Delaney, Ron Gardenhire, Santos Arias, Spencer Steedley, Steven Hirschfeld, Steven Tolleson, Tyler Robertson
The month of June was full of promotions and demotions throughout the Minnesota Twins’ minor league organization. A handful of top-10 prospects were promoted this past month, as well as other key minor leaguers. As a whole, the Minnesota affiliates went 50-56 in the month of June; not poor enough to statistically boot any team from its respective [...]
Thursday Linkage
Posted: 4th June 2009 by vacant in LinkageTags: Anthony Swarzak, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau
Following a 10-1 loss at the hands of the Cleveland Indians, the last thing I want to do is throw together a half-hearted summary filled with cliche one-liners about how close the Twins were to winning. Sure, they “tried hard.” But there were many mistakes to go along with a poor start from Anthony Swarzak [...]
On Liriano, Swarzak, and the Bullpen
Posted: 2nd June 2009 by vacant in Opinionated Musings, Roster MovesTags: Anthony Swarzak, Brian Duensing, Bullpen, Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Jesse Crain, Kevin Mulvey, Luis Ayala, RA Dickey, starting rotation
Meanwhile, Anthony Swarzak has dominated in his two starts so far this year. Swarzak is just 23 years old and his incredible 2.08 ERA needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt considering his virtually non-exsistent major-league experience, but he has navigated through both the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers’ lineups without [...]