The 2011 Gibson and Co. Thread

[catman]

Nice to see Hunt getting back into form. Hopefully his psychological problems are solved.

[Brewer94]

how did hicks make the mwl asg?

[cwilson21]

how did hicks make the mwl asg?

Big name, good plate discipline, and good defense. That's all I can really think of.

[jtrinaldi]

twins sign 9th round pick knudson, and some 44th rounder who i forgot the name of (not like that name is very important)
Knudson got sent down to e-town and 44 got sent to the GCL

[catman]

Thje 44th rounder was a pitcher from St. Cloud St. He looks like he might have pretty good stuff.

[WSU Tony]

how did hicks make the mwl asg?

The same reason Tex was beating Morneau a week ago in all star voting.

[catman]

I'll be going to see the Snappers play the Cedar Rapids Kernels next Wednesday. I'll post my thoughts on the game.

[jtrinaldi]

I'll be going to see the Snappers play the Cedar Rapids Kernels next Wednesday. I'll post my thoughts on the game.

CR has a great team, actually just trout and the starting pitchers.

[catman]

Agreed. Trout is the real deal.

[trevhipp7]

Any Sano updates, also where can i go to see how he's doin, the sites i usually go to dont have his stats

[cwilson21]

Go to the Twins official site, go to Minor League Affiliates/Clubs, and once that page opens, go down to the DSL section. Should be the last club on there in descending order from Rochester to the Dominican Summer League.

[skymin5]

Sano is batting .314/.405/.600 that is an OPS over 1.

[catman]

I hope the batting against lefties continues. He looks like he does well against them, with a very small sample size sofar.

[catman]

We saw the Snappers beat the Kernels 11-2 this afternoon. Anderson Hidalgo hit a ball in the 2nd inning that I thought would be a routine fly to deep right, but it carried over the fence. Danny Rams hit a ball that probably landed in the yard across the street from the ballpark a bit later in the game. Michael Gonzales flicked his wrists and hit a ball 390 feet to the base of the wall. Why anyone throws him a fastball in the strikezone, I have no idea. He is huge (6'6", 280) and very strong. He isn't bad around first, either. Aaron Hicks has very good strike-zone judgement, taking several walks today on close pitches. The balls he hit were pretty well-hit, too. He threw a ball from the warning track, about 400' from home plate to 2nd in the air. Wang-Wei Lin is very fast and has a decent arm in right. He made a catch on a ball in foul territory that was very impressive.
Brad Stillings threw a fastball that topped out about 91 MPH and was consistantly about 89. It seems to move a bit down and away from righties. His breaking stuff is OK, but his command is not what it will be. He allowed a run on 3 hits and 4 walks in 5.1 innings. He struck out 3.
Overall, I was happy with the game, but the pitchers need to work on throwing strikes to the hitters and let the defense do their jobs.

[cwilson21]

Thanks cat.