Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 25, 2007
Twins Rotation

Carlos Silva pitched poorly again, putting his job with the Twins in jeopardy:

With Perkins out of the equation, that leaves Silva, Johan Santana, Ramon Ortiz, Sidney Ponson, Matt Garza and Boof Bonser competing for the five starting spots.

Gardenhire made it clear Silva needs to improve in his final spring outing next week to keep a starting job.

"All we can do is just keep putting him back out there again," Gardenhire said. "And if it doesn't get better, then we make an adjustment."

Silva was slotted to take the number two spot in the rotation, but that's likely to go to Bonser now. It's pretty sad when you can't beat out Ponson or Ortiz for a spot in the rotation.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:04 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I think most Twins fans lost patience with Silva a long, long time ago. The idea that he was to be No. 2 was ridiculous and probably only came about because Gardenhire wanted to instill some confidence in him. But my fingers are crossed that Silva gets hammered again in his final spring start so that the Twins finally get him out of the rotation.

Posted by: TwinsDude at March 25, 2007 09:52 AM

But if Silva's out of the rotation you'd prefer Ponson or Ortiz?

Posted by: Basura at March 25, 2007 10:37 AM

Ortiz, yes. Ponson, not so much. My ideal rotation for the Twins would be Santana, Bonser, Ortiz, Garza, and in the fifth spot, let it be a continuing struggle between Ponson and Silva until Perkins or Slowey are ready to step up.

Posted by: Alex at March 25, 2007 02:56 PM

I like how they describe Santana as competing for a rotation spot.

Posted by: T at March 26, 2007 08:10 AM
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