Anthony Slama News

Topics for this week's episode of Gleeman and The Geek included Justin Morneau 's resurgence, the Twins' options with the No.

Starting pitching will eventually go south when you miss on as many draft picks as the Twins have in recent years.

Anyone with even a remote chance of helping has been summoned from Triple-A Rochester.

While I am traveling to one of my favorite cities, Boston, the organization put together another winning week at 14-12. Rochester and New Britain were both above .500. In player movement, Joe Benson was placed on the disabled list a day after hitting his first home run back with New Britain.

There was a fair amount of turnover on the Twins roster in the off-season. Six weeks into the season, the upheaval just keeps on upheaving .

Yohan Flande allowed only a run over a season-high 7 innings, but the Gwinnett Braves' bats couldn't solve Rochester right-hander Liam Hendriks as they were shut down by the Red Wings, 3-1 on Thursday night at Coolray Field.

They say patience is a virtue. One reliever for the Rochester Red Wings knows that first hand.

Well, it's the Rochester Red Wings. But it's filled with players who have been a part of the Twins over the rather disastrous past season-and-a-half. Revere is now back up with the Twins , but plenty of once-and-possibly-future Twins remain.

Anthony Slama has given up exactly one earned run in 17.2 IP so far in Rochester.

The Twins' farm clubs put together a nice winning week at 16-12. Beloit led the way at 5-3, with Rochester and Fort Myers both 4-3. New Britain split their six games, 3-3. In player movement, Clete Thomas reported to Rochester after clearing waivers.

I can neither confirm nor deny that this week's show will just be me sighing into the microphone for an hour.

In the wake of Jared Weaver's no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 2, it's clear that the Twins need to make a change of some sort.

Anthony Slama may be the best pitcher the Twins never use. The 28 year old right-handed reliever has been putting up exceptional numbers in the minor leagues for more than five years, but for some reason the Major League club has consistently refused to give him a chance to prove himself at the highest level.

So you think baseball players show up at 6 p.m. for a 7 o'clock game, strap 'em on and start playing? Think again.

The organization continues playing .500 ball, finishing with a record of 12-12. Beloit and New Britain had winning weeks while Rochester and Fort Myers were both a game under .500. In player movement, Josh Willingham was placed on three day paternity leave with Ben Revere called up to fill in.