I’m not sure how long it will last, but Minnesota Twins super-prospect Wilson Ramos has been called up and will start today’s game against Cleveland.
The Twins needed another catcher with Joe Mauer nursing a bruised heel that’s expected to keep him out until at least Monday.
If for no other reason, I’m really looking forward to seeing the youngster play in a meaningful big league game. He looked great in spring training, and rumors are a lot of teams would love to acquire him.
Whether or not he can find a home at the big leagues with Mauer in front of him or not doesn’t matter. Either way, he’s a valuable commodity to have. Young catchers who can defend and swing the bat are tough to find. Now, let’s see if he can do that in the majors.
A couple more morning links
- I spent a lot of time in March blogging about former Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks outfielder Jon Weber, who nearly made the New York Yankees opening day roster. Well, I did a Google search for him yesterday after hearing that Curtis Granderson was placed on the DL, thinking maybe Weber would get called up from Triple-A. He didn’t, but I did find this story about him from last week, which is straight out of "Bull Durham."
- And kudos to the Fargo Force. They’re up 2-0 in their best-of-5 USHL Clark Cup Finals series against Green Bay, which for some reason doesn’t continue until Friday. That game – Game 3 – will be at the UP Center. And there’s nothing I love more in the world of sports than goalies scoring goals. And that’s just what the Force’s Ryan Massa did. It was the first of his career.
While today’s game IS a small sample size Ramos may be worth the hype. Hopefully Drew Butera enjoyed his cup of coffee. This may be his only chance to enjoy the bigs.
Are you old enough to call someone a youngster???
So now the debate begins. Do the Twins keep both Ramos and Mauer? With other 1st basemen like Ryan Howard and Mark Texiera inking mega contracts, Morneau is all but gone after his contract is up so do the Twins keep Ramos around to move him or Mauer to 1B in 3 years? Do the Twins shop Ramos at the deadline to get a top flight arm to help them this year? Your move, Billy Smith.