Bobby Kielty Returns

Joe C. at his Strib blog has reported that the Twins have signed Kielty to a minor-league contract, and that he's been assigned to Rochester.

Welcome back, Mr. Kielty.

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Let's get Shannon Stewart too for the hell of it

Is this mainly for the Red Wings to get some right handed help? Or do they actually have hopes of having him in a Twins uniform in 09 as a bench bat?

by TMW on Aug 11, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rochester is exceptionally short on position player depth.

I imagine that this is to give them two players off the bench instead of one.

Plus, with Monroe gone and Cuddyer out for the season, we have two outfielders who are 22, another who’s 24, and Kubel, who really isn’t much of an outfielder at all these days. If there IS another injury, having a struggling veteran to step into a bench role has some value over calling up another young OF who has little to no MLB experience at all. Especially at this time of year.

But that’s just my 2 cents.

by Jesse on Aug 11, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Stewart

Also see: Mike Ryan, Mike Restovich, and of course….DUSTIN MOHR!! Or, as they were called in…’02 I think…Dusty Kielmohr.

by Jesse on Aug 11, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For Martin Luther!

I believe Dustan Mohr was the Lutheran Player of the Year in 2002 (my church brought a group to Lutheran Night at the Dome that year). I have no idea whether Mohr is actually Lutheran, or if they just picked someone who was a good guy or looked Scandinavian or something.

Bobby Kielty has a career World Series OPS of 5.000.

There is a Dusty Kielmohr page on Wikipedia.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Aug 11, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My dad was at that event as well. He sang the National Anthem.

It’s a small world…

We lived in Montana at the time.

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by Andersklasen on Aug 12, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Christ.

by Tony_O on Aug 11, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kielty

was my favorite player when he was a Twin. Remember he was getting regular at-bats for the Sox last year (they won the World Series). He hasn’t developed into a star or even a regular, but he always has been a better RH hitter and the Twins still have a need for that.

My recollection is that the Sox wanted to sign Kielty, but he had an injury to rehab, and then while he was rehabbing one injury, he got another injury (shades of Cuddyer!),

Good luck Bobby! Maybe you can be another Gabe Kappler.

by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Aug 11, 2008 5:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Please tell me he’ll take ABs away from Gomez.

by nathaneide on Aug 11, 2008 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's been assigned to Rochester.

by Jesse on Aug 11, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why did he ever become a switch hitter?

I can’t help but believe he would have a had a successful career if he just stayed a right handed hitter.

by TMW on Aug 11, 2008 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey...he was basically free so lighten up

"I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. See, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it . . ."

by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on Aug 11, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kielty's splits v. LH

A dude on the strib blog just made a good point—something I hadn’t even considered: Kielty has extreme rh/lh splits for a RH hitter. His career OPS against LH pitching is actually .881. In 2006 it was (get this) .965. He obviously did very little last year, but assuming that decline was exaggerated by sample size maybe he’ll get it going at Rochester and actually be able to do some good up here. Obviously he’d be an instant pinch hit against righthander pitchers.

by tobynotjason on Aug 12, 2008 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kielty's splits

A dude on the strib blog just made a good point—something I hadn’t even considered: Kielty has extreme rh/lh splits for a RH hitter.

The splits are even odder – he’s a switch hitter, not a righty. He maybe shouldn’t be a switch hitter, given his ineptitude batting lefthanded (a sub-700 OPS), but he does mash lefties.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Aug 12, 2008 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs