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2357974, It's Trevor May-day! (tomorrow)
Posted by Walleye, Fri Aug-08-14 12:56 PM
Not the prospect that Meyer is, but he's a different look for a 3-5 type for the Twins: somebody who'll miss some bats. I think there's a real chance for him to build on his improvements in control this year and fill out a rotation nicely next year.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/08/twins-calling-up-pitching-prospect-trevor-may/

Twins calling up pitching prospect Trevor May
Aaron Gleeman Aug 8, 2014, 11:50 AM EDT

For a while now Minnesotans have been wondering why the Twins haven’t called up 24-year-old pitching prospects Trevor May and Alex Meyer yet. Meyer remains at Triple-A, but Seth Stohs of Twins Daily reports that the Twins will call up May to debut tomorrow against the A’s.

May was acquired from the Phillies in the Ben Revere trade two offseasons ago and repeated Double-A last season before taking a big step forward at Triple-A this year. The hard-throwing right-hander has a 2.93 ERA and 91/37 K/BB ratio in 95 innings, getting his walk rate below 4.0 for the first time in his career.

May isn’t considered an elite prospect–Meyer is the higher-upside arm, long term–but he’s a potential mid-rotation starter and keeping him in the minors to throw nearly 400 innings between Double-A and Triple-A seemed odd considering he’s 45 days from turning 25 years old and the Twins’ rotation has been terrible for years.

He also gets a tough first assignment on the road against an A’s team that has the highest-scoring lineup in all of baseball, but for Twins fans it’ll sure beat watching more of Kris Johnson or Logan Darnell or whichever other non-prospects were options to make the start.