Mizzou Baseball in the Minors: Kyle Gibson Timetable

■ Q & A with Twins GM Bill Smith (Naples Daily News)

Q: When do you expect 2009 first-round draft pick and former Miracle pitcher Kyle Gibson to make it to the majors?

A: Kyle started his season here with the Miracle and had a tremendous first half. He has pitched very well with the Rock Cats in New Britain. He's been a bright spot for that club. As he's getting late into the season he's starting to show a little bit of fatigue. We want to monitor that. We’re probably going to be shutting his innings down pretty quickly. He had an injury last year and didn’t pitch a lot of innings, so we want to monitor that. He’ll finish the year with Double-A, and we'll see where spring training (next year) takes him. You can't put too much of a timetable on it. I would hope at some point next year he'll get to Triple-A and be knocking on the door.