Our weekly honors.
ROCHESTER
Position player: Oswaldo Arcia was 8-for-24 with three doubles, three home runs, and two walks. For the season in Rochester, he is hitting .316/.375/.579 in 57 at-bats.
Pitcher: Kris Johnson made two stars, pitching 11.1 innings. He gave up two runs (one earned) on ten hits and six walks with twelve strikeouts. For the season, he is 3-2, 2.08, 1.31 WHIP with 40 strikeouts in 39 innings (7 starts).
NEW BRITAIN
Position player: Kennys Vargas was 8-for-24 with three doubles, a home run, and four walks. For the season, he is hitting .309/.388/.537 in 149 at-bats.
Pitcher: Taylor Rogers made two starts, pitching 13 innings. He gave up five runs (four earned) on 14 hits and 4 walks with 11 strikeouts. For the season, he is 4-3, 5.36, 1.53 WHIP with 42 strikeouts in 43.2 innings (8 starts).
FORT MYERS
Position player: Jorge Polanco was 9-for-24 with two doubles and five walks. For the season, he is hitting .318/.398/.427 in 157 at-bats.
Pitcher: Jose Berrios made one start, pitching 6.1 innings. He gave up an unearned run on 4 hits and 2 walks with 8 strikeouts. For the season, he is 3-2, 2.72, 1.35 WHIP with 35 strikeouts in 36.1 innings.
CEDAR RAPIDS
Position player: Bo Altobelli was 11-for-28 with 2 doubles and a walk. For the season, he is hitting .293/.414/.379 in 58 at-bats.
Pitcher: Todd Van Steensel made two relief appearances, pitching five innings. He gave up no runs on two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts. For the season he is 0-0, 1 save, 1.38, 1.00 WHIP with 5 walks and 22 strikeouts in 13 innings (6 appearances).
And instead we get Chris Herrmann called up for "depth". Sigh.
Arcia could not be called up yet says Lavelle.
True. But as I say in my upcoming game recap,** that's not an excuse for the Twins. They knew National League games were coming up, they knew they were going to want another position player, and they knew that by optioning Arcia when they did, he would not be available to be that position player. In other words, the fact that we don't get Arcia now is not bad luck, it's a deliberate choice the Twins made.
**When I was in seminary, I had a professor who would often cite his own writings as authority for what he was saying. I always found that amusing.
I read a textbook once on a subject rarely studied, so the authors frequently cited their own work. It makes sense, but the way it's written makes it feel like they're trying to pull one over on ya.
I saw that Arcia wasn't eligible for recall somewhere else this morning (Ed Thoma, I believe), which I didn't realize when I was being cranky last night. I still don't really understand why he was sent down in the first place, I guess.
injury recovery
I realize it's not that unusual for a rehab stint in the minors coming off the DL, but with the current bench, the outfield situation and the upcoming schedule, I don't think this was planned out as well as it could have been.
And also,
He seems to be recovered.