The GCL Twins were fourteen games under .500 in a sixty game season, so there weren't exactly a bunch of superstars on the roster. Â Here's a look at some guys who did well. Â Since I don't know anything about most of them, what follows is mostly their stats and ages.
--Outfielder Amaurys Minier seemed to be well thought of last year, but he didn't really do a whole lot. Â This year, he showed why he was well thought of, hitting .292/.405/.520 with a league-leading eight home runs. Â He'll turn 19 in January.
--Frankly, none of the other batters did much. Â The next highest OPS was shortstop Manuel Guzman's .729 (.283/.385/.345). Â He'll be twenty in February. Â Part of that is because the league average OPS is only around .680, but the Twins were worst in the league at .603.
--Next after Guzman were second baseman Rafael P. Valera (.254/.370/.341, turned 20 in August) and Dubal Baez (.281/.351/.331, will be 22 in June). Â And that's really about all the batters there are who are even worth mentioning.
There's some better news on the pitching front. Â No one pitched more than fifty innings, so we're dealing with small sample sizes, but there are some guys who did pretty well.
--Brandon Easton was 2-2, 2.70, 1.36 WHIP. Â He struck out 46 in 50 innings. Â He'll be 22 on Sunday.
--Alexis Tapia was 5-2, 3.20, 1.04 WHIP with 36 strikeouts in 45 innings. Â He turned 19 in August.
--Miles Nordgren only made one start, but was often used for three or more innings of relief. Â He was sort of the "second starter" when the actual starter was only planned to go two or three innings. Â He was 1-3, 2.23, 1.26 WHIP with 20 strikeouts in 44.1 innings.
--Zach Tillery was 2-3, 2.31, 1.03 WHIP with 25 strikeouts in 35 innings. Â He'll be 22 in January.
--Trevor Hildenberger was 1-4, 2.57, 1.14 WHIP with 30 strikeouts in 28 innings. Â He'll be 24 in December, though.
The GCL Twins had Trevor Hildenberger, and Michael Theofanopoulos, and Frank Encarnacion on their roster. Â That may set a record for most letters in the last name by three teammates.
So that's a look at your 2014 GCL Twins. Â One more team to go. Â If things go well, we'll look at the DSL Twins tomorrow.