A slow day for Twins' affiliates. Matt Tomshaw was great, Miguel Sano and Kennys Vargas went back-to-back, but it was when Leachman drew a walk that the Snappers won. The DSL Twins take one in the bottom of the ninth. Kyle Gibson continues his comeback tonight.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor League Team Leaders: Beloit
Also through games of August 12.
Minor League Team Leaders: Fort Myers
Through games of August 12.
Happy Birthday–August 14
Paul Dean (1912)
Earl Weaver (1930)
Joe Horlen (1937)
Bert Cueto (1937)
Mark Fidrych (1954)
Don Carmen (1959)
Mark Gubicza (1962)
Mike Cook (1963)
Mark Loretta (1971)
Juan Pierre (1977)
Minor League Team Leaders: New Britain
I'd like to see Oswaldo Arcia get some AAA at-bats before the season is over.
Minor League Team Leaders: Rochester
You can probably guess who leads most of the categories.
Minor Details: Games of 8/12
Chris Parmelee and Liam Hendriks have nothing to learn in Rochester. The Snappers win with Twins Baseball. Good job, Hein Robb!
Minor Details: Games of 8/11
Trevor Plouffe! struggles in rehab. A big game for Oswaldo Arcia. A solid start in the Appalachian League for Jose Berrios. A report on yesterday’s games will come later this morning.
Happy Birthday–August 13
Fielder Jones (1871)
George Susce (1907)
Lou Finney (1910)
Sid Gordon (1917)
Jerry Neudecker (1930)
Vinegar Bend Mizell (1930)
Mudcat Grant (1935)
Tony Cloninger (1940)
Fred Stanley (1947)
Jerry Crawford (1947)
Andre Thornton (1949)
Tom Niedenfuer (1959)
Jim Reboulet (1961)
Tom Prince (1964)
Jay Buhner (1964)
Mark Lemke (1965)
Alex Fernandez (1969)
Jarrod Washburn (1974)
Will Ohman (1977)
Corey Patterson (1979)
Jim Reboulet is the brother of Jeff Reboulet. He was in the minors for six years, reaching AAA. He had three seasons with sixty or more stolen bases.
Happy Birthday–August 12
Christy Mathewson (1880)
Ray Schalk (1892)
Harlond Clift (1912)
Fred Hutchinson (1919)
Bob Buhl (1928)
Kevin Cooney (1950)
Matt Clement (1974)
Lew Ford (1976)
Kevin Cooney was an eleventh round draft choice of the Twins in 1972. He pitched in the Twins' organization for two seasons, then a shoulder injury ended his playing career. He then became a college baseball coach. He was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984-1987 and at Florida Atlantic from 1988-2008.