The batter of the year and pitcher of the year for this team are going to be pretty easy choices.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor Details: Games of 8/20
Another good night for Nishi. Kennys Vargas stays hot for the Snappers. Kuo Hua Lo works six shutout innings in the GCL. A Tony Pena, Jr. sighting!
Happy Birthday–August 21
Frank Isbell (1875)
Murray Dickson (1916)
Jerry Staley (1920)
Jim Beauchamp (1939)
Felix Millan (1943)
John Ellis (1948)
John Stearns (1951)
Frank Pastore (1957)
John Wetteland (1966)
Mike Misuraca (1968)
Craig Counsell (1970)
Ismael Valdez (1973)
Akili Smith (1975)
Jason Marquis (1978)
Akili Smith, better known as an NFL quarterback, played for three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization, reaching AA.
Minor League Team Leaders: GCL Twins
It's got to be really hard to evaluate pitchers in short-season leagues.
Minor League Team Leaders: Elizabethton
When a player has an OPS of over a thousand for a hundred it bats, it's time to think about moving him up.
Minor League Team Leaders: Beloit
It's only 92 at-bats, but Kennys Vargas has put up incredible numbers so far.
Minor League Team Leaders: Fort Myers
I wonder why the Twins let Jairo Perez go in early July. Not that he was going to be a star, but he was one of the better players on the team, and he really wasn't blocking anybody.
Minor League Team Leaders: New Britain
It seems like it would be worth giving Oswaldo Arcia a few swings in Rochester before the season ends, rather than allowing Clete Thomas to continue taking up space there. Deibinson Romero has quietly had a fairly decent season.
Minor League Team Leaders: Rochester
There are a couple of guys in this city who have nothing more to learn there.
Minor Details: Games of 8/19
Elizabethton uses Twins Baseball to get the lone win. Promising rehab starts for P. J. Walters and Kyle Gibson. A big day for Wilkin Ramirez.