A sweep in Rochester. Is Miguel Sano heating up again? Another bad outing for Tim Shibuya.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–June 5
Jack Chesbro (1874)
Eddie Joost (1916)
Lou Brissie (1924)
Duke Sims (1941)
Bill Spiers (1966)
Ray Lankford (1967)
Mike Coolbaugh (1972)
Russ Ortiz (1974)
There appear to be no major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Minor League Team Leaders
Minimum 100 at-bats, minimum 25 innings.
Minor Details: Games of 6/3
Great pitching in the minors. Some even by Twins pitchers. A suspended game in Rochester.
Happy Birthday–June 4
Tim Murnane (1851)
Tony Venzon (1915)
Billy Hunter (1928)
John McNamara (1932)
Phil Linz (1939)
Terry Kennedy (1956)
Tony Pena (1957)
Kurt Stillwell (1965)
Rick Wilkins (1967)
Scott Servais (1967)
Darin Erstad (1974)
J. C. Romero (1976)
Minor Details: Games of 6/2
Few runs in Rochester. Andy Leer stars on the mound. The DSL Twins are unbeaten!
Happy Birthday–June 3
Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942)
Ron Keller (1943)
Jim Dwyer (1950)
Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960)
Nelson Liriano (1964)
Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Chan Ho Park (1973)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Dominican Summer League Preview
The Dominican Summer League season starts today. Rather than give you a rundown on the players, who are mostly guys we’ve never heard of, this is a rundown on the league itself.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Jason Marquis was released.
Jeff Manship was promoted from Rochester.
Erik Komatsu was designated for assignment, then had his contract purchased by Washington.
Kyle Waldrop came off the disabled list and was optioned to Rochester.
David Bromberg was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.
Nick Blackburn was sent to Rochester on a rehab assignment.
Dakota Watts was activated from the disabled list by Fort Myers.
Jhon Garcia was placed on the seven day disabled list by Fort Myers.
A listing of players who've been assigned to the DSL Twins comes after the jump.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Arizona places Jason Kubel on the paternity list, then activates him two days later.
Houston signs Brian Bass as a free agent and assigns him to AAA Oklahoma City.
Angels activates Torii Hunter from the restricted list.
The Mets organization announces that Kevin Mulvey has retired.
Miami signs Steve Holm as a free agent and assigns him to AAA New Orleans.
Minatitlan of the Mexican League names Houston Jimenez as manager, replacing Roberto Heras, who was killed.
Oakland organization (AA Midland) places Tyler Ladendorf on the seven day disabled list with a heel injury.
Philadelphia assigns Jim Thome to Class A Clearwater on a rehab assignment.
Puebla of the Mexican League activates D’Angelo Jimenez, who had been signed as a free agent.
San Diego signs Jason Marquis and assigns him to AA San Antonio.
Toronto promotes Yohan Pino from AA New Hampshire to AAA Las Vegas.
Washington purchases the contract of Erik Komatsu from Minnesota and assigns him to AAA Syracuse.