Clete Thomas was claimed off waivers from Detroit.
Scott Baker was transferred from the fifteen day disabled list to the sixty day disabled list.
Ben Revere was optioned to Rochester.
Jason Marquis was promoted to the majors from New Britain.
Luke Hughes was designated for assignment.
Darin Mastroianni was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.
Rene Tosoni was placed on the seven day disabled list by Rochester.
Brian Dinkelman was placed on the seven day disabled list by Rochester.
Carlos Gutierrez was placed on the seven day disabled list by Rochester.
Brett Jacobson was activated from the disabled list by New Britain.
Logan Wade was signed by the Twins organization.
Tag Archives: Minnesota Twins
Where They Stand
Minnesota is 4-9, fourth in the AL Central, five games behind Detroit. The Twins are 4-6 in their last ten games and are on a one game losing streak.
Rochester is 7-8, tied for third in the IL North, four games behind Lehigh Valley. The Red Wings are 4-6 in their last ten games and are on a two game losing streak.
New Britain is 10-5, second in the EL East, a half game behind Reading. The Rock Cats are 6-4 in their last ten games and are on a two game losing streak.
Fort Myers is 6-7, tied for second in the FSL South, five games behind St. Lucie. The Miracle is 6-4 in its last ten games and is on a three game losing streak.
Beloit is 7-7, tied for fourth in the ML Western, three games behind Quad Cities. The Snappers are 5-5 in their last ten games and are on a one game losing streak.
Happy Birthday–April 19
Bucky Walters (1909)
Hector Maestri (1935)
Rick Miller (1948)
Ed Hodge (1958)
R. J. Reynolds (1959)
Frank Viola (1960)
Spike Owen (1961)
Scott Kamieniecki (1964)
Brent Mayne (1968)
Jose Cruz (1974)
Joe Beimel (1977)
George Sherrill (1977)
Dennys Reyes (1977)
Joe Mauer (1983)
Right-hander Hector Maestri was with the Washington franchise in 1960, making one appearance in the majors. Before the 1961 season started, however, he was selected in the expansion draft by the new Washington franchise, for whom he made one more appearance in 1961.
Game 10 Recap: Minnesota Twins 7 – New York Yankees 3
once again, sorry, you guys, i wasn't able to keep a solid eye on the game. the small percentage of eye that did see the game is wondering how often the twins of this monday night will show up to other games. pavano pitched a great game (most likely out of spite). the inverted W and W and inverted W boys did great. clete thomas continues to show he is the answer to all twins' problems (and is apparently a great home base coach). also, i've always had irrational hopes for casilla; and if he can keep making plays like this (and maybe hit a little please?), i'll continue to be happy he's on the team.
anyway, please pretend that i thought up an an awesome way to recap these twins actually beating the yankmes, and then comment accordingly. danke sehr.
2012 Game 10: Twins at Yankees
First Pitch - 6:05 p.m. CDT
Television - FSN, ESPN
Game Notes
Lineups
Scorecard
Oy. Considering the season start we're having, heading to New York City for a four-game series against the Evil Empire just seems sadistic. What, the brain trust that is MLB scheduling couldn't wait a few weeks to add insult to injury? They couldn't wait until May or June to have the Twins demonstrate their futility in the Bronx?
ON THE HILL
Few things tickle me as much as the fact that the Yankees paid Carl Pavano 40 million dollars for less than 150 innings of work over 4 years, and the Twins have wrung 220+ innings out of the guy each of the past two seasons. So at least in the coveted IPP metric (Innings Pitched per Pavano), the Twins continue to outperform the Yankees. While Pavano has been adequate as expected in his first two starts, he's giving up more hits and more runs that any of us would like and would do well to pitch a bit less to contact and a bit more to the catcher's glove.
On the other side of the street, the Yankees send longtime lefty Twins nemesis Freddy Garcia to the mound. The last time I saw Garcia pitch, Jim Lehland was trotting him out against Ozzie Guillens' White Sox in a rainout makeup game that would send the Sox to a game 163 versus the Twins. The last actual time Garcia pitched, just last week, he threw five wild pitches, the first MLB pitcher to pull that off since 1989.
In a universe where karma moves faster than a rebate check from Menards, the Twins would win this game by ten or twelve runs and Pavano would throw a 130-pitch complete game shutout (come on, you just know that a-hole A-Rod would break up the no-hitter with a two-out Texas league dink in the 9th inning). But I'm going on the record as predicting that won't happen today, or any other day for that matter. All I'm asking for out of this series is a split and I'd settle for just one measly win. With Sabathia pitching tomorrow and former Dodger Kuroda on the hill Wednesday, today may be as good a chance as we get this series.
Play ball!
2012 Game 9: Rangers at Twins
Alright, dudes, we have some work to do real quick-like if the Twins are going to have a winning record by the time Beau gets back. That should be no problem against the Rangers today, right?
Neftali Feliz has been closing for the Rangers since shortly after his career started, and they made the correct but all-too-rare move to take this great young pitcher and make a starter out of him, maximizing his usefulness. He pitched seven scoreless innings last week, giving up four hits and two walks while striking out four.
Aussie Liam Hendriks is 23 just like Feliz, so they've got that in common, at least. Hendriks started four games last year, pitching 23.1 innings, striking out 16 while walking 6. His ERA in the small sample was 6.17 while his peripheral numbers were much, much better. His K rates in the minors make him a promising pitcher while his BB rates should also make him a favorite of the Twins' brass. The strikeouts dropped a little when he hit AAA, but the walk rate stayed absurdly low (three walks in 49 innings). He doesn't throw very hard, either, so the guy's a Twin through and through.
So, why did I not know just how good this guy was in the minors? Is it because his name makes him sound like an insurance adjuster or something? Well, for whatever reason, I'd forgotten the guy had such promise, and now I've talked myself into being excited for this game. Now just don't remind me that he'll be facing the Texas lineup.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Rene Tosoni was placed on the seven day disabled list by Rochester.
Darin Mastroianni was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.
Esmerling Vasquez was signed and sent to Rochester.
Game 7 Recap: Rangers 4 — Twins 1
MINNESOTA 1 -- TEXAS 4
Twins Record: 2-5
Lowest WPA - Swarzak (7 IP, 4 R, 0 BB, 3 SO), Mauer (1 for 4, SO, GIDP)
Highest WPA - Willingham (1 for 2, R, BB, HBP)
Fangraphs - MLB Recap
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The Twins made some solid contact in the first few innings, but Texas made some sparkling defensive plays to keep the damage to a Danny Valencia sac fly in the second. 1-0 Twins for the first time all season. But would it be enough?
It would not. Swarzak put up another perfectly reasonable start, the big Texas inning was one where the Twins needed a sparkling defensive play or two. Instead the first 5 Rangers reached (4 singles and an error) resulting in 3 runs. Minnesota would get a few guys on base over the course of the game but never get the big hit to bring the game back within reach.
There are plenty of people who will say Texas is better than the Twins. Tonight the Rangers got a little bit more pitching, a little bit more hitting, and a little bit more defense. That was enough to make this a not terribly exciting end to the Twins longest winning streak of the year.
Where They Stand
Minnesota is 2-4, fourth in the AL Central, three games behind Detroit. The Twins have won two consecutive games.
Rochester is 5-3, second in the IL North, one game behind Lehigh Valley. The Red Wings have lost one consecutive game.
New Britain is 5-3, second in the EL East, two games behind Reading. The Rock Cats have won one consecutive game.
Fort Myers is 4-3, tied for second in the FSL South, one game behind St. Lucie. The Miracle has won four consecutive games.
Beloit is 3-4, tied for fourth in the ML West, two games behind Burlington and Cedar Rapids. The Snappers have lost one consecutive game.
Game 166 4 Recap: LALALA Angels 5 – Minnesota Twins 1
i don't have much for you guys, but thankfully this game didn't warrant much. didn't see it. kept a very wandering eye on gameday for the first few innings, but that was (mercifully) it. just a couple points to note:
- the twins have scored 6 runs in 4 games this year
- the twins have tied the franchise worse start of 0-4 in `69 and `81 this year
- the twins have yet to, in general, not suck this year
please note that the "When will teh Suck End?" tag was already stored in the .org database.