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Twins Full Season Minor League Preview

All of the Twins' full-season minor league teams start tonight except for the Rochester Red Wings, which start tomorrow.  No team has the same manager it did last year.  Two of the managers, Tommy Watkins and Ramon Borrego, managed in the Twins' system last year, but they managed different teams.  The Twins appear to have added a coach, going from two to three, at every level except high-A.  I don't know why they didn't add a coach there.

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Rochester Red Wings Team Leaders

BATTERS

AVERAGE

Zack Granite, .338
Leonardo Reginatto, .303
Matt Hague, .297

OBP

Granite, .392
Mitch Garver, .387
Hague, .373

SLUGGING

Garver, .541
Granite, .475
Kennys Vargas, .461

OPS

Garver, .928
Granite, .867
Vargas, .821

DOUBLES

Hague, 30
Tommy Field, 29
Garver, 29

TRIPLES

Niko Goodrum, 5
Granite, 4
J. B. Shuck, 4

HOME RUNS

Garver, 17
ByungHo Park, 14
Goodrum, 13

RBI

Goodrum, 66
Hague, 65
Park, 60

RUNS

Goodrum, 71
Hague, 64
Garver, 56

STOLEN BASES

Granite, 15
Goodrum, 11
Hague, 8

STRIKEOUTS

Park, 130
Goodrum, 119
Field, 89

*Note--Had I set a standard of 200 at-bats, Vargas would have been eliminated.  Daniel Palka would be third in slugging at .431 and Hague would be third in OPS at .789.

PITCHERS

ERA (STARTERS--10 or more starts)

Nik Turley, 2.66
Tim Melville, 2.70
Justin Haley, 2.93

ERA (RELIEVERS--20 or more games)

Michael Tonkin, 1.73
Alan Busenitz, 1.78
Jake Reed, 2.05

INNINGS

Aaron Slegers, 148.1
David Hurlbut, 130.2
Jason Wheeler, 85

WINS

Slegers, 15
Hurlbut, 10
Alex Wimmers, 7

SAVES

Wimmers, 7
John Curtiss, 6
Trevor Hildenberger, 6

STRIKEOUTS (STARTERS)

Slegers, 119
Hurlbut, 103
Turley, 79

STRIKEOUTS (RELIEVERS)

Tonkin, 61
Drew Rucinski, 57
Wimmers, 48

WHIP (STARTERS)

Haley, 1.01
Melville, 1.07
Turley, 1.18

WHIP (RELIEVERS)

Busenitz, 0.82
Wimmers, 0.93
Rucinski, 1.02

Note--I made the qualifier for relievers 20 games because, well, you have to set some sort of standard.  Had I made it 18 games, John Curtiss would rank among the leaders in both ERA and WHIP.

Minor Details: Games of September 3

The Twins apparently aren't too concerned about whether Rochester makes the playoffs.  A second consecutive good game by Randy LeBlanc.  Fort Myers prepares for the playoffs.  A fine Class A debut for Randy Dobnak.  The E-Twins face a must-win game tonight.  The GCL Twins end their season.

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Happy Birthday–September 4

Tilly Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Jordan Schafer (1986)
Cody Martin (1989)
Aaron Slegers (1992)

Cody Martin was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2010, but did not sign.

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Minor Details: Games of September 1

A solid performance by Aaron Slegers.  Dereck Rodriguez pitches well and Gabriel Moya has nothing to learn in Chattanooga.  Anthony Marzi pitches well in his high-A debut, but Fort Myers fails to clinch the division.  Jimmy Kerrigan hit two homers.  Mariano Calcano keeps the DSL Twins' hopes alive.

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