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Brett Andersen made his first start in just over a year since he had Tommy John surgery, and the lefty was back in fine form. He gave up just one run on four hits and no walks in seven innings. Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect eighth. Then former Twins reliever Grant Balfour recorded his 12^th save with a perfect ninth. In other words, the Twins offense just did not show up. Trevor Plouffe was again 0-4 and is now 2-29 in eight games since his return from the DL. Jamey Carroll was 0-3, and he now ...

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The new guys continued to impress in their second games with the Twins, and Scott Diamond put in another quality start, but on this night, there wasn’t enough offense and the team lost in walk-off fashion in the ninth.
Scott Diamond started and gave up two runs on nine hits over 6.2 innings to keep his ERA below 3 (2.95). Alex Burnett got him out of the 7^th, and Jared Burton worked a scoreless eighth frame. Tyler Robertson came out to start the ninth inning. He gave up two hits and a walk ...

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In my fourth annual Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook, which became available in January, I posted my Top 30 Twins Prospect list as well as my annual rankings back five or six years. I enjoy looking at those lists for a couple of reasons. First, it is humbling. No one will likely ever produce a top 10 list that is 100% accurate. Second, it’s a fun reminder of some of the names from the past that didn’t stick around or make it. Third, it’s just fun to review to see what I have learned since then. ...

Tags: aaron hicks, adrian salcedo, alex wimmers, angel morales, bj hermsen, brian dozier, chris herrmann, chris parmelee, danny santana, eddie rosario, hudson boyd, joe benson, kyle gibson, levi michael, liam hendriks, manuel soliman, max kepler, miguel sano, minnesota twins, niko goodrum, oswaldo arcia, tom stuifbergen, top prospects, travis harrison

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As we get closer to the end of the minor league seasons, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the leaders in many statistical categories. Throughout the season, Twins Daily has posted daily minor league reports. Within those, some names certainly tend to find their way into the reports more frequently than others. At the same time, there are others who have just been solid throughout the season and may surprise you when you see some of their rankings. There is still another 3-4 weeks, ...

Tags: aaron hicks, adam walker, chris colabello, chris herrmann, deibinson romero, eddie rosario, evan bigley, jd williams, jhon goncalves, josmil pinto, lance ray, levi michael, matt carson, matt koch, miguel sano, minnesota twins, nate roberts, oswaldo arcia, pedro florimon, prospects

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As we get closer to the end of the minor league seasons, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the leaders in many statistical categories. Throughout the season, Twins Daily has posted daily minor league reports. Within those, some names certainly tend to find their way into the reports more frequently than others. At the same time, there are others who have just been solid throughout the season and may surprise you when you see some of their rankings. There is still another 3-4 weeks, ...

Tags: aaron hicks, adam walker, chris colabello, chris herrmann, deibinson romero, eddie rosario, evan bigley, jd williams, jhon goncalves, josmil pinto, lance ray, levi michael, matt carson, matt koch, miguel sano, minnesota twins, nate roberts, oswaldo arcia, pedro florimon, prospects

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Three batters into the game, Nick Blackburn had given up two mammoth home runs and the Twins were down 3-0. He actually settled down nicely after that, giving up just one more run (a second long BJ Upton home run) and working into the 7^th inning. The bullpen did a nice job and kept the Rays at four runs. Unfortunately, the Twins offense didn’t do much in this game off of David Price. Justin Morneau and Darin Mastroianni each had two hits. Brian Dozier hit hit sixth home run. The Twins fall to 49-64. ...

Tags: bobby lanigan, bryan santy, byron buxton, candido pimentel, chris colabello, chris herrmann, chris parmelee, clete thomas, eddie rosario, hung-yi chen, james beresford, javier pimentel, jd williams, jhonathan arias, jo berrios, jorge polanco, luis nunez, matt hauser, max kepler, melciades de la cruz, miguel sano, minnesota twins, oswaldo arcia, pedro hernandez, ricky bowen, steve gruver, tom stuifbergen, travis huber, trevor plouffe

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Down 5-1 going through six innings, the Twins collected three unearned runs in the seventh inning. Cleveland’s All-Star closer Chris Perez came on and gave up three runs in the top of the 9^th, two of them unearned. The Twins won 7-5 in unlikely fashion. Sam Deduno was back on the mound for the Twins. This time, he lasted just four innings and gave up four runs on five hits and five walks. He struck out three. Jeff Manship came on and gave up a run on two hits and two walks in his two innings. He ...

Tags: aaron hicks, andrew albers, angel morales, bryan santy, candido pimentel, carl pavano, chris colabello, chris mazza, daniel turpen, danny rams, eddie rosario, gonzalo sanudo, jd williams, jeremias pineda, josmil pinto, kyle gibson, lance ray, levi michael, liam hendriks, luis nunez, max kepler, miguel sano, minnesota twins, nate hanson, nate roberts, nelvin fuentes, oswaldo arcia, rene tosoni, stephen wickens, steve liddle, steven gruver, tyler grimes, tyler jones

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A ten run second inning was more than enough run support for Scott Diamond who won for the 10^th time this season. The left-hander worked the first seven innings and gave up three runs (2 earned). Jeff Gray and Luis Perdomo each threw a scoreless inning.

It was the offense in this game. In that ten-run inning, Josh Willingham hit his 29^th home run. The next batter was Justin Morneau, who hit his 14^th home run. The entire team batted around again, and #6 hitter Ryan Doumit also homered ...

Tags: aj pettersen, anthony slama, corey williams, david bromberg, eddie rosario, justin morneau, kuo-hua lo, matt carson, miguel sano, minnesota twins, nate roberts, pedro hernandez, rene rivera, scott diamond, stephen wickens, taylor rogers, wilkin ramirez, yorman landa, zach jones

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The weather has certainly been a factor in Beloit the first three days of this trip. The first two days, it was so hot. Temperatures hovered in the mid-90s and humidity was quite high. On Saturday, however, the weather was a little different and that crazy humidity finally burst into some impressive thunderstorms. Would there be baseball, or would we have to make a tough decision about whether to stay for a doubleheader on Sunday? (Note- we had already decided we would!)

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Day 2 in Beloit was a good day. Then again, it was a Friday and I wasn’t at work and it was a day all about baseball. How could it be bad?!

Woke up fairly early and wrote yesterday’s Day 1 blog. Realized that it is now August which means that I need to write up my July minor league hitter, starting pitcher and relief pitcher of the month blogs. That means, doing quite a bit of research online. Expect to see those written over the next few days, and I was quite surprised for some reason ...

Tags: aj pettersen, beloit snappers, corey kimes, dallas gallant, eddie rosario, kennys vargas, matt tomshaw, miguel sano, nate roberts, stephen wickens

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If I’m being honest, the Snappers game tonight was pretty bad for the hometown nine, at least for eight-and-a-half innings. However, in the bottom of the 9^th, the Snappers bats woke up. The team had scored just one run in the first eight innings. The ninth frame started with walks to the eight and nine hitters. JD Williams singled to right field to load the bases. Wang-Wei Lin struck out. Eddie Rosario worked the count to 3-1 before drilling a two-run single of the middle. Miguel Sano came up and ...

Tags: aj pettersen, beloit snappers, brian dozier, eddie rosario, kennys vargas, miguel sano, minnesota twins, tommy watkins

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It was Revenge of the Former Twins in Tuesday night’s Twins/White Sox game. Francisco Liriano got through six innings and gave up just two runs. Jesse Crain relieved him for a scoreless inning. And, AJ Pierzynski hit the big two-run homer in the top of the ninth off of Jeff Gray, and that was it. The Twins tried to come back, scoring one run in the bottom of the ninth, but Addison Reed closed out the 4-3 win for the White Sox. Denard Span had a four-hit game.

Here is a look at the ...

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In the last twenty-four hours, catcher Dan Rohlfing was promoted from Ft. Myers to New Britain. Former Gopher catcher Kyle Knudson was promoted from Beloit to Ft. Myers. Bart Carter was taken off of the Snappers’ Disabled List.

As we are approaching the mid-point of the minor league seasons, the Twins typically make several promotions at each level. Many times, the Twins let players who make their league’s all star teams play in those games. Often, players are promoted following the ...

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On Friday night, the Twins needed an extra inning to top the Cubs 8-7. It may not have been pretty game, but a win is a win, and the Twins have been playing much better baseball the last month. Ryan Doumit had two hits, including his sixth home run. Trevor Plouffe was 2-3 with a walk, his fifth double and his eighth home run. Ben Revere had three hits, a walk and two stolen bases. Jamey Carroll and Darin Mastroianni each had two hits. Josh Willingham had two hits including a walk-off single that ...

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