Article: Twins Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Month - April

[Seth Stohs]

You can view the page at http://www.twinsdaily.com/content.php/2919-Twins-Minor-League-Relief-Pitcher-of-the-Month-Apr14

[Mike Sixel]

Would love to see the Twins cut bait on teh old RP in the majors, move these guys up, and rotate them in and out of Rochester/MN to keep teh RP fresh, and have 12 pitchers in MN, not 13 or 14......this is a very nice list. Add in Tonkin as a young guy, and some SP in the minors that should be RP, and they should be able to rely more on their minors for RP.

[adjacent]

Talking about Pino, have you seen what he did in Rochester today? CG shutout, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 SO, 93 pitches, 70 for strikes. Wow!

[jokin]

Talking about Pino, have you seen what he did in Rochester today? CG shutout, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 SO, 93 pitches, 70 for strikes. Wow!

 

What are we missing here? Pino must be the poster boy for AAAA greatness. His numbers at AAA have greatly improved the last 2 seasons, but this year especially, he's currently bolstered by an unsustainble BABIP around .200 and a ridiculous strand rate at 99%. Three shutouts in 9 years of minor league ball and already 2 this year. Nice article on today's game, plus given credit as a mentor for Meyer and his new change-up:

 

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140503&content_id=74203890&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

 

http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/9/8/74204198/cuts/640_Pino_2_cp7wpanr_79z0vc4q.jpg

 

 

 

There have been five shutouts thrown in the International League this season, and despite only having three starts on the year, Rochester right-hander Yohan Pino now has two of them.