Article: Twins Minor League Report (7/24): Can't Win Them All

[Seth Stohs]

If you’re looking solely at wins & losses, it was not a good night in the Twins farm system. The affiliates went 0-4 and two teams were rained out. That’ll make for a busy day on Saturday with eight games scheduled. Of course, development always trumps wins and losses in the minor leagues and there were still some quality performances on Friday.

 

Continue on to read what happened on Friday in the Twins farm system.RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 4, Columbus 8

Box Score

 

The Red Wings fell behind early and were unable to mount a comeback. Greg Peavey started. The right-hander gave up eight runs (five earned) on six hits in 3.2 innings. He walked two and struck out three. Logan Darnell came on and was terrific. The southpaw went 4.1 scoreless innings. He gave up just five hits, walked none and struck out three.

 

James Beresford led the offense. The second baseman went 3-5 with his first home run of the season. Eric Farris went 3-4. Reynaldo Rodriguez went 2-4 with his 23^rd double. Oswaldo Arcia went 2-4. Jorge Polanco had a single. He also committed his eighth error with the Red Wings.

 

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 4, Tennessee 8

Box Score

 

Jason Wheeler made the start for the Lookouts. The lefty went six innings. He was charged with six runs on ten hits. He walked three and struck out four. Brandon Peterson worked the final two innings. He gave up two runs on three hits and two walks.

 

Adam Brett Walker went 2-5 with his 22^nd double. He drove in his 83^rd and 84^th runs of the season. Heiker Meneses went 2-5. Stuart Turner was 1-2 with a walk. Levi Michael walked twice.

 

MIRACLE MATTERS

Tampa @ Ft. Myers

Box Score

 

The Miracle game was postponed by rain.

 

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 7, Beloit 13

Box Score

 

It wasn’t exactly a pitcher’s duel in Cedar Rapids on Friday night. It’s hard to win when a team doesn’t get good pitching or defense.

 

Randy Rosario made the start, but he was only able to get two outs before leaving. He was charged with five unearned runs thanks to two errors. He gave up four hits and walked two as well. Randy LeBlanc came on and threw 3.1 shutout innings. However, in one more inning, he did give up two runs. Cam Booser came in for the sixth inning. He was charged with six runs on five hits and three walks in the inning. Luke Bard then struck out three in two scoreless innings. And then in the ninth, infielder Rafael Valera pitched. He gave up one hit and walked one, but he didn’t allow a run. And he even got one strikeout.

 

The offense was able to put up seven runs. Brian Navarreto led the way. He went 2-5 including his first home run of the season. Tyler Kuresa went 2-4 with a walk and his ninth double. Austin Diemer went 2-5 with his first Kernels double. Sean Miller is now hitting .342 since his promotion to the Kernels after a 2-4 game. Tanner English notched his seventh triple.

 

E-TOWN E-NOTES

Elizabethton 1, Kingsport 5

Box Score

 

Sam Clay started this game. The southpaw gave up five runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks over just 3.1 innings. He struck out seven. Nate Gercken came on and struck out five over 3.2 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits. Tyler Stirewalt came on and pitched a scoreless inning. He gave up one hit and struck out one.

 

The E-Twins mustered just three hits in this one. Rainis Silva walked twice. Travis Blankenhorn drove in the lone run with a single.

 

GCL TWINS TAKES

GCL Twins @ GCL Red Sox

Box Score

 

Like the Miracle, the GCL Twins were postponed due to rain in Ft. Myers.

 

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

 

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Nate Gercken, Elizabethton Twins

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – James Beresford, Rochester Red Wings

 

 

SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

 

Rochester @ Columbus (6:15 CST) – TBD

Chattanooga @ Tennessee (6:05 CST) – LHP David Hurlbut

Tampa @ Ft. Myers (DH at 4:05 CST) – RHP Kohl Stewart, TBD

Beloit @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Sam Gibbons

Elizabethton @ Kingsport (6:00 CST) – RHP Cody Stashak

GCL Twins vs GCL Red Sox (9:00 CST) – TBD, TBD

 

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[twinssouth]

In case no one has noticed, Stuart Turner is batting 314 over his last 10 games. Just going about his business, hope he can keep it up.

[Seth Stohs]

Stuart Turner (CHAT) - last 9 games - .344/.405/.406 (.812).

Brian Navarreto (CR) - last 20 games - .329/.338/.411 (.749)

Mitch Garver (FM) - last 46 games - .291/.395/.382 (.777)

[Tibs]

I've been noticing Navarreto has been a lot better since the start of June. He might want to take a few more walks though

[blindeke]

When's Arcia coming back up?

[Linus]

 

Stuart Turner (CHAT) - last 9 games - .344/.405/.406 (.812).

Brian Navarreto (CR) - last 20 games - .329/.338/.411 (.749)

Mitch Garver (FM) - last 46 games - .291/.395/.382 (.777)

What is Navarreto's defense like?

[ashbury]

What is Navarreto's defense like?

My one lasting memory of him in spring training was a bullet to erase a would-be base stealer. I can't speak to other aspects of his game, of course, nor his consistency.

 

From the TD Prospect Handbook last year (which you really should have bought ):

Scouting Report: Comparisons to Royals All-Star catcher Salvador Perez are appropriate when it comes to Navarreto. He is 6-4 and at least 230 pounds. There are things he can work on behind the plate, but he presents a big target and he has a rocket for an arm. He’s also very accurate.

[Seth Stohs]

 

What is Navarreto's defense like?

 

Terrific... He's thrown out over 50% of base stealers the last two seasons. He's got some things to work on, calling games, continuing to block well, etc. But he's got a big arm and size and could be good.

[Seth Stohs]

 

My one lasting memory of him in spring training was a bullet to erase a would-be base stealer. I can't speak to other aspects of his game, of course, nor his consistency.

 

From the TD Prospect Handbook last year (which you really should have bought ):

 

My lasting memory of him from spring training was spring of 2014, in an intrasquad game, he hit a LONG home run off of JO Berrios. Earlier, he had hit a LONGER homer (though it was just foul). 

[twinssouth]

Great to see our catchers turning it on. I'm holding out hope for Turner, terrific skills behind the plate. Calls a great game and pitchers seem to trust him from the games I saw him play Now with his bat coming around, he should be in discussion to move up to AAA.