Twins Minor League Report (7/15): FCL Twins Shutout Braves in Doubleheader

[Steve Lein]

 

TRANSACTIONS

• After the Los Angeles Dodgers designated RHP Noah Davis for assignment, the Minnesota Twins came calling and a trade was completed to bring the 28-year-old to the organization. The Twins then assigned him to the St. Paul Saints. Davis made his MLB debut during the 2022 season with the Colorado Rockies, and has pitched 57 1/3 major league innings over the past four seasons. With the Dodgers this year he had made five appearances, allowing 13 earned runs and 14 hits in six total innings, while striking out eight and walking five. He primarily deploys a slider and sinker combination that the Twins appear to like, but will need to harness to unlock any potential they see.
• In the Midwest League on Monday the Cedar Rapids Kernels sent IF Rayne Doncon on a rehab assignment with the FCL Twins and he played in one game of their doubleheader on Tuesday.

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
Monday: FCL Braves @ FCL Twins (postponed, rain)
The Twins weren’t able to avoid the wet weather on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida on Monday, and instead played a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Tuesday:
Game 1: FCL Twins 2, FCL Braves 0 (7 innings)
Box Score
Twins pitching shut out the Braves in the regularly scheduled contest, with Joel Garcia dominating for the first 5 2/3 innings, and Xander Hamilton cleaning up the sixth and holding it down in the seventh to record the save.

The Braves did have plenty of baserunners, leaving eight of them on base in the game, but each time Garcia was able to work around it, including by inducing two inning-ending double plays. He allowed five hits and two walks, while striking out five and left the game with runners on first and third in the sixth. Hamilton struck out the next hitter to keep the shutout intact, and added a scoreless seventh to close it out. He struck out one.

The Twins scored both of their runs in the top of the third, with Ricardo Paez getting it started with a leadoff single. Yilber Herrera drew a walk one-out later, and Eduardo Beltre followed with an RBI single for the game's first run. Herrera proceeded to steal third base, and then scored the second on a passed ball.

Both teams collected only five hits on the game, and they were all singles. The rehabbing Rayne Doncon went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts, playing first base and batting second in the lineup.

Game 2: FCL Braves 0, FCL Twins 1 (7 innings)
Box Score
Twins pitching kept up the theme of the day in the makeup game, holding the Braves to just two hits, and no runs, for a scoreless twin bill.

Right-hander Yoel Roque got the nod in this one and went the first three innings, allowing just one hit and walking one, along with picking up two strikeouts. Teague Conrad came on in the fourth and retired nine of the ten hitters he faced, including four on strikeouts. He allowed one hit and walked one to pick up his second win of the season.

The game remained tied at zero until the bottom of the sixth inning, as the Twins got some help from the Braves. Ramiro Dominguez led off with a single, and a throwing error on a pickoff attempt allowed him to move to third base. Jayson Bass then brought him in with a sac fly to account for all the scoring action of the game.

Dominguez led the way with two hits in three at-bats. Yandro Hernandez chipped in a double, while Luis Fragoza went 1-for-3 and stole his 13th base. 

The Twins went 2-for-15 on the day with runners in scoring position, while the Braves finished a paltry 0-for-8.

DOMINICAN DAILIES
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Monday: DSL Twins 3, DSL Tigers 5 (5 innings)
Box Score
The Twins got the scoring started in this one, when Santiago Leon clubbed his third double of the season in the top of the first. Haritzon Castillo traded places with him for his fifth double, and it was 1-0.

That didn’t last long, as Twins starting pitcher Omar Montano gave that back and more in the bottom half. Five consecutive singles started his outing, then a one-out double broke it open for the Tigers to make it 4-1. Montano recovered to finish three innings, including a one-two-three third with a pair of strikeouts, but the damage had already been done. Montano was charged with all five Tigers runs (four earned) on seven hits, but did strike out five. Agustin Campusano pitched the final one-plus innings of this one for the Twins, allowing two hits before weather moved in during the bottom of the fifth, and resulted in it being called a final.

The Twins offense scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to close within two, but weren’t afforded the opportunity to complete the comeback. Aaron Salazar led off the third with a walk, and later scored on a sac fly from Castillo. In the fourth Jamesson Val launched his first professional home run to make the final of 5-3.

Leon led the way with two hits, including the double, in three at-bats.

Tuesday: DSL Twins 12, DSL Phillies White 1
Box Score
This game was a tale of one inning, as the Twins scored all twelve of their runs in the seventh, after being behind all game to that point 1-0.

Twins starter Jeicol Surumay went the first five innings, allowing a lone run in the first, but only four hits and a walk in total. He struck out five. Rey Pacheco came on for the sixth inning and got credited for the win with a scoreless frame, allowing one hit and striking out one.

That win came because the Twins demolished Phillies pitching in the seventh, sending 17 hitters to the plate before it was over. The first 15 of those hitters all reached base, with the lone Phillies out coming due to a relay throw that caught a runner rounding third base too far. There were four singles, two doubles, three walks, four hit batters, and three errors on the Phillies to turn an otherwise solid game to that point, into a laugher.

Twins relievers Marlon Mirabal (2 IP, 2 BB, 3 K) and Brandy Ceballos (IP, K) finished off the game against a defeated Phillies lineup.

Despite the huge run total, only Jose Barrios (2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, 2 K) and Aaron Salazar (3-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, K) had multiple hits. Yovanny Duran was 1-for-2 with a run scored, drew four walks, and stole three bases. Dencer Diaz finished 1-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and three walks.

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Teague Conrad, FCL Twins (W, 4 IP, H, BB, 4 K)
Hitter of the Day – Aaron Salazar, DSL Twins (2 games: 3-for-6, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K)

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they performed on Tuesday.

#15 – Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins): 1-for-6, RBI, 4 K

WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
FCL Orioles @ FCL Twins (11:00 AM CDT) - TBD

Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Tuesday’s games! The full-season affiliates resume play on Friday, July 18th.

 

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[TwinsDr2021]

Isn't the big water west of Florida called the Gulf of America? 

[Steve Lein]

3 hours ago, TwinsDr2021 said:

Isn't the big water west of Florida called the Gulf of America? 

No. 🤣

[TwinsDr2021]

13 minutes ago, Steve Lein said:

No. 🤣

It's not? I just checked google and apple. it looks like it is (at least in the United States, I believe Twins Daily is located in the United States, correct?). Isn't saying no kind of like saying the Cleveland baseball team isn't the Guardians its the Indians? 

[Mike Sixel]

4 minutes ago, TwinsDr2021 said:

It's not? I just checked google and apple. it looks like it is (at least in the United States, I believe Twins Daily is located in the United States, correct?). Isn't saying no kind of like saying the Cleveland baseball team isn't the Guardians its the Indians? 

Not by the rest of the world. Any reason you're bringing this up? No idea how this adds any value to the site. It's seems pretty political to me.

[Craig Arko]

4 hours ago, TwinsDr2021 said:

Isn't the big water west of Florida called the Gulf of America? 

You mean Golfo del Gringo Loco?

[TwinsDr2021]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Not by the rest of the world. Any reason you're bringing this up? No idea how this adds any value to the site. 

adds about as much as you replying to me I guess or the Arko person. I brought it up because in the united states it is legally called that (at least for the time being) and thought maybe the author didn't know that. (which seems true since he replied no)

[Steve Lein]

3 hours ago, TwinsDr2021 said:

adds about as much as you replying to me I guess or the Arko person. I brought it up because in the united states it is legally called that (at least for the time being) and thought maybe the author didn't know that. (which seems true since he replied no)

Oh, I know. 🤣 I just seem to have a far better understanding of what actually happened with this "renaming" than you do. HINT: There is nothing that makes it "legally called that" in existence (i.e.: there is no law, only federal executive branch guidance via an Executive Order). And with that, lets stop this nonsense right here.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, this thread just broke into the top 50 stupidest discussions in Twins Daily history.

[DJL44]

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Well, this thread just broke into the top 50 stupidest discussions in Twins Daily history.

38 of those are Trevor Bauer threads

[Doctor Wu]

Good to see Doncon playing again. One of those prospects that I had nearly forgotten about.