Twins Minor League Report (7/2): Twins Affiliates 0, Twins Affiliates' Opponents 6

[Seth Stohs]

Image courtesy of Ed Bailey (photo of Billy Amick)

TRANSACTIONS   
RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto was promoted from Wichita to the St. Paul Saints. 

Catcher Ian Daugherty was placed on the Saints development list. 

RHP Nick Mikolajchak was placed on the Wind Surge development list. 

Futures Game Update
On Thursday, MLB announced that Walker Jenkins has been added to the roster for the Futures Game this weekend. Jenkins will join shortstop Kaelen Culpepper in the game. 

TWINS in the Futures Game (past 20 years)
2026: SS Kaelen Culpepper, OF Walker Jenkins 
2025: SS Kaelen Culpepper, 
2024: SS Brooks Lee (called up before this game), 2B Luke Keaschall
2023: RHP David Festa, 
2022: OF Matt Wallner, IF Spencer Steer 
2021:  RHP Josh Winder, 
2019: SS Royce Lewis, RHP Jordan Balazovic, 
2018: LHP Lewis Thorpe, OF Alex Kirilloff, 
2017: SS Nick Gordon, 
2016: RHP JT Chargois, 
2015: OF Max Kepler (injured shoulder), RHP Jose Berrios, 
2014: 1B/DH Kennys Vargas, RHP Alex Meyer (starting pitcher for USA team), RHP Trevor May (called up before this game), Jose Berrios (starting pitcher for World team at Target Field)
2013: 3B Miguel Sano, OF Byron Buxton, 
2012: OF Oswaldo Arcia, 
2011: RHP Liam Hendriks, RHP Kyle Gibson, 
2010: RHP Anthony Slama, OF Ben Revere, RHP Liam Hendriks
2009: OF Rene Tosoni, 
2008: OF Denard Span (called up just before this game), 2B Luke Hughes, 
2007: RHP Matt Garza (called up just before this game), IF Matt Tolbert 

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 1, Buffalo 16   
Box Score
John Klein had a rough first inning. He gave up four runs, but he came back out and threw three scoreless innings after that. Through five innings, Buffalo held a 4-1 lead. Then things got ugly in a hurry. Buffalo scored three in the sixth inning, four in the seventh inning, and five in the ninth inning to run away with the win. 

Raul Brito gave up three runs on one hit and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Grant Hartwig came in with the bases loaded and allowed two of the three runners to score. He started the seventh inning, but all four batters got on base. Overall, he gave up four runs on three hits and two walks in 2/3 innings. Jake Higginbotham struck out three batters, but he allowed all three inherited runners to score first. Taylor Rashi pitched a scoreless eighth inning. 

Then it was time for Position Players Pitching. Ben Ross started the ninth inning, faced five batters and all of them got on base, four hits and a walk. Tanner Schobel came in and settled things down. He gave up a hit and a walk but no runs. He got all three ninth-inning outs. He even got a strikeout. He dropped his season ERA to 3.60, lowest season ERA of any of the Saints pitchers who worked on Thursday night with the exception of relative newcomer Taylor Rashi and his 3.52 ERA. 

With Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper out of the lineup, the Saints had just four hits in this game. Alan Roden was 1-for-3 with a walk. Aaron Sabato hit his 16th home run of the season in the fifth inning. It gave him 50 RBI on the season. 

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 7, Tulsa 11
Box Score
Through seven innings, Wichita had a 7-4 lead in the game. The Drillers scored two runs in the eighth and then five runs in the top of the ninth to take a big lead. The Surge were unable to respond. 

The offense showed up in this game for Wichita. They had seven runs on eight hits and five walks. Five of those hits were home runs. 

Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-5. He hit his 11th home run in the first inning and his 12th home run in the second inning. 

Billy Amick went 1-for-3 with two walks. He hit his 18th homer of the season with a first-inning two-run shot. Jose Salas went 2-for-4 with his seventh home run. Jorel Ortega hit his fourth homer of the season in the sixth inning. 

Preston Johnson started and gave up four runs on four hits over the first five innings. Ruddy Gomez gave up no runs on one hit in 1 2/3 innings. He walked two and had four strikeouts. Kyle Bischolff gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings. Jaylen Nowlin got the ninth inning and gave up five runs on five hits and two walks. 

KERNELS CHRONICLE 
Cedar Rapids 1, Quad Cities 3
Box Score
The Kernels were unable to do much offensively against the Royals top prospect Kendry Chourio on Friday night in Quad Cities. Chourio gave up one run on three hits and a walk in six innings. 

The Kernels had just four hits and three walks in the game. Interestingly, all four hits were doubles. Caden Kendle walked and hit his seventh and eighth doubles. Jacob McCombs hit his eighth double. He was also hit by a pitch… twice. Eduardo Tait had a walk and hit his 15th double. The team went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base. 

Ivran Romero had a solid start. The right-hander gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in four innings. He had seven strikeouts. Jesse Bergin gave up a run in his inning. Xavier Kolhosser tossed three shutout innings. 

MIGHTY MATTERS
Ft. Myers 2, Clearwater 4
Box Score  
Tough day for the Mighty Mussels offense. They had just three hits and one walk in the game. JP Smith hit his 10th homer of the season. The other run scored on a single by Irvin Nunez.   

Jason Reitz started and gave up three runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked twice and had four strikeouts. Jonathan Stevens gave up one run on one hit, a solo homer, in 2 1/3 innings. He walked one and had one strikeout. Nick McAuliffe tossed two scoreless innings. 

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Twins 8, FCL Orioles 9
Box Score  
The Twins scored three runs in the second and three more in the fourth inning. Unfortunately, a six-run sixth gave the Orioles a lead they didn’t surrender.  

Frederick Hiciano started. He gave up two runs on three hits and got just two outs before he was removed from the game. He threw just 14 pitches, so we’ll dig a little and see if there was some other issue. Carter Holjes gave up an unearned run on two hits over 3 1/3 innings. 

Carlos Taveras led the Twins offense. He went 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBI. Yovanny Duran went 2-for-3 with a walk, his third triple, and his 20th and 21st stolen bases. Jhomnardo Reyes had a rough June, but he started July with a two-hit game including his 10th double. Daiber De Los Santos went 1-for-2 with two walks and his second double. 

DSL Twins 3, DSL Angels 6 (suspended 5th inning)
Box Score  
This game was suspended in the top of the fifth inning. The Angels had already scored two runs in the inning without any outs. It will be interesting to see if they end up making the game up later in the season. 

The Twins scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning. Juan Holmann was 2-for-2 to this point in the game. Obviously more can be written on this game should they finish it.  

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter(s) of the Day  
Andrew Cossetti (Wichita): 2-for-5, 2 HR(12), 2 R, 3 RBI, K. 

Pitcher(s) of the Day 
Carter Holjes (FCL Twins): 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 40 pitches, 28 strikes (70.0%)

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

#4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, BB, 2B(15), R (batted third, played DH).
#5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-5, R (batted third, played SS)
#10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 0-for-4 (batted second, played 1B)
#12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3, BB, K (batted first, played 3B)
#13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-4, HBP, 2 K (batted second, played C)
#14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (batted fifth, played 3B)   
#19 - 1B/3B Billy Amick (Wichita) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, HR(18), R, 2 RBI, K (batted fourth, played 1B) 

UPCOMING PROBABLES
Friday, July 3
Buffalo @ St. Paul (6:07 pm CT) - RHP Ryan Gallagher (2-3, 7.63 ERA)
Tulsa @ Wichita (7:05 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (0-1, 5.79 ERA)
Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (6:00 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (0-2, 12.00 ERA)  
Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Merit Jones (2-1, 4.43 ERA)
FCL Red Sox @ FCL Twins (11:00 am CT) - 
DSL Twins @ DSL Marlins (10:00 am CT) -  

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 42-46
St. Paul Saints: 46-36
Wichita Wind Surge: 26-50
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 33-42
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 44-32
FCL Twins: 24-20
DSL Twins: 6-15 

Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! 

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[DJL44]

I saw elsewhere that Preston Johnson is the proud father of twins

[HrbieFan]

After seeing these boxscores the last month, we need to invest heavily in pitching in the upcoming draft! Outside of 1-2 arms, there isn't much to get excited about 

[soyouresayingtheresachance]

Rough day at every level. Yikes.

The pitching is terrible. So much for that pitching pipeline falvey was building. It seems the entire pipeline was at AAA and is now injured. 🙄 

Amick with 18 HRs, but the .198 BA is not good. Can he win a GG and be Joey Gallo 2.0 😂

 

 

[terrydactyls]

Maybe after the draft and the trading deadline, the minor league pitching  might look better???

[D.C Twins]

Yikes.... a lot of flame outs on that prior future list. 

Very interesting though...thanks for putting it together Seth!

[Mike Sixel]

Is GG playing more first, or is that my imagination? Why he wasn't earlier....

[rdehring]

Tough night on the farm Seth.

Looking for anything good, like to see both Roden and Houston with hits.  Will second the comment above about so many of the pitching staffs giving up double digit runs.  

[RpR]

2 hours ago, D.C Twins said:

Yikes.... a lot of flame outs on that prior future list. 

Very interesting though...thanks for putting it together Seth!

But, but, the Youth is going to save the Twins....

So many came up, shone brightly and then burnt out quickly.

[weitz41]

 

Paulshawn Pasqualotto our best pitcher's name since Zebby. Congrats on AAA promotion!