https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/221/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-823-wheeler-dominates-kennys-hits-ball-far-r5027/To see which other starting pitchers came through besides the dominating effort from lefty Jason Wheeler at AAA, keep reading! But first, congratulations to Twins first-round draft pick, Alex Kirilloff, who was named the Appalachian League's Player of the Year on Tuesday. He was joined by Lewin Di...5027Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-822-playoff-races-heating-up-r5023/RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 5, Gwinnett 3 Box Score In the Red Wings victory Monday, the offense was very balanced. Eight of the nine batters got hits. Byron Buxton did some good (three hits) and some not-so-good (two strikeouts: one looking and one swinging). Tommy Field hit a solo home run in the...5023Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-821-lackluster-offenses-r5019/In transaction news, the Minnesota Twins optioned one-day call-up Adalberto Mejia back to Rochester after his 2.1 inning MLB debut on Saturday, and recalled right-hander Pat Light about a week after his scheduled flight for his MLB debut chance was cancelled. The Twins also signed free agent Confe...5019Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-520-eades-exceeds-expectations-r5018/Because Mejia was promoted, Omar Bencomo was brought back to Rochester to make the Saturday start. The Red Wings also officially announced the signing of veteran Edward Mujica. Also, lefty Randy Rosario was promoted from Ft. Myers to the Chattanooga bullpen. That means that five of the six Miracle...5018Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-819-palka-power-caps-eventful-day-in-rochester-r5017/The Red Wings also hosted several members of the Miracle on Ice, the 1980 Gold Medal hockey team from the USA. Hockey legend Dave Christian “threw out the first pitch” before the game by using his hockey stick to ‘shoot’ the ball to the catcher. The Red Wings wore red, white and blue uniforms with...5017Sat, 20 Aug 2016 05:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-818-kiriloff-minier-lead-e39town-to-victory-r5016/Transaction Report:Alan Busenitz promoted to Rochester, Omar Bencomo demoted to Chattanooga, Todd Van Steensel promoted to Chattanooga, Mason Melotakis placed on 7-day disabled list (Chattanooga), Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system: RED WINGS REPORT Bu...5016Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-e-twins-rhp-patrick-mcguff-r5014/Recently, McGuff was kind enough to answer some of our questions about his two-month pro career and what led him to this point. Thank you Patrick, for your time and thought-filled responses. Seth Stohs (SS): Growing up in Ohio, what was your favorite team to follow? Who were some of your favorite...5014Fri, 19 Aug 2016 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-817-gonsalves-world-r5010/According to Gonsalves, the key to his outing was his slider. “My slider was my go-to tonight. I threw it 22 times.” He used it to get strikeouts and when he was behind in the count “to get me back in the count.” While he likely would have loved to keep pitching, he knew that wasn’t going to happe...5010Thu, 18 Aug 2016 04:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-816-blankenhorn-blast-powers-kernels-win-r5006/RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 0, Buffalo 3 Box Score For his third straight start, Nick Greenwood pitched at least seven innings and allowed three runs or fewer. On Monday night he tossed seven innings while scattering seven hits. He struck out three and walked three but left the mound trailing 2-0....5006Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/big-steps-forward-r5004/My focus is going to be on eight guys, four hitters and four pitchers, who have gone from relative unknowns before the season to guys who may find themselves in the Twins future. Please feel free to add other names to this list, guys who have taken a big step forward in 2016. FOUR HITTERS LUIS ARR...5004Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-814-plenty-of-hits-in-aa-and-a-r5000/There was also some roster shuffling in AAA and AA due to Rochester’s postponement from Saturday. Andrew Albers was optioned back to AAA in addition to David Hurlbut’s promotion yesterday, and Luke Bard was promoted to Chattanooga so they’d each have some pitching options. Check out all the action...5000Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-813-wells-rodriguez-continue-to-impress-r4997/With that, let’s get to the Minor League Report for Saturday. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester, Scranton/Wilkes Barre Box Score This game was rained out. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 1, Birmingham 3 Box Score Kohl Stewart struggled with cont...4997Sun, 14 Aug 2016 03:28:00 +0000