https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/279/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-0708-alex-meyer-shines-mike-kvasnicka-glows-r2837/The Twins pulled out a late night win against the Mariners. Phil Hughes pitched 7.1 shutout innings and Sam Fuld hit a go-ahead home run, his first as a Twin. Brian Dozier hit an RBI sac fly to increase the lead to 2-0 late in the game and the bullpen shut down the Mariners bats. Transactions Ricky...2837Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/hus-on-first-no-hes-pitching-for-the-kernels-r2838/The merry-go-round that is a minor league team's roster continued to spin over the weekend in Cedar Rapids as the Kernels saw two pitchers promoted to high-A Fort Myers, one infielder put on the 7-Day Disabled list and two new pitchers arrive from Elizabethton. The new pitchers, right handed sta...2838Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-month-june-2014-r2834/You have now read about the June Starting Pitcher of the Month and the June Hitter of the Month. Today, I'll be posting the June Relief Pitcher of the Month. As has been the case with the previous "awards", there are a lot of good candidates this month. Relief pitchers often are taken for granted a...2834Wed, 09 Jul 2014 06:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-77-sano-cleared-to-throw-r2835/The Twins started their final road-trip before the All-Star Game on Monday in Seattle. They'll make a stop in Colorado before heading home. As was announced Sunday night, the Twins will be represented by RP Glen Perkins and C Kurt Suzuki in next Tuesday's Mid-Summer Classic. Ricky Nolasco is headin...2835Tue, 08 Jul 2014 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-hitter-of-the-month-june-2014-r2831/I posted the June Starting Pitcher of the Month last week, and this week JO Berrios was promoted to the New Britain Rock Cats. Tonight, I'll be posting the June Hitter of the Month. There are a lot of very good candidates. It made for a very difficult decision. With All-Star games and some promotion...2831Tue, 08 Jul 2014 01:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-76-buxtons-back-r2830/The Twins (meaning, Ricky Nolasco) gave up nine early runs. However, they attempted the comeback and got the score to 9-7 before it ended. Chris Colabello and Trevor Plouffe homered for the Twins. Glen Perkins was named to his second All-Star game, and Kurt Suzuki will play in the mid-summer classic...2830Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-75-jorge-gordon-lead-e-twins-r2828/The Twins beat the Yankees by a score of 2-1 in 11 innings. The winning run scored on a throwing error by the Yanks' catcher, Francisco Cervelli, trying to complete a 1-2-3 double play. Brian Duensing picked up the win. The Red Wings offensive machine continued to rack up runs. A couple of Kernels c...2828Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-74-more-great-pitching-r2826/The Twins got a short start from Kyle Gibson (six runs in two innings) but came up just shy in their attempt to come back, losing 6-5 to the Yankees on the 4th of July. Sam Deduno was very good in long relief. Brian Dozier and Chris Colabello homered, but it wasn't enough. The Red Wings offensive ma...2826Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-month-june-r2822/Happy Fourth of July to all of you! I am a couple days later than usual in posting the Twins minor league pitchers and hitters of the month thanks to my trip to Cedar Rapids (which was awesome, and the Kernels are home again this weekend, so get down there if you can!). Today, I'll be posting the Tw...2822Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-73-alex-meyer-bounces-back-r2821/The Twins took an early lead against the Yankees and Masahiro Tanaka but could not hold on as the Yankees came storming back in the fifth inning with a couple of home runs against Phil Hughes. The Twins tried making a game of it, but the Yankees ran the score up to 7-4 and the Twins did not have en...2821Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/how-many-of-the-top-international-signings-make-it-r2842/The Yankees gamed the international signing system this year. With a limit of $2.2 million to spend, they poured over $13M at top signees - on the first day. In doing so they gave up the right to sign players to more than $300,000 over the next two years and must pay a 100% tax. This is in stark co...2842Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-72-single-short-of-the-cycle-r2816/The Twins lost 4-0 on Wednesday afternoon to the Royals. The Yankees are coming to town for a four game series. The Rochester Red Wings pitching staff has been tremendous all season. However, when the Triple-A All-Star game rosters were announced on Wednesday morning, just one player from the Red W...2816Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:49:00 +0000