https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/286/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/looking-at-relief-pitchers-in-upper-minors-r2870/The upper-levels of the Twins minor league system is stocked with relief pitchers performing at a high level. Here is a quick rundown: Michael Tonkin (AAA, 24)- Tonkin has been arguably the best reliever in the Twins system since the start of 2012. This year in AAA, Tonkin has a 3.08 ERA—nothing s...2870Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-712-saturday-in-the-park-r2849/The Twins got another strong start from Kevin Correia and got a nice, easy win in Colorado, 9-3. Correia has now given up just 11 earned runs over his last seven starts (43 innings). The Twins released Red Wings starter Scott Diamond to make room for the return of Trevor May, who will start on Sund...2849Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-711-walk-offs-and-blowouts-r2848/Spot starter Kris Johnson made took the mound for Minnesota on Friday, but wasn’t able to give the Twins much of a chance in Colorado as he surrendered two, one, and two runs in the first three innings of the game, setting them back 5-1 before he was removed after just 57 pitches and four innings....2848Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-710-virgil-vasquez-goes-the-distance-r2846/The Twins picked up a win on Thursday night thanks to another big game from Kendrys Morales against his former team. Morales had an important two-run double to help stretch the Twins' lead. The Twins have now won three straight games and head out to Colorado for some interleague play against the Roc...2846Fri, 11 Jul 2014 12:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/adam-walker-power-and-potential-r2841/Two weeks ago, Adam Walker was one of four Ft. Myers Miracle players named to the Florida State League All-Star team. It proved to be quite the weekend performance by the powerful prospect. First, Walker put on a tremendous show for the crowd with a incredible performance in the home run derby. He f...2841Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-reports-79-the-berrios-debut-r2843/Things were busy in the Twins farm system on Wednesday as all six affiliates played, and the Miracle played two games. Mike Kvasnicka has been on fire of late and continued that. But let's not kid ourselves, the story in the system on Wednesday was the AA Debut of JO Berrios. You'll have to keep rea...2843Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:51:00 +0000https://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 +0000