Twins Minor League Report (7/30): Varland and Saints Hold Serve

Garlick is making his rebound.

Why not include Severino with Lee in getting called up to the Saints. Julien's not going back down and Miranda's shoulder is, who knows as everything has been silent on him unless I missed something. There's room on the Saints for the both of them.

Made my first game of the year and maybe only. Might skip the Twins this year unless things drastically change. Hard to follow after them getting swept by K.C. The Saints game was great! My first ever there. Varland pitched great, and a little timely hitting. It was a beautiful day at the ballpark.

Congrats Toby G - patience my friend, your day is coming and a cross town bus ticket might be on your desk sooner rather than later. The big club is soon going to need a manager whose strength is knowing how to develop young players. 

Prato continues to impress.  He has the highest OPS of anyone to play in a Saints uniform this year.

Nice to see Martin have a 2 hit night. Hopefully he's starting to get his groove back and he can start adding back in a little more pop, plus taking a few more walks. Happy to see him healthy and hopefully he finishes the season strong.

Was this Varland's best start since being sent down?  Got to see this kid keep pitching like this the rest of the year.  Doesn't matter if he is called back to the Twins, but they need to KNOW that he is a big league pitcher they can count on to be in the hunt for their #5 slot next spring.  Or at the worst, be their #6 guy who begins the season at St. Paul and is next up when needed.

Another two hit game from Lee.  Considering this is his first full season and he is at AA tells me this kid is for real.  Also great seeing Martin with two hits.  Seems like he has shaken off the rust from being out most of the year and is beginning to hit like we hoped.  Also interesting to see he was in left field on Sunday.  Seems to be playing as much or more in the outfield than infield.  Considering the Twins depth at second and third, will Martin still be a Twin tomorrow?

Was yesterday the Kernels' second straight loss?

1 hour ago, jmlease1 said:

Nice to see Martin have a 2 hit night. Hopefully he's starting to get his groove back and he can start adding back in a little more pop, plus taking a few more walks. Happy to see him healthy and hopefully he finishes the season strong.

He scorched another ball that was about 3 inches from going over the CFer's head.   

3 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

Prato continues to impress.  He has the highest OPS of anyone to play in a Saints uniform this year.

	GAMES	PA	AVE	OBP	SLG	OPS
AnthonyPrato	37	116	0.345	0.487	0.664	1.151
MichaelHelman	12	45	0.333	0.434	0.711	1.145
RoyceLewis	8	33	0.333	0.371	0.727	1.098
KyleFarmer	4	13	0.308	0.4	0.692	1.092
AlexKirilloff	10	38	0.316	0.435	0.605	1.04
ErnieYake	10	31	0.29	0.371	0.581	0.952
EdouardJulien	38	133	0.293	0.435	0.496	0.931
MattWallner	67	254	0.291	0.403	0.524	0.927
AndrewStevenson	85	332	0.325	0.399	0.521	0.92
ChrisWilliams	69	232	0.25	0.367	0.53	0.897

It's clear to me he was bored in Wichita to start the year. I think, at this point, I believe in Prato more than Miranda.

6 hours ago, Nashvilletwin said:

Congrats Toby G - patience my friend, your day is coming and a cross town bus ticket might be on your desk sooner rather than later. The big club is soon going to need a manager whose strength is knowing how to develop young players. 

Agree on the manager comment. I think it is time to dump Baldelli.

2 hours ago, Ted Schwerzler said:

It's clear to me he was bored in Wichita to start the year. I think, at this point, I believe in Prato more than Miranda

I don't agree as I see him as a player always bringing his best every day. Hitting .171 can end your career. He was called up as a warm body to fill a hole with the Saints and he has played super since coming to the Saints. But compare him to a healthy Helman (using last year's stats of 20 homers and 40 SB's) and I think even Helman is ahead of him in power and speed.