Twins Prospect Pulse: Trade Deadline Brings New Faces

This is a feature designed to keep those of you who are more casual followers of the system up to speed on what’s happening in the minor leagues. This will be posted mid-month going forward, the intention being that it will complement Seth’s Minor League Player of the Month Award articles nicely. Speaking of which, here are the award winners from July:

Hitter: Ryan Jeffers

Starting Pitcher: Bailey Ober

Relief Pitcher: Jovani Moran

Below are the stats for this edition of the Prospect Pulse. All numbers were pulled on the morning of August 14.

Affiliates

-Rochester Red Wings: 53-65, fifth in the International League North

-Chattanooga Lookouts: 20-28 second half, last place in the Southern League North (56-61 overall)

-Fort Myers Miracle: 30-20 second half, second in the Florida State League South (58-60 overall)

-Cedar Rapids Kernels: 31-19 second half, second place in the Midwest League Western (63-56 overall)

-Elizabethton Twins: 28-21, first place in the Appalachian League West

-GSL Twins: 25-19, second place in the Gulf Coast League South

-DSL Twins: 42-19, tied for first place in the Dominican Summer League South

Top Prospects

Here’s a snapshot at how the top 20 prospects have performed. We unveiled our Midseason Top Prospect List in mid-July, so it does not include any of the prospects added around the trade deadline. More on them in just a moment …

1. Royce Lewis, SS, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .303/.395/.485 (.880 OPS), 16.7 K%, 12.3 BB%

Full season: .315/.379/.484 (.863 OPS), 15.3 K%, 8.7 BB%

2. Alex Kirilloff, RF, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .430/.446/.624 (1.069 OPS), 12.9 K%, 4.0 BB%

Full season: .346/.389/.576 (.965 OPS), 16.0 K%, 6.4 BB%

3. Brusdar Graterol, RHP, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: 23.1 IP, 2.70 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 10.0 K/9, 3.71 K:BB

Full season: 79.0 IP, 3.08 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 9.9 K/9, 4.35 K:BB

4. Nick Gordon, SS/2B, Rochester

Last 28 days: .150/.213/.160 (.373 OPS), 23.1 K%, 6.5 BB%

Full season: .254/.295/.372 (.667 OPS), 18.0 K%, 4.8 BB%

5. Stephen Gonsalves, LHP, Rochester

Last 28 days: 30.1 IP, 2.08 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 7.4 K/9, 2.08 K:BB

Full season: 114.2 IP, 2.90 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 1.83 K:BB

6. Trevor Larnach, RF, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: .299/.382/.494 (.877 OPS), 13.7 K%, 10.8 BB%

Full season: Same as above.

7. Brent Rooker, 1B/LF, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: .318/.443/.600 (1.043 OPS), 17.0 K%, 18.9 BB%

Full season: .271/.344/.506 (.850 OPS), 26.8 K%, 9.7 BB%

8. Akil Baddoo, CF, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: .224/.328/.378 (.705 OPS), 22.4 K%, 13.8 BB%

Full season: .241/.354/.413 (.767 OPS), 24.3 K%, 14.8 BB%

9. Wander Javier, SS, Out for the season due to injury.

10. Zack Littell, RHP, Rochester

Last 28 days: 27.1 IP, 3.95 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 1.44 K:BB

Full season: 115.0 IP, 4.46 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 2.17 K:BB

11. Blayne Enlow, RHP, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: 22.1 IP, 3.63 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 4.8 K/9, 3.00 K:BB

Full season: 79.0 IP, 3.53 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 6.0 K/9, 1.83 K:BB

12. LaMonte Wade, LF/RF, Rochester

Last 28 days: .234/.338/.266 (.603 OPS), 24.3 K%, 13.5 BB%

Full season: .271/.383/.403 (.786 OPS), 14.0 K%, 14.3 BB%

13. Travis Blankenhorn, 2B/3B, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .208/.299/.403 (.701 OPS), 29.2 K%, 9.0 BB%

Full season: .240/.310/.404 (.714 OPS), 26.5 K%, 7.4 BB%

14. Lewis Thorpe, LHP, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: 23.2 IP, 2.28 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 4.17 K:BB

Full season: 108.0 IP, 3.58 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 10.9 K/9, 4.37 K:BB

15. Ben Rortvedt, C, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .229/.339/.354 (.693 OPS), 14.3 K%, 12.5 BB%

Full season: .261/.333/.370 (.703 OPS), 18.8 K%, 9.1 BB%

16. Yunior Severino, 2B, Elizabethton

Last 28 days: .229/.299/.343 (.642 OPS), 26.0 K%, 9.1 BB%

Full season: .270/.327/.423 (.750 OPS), 23.3 K%, 8.0 BB%

17. Lewin Diaz, 1B, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: Only 15 PAs, has been out due to injury.

Full season: .224/.255/.344 (.598 OPS), 18.1 K%, 3.2 BB%

18. Ryan Jeffers, C, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: .341/.434/.588 (1.023 OPS), 15.2 K%, 12.1 BB%

Full season: .371/.483/.576 (1.059 OPS), 14.4 K%, 13.4 BB%

19. Jacob Pearson, LF, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: .172/.238/.328 (.566 OPS), 28.1 K%, 7.8 BB%

Full season: .257/.331/.396 (.726 OPS), 21.3 K%, 9.7 BB%

20. Luis Arraez, IF, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: .338/.409/.429 (.838 OPS), 4.5 K%, 10.1 BB%

Full season: .309/.363/.397 (.760 OPS), 9.4 K%, 7.4 BB%

Another 10 to Know

This is a rotating list. I’m trying to make sure to feature a brand new set of 10 players each month. Let’s hone in on some of the brand new prospects to the system this time.

Jorge Alcala, RHP, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: 7.1 IP, 9.82 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, 9.8 K/9, 1.14 K:BB

Full season: 86.0 IP, 3.56 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, 2.28 K:BB

Gilberto Celestino, CF/RF, Elizabethton

Last 28 days: .319/.372/.431 (.802 OPS), 14.1 K%, 6.4 BB%

Full season: .306/.363/.435 (.798 OPS), 17.6 K%, 6.3 BB%

Ryan Costello, 1B, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .247/.344/.351 (.695 OPS), 25.6 K%, 11.1 BB%

Full season: .272/.364/.487 (.851 OPS), 20.4 K%, 12.4 BB%

Chase De Jong, RHP, Rochester

Last 28 days: 36.0 IP, 3.25 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 8.3 K/9, 3.00 K:BB

Full season: 135.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, 2.45 K:BB

Ernie De La Trinidad, OF, Fort Myers

Last 28 days: .373/.466/.475 (.940 OPS), 10.4 K%, 14.3 BB%

Full season: .318/.408/.446 (.854 OPS), 12.6 K%, 11.9 BB%

Jhoan Duran, RHP, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: 23.0 IP, 3.52 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 11.0 K/9, 5.60 K:BB

Full season: 83.0 IP, 4.45 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, 2.91 K:BB

Gabriel Maciel, CF/RF, Cedar Rapids

Last 28 days: .293/.369/.413 (.782 OPS), 14.3 K%, 8.3 BB%)

Full season: .280/.354/.343 (.698 OPS), 16.0 K%, 9.0 BB%)

Luke Raley, 1B/OF, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: .286/.355/.524 (.879 OPS), 21.5 K%, 6.5 BB%

Full season: .278/.354/.485 (.838 OPS), 24.5 K%, 6.3 BB%

Luis Rijo, RHP, Elizabethton

Last 28 days: 17.2 IP, 2.04 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 6.1 K/9, 2.4 K:BB

Full season: 44.2 IP, 2.42 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 6.33 K:BB

Devin Smeltzer, LHP, Chattanooga

Last 28 days: 8.1 IP, 5.40 ERA, 1.92 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 2.67 K:BB

Full season: 86.0 IP, 4.92 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 3.29 K:BB

That’s it for this edition of the Prospect Pulse. This will be the final update for 2018, as the minor league season is winding down in a matter of weeks, but keep checking back in at the site for our regular daily coverage of the system. At this time next month I’ll already be doing some groundwork on the 2019 Twins Prospect Handbook

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