Seth Stohs

Last I heard on Gonsalves was that he''s hoping to be pitching in Rochester by the end of May...

I watched his inning last night. Per the telecast graphics, fastball was 86-87... mostly 86. Slider looked alright, but just isn't getting the fastball back. Too bad. He was really good until mid-May last year... That's' the thing with relievers... even the most durable ones (like Reed was until last May)... you just never know.

Torreyes has been on the Temporary Inactive List for quite awhile ,and that's after a terrible start to the season. I wouldn't be surprised if Arraez has already passed Torreyes in the pecking order.

Jhoan Duran and (I think) Johan Quezada.

Roger, this has nothing to do with this comment... but I figured you should know that Ben Rortvedt was just promoted to AA Pensacola...

The 2016 draft is certainly shaping out very well at this point! Balazovic is certainly the #2 Twins pitching prospect and Keith Law's pre-season ranking of Balazovic ahead of Graterol is not looking silly at all at this point.

Michael Busch made SportsCenter this weekend: #MinnesotaRepresent

I'm' a little surprised... but I thought maybe he would be activated today with the Kernels ,but maybe they don't want to do it before a doubleheader. Maybe tomorrow... Maybe, sometime, soon.

Who? Cuz Gardy and Rick Anderson were long gone when Hildy debuted.

Graterol is scheduled to make his regular start tonight for the Wahoos. so, hopefully concern alleviated... Hopefully it goes well!

OK... even less reason to worry about it...

Very rarely that guys spend the full 30 days, or particularly close to it. So yeah, to start in AAA is a little surprising.

Probably makes the most sense, unless they would want to add a pitcher... Duffey would probably make most sense then.

I guess to me, that's encouraging. The Twins have one of the best offenses in baseball. If they aren't good in those situations, that's going to progress to the mean, and if that's the case, they are going to score a ton of runs.

It's interesting how Duffey, who has had chance after chance the last three years is suddenly a guy that so many want to come up because he had one absolutely dominant outing in a blowout on Saturday night...

You mean it wasn't obvious based on, well, nothing at all? Ha!! My bad!

Happy Mothers Day! The Midwest League and the Florida State League did not have games scheduled on Mothers Day. Pensacola was in Chattanooga, but the rains came and wiped out their game. The weather in Rochester, NY, was not good, but they were able to get their game in. Find out how Miguel Sano, Lewis Thorpe and the Red Wings did. Also, who were the choices for Twins Minor League Hitter and Pitcher of the Week?Find out everything that happened happened in the Twins system on Sunday, starting with the transactions of the day. TRANSACTIONS RHP Zack Weiss was activated from the Injured List.If you missed the late-Saturday night Twins transactions, here you go:v yler Duffey, the 26th man in the double header, was sent back to Rochester. Kohl Stewart was optioned to Rochester with Martin Perez coming back from the paternity list. Also, Willians Astudillo was activated from the Injured List and Romero was optioned to Rochester.AWARDS The Twins announced their weekly Hitter and Pitcher of the Week: Hitter of the Week: Trevor Larnach, Ft. Myers Miracle.It t was a big week for the Twins 2018 first-round draft pick out of Oregon State In six games, he hit .440 (11-for-25) with two double and two home runs, his first two of the season.Pitcher of the Week: Jordan Balazovic, Ft. Myers Miracle -Called up from Cedar Rapids, Balazovic made his first start for Ft. Myers… and threw seven perfect innings. He also had 10 strikeouts in the game. He was the Twins 5th round pick out of secondary school in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2016. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 6, Durham 4 Box Score The Red Wings were the only Twins affiliate to get their game in on Sunday. However, the weather was cold and drizzly throughout the game, so the Red Wings are actually treating the game like a rain check and allowing fans who were there to get another ticket later in the season. Very nice. Lewis Thorpe made the start for the Red Wings. He gave up three runs on five hits. He didn’t walk any batters and struck out seven. The three runs came on back-to-back home run balls. Things were interesting for the Red Wings offense right from the start. Nick Gordon doubled to lead off the winning, but a couple of pitches earlier, he may have tweaked a muscle. He left the game in the 3rd inning. Two batters later, LaMonte Wade took a called third strike and didn’t like it. He was ejected and replaced by John Andreoli. Luke Raley got the scoring started in the third inning. He singled in Miguel Sano to give the team a 1-0 lead. Durham got their three runs in the fourth inning. In the bottom of the fourth, MIguel Sano came up with the bases loaded and walked. That was followed by the fourth home run of the season for John Andreoli, a grand slam that gave the Wings a 6-3 lead. (I watched that eighth inning. From reports I’ve heard, Reed is sitting 87-89 mph with the fastball, certainly not where it was while he was one of the better relievers in baseball. His slider actually didn’t look too bad. But he will need, likely, the full 30 days of rehab and then see where he is at. It’s possible that he could continue to rehab, or the optimist’s view would be that he finds that velocity and is able to be a late-inning cog for the Twins. That feels a little bit optimistic, even more me, at this point.) Preston Guilmet came on for the ninth inning. He allowed two base runners, but recorded a strikeout to end the game. Thorpe improved to 3-2 and Guilmet recorded his fourth save. BLUE WAHOO BITES Pensacola, Chattanooga Box Score Jorge Alcala was supposed to pitch for the Wahoos on Sunday, but instead he will make a start on Monday. In fact, the game was suspended due to poor weather and field conditions and a double header will be played on Monday. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers Box Score The Miracle did not have a game on the schedule for Mother’s Day. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids Box Score The Kernels did not have a game on the schedule for Mother’s Day. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day - Lewis Thorpe, Rochester Red Wings Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – John Andreoli, Rochester Red Wings PROSPECT SUMMARY Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed: #1 - Royce Lewis (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled #2 - Alex Kirilloff (Pensacola) - Rained Out. #3 - Brusdar Graterol (Pensacola) - Rained Out. #4 - Trevor Larnach (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled. #5 - Wander Javier (EST) - Injured, early May return #6 - Brent Rooker (Rochester) - 0-4, HBP, 2 K #7 - Jhoan Duran (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled #8 - Lewis Thorpe (Rochester) - 7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (100 pitches, 70 strikes) #9 - Blayne Enlow (Cedar Rapids) - No Game Scheduled #10 - Akil Baddoo (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled #11 - Nick Gordon (Rochester) - No Game Scheduled #12 - Stephen Gonsalves (Rochester) - Injured List, late-May return possible #13 - Ryan Jeffers (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled #14 - Ben Rortvedt (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled #15 - Yunior Severino (Cedar Rapids) - Injured List #16 - Gilberto Celestino (Cedar Rapids) - No Game Scheduled #17 - Zack Littell (Rochester) - Did Not Pitch. #18 - LaMonte Wade (Rochester) - 0-1, K (ejected) #19 - Jorge Alcala (Pensacola) - Rained Out. Will Start Monday. #20 - Jose Miranda (Ft. Myers) - No Game Scheduled MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester - No Game Scheduled. Pensacola @ Chattanooga (DH @ 5:15 CST) - RHP Jorge Alcala (4-1, 4.81), RHP Brusdar Graterol (4-0, 1.91 ERA) Bradenton @ Ft. Myers (5:30 CST) - RHP Jordan Balazovic (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids (DH @ 5:30 CST) - RHP Josh Winder (1-1, 2.45 ERA), RHP Austin Schulfer (3-1, 2.38 ERA) Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Sunday’s games. Click here to view the article

The scouts talk to and share video with the coaches and coordinators... The Twins really are embodying this "All in this together" thing.

It's included in the article.

From the reports I've heard from Rochester... Reed's velocity is not exactly where we may want it to be... But I haven't been able to get numbers. Update - Got numbers... 85-88. A couple of 89s.

What's Matt Wallner up to this year? He and Michael Busch were two Minnesota kids thought to potentially be first-round candidates this year.

I dont know that it's praise at all... I do think there is a decent chance that he will pitch in the big leagues at some point in his career... not sure that'll be with the Twins.

Blankenhorn has played mostly 2B this year, some at 3B and a game or two in LF. As for Sano, I've read that he is on his way to Rochester already... nothing official though yet.

That can be a very valuable role. I think the Twins really, really like Travis and he's one of the best athletes in the organization. Obviously there are holes (as there would be with many 22 year olds), but the talent and power are immense. And yes, with smaller benches, versatility will be important.