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I mean, Tyler Jay had a bad game, but in his nine games before this, he had given up two earned runs over 14.2 innings in his previous nine games. So, maybe it was just that, a bad game.

I If healthy, he can be a very good prospect. Unfortunately he's hurt again now, hopefully not too serious, but it is an elbow strain.

Yeah, that doesn't quite seem right...

Ernie De La Trinidad has been placed on the Ft. Myers roster, with Shane Carrier placed on the DL.

No. I'm sure they'll wait until they need to fill them. No reason to before then.

Because a couple of people asked, here is my updated Top 30... though I fully admit this is subject to change as I learn more about the players acquired... (then again, even some of my Twins guys have probably changed some since) Royce LewisBrusdar Graterol Alex Kirilloff Nick Gordon Trevor LarnachStephen Gonsalves Akil BaddooBrent Rooker LaMonte WadeBlayne Enlow Lewis Thorpe Wander Javier Jorge Alcala - Travis Blankenhorn Jhoan Duran -Zack Littell Ryan JeffersYunior SeverinoJose MirandaTyler WellsGabriel Maciel -Luis ArraezJordan BalazovicGilberto Celestino - Ben Rortvedt Lewin DiazJean-Carlos AriasJake CaveGriffin Jax

Friday was a very busy day in the Twins organization. Not only did the big league club and all of its affiliates were scheduled to play, but the Twins brought in five new prospects to the organization. A way was found to keep Alex Kirilloff from accumulating a multi-hit game. Miguel Sano was called back up to the Twins. Byron Buxton was activated from the Red Wings DL. And hey, is there anything more fun to watch than an extra innings, walkoff walk?In case you missed it. Here is a story on Miracle RHP (And Minnesota native) Adam Bray. Keep reading to find out more on the night in the Twins minor league system on Friday. As always, please feel free to discuss and ask questions. TRANSACTIONS It may be an interesting few days of transactions for the Twins and as interesting will be to see how the rosters shape out. Infielder Eduardo Escobar was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Jhoan Duran, OF Ernie De La Trinidad and OF Gabriel Maciel. Per MLB Pipeline, Maciel was the Diamondbacks #11 prospect with Duran at #19. Per Baseball America, Jhoan Duran was the Diamondbacks #10 prospect. All three players were playing for Kane County in the Midwest League.After their 4-3 loss to Boston on Friday night, the Twins traded RH RP Ryan Pressly to the Houston Astros in exchange for RHP Jorge Alcala and CF Gilberto Celestino. MLB Pipeline ranked Alcala #10 and Celestino #15 among Astros prospects.Additionally, Miguel Sano was recalled to the Twins from Rochester.OF Byron Buxton was activated from the Rochester disabled list with C Juan Graterol being placed on the DL. RH RP Addison Reed was placed on the Rochester roster on a rehab assignment. UT Taylor Motter was outrighted and is now back on the Red Wings roster.Here's what happened to Juan Graterol: RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 5, Louisville 3 Box Score Byron Buxton returned to the Red Wings lineup and in his first at-bat, he hit his third Rochester home run. He went 1-for-4 with a walk, the home run and also stole his fourth base. Willians Astudillo went 2-for-4 with a walk, his 14th double and his seventh stolen base. Nick Anderson was the “opener” for the Red Wings in this game. He responded with a perfect first inning including a strikeout. Zack Littell came on and worked the next five innings. He gave up two runs on three hits and four walks. He struck out six. Addison Reed gave up a run on two hits in his rehab inning. Jake Reed struck out three over two perfect innings to record his first save of the season. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 5, Pensacola 0 Box Score This was a nice all-around game for the Lookouts. A little offense and some terrific pitching. It all starts with pitching, so that’s where we’ll start. Lewis Thorpe went the first seven innings of the shutout. He gave up just two hits, walked one and struck out seven to improve to 6-4 with a 3.61 ERA. Cody Stashak struck out the side in the eighth inning. Ryne Harper gave up one hit in a scoreless ninth inning. Brent Rooker kept his power streak rolling. He went 2-for-4 and hit his 20th home run of the season. Alex Perez drove in two runs with his eighth double. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers , Daytona Box Score The only way to keep Alex Kirilloff from a multi-hit game is to involve Mother Nature who provided some rain which postponed this game. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 3, Clinton 2 (10 innings) Box Score The Kernels needed ten innings, but they got a walkoff walk from Ryan Jeffers to pick up the win in this one. Akil Baddoo led the offense. He went 3-for-3 with two walks and stole his 20th base. Jared Akins went 3-for-4. Jeffers went 1-for-3 with two walks and his first Kernels double. Bailey Ober started and was limited to just three innings. He gave up one run on two hits and struck out two batters. Jose Martinez came on and threw three scoreless frames. He had two strikeouts. Kevin Marnon struck out four batters over 2 1/3 innings. He gave up one run. Calvin Faucher recorded the final five outs without giving up a run. E-TWINS E-TALK Elizabethton 8, Bristol 5 Box Score The E-Twins got a nice offensive day and won again. Ricky De La Torre led the way. He went 2-for-4 with his sixth double, his third home run and three RBIs. Yunior Severino went 2-for-5 with his fifth double. Lean Marrero went 2-for-4 with his fifth stolen base. DaShawn Keirsey returned to the lineup for the first time in nearly two weeks due to a quad injury. Trevor Larnach had his third straight hitless game, though he walked twice and stole a base. Carlos Suniaga started and gave up four runs (three earned) on nine hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three. Blair Lakso improved to 4-0 by working the next 2 1/3 innings. He gave up a solo home run, but he struck out four batters. Seth Pinkerton recorded his second save with two scoreless innings. He struck out three. GCL TWINS TALK GCL Twins 12, GCL Red Sox 2 Box Score It was a good day for the Twins offense as they knocked in 12 runs on 16 hits. Hunter Lee led off and went 3-for-5 with a walk, his second double and three RBIs. Second hitter Estamy Urena also went 3-for-5. He added his fourth double and drove in four RBIs. Charles Mack went 2-for-5 with his second double. Alberoni Nunez went 2-for-4. Willie Joe Garry went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two driven in. Kai-Wei Teng started and gave up two runs on four hits in just 2 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out five. Michael Montero struck out two over 3 2/3 scoreless innings. Niklas Rimmel recorded four outs, two on strikeouts. Frandy Torres got the final five outs, three on strikeouts. STARS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Hitter of the Day: Akil Baddoo, Cedar Rapids Kernels (3-3, 2 BB). Twins Daily Pitcher of the Day: Lewis Thorpe, Ft. Myers Miracle (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K) PROSPECT SUMMARY Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed. Please note that this Prospect Summary has been updated. #1 - Royce Lewis (Ft. Myers) - Rained out. #2 - Alex Kirilloff (Ft. Myers) - Rained out. #3 - Brusdar Graterol (Ft. Myers) - Rained out. #4 - Nick Gordon (Rochester) - 0-4, BB, RBI, K, SB(6) #5 - Stephen Gonsalves (Rochester) - Did not pitch. #6 - Trevor Larnach (Elizabethton) - 0-2, 2 BB, RBI, K, SB(2) #7 - Brent Rooker (Chattanooga) - 2-4, HR(20), RBI, 2 R #8 - Akil Baddoo (Cedar Rapids) - 3-3, 2 BB, R, SB(20) #9 -Wander Javier - out of for the season #10 - Zack Littell (Rochester) - 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 80 pitches, 54 strikes) #11 - Blayne Enlow (Cedar Rapids) - Did not pitch. #12 - LaMonte Wade (Rochester) - 1-4, BB, R #13 - Travis Blankenhorn (Ft. Myers) - Rained out. #14 - Lewis Thorpe (Chattanooga) - 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, (90 pitches, 66 strikes) #15 - Ben Rortvedt (Ft. Myers) - Rained out. #16 - Yunior Severino (Elizabethton) - 2-5, 2B(5), R #17 - Lewin Diaz (Ft. Myers) - will have surgery on his wrist soon. #18 - Ryan Jeffers (Cedar Rapids) - 1-3, 2 BB, 2B(1), RBI, K #19 - Jacob Pearson (Cedar Rapids) - 0-3, BB, K, R, SB(5) #20 - Luis Arraez (Chattanooga) - 1-4 #21 - Jose Miranda (Cedar Rapids) - 1-4 *I figured that since Wander Javier is out, I’d add #21 to the list. SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Louisville (5:30 CST) - RHP DJ Baxendale (0-2, 3.42 ERA) Pensacola @ Tennessee (4:00 CST) - TBD Ft. Myers @ Daytona (DH @ 4:00 CST) - RHP Brusdar Graterol (1-2, 6.20 ERA), TBD Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids (6:05 CST) - RHP Blayne Enlow (2-2, 3.16 ERA) Bristol @ Elizabethton (5:00 CST) - RHP Josh Winder (1-0, 4.91ERA) GCL Red Sox @ GCL Twins (9:00 am CST) - TBD Please feel free to ask any questions about Friday games, or ask any questions you may have. Click here to view the article

If you were wondering why Ryan Pressly was not used in the 10th inning of Friday night's loss to the Red Sox, well, there was a good reason. Moments after the game, Ken Rosenthal reported that Pressly was traded to the Houston Astros.Per multiple reports, the Twins will receive RHP Jorge Alcala and CF Gilberto Celestino. Per MLB Pipeline, Alcala is (was?) the Astros #10 prospect while Celestino ranked #15. Jorge Alcala will turn 23 tomorrow. The Dominican native has 82 strikeouts in 79 1/3 innings for the Astros High A and AA affilaites. He is the #8 Astros prospect per Baseball America. Some reports indicate he is another hard-thrower who can hit 100 mph. Celestino is 19, also from the Dominican. He has played in the short-season New York/Penn League and played in three games at AA earlier this year. He has hit a combined .299 with eight doubles and four homers. Also 14 steals in 36 games. Ryan Pressly was said to be the Twins player that almost all contending teams were asking about. His velocity and spin rate made him, along with having one more year of arbitration, made him intriguing to a lot of teams. The former Twins Rule 5 pick has really made strides in 2018 after looking the part and showing glimpses over his years with the Twins. Pressly is a Texas native, so he's kind of heading home and will fit into an already strong Astros bullpen. Click here to view the article

He helped his high school team win a Minnesota state baseball championship. In the summer, he was a big part of an American Legion National championship. He achieved his goal of going to a Division I college to play baseball. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers, fulfilling a goal of being a professional baseball player. This spring, Adam Bray’s career pushed him in a new direction. The goal remains the same, but now that goal involves eventually playing for his home state Recently, Twins minor league right-handed pitcher Adam Bray answered questions for Twins Daily.Today, let’s get to know him a little bit.Adam Bray grew up in the shadows of the Metrodome. Not the actual shadows , of course, there weren’t any houses that close to the Metrodome. However, Bray certainly was a big Twins fan. “I have been a Minnesota Twins fan since I was young,” Bray recently told Twins Daily. “I grew up going to games at the Metrodome with my parents and friends. My favorite memory was getting to go on the field and watching batting practice for my birthday. My favorite Twins players were Torii Hunter, Johan Santana, and Joe Mauer.” As he grew up, Bray played on some of the best youth teams around. He played for Eden Prairie High School, one of the biggest high schools in the state, and they do a lot of winning. Bray noted, “My favorite memory from high school was winning the Minnesota State High School League State championship in 2010 at Target Field, and earning the win as the pitcher.” But Bray was a multi-sport athlete and very active in high school. “I played football for four years at Eden Prairie, and I played basketball for one year. In addition, I was involved with FCA and PROP.” In the summers, he was a big part of some really, really great American Legion teams. After his junior season, the team went to the national championship and finished as the runner-up. Following his senior season, the team got back, and this time they won the American League World Series. “I loved being part of two very talented and fun teams, both of which made it to the championship game. That’s one of the best experiences of my baseball career! Not many teams have done that.” Despite the high school and Legion success at one of the best programs in the state, he didn’t have a lot of offers coming out of high school. Bray noted, “I had very few offers coming out of high school. I had two NCAA Division I programs looking at me, and the rest of the programs were out of Division II or III, and junior colleges. My dream and goal was to play Division I baseball.” Bray decided to fulfill that Division I dream and went to South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. “SDSU had a unique community. I liked how the athletics were on the rise, and how supportive the community was about the programs there.” He was able to make the weekend rotation for SDSU as a freshman and had a real strong career full of highlights. “Winning the Summit League tournament in 2013 and playing in a regional was a big highlight of my career.” Following his four seasons at South Dakota State, Bray was selected late in Day 3 by the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was another dream to cross off the list of goals. “Ahead of the draft, I had talked to several teams that said they were looking at acquiring me in the late rounds. I was eager for the opportunity to have a chance to play professional baseball. On the third day of the MLB Draft, I learned that I was picked in the 33rd round by the Los Angeles Dodgers while sitting at home with my mom. I was thrilled to have a chance to continue to play baseball. It was a very emotional day for both of us.” He spent that 2015 season in Ogden with the Dodgers’ rookie Pioneer League team. In 2016, he split the season between the Low A Midwest League and High-A California League. He started the 2017 season back with Rancho Cucamonga where he went 7-3 with a 4.44 ERA in 26 games (19 starts). He even made one start for the Dodgers AAA affiliate in Oklahoma City. There have been many adjustments for Bray during his three-plus professional seasons. “The game is much faster. You are facing the best of the best every night, and now it’s a business. It’s important to work hard everyday, and to surround yourself with good people.” He went to spring training this year hoping to continue to work his way up the Dodgers’ organizational ladder, but one day he was pulled out of the locker room and told that he had been traded. “It was a Thursday morning, and I was getting ready for the day at Camelback Ranch and I was sitting at my locker. Our farm director, Brandon Gomes, pulled me outside of the locker room and told me I had been traded to the Minnesota Twins. I couldn’t believe it and was shocked. I told him, ‘You’re kidding me!’ He said he wasn’t. I asked him what was coming next, and he said I needed to pack the bags. The Minnesota Twins were in contact with me later. I called my fiancé and shared the news with her, and then my parents. It was exciting!” As you would expect, there has been an adjustment to joining a new organization. Bray noted, “I only have good things to say about both organizations. I am blessed, and beyond grateful to have played in such a classy organization with the Dodgers. My time with the Twins has been great thus far. I think the hard part coming to the Twins was getting adjusted to how they run things here, and also meeting everyone.” On Thursday night, Bray came out of the Miracle bullpen and threw two scoreless innings. He struck out four batters. In nine outings since joining the Miracle in late June, he has worked out of the bullpen, throwing anywhere from one inning to three innings. He has posted a 1.02 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP over his first 17 2/3 innings. He has given up ten hits, walked six and struck out 17 batters. In years past, he worked mostly as a starter, but he got in quite a bit of time as a reliever as well, and that’s something he believes is important for him. “My versatility is one of my biggest strengths as a pitcher. I have been both a starter, and a reliever in my career. I throw lots of strikes while not walking many batters.” The 25-year-old righty isn’t a finished product on the mound by any means, and he knows he’s got some things to work on. “I am working on improving my ability to read hitters tendencies and swings. I feel that by watching what a hitter does can tell you a lot about how to pitch him. It also helps that we have more data on hitters than ever before.” Bray is also quick to credit others who have helped him reach this point in his career. “First and foremost my parents have been a huge part of why I’m at the place I am today! The support they provide is amazing. Other people are my Grandpa (aka “my number 1 fan”) who passed away two years ago, my fiancé, and high school and college coaches. I have so many people that have helped me get to where I am today but those are some very special people.” Now he’s living a dream, playing in the organization he grew up watching. The goal is to play on the field where he watched the Twins play, and where he played in a state championship game in high school Of the idea of playing for the Twins, Bray has given it some thought. “I am truly honored to be a part of a team and organization I grew up watching. The Twins are a classy organization, and it would be a dream come true to put on a big league uniform in front of the hometown crowd in Minneapolis!” In case you were wondering, Bray is a Health Education major with a minor in Health Science. He is just a couple of credits left to earn his degree. And, most important for you to know, Bray points out that his favorite baseball movie is either The Sandlot or Moneyball. A huge Thank You to Adam Bray for taking time to answer our questions to thoroughly and completely. Please feel free to wish him well in the Comments below, and you can also ask any questions you like. Click here to view the article

Tademo is ranked #34 on my personal rankings, but he wasn't a Top 40 Twins Daily prospects. He's young a nd in his second GCL year. I think he's intriguing, but this is clearly a move across the parking lot, probably short-term. He'll have to move up the ladder more slowly.

Wells is 91-94, touching 95. Slegers is more 89-91, touching 92.

Wells lost his perfect game in the 6th inning on a bunt single.He was fantastic. Miranda's been very good. Helman was a nice 11th round pick, a college shortstop... but yeah, the last Texas A&M infielder they took in the draft turned out pretty good. (Though I'm not going to look at the 1990-2017 drafts to see if the Twins took any other Texas A&M infielders in that time).

If he continues to get 2-4 hits every game, it could happen. Not sure what Zoll's philosophy is on promotions, ,but Kirilloff might be a rare exception to many rules. But,, there's also nothing wrong with him gaining some extended success before pushing him to a level. It's almost like we don't want players to succeed in the minor leagues because it means "they''re not being challenged" but then when they move up and struggle we question them (see Gordon above). They won't make a move based on 10 games, or 30 games, but if Chattanooga is in a playoff race late in the year, they could move him up for that.

Yup, was his second game with the Kernels. He got his first hit and first RBI last night.

The 7-Day DL is the only DL in the minor leagues...

I believe... He was #18 on my personal Top 50 Twins prospect rankings and came in at 27 for Twins Daily... I think he''s got a chance to be good.

In Trouble? No. Struggling? Yup, as you would expect a young guy in his first go-round at his age in AAA.

He had something like a blood clot in one of his arms. Was a scary thing for a bit. Had surgery back in August. Just now getting back.

Elizabethton has Cosgrove, Casanova and Molina as catchers already. I don't know that Villalobos is a prospect, so I don't know that he needs to move up. I'm good with Tyler Wells moving up, and Ober has been good for a month, so he could take Wells' spot in Ft. Myers. Rinn went from Ft. Myers back down to Extended Spring Training before joining the Kernels. He's old enough to move up. Not sure he'll move, unless something happens to Ben Rodriguez (now that he's been moved up to Ft. Myers).

In 2018? Lewis? Navarreto? Kirilloff? Wade and Gordon are probables... Rooker is a maybe, but unlikely...the other three... 2019, maybe...

Not sure if you saw my tweet earlier this afternoon, but he fractured his thumb. Finds out tomorrow if he'll need surgery.

Nobody is privy to what the plan is. My assumption was Kirilloff would get up to the Miracle and stay there... but obviously if he's getting 2-3 hits a game for a month, the plan is likely subject to change. He can go to the AFL regardless.