Seth Stohs

I'ts possible. I don't know that the GCL Twins have an official roster yet.

By "Baseball Definition" a Journeyman is someone who has been around for a long time and been in a whole bunch of different organizations. Plouffe has been in the organization since drafted in 2004. Only Mauer (and possibly Perkins, who was drafted in the same draft, two picks later, but I don't know which signed first) has been in the organization longer.

Thanks for sharing!

Yes... bat around = all 9 bat.

He might get some time there. HE's played there a lot in his life. It's not like he can't. I'm sure he could.

OK, not sure either of them will play in the GCL in 2015 though.

That's a great memory, a great story! It was great talking to Jose this spring. He's got a very interesting delivery. He's already 25. I believe he is from the Dominican but grew up in the States. I always enjoy reading more about these lesser knowns, guys who fought through the indy league ranks.

Let's not confuse prospect status with Win-Loss record. They're still in AA because they're still developing. They're all still young, especially Burdi, Reed, Buxton, Sano and Polanco, but even guys like Walker, Harrison and Turner are young to professional baseball. I know age to 'average-age-of-player-in-league' isn't something many want to read about, but it is important to note. These 20-22 year olds are competing in a league where the average player is 24-25 and there are some 26 and 27 year olds. Those players may not be the prospects, but they come with a lot of talent and experience. That is what prospects need to overcome IF they're going to get to the levels we hope that they will. That's why I originally hated to post the scores because to the development of players, score doesn't matter much at all. That said, to the players it does matter to them. They care. They all want to win. And, I also now believe that learning how to win is an important thing for development too. Also, this group has won a lot of games and most have won a lot of games together. I'm sure they're frustrated, but they'll be fine. Again, the big picture is what's best for their development long-term. Expect struggles.

We'd like your help... We would like to have an Adopt-A-Prospect forum for each minor leaguer so that they can all be recognized. If you would like to help by doing introductory forum posts for players, that would be a huge help to us. Just leave a note here for who you're doing and then go ahead an make a post on that player in the same forum and the same format. Thank you,

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Twins minor league affiliates played a season-high six games thanks to two postponements from Friday becoming doubleheaders on Saturday. Overall, it wasn’t a very good day for the Twins farm teams, achieving just one win on the day. With Trevor May having left his start in Seattle, could it mean that Ricky Nolasco’s rehab start in Cedar Rapids on Sunday becomes more meaningful? Continue reading and be sure to ask any questions you may have in the Comments.RED WINGS REPORT Game 1 – Rochester 4, Syracuse 5 Box Score The Red Wings got off to an early lead in the first game of their doubleheader. With one out in the second inning, the team got back-to-back-to-back singles from Reynaldo Rodriguez, Danny Ortiz and Jose Martinez to give them a 1-0 lead. Syracuse answered in the top of the third. In the bottom of the fourth, Brock Peterson singled to lead off the inning and two batters later Danny Ortiz hit a long home run to right field to give them a 3-1 lead. Later that inning, Aaron Hicks hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1. Mark Hamburger made the start for the Red Wings. Through five innings, he allowed just one run despite walking four batters. However, the sixth inning proved to be the downfall for the team in Game 1. In the sixth, Hamburger gave up two singles and got an out on a sacrifice bunt. He was replaced by A.J. Achter who walked the one batter he faced to load the bases. He was replaced by lefty Ryan O’Rourke who struck out the one batter that he faced. Michael Tonkin was brought in with two outs and the bases still loaded. He proceeded to give up three straight singles before getting the final out. The Red Wings loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, but they were unable to score. Both teams went scoreless in the seventh inning and the Red Wings fell 5-4. Danny Ortiz went 2-3 with a walk and his second home run. Reynaldo Rodriguez went 2-3 with a walk and a double. Jose Martinez also had two hits. Going back to the pitching, Hamburger went 5.1 innings and was charged with three runs on five hits. He walked five and struck out four. Achter issued the one walk and that batter came around to score. O’Rourke struck out the one batter he faced. Tonkin went 1.1 innings. He gave up one run (in addition to all three inherited runners) on three hits. He struck out two. Game 2 – Rochester 5, Syracuse 2 Box Score The story in this game was certainly Lester Oliveros. With the rainouts, Game 2 was to be a “bullpen game” and Oliveros was tabbed to start. It was just his third start as a professional baseball player. The other two? They came in his first professional season, in 2006, in the Venezuelan Summer League! How did he do? I would say he responded quite well. He was able to complete four innings and did not allow a run. He gave up just one hit, walked none and struck out nine. Logan Darnell came on to replace Oliveros in the fifth inning and threw two more scoreless frames, though he gave up two hits and walked a batter. Ryan Pressly got the seventh inning and gave up two runs on one hit and two walks. Doug Bernier led the way with a 3-4 game at the plate. Danny Ortiz had the only extra-base hit, his first double of the year. The Red Wings scored took a 5-0 lead thanks to a three-run fifth inning. The split means that the Red Wings are now 8-7 on the season. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 10, Tennessee 16 Box Score It is not often that a team scores in double figures and loses. Of course, it’s also not often that a team’s starter gives up nine runs and the team wins. The Lookouts grabbed a 6-3 lead in the fourth. However, they gave up six runs in the fifth inning to fall behind 9-6. Then in the top of the sixth inning, the Lookouts regained a 10-9 lead, but in the bottom half of the inning, they gave up three more. And then they gave up four more in the bottom of the eighth. In his previous appearance, Alex Wimmers was terrific in his return to starting this season, throwing five shutout innings. On this night, things didn’t go so well. In his 4.1 innings, he gave up nine earned runs on 10 hits (two home runs) and three walks. He struck out two. Jake Reed came on and worked 1.2 innings. He was charged with three unearned runs on two hits. He struck out two. DJ Johnson gave up four runs on three hits and three walks in 1.2 innings. Dallas Gallant was able to get the final out. There were positives on the offensive side of the ball. Byron Buxton returned after a two-game break and went 2-5 including a three-run homer, his second of the season. Levi Michael led the offense. He went 3-4 with his second double and second home run. He also stole his second base. Jorge Polanco was 2-5 with his third double and third home run. Dalton Hicks added his first home run of the season. Miguel Sano added a late double, his second. The Lookouts are now 7-8 on the season. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, St. Lucie 4 (11 innings) Box Score A night after playing 17 innings, the last thing Jeff Smith and his team wanted to do was play extra innings on Saturday night. And, they played extra innings on Saturday night. Ryan Eades was back on the mound and was very good again. He threw five shutout innings before giving up two runs in the sixth inning. In total, he gave up five hits, walked one and struck out three. The Twins were not planning on adding anyone to the roster to replace the DL'd Kohl Stewart, but after using so many pitchers on Friday night, they decided to have left-hander Jose Velez make an appearance. Velez was signed by the Twins after pitching in the independent Frontier League in 2014. He struck out 82 batters in 57 innings for Evansville a year ago. On this night, he gave up one run on one hit in two innings. Todd Van Steensel pitched scoreless ninth and tenth innings. He returned to the mound for the eleventh inning and gave up one run to take the loss. The Miracle had just six hits and Alex Swim had three of them. Chad Christensen hit his first home run of the season. The Miracle fell to 6-11 on the season. KERNELS NUGGETS Game 1 – Cedar Rapids 1, Kane County 6 Box Score Through three innings this was a 1-1 game, but Kane County scored three in the fourth and tacked on another two in the sixth to take a commanding lead and get the win in the first of two games. The Kernels committed four errors which certainly didn’t help the cause. Each of the four infielders had one. Michael Cederoth made the start and went the first four innings. He gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits. He didn’t walk any and struck out three. Sam Clay got the next two innings. The lefty walked two and struck out two while not allowing a run. C.K. Irby got the seventh inning and gave up two runs on two hits and two walks. The Kernels had just six hits in this game. Tyler Kuresa went 2-3. Nick Gordon hit his first double of the season. Game 2 – Cedar Rapids, Kane County Box Score Felix Jorge started and he was really good again. He gave up two runs on four hits. In six innings, he walked one and struck out five. Unfortunately, the two runs were enough for him to take the loss. Miles Nordgren came on and threw a scoreless seventh. The Kernels again did little on offense. They had just four hits. Nick Gordon and Trey Vavra each hit a double. Even with the loss, the Kernels are 11-6 this year. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Lester Oliveros, Rochester Red Wings Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Levi Michael, Chattanooga Lookouts SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Syracuse @ Rochester (12:35 CST) – LHP Pat Dean Chattanooga @ Tennessee (1:05 CST) – RHP Tyler Duffey Ft. Myers @ St. Lucie (3:05 CST) – LHP Brett Lee Kane County @ Cedar Rapids (2:05 CST) – RHP Ricky Nolasco Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the Saturday games. Click here to view the article

Great to see. They're definitely jumping more and more into these technologies.

Yeah, Parker posted that video on the Twins Daily Facebook page last night. It's great!

I'm thinking it'll be weekly, or every other week. We'll see. I think it's good.

Not that it's the be-all, end-all, but Scioscia still has several years left. He signed a 10-year extension in 2009 through the 2018 season. Not that he couldn't be let go as Arte Moreno has shown a willingness to spend and then eat contracts.

Rain and weather conditions caused postponements in Rochester and in Cedar Rapids. Both teams will try to play doubleheaders on Saturday. Two games washed out, but the Ft. Myers Miracle played almost enough to make up for it. Chattanooga got a home run from Miguel Sano to end their losing streak. Also, today is the first time I’ve provided a Twins organizational statistical leaderboard, so you can see which minor leaguers are leading the way so far.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester, Syracuse Box Score The temperatures hovered right around the freezing mark and there was snow in the air and on the ground in Rochester on Friday. The teams will attempt to play a doubleheader on Saturday CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 3, Mississippi 2 Box Score All series in the Southern League are five-game series. Mississippi had won the first four games of the series, but the Lookouts got some strong pitching, a little power and a clutch hit in the ninth inning to take the final game of the series. D.J. Baxendale got the start for Chattanooga. The right-hander entered the game with 12.1 shutout innings. In the seventh inning, he got a strikeout to start the inning. That put him at 18.2 scoreless innings to start the season. Unfortunately, he gave up a run before recording the second out of the inning and a second run which tied the game at two. Nick Burdi got the final out of the seventh inning and pitched a scoreless eighth as well. The game was scoreless through the first five innings. In the top of the sixth inning, Miguel Sano came to the plate with a runner on base and launched his third home run of the season. (Click here to see Sano's home run) The score remained tied at two until the top of the ninth. Stuart Turner led off the frame with a walk. Stephen Wickens pinch-ran for him. One out later, Jorge Polanco singled Wickens to second base. Max Kepler drilled a single to right field that scored Wickens and gave the Lookouts a 3-2 lead. Closer Zack Jones came in for the ninth inning. He got a strikeout, a groundout and a soft infield pop out to end the game. It was his third save of the season. Max Kepler made his second straight start in center field. Byron Buxton is healthy. Doug Mientkiewicz chose to give Buxton another day off, hoping it will help jump-start his season. The manager also switched up his lineup. He flip-flopped Miguel Sano and Travis Harrison, moving Sano down to fifth in the order. Also, after missing two games, Adam Brett Walker returned to the Lookouts lineup. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, St. Lucie 4 (17 innings) Box Score If your team is going to play 17 innings – essentially two games in one – you would sure like to win the game. Unfortunately, that was not to be for the Miracle on Friday night as they lost a heartbreaker to the St. Lucie Mets. Ethan MIldren started and gave up three runs on eight hits. He struck out four batters without issuing a walk. The bullpen took over after that. Down 1-0 after two innings, the Miracle got a leadoff double from Jason Kanzler. He was bunted to third and after a Niko Goodrum walk, Kanzler scored on an infield single by Aderlin Mejia. The Miracle were down 3-1 going into the fifth inning. Niko Goodrum led off that inning by crushing his second home run of the season, cutting the deficit to one. Two innings later, Kanzler got things going again with a leadoff single. After another sacrifice bunt and another Goodrum walk, Aderlin Mejia singled in Kanzler to tie the game at three. That’s where the game remained through 16 innings thanks to an impressive, workman-like effort by the Miracle bullpen. Tim Shibuya came on and threw three, one-hit innings. He struck out six. JT Chargois struck out two batters in his inning. Brian Gilbert got a walk and a strikeout over his two innings. Brandon Peterson threw two scoreless innings, walking two and striking out two. Alex Muren worked out of trouble with scoreless innings in the 15th and 16th. Madison Boer entered the game in the bottom of the 17th. He gave up two hits before issuing an intentional pass to Michael Conforto, his third intentional walk of the game. With one out and the bases loaded, Boer gave up a sacrifice fly that ended the game. Mejia went 3-8 in the game with the two RBIs. Niko Goodrum went 2-5 with three walks and his second home run. Jason Kanzler went 2-6 with a walk and a double. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids, Kane County Box Score Rain washed out this game on Friday night. The Kernels and Cougars will attempt to play two games on Saturday afternoon in Iowa. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – DJ Baxendale, Chattanooga Lookouts Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Dalton Hicks, Chattanooga Lookouts SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Syracuse @ Rochester (11:35 CST) – RHP Mark Hamburger and TBD Chattanooga @ Tennessee (6:05 CST) – RHP Alex Wimmers Ft. Myers @ St. Lucie (5:30 CST) – RHP Ryan Eades Kane County @ Cedar Rapids (2:00 CST) – RHP Michael Cederoth & RHP Felix Jorge TWINS MINOR LEAGUE BATTING LEADERS (through Friday, April 24) From time to time, I’ll take a look at the leaderboard in the organization. Below are the top five at several offensive categories: BA: Dalton Hicks (.395), Trey Vavra (.362), Zach Granite (.340), Josmil Pinto (.325), Reynaldo Rodriguez (.319), Nick Gordon (.302) OBP: Dalton Hicks (.480), Zach Granite (.456), Josmil Pinto (.438), Trey Vavra (.388), Aaron Hicks (.375), Niko Goodrum (.364) SLG: Trey Vavra (.660), Dalton Hicks (.558), Adam Brett Walker (.556), Aaron Hicks (.490), Zach Granite (.468), Niko Goodrum (.462) OPS: Trey Vavra (1.047), Dalton Hicks (1.038), Zach Granite (.924), Aaron Hicks (.865), Josmil Pinto (.863), Adam Brett Walker (.832) Hits: Zach Granite, Dalton Hicks, Trey Vavra (17), Nick Gordon, Zach Granite, Alex Swim (16) 2B: Niko Goodrum (7), Travis Harrison (6), Dalton Hicks (5), Zach Granite (4), 10 tied with 3. HR: Adam Brett Walker (4), Brock Peterson, Miguel Sano, Trey Vavra (3), 4 tied with 2. Runs: Zach Granite (16), Trey Vavra (10), Tanner English, Marcus Knecht, Miguel Sano (9), 4 tied with 8. RBI: Nick Gordon (14), Zack Larson, Trey Vavra (12), Dalton Hicks (9), 4 tied with 8. SB: Tanner English (6), Zach Granite (5), Zack Larson (4), 4 tied with 3. Innings: Tyler Duffey (20.2), Kohl Stewart (20.1), Stephen Gonsalves (20.0), DJ Baxendale, Taylor Rogers (19.0), Mat Batts (18.1) ERA >= 12 IP: Pat Dean, Ryan Eades, Felix Jorge (0.75), Stephen Gonsalves (0.90), DJ Baxendale (0.95), Mat Batts (1.47) WHIP >= 12 IP: Chih-Wei Hu (0.61), Stephen Gonsalves (0.65), Mat Batts (0.71), Pat Dean (0.75), Tyler Duffey (0.87), Felix Jorge (0.92) BB/9 > 12 IP: Chih-Wei Hu (0.5), Stephen Gonsalves (0.9), Aaron Slegers (1.2), Tyler Duffey (1.7), Ethan Mildren (1.8), Mat Batts (2.0). K/9 >= 12 IP: Felix Jorge (14.2), Stephen Gonsalves (13.5), Jose Berrios (12.9), Alex Meyer (12.3), Pat Dean (11.2), Chih-Wei Hu (10.0) Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the Friday games or the leader board. Click here to view the article

I started blogging two years before Trevor Plouffe was drafted by the Twins, so... I'm old!

SDBuhr caught up with Gonsalves this spring (Read Here) about working with Strasburg and Shields. When I was in Cedar Rapids, he said there were several other big leaguers working out with them too. It's always good to be able to pick the brains of others, and especially guys who are at the level that he wants to get to. As for the bunt, I don't have a problem with it because it's the 4th inning of a close game.

It should be noted that although Gonsalves has good control, there is absolutely no indication that it was intentional at all. My guess is that it wasn't.

Thank you! He's a really good kid. And a pretty good pitcher.

It does, especially for the internationally-signed players. They're signed at 16 whereas most US-born, drafted high school players are signed at 18.

It was in the 4th inning. Definitely not an issue at that point.

Fixed.