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Two starting pitchers that began the season in the Minnesota Twins starting rotation pitched very well in the minor leagues on Sunday. That’s probably a big part of the story of the Twins 2013 season. Scott Diamond pitched one whale of a game for the Red Wings while Cole De Vries pitched five very good innings in Ft. Myers. The Twins traded Jamey Carroll on Sunday, and one of the candidates to replace him on the roster had a big game for the Red Wings as well. Miguel Sano continued to mash. There were several firsts in Elizabethton on this night. Speaking of firsts, congratulations to Cedar Rapids’ Adam Walker who became the first player in minor league baseball to tally 100 RBI this season. See what else happened in the Twins farm system on Sunday. Rochester Red Wings 5, Norfolk Tides 0 BoxScore Scott Diamond was sent to AAA, and the hope would be that he would pitch well and quickly return. On Sunday, the lefty threw a complete game shutout. He needed just 106 pitches, and 73 of them were strikes. He gave up just five hits, walked none and struck out four. [ATTACH=CONFIG]5176[/ATTACH] Eduardo Escobar apparently wants to return to the Twins. Theinfielder went 4-5 with his ninth and tenth doubles, and his fourth stolen base. Deibinson Romero went 2-3 with two walks and a triple. Eric Farris went 2-4 with his 21st stolen base. Ray Olmedo went 2-4. New Britain Rock Cats 5, Reading Fightin Phils 14 BoxScore The Miguel Sano Show just continues, but on this night, the offense was not enough to overcome some poor defense. Matt Summers made the start and went four innings. He gave up five runs on nine hits. He walked one, hit one and did not strike out any. Jose Gonzalez came on and gave up five runs, but just one was earned, in 0.2 innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and hit one. Matt Hauser came in and gave up a home run before getting the final out. Dan Sattler struck out two in his perfect inning. Blake Martin gave up three runs on five hits and a walk in two innings. He struck out four. Sano went 2-5 with his 11th double and 13th home run. It was his 29th combined homer. Dan Rohlfing went 3-5. Reynaldo Rodriguez hit his 18th home run. Jordan Parraz hit his 11thhomer. Ft. Myers Miracle 3, Jupiter Hammerheads 1 BoxScore The Miracle got two wins on the day. They finished a game started on June 28th. Steve Gruver went three innings, and then Chad Rodgers went the final 3.2 innings. Kennys Vargas led the offense by going 2-4. The regularly scheduled game became a seven-inning game.Cole De Vries got the start and went five shutout innings. He gave up just two hits, walked none and struck out four. Adrian Salcedo gets the save as he gave up an unearned run over the final two innings. He gave up two hits and walked one. Stephen Wickens went 2-4 with his 15th double. Dalton Hicks went 2-3 with his third double and two RBI. Cedar Rapids Kernels 8, Kane County Cougars 4 BoxScore If there was a race to 100 RBI in the entire minor leagues, the winner would be the Kernels’ Adam Walker. On Sunday, he went 2-4 with his seventh triple and his 26th home run. The homer went over the batter’s eye in centerfield, and drove in three runs. It accounted for his 100th, 101st, and 102nd RBI. Jorge Polanco went 2-4 with his 30thdouble. Travis Harrison went 2-5 with his 28th double. Jonathan Murphy went 2-5. Hudson Boyd returned to the starting rotation for the Kernels. He went 2.2 innings. He gave up just one run on two hits. He walked six batters and struck out two. Christian Powell came on and went the next 4.1 innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits. He walked three and struck out four. Alex Muren recorded his second save. He struck out two over two one-hit innings. Elizabethton Twins 12,Burlington Royals 5 BoxScore Down 5-4 heading into the 7th inning, the E-Twins scored seven runs in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach. Stuart Turner went 2-4 with two walks, his fifth double and his first home run. Tanner Vavra went 2-4 with a walk. Zach Granite went 2-5 with a walk. Zach Larson went 2-5. Ryan Walker went 1-3 with three walks and his third and fourth stolen base. Rory Rhodes had just one hit, but his grand slam was the biggest hit of the game. Yorman Landa started and went the first four innings. He gave up five runs (3 earned) on seven hits and three walks. He struck out two. Tanner Mendonca got his first win. He came in in relief. He threw two scoreless innings and gave up one hit, walked one and struck out two. Aaron Slegers recorded his first save. He struck out three over three perfect innings. GCL Twins No Game Scheduled. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.

The Minnesota Twins have announced the they have traded infielder Jamey Carroll to the Kansas City Royals. He gives the Royals depth in the middle infielder. The Twins will receive a Player to be Named Later or Cash. Carroll signed a two-year contract with the Twins in November of 2011. The 39 year old started his stint with the Twins as their shortstop before moving over to second base. This year, he has been a utility infielder and played in a limited basis. [ATTACH=CONFIG]5173[/ATTACH] I'm certain it is no coincidence that he has played quite a bit more in recent weeks, particularly at third base. Likely the Twins were trying to increase his value, maybe in an attempt to get an actually Player (to be named later) rather than just Cash.

The Minnesota Twins continued to hit some home runs inChicago on Saturday. A couple of New Britain’s power hitters joined the fun byhitting some long balls as well. The Cedar Rapids Kernels offense showed up,and one of its top pitching prospects put him a great performance. One of thenewcomers to Elizabethton came up with a huge hit. Meanwhile, an unlikelypitcher threw 13.2 consecutive scoreless innings to start his AAA career. Ofcourse, the Red Wings needed to play 12 innings in Norfolk. Will the game’s results make for a good, long trip back to Rochester, or an extra-long trip? See what happened and more on Saturday in the Twins minorleague parks: Rochester Red Wings 2,Norfolk Tides 3 (12 innings) BoxScore Pat Dean was terrific in his second AAA start. He went sixinnings without giving up a run. He then gave up his first AAA run with twoouts in the seventh. He gave up one more in the 8th frame. In all,he went 7.2 innings and was charged with two runs on six hits. He walked noneand struck out six. Cody Eppley came in and got the final out of the 8thinning. Aaron Thompson started the 9th inning, but Shairon Martis came on and pitched a scoreless ninth and tenth inning. AJ Achter came on andpitched a scoreless 11th inning. He got the first two outs of the 12thframe. However, the third batter doubled, and Jonathan Schoop singled in thewalk-off run. The Red Wings bats just didn’t show up on this night. Theywere scoreless going into the ninth inning. Aaron Hicks, who had entered thegame as a pinch runner for Chris Parmelee, came up to bat. He singled in DarinMastroianni to cut the lead to 2-1. Jeff Clement came up and singled in Hickswith the tying run. In the top of the 12th inning, Josmil Pinto ledoff with a double, but did not score. Hicks went 2-2 in his short time in thegame. Deibinson Romero went 1-2 with two walks and his 12th double. New Britain Rock Cats7, Reading Fightin Phils BoxScore Trevor May had a rough outing, but the offense carried himto a win. May gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks in 5.2 innings.He struck out six. Cole Johnson went the next 1.1 innings. He gave up a hit andwalked one, but he did not allow a run. Dakota Watts pitched the final twoinnings to record his fifth save. He gave up one hit and one walk. He struckout two. Miguel Sano got the team off to a fast start with a two-runhomer in the first inning. It was his 12th home run with the RockCats and 28th overall. Later, he added his 10th Rock Catsdouble. Reynaldo Rodriguez was tremendous though. He went 3-4 with his 16thand 17th home runs. He scored three runs and drove in three runs.Angel Morales went 2-4 with his first triple and his third stolen base. Ft. Myers Miracle 3,Jupiter Hammerheads 5 BoxScore Matt Tomshaw made the start for the Miracle. The left-handergave up five runs (4 earned) on ten hits and a walk in 6.1 innings. He struckout two. Nelvin Fuentes came on and threw 1.2 scoreless frames. He gave up onehit, walked one and struck out one. Byron Buxton went 2-5. Dalton Hicks was 2-4. Mike Kvasnickahit a two-run double, his 11th double of the year. Cedar Rapids Kernels 6,Kane County Cougars 0 BoxScore The story in this game was the performance of JO Berrios. Hehad been struggling of late, but on this night, he was terrific. Theright-hander threw 7.1 shutout innings. He gave up just two hits, walked oneand struck out seven. Brian Gilbert came in and got the final five outs in order. [ATTACH=CONFIG]5166[/ATTACH] Photo by Rinaldi Photos Jonathan Murphy went 2-4 with a walk and his sixth double.Bo Altobelli went 2-4. Joel Licon was 2-3 with a walk and his tenth double.Jorge Polanco added his 29th double. Elizabethton Twins 5,Burlington Royals 3 BoxScore Elizabethton was down 3-2 in the 8th inning whenthey loaded the bases. That brought up newly-promoted Zach Larson to the plate.He drove in all three runs to give the Twins the lead, a lead they were able tohold on to. Larson went 3-4 with a triple and three RBI. Bryan Haar went 2-4with his 11th double. Rory Rhodes and Javier Pimentel each hit theirtenth doubles of the year. Felix Jorge started and gave up three runs (2 earned) onfive hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out six. Andre Martinezcame in and walked one and struck out two in his inning. Carson Goldsmithworked the next two innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck outthree. Brandon Peterson recorded his third save with a scoreless ninth. He gaveup one hit and struck out one. GCL Twins 2, GCL RedSox 4 BoxScore The GCL Twins managed just five hits on Saturday. NelsonMolina went 2-4 and now has five hits on the season. Ivory Thomas went 1-2 withtwo walks. Sam Gibbons made the start. He gave up two runs (1 earned)on four hits and a walk in four innings. He struck out three. His ERA increasedto 1.53. Reyson Zoquiel came on and gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits anda walk while striking out one. Zach Hayden then gave up one hit in a scorelessinning. Seth Wagner struck out two in two scoreless innings. Please feel free to comment or ask questions below.

The Twins had a full day of baseball on Friday, playing a day-night double header in Chicago against the White Sox. Fortunately, it was a day with a couple of exciting wins for Minnesota. Amazingly, each and every run scored by the Twins came off home runs, including several by players who spent a significant time in the Twins minor league system this year. Chris Colabello hit one in the first game. Chris Herrmann hit one in the second game. Last year’s minor league hitter of the year for the Twins, Oswaldo Arcia, hit one in each game. His 10th inning homer in Game 2 gave the Twins the win. Of course, the two starters (Kyle Gibson and Liam Hendriks) spent most of their season in Rochester as well. Hendriks was optioned to Rochester following the game. He had been the Twins 26th man on Friday, something they were able to do because of the double header. [ATTACH=CONFIG]5159[/ATTACH] It was a big day for the Twins, and there was a lot going on throughout the minor league system too. A couple of top pitching prospects made appearances in the GCL on rehab today. Adam Walker is closing in on Miguel Sano and Chris Colabello atop the Twins organizational home run leaders. He’s also about to become the first member of the 100 RBI club. Check out what else happened in the Twins Minor League system on Friday: Rochester 2, Norfolk 11 Box Score You know it’s not a good game when the highlight is that TWO position players had the chance to pitch for the Red Wings. Not only did they pitch, they threw THREE scoreless innings and didn’t give up a hit. Down 11-2 going into the bottom of the 6th, Gene Glynn called on outfielder Jermaine Mitchell to pitch. The lefty from North Carolina – Greensboro, where he did some pitching, worked two scoreless innings. He gave up just one base runner, on a walk. After his two frames, he went out to right field, and right fielder Brian Dinkelman came to the mound. He pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning, and one of the outs was a strikeout of Alex Liddi on a fastball clocked at 88 mph. So, that’s the good stuff. Unfortunately, Red Wings starter PJ Walters lasted just two innings and was charged with seven runs on nine hits and two walks. He struck out two. Luis Perdomo came on. He went the next 2.1 innings. He gave up four runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out just one. Edgar Ibarra came on and got the final two outs of that fifth inning. The Red Wings bats managed just three hits in the game. Deibinson Romero did get on base with three walks. New Britain 5, Akron 6 Box Score It has been a rough season for righty BJ Hermsen. Following his time in big league spring training, he was hurt. When he came back, he struggled in the rotation and was sent to the bullpen. It’s strange because he was the clear choice for Twins minor league pitcher of the year in 2012, most of which he spent with the Rock Cats. He pitched I the Eastern League All Start game. He is getting another opportunity here late in the season to start. Tonight, he went 3.1 innings. He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out just one. Ryan O’Rourke came on and gave up an unearned run on one hit and one walk over two innings. He struck out two. Daniel Turpen came on and struck out two over the next 1.2 innings. Blake Martin ended things with a scoreless inning. Miguel Sano went 2-4 with his ninth double. Jordan Parraz was also 2-4. Nate Hanson went 1-1 with two walks. Eddie Rosario hit his 13th double and walked. Danny Santana hit his eighth triple. Ft. Myers 7, Charlotte 3 Box Score Since Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario were promoted to New Britain, we have not read the name of Kennys Vargas as frequently in these Miracle game reports. In this game, he went 4-5 and drove in four of the Miracle runs. Matt Koch went 3-5 and hit his 19th double, the team’s only extra base hit in the game. Levi Michael had a single and a walk, and he stole his 16th and 17th bases. Taylor Rogers had another impressive start and improves to 10-5 with a 2.90 ERA. The lefty went 6.1 innings, and gave up just one run. He allowed four hits, walked three and struck out seven. He was replaced by Corey Williams who gave up two runs in the next 2.1 innings. He gave up four hits, hit two batters and struck two out. Tyler Jones came on with two outs in the 9th and got a strikeout to record his fourth Miracle save. Cedar Rapids 7, Beloit 4 Box Score Just to think, this was a 3-2 game after six innings, but the Kernels offense exploded after that. Adam Walker was 2-5, including his 25th home run. His two RBI give him 99 RBI on the season. Max Kepler was 2-4 with his sixth home run. Travis Harrison was 2-5, and his 27th double gave the Kernels a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Joel Licon, Jeremias Pineda and Niko Goodrum each had two hits. Tyler Grimes went 1-2 with three walks. Tim Shibuya made his first start of the season. He was limited to just 2.2 innings. He gave up two runs on four hits and two walks. He struck out four. Mason Melotakis’s innings are being controlled with him in the bullpen. He came on and went the next 2.1 innings. He gave up just one hit and one walk, but no runs. He struck out two. Dallas Gallant struck out three over the next two innings. Brandon Bixler gave up two runs on three hits in his inning. Madison Boer came on for the ninth and got his fourth save. He struck out one. Elizabethton 3, Johnson City 4 Box Score Kuo Hua Lo made his first start of the season. He went four innings and gave up two runs on three hits. He walked two and struck out two. Luke Bard made his first E-Town appearance of the year. He gave up one run on one hit in one inning. Austin Malinowki gave up only a walk over two innings, but the runner scored and he gets charged with the loss. Ethan Mildren pitched a scoreless inning. Logan Wade led the offense. He went 2-3 with a walk. Zach Granite went 1-2 and walked. GCL Twins 2, GCL Orioles 4 Box Score It was a day of returns and rehabs in the GCL. Right-hander Alex Meyer made his first rehab appearance. He started and gave up one run on three hits and a walk. He struck out five. In the first inning, he struck out the first two batters. He gave up a two-out single before striking out the fourth batter. In the second inning, he struck out the first batter. Then he gave up two not-hard-hit singles. He struck out the fourth batter. However, after walking the next batter, he was removed from the game, having met his pitch count. Meyer was replaced by Derek Penilla with the bases loaded. Penilla walked in Meyer’s run before getting a strikeout to end the inning. Penilla was then replaced by lefty-hander Pedro Hernandez who was making his first rehab appearance. The lefty struggled in his first inning. He gave up two runs on four hits, but those were the only runs he allowed in three total innings. He gave up six hits, walked none and struck out two. Following Hernandez, Kohl Stewart made his first appearance after cutting his foot on a shell in the ocean. The 2012 first-round pick threw two hitless, scoreless innings. He walked one and struck out two. Brandon Easton walked one in the eighth. Miguel Gonzalez struck out the side in the ninth. Chad Christensen went 2-4 in the game with his sixth double. He was the lone player with more than one hit. Ivory Thomas, who debuted in the Twins organization after being their 34th round pick this June, doubled in his first at bat for his first hit as a professional. Thanks for checking out today’s Twins minor league report. Please feel free to discuss, comment or ask questions.

The Minnesota Twins had a much-needed day off in Chicago as they prepare for a four-game series again the White Sox. Liam Hendriks has been recalled and will pitch the second of the day-night doubleheader. Josh Willingham returns from his rehab stint in Rochester and is expected to play for the Twins on Friday. It was a full night in the Twins farm system though. Cedar Rapids got their bats going again. Elizabethton’s hitters even had a big game. Of course, Elizabethton also got a tremendous start from a hard-throwing left-hander. Check out what else happened in the Twins Minor League system on Thursday: Rochester 3, Durham 7 Box Score The Red Wings fell behind 4-0 after just one inning and were unable to catch up. Virgil Vasquez gave up just those four runs on seven hits in five innings total. He walked none and struck out five. Cody Eppley then gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in 1.1 innings. He struck out one. Aaron Thompson got the next two outs, but not before giving up one more run on two hits and a walk. Shairon Martis pitched a scoreless inning. He walked one and struck out one. Josmil Pinto went 3-4 and is now hitting .423 in his short time with the Red Wings. Eric Farris went 2-5, and Jermaine Mitchell was 2-4. Deibinson Romero hit his ninth home run for Rochester. New Britain 1, Akron 0 Box Score Veteran Kyle Davies was back on the mound for the Rock Cats and pitched well. He went the first six innings without allowing a run. He gave up four hits, walked none and struck out two. Cole Johnson came on and struck out three over the next two innings. He gave up just one hit. Dakota Watts finished with a scoreless ninth frame. He gave up just one hit. The Rock Cats got the win despite scoring just one run and getting just four hits. Evan Bigley had two of the hits and drove in the lone run. Ft. Myers 1, Charlotte 3 Box Score The pitching was adequate in this game, despite a rain delay of over an hour to start. However, the Miracle bats did not show up on this night. Manuel Soliman started and gave up one run on five hits and three walks in four innings. He struck out six. Tyler Duffey came out of the bullpen and worked three innings. He gave up two runs on three hits and a walk. He struck out three. Zack Jones worked the final two innings without giving up a run. He gave up one hit, one walk and struck out three. The Miracle had just five hits in the game in this one. Byron Buxton’s third double was the lone extra base hit for the Miracle. JD Williams and Levi Michael each had a single and a walk. A frustrated Doug Mientkiewicz was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. Cedar Rapids 7, Beloit 2 Box Score It was a terrific night for the Kernels in Beloit. Their bats have really cooled of late, but on this night, the bats showed up. The pitching was also terrific. Tim Atherton started and improved to 6-4 with five solid innings. He gave up two runs on seven hits and three walks. He struck out four. Alex Muren was unhittable in his three innings. In fact, he faced nine batters and got all nine of them out, including two on strikeouts. Brian Gilbert pitched a scoreless ninth inning to close out the win. Jonathan Murphy led the offense. He went 2-4 with a walk, his fifth double, his second triple and four RBI. Adam Walker was 2-5 with his 27th double. Niko Goodrum was 1-2 and walked three times. Max Kepler and Joel Licon each had two doubles. Jorge Polanco hit his 28th double. Elizabethton 6, Johnson City 3 Box Score [ATTACH=CONFIG]5151[/ATTACH]Hard-throwing lefty Randy Rosario was on the mound for the E-Twins. He threw seven shutout innings. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. Second-round pick Ryan Eades came on and struggled to find the strike zone. He recorded just two outs and was charged with three runs (2 earned). He gave up one hit, walked three and struck out one. CK Irby recorded his first save. He got the final four outs. He walked one and struck out two. Zach Granite continues to lead the E-Twins offense from the leadoff position. In this game, he was 2-3 with two walks and his 12th stolen base. Rory Rhodes was also 2-3, and he added a walk. Tanner Vavra hit his first triple. GCL Twins 2, GCL Orioles 4 Box Score For the second straight rehab game, Alex Wimmers got roughed up. In his previous start, he had given up eight runs (5 earned) on nine hits in three innings. On Thursday morning, he gave up four runs on five hits and a walk, and he recorded just two outs. He struck out one. Fernando Romero did a tremendous job in relief. He went the next 5.1 innings and gave up just one hit and walked one. He struck out five. Leonel Zazueta struck out four and walked one in two scoreless innings. Tyler Stirewalt then struck out the side in his inning. The Twins had seven hits on the game. Jonatan Hinojosa was the lone player with a multi-hit game. He was 2-3 with a walk. Jorge Fernandez had the lone extra base hit, his second triple of the season. Former Twins outfielder, Lew Ford, played in his first rehab game for the Orioles and went 1-1 with a walk. Thanks for checking out today’s Twins minor league report. Please feel free to discuss, comment or ask questions.

On Tuesday, we took a look at Minnesota Twins second baseman Brian Dozier and noted that his performance is certainly trending in the right direction, and that continued on Wednesday night in Kansas City. Today, we’ll shift to the other side of the infield and try to determine whether Dozier’s keystone combination partner Pedro Florimon is meeting or exceeding expectations. If I’m being honest, my expectations for Mr. Florimon were not terribly high. In fact, when I posted my 2013 Twins hitting predictions, I thought that he would be Designated for Assignment in June with an OPS below .500. Strangely, I was not all that impressed by his defense in his late-season run at shortstop with the Twins. Looking at some defensive metrics, they lined up pretty closely with those of Brian Dozier, who many fans thought was pretty bad at shortstop. [ATTACH=CONFIG]5145[/ATTACH] So, let’s start with the defense. When the Twins claimed Florimon after he had been DFAd by the Orioles, he was known as a tremendous defensive shortstop. Offensive expectations were very low, but that only meant that his defense must be incredible. Reports I was hearing out of New Britain and Rochester last year didn’t disagree with that. They were seeing a great glove man. But again, I thought he was disappointing, relative to expectations, with the glove in 2012. So, let’s jump to 2013. How is Florimon doing defensively. He had four errors in about the first week of the season. Not a great start to the season, but in total, he has just ten errors this season. Now to the more advanced defensive metrics. According to fangraphs, Florimon ranks third among MLB shortstops with a 7.7 UZR. Only the Braves Andrelton Simmons (17.7) and the Rays Yunel Escabar (8.2) rank ahead of him right now. By DWAR (Defensive WAR), Florimon’s (1.9) is second to Simmons’ 4.2. Third on the list is former Twins shortstop, JJ Hardy at 1.5. If Range Factor is what you prefer, then Florimon is Number One on your list. His 5.46 is 0.50 ahead of Simmons’ 4.96. The Number Two AL shortstop is Seattle’s Brendan Ryan at 4.30. So, from a defensive perspective, he has been very good. For me, that’s actually a little bit better than I expected. So, let’s turn to the offense. My expectations were incredible low so it won’t take a whole lot to be better than my expectations for him with the bat. Overall this year, in 300 plate appearances, he is hitting .232/.286/.353 (.639) with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 35 RBI. Looking at those numbers with no context says that they are not very good numbers. So, let’s look at how his numbers rank with other big league shortstops. Of 14 shortstops with more than 200 plate appearances, only Seattle’s Brendan Ryan has a lower batting average. Of the 14 shortstops, only Ryan and Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar have a lower on-base percentage. Of the 14 shortstops, only Ryan, Escobar, the Yankees’ Jayson Nix and the Rangers’ Elvis Andrus have a lower slugging percentage. Those same four players are the only ones who have an OPS of lower than the .639 that Florimon boasts. In general, Florimon’s offense has been pretty poor, but he’s not the worst shortstop in baseball offensively, which is what I expected. Imagine if the Twins were paying him as much as the Rangers are paying Elvis Andrus!! So, when you combine the offense of Pedro Florimon with his defense, what happens? Well, if you believe in WAR, the answer might surprise you. Here are the WAR rankings for the shortstops with more than 200 plate appearances: 1. Jhonny Peralta 3.5 2. JJ Hardy 2.4 3. Yunel Escobar 2.3 4. Elvis Andrus 2.1 5. Pedro Florimon 2.0 6. Alexei Ramirez 1.8 7. Stephen Drew 1.7 8. Jose Reyes 1.7 9. Erick Aybar 1.3 10. Jed Lowrie 1.1 11. Asdrubal Cabrera 1.0 12. Mike Aviles 0.8 13. Jayson Nix 0.5 14. Brendan Ryan 0.3 15. Alcides Escobar 0.2 SUMMARY So, has Pedro Florimon met or exceeded our expectations? Well, my expectations were immensely low. Again, I expected his defense to be like he was last year, which is to say, look like he should be a good shortstop but the numbers don’t match. I though he wouldn’t hit at all, especially over the course of a full season where his weaknesses could be more and more exposed. He hasn’t hit great at all, but much better than I expected. So, maybe not to the extent as Brian Dozier, but Pedro Florimon has exceeded my expectations by a decent amount. We said before the season if he could post a .600 OPS and play great defense, we would be happy. I think we can be happy with Pedro Florimon.