Seth Stohs

After tonight's win against the Angels, the Twins announced that Wilkin Ramirez has been reinstated to the roster and will be back on Tuesday. He was on the paternity list while witnessing his fiance give birth to their first child. Oswaldo Arcia was told he will be headed back to Rochester.

If someone wants to adopt someone at Extended Spring Training or on a DL, that's fine.

Any idea why Taylor Rogers went just two innings yesterday?

Of course.

Last year in New Britain, he posted an OPS of .881 against lefties and .828 as a left-handed batter. There is no reason for him to stop switch-hitting at this point.... I don't think.

On your first point, I'm in agreement. I would never promote a top prospect for at least two months in those lower levels. At that point, you're in mid-June, might as well let them play in their league's all-star game. The Twins typically do promote several guys at that time. I go back to Danny Ortiz two years ago. He posted like a 1.250 OPS in April in Beloit, and he never posted another .700 OPS the rest of the season. Miguel Sano had a terrific April, but he struggled at various times throughout the season. I've said with Buxton that I think there's a decent chance he'll get pushed up to Ft. Myers this year, but I wouldn't do it now. He needs time. As for Morales, we're all aware of his elbow problems that cost him most of 2011. They tried rehab for awhile, then he went in for Tommy John. When they got in, they found they were able to fix it with arthroscopic surgery and he played some at the end of the year. I have been given no indication of any injury with him in 2012. He got off to the great start and really just struggled the whole rest of the season. And, he couldn't make contact in Puerto Rico this winter. He's a really good person, potentially too nice. But he's such a great athlete and still not old for the level of competition (he's like 5-6 months older than average for FSL). It's a big year because he can become a minor league free agent following the season.

How about this... Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario are really good at baseball!!?? Now that's stuff that you can't just get anywhere!!

I asked myself that same question the last two days. I have no doubt in my mind that Slama is giving it his all. None whatsoever. He's as classy as it gets and he does care. It has to be frustrating, and now the fact that he barely hits 89 often anymore, it's hard to not feel for the guy. Would have been nice for him to get more of an opportunity when he still could hit 91-92.

Twins on Twitter UPDATE - Blogs - Minnesota Twins News & Rumors Forum I just posted a blog that updates the Twitter accounts of Twins players, minor league players and front office personnel. It now also includes the minor league affiliates, their personnel and their media for you. Please use this forum to let me know who I'm missing, who should be added, etc?

Since I initially posted a Twins on Twitter blog a couple of months ago, I have updated their Follower counts a couple of times. It is interesting to see which players have increased their Twitter followers the most, by count or by percentage. (Please consider following some of the below links to player and personnel accounts) Also, a few more players have put themselves out there on social media, so they have been added to the list. Finally, I started a list to show each Twins minor league affiliates twitter information as well as people who work for those teams and their media. Please let me know if I am missing anyone as we continue to try to keep this list updated. Miracle pitching coach Ivan Arteaga continues to lead the way! [TABLE=width: 652] First Name Last Name Twitter Feb Update 3/10 Update 4/15 Update 3/1 to 4/15 AJ Achter @ajachter35 416 435 468[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Bo Altobelli @BoAltobelli 113 130 140[TD=align: right]7.7%[/TD] Oswaldo Arcia @arciaoswaldo 334 378 413[TD=align: right]9.3%[/TD] Ivan Arteaga @IvanArteaga 59,958 61,761 66,717[TD=align: right]8.0%[/TD] Tim Atherton @TimAtherton89 206 213 223[TD=align: right]4.7%[/TD] Luke Bard @Luke_Bard 721 998 1,001[TD=align: right]0.3%[/TD] DJ Baxendale @DBax24 3,906 3,930 4,003[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] James Beresford @JamesBeresford2 784 841 909[TD=align: right]8.1%[/TD] Doug Bernier @dougbernier 204[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] J.O. Berrios @JOlaMaquina 263 355 757[TD=align: right]113.2%[/TD] Evan Bigley @Bigley3 542 571 606[TD=align: right]6.1%[/TD] Hudson Boyd @boyd_hudson 193 232 308[TD=align: right]32.8%[/TD] Joshua Burris @Josh_Burris_ 164 171 185[TD=align: right]8.2%[/TD] Drew Butera @DrewButera 15,052 15,275 15,704[TD=align: right]2.8%[/TD] Byron Buxton @OfficialBuck103 299 448 1,272[TD=align: right]183.9%[/TD] Chris Colabello @CC20rake 493 765 1,204[TD=align: right]57.4%[/TD] Pat Dean @PDean15 328 335 337[TD=align: right]0.6%[/TD] Scott Diamond @Scott_Diamond58 12,446 12,651 13,280[TD=align: right]5.0%[/TD] Brian Dinkelman @BrDink 1,589 1,626 1,663[TD=align: right]2.3%[/TD] Brian Dozier @BrianDozier 9,334 9,463 10,382[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] Brian Duensing @BrianDuensing52 13,707 13,794 14,261[TD=align: right]3.4%[/TD] Tyler Duffey @TheDoof13 127 144 173[TD=align: right]20.1%[/TD] Eduardo Escobar @escobarmaracay 386[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Andrew Ferreira @Get_Meaty 5,263 5,186 4,942[TD=align: right]-4.7%[/TD] Dallas Gallant @DGallant18 353 361 377[TD=align: right]4.4%[/TD] Kyle Gibson @KGib44 6,569 6,722 7,017[TD=align: right]4.4%[/TD] Jhonathan Goncalves @jhong1305 71 83 89[TD=align: right]7.2%[/TD] Niko Goodrum @NikoGoodrumTC 369[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Steven Gruver @sgruv30 79[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Deolis Guerra @deolisguerra 885 1,076 1,451[TD=align: right]34.9%[/TD] Bryan Haar @Haardon 120 133 [TD=align: right]-100.0%[/TD] Nate Hanson @NHans12 356 371 400[TD=align: right]7.8%[/TD] Matt Hauser @mhauser_17 211 224 247[TD=align: right]10.3%[/TD] BJ Hermsen @BJHermsen12 1,246 1,287 1,377[TD=align: right]7.0%[/TD] DJ Hicks @DHicksMTB 699 710 773[TD=align: right]8.9%[/TD] Aaron Hicks @AaronHicks31 5,279 6,694 10,486[TD=align: right]56.6%[/TD] Trent Higginbotham @trenthigg 136 145 156[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Travis Huber @TravisHuber55 396 405 417[TD=align: right]3.0%[/TD] David Hurlbut @leftydh1989 61 68 77[TD=align: right]13.2%[/TD] Will Hurt @Will_Hurt 611 626 639[TD=align: right]2.1%[/TD] Tyler Jones @TmfJones 28 36 36[TD=align: right]0.0%[/TD] Zack Jones @Jack_Zones04 358 369 397[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Max Kepler @kepleroni 123 138 284[TD=align: right]105.8%[/TD] Kyle Knudson @KKnudson6 344 370 406[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] Matt Koch @M_Koch4 42 47 49[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Bobby Lanigan @BobbyLanigan 420 430 472[TD=align: right]9.8%[/TD] Drew Leachman @d_leachman 160 170 192[TD=align: right]12.9%[/TD] Andy Leer @andyleer12 95 102 113[TD=align: right]10.8%[/TD] Austin Malinowski @AJMalinowski24 274 302 336[TD=align: right]11.3%[/TD] Trevor May @TrevMay54 5,153 5,272 5,556[TD=align: right]5.4%[/TD] Chris Mazza @ChrisMazza10 193 203 234[TD=align: right]15.3%[/TD] Kaleb Merck @TwinsMerckin 297 304 313[TD=align: right]3.0%[/TD] Alex Meyer @Meyer17A 3,770 3,890 4,475[TD=align: right]15.0%[/TD] Levi Michael @LeviMichael9 256 267 287[TD=align: right]7.5%[/TD] Angel Morales @AngelMorales24 264 275 285[TD=align: right]3.6%[/TD] Miguel Munoz @mikemunoz59 98 108 123[TD=align: right]13.9%[/TD] Jonathan Murphy @JMurph6 246 251 251[TD=align: right]0.0%[/TD] Lester Oliveros @lesteroliveros 1,755 1,779 1,870[TD=align: right]5.1%[/TD] Ryan O'Rourke @RyanO_Rourke 547 547 562[TD=align: right]2.7%[/TD] Chris Parmelee @CParms27 3,656 3,998 5,232[TD=align: right]30.9%[/TD] Glen Perkins @glen_perkins 14,509 14,874 16,322[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] AJ Pettersen @apettersen1 629 646 694[TD=align: right]7.4%[/TD] Trevor Plouffe @TPlouffe24 21,434 21,651 22,988[TD=align: right]6.2%[/TD] Jake Proctor @JProc23 1,125 1,140 1,163[TD=align: right]2.0%[/TD] Michael Quesada @KSada55 125 137 146[TD=align: right]6.6%[/TD] Danny Rams @DannyRams35 1,057 1,055 1,061[TD=align: right]0.6%[/TD] Chad Rodgers @CMRodg 209[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Dereck Rodriguez @DereckRodRF3 320 325 330[TD=align: right]1.5%[/TD] Taylor Rogers @trogers34 250 263 275[TD=align: right]4.6%[/TD] Dan Rohlfing @DanRohlfing 580 644 757[TD=align: right]17.5%[/TD] Danny Santana @bigmen07 47[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Bryan Santy @BKSanty41 127 142 159[TD=align: right]12.0%[/TD] Anthony Slama @Slama39 4,293 4,308 4,389[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] Markus Solbach @MSolbach23 16 25 39[TD=align: right]56.0%[/TD] Manuel Soliman @Soliman30 488 496 535[TD=align: right]7.9%[/TD] Tom Stuifbergen @TomStuifbergen 615 664 706[TD=align: right]6.3%[/TD] Anthony Swarzak @ASwarzak51 7,258 7,301 7,661[TD=align: right]4.9%[/TD] Matt Tomshaw @matthewJTomshaw 203 208 209[TD=align: right]0.5%[/TD] Michael Tonkin @mtonkin37 124 139 176[TD=align: right]26.6%[/TD] Daniel Turpen @DdTuRpEn 142 149 148[TD=align: right]-0.7%[/TD] Kennys Vargas @kennysvargas 20 29 32[TD=align: right]10.3%[/TD] Adam Walker @walkoff28 482 494 543[TD=align: right]9.9%[/TD] PJ Walters @PJWalters39 2,311 2,353 2,479[TD=align: right]5.4%[/TD] Tommy Watkins @TommyWatkins 1,336 1,358 1,447[TD=align: right]6.6%[/TD] Dakota Watts @watts_22 819 831 862[TD=align: right]3.7%[/TD] Jason Wheeler @Lil_Wheels 163 168 172[TD=align: right]2.4%[/TD] Stephen Wickens @wicks1221 107 117 120[TD=align: right]2.6%[/TD] Corey Williams @coreyw24 326 334 337[TD=align: right]0.9%[/TD] Alex Wimmers @AlexWimmers21 1,244 1,267 1,322[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Tim Wood @The_Woodpile 685 730 798[TD=align: right]9.3%[/TD] Vance Worley @VANIMAL_49 54,137 53,851 54,314[TD=align: right]0.9%[/TD] FRONT OFFICE First Name Last Name Twitter Followers Dave St. Peter @TwinsPrez 14,131 14,316 15,321[TD=align: right]7.0%[/TD] Dustin Morse @Twins_morsecode 9,299 9,484 10,674[TD=align: right]12.5%[/TD] Mike Herman @HermTT 2,108 2,129 2,201[TD=align: right]3.4%[/TD] Bryan Donaldson @MNCommunityGuy 1,488 1,495 1,524[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] Andrew Heydt @AndrewHeydt 395 423 437[TD=align: right]3.3%[/TD] Mike Kennedy @TwinsPRMachine 334 370 407[TD=align: right]10.0%[/TD] Brace Hemmelgarn @bracehemmelgarn 913 972 1,115[TD=align: right]14.7%[/TD] TC Bear @TC_00 9907 9217 9800[TD=align: right]6.3%[/TD] [TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Twins Daily [TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Twins Daily @TwinsDaily 1557 2149[TD=align: right]38.0%[/TD] John Bonnes @TwinsGeek 4839 5127[TD=align: right]6.0%[/TD] Seth Stohs @SethTweets 4745 4891[TD=align: right]3.1%[/TD] Nick Nelson @Nnelson9 2554 2663[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Parker Hageman @OverTheBaggy 2849 3082[TD=align: right]8.2%[/TD] Brock Beauchamp @rocketpig76 72[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Jeremy Nygaard @JeremyNygaard 274 Cody Christie @NoDakTwinsFan 839 Minor Leagues Rochester Red Wings @RocRedWings 5376 Josh Whetzel @JoshWhetzel 988 Morrie Silver @MorrieSilver8 293 Jim Mandelaro @JMand1 1093 Christopher Fee @CJFee 19 New Britain Rock Cats @RockCats 5098 Ken Lipshez @KenLip1 107 Jeff Dooley @Jdooleysports 202 @Mnfanfromafar 284 Ft. Myers Miracle @MiracleBaseball 5052 Bryce Zimmerman @ZimMiracle 261 Steve Gliner @stevieGFTM 377 Adam MacDonald @AdamMacMiracle 60 David Dorsey @DavidADorsey 1071 Cedar Rapids Kernels @CRKernels 3406 Morgan Hawk @Morgan_Hawk 307 Jim Crikket @JimCrikket 348 Jeff Johnson @jeje66 977 Metro Sports Report @metrosportsrept 720 Andrew Pantini @stadium65 85 Elizabethton Twins @ETownTwins 623 [/TABLE]

Since I initially posted a Twins on Twitter blog a couple of months ago, I have updated their Follower counts a couple of times. It is interesting to see which players have increased their Twitter followers the most, by count or by percentage. (Please consider following some of the below links to player and personnel accounts) Also, a few more players have put themselves out there on social media, so they have been added to the list. Finally, I started a list to show each Twins minor league affiliates twitter information as well as people who work for those teams and their media. Please let me know if I am missing anyone as we continue to try to keep this list updated. Miracle pitching coach Ivan Arteaga continues to lead the way! [TABLE=width: 652] First Name Last Name Twitter Feb Update 3/10 Update 4/15 Update 3/1 to 4/15 AJ Achter @ajachter35 416 435 468[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Bo Altobelli @BoAltobelli 113 130 140[TD=align: right]7.7%[/TD] Oswaldo Arcia @arciaoswaldo 334 378 413[TD=align: right]9.3%[/TD] Ivan Arteaga @IvanArteaga 59,958 61,761 66,717[TD=align: right]8.0%[/TD] Tim Atherton @TimAtherton89 206 213 223[TD=align: right]4.7%[/TD] Luke Bard @Luke_Bard 721 998 1,001[TD=align: right]0.3%[/TD] DJ Baxendale @DBax24 3,906 3,930 4,003[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] James Beresford @JamesBeresford2 784 841 909[TD=align: right]8.1%[/TD] Doug Bernier @dougbernier 204[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] J.O. Berrios @JOlaMaquina 263 355 757[TD=align: right]113.2%[/TD] Evan Bigley @Bigley3 542 571 606[TD=align: right]6.1%[/TD] Hudson Boyd @boyd_hudson 193 232 308[TD=align: right]32.8%[/TD] Joshua Burris @Josh_Burris_ 164 171 185[TD=align: right]8.2%[/TD] Drew Butera @DrewButera 15,052 15,275 15,704[TD=align: right]2.8%[/TD] Byron Buxton @OfficialBuck103 299 448 1,272[TD=align: right]183.9%[/TD] Chris Colabello @CC20rake 493 765 1,204[TD=align: right]57.4%[/TD] Pat Dean @PDean15 328 335 337[TD=align: right]0.6%[/TD] Scott Diamond @Scott_Diamond58 12,446 12,651 13,280[TD=align: right]5.0%[/TD] Brian Dinkelman @BrDink 1,589 1,626 1,663[TD=align: right]2.3%[/TD] Brian Dozier @BrianDozier 9,334 9,463 10,382[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] Brian Duensing @BrianDuensing52 13,707 13,794 14,261[TD=align: right]3.4%[/TD] Tyler Duffey @TheDoof13 127 144 173[TD=align: right]20.1%[/TD] Eduardo Escobar @escobarmaracay 386[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Andrew Ferreira @Get_Meaty 5,263 5,186 4,942[TD=align: right]-4.7%[/TD] Dallas Gallant @DGallant18 353 361 377[TD=align: right]4.4%[/TD] Kyle Gibson @KGib44 6,569 6,722 7,017[TD=align: right]4.4%[/TD] Jhonathan Goncalves @jhong1305 71 83 89[TD=align: right]7.2%[/TD] Niko Goodrum @NikoGoodrumTC 369[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Steven Gruver @sgruv30 79[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Deolis Guerra @deolisguerra 885 1,076 1,451[TD=align: right]34.9%[/TD] Bryan Haar @Haardon 120 133 [TD=align: right]-100.0%[/TD] Nate Hanson @NHans12 356 371 400[TD=align: right]7.8%[/TD] Matt Hauser @mhauser_17 211 224 247[TD=align: right]10.3%[/TD] BJ Hermsen @BJHermsen12 1,246 1,287 1,377[TD=align: right]7.0%[/TD] DJ Hicks @DHicksMTB 699 710 773[TD=align: right]8.9%[/TD] Aaron Hicks @AaronHicks31 5,279 6,694 10,486[TD=align: right]56.6%[/TD] Trent Higginbotham @trenthigg 136 145 156[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Travis Huber @TravisHuber55 396 405 417[TD=align: right]3.0%[/TD] David Hurlbut @leftydh1989 61 68 77[TD=align: right]13.2%[/TD] Will Hurt @Will_Hurt 611 626 639[TD=align: right]2.1%[/TD] Tyler Jones @TmfJones 28 36 36[TD=align: right]0.0%[/TD] Zack Jones @Jack_Zones04 358 369 397[TD=align: right]7.6%[/TD] Max Kepler @kepleroni 123 138 284[TD=align: right]105.8%[/TD] Kyle Knudson @KKnudson6 344 370 406[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] Matt Koch @M_Koch4 42 47 49[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Bobby Lanigan @BobbyLanigan 420 430 472[TD=align: right]9.8%[/TD] Drew Leachman @d_leachman 160 170 192[TD=align: right]12.9%[/TD] Andy Leer @andyleer12 95 102 113[TD=align: right]10.8%[/TD] Austin Malinowski @AJMalinowski24 274 302 336[TD=align: right]11.3%[/TD] Trevor May @TrevMay54 5,153 5,272 5,556[TD=align: right]5.4%[/TD] Chris Mazza @ChrisMazza10 193 203 234[TD=align: right]15.3%[/TD] Kaleb Merck @TwinsMerckin 297 304 313[TD=align: right]3.0%[/TD] Alex Meyer @Meyer17A 3,770 3,890 4,475[TD=align: right]15.0%[/TD] Levi Michael @LeviMichael9 256 267 287[TD=align: right]7.5%[/TD] Angel Morales @AngelMorales24 264 275 285[TD=align: right]3.6%[/TD] Miguel Munoz @mikemunoz59 98 108 123[TD=align: right]13.9%[/TD] Jonathan Murphy @JMurph6 246 251 251[TD=align: right]0.0%[/TD] Lester Oliveros @lesteroliveros 1,755 1,779 1,870[TD=align: right]5.1%[/TD] Ryan O'Rourke @RyanO_Rourke 547 547 562[TD=align: right]2.7%[/TD] Chris Parmelee @CParms27 3,656 3,998 5,232[TD=align: right]30.9%[/TD] Glen Perkins @glen_perkins 14,509 14,874 16,322[TD=align: right]9.7%[/TD] AJ Pettersen @apettersen1 629 646 694[TD=align: right]7.4%[/TD] Trevor Plouffe @TPlouffe24 21,434 21,651 22,988[TD=align: right]6.2%[/TD] Jake Proctor @JProc23 1,125 1,140 1,163[TD=align: right]2.0%[/TD] Michael Quesada @KSada55 125 137 146[TD=align: right]6.6%[/TD] Danny Rams @DannyRams35 1,057 1,055 1,061[TD=align: right]0.6%[/TD] Chad Rodgers @CMRodg 209[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Dereck Rodriguez @DereckRodRF3 320 325 330[TD=align: right]1.5%[/TD] Taylor Rogers @trogers34 250 263 275[TD=align: right]4.6%[/TD] Dan Rohlfing @DanRohlfing 580 644 757[TD=align: right]17.5%[/TD] Danny Santana @bigmen07 47[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Bryan Santy @BKSanty41 127 142 159[TD=align: right]12.0%[/TD] Anthony Slama @Slama39 4,293 4,308 4,389[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] Markus Solbach @MSolbach23 16 25 39[TD=align: right]56.0%[/TD] Manuel Soliman @Soliman30 488 496 535[TD=align: right]7.9%[/TD] Tom Stuifbergen @TomStuifbergen 615 664 706[TD=align: right]6.3%[/TD] Anthony Swarzak @ASwarzak51 7,258 7,301 7,661[TD=align: right]4.9%[/TD] Matt Tomshaw @matthewJTomshaw 203 208 209[TD=align: right]0.5%[/TD] Michael Tonkin @mtonkin37 124 139 176[TD=align: right]26.6%[/TD] Daniel Turpen @DdTuRpEn 142 149 148[TD=align: right]-0.7%[/TD] Kennys Vargas @kennysvargas 20 29 32[TD=align: right]10.3%[/TD] Adam Walker @walkoff28 482 494 543[TD=align: right]9.9%[/TD] PJ Walters @PJWalters39 2,311 2,353 2,479[TD=align: right]5.4%[/TD] Tommy Watkins @TommyWatkins 1,336 1,358 1,447[TD=align: right]6.6%[/TD] Dakota Watts @watts_22 819 831 862[TD=align: right]3.7%[/TD] Jason Wheeler @Lil_Wheels 163 168 172[TD=align: right]2.4%[/TD] Stephen Wickens @wicks1221 107 117 120[TD=align: right]2.6%[/TD] Corey Williams @coreyw24 326 334 337[TD=align: right]0.9%[/TD] Alex Wimmers @AlexWimmers21 1,244 1,267 1,322[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Tim Wood @The_Woodpile 685 730 798[TD=align: right]9.3%[/TD] Vance Worley @VANIMAL_49 54,137 53,851 54,314[TD=align: right]0.9%[/TD] FRONT OFFICE First Name Last Name Twitter Followers Dave St. Peter @TwinsPrez 14,131 14,316 15,321[TD=align: right]7.0%[/TD] Dustin Morse @Twins_morsecode 9,299 9,484 10,674[TD=align: right]12.5%[/TD] Mike Herman @HermTT 2,108 2,129 2,201[TD=align: right]3.4%[/TD] Bryan Donaldson @MNCommunityGuy 1,488 1,495 1,524[TD=align: right]1.9%[/TD] Andrew Heydt @AndrewHeydt 395 423 437[TD=align: right]3.3%[/TD] Mike Kennedy @TwinsPRMachine 334 370 407[TD=align: right]10.0%[/TD] Brace Hemmelgarn @bracehemmelgarn 913 972 1,115[TD=align: right]14.7%[/TD] TC Bear @TC_00 9907 9217 9800[TD=align: right]6.3%[/TD] [TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Twins Daily [TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Twins Daily @TwinsDaily 1557 2149[TD=align: right]38.0%[/TD] John Bonnes @TwinsGeek 4839 5127[TD=align: right]6.0%[/TD] Seth Stohs @SethTweets 4745 4891[TD=align: right]3.1%[/TD] Nick Nelson @Nnelson9 2554 2663[TD=align: right]4.3%[/TD] Parker Hageman @OverTheBaggy 2849 3082[TD=align: right]8.2%[/TD] Brock Beauchamp @rocketpig76 72[TD=align: center]#DIV/0![/TD] Jeremy Nygaard @JeremyNygaard 274 Cody Christie @NoDakTwinsFan 839 Minor Leagues Rochester Red Wings @RocRedWings 5376 Josh Whetzel @JoshWhetzel 988 Morrie Silver @MorrieSilver8 293 Jim Mandelaro @JMand1 1093 Christopher Fee @CJFee 19 New Britain Rock Cats @RockCats 5098 Ken Lipshez @KenLip1 107 Jeff Dooley @Jdooleysports 202 @Mnfanfromafar 284 Ft. Myers Miracle @MiracleBaseball 5052 Bryce Zimmerman @ZimMiracle 261 Steve Gliner @stevieGFTM 377 Adam MacDonald @AdamMacMiracle 60 David Dorsey @DavidADorsey 1071 Cedar Rapids Kernels @CRKernels 3406 Morgan Hawk @Morgan_Hawk 307 Jim Crikket @JimCrikket 348 Jeff Johnson @jeje66 977 Metro Sports Report @metrosportsrept 720 Andrew Pantini @stadium65 85 Elizabethton Twins @ETownTwins 623 [/TABLE]

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At Twins Daily, we believe that the Twins minor leaguers deserve to be recognized. They may not play in front of big league crowds or for big league pay checks. However, they work really hard and deserve to be noticed when they perform. Last year, we started Adopt-a-Prospect as a way to help players throughout the minor leagues to get recognized. On Tuesday, starting at 10:00 central time, we will begin Adopt-a-Prospect 2013. As we did a year ago, a separate forum thread will be set up for the Adoptions. At 10:00, I will post that the adoptions can begin. See the remainder of the rules below. It’s fun to “adopt” the top prospects, but it can also be great to “adopt” the lesser-known minor leaguers and learn all about them and be able to share that with Twins Daily readers. Be sure to check out the rules below, and if you feel that you can meet the requirements, please stop by on Tuesday and adopt-a-prospect. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3758[/ATTACH] Rules of Adopt-A-Prospect: 1) Twins Daily members can only ‘adopt’ ONE prospect at this time. Each Twins prospect can only be adopted once. It will be first-come, first-serve in a new thread here that will be opened at 10:00 a.m. CST on Tuesday morning. (There may be a second adoption between the MLB draft and the start of the short-season leagues.) 2) Once you have confirmed that you have that player, you can post a thread. The title of the thread you start should just be that player's name. First post must be an introduction of the player. The format of the post is up to the individual, but please be sure to get all the important information needed on the player. For Example, Name, Position, Handedness, Drafted/Signed/Acquired (out of where/what round), Previous Stats, etc. Feel free to make it as detailed as you want. (There are a lot of websites you could link to such as their Baseball-Reference, The Baseball Cube, First Inning, Fan Graphs, MiLB.com, affiliate’s websites, etc.) 3) After the initial post (and throughout the season), you MUST update the thread AT LEAST once every week. If you fail to do this, the prospect can be taken away from you. [if a player is inactive due to injury or suspension, this requirement is waived as appropriate.] If you would like to update more often, please feel free. Updates should, at least, include Year-To-Date numbers for the player. The more information given, however, the better. Brag up your prospect! 4) Any major event (i.e. Promotion/Demotion/Trade/Perfect Game/4 HRs in one game...) must be reflected in the thread within a day of the event. Failure to update for this purpose may result in losing your adoptee. 5) Threads will be closed one week after a prospect has been traded out of the organization. However, if the player is traded back to the Twins (for some reason), the member who had the prospect will have the option to regain the prospect. 6) If a player is placed on the 25-man roster, this is wonderful news and you can continue that player’s thread. Reward for your player getting to the big leagues is that you can adopt a second prospect at that point. Even if the first player is eventually sent back to the minor leagues, you can maintain both prospect threads. 7) All other rules which are enforced on the main board will be enforced here.

Oh yeah, we exchanged a couple of e-mails a few weeks ago. You said you knew that if you could stay healthy, you would be just fine. I agreed!

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Although the Twins-Mets game was ‘weathered out’ on Sunday, it was another busy day in the Twins farm system. Two games went to extra innings and ended with a walk-off hit. Cedar Rapids finished two more games in Clinton before 5:00 meaning they completed four games in just under 24 hours. Each of those four games was decided by one run. Then there is the question that we’ve been asking each of the past several days, Did the Miracle win again? Let’s just say a fairly prominent prospect helped the team that won in an impressive way. Who won? Who did well? Well, you’ll just have to keep reading to find out! Rochester Red Wings 2, Pawtucket Red Sox 5 (11 innings) Box Score After playing two, seven-inning games on Saturday, the Red Wings had to play 11 more innings on Sunday. After combining for just six hits in those 14 innings Saturday, the Red Wings managed just five hits on Sunday. Clete Thomas got things going the right way. He hit a home run to lead off the game. He was 2-4 with a walk. Chris Colabello continued his torrid start that will hopefully bring him to Minnesota in the near future. He went 2-2 with two walks and two doubles. Andrew Albers made the start and threw five shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked none and struckout five to reduce his ERA to 0.93. Daniel Turpen came on for the 6th inning and gave up two runs on three hits and two walks. Luis Perdomo relieved Turpen in the seventh with a runner on but did not allow him to score. He worked three perfect innings. Tyler Robertson threw a 1-2-3 tenth. Anthony Slama came in to start the bottom of the 11th. He walked two batters, and with two outs, he gave up a walk-off, three-run homer to former Royals outfielder Mitch Maier. New Britain Rock Cats 6, Portland Sea Dogs 5 (10 innings) Box Score The Rock Cats jumped out to a fast lead, but in the mid-innings, Portland tied the game at five. There was little offense until the 10th inning when the Rock Cats pulled out a dramatic win. Curt Smith singled and went to third on a double by James Beresford. Next up was Danny Ortiz. The .400 hitting outfielder singled in the game-winning run. Blake Martin started for the Rock Cats. The lefty was solid through four. However, he ended up giving up five runs on seven hits and a walk in 4.2 innings. He struckout three. The bullpen came through. AJ Achter went 3.1 scoreless innings. He walked one, but gave up no hits and struckout two. Marty Popham went two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Antoan Richardson went 2-3 with a walk. James Beresford went 2-4 with a walk and a double. Ortiz went 2-2 (he came in late in the game as a pinch-hitter). Josmil Pinto was 1-3 with two walks. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3749[/ATTACH] Ft. Myers Miracle 5, Charlotte Stone Crabs 2 Box Score The Miracle have won in just about every way over their 9-0 start. On Sunday, they were down 2-1 heading into the 7th inning. Twins Daily’s AJ Pettersen tied the game with a sacrifice fly to center to score Jhon Goncalves with the tying run. Angel Morales worked a walk and Eddie Rosario was hit by a pitch. That brought up Miguel Sano. He launched a long, towering three-run homer to left field to give the Miracle a 5-2 lead, a lead they would hang on to. The Miracle improve to 10-0, the best start in their history. Sano went 3-4, and the home run was his third of the season. Morales remained hot. He was 2-2 with two walks. DJ Baxendale made the start for the Miracle. The righty went the first five innings and gave up two runs (1 earned) on four hits and two walks. He struckout three. Chad Rodgers came on and threw two shutout frames. After getting the lead, Ryan O’Rourke continued his great start with a scoreless eighth inning. Zack Jones came on for the ninth and recorded his fourth save. He hit 99 mph again (one of which hit an opposing player) and struckout two. Game 1 - Cedar Rapids Kernels 2, Clinton LumberKings 3 Box Score The Kernels began the game with five straight hits, yet due to some base running issues, they managed just two runs. That would be all they would score in the game as they fell in Game 1 by a single run. Adam Walker went 2-3 with his second double. In that first inning, Jorge Polanco and Dalton Hicks had back-to-back run-scoring doubles. Byron Buxton was 1-2 with a walk. Tyler Duffey took the mound for Cedar Rapids. In his first start a week earlier, he threw seven perfect innings. He was perfect in the first inning. In the second frame, he gave up a walk, but it was quickly erased with a double play. In the fourth inning, he gave up his first hit of the season before giving up a two-run homer to Guillermo Pimentel that tied the game at two. Duffey lasted until there were two outs in the bottom of the sixth. He left with two runners on base. Lefty Matt Tomshaw came in and got the final out on a strikeout, but not before the go-ahead run scored on a bloop single to right field. Duffey gave up the three runs on six hits and two walks. He struckout four. Game 2 - Cedar Rapids Kernels 7, Clinton LumberKings 6 Box Score The Kernels were able to hold on for the one-run win. In doing so, the Kernels were able to take three out of four in Clinton in less than 24 hours. Dalton Hicks gave the Kernels a lead with a long, three-run homer, his second of the season. He also added his seventh double. Jorge Polanco was 2-4 with two RBI. Travis Harrison went 1-2 and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Byron Buxton went 2-4 with his third stolen base. Taylor Rogers threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk. Manuel Soliman threw the next two innings and gave up no runs despite two walks. Tim Atherton worked the fifth inning and wasn’t helped by his infield. Harrison had two errors and Niko Goodrum and Jorge Polanco each had one. Atherton was charged with four unearned runs in the inning. It could have been worse, but JD Williams threw out a runner at the plate to end the inning. Tyler Jones then gave up two runs (1 earned) in the 6th inning, cutting the lead to 7-6. He pitched a scoreless seventh to record his first save. All four games of this series were decided by one run.

Average FSL Hitter this year is currently 22.8. Pitchers 23.2. Average FM Hitter this year is currently 22.9. Pitchers 23.1. Angel Morales turned 23 in November, so he's just barely over the average. Miracle have several 25 year olds, but the prospects are young!

CF isn't really learning a new position. He's played CF. He knows how to play the position. CF is the easiest of the three positions. The only reason he hasn't played there a lot in pro ball isn't because he can't, it's because he doesn't have the speed/range that guys like Hicks, Benson, Mastroianni, Morales, etc., have. If they're will to have him play CF in between Willingham and Parmelee for the short-term, he'll make the plays he gets to. No worries about that.

It's 3 days... He should play RF twice and DH once and give days off to Parmelee, Doumit and Morneau (or Mauer).

6-4-3 | StarTribune.com The Star Tribune's Phil Miller writes that Oswaldo Arcia will join the Twins on Monday for a couple of days while Wilkin Ramirez is gone on paternity leave. Hopefully the Twins play so we can watch Arcia rake!

The Twins aren't going to need a 5th starter for about 10 days. Hernandez can work long relief for the next week or so (which will likely be needed). I don't think prospect status has anything to do with it, and it shouldn't at this point.