Seth Stohs

I was disappointed when Solarte wasn't added to the 40 man roster. I know the Twins tried to bring him back as a 6 year minor league free agent but he chose Texas. If he wanted to stay loyal to the Twins, he could have done like DJ Romero, E de los Santos and Kyle Waldrop have done in recent years and stayed. I don't blame him for going elsewhere. I kept saying last year that he hit .300 or better every single month last year in AA. However, it was his first season of staying healthy. It was really his first season in 7 years in the organization that he hit well. He is known as being quite poor defensively. He doesn't walk much historically and he has very little power. (regardless of what PCL stats may say) So, at the end of the day, I was disappointed, but I also understood it from the Twins perspective.

I'm thrilled for Bromberg. Last year was such a tough year for him after wrking really hard th previous couple of years to get himself into the best shape of his life. He deserves the accolades, and the success. Hopefully he can continue on this path! He recently found out that his father has Hairy Cell Leukemia, so I know that's been tough on the family too. http://www.youcaring.com/fundraiser_details?url=helpmikebrombergfightluekemia&fundraiser_id=2756

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Nice showing for Mastroianni... Another great outing for Jared Burton!

I'm sure all the conspiracy theorists will like this... Roof is the nephew of former Rochester manager and Minnesota Twins player Phil Roof.

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The Twins and Blue Jays sat in a rain delay of nearly two hours before getting their game going just after 9:00 central time. Although the game should be done and I should be sleeping, it is a good competitive game thus far, so I will be up for a while. There were some good performances on Friday night, and there were some poor performances on Friday night. In player news, Kyle Waldrop’s rehab in Ft. Myers has been successful to this point. He pitched in seven innings over seven games with the Twins Extended Spring Training squad. He was even able to pitch on back-to-back days earlier this week. He will begin an official rehab stint now with the Ft. Myers Miracle before evaluating what the next steps will be. Congratulations to Darin Mastroianni on his first big league hit and two RBI. Here is a look at the Twins minor league scores and highlights from Friday: ROCHESTER 2, SYRACUSE 8 The Red Wings needed to go to Jeff Manship to make another spot start thanks to losing 60% of their starting rotation over the past week. Manship has been very good in relief for Rochester, but on this night, he struggled as a starter. He gave up six runs on seven hits in four innings. He walked one and struck out one. Esmerling Vasquez gave up one run on two hits and two walks in 1.1 innings. Brendan Wise gave up just one run over the final three innings. He allowed four hits and a walk while striking out two. Ben Revere is definitely on a hot streak. In this game, he was 2-4 to raise his average to .319. JR Towles went 2-3 with his sixth double of the season. Aaron Bates was 1-2 with two walks in the game. NEW BRITAIN 4, READING 1 We have been pointing out the stats a lot in the last week, but David Bromberg added more to his incredible recent streak. In this game, he threw six shutout innings. He gave up only a fifth inning single. He walked four and struck out seven. Lester Oliveros came in and threw two perfect innings. Daniel Turpen pitched the ninth. He gave up a run on a hit, but he walked none and struck out two. As good as the Rock Cats pitching was, the Phillies’ affiliate was just as good. The Rock Cats managed just three hits in the game and didn’t get their first one until the 7th inning. In the 7th, Evan Bigley singled in Chris Colabello. Wilkin Ramirez led off the 8th inning with his third home run of the week for the Rock Cats. It gave the team a 2-1 lead. An Aaron Hicks walk was followed by a double from Chris Herrmann and an intentional walk of Colabello to load the bases. Deibinson Romero was walked to add an insurance run. Later, a wild pitch gave the Rock Cats the lead that they were able to hold. As you recall, Bromberg started the season in the Rock Cats bullpen. In his first three appearances, he gave up nine runs in just two innings. Since that time, he has made four starts and two relief appearances. In those six games, he has thrown 21 innings, given up eight hits, walked eight and struck out 22 batters. FT. MYERS 5, DUNEDIN 8 The Miracle lost the series finale against the Blue Jays. Marty Popham started and gave up six runs (5 earned) in 5.2 innings. He gave up seven hits, walked three and struck out four. Jose Gonzalez struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings. Matt Hauser struck out two in his inning, but not before giving up two runs. Josmil Pinto led the offense. He went 3-4 with his third home run and two RBI. Levi Michael added a two-run single. BELOIT 2, PEORIA 6 The world of social media sure was curious when we saw the Snappers Friday afternoon lineup and noticed that 3B Miguel Sano was not in it. It was his 19th birthday. Had he been promoted to Ft. Myers. Soon after, we were able to learn that he had not been promoted and was just getting a day off, his first of the season. The offense missed him. Jhonathan Goncalves was 2-3 with a walk. Wang-Wei Lin was 2-5. Jairo Rodriguez hit his first home run of the year. Jason Wheeler has been one of the best starting pitchers in the organization to this point, but it was a tough start for him on Friday. The lefty gave up six runs (5 earned) on nine hits and two walks in five innings. Ryan O’Rourke came in and struck out three in two scoreless innings. David Hurlbut struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning. --- Players of the Day for Friday, May 11, 2012 Pitcher of the Day – David Bromberg [ATTACH=CONFIG]933[/ATTACH] Hitter of the Day – Josmil Pinto [ATTACH=CONFIG]934[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Saturday, May 12, 2012 Schedule Rochester @ Syracuse – RHP Daryl Thompson New Britain vs Reading – RHP BJ Hermsen Ft. Myers @ Charlotte – LHP Pat Dean Beloit @ Clinton – RHP Matt Summers --- If you have any questions or comments on the Twins minor league system, players, teams, etc., leave them in the Comments and I’ll try to answer them!

yes, it clearly was a hit-and-run. I get the above numbers, but when the team is struggling to score runs, I'm just fine with taking some chances with a hit and run there.

Curious how you suggest he do that?

This is why I choose not to worry too much about the draft. Like everyone else, I want the Twins to pick the "right" player too. Reports are all over the place on each of the players, and frankly, none of the 'experts' know who is going to pan out. To be honest, most of them probably won't. That's why I'll primarily wait, read what I can, and hope that whoever the Best Player Available on the Twins board is the 'right' player... But I would probably lean toward Zunino with the #2 pick.

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit DH Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Darin Mastroianni RF Jamey Carroll 2B SP: Nick Blackburn

I like Robby. He's a good guy, and I think he does his job well. Listen, the percentage of Twins fans that watch games on TV and especially those who are casual fans, don't want to hear the constant negative, even if it is negative. There's probably 20-25% of the population that are die-hards and frequent blogs and listen to all the podcasts. They should be speaking more to the casual fans. I thought that Blyleven last night was pretty honest. I also thought he was pretty quiet at times, in a "if you can't say something nice" kind of way. I'm completely good with Robby being positive. There's far too much negativism. Even if bad baseball and with a bad team, there are positives. It's part of why I follow the minor leagues, and even on the Twins, there are some positives. I get excited to see the young players get a chance and see how they do. Dozier's been solid. Perkins. Capps has been good. Even in negative, there are positives, and good for Robby to focus on those instead of all the negative!

Just a day off for Sano today.

It is the first time he has not played this season for the Snappers. As of now, not hearing anything more than a day off, but it's intriguing enough that I'm putting out some feelers to see if there's any more to it.

Nope. I really don't.

yeah, Arcia just turned 21 on Wednesday. Very talented hitter.

You want Santana and Perez to move up and sit? Does it matter if the backup AA infielder who is never going to play is 25 or 27?

Happy 19th Birthday to Miguel Sano!!! Heading into his birthday, Sano is hitting .298/.409/.645 (1.055 OPS) with 9 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs. In 144 plate appearances, he has 20 walks and 40 strikeouts.

It hasn't been a topic for almost two years. It just kind of went away.

New signing. With Dozier moving up to the Twins and Florimon moving up to Rochester, the Rock Cats are left with a middle infield of James Beresford (SS) and E. D. L. Santos (2B). That's fine, but Roof provides a backup, utility option. In his minor league career with the Tigers ('07-11), he played a lot of 2B, SS and 3B, and also some LF and RF. He was available. If you check out tonight's Thursday Night Minor League Update, there is a little more. Not much of a hitter, no power, but solid backup option.