Seth Stohs

With the news that the Twins DFAd Luke Hughes today to make room for Jason Marquis on the 25 man roster, there is plenty of surprise. Sure, no one is completely surprised, but it's not like DFAing Hughes was the move that anyone anticipated in the "Corresponding Marquis Move" forum. I would be shocked if Hughes is not claimed simply because of his ability to hit and hit for power against left-handed pitching. So, with that, Hughes had several good moments with that Wins... what was your favorite? Mine? His first major league at bat, the opposite field home run in Detroit off of Max Scherzer.

He has a sore back and a slight flexor strain... Will likely miss a couple of starts, at least.

According to a Tweet by Kevin Goldstein, The Twins have signed Australian SS Logan Wade, giving them eight Aussies in the organization.

Looking into it.

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The Twins lost to the Yankees and CC Sabathia on Tuesday night, but there was plenty to talk about in the minor league system. A Japanese import had a big game. An MVP from independent ball had a second straight big game. The Snappers played two, and the big man from the Dominican launched home run #5 on the young season, to keep up with Josh Willingham for the organizational lead! The minor leagues finished the day 3-2. Here is a look at the Twins minor league games from Tuesday and even more of the highlights: ROCHESTER 4, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 2 Tsuyoshi Nishioka raised his batting average above .200 (to .208) with a 3-4 game in which he also walked and stole his third base of the season. Brian Dozier had an RBI double (his fifth). Daryl Thompson started and gave up just one run on four hits in five innings. He walked and struck out three. Tyler Robertson struck out three in two scoreless frames. Anthony Slama made things interesting in recording his fourth save. In two innings, he gave up a run on three hits and three walks. He struck out three and did get the save. NEW BRITAIN 6, PORTLAND 3 On Monday, Chris Colabello had a two-out, two-on, game-tying, 9th inning home run, and then he had the big double in the Rock Cats five-run 11th inning. On Tuesday, he was back at it. Colabello went 2-3 with his third and fourth home runs and he drove in three runs. Chris Herrmann and Diebinson Romero were each 1-3 with a walk. David Bromberg made his first start of the season. The right-hander gave up one run on three hits in three innings. He walked two and struck out one. Bobby Lanigan threw three scoreless innings in relief. Deolis Guerra struck out two in two perfect innings. Lester Oliveros gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in the 9th, but the Rock Cats had plenty of lead to maintain the lead and get the win. FT. MYERS MIRACLE 0, JUPITER 4 The Miracle bats were silenced in this game. They managed just four hits. Angel Morales hit his second double. Pat Dean started and gave up four runs on eight hits and a walk in six innings. He struck out three. Jose Gonzalez and Caleb Thielbar each threw a scoreless inning of relief. GAME 1 - BELOIT 2, KANE COUNTY 5 Miguel Sano launched his fifth home run of the season in Game 1 of the Snappers double header, but it wasn’t enough. Madison Boer started and gave up three runs on nine hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out three. Bart Carter gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in the seventh. Danny Ortiz was 2-2. Eddie Rosario was 1-3 with his fifth and sixth stolen bases. GAME 2 - BELOIT 3, KANE COUNTY 2 Jhonathan Goncalves was 3-3 with his third and fourth doubles. Eddie Rosario was 1-1 with two walks and his third double. Rory Rhodes was 1-1 with a walk. Matt Tomshaw started on the mound and gave up one run on four hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out four. AJ Achter struck out six in three perfect innings. Clinton Dempster gave up the tying run on two hits in the top of the 7th. In the bottom of the 7th, Rhodes walked and AJ Pettersen pinch-ran for him. He was sacrificed to second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Following an intentional walk, Pettersen scored the game-winning run on another wild pitch. --- Players of the Day for Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Hitter of the Day – Chris Colabello [ATTACH=CONFIG]664[/ATTACH] Pitcher of the Day – AJ Achter [ATTACH=CONFIG]665[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Schedule Rochester @ Scranton/Wilkes Barre – RHP Cole DeVries New Britain @ Portland – RHP Steve Hirschfeld Ft. Myers – No Game Scheduled Beloit vs Kane County – LHP Steven Gruver --- 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!

My choice would be Blackburn to the DL. Since they already know he's going to miss one start, why not be conservative, put him on the 15 day DL, and push his next start back another week.

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As Nick wrote yesterday, as the M&M Boys go, so go the Twins. On Monday night in the Bronx, Joe Mauer went 3-4 with a walk, two doubles and a stolen base. Justin Morneau had two hits, including a long home run. Jamey Carroll and Ryan Doumit also had multi-hit games in a game in which all nine Twins starters had at least one hit. Carl Pavano had a rought first inning, but was able to turn things around and give up just three runs in seven innings. Brian Duensing and Matt Capps each threw a scoreless inning of relief and the Twins had a 7-3 win over the Yankees in Yankees Stadium. Here is a look at the Twins minor league games from Monday: ROCHESTER 5, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 3 The Twins AAA affiliate also beat the Yankees AAA affiliate! Scott Diamond continues to pitch well, although his string of scoreless innings ended just shy of 15. He had another Quality Start and improved to 3-0. In six innings, he gave up three runs on nine hits and a walk. He struck out five. Casey Fien came in and recorded the three-inning save. He gave up one hit, walked one and struckout four. Ben Revere was in the lineup, hitting first. He had one hit. Tsuyoshi Nishioka was 2-5. Matt Carson was 2-4 with a walk, his fifth double and his first stolen base. Matt Rizzotti was 2-5 with three RBI. Ray Chang was 1-2 with two walks. Joe Benson was 1-2 with three walks and a double. NEW BRITAIN 10, PORTLAND 5 (11 innings) Down three runs with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth, Chris Colabello connected on his second home run of the season to send the game to extra frames. His fourth double came in the five-run 11th inning. Evan Bigley went 3-4. Pedro Florimon hit his first home run. Andrew Albers started and gave up four runs on eight hits. In five innings, he walked none and struck out four. Brett Jacobson gave up a run in his inning. He struckout two. Blake Martin pitched a scoreless inning. Luis Perdomo struckout three in two scoreless innings. Daniel Turpen gets the win as he threw two scoreless innings as well. FT. MYERS MIRACLE 1, JUPITER 5 The Miracle managed just three hits in this loss. Angel Morales, who was named the Florida State League Hitter of the Week, was 1-3 with a walk. Manuel Soliman started and gave up one run on two hits in two innings. He walked three and struckout two. Ricky Bowen came in and in the next three innings, he gave up three runs (2 earned) on seven hits and a walk. Matt Hauser gave up a run on two hits in two inning. Tony Davis pitched a scoreless inning. BELOIT – KANE COUNTY Weather was the issue in southern Wisconsin on Monday. The Snappers game against Kane County was postpone. But, hey, on Tuesday, they’ll play a double header and we’ll get twice the highlights!! --- Players of the Day for Monday, April 16, 2012 Hitter of the Day – Chris Colabello [ATTACH=CONFIG]648[/ATTACH] Pitcher of the Day – Casey Fien [ATTACH=CONFIG]647[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Schedule Rochester @ Scranton/Wilkes Barre – RHP Daryl Thompson New Britain @ Portland – Ft. Myers @ Jupiter – LHP Pat Dean Beloit vs Kane County (DH) – RHP Madison Boer, LHP Steven Gruver --- 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!

Swarzak's out of options, and pitching pretty well, he's not going anywhere. Manship has been great. Robertson's been alright too.

Twins Lineup: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Danny Valencia 3B Clete Thomas RF Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano Yankees Lineup: Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Nick Swisher RF Raul Ibanez DH Russell Martin C Brett Gardner LF SP: Freddy Garcia

Yes, Sano has 4 HR now. Tied for the league lead. French could be called up. But I'd say he's after at least Diamond and Walters at Rochester (in terms of who would be called up first).

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The Twins took a tough 4-3 loss on Sunday afternoon to fall to 2-7 on the young season. The Twins arrived in New York City on Sunday night and will play four games against the Yankees starting on Monday. They then go to Tampa to play the Rays before getting to play the Red Sox. We all knew it would be a tough start to the season. It’s definitely shaping up to be just that. Down on the farm, the Twins affiliates went 3-1, and at least there are plenty of storylines to follow. Liam Hendrik’s first start was terrific. He mixed his pitches well and gave up just one run in six innings. The one run came on a Mike Napoli home run on a pitch he threw just once in the game, a “spinner.” Clete Thomas was inserted right into the Twins lineup. He was in right field and batted eighth. In his first at bat, he hit a long fly ball, caught at the base of the fence in right centerfield, just in front of the out-of-town scoreboard. In his second at bat, he hit one well over the out-of-town scoreboard. The two-run homer off of Neftali Feliz gave the Twins a 2-1 lead. Jamey Carroll added an RBI single to make it 3-1. Jared Burton pitched a solid 7th inning. Glen Perkins entered in the 8th. A walk, a triple and a Josh Hamilton blast later, the Twins were down 4-3. Alex Burnett came in and did well. But in the end, Joe Nathan came in to face his former team in the bottom of the 9th and recorded the save. Here is a look at the Twins minor league games from Sunday: ROCHESTER 1, LEHIGH VALLEY 3 The Red Wings got some solid pitching but very little offense in this loss to the now 8-2 Lehigh Valley IronPigs. PJ Walters started and gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings. He issued no free passes and struck out four. Jeff Manship threw two scoreless innings, issuing a hit and a walk and striking out one. Matt Carson went 2-4 with his fourth double. Matt Rizzotti and Rene Rivera each had two hits. Brian Dozier was 0-4 with a walk, ending his nine game hitting streak. Aaron Bates was 0-4. It was the first game of 2012 in which he did not get on base. Going back to 2011, he has reached base now in 28 out of his last 30 games. ROSTER NOTES – Brian Dinkelman was officially put on the 7-Day Disabled List. It is expected that Ben Revere will be in the Red Wings lineup on Monday. NEW BRITAIN 3, NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 Luke French has been terrific in his first three Rock Cats starts. The 26 year old with big league experience should be succeeding, but after seven shutout innings on Sunday, he has now given up just two runs in 18.2 innings on the season. Deolis Guerra pitched a perfect eighth, and Lester Oliveros records the save with a scoreless ninth. Pedro Florimon went 2-3 with a walk. Evan Bigley went 2-4 and drove in a run. Chris Herrmann hit his first home run of the year. FT. MYERS MIRACLE 11, JUPITER 6 Marty Popham was the beneficiary of a big, seven-run fourth inning by the Miracle. Lance Ray had a double, and then there were RBI singles by Danny Santana, Levi Michael, Angel Morales and Dan Rohlfing. They added a few more and held on. Popham gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks in five innings to “earn” his first win of the season. Jhon Garcia gave up a run on three hits in three innings. He struckout three and walked none. Edgar Ibarra gave up a run on two hits in the ninth. Rohlfing went 3-5 on the day. Josmil Pinto was 2-4 with a walk and his fourth and fifth doubles. Six other Miracle hitters contributed a hit. BELOIT 5, CLINTON 2 The Snappers got RBI groundouts from Eddie Rosario and Miguel Sano in the first inning. In the second inning, they got RBI fielder’s choices from JD Williams and AJ Pettersen. However, they made the lead 5-0 in the fifth when Miguel Sano hit a long, towering home run, his fourth of the season. Jhonathan Goncalves went 2-5. Matt Summers went the first 4.2 innings. He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks. Michael Tonkin came in and was perfect for an impressive 3.1 innings of relief. He improved to 2-0. Corey Williams came in for the 9th and recorded his third save with a scoreless inning. --- Players of the Day for Sunday, April 15, 2012 Hitter of the Day – Josmil Pinto [ATTACH=CONFIG]638[/ATTACH] Pitcher of the Day – Luke French [ATTACH=CONFIG]637[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Monday, April 16, 2012 Schedule Rochester @ Scranton/Wilkes Barre – LHP Scott Diamond vs Dellin Betances (remember that the Yankees AAA team is playing a large number of their games in Rochester while their stadium is worked on this season. So the Red Wings will be the visiting team in their home stadium.) New Britain @ Portland – LHP Andrew Albers Ft. Myers @ Jupiter – RHP Manuel Soliman Beloit vs Kane County – RHP Madison Boer --- 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!

I posted the last couple of days that he is fighting a leg injury that he had from Spring Training. Was told 2-3 days ago that he'd probably be out 2-3 days... so hopefully we'll get to see him in the lineup soon.

I'm sorry... I'm usually better at giving credit. On the Sunday Twins pre-game, Jim Rantz comes on for a 5-minute bit with Kris Atteberry.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be considering it too, but I don't think not doing it is trying not to win.

It may happen, but I don't know if 10 games into a season is the time to do anything much. I would like to see Morneau bat 4th against righties and Willingham bat fourth against lefties. But it's 6 of 1, half-dozen of the other... (making an assumption that Willingham will eventually hit a normal .260 instead of .400, and Morneau will hit like we think he can.)

I posted on Twitter that the Rangers have been so aggressive against Twins pitchers with the exception of Perkins. They lay off the fastball just above the belt and don't swing at the slider. Gotta wonder if Perkins gives something to indicate what pitch is coming?