Bob Sacamento

Well on the last day of spring camp 4/5, Navaretto was taking reps at first base after Kepler's near hour practice there with infield coach Perlozzo. As for Doe, I saw him on several occasions but it seemed like they were constantly working on him with his hitting skills. After everything I saw in camp, Jorge Fernandez looks to be the starting catcher. Whenever there was an advanced pitcher throwing he seemed to always be the receiver whether that be Berrios or Burdi. He has a good strong accurate arm behind the plate and is a team leader and jokester on the bench. I hope so because Diaz and Ynoa were not in spring camp but from what I'm told will soon be making their trip to stay and train at the new Twins Complex in Fort Myers that was build for year round play and stay for the up and coming international players. It's nice but they do charge the players for products such as toiletries, laundry, and person hygenie and it's at KOA rates.

I'll be by the complex this weekend and I'll see if they have an official roster and/or schedule

Here's some video of Buxton's second at bat against Pelfrey , pictures can be found on my flickr account, happy browsing, there are some good ones in there. If you want live feed you can always go to my twitter as well.

I'd say Sano actually working out and eating right would be the most important thing for his immediate health. The dipping is just more gross than anything in the present time, longterm ya definitely not good but not gonna stop him from staying at 3B.

I was going to make another post about the actual game but instead I'll keep it brief, Pelfrey threw 5 innings for the AAA team, and was hit HARD, real HARD, the first two innings, giving up homers to Byron Buxton, Gonzales, Adam Brett Walker and Harrison, each one further than the last. After the Harrison homer, he settled down, didn't give up a hit, and started to locate his fastball. I talked to him after his outing, he said his fastball was "****" and he was right it was 91-93 mph flat with little to no motion. Pitching coach Rasmussen commented that "it looks like ****ing batting practice out there." The rest of the game, Pelfrey could be seen talking to Alex Meyer about his outing and the Kentucky loss. May replaced Pelfrey and was quickly greeted with another monster homerun from Walker, this one further than his first one. Both were pulled homers on fastballs middle-in which if you didn't know is a No-No to Walker and pitchers will soon learn. Tommy Milone started and went 5 innings for Chattanooga, nothing flashy about Milone he doesn't light up the radar gun but was commanding his fastball for most of the game. Milone's outing was followed by Darnell, Pryor, Pressley, and Tonkin. In the lower level game, Berrios was on the mound, threw four innings looked sharp showing off a fastball with good movement and control while hitting 93-95 mph through the game. He's got a very developed breaking ball, and he completely overmatched the High A Fort Myers team. He was followed by Sleger for 3 innings, Gilbert and Muren (who looked pretty good-might be a breakout year for him). Greg Peavey wasn't as sharp and gave up a few big hits in his outing. His follow up acts were lighting up the radar gun in Dallas Gallant (look out for him this season), Zach Jones, Nick Burdi, DJ Johnson, and Shibuya. In extended ball, I saw very little of except when I was sitting with Sano and Tapia behind homeplate. Curtiss threw 3 innings, Tillery 2, followed by an inning from Pearce and Van Steensel. On the other side, Steven Gonsalves looked good showing off a good changeup a few times, then Chargois who hit 99 mph on the gun a few times, finally Aussie Guyer, and Easton. The name I kept hearing from coaches to keep an eye on is Hu from Taiwan who looks to start the year off in Fort Myers. For those who wondered about Max Kepler, infield coach Sam Perlozzo has been working him hard on his skills at first base.

I collect prospect autographs and Tyler Jones is the only one for the Twins 2013 Baseball America Top 30 I don't have, always thought I had time and he'd be around. Now I gotta go watch a Braves game...

Twins spent the 10th highest from The figures below include spending done throughout 2014, both during the second half of the 2013-14 international signing period and the first half of the current 2014-15 signing period, which began on July 2 and accounts for the overwhelming majority of the spending figures. The spending records exclude Cuban players, 1. Yankees $17.83 million 2. Rays $6.11 million 3. Red Sox $5.63 million 4. Astros $5.42 million 5. White Sox $4.37 million 6. Mariners $3.94 million 7. Phillies $3.36 million 8. Rockies $3.33 million 9. Cubs $3.32 million 10. Twins $3.26 million

Ask and ye shall receive: 14. Huascar Ynoa, rhp, Dominican Republic Born: May 28, 1998. Height: 6-2. Weight: 190. B-T: R-R. Michael Ynoa set an international amateur record as a 16-year-old in 2008 when he signed with Oakland for $4.25 million, which is still the bonus record for a pitcher. Younger brother Huascar, who also trains with Edgar Mercedes, entered the year with the industry expectation that he would be the No. 1 pitcher in the Dominican Republic and perhaps all of Latin America. After Ynoa looked sharp at the MLB showcase in San Pedro de Macoris in January with four strikeouts in two innings, scouts have been scratching their heads at his up-and-down performances, including a couple of International Prospect League outings in Arizona in March when his control and breaking ball weren’t as crisp as usual. When Ynoa is at his best, he looks like the top pitcher on the market. He throws 88-92 mph, though he’s already relatively filled out for his age, so there are questions on how much his fastball will grow. At times, Ynoa has two out-pitches that can freeze hitters, including a mid-70s curveball with good depth and a low-80s changeup with good arm speed that can be a swing-and-miss pitch, already flashing as a 50-55 offering. He keeps hitters off balance by throwing any pitch in any count. Ynoa has plenty of experience on the mound and pitched in the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md., in 2011, but his inconsistent showings have given scouts reservations. He has some shoulder tilt in is delivery, which causes him to get uphill and gives him trouble keeping the ball down and in the strike zone. He does stay on line to the plate and he isn’t a max-effort thrower, but he will need to smooth out his delivery when he gets to pro ball. No pitcher draws a wider split of opinions than Ynoa, and even scouts who have seen him a lot aren’t sure what to make of him. His biggest believers think he has the chance to be a frontline starter. Ynoa’s market will be one of the more fascinating ones to follow, since it’s not clear where he might end up.

It's nothing serious, mild sprain/strain, hyperextension, says he'll be ready for Opening Day on Thursday. The organization is using it as time to work on his conditioning and AA Strength and conditioning coach Dax Fiore is riding him hard!

The lineup for the last game with Sano in it was: Buxton CF, Polanco SS, Sano 3B, Gonzales 1B, Turner C, Kepler DH, Walker LF, Harrison RF Michael 2B,

Well Pelfrey gave up four homers in the first inning or two: Walker, Buxton, Gonzales, and Harrison...The good news is after the Harrison hit he didn't give up another so there's that at least. But the AA lineup was lighting up his FB 91-93mph that looked flat.

Here's video of Sano working out, I always have issues with embedding on here so I'll put them as links: this one was shot and posted on Twitter so that's why quality lacking This is a similar one shot with better quality Miguel running in the sand

In my selfie with him, he has a big ball of chew, his brand of choice is Copenhagen Black. He's not the only player in camp that dips, it's quite popular with the Latino crowd as well as the Aussies, Thorpe's a dipper.

Honestly, defensively he looked really good at third this spring, a little quicker on his feet, covers the line and what's in front of him well but pairing him with a SS that covers the hole would be greatly benefitical.

In my opinion, yeah he was working hard, and like any "kid" he tries to make it fun ala sliding at the end of his run. The older that he gets the more mature he becomes but still his best friends seem to be in extended spring training (the real young latin players). He'll be 22 soon, he has the body of a man but he acts like he's a teenager. I think the scary thing is, is that he's this good without really trying too hard how good will he be with proper training... I've seen Sano for 3 years now and this is by far the best shape that I've seen him in. Visibly you can see the "baby fat" is turning into muscle. But by far the biggest transformation has been this camp, this year from start to finish. Sano has a slimmed down waist line and lesser ass and he has been eating better thanks to Dax Fiore who also is the one monitoring his nutrition as well as his strength and conditioning. The biggest thing is Sano has been treated with kid gloves for much of his career, it was nice seeing someone give him tough love. There were a few times Miggy gave him the "I f'ing hate you look" but the two had genuine love, Sano knows he's there to help.

Sorry to say but today was the last day of Spring Training, but it went off with a bang! Players took to the field at 9a for stretching, conditioning and optional throwing. Before the games started at 10am, Miguel Sano could be seen working out and running on The Hill with AA Strength and Conditioning Coach Dax Fiore. Before today, I hadn't seen much of Fiore but he was NOT taking it easy with Miggy. In the three years that I've been here for Spring Training/Instructionals, this was probably the most I've seen any coach get in his face. Sano first started warmups by running up the hill and catching a football, let me just say his spiral was lacking. Afterwards, he hit the sandtrap working on acceleration and first step quickness; one could see Miggy getting physically exhausted that is when Coach Fiore started leaning in on him. At first, it was cordial with Dax encouraging him to get a drink of gatorade after a drill and treat the end of a drill as between innings. "When the season starts, we don't stop we WORK, WORK, WORK and then we WORK harder." The next drill was a simulated first to third run with the focus on early acceleration, one could see the prospect tiring even more so. Once again Dax told him to get a drink and that "We're off tomorrow...we don't have Opening Day until Thursday...I'm going to teach you how to takes care of your body." The exhausted Sano said "I've lost 10lbs in last couple days on the diet (master cleanse)," and Coach Fiore's reply was priceless, "You lost that much weight so quick because you're fat." Next was when Dax started to flex some muscle, Fiore asked him "How do you feel?" Miguel no reply, sat drinking water and taking a breather . That's when Dax got in Sano's face said "Are you being a dick? I asked you a question how do you feel? Sano with a shocked look on his face spoke up "I feel great." Coach Fiore's response was "Good then get the hell up and we're going to do it again." Sano got up started the drill again and finished the run with a slide into an imaginary third base that's when Dax got extremely angry with him and he yelled "Quit sliding!" Miguel quickly stated "I need to work on my sliding", Dax says "No quit sliding, you already have a hurt wrist. What would they say if you hurt it again?" Sano got quiet and did run a few more times. Thats when Coach Fiore said "After this you can take a break and put on shorts" Sano asks "What are we doing?" "We're going to the weightroom for 30-45 minutes" says Dax. Miggy quips back "I'm a man, not a machine." Dax's replies "Suck it up cupcake, you're a big boy now." The two then walked back to the clubhouse and hit the weightroom for almost an hour. Afterwards Sano cameback out, sat and watched the extended spring training clubs. I got a few selfies with him and got to talk to him about his workout, his injuried wrist, his tobacco chew obsession, hiscurrent diet, and his upcoming season. He was extremely friendly today like he has been all week but my highlight was getting to do the team handshake with him.

You quoted the Roster as of 4/2 (which I posted on 4/3), The newest roster I posted this afternoon of 4/4 has Fryer in AAA with Rohlfing and De San Miguel as catcher. From the games I've watched, Rohlfing has gotten the bulk of the reps since his demotion last week.

Knecht was around the complex yesterday, still has all his Blue Jays garb. I knew Thomas was gone when I went in to the secretary office and a couple of stacks of his fanmail were out to be forwarded.

Here's the Updated Roster from this morning as well as the Daily Itinerary/Pitcher Lineup for 4/4 and 4/5

I was there taking pictures and video today and he had a teammate drink the formula and spit it the **** out. He said he's been doing it the past 2 days and has lost 10 pounds. He's been getting **** for his conditioning in camp although he looks the slimmest I've seen him and moving well in the field. Sano was telling Polanco remember by "gordo" cousin he's lost 45 last two weeks. I don't believe it but that's Miggy.

Here are the MiLB work groups which is basically the roster, as of 4/2/15

I tried to edit my post but it wouldn't let me so here are the 4/2/15 MiLB rosters as well as the daily schedule

With this being the last weekend of spring training ball, I made it to the complex early to watch workouts before the AAA and AA played against the Red Sox. To my surprise the first person I encountered within minutes was lefty Lewis Thorpe headed back to the clubhouse from Field 6 with the Fort Myers crew. Thorpe was carrying a right handed person's glove, when I asked the lefty why, he said he's still playing catch, working out until his surgery. As of right now, he states that his Tommy John surgery isn't officially scheduled..yet. His biggest worry right now is who his roommate in the player dorms is going to be for the next few months; he has requested fellow Aussie pitcher Josh Guyer . The five minor league clubs (AAA/AA/HiA/LoA/Ext) were spread out across the campus with AAA and AA taking to the field field a half hour later than the lower levels. Drills were a plenty with various in-game situations being conducted with the lower levels while AAA/AA were very relaxed and seemingly ready to get the season started. The AAA squad was seemingly going through the motions with so many of the players having already been here before. The first grouping of batting practice was Aaron Hicks, Eddie Rosario, and Josmil Pinto. Pinto looked good in the box, shaking off the lasting effects of his concussion; he says he's "back to normal" other than tiredness. Over on field 4, the AA team was extremely jovial and with that lineup rightfully so. Leading the pack was Miguel "Miggy" Sano, by far he was the most excited on the bench despite not playing or taking batting practice on the field instead he said he did his in the clubhouse cages with Chad Allen. Allen seems like a strong bench presence with it being visibly seen in with the players notably Sano. On more than one occasion, I overheard coaches talking to Sano about conditioning, apparently they aren't happy with his weight. Sano had a "yellowish colored water" in a clear water bottle and let a fellow teammate taste it. Let's just say the response was filled with expletives of how disgusting that was. Apparently, uber prospect Miguel Sano is doing the Master Cleanse Diet right now and if you don't know what that is I'll give you a quickie on it: You drink only this water formula with cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and maple syrup. It's designed to give the body the bare essentials for detoxing/cleansing and weight loss. It's one of the few times being a healthcare professional (I'm a Chiropractor) has paid off for baseball. So far he said he's going good and strong, he's down 2 days and has lost 10 lbs and says he feels great. He said his large cousin has lost 45 lbs the past two weeks. Like I said earlier on the bench he was a firecracker joking with everyone as well as playing around as the first base coach. Here's Sano showing the AA team handshake to Nick Burdi that he came up with, Miggy was doing this with everybody. The Chattanooga team put out a great lineup with Byron Buxton in Center leading off followed by Jorge Polanco at Short, Max Kepler in DH, DJ Hicks at 1B, Stu Turner behind the plate, Adam Brett Walker in LF, Levi Michael at Second, Dubal Baez at RF, and Jermaine Palacios at Third. I said it before and I'll say it again Buxton is fast, legging out an infield single while covering ample ground in Centerfield and making good contact. The biggest hit of the game came from Max Kepler who absolutely pounded the ball to dead center hitting at the base of the wall making it an easy triple. Kep has a beautiful stroke and the ball just sounds beautiful off his bat, most of this spring I've seen him play DH or at First yet he's listed as an outfielder. Mark Hambuger started the game going five innings and limited the Boston lineup before giving up the reins to Cole Johnson for two innings with lefty Ryan O'Rourke capping off the final two innings. Walker was also involved in one of the uglier defensive plays of the day in left field getting turned around on a ball and falling down in the process, which then prompted Coach Allen to scream many a bad things and his routes and talking to other fielders is a problem. [media]'>[/media] Game time finally arrived and the AAA BoSox put the big boys in featuring a lineup of the recently sent down Jackie Bradley Jr., Rusney Castillo, Bryce Brentz, Gavin Cecchini, Blake Swihart, and Deven Marrero. Taylor Rogers was the starter and walked Bradley to begin the game, afterwards he had a faced off against Rusney who flied out to right. Rogers threw four innings and was followed by Logan Darnell, Mike Tonkin, Ryan Pressley, and Aaron Thompson. Hicks led off and played center while Rosario hit second and played right field also Rohlfing was behind the plate.The biggest hit of the ballgame came from the Twins' third baseman Jose Martinez who connected for a 2 run triple. I'll be honest, I watched more of the AA game and some of the players were having the same problem. Here's Jose Berrios trying to decide which game is better the AAA or AA. The Chattanooga team put out a great lineup with Byron Buxton in Center leading off followed by Jorge Polanco at Short, Max Kepler in DH, DJ Hicks at 1B, Stu Turner behind the plate, Adam Brett Walker in LF, Levi Michael at Second, Dubal Baez at RF, and Jermaine Palacios at Third. I said it before and I'll say it again Buxton is fast, legging out an infield single while covering ample ground in Centerfield and making good contact. The biggest hit of the game came from Max Kepler who absolutely pounded the ball to dead center hitting at the base of the wall making it an easy triple. Kep has a beautiful stroke and the ball just sounds beautiful off his bat, most of this spring I've seen him play DH or at First yet he's listed as an outfielder. Mark Hambuger started the game going five innings and limited the Boston lineup before giving up the reins to Cole Johnson for two innings with lefty Ryan O'Rourke capping off the final two innings. Walker was also involved in one of the uglier defensive plays of the day in left field getting turned around on a ball and falling down in the process, which then prompted Coach Allen to scream many a bad things and his routes and talking to other fielders is a problem. [media] Other notes, Trevor May is slated to start in the intrasquad AAA vs AA game and go five innings this Sunday to finish his Spring off. Hall of Famer Tony Oliva spent some time with both squads but definitely leaned more favorable to the AA team with Sano and Buxton. I'll be back at the game this weekend but most likely at JetBlue watching the lower levels take on the BoSox while the upper levels play at 1pm at Hammond and Centurylink Complex. Here is the newest MiLB roster as of 4/2/15, the daily schedule and a few pictures from the day. Enjoy. You can find more at my Twitter.

Well like Hal, I was at the game and Chattanooga "won", Brett Lee starting the game, DJ Johnson in relief followed up by an inning of Burdi. Rochester's pitchers of Rodgers and Tonkin were not very effective. Wrote about it on other place: Pictures and Video here My twitter I'll be at a couple of the games this weekend as well

Poor Kvasnicka, my last memory of him will be striking out after a called ball because he left the batters' box in Sunday's game. Well that kind of changes the roster I got on Sunday afternoon but the rosters are overflowing