Steve Lein

Not at all the intent of that response! Very tongue in cheek. That's the wink. I don't disagree with you at all, as stated. I apologize that it came off like that.

Next year is a little aggressive for me. Setting expectations a little high as he still needs a ton of work to stick as a shortstop.

All I can respond with is I write the report! haha I don't actually disagree with you from an individual perspective, and is why I still included Gonsalves as an honorable mention. But a no-hitter is a big deal, and I often reward multiple pitchers/players if the story warrants it

There wasn’t much hitting throughout the system on this day as the affiliates combined for just seventeen hits in their four games, but there were plenty of solid pitching performances that kept all of them close. Those pitchers were led by a top prospect who improved to 3-0 on the year with a season high in Ks, and an unheralded reliever who deserves to start getting some serious attention as he continues to put up impressive numbers.Keep reading find out how all your Minnesota Twins prospects performed in Tuesday’s games! TRANSACTIONS Early in the afternoon the option of Alan Busenitz to Rochester and the recall of Tyler Duffey to the Twins bullpen was made official. RED WINGS REPORT Gwinnett 5, Rochester 2 Box Score Red Wings starter Myles Jaye was able to scatter five hits and two walks through the game's first four innings, but the Braves finally got on the scoreboard in the fifth thanks to another walk and two singles to take a 1-0 lead. In total for his five innings, Jaye allowed just the one run on seven hits and three walks while striking out four. Rochester tied the game in the bottom of the sixth as they were able to take advantage of an error by left fielder and top prospect Ronald Acuna. Gregorio Petit scored that run after leading off the inning with a single. In the top of the seventh however, the Braves took back control of the game, putting up four runs against reliever Ryne Harper. Harper had pitched a one-two-three sixth inning but walks to Jose Bautista and Acuna leading off the seventh led to surrendering a grand slam a few hitters later, and a 5-1 Gwinnett lead they would not relinquish. The lineup for the Red Wings would make the final 5-2 in the ninth, but managed just two hits to go along with five walks on the game. They were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left only five men on base in dropping to 6-9 on the season. In an otherwise forgettable game, one positive to mention is the pitching of the aforementioned reliever Nick Anderson. He finished the game for the home team with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four. After a beyond-stellar MiLB career thus far before reaching AAA this season, Anderson has allowed only one run on six hits and three walks in nine innings while striking out 13. His age prevents him from getting much notice as a prospect (he will turn 28 in July), but Anderson (also #OneOfUs) continues to put up numbers that are hard to ignore. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 2, Jackson 1 Box Score The Lookouts got on the board in the first inning thanks to a Nick Gordon single that was followed by the seventh double on the season from Zander Wiel. In the second inning Brian Navarreto launched his first home run of the season for the early 2-0 lead. Stephen Gonsalves got the start for Chattanooga and a walk to lead off the second inning turned the score to 2-1 when he allowed a two-out double. But It would remain that way until Gonsalves exited the game after five strong innings. His pitch count did climb to 91 pitches, as he struck out nine Generals hitters. Of those pitches, 60 went for strikes including 12 of the swing and miss variety. He struck out two hitters in each of the second, third, and fifth innings, and the side in the fourth. His ERA on the year held steady after the outing at 1.77. Zack Jones pitched a scoreless sixth inning, striking out three around a leadoff single and a walk. Tyler Jay made his return from the disabled list in the seventh and recorded two quick outs before an error on a grounder to second base that was followed by a single put a runner in scoring position. Jay buckled down and got another ground ball to end the threat and keep the Lookouts up 2-1. Todd Van Steensel was summoned from the bullpen in the eighth, and finished the game for Chattanooga, picking up his first save of the season along the way. In his two innings he walked one and struck out two. Gordon led the offense with a 2-for-4 night including a run scored and his third triple. He was also caught stealing and picked off third base on the basepaths. Wiel and LaMonte Wade both finished 1-3 with a walk in the victory that put the Lookouts above .500 on the year. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 2, Clearwater 3 Box Score Fort Myers also took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning and were up 2-1 after three in this one, but unlike their AA brothers, they were unable to hold on for the victory. They scored first after the newly promoted Mark Contreras drew a walk to start the game and came around on the double from Joe Cronin that followed. In the second inning a double from Contreras scored Jared Foster, who had singled earlier to account for Chattanooga’s two runs on the game. Starting pitcher Anthony Marzi was effective for five innings, allowing only one earned run on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts, but one of those hits was a solo home run in the second and an error in the fourth allowed Clearwater to tie the game at two before Marzi exited the game. Ryan Mason kept the score that way until the ninth inning, when a one-out solo home run walked it off for the Threshers. Mason had set down all ten hitters he’d faced to that point, including five strikeouts so any second guessing of a manager doesn’t really hold up. 25 of Mason’s 31 pitches went for strikes, including eight swing-and-misses. On offense the Lookouts got another double from third baseman Nelson Molina, but just two other hits to go along with 12 strikeouts as a team. They were hitless in eight plate appearances with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. KERNELS NUGGETS Burlington 1, Cedar Rapids 3 Box Score The Bees and Kernels combined for just nine hits on the game, but luckily for the home team they were able to take advantage of their scoring opportunities. Singles from Ben Rortvedt and Ben Rodriguez got a one-out rally started in the second inning, and a sac fly from Jean Carlos Arias and a Shane Carrier double put them out front 2-0 early. From there, starter Edwar Colina kept the sting of Burlington at bay with some old-fashioned wildness. In five innings, he threw 79 pitches with just 37 going for strikes (47%). Despite that, he retired the last ten hitters he faced and allowed just two hits and three walks to go along with four strikeouts in picking up his first win of the year. Jose Martinez pitched the next two innings, allowing the only Bees' run to score on a balk in the sixth inning. He gave up a single and walked two while picking up two Ks. Kevin Marnon picked up his first save of the year by finishing with two scoreless innings allowing one hit and striking out two. The Kernels offense was led by Rodriguez, who finished the game 2-for-3 with a run scored. Royce Lewis picked up the final RBI with a single in the eighth inning in a 1-for-4 night and stole his fourth base. Akil Baddoo drew two walks, scored a run, and stole his fourth base. As a team Cedar Rapids went 2-4 with runners in scoring position while the Bees finished 1-9. STARS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Pitcher of the Day – Stephen Gonsalves, Chattanooga Lookouts (W, 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 9 K) Twins Daily Hitter of the Day – Nick Gordon, Chattanooga Lookouts (2-4, R, 3B) TOP PROSPECT SUMMARY 1. Royce Lewis (Cedar Rapids) – 1-4, RBI, SB (4) 3. Nick Gordon (Chattanooga) – 2-4, R, 3B (3), CS (2) 4. Stephen Gonsalves (Chattanooga) – W (3-0), 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 9 K’s 5. Alex Kirilloff (Cedar Rapids) – 0-3, BB, K 7. Brent Rooker (Chattanooga) – 0-4, 2 K’s 10. Akil Baddoo (Cedar Rapids) – 0-2, R, 2 BB, SB (4) 13. Lewin Diaz (Fort Myers) – 0-4 14. LaMonte Wade (Chattanooga) – 1-3, BB 15. Mitch Garver (Minnesota) – 1-4, K 16. Ben Rortvedt (Cedar Rapids) – 1-3, R 17. Travis Blankenhorn (Fort Myers) – 1-3, BB, K 19. Tyler Jay (Chattanooga) – Hold (2), 1.0 IP, H WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Gwinnett @ Rochester (10:05AM CST) – LHP Adalberto Mejia (0-0, 5.63 ERA) Chattanooga @ Jackson (11:05AM CST) – RHP Randy LeBlanc (2-1, 1.69 ERA) Fort Myers @ Clearwater (11:00AM CST) – LHP Tyler Wells (2-0, 1.29 ERA) Burlington @ Cedar Rapids (6:35PM CST) – LHP Tyler Watson (1-0, 1.08 ERA) Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Tuesday’s games! Click here to view the article

Love to see Wade, Gordon, and Kirilloff all starting off well! Just some minor editing: Littell's Top Prospect recap is from his prior start, not this one He's an all-star if he slugs .450, so heck yeah that would be awesome!

Yup, your walking with RISP idea was the basis for why I looked at that data. And I asked a similar "Joe Mauer Moments" question because I have had the same observations. I don't have the patience to look up his 'game-winning hits' total, but I know he only has 2 walk-off hits in his career. Randball wrote on this last September: http://www.startribune.com/analysis-why-does-joe-mauer-have-only-one-career-walk-off-hit/328056491/ Interesting note in there, is Kurt Suzuki had 9 walk-off hits in his career to that point. Again, not a knock at all on Mauer (I think we all know how good of a hitter he is), just some #FunWithNumbers stuff that points to the ideas myself and others have presented.

Wow, I totally missed that! The game log has the play as this: "Patrick Leonard singles on a line drive to left fielder Nick Buss. Kevan Smith out at home, third baseman Jermaine Curtis. Daniel Palka to 2nd."

Yup, and this is exactly why I'm taking into account the individual hitting ability of Joe Mauer in my comments for these situations. I'd expect his to be even higher individually, but a walk takes that advantage away. Not at all ragging on Mauer, he's a great hitter as I've said several times now. Just for some #FunWithNumbers, anyone know how many times Mauer has delivered a walk-off hit in his career? Game-winning hits? I wonder if those totals would surprise you.

Don't take it personal I've had this discussion many times. I want my best hitter in that situation to be that best hitter, that's all this is getting at. It's my opinion, and that statement is not meant to discourage any other discussion.

Fun part about evaluating your idea here, is you can actually throw some Run Expectancy stuff at it, and your "chance to score even more runs since more guys are on base" comment is, well, not actually true. Straight from Tom Tango, and tables for "the chance that a run will score at some point in the inning, from each base/out state": With 2-outs and a runner on 2B, chance to score a run is: 0.216. With 2-outs and runners on 1B and 2B, chance to score a run is: 0.222. Basically, it doesn't affect that chance to score runs at all. When you take into account Mauer's hitting ability, individually, to that situation you're not going to convince me passing it on to the next guy is the better option. That's what my "I'll always argue I want him to be more aggressive in "clutch" situations. He's too good of a hitter to leave it to the next guy if he gets a hittable pitch" comment gets at.

I actually found my data, I recalled incorrectly. It was a comparison to the primary #3 hitter of each team

Interesting spin on this topic, which is one I researched myself about 3 years ago, though in a different way. Now, I'm not saying I wouldn't define Mauer as "clutch," but I would call him "not as clutch as you'd expect for a hitter of his caliber." My research was based on what I called "RBI percentage." Pretty simple: how many guys had he driven in divided by how many possible runners had he had to drive in (including himself with a HR). I compared him to the primary 1B #3 hitter of every team at the time from the prior season and the results for him were decidedly... (drum roll) ... below average. If I remember correctly he barely slotted in front of Adam Dunn, who barely hit above the Mendoza line that year. Easy to explain, and also correlates easy to the idea and data you present here: Mauer just doesn't alter his approach in those situations. He'll take your walk and leave it up to the next guy. I'll always argue I want him to be more aggressive in "clutch" situations. He's too good of a hitter to leave it to the next guy if he gets a hittable pitch. Granted, that doesn't always happen. But it's my observation and my data and yours, whether you believe it or not, says so (in my opinion). Good stuff! Edit: I found my data, it wasn't 1B-man, it was the primary #3 hitter for each team.

As the Midwest waits for this mythical season called “Spring” to arrive, Cedar Rapids did not play for the fourth day in a row. But unlike yesterday, all four teams were scheduled to play and the other three got their games in. The big news came from Double A on this night, as a sleeper starting pitcher prospect tossed a gem, and a sleeper hitter walked it off in the ninth.To find out how all your other favorite Minnesota Twins prospects fared on Tuesday night, read on! RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 3, Charlotte 5 Box Score The Red Wings jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the games first two innings but were unable to muster any offense after that in falling to 4-4 on the season. Zack Granite led off the game by reaching on an error and would come around to score on a double off the bat of Jake Cave. In the second inning, a Jermaine Curtis walk was followed by a double from Nick Buss to put runners on second and third, and an RBI groundout from Willians Astudillo and sac fly from Gregorio Petit put Rochester up 3-0. Starter Dietrich Enns wiggled out of trouble for the game’s first three innings, but in the fourth the Stone Crabs struck for four runs and took the lead. Enns allowed five singles and a walk in the inning before being lifted in favor of D.J. Baxendale. In his 3 1/3 innings, Enns allowed the four runs on seven hits and four walks. He did strike out four. Baxendale finished 2 2/3 strong innings getting the Red Wings to the seventh. He allowed three hits and struck out four. Nick Anderson finished the final two frames, allowing an insurance run in the eight on a solo home run. He struck out two. Buss collected three of the Red Wings five hits in the loss, finishing 3-for-3 on the night with a run scored and the double. The offense left only three men on base for the game and finished 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Jacksonville 2, Chattanooga 3 Box Score The Lookouts offense also struck first in this one thanks to the bat of T.J. White. His third home run of the season in the second inning put Chattanooga out front 1-0. Besides that, it was the Zack Littell show until the fourth inning as he retired nine of the first 10 hitters he faced. In the fourth, consecutive singles to start the frame and a two-out double would tie the game at one. In the bottom half of the fourth, the Lookouts took back the lead when Nick Gordon led off the inning with his first home run of the year to right-center field. Littell would leave the game in the sixth after retiring the first two hitters of the inning. In his 5 2/3 innings he allowed just the one earned run on three hits and a walk, while striking out eight. Of his 91 pitches, 59 went for strikes including 15 swinging (an excellent 25.4% percentage). Left-hander Anthony McIver came on to record the final out of the sixth and would add a scoreless seventh. He allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out one. Todd Van Steensel came on for the eighth inning and worked around a double with two strikeouts to keep the 2-1 lead intact for Chattanooga. The Lookouts stuck with Van Steensel in the ninth and it...got pretty interesting. A triple to the leadoff man put the games tying run only 90-feet away, then a hit batter put the go-ahead run on base with no outs. A squeeze play tied the game at two and was followed by flyout for the second out, but another hit batter then an errant throw on a pickoff attempt put the runners on second and third. Steensel was able to recover and picked up a K to end the inning, but Chattanooga would now have to walk it off if they wanted to go above .500. They did just that when Zander Wiel clubbed his first home run of the season in the bottom half. I said this when Chattanooga’s first lineup of the season was announced: And Wiel is now hitting .400/.462/.571 on the year, has a nine game hitting streak, and has collected two or more hits in five of those games. The Lookouts got two hits from leadoff man LaMonte Wade and a double from Chris Paul to account for almost all the rest of their offense. As a team they only had one plate appearance with a runner in scoring position and left only three men on base in the victory. After blowing the save, Steensel improved to 2-1 on the year in four appearances. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 2, Dunedin 5 Box Score The Blue Jays jumped on Miracle starter Sean Poppen for four runs in the bottom of the first inning to jump out to a big early lead and would not look back. Two singles, two doubles, and a hit batter led to those runs and were aided by an error on outfielder Taylor Grzelakowski. Poppen settled in from there and finished three more scoreless innings. In total he allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out five. Of his 75 pitches, 49 went for strikes (including eight swinging strikes). In the bottom of the fifth inning Hector Lujan was brought in from the bullpen and had a one-two-three inning. Back out for the sixth, consecutive singles to start the inning were followed by a two-out double that added an insurance run for Dunedin and gave them a 5-0 lead. When the Dunedin bullpen came into play in the seventh inning, the Fort Myers lineup was finally able to string enough hits together to get on the scoreboard. Doubles from Joe Cronin and Alex Perez got the inning started, a groundout from Nelson Molina scored one, and a sac fly from Aaron Whitefield scored the second. Lefthander Andrew Vasquez came on in the bottom of the inning and retired the Blue Jays in order, striking out two along the way. In the eighth, Vasquez walked the leadoff man and he got as far as third base, but three consecutive groundouts ended the threat. Down 5-2, the Miracle were unable to mount a threat in the ninth, going down in order including two strikeouts to end the game. The offense was led by Jaylin Davis who had two doubles, and Cronin who finished 2-3 with a walk and a run scored. Fort Myers was just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base for the game. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids @ Beloit (PPD – Inclement Weather) The Kernels game with the Snappers was postponed on Tuesday due to a Winter Storm Warning in Eastern Iowa. The game will be made up on Thursday in a doubleheader. Cedar Rapids now has not played a game in four days and will look to get back to their winning ways on Wednesday provided the Spring weather cooperates, STARS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Pitcher of the Day – Zack Littell, Chattanooga Lookouts (5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, BB, 8 K) Twins Daily Hitter of the Day – Zander Wiel, Chattanooga Lookouts (1-4, walk-off HR) TOP PROSPECT SUMMARY 3. Nick Gordon (Chattanooga) – 1-4, HR (1), RBI 7. Brent Rooker (Chattanooga) – 0-4, 2 K’s 11. Zack Littell (Chattanooga) – 5.2 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 8 K 13. Lewin Diaz (Fort Myers) – 0-4, K 14. LaMonte Wade (Chattanooga) – 2-4 17. Travis Blankenhorn (Fort Myers) – 0-4, K WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Charlotte (6:05PM CST) – RHP Myles Jaye (0-0, 4.76 ERA) Jacksonville @ Chattanooga (4:15PM CST – Game 1) – RHP Randy LeBlanc (1-1, 2.70 ERA) Jacksonville @ Chattanooga (makeup of 4/16 PPD) – LHP Stephen Gonsalves (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Fort Myers @ Dunedin (5:30PM CST) – LHP Anthony Marzi (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Beloit (6:30PM CST) – TBD Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Tuesday’s games! Click here to view the article

Since it has been so consistent across the board for Twins MiLB starters so far this year, in addition to Seth's thoughts, I imagine their may be a new process in place when it comes to pitch counts early in the season. Don't fire all your bullets early type thing. If so, I'm in favor. Could also be nothing.

Wiel is very interesting for sure! Look at his season lines and nothing will really standout until you look at them in aggregate. He fills up every category with respectable totals, and he's going to do damage this year with the group in front of him.

I added brief notes in my AAP forum for him: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/29282-tyler-jay-2018/ As Tom says, it's a groin injury, so the good news is it's not an arm or resurfacing of a prior injury.

Three of the Minnesota Twins four full-season affiliates were in action on Tuesday night and there were stories in each. In Rochester there were some interesting pitching moves, it was a nail-biter in Fort Myers, and the Cedar Rapids offense put on a display on the road.After checking out how all of your favorite prospects fared on Tuesday night, start the discussion with any comments and questions in the forum! RED WINGS REPORT Syracuse 3, Rochester 2 Box Score The story in this one was the starting pitchers for the Red Wings, though not because of their seven innings of solid performance. It’s the fact that two starters appeared in the game, with the first of them on a quick hook after just 24 pitches. That first starter was lefty Adalberto Mejia. He allowed one hit (including a throwing error on himself) and one walk in the first before escaping with no damage and had a one-two-three inning in the second when his day was cut short. It was then Fernando Romero who came on for his 2018 debut and went the next five innings. Romero was scheduled to make the start on Wednesday, so let the speculation begin. Romero left the game with his team down 2-1, but otherwise it was a solid first outing of the year. Both runs against were unearned thanks to an error in the top of the seventh and in all he surrendered five hits and two walks, while striking out three. Of his 72 pitches, 45 went for strikes (62.5%). Rochester tied the game at two in the bottom of the seventh on a Gregorio Petit double to score Nick Buss, who had himself doubled to lead off the frame. Alan Busenitz then came on for the eighth inning, but two doubles put Syracuse out front 3-2 and they’d close it down from there. Nick Anderson worked a scoreless ninth in his AAA debut, recording all three outs via K’s, to give the Red Wings a chance in the bottom half, but a leadoff walk from Buss was followed by three consecutive outs to end the game. Zack Granite (2-5), Taylor Featherstone (2-4, 2B), Buss (2-3, R, 2B, BB), and Petit (2-4, R, 2B, RBI) accounted for eight of Rochester’s nine hits on the game. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Scheduled day off. After losing their season opening five-game series with the Birmingham Barons 3-2, The Lookouts got an off day to travel to Pensacola, Florida. They take on the Blue Wahoos at 6:35 PM CST Wednesday night, with right-hander Zack Littell on the mound looking to get them to .500 early in the season and pick up his first win after tallying 19 a year ago. MIRACLE MATTERS Florida 1, Fort Myers 0 Box Score The Miracle got into a pitching duel with the Fire Frogs on Tuesday night after a brief weather delay at the start of the game, as the teams combined for just 13 hits and went 1-14 with runners in scoring position. Sean Poppen got the start for Fort Myers and went the first four innings. He allowed only three hits and struck out seven on just 57 pitches (43 for strikes) in an impressive performance. He struck out two in each of the second and third innings, and all three in the fourth to finish strong. He was relieved by Colton Davis who was stuck with the loss thanks to an error in the fifth inning that led to the only run of the game. Davis went three innings in total, allowing two hits and striking out four. Andrew Vasquez finished the final two innings for the Miracle, giving up one hit and striking out two. The Fort Myers offense had runners in scoring position in each of the game's first four innings but were unable to push a run across, then were shut down until the ninth. Jimmy Kerrigan led off the final frame with a single and was bunted into scoring position, but would end the game stranded on third. The Miracle offense got two hits from designated hitter Jared Foster, right fielder Jaylin Davis notched his second double of the season, and second baseman Nelson Molina notched his first double of the year in the loss. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 8, Peoria 6 Box Score Cedar Rapids jumped out to an early lead in the second inning when Andrew Bechtold led off with a single that was followed by doubles from Ben Rortvedt and Trey Cabbage to score two. Mark Contreras tacked on a third run with an RBI single later in the inning. The score remained 3-0 until the bottom of the fifth, when the Chiefs finally got to Kernels starter Tyler Watson. Before a triple to lead off the inning, Watson had retired 11 in a row after allowing a two-out single in the first. That runner scored on a wild-pitch to make it 3-1. The Kernels responded in the sixth inning, putting up another crooked number to take control. Rortvedt led off by drawing a walk, and another double from Cabbage put runners on second and third. David Banuelos loaded the bases with another walk and Cedar Rapids scored the first run of the inning on a double-play ball. Royce Lewis drove in the second with a two-out single, and Alex Kirilloff the final two with a double to put Cedar Rapids up 7-1. Watson came on for the 6th inning but after allowing a single, was removed with one out in favor of Moises Gomez. In total Watson went 5.1 innings, allowing one earned run on three hits, while striking out one to pick up his first win of the season. Gomez finished the sixth but ran into trouble in the seventh. The leadoff man tripled and was followed by a double to score one, and two hitters later a single to put runners on the corners brought on fireman Jovani Moran. The left-hander picked up a K and a groundout to escape this jam, but like Gomez would find trouble coming back out for the eighth. Two walks and a two-out single would give Peoria their third run of the game before Moran got out of the inning. Kirilloff added an insurance run in the eighth with an RBI single that made it it 8-3, and Cedar Rapids almost needed it. Jose Martinez came on to finish the game but was greeted by consecutive singles and throwing error to score a run and a wild-pitch to score another. After issuing a walk he picked up the first two outs on consecutive K’s before surrendering an RBI double to make the final of 8-6. He ended the game with his third strikeout. Rortvedt led the Kernels with a 4-4 day at the plate, including two doubles, a walk, and two runs scored. Cabbage, Contreras, Jose Miranda, and Kirilloff each added two hits to the 15-hit effort and they went 5-16 with runners in scoring position. STARS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Pitcher of the Day – Sean Poppen, Fort Myers Miracle (4.0 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 7 K’s) Twins Daily Hitter of the Day – Ben Rortvedt, Cedar Rapids Kernels (4-4, 2 R’s, 2 2B’s, BB) TOP PROSPECT SUMMARY 1. Royce Lewis (Cedar Rapids) – 1-5, R, RBI, BB 2. Fernando Romero (Rochester) – 5 IP, 0 ER’s, 5 H’s, 2 BB, 3 K’s 5. Alex Kirilloff (Cedar Rapids) – 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI 13. Lewin Diaz (Fort Myers) – 0-4, K 15. Mitch Garver (Minnesota) – 1-3, R, BB, 2 K’s 16. Ben Rortvedt (Cedar Rapids) – 4-4, 2 R’s, 2 2B’s, BB 17. Travis Blankenhorn (Fort Myers) – 0-4, K WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Syracuse @ Rochester (11:35AM CST) – LHP Dietrich Enns Chattanooga @ Pensacola (6:35PM CST) – RHP Zack Littell (0-0, 4.15 ERA) Florida @ Fort Myers (6:00PM CST) – LHP Anthony Marzi Cedar Rapids @ Peoria (6:30PM CST) – RHP Randy Dobnak (0-0, -.—ERA) Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Tuesday’s games! Click here to view the article

Yup, he's still only 23: http://twinsdaily.com/articles.html/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins-minor-leagues/the-next-minnesota-twins-2018-r6569

Stewart has been fascinating to follow for me. Up until sometime during last season, he actually had a better career ERA in the minors than Jose Berrios did. He's also now thrown over 450 innings, and has allowed only 17 home runs. There's something to the idea he doesn't get hit hard, but a final development piece has yet to fall into place. This start is encouraging in that regard for sure, but will have to keep it up. Also Blankenhorn started hot like this last year too. Was at 409/.458/.909 through six games. Question with him is can he keep it more consistent throughout the season, much like Stewart.

That they bumped him up to AAA to start the year. Without knowing anything else, I think many would have assumed Gonsalves would be there and not him.