Tom Froemming

RED WINGS REPORT Buffalo 2, Rochester 1 (11 innings) Box Score Stephen Gonsalves pitched a great game and Levi Michael hit his first Triple-A home run, but the Red Wings just couldn’t get much of anything going on offense. The Wings had a great opportunity to walk this one off in the bottom of the ninth inning. Matt Hague was thrown out at the plate for the third out as he attempted to score on an Anthony Recker double. Gonsalves, making his fourth start for Rochester, gave up one run on seven hits and a walk over 6.0 innings. He struck out six. Nik Turley and Michael Tonkin each pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen before Yohan Pino gave up the game-winning sac fly in the top of the 11th. The Wings went down in order in the bottom of the inning. Rochester fell to 75-57, but still holds a two-game lead of the wild card spot. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 3, Mississippi 1 Box Score All this team does is win. This one was tied until the bottom of the eighth inning when T.J. White drove in LaMonte Wade to give the Lookouts the lead. Max Murphy added an RBI double to provide an insurance run. Ryan Eades got his first start since July 2 and held Mississippi to one run over 4.0 innings. Cody Stashak, who was making his Double-A debut, was the first man out of the bullpen and was outstanding. He struck out five of the seven batters he faced over his 2.0 scoreless innings. Alex Muren followed with two more innings of shutout ball before Gabriel Moya came in for his 23rd save of the season. White, Murphy and Jonathan Rodriguez each had two hits. Along with sparking the game-winning rally, Wade also drove in Chattanooga’s first run with a sac fly in the fifth inning. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 14, Charlotte 2 Box Score Brent Rooker homered, because that’s what he does. Make that 17 home runs in 58 career games for the Mississippi State product, 10 of which he’s hit for the Miracle. I guess somebody forgot to tell him the FSL is a pitcher’s league. Rooker also had two singles, raising his batting average to .289. But there were plenty of other impressive performances by Fort Myers, which scored six runs in both the first and fourth innings. Jaylin Davis hit two homers and Tanner English blasted a grand slam. Zander Wiel had three hits, drove in three runs and scored twice. Brady Anderson was off to a great start, but exited the game after three shutout innings due to an apparent injury. Tyler Jay came on in relief and completed two full innings for the first time this season. He struck out three batters and allowed just one hit. Jay is up to 5.2 innings on his rehab assignment and has 10 strikeouts and just one walk. Tom Hackimer also threw two scoreless innings and added four strikeouts. In all, the Miracle racked up 13 K's and issued just one walk. This was a big win for Fort Myers, as they extended their lead over Charlotte to 4.0 games in the FSL South division’s second-half standings. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 6. Quad Cities 2 Box Score Jimmy Kerrigan sparked the Kernels two-run second inning with a leadoff single and added some insurance runs with a two-RBI base hit in the ninth. In between, both Lewin Diaz and Travis Blankenhorn homered. Charlie Barnes held the River Bandits to one run on two hits over 4.0 innings. He struck out three. Logan Lombana followed with two scoreless innings. Patrick McGuff surrendered a run over his two innings, but also struck out three. Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless ninth inning, lowering his ERA to 1.41. The Kernels were extremely patient in this game. They drew 10 walks, two each for Caleb Hamilton, Shane Carrier and Jordan Gore. Royce Lewis was 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and he stole a base. E-TWINS E-NOTES Elizabethton 12, Bristol 1 Box Score What a dominating performance by the E-Twins. Second baseman Carson Crites led the way by going 4-for-5 with a three-run homer, Jose Miranda also clubbed a three-run homer, his 10th of the season, and Ariel Montesino had a home run, three hits and four RBI. Akil Baddoo was on base in four of his five plate appearances, tallying two singles while picking up a couple of walks. He entered this game with a .421 OBP. Wander Javier also had a couple of hits. Ryley Widel struggled with his control, walking six batters, but he still only gave up one run over his four innings thanks in large part to six strikeouts. Moises Gomez pitched the final five frames, holding Bristol scoreless on two hits while adding another seven strikeouts. The victory improved E-Town’s record to 37-25, and they were able to extend their lead in the Appy League West division to 3.5 games over Johnson City. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins (Postponed due to rain) TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day: Stephen Gonsalves, Rochester (6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day: Jaylin Davis, Fort Myers (3-for-5, 2 HR) SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester vs. Buffalo, 5:05 pm CT, David Hurlbut (3.56 ERA, 1.41 WHIP) Chattanooga at Jackson, 6:05 pm CT, Zack Littell (3.03 ERA, 1.28 WHIP) Fort Myers vs. Charlotte, 5:05 pm CT, Lewis Thorpe (2.87 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) Cedar Rapids at Quad Cities, 6:35 pm CT, Tyler Wells (2.27 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) Elizabethton at Greenville, 5:00 pm CT, TBD GCL Twins vs GCL Red Sox, 9:00 am CT (doubleheader), TBD Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Friday's games.

Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Colon .219 | Polanco .209 | Buxton .092 Buxton helped the Twins bust out of their slump by playing a little small ball. He dropped down a bunt single that scored Brian Dozier from third base to get the Twins on the board in the top of the third. They were looking like piranhas again, as the Twins got three bunt hits on the night and stole three bases. Words can’t really do justice to Buxton’s run-saving catch to end the eighth inning. You’ve got to see it to believe it: https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/901264980577849347 Colon did his whole make-pitching-look-ridiculously-easy thing again. He gave up nine hits and walked a batter over 6.2 innings, didn’t get a single strikeout, but the Blue Jays only managed one run. Toronto was aggressive early, but couldn’t manage much hard contact. Here’s a breakdown of all of Colon’s first pitches: The Twins only totaled eight hits over their previous two games, so it was nice to see them bust out for 13 hits tonight. Along with Buxton, Joe Mauer and Jorge Polanco also had three hits a piece. In 22 games this month, Polanco has hits in 19 of them and has nine multi-hit games. He had eight total multi-hit games over the previous three months combined. John Curtiss made his major league debut in the bottom of the ninth. He struck out the first batter he faced and tossed a perfect inning. Not a bad way to start your career. Per Baseball Savant, he topped out at 97.3 mph. Postgame With Buxton https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/901269293827895296 Twins W-L Record Overall: 66-62 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 14-6 AL Central Standings Cleveland 71-56 Minnesota 66-62 (-5.5) Kansas City 64-63 (-7.0) AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 68-59 (+2.5) WC2: Minnesota 66-62 Seattle 66-63 (-0.5) Angels 65-64 (-1.5) Kansas City 64-63 (-1.5) Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Looking Ahead SAT: Twins (Dillon Gee) at Toronto (Marco Estrada), 12:07 pm CT SUN: Twins (Kyle Gibson at Toronto (TBD), 12:07 pm CT MON: OFF Question of the Day What do you think of this whole Player’s Weekend thing? Last Three Recaps CWS 5, MIN 1: Twins Drop Ugly Game, Series to White Sox CWS 4, MIN 3: Twins Bullpen Blows Lead MIN 4, CWS 1: Gibson Great, Twins Hit 3 More Homers

Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Escobar .055 | Rosario .037 | Mauer .032 It’s almost hard to believe the White Sox managed to score five runs off Berrios, given how nasty he was. Jose only gave up four hits and struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings, but he also walked three and the Twins made a pair of costly errors (one of which was committed by Berrios). The fourth inning was particularly painful. Berrios walked the leadoff hitter, rookie Yoan Moncada, on four pitches. After retiring Jose Abreu, first baseman Mitch Garver committed a fielding error on a groundball in the hole. Moncada, who had stolen second base, hustled around to score, putting the Sox up 2-0. Berrios then gave up back-to-back singles to load the bases with one out. Next, Tim Anderson hit an RBI ground out to put the White Sox up 3-0. With the two outs and runners at the corners, Berrios' pickoff throw went passed third baseman Ehire Adrianza, allowing the White Sox to score their fourth run. It was a high-risk, low-reward move. I get that these guys are professionals and practice and prepare for everything, but how many pickoff throws has Adrianza fielded at third base in his life? And how many times has Berrios even ever attempted a pickoff at third? Either way, that mistake was far from the reason the Twins lost this one. For the second-straight night the bats went ice cold. After making 2017 James Shields look like vintage James Shields Wednesday evening, the Twins gave the same treatment to Derek Holland. The longtime former Ranger entered the night with a 6.28 ERA, but he was able to hold the Twins to one run over 6.0 innings. The Twins managed just five hits, with their only run coming on Byron Buxton’s 10th homer of the year. Buxton has now hit 19 home runs for the Twins over the last 365 days. He actually homered exactly a year ago today … for the Rochester Red Wings. https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/900926899186262016 Eddie Rosario drew two walks, and is up to 28 in 118 games this season. He entered this year with 27 walks in 214 career games. Brian Dozier was 0-for-3 with a walk. The team really needs him to provide some offense against lefties, especially now that Miguel Sano is out. The Twins face another southpaw tomorrow. Jason Castro was placed on the seven-day concussion DL, which allowed the club to bring Zack Granite back up. He was 0-for-2 with a walk. The bullpen was solid, as Ryan Pressly and Alan Busenitz each pitched 1.1 scoreless innings. Pressly has now given up just two earned runs in 13.0 innings (1.38 ERA) this month. Busenitz gave up runs in each of his first two appearances with the Twins, but since then he’s given up only two earned runs over 18.1 innings (0.98 ERA). Postgame With Molitor https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/900922920314089472 Twins W-L Record Overall: 65-62 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 13-7 Last 40: 20-20 Last 80: 39-41 AL Central Standings Cleveland 70-56 Minnesota 65-62 (-5.5) Kansas City 64-62 (-6.0) AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 68-58 (+3.5) WC2: Minnesota 65-62 Angles 65-63 (-0.5) Kansas City 64-62 (-0.5) Seattle 65-63 (-0.5) Texas 64-63 (-1.0) Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Looking Ahead FRI: Twins (Bartolo Colon) at Toronto (J.A. Happ), 6:07 pm CT SAT: Twins (Dillon Gee) at Toronto (Marco Estrada), 12:07 pm CT SUN: Twins (Kyle Gibson) at Toronto (TBD), 12:07 pm CT Question of the Day Are we to the point where Joe Mauer (.256/.344/.293 vs. LHP) needs to be in the lineup against lefties just for his defense?

Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Santana .220 | Polanco .202 | Mauer .089 Despite the Twins hectic schedule with all the double headers, Rogers actually entered the night rested. Er, maybe make that rusty. Rogers had only pitched twice in the previous 11 days and did not look his best Wednesday. The White Sox hit two pitches that got way too much of the plate for back-to-back doubles, tying the game at 3-3. Rogers managed to complete the inning thanks to a double play. Hildenberger came out for the ninth in hopes of extending the game into extra innings. He gave up a leadoff single, was given an out via a sacrifice bunt and intentionally walked the next batter to set up a double play. Instead, Tim Anderson delivered a walk-off single. Eddie Rosario appeared to have a good chance to throw out the runner at home, but he misfired. That seems like a moment Rosie lives for, so I’m sure he’s kicking himself for not being able to put that throw on target. https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/900559864581283842 It was a shame too, because Ervin Santana turned in a great start. He held the White Sox to two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk over while striking out eight over 7.0 innings. Ervin gets a lot of love for those five complete games he’s pitched this year, but he’s also turned in another six starts in which he’s gone at least 7.0 innings. The Twins offense really struggled against James Shields, who entered the game with a 5.72 ERA. They managed just three hits, two of them coming from Jorge Polanco, who homered for the fourth-straight game. Prior to this crazy hot streak, Polanco had just seven career home runs in 172 career games. https://twitter.com/TheRenderMLB_/status/900525725962383362 Max Kepler returned to the lineup after missing a couple games with an illness. He was 0-for-3 but drew a walk and stole his fourth base of the season. While the Twins got one back, they unfortunately may have lost another, as Castro was forced to leave this game with concussion-like symptoms. Postgame With Molitor https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/900562205753475074 Twins W-L Record Overall: 65-61 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 14-6 Last 40: 20-20 Last 80: 39-41 AL Central Standings Cleveland 69-56 Minnesota 65-61 (-4.5) Kansas City 63-61 (-5.5)* AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 68-57 (+3.5) WC2: Minnesota 65-61, Angels 65-61 Kansas City 63-61 (-1.0)* Seattle 65-63 (-1.0) *Wednesday game still in progress. Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Looking Ahead THU: Twins (Jose Berrios) at White Sox (Derek Holland), 7:10 pm CT FRI: Twins (Bartolo Colon) at Toronto (J.A. Happ), 6:10 pm CT SAT: Twins (Gee) at Toronto (TBD), 12:07 pm CT Question of the Day Which member of the Twins bullpen to you trust the most at the moment?

Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Gibson .282 | Vargas .119 | Polanco .075 Let’s talk about bunting, shall we? The White Sox opened up this game by getting hits in three of their first six at-bats. They held a 1-0 lead in the second inning. They had runners on first and second with nobody out. They were facing Kyle Gibson. And they decided it was a good time to attempt a sacrifice bunt. They paid for that decision. Jason Castro managed to nail the lead runner at third base, gifting Gibby an out. Chicago managed to load the bases with one out, but could not score. They also loaded the bases with nobody out in the third and could not score. Jorge Polanco homered in his third-straight game to tie it up at 1-1 in the fourth inning before a Kennys Vargas solo blast put the Twins ahead in the fifth. Joe Mauer led off the sixth with a misplayed double and I’m sure the Twins lineup was smelling blood. The Twins were already up a run. Mauer was in scoring position with no outs. Polanco was up. He bunted. Yes, Jorge Polanco, the guy who has been on fire this month. The guy who homered in three-straight games. The guy who you have to watch hit through those goofy eclipse glasses otherwise his hotness will burn out the back of your eyeballs. That guy bunted. Luckily, Eddie Rosario was able to make a laughing matter out of all this madness by crushing a two-run homer on literally the very next pitch. Thank goodness Mauer only had to trot in from third base. Hopefully Paul Molitor learned a lesson, but I doubt it. https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/900196662861279233 Again, Gibson got off to a dreadful start, but he was incredible after he got going. He struck out the side with the bases juiced in the third before setting down the Sox 1-2-3 in both the fourth and fifth innings. He gave up a one-out single in the sixth before inducing an inning-ending double play from the next batter. He closed out his night with a 1-2-3 seventh, striking out the final two batters he faced. Over 7.0 innings he gave up one run, which was scored on a wild pitch, and struck out a season-high eight batters. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a perfect eight before Matt Belisle delivered a scoreless ninth to earn his fourth save. Max Kepler was out for the second-straight game with an illness. Ehire Adrianza started in left while Rosario manned right field. Postgame With Molitor https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/900196709715689472 Twins W-L Record Overall: 65-60 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 14-6 Last 40: 21-19 Last 80: 39-41 AL Central Standings Cleveland 69-55 Minnesota 65-60 (-4.5) Kansas City 63-61 (-6.0) AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 67-57 (+2.5) WC2: Minnesota 65-60 Angels 64-61 (-1.0) Kansas City 63-61 (-1.5) Seattle 64-63 (-2.0) Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: ***UPDATE: Tim Melville has been DFA’d and Dillon Gee will start Saturday. John Curtiss will be called up from Rochester to join the bullpen. Looking Ahead WED: Twins (Ervin Santana) at White Sox (James Shields), 7:10 pm CT THU: Twins (Jose Berrios) at White Sox (Derek Holland), 7:10 pm CT FRI: Twins (TBD) at Toronto (TBD), 6:07 pm CT Question of the Day Bunting: Why?

Romero, Twins Daily's No. 1 prospect heading into this season, is having a great year for the Lookouts despite facing older hitters 83 percent of the time. There's really no way to paint this season for him as anything but a success, but is it time for it to end? Romero hasn't pitched into the sixth inning for nine straight starts. In one of those outings he was removed despite having thrown just 63 pitches. It's clear the decision makers are already putting limitations on his workload, but would it be more wise to just shut him down before you break him down? Romero has shown signs of fatigue over his last two outings. Over 9.1 innings he's given up 12 earned runs, 17 hits, four walks and has just two strikeouts. Maybe that ends up as just a blip on the radar when all is said and done, but it's pretty out of character for a guy who had a 2.60 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 9.4 K/9 prior to those two poor outings. Romero missed all of 2015 and only logged 90.1 official innings last season (though he did put in some more work at extended spring training). He's already up to 120.0 innings pitched this year, a new career high. He's also still just 22-years-old. On the other hand, he's already on the 40-man roster, thus burning an option year. That puts some additional urgency into Romero's development. There's also the fact that Chattanooga will be in the Southern League playoffs, and it'd be a huge blow to their championship dreams if Romero were to be shut down. A lot of Twins fans will turn up their noses at that notion, but try telling the guys in that Lookouts clubhouse that winning doesn't matter in the minor leagues. Trying to figure out what's best for Romero's future is incredibly difficult. Maybe the teams have a lot more data than us looking from the outside in, but there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong answer. No two players are the same and injuries can seem to be completely random. What would I do? Well, I've already joked around here a few times that I'd freeze Romero in carbonite a la Han Solo and have him remain in that state until the spring. What do you think the Twins should do with him?

Game 1 Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Dozier .117 | Polanco .092 | Busenitz .032 Tim Melville’s Twins debut did not go well. The 27-year-old gave up two runs in the first inning, cruised through the next two frames before getting knocked around again in the fourth. Here’s how things went: walk, single, three-run homer, strikeout, walk, hit batsman. At that point Molitor had enough. Melville ended with 3.1 innings, five runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Nik Turley pitched the next 3.2 innings, giving up two runs. Melville topped out at 96.6 mph, per Brooks Baseball (though their pitch classifications were all wonky for him) and Turley’s max was 95.7 mph. So those two can bring the heat, but as we know by watching Bartolo Colon, there’s a lot more to pitching than velo. The Twins trailed 7-1 heading into the sixth inning, but battled back to make things very interesting. Jorge Polanco provided a three-run homer to bring the Twins within a run in the eighth, but the comeback effort fell short. https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/899803825539870722 Alan Busenitz pitched a perfect eighth inning and struck out one batter. He now has six-straight scoreless appearances, a streak that covers 9.0 innings. Brian Dozier was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored. Eduardo Escobar was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Game 2 Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Polanco .218 | Gee .113 | Dozier .109 The Twins basically put this one away shortly after it got started. Polanco and Dozier each hit a three-run homer in the second inning to give Dillon Gee a big cushion to work with early. Through four innings, Gee was perfect and threw just 42 pitches. When it was all said and done, Gee pitched 6.0 innings and gave up one run on two hits. He didn’t walk a batter, which was huge given the big lead he was afforded, and had four strikeouts. This was Gee’s first start with the Twins, and he has now has a 1.93 ERA over 18.2 innings to go with a 0.80 WHIP and 7.7 K/9 with the club. Byron Buxton and Jason Castro added to the offensive explosion, providing homers of their own, as the Twins hit four home runs. Here they are: https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/899842671837097984 Buxton now has a 12-game hitting streak. He, Dozier and Castro all had multi-hit games. Castro also drew a walk and scored three runs. Tyler Duffey was perfect over the seventh and eighth innings, but he was sent back out for the ninth and ran into some trouble. He gave up a solo homer, but still finished out the game to earn the three-inning save, the first of his career. Postgame With Gee https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/899845591823286272 Twins W-L Record Overall: 64-60 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 14-6 Last 40: 21-19 Last 80: 39-41 AL Central Standings Cleveland 69-54 Minnesota 64-60 (-5.5) Kansas City 62-61 (-7.0) AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 66-57 (+2.5) WC2: Twins 64-60, Angels 64-60* Seattle 64-62 (-1.0) Kansas City 62-61 (-1.5) *Monday game still in progress Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Looking Ahead TUE: Twins (Kyle Gibson) at White Sox (Lucas Giolito), 7:10 pm CT WED: Twins (Ervin Santana) at White Sox (James Shields), 7:10 pm CT THU: Twins (Jose Berrios) at White Sox (Derek Holland), 7:10 pm CT Question of the Day I still included Gee in the bullpen report, but he’s gotta stay in the rotation at least for another turn, right?

Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Buxton .125 | Kepler .096 | Polanco .069 The Twins offense put up a nine spot to open the game, ensuring it would be a nice little low-stress Sunday at the ballpark. That kind of an inning obviously took a team effort, but Eddie Rosario provided the marquee moment when he absolutely crushed a grand slam. https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/899354209388187648 Chris Gimenez also had a banner day, coming up a triple shy of the cycle. He was 3-for-3 with three runs, two RBI and a hit-by-pitch. Brian Dozier hit a home run, his 25th, on a ball that was up at about chin level and drew three walks. In his five plate appearances, Dozier saw 31 pitches. Mitch Garver, who started at first base, got his first career hit on an infield single and drew a walk. Bartolo Colon did exactly what you’d expect a veteran starter to do when spotted a huge lead. He ended up surrendering four runs on seven hits, but he also gave the Twins six innings and threw 62 of his 91 pitches for strikes, punching out six batters while walking two. With yet another doubleheader looming tomorrow, that was a key performance from Bartolo. Ryan Pressly was the first man out of the bullpen and followed suit. He went right after hitters, pitching two perfect innings. Glen Perkins came in for the ninth, his second appearance of the season, and gave up a run on two hits. He averaged 91.9 mph on his fastball, topping out at 92.9, per Baseball Savant. Utility infielder Daniel Descalso pitched the eighth inning for Arizona. How perfect would it have been if Gimenez hit a triple off a position player to complete his cycle? Unfortunately, Descalso retired the Twins in order. Postgame With Rosario https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/899390669805953024 Twins W-L Record Overall: 63-59 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 13-7 Last 40: 21-19 Last 80: 39-41 AL Central Standings Cleveland 68-54 Minnesota 63-59 (-5.0) Kansas City 62-61 (-6.5) AL Wild Card Standings WC1: Yankees 66-57 (+2.5) WC2: Twins 63-59 Angles 64-60 (back mere percentage points) Kansas City 62-61 (-1.5) Seattle 63-62 (-1.5) Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Looking Ahead MON: Twins (TBD) at White Sox (Carson Fulmer), 4:10 pm CT MON: Twins (TBD) at White Sox (Carlos Rodon), Game 2 TUE: Twins (Kyle Gibson) at White Sox (Lucas Giolito), 7:10 pm CT WED: Twins (Ervin Santana) at White Sox (James Shields), 7:10 pm CT Question of the Day The MLB Little League Classic is tonight. Do you have any memories to share of meeting a ballplayer when you were a kid? If not, who was your favorite player growing up?