Tom Froemming

Minnesota Twins Recap 8/17/21: Highlights of Bailey Ober, Max Kepler and Rob Refsnyder as well as prospects Austin Martin, BJ Boyd, Spencer Steer, Drew Strotman, Yunior Severino, Ben Gross, Alerick Soularie, Gilberto Celestino and Alex Isola. View full video

The Minnesota Twins were walk-off winners thanks to Jorge Polanco for the second straight night. The bullpen was brilliant, delivering four shutout innings to buy the lineup the time it needed. Included are some highlights of John Gant and Juan Minaya's outings. Also, BJ Boyd of Wichita earned Double-A Central Player of the Week honors. Here's some background on Boyd, who spent 2019 playing football. View full video

Jorge Polanco hit a walk-off sac fly to give the Minnesota Twins a big series-clinching win Sunday, 8/15/21. Here's that and more highlights from Max Kepler, Charlie Barnes, Matt Canterino and Jose Miranda. View full video

The Minnesota Twins celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1991 World Series by blowing out the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, 8/14/21. Highlights from Luis Arraez, Brent Rooker, Nick Gordon, Cole Sands, Aaron Sabato and Austin Martin. View full video

Nelson Cruz received a warm welcome back to Minnesota and crushed a home run in his first game against the Twins since being traded to Tampa Bay. Brent Rooker was 4-for-5 with a home run in that game and Michael Pineda left with an injury. Lewis Thorpe had an encouraging outing with the St. Paul Saints that could put him in line to replace Big Mike. Also included in this video are highlights of Yennier Cano, Matt Wallner and Keoni Cavaco. View full video

Miguel Sanó has been difficult to watch most of the past two seasons but is on a nice hot streak. It's easy to forget when he's in one of his awful slumps that this guy has had some really good seasons. With the Minnesota Twins already having an extensive offseason to-do list, I'm settling into the fact Sanó is most likely going to get one more chance in 2022. View full video

Highlights of a couple Minnesota Twins bullpen prospects who are lighting up the minors, Jovani Moran of the St. Paul Saints and Jordan Gore of the Wichita Wind Surge. View full video

Jorge Alcalá has put together a couple of good outings in a row and is a Minnesota Twins player I'm keeping an especially close eye on over these last two months of the 2021 season. Here are some highlights of the Twins win over Houston in 11 innings and Alcala discussion. View full video

The Minnesota Twins traded away José Berríos. They got a couple very highly regarded prospects in Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson from Toronto. Reasons to be sad, reasons to be excited. I'm a little of both. Here's my reaction to what the Twins did at this year's MLB trade deadline. View full video

The Minnesota Twins will be sellers at this year's MLB trade deadline, but to what extent? Here is a rundown of the most recent rumors, including notes on José Berríos, Max Kepler, Josh Donaldson and Michael Pineda. View full video

Buxton Extension talks stall out as Byron continues rehabbing his wrist injury after being hit by a pitch against the Cincinnati Reds. View full video

Lewis Thorpe had an encouraging performance in what was his fourth appearance since being activated off the IL. Read all about that and more in Friday night’s edition of the minor league report. TRANSACTIONS RHP Orlando Rodriguez of Fort Myers placed on the 7-day IL. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 7, Indianapolis 5 Box Score Lewis Thorpe: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K Multi-hit games: Jose Miranda (3-for-5), Tomas Telis (2-for-5, HR), Mark Contreras (2-for-5), Gilberto Celestino (2-for-5, 2B), Jimmy Kerrigan (2-for-4) HR: Kerrigan (16), Telis (7) Lewis Thorpe looked comfortable and confident tonight. He was throwing his curveball and changeup early in counts, then working in high fastballs to try to finish hitters off. He threw 50 of his 78 pitches for strikes (64.1%) and was efficient enough to record two outs in the sixth inning. This was a jump up from the 58 pitches he threw in his last outing for the Saints. The Twins are clearly viewing Thorpe as a starting pitcher at this point. It would make sense for him to make another start with the Saints, stretching out another 15-20 pitches, but with Michael Pineda exiting his start early, Thorpe may be looked upon as a potential replacement. The St. Paul lineup was patient with 36-year-old knuckleballer Steven Wright, who threw 97 pitches in four innings. Along with the five batters who had multiple hits listed above, Nick Gordon also reached twice, drawing a pair of walks, and stole a base. He played center field tonight. Yennier Cano had an eventful ninth inning, giving up a run on three hits, but locked down the save by striking out the final two batters he faced, stranding runners at second and third base. WIND SURGE WISDOM Tulsa 4, Wichita 1 Box Score Austin Schulfer: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K Multi-hit games: B.J. Boyd (2-for-4), Jermaine Palacios (2-for-3) HR: None The Surge were scheduled to play a doubleheader today but more inclimate weather resulted in the first game being postponed, leaving one seven-inning game left to be played. Neither team scored through seven, however, so this one went into “extra” innings. B.J. Boyd singled home the Wichita bonus runner in the top of the inning. The Wind Surge were an out away from victory but a ground ball got by first baseman Andrew Bechtold for a game-tying single and the next batter hit a walk-off home run. Tyler Beck was turning in an impressive Double-A debut before things fell apart with two outs in the eighth inning. He was attempting to cover the final four frames, and had struck out five of the first 15 batters he faced. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, Peoria 3 Box Score Jon Olsen: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K Multi-hit games: Yunior Severino (4-for-5, 2B), Jefferson Morales (2-for-4) HR: Matt Wallner (10) Yunior Severino and Jeferson Morales have been huge boosts to the Kernels since being called up from Fort Myers. After a four-hit night, Severino is hitting .439 with a 1.147 OPS in his first 15 games with the club. Morales hasn’t been around as long, this was just his fourth game with Cedar Rapids, but he has a .563 average with a 1.463 OPS. Matt Wallner hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. It was his 10th homer of the year and 18th as a pro, just the fourth that’s come against a lefty. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 9, Bradenton 1 Box Score Casey Legumina: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K Multi-hit games: Keoni Cavaco (2-for-6), Jesus Feliz (2-for-5, 2B), Willie Joe Garry Jr. (2-for-4, BB) HR: Will Holland (8) Every member of the Fort Myers lineup reached base and everyone but Jesus Feliz also struck out. The team combined for 10 hits, eight walks and 14 strikeouts. Keoni Cavaco had a multi-hit game, but he also struck out four times. Here’s his two-run single in what was a big five-run inning for the Mussels. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher: Lewis Thorpe, St. Paul Hitter: Yunior Severino, Cedar Rapids PROSPECT SUMMARY Take note that we have finished our midseason update, so there is a new list! Here is a look at how the Twins Daily Midseason Top 20 Prospects performed: #1 – Royce Lewis (Rehab) – Out for season (torn ACL) #2 – Jhoan Duran (St. Paul) – Injured List (elbow strain) #3 – Jordan Balazovic (Wichita) – DNP #4 – Matt Canterino (Fort Myers) – DNP #5 – Jose Miranda (St. Paul) – 3-for-5, R #6 – Keoni Cavaco (Fort Myers) – 2-for-6, 2 RBI, R #7 – Gilberto Celestino (St. Paul) – 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, R #8 – Josh Winder (St. Paul) – DNP #9 – Aaron Sabato (Fort Myers) – 1-for-6, RBI #10 – Matt Wallner (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-3, HR, BB, HBP, 2 RBI, R #11 – Blayne Enlow (Cedar Rapids) – Out for Season (Tommy John surgery) #12 – Bailey Ober (Minnesota) – DNP #13 – Cole Sands (Wichita) – DNP #14 – Brent Rooker (Minnesota) – 4-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R #15 – Misael Urbina (Fort Myers) – DNP #16 – Spencer Steer (Wichita) – 0-for-3 #17 – Wander Javier (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-5 #18 – Alerick Soularie (Complex) – DNP #19 – Edwar Colina (Rehab) – Injured List (elbow) #20 – Chris Vallimont (Wichita) – DNP SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Fort Myers at Bradenton, 11 am CT: Bobby Milacki St. Paul at Indianapolis, 6:05 pm CT: Beau Burrows Cedar Rapids at Peoria, 6:35 pm CT: Sawyer Gipson-Long Wichita at Tulsa, 7:05 pm CT: Cole Sands View full article

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