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What to do with Kurt Suzuki?

Kurt Suzuki is out producing the expectations of even the most optimistic Twins fan. He’s 30 years old and coming in to 2014 had a career line of .253/.309/.375, and even that is rosy considering what he’s done the past two seasons, .234/.282/.332 (for reference, Talk to Contact favorite, Drew “Boat Anchor” Butera, is hitting .231/.300/.385 in 2014). So the Twins bought low on a guy and brought him in with the hopes that he could help out Josmil Pinto, and because Suzuki is seen as a good “clu
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What to do with Kurt Suzuki?

Kurt Suzuki is out producing the expectations of even the most optimistic Twins fan. He’s 30 years old and coming in to 2014 had a career line of .253/.309/.375, and even that is rosy considering what he’s done the past two seasons, .234/.282/.332 (for reference, Talk to Contact favorite, Drew “Boat Anchor” Butera, is hitting .231/.300/.385 in 2014). So the Twins bought low on a guy and brought him in with the hopes that he could help out Josmil Pinto, and because Suzuki is seen as a good “clu
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TwinsDaiy Minor League Report (8/7): Omar Bencomo is Awesome!

If the season started 10 games ago, the Twins would have the second best record in the American League. Too bad the twins have been terrible for the better part of four months. To make things worse, the Twins sent struggling Byron Buxton to Rochester to make room for Trevor Plouffe who is activated from the Disabled List.   Continue reading to find out more detail about Saturday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Rochester @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs Box Score   Byung Ho Park had anot
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TwinsDaily Minor League Update (6/23): Berrios Strikes Out Nine!

With nearly a full compliment of Twins Minor League affiliates in action (GCL Twins start their season on Friday), there was a lot happening down on the Farm. Including the first game of the year for the Elizabethton Twins (E-Twins).   Lots happening today in the Transaction Report as teams finalize their second half rosters and the Gulf Coast League and Appalachian League kick off play: Niko Goodrum assigned to Fort Myers from Chattanooga, LaMonte Wade (Fort Myers) placed on DL, Tom Hackimer as
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (9/19): Kernels' Navarreto Walks-Off Whitecaps

The Twins lost both ends of a split double header and find themselves two and a half games behind the Astros for the second wild card spot. Now losers of five straight, the Twins are also a game behind the Angels and just a game and a half ahead of the Indians, all fighting for that final postseason spot.   In the Minor Leagues, both the Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Chattanooga Lookouts returned home for the third game of their Championship Series. Let's see how things went.   Biloxi Shuckers @
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (9/17): Max Keper's Grand Salami!

The Twins squandered an early 5-0 lead and eventually fell 8-11 to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite the loss the Twins remain just a game and a half behind the Houston Astros for the second Wild Card spot in the American League.   In the Minor League playoffs, both the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Cedar Rapids Kernels played game two of their respective league championship series. Let's take a look at how they did.   Lookouts Look In Chattanooga Lookouts @ Biloxi Shuckers Jason Whe
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (9/1): Lachlan Wells Fans Eleven!

Byron Buxton is back with the Twins and they won a game. So take that, 13-game losing streak!   Transaction Report: Byron Buxton recalled from Rochester to the Big Leagues, Tanner English promoted to Rochester from Fort Myers to replace him, Logan Lombana promoted to fort Myers from Cedar Rapids. Colton Davis was promoted to Cedar Rapids from Elizabethton to complete the chain.   Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Lehigh Valley Ir
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/6): Kohl Stewart Wins!

Transaction Report:   Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Rochester @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs Box Score   Kind of a forgettable night for the Red Wings, except for Trevor Plouffe, who played first base and hit third. He was 2-4 with a home run, a double, and a pair of RBIs. Unfortunately the rest of the Red Wings went a combined 1-26 with 12 strike outs. Byung Ho Park was 0-4 with a pair of strike outs.   Starter Andrew Albers wa
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/4): A Meija League Debut!

Seth Stohs had a flurry of transactions to report yesterday, and there are a few more to round up today: Luke Westphal placed on the 7-day DL (Fort Myers) Miles Nordgren demoted to Cedar Rapids (Fort Myers) Tyler Beardsley promoted to Cedar Rapids (Elizabethton Twins) Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Pawtucket Red Sox at Rochester Box Score   Adalberto Mejia mad his Minnesota Twins affiliate debut on Thursday afternoon and d
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/3): Affiliates Swept!

David Price and the Blue Jays carved up the Twins on Monday afternoon, and to make matters worse, every affiliate in action on Monday night lost. All of the games were close, with only the Red Wings losing by more than one run, but outside of Elizabethton, there was not a lot of run scoring. Let's get to it.   RED WINGS REPORT Rochester Red Wings @ Gwinnett Braves Box Score   The Red Wings struck first, a solo home run in the second inning off the bat of Xavier Avery, to put the Red Wings up 1
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/28): Zach Granite Leads 'Nooga to Victory

The Twins lost their 10th straight on Sunday afternoon, wrapping up one of the worst series we've seen this year, part of one of the worst stretches of Twins baseball we've seen since losing became so popular at 1 Twins Way. In addition to losing the game, the Twins lost Danny Santana to the DL with a sprained shoulder.   Transaction Report: The injury to Danny Santana led to a late scratch for Rochester's Logan Schafer as the Twins selected his contract before the Red Wings started on Sunday ev
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/28): Nick Gordon Plays Well

The Minnesota Twins exploded for six runs in the top of the tenth inning after they squandered three early game runs and beat the Kansas City Royals. Jordan Schafer continues to hit the ball well for the Twins, and had three more hits on Thursday against Kansas City.   Down in the Minor Leagues the season is entering the final weekend, let's take a look at the Affiliates.   Red Wings Report Rochester 6, Syracuse 3 Box   The Red Wings took the lead late (in the seventh) to defeat the Syracuse
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/27): Defense Fails in the Minor Leagues

Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano ran out of magic on Thursday night as the pair lost for the first time while playing in the lineup together, snapping the Twins' longest winning streak since 2011. With September call-ups less than a week away, let's take a look at some of the action down in the Minor Leagues.   RED WINGS REPORT Syracuse Chiefs @ Rochester Red Wings Box Score   The Red Wings pitching staff limited the Chiefs to just six hits while racking up thirteen strike outs and not a single wal
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/18): Alex Kirilloff leads Elizabethton to Victory

Despite four wins from affiliates on Thursday, the games didn't produce a lot of stand-out performances. A couple key hits here and there, some solid relief work, and that's sort of how things worked out across the system.   Transaction Report:Alan Busenitz promoted to Rochester, Omar Bencomo demoted to Chattanooga, Todd Van Steensel promoted to Chattanooga, Mason Melotakis placed on 7-day disabled list (Chattanooga),   Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm sy
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (8/17): Unheralded 7th Rounders Pitch

The Twins started an important road trip with a frustrating extra inning loss to the Evil Empire (New York Yankees). Let's take a look down into the Twins' farm system to see if better things are on the way to Minnesota.   RED WINGS REPORT Buffalo Bisons @ Rochester Red Wings Box Score   The Red Wings were out hit 11-8, but came out victorious thanks to a couple of solo home runs and holding the Bisons to just 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position.   Taylor Rogers gave up ten hits in 6.2 inn
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (7/7): Moving Day and 2 Palka Dingers

Thursday was a busy day in Minor League Baseball as the Twins shuffled their affiliate rosters around, moving more than a dozen players around.   Transaction Report: Daniel Palka has been promoted to Rochester, David Martinez has been released, Edgar Corcino, Tyler Jay, and Felix Jorge have all been promoted to Chattanooga. Omar Bencomo has been placed on the Disabled List. Sam Clay, Miles Nordgren, and Daniel Kihle have been promoted to Fort Myers. Max Cordy, Andrew Vasquez, Casey Scoggins, and
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (7/18): Park Goes Yard, and Gonsalvez Dazzles

In baseball, and in life, the only constant is change. The Terry Ryan era has come to an end and with Rob Antony in charge, it will be an interesting couple of weeks until the trade deadline. In the short term, the change should not have any impact on the Twins Minor League organizations or day to day business with the affiliates, but when a new General Manager arrives later this year or during the offseason, expect to see a slew of changes.   Transaction Report: Brandon Peterson promoted to C
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (7/14): Park Goes Yard

The All-Star festivities are all over and the big boys start playing baseball again on Friday night, but things are still busy in the Minor Leagues, with all of the affiliates in action on Thursday night.   Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Norfolk Tide @ Rochester Red Wings Box Score   Byung Ho Park had his first multi-hit night since Independence Day, going 2-4 with a home run, and 3 RBIs. He's still hitting just .241 in AAA,
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (6/9): Kohl Stewart Earns First AA Victory, Palka Goes Deep Twice - AGAIN

Transaction Report: The big move of the day, reported in full by Jeremy Nygaard, was the MLB draft. The Twins selected OF Alex Kirilloff with the 15th overall pick, a toolsy outfielder from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Twins used their next pick, 56th overall, to select C Ben Rortvedt, a high schooler from the Badger State. With back-to-back picks at 73 & 74 in the competitive balance round, the Twins selected SS Jose Miranda from the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, and OF Akil Baddoo out of
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Twinsdaily Minor League Report (6/20): Tyler Jay Pitches Well

After being laughed out of the Bronx the Twins traveled to Baltimore and took out their frustrations on the Orioles with a 15-2 butt-kicking that included another Miguel Sano home run (his tenth) and a 1-6 night from Byron Buxton in his return to MLB action.   RED WINGS REPORT   Scheduled off day   LOOKOUTS LOOK-IN Chattanooga Lookouts @ Pensacola Blue Wahoos Box Score   Lookouts starter Aaron Slegers cruised through six innings giving up just a single run, but ran into trouble and was lifted wi
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (6/2): Palka Goes Deep Twice - AGAIN

I spent my evening at Target Field, and the guy behind me mentioned that Joe Mauer was the highest paid player on the team six different times. Once each after each Mauer at bat, and a couple times during the game when recently activated Max Keper had base hits, despite not being the highest paid player on the team. And then this dude still managed to boo the Rays when they intentionally walked Mauer. This is the same Joe Mauer that is the reigning AL Player of the Week. Sheesh. Anyways, th
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (6/16) - Pitching Carries Trio of MiLB Squads

The Twins were way out on the left coast, and now that they are back at home, they lost to a bad Yankees team. Yuck-o. After the game the Twins activated Danny Santana from the Disable List and to make room for him the Twins decided that they could not solve the riddle of Oswaldo Arcia and designated him for assignment. Seth Stohs has more on that. Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Columbus Clippers @ Rochester Box Score   The
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (5/5): Hitting Fails, Pitching Fails Too

With the day off of baseball as they traveled to Chicago, the Minnesota Twins used the free time to make a series of roster moves. They waived Tommy Milone and Casey Fien before Thursday's game. With Ervin Santana set to return on Saturday, and Kyle Gibson making good progress on the DL and set to return as early as next week, the Twins have a chance to make a couple of short-term call ups to fill the roster. It hasn't been officially announced yet, but there are reports indicating that catcher
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (5/26): Buxton Homers, Berrios Struggles

The Twins took the day off, but there was a full slate of Minor League games on Thursday night. Byron Buxton hit a dinger and Felix Jorge had one of the best outings of his career.   Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Indianapolis Indians @ Rochester Box Score   Despite having Jose Berrios on the bump and a 2-4 day from Byron Buxton that included a triple and a home run, the Wings could not keep up with the Indianapolis Indians.
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TwinsDaily Minor League Report (5/12): Byron Buxton - Still Hot

It has been more than 24 hours since the last time the Twins lost, which is a pretty big deal here in Twins territory. The Twins MiLB affiliates went 1-3 on the day but they had a couple of nice performances to make up for the poor results. Continue reading to find out more detail about Thursday in the Twins farm system:   RED WINGS REPORT Gwinnett Braves @ Rochester Box Score   Byron Buxton, heard of him? He hit leadoff for the Wings and was 2-5 with a run scored and a strike out. He also st
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