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Friday was a very busy day in the Twins organization. Not only did the big league club and all of its affiliates were scheduled to play, but the Twins brought in five new prospects to the organization. A way was found to keep Alex Kirilloff from accumulating a multi-hit game. Miguel Sano was called back up to the Twins. Byron Buxton was activated from the Red Wings DL. And hey, is there anything more fun to watch than an extra innings, walkoff walk?In case you missed it. Here is a story on Miracle RHP (And Minnesota native) Adam Bray.

 

Keep reading to find out more on the night in the Twins minor league system on Friday. As always, please feel free to discuss and ask questions.

 

TRANSACTIONS

It may be an interesting few days of transactions for the Twins and as interesting will be to see how the rosters shape out.

  • Infielder Eduardo Escobar was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Jhoan Duran, OF Ernie De La Trinidad and OF Gabriel Maciel. Per MLB Pipeline, Maciel was the Diamondbacks #11 prospect with Duran at #19. Per Baseball America, Jhoan Duran was the Diamondbacks #10 prospect. All three players were playing for Kane County in the Midwest League.
  • After their 4-3 loss to Boston on Friday night, the Twins traded RH RP Ryan Pressly to the Houston Astros in exchange for RHP Jorge Alcala and CF Gilberto Celestino. MLB Pipeline ranked Alcala #10 and Celestino #15 among Astros prospects.
  • Additionally, Miguel Sano was recalled to the Twins from Rochester.
  • OF Byron Buxton was activated from the Rochester disabled list with C Juan Graterol being placed on the DL. RH RP Addison Reed was placed on the Rochester roster on a rehab assignment. UT Taylor Motter was outrighted and is now back on the Red Wings roster.
Here's what happened to Juan Graterol:

 

 

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 5, Louisville 3

Box Score

 

Byron Buxton returned to the Red Wings lineup and in his first at-bat, he hit his third Rochester home run. He went 1-for-4 with a walk, the home run and also stole his fourth base. Willians Astudillo went 2-for-4 with a walk, his 14th double and his seventh stolen base.

 

Nick Anderson was the “opener” for the Red Wings in this game. He responded with a perfect first inning including a strikeout. Zack Littell came on and worked the next five innings. He gave up two runs on three hits and four walks. He struck out six. Addison Reed gave up a run on two hits in his rehab inning. Jake Reed struck out three over two perfect innings to record his first save of the season.

 

 

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 5, Pensacola 0

Box Score

 

This was a nice all-around game for the Lookouts. A little offense and some terrific pitching. It all starts with pitching, so that’s where we’ll start. Lewis Thorpe went the first seven innings of the shutout. He gave up just two hits, walked one and struck out seven to improve to 6-4 with a 3.61 ERA. Cody Stashak struck out the side in the eighth inning. Ryne Harper gave up one hit in a scoreless ninth inning.

 

Brent Rooker kept his power streak rolling. He went 2-for-4 and hit his 20th home run of the season. Alex Perez drove in two runs with his eighth double.

 

 

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers , Daytona

Box Score

The only way to keep Alex Kirilloff from a multi-hit game is to involve Mother Nature who provided some rain which postponed this game.

 

 

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 3, Clinton 2 (10 innings)

Box Score

 

The Kernels needed ten innings, but they got a walkoff walk from Ryan Jeffers to pick up the win in this one.

 

Akil Baddoo led the offense. He went 3-for-3 with two walks and stole his 20th base. Jared Akins went 3-for-4. Jeffers went 1-for-3 with two walks and his first Kernels double.

 

Bailey Ober started and was limited to just three innings. He gave up one run on two hits and struck out two batters. Jose Martinez came on and threw three scoreless frames. He had two strikeouts. Kevin Marnon struck out four batters over 2 1/3 innings. He gave up one run. Calvin Faucher recorded the final five outs without giving up a run.

 

 

E-TWINS E-TALK

Elizabethton 8, Bristol 5

Box Score

 

The E-Twins got a nice offensive day and won again. Ricky De La Torre led the way. He went 2-for-4 with his sixth double, his third home run and three RBIs. Yunior Severino went 2-for-5 with his fifth double. Lean Marrero went 2-for-4 with his fifth stolen base. DaShawn Keirsey returned to the lineup for the first time in nearly two weeks due to a quad injury. Trevor Larnach had his third straight hitless game, though he walked twice and stole a base.

 

Carlos Suniaga started and gave up four runs (three earned) on nine hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three. Blair Lakso improved to 4-0 by working the next 2 1/3 innings. He gave up a solo home run, but he struck out four batters. Seth Pinkerton recorded his second save with two scoreless innings. He struck out three.

 

 

GCL TWINS TALK

GCL Twins 12, GCL Red Sox 2

Box Score

 

It was a good day for the Twins offense as they knocked in 12 runs on 16 hits. Hunter Lee led off and went 3-for-5 with a walk, his second double and three RBIs. Second hitter Estamy Urena also went 3-for-5. He added his fourth double and drove in four RBIs. Charles Mack went 2-for-5 with his second double. Alberoni Nunez went 2-for-4. Willie Joe Garry went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two driven in.

 

Kai-Wei Teng started and gave up two runs on four hits in just 2 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out five. Michael Montero struck out two over 3 2/3 scoreless innings. Niklas Rimmel recorded four outs, two on strikeouts. Frandy Torres got the final five outs, three on strikeouts.

 

STARS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Hitter of the Day: Akil Baddoo, Cedar Rapids Kernels (3-3, 2 BB).

Twins Daily Pitcher of the Day: Lewis Thorpe, Ft. Myers Miracle (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K)

 

 

PROSPECT SUMMARY

Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed. Please note that this Prospect Summary has been updated.

 

#1 - Royce Lewis (Ft. Myers) - Rained out.

#2 - Alex Kirilloff (Ft. Myers) - Rained out.

#3 - Brusdar Graterol (Ft. Myers) - Rained out.

#4 - Nick Gordon (Rochester) - 0-4, BB, RBI, K, SB(6)

#5 - Stephen Gonsalves (Rochester) - Did not pitch.

#6 - Trevor Larnach (Elizabethton) - 0-2, 2 BB, RBI, K, SB(2)

#7 - Brent Rooker (Chattanooga) - 2-4, HR(20), RBI, 2 R

#8 - Akil Baddoo (Cedar Rapids) - 3-3, 2 BB, R, SB(20)

#9 -Wander Javier - out of for the season

#10 - Zack Littell (Rochester) - 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 80 pitches, 54 strikes)

#11 - Blayne Enlow (Cedar Rapids) - Did not pitch.

#12 - LaMonte Wade (Rochester) - 1-4, BB, R

#13 - Travis Blankenhorn (Ft. Myers) - Rained out.

#14 - Lewis Thorpe (Chattanooga) - 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, (90 pitches, 66 strikes)

#15 - Ben Rortvedt (Ft. Myers) - Rained out.

#16 - Yunior Severino (Elizabethton) - 2-5, 2B(5), R

#17 - Lewin Diaz (Ft. Myers) - will have surgery on his wrist soon.

#18 - Ryan Jeffers (Cedar Rapids) - 1-3, 2 BB, 2B(1), RBI, K

#19 - Jacob Pearson (Cedar Rapids) - 0-3, BB, K, R, SB(5)

#20 - Luis Arraez (Chattanooga) - 1-4

#21 - Jose Miranda (Cedar Rapids) - 1-4

*I figured that since Wander Javier is out, I’d add #21 to the list.

 

 

SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester @ Louisville (5:30 CST) - RHP DJ Baxendale (0-2, 3.42 ERA)

Pensacola @ Tennessee (4:00 CST) - TBD

Ft. Myers @ Daytona (DH @ 4:00 CST) - RHP Brusdar Graterol (1-2, 6.20 ERA), TBD

Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids (6:05 CST) - RHP Blayne Enlow (2-2, 3.16 ERA)

Bristol @ Elizabethton (5:00 CST) - RHP Josh Winder (1-0, 4.91ERA)

GCL Red Sox @ GCL Twins (9:00 am CST) - TBD

 

Please feel free to ask any questions about Friday games, or ask any questions you may have.

 

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Another great start for Thorpe! I have to wonder if it’s time to promote Thorpe to AAA? I mean if you look at some of the raw data it looks underwhelming, a 3.61 ERA, and giving up 98 hits in 97.1 innings (with 12 homers). But if you look past May, Thorpe’s numbers improve dramatically. His ERA in the month of July is 2.05, and his WHIP in his last 10 starts is 0.93. Something tells me it’s all coming together for Thorpe, and for the season thus far he has struck out 118 in 97.1 innings with only 25 walks. I think now might be a good time to move him up as it gets his feet wet in AAA and possibly makes him more available for our rotation next year (especially if May, Gonsalves, and Littell can’t hold down the 5th spot in the rotation next year).

 

Bailey wasn’t pulled due to injury, right? I mean as of late he’s been one of the better surprises in our minor league system so it would stink if he got injured.

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Shocked - no one claimed Taylor Motter for their pennant run!  I hope that when the dust settles the team can reconfigure the prospect list with these new additions to the system.  I am curious where they will fit in comparison to our current prospects.

 

One last question - what did Sano do to earn the call up?

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Akil Baddoo led the offense. He went 3-for-3 with two walks and stole his 20th base.

 

Stolen bases! What a wacky concept! Personally, I find it refreshing, not to mention  exciting, that minor league players like Baddoo are still allowed to steal bases during these strangely changing baseball times. Good for him.

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Isn't it great seeing Buxton back on a baseball field.  Hopefully, he can get back up here in ten days or a couple weeks.  Gotta get he and Sano ready for 2019.

 

Is going to be interesting, Seth, to see where all these new guys fit into the organization.  And with three new outfielders, who will lose playing time? Considering the way he has been playing the last month or two, doubt it will be Baddoo.

 

And I'll second everything FormerMinnasotan said about Thorpe.  Is it possible he stays in Chattanooga for another month, then gets a call up to the Twins for September?  After all he is on the 40-man.  Work a few games out of the bullpen and maybe make a start or two?  Would be great exposure for when he comes up to stay next April or spring.

 

And thanks for adding Miranda to the prospect summary.  Will be back in the morning to read about today's games.  Should be an exciting day with Graterol and Enlow both on the mound. 

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What kind of moves will be forced in the minors, especially three potential starting outfielders who neded to be plugged into the low minors. Will the Twins start cutting some folks alredy on rosters? And with the potential of more to come?

 

Sano NOW needs to produce, and by playing third base. 

 

Motter stays at Rochester. Okay, fine. but, again, here was a strange move by the Twins. You were, in all matters, moving infielders. So, when you bring back Santana...you keep Belisle? Of course, Belisle will be the closer if the Twins move Rodney, right? Instead of auditioning people in the organization for the long haul.

 

ANy news on where Felix Jorge is hanging out?

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Because a couple of people asked, here is my updated Top 30... though I fully admit this is subject to change as I learn more about the players acquired... (then again, even some of my Twins guys have probably changed some since)

 

  • Royce Lewis
  • Brusdar Graterol 
  • Alex Kirilloff 
  • Nick Gordon  
  • Trevor Larnach
  • Stephen Gonsalves  
  • Akil Baddoo
  • Brent Rooker 
  • LaMonte Wade
  • Blayne Enlow 
  • Lewis Thorpe 
  • Wander Javier 
  • Jorge Alcala - 
  • Travis Blankenhorn 
  • Jhoan Duran -
  • Zack Littell  
  • Ryan Jeffers
  • Yunior Severino
  • Jose Miranda
  • Tyler Wells
  • Gabriel Maciel -
  • Luis Arraez
  • Jordan Balazovic
  • Gilberto Celestino - 
  • Ben Rortvedt 
  • Lewin Diaz
  • Jean-Carlos Arias
  • Jake Cave
  • Griffin Jax
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Shocked - no one claimed Taylor Motter for their pennant run!  I hope that when the dust settles the team can reconfigure the prospect list with these new additions to the system.  I am curious where they will fit in comparison to our current prospects.

 

One last question - what did Sano do to earn the call up?

 

No doubt that if Taylor Motter was available on the waiver wire when Manny Machado was still out there it would have been a tough choice, right?!

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