Twins Minor League Report (7/25): Rough Going Down South

[Ted Schwerzler]

With the trade deadline just a week away, this is a massive stretch for the Twins minor league system. Opposing scouts will be doing final assessments, and players could find themselves moved to a new organization. While the expectation would be that talent goes from Single-A and above, the short-season leagues were on display today. Unfortunately, both got bludgeoned in a major way.

 

Not eligible to play with the St. Paul Saints on Sunday due to the 20 days of rehab assignment time elapsing, Miguel Sano finished his stint playing in 12 games between the FCL and Triple-A. He slashed .333/.422/.795 with three doubles, five homers, and 11 RBI. It’s still tough to see a straightforward path to activation with an injury, but Minnesota must make a decision prior to their tilt with Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Signed to a minor league deal over the weekend, veteran pitcher Michael Feliz joined the Twins organization. He has logged 250 Major League innings and pitched for the Red Sox this season. Should he debut for the Twins, Feliz would be on his sixth big league club. There isn’t a solid record of performance, although the strikeout numbers are substantial.

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Rays 6, FCL Twins 0
Box Score

The good news is that Matt Canterino made a rehab start in this one and worked a scoreless inning allowing a single hit and generating one strikeout. Ben Heller then made his second appearance since signing with Minnesota, but allowed four runs, three earned, on four hits over two innings.

Ricardo Olivar recorded the lone extra-base hit for the Twins, a double, and his two-hit game was the lone highlight with just one other hit being recorded. The Twins made four errors in this one.

DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Rockies 14, DSL Twins 5
Box Score

The Twins got down 7-0 in the first two innings today. Bryan Acuna finally got them on the board with a line drive single to score Yasser Mercedes. Unfortunately, that's the only run they'd score until the 8th inning. Now down 14-1, Daniel Pena hit his first professional homer, in his 30th game. The Twins got an extra few runs in the 9th inning on a wild pitch and a Junior Marino single, but the 14-5 tally is as close as it got.

Acuna had a solid 3-for-5 day and was joined by Pena in that effort. Harold Grant and Mercedes both had two hits.

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Matt Canterino (FCL Twins) - 1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER 0 BB, K
Hitter of the Day – Daniel Pena (DSL Twins) - 3-4, HR(1), R, 2 RBI

PROSPECT SUMMARY
We will again keep tabs on the Twins top prospects. You’ll probably read about them in the team sections, but if they aren’t there, you’ll see how they did here. 

Here’s a look at how the current Twins Daily Top 20 performed:

#5 - Matt Canterino (FCL Twins) - 1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER 0 BB, K

TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Iowa @ St. Paul (7:07PM CST) - LHP Devin Smeltzer
NW Arkansas @ Wichita (7:05PM CST) - TBD
Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin (6:40PM CST) - TBD
Tampa @ Fort Myers (6:00PM CST) - TBD

Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Thursday’s games! It sure is exciting to have all four Twins full-season affiliates and the two Complex Season affiliates back and playing.

 

 

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