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  • Twins Minor League Report (9/4): Pitching, Pitching And More Pitching

    Seth Stohs

    By Seth Stohs

    Pitching wins, right? Well, on a night when Mike Pelfrey got rocked yet again, all four Twins minor league starters posted quality starts. A couple of strong candidates for minor league starting pitcher of the year did what they’ve done all year. And there were some solid hitting performances too.

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    RED WINGS REPORT

    Rochester 2, Pawtucket 1

    Box Score

    Pat Dean made the final start of his remarkable 2015 season. Dean improved to 12-11 with a 2.82 ERA after completing his fifth game of the year. In his nine innings, he gave up one run on five hits. He walked none and struck out one. As you would guess, he needed just 97 pitches and 72 of them were strikes.

    Allan de San Miguel sat on the Rochester DL for most of the whole year. He was added to the roster on Tuesday. In this game, he went 2-3 with his first double. Oswaldo Arcia added his 13th double.

    CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

    Chattanooga 8, Jackson 2

    Box Score

    The Lookouts had a terrific night as they prepare for the Southern League playoffs. They got a strong start from David Hulbut. The southpaw went the first seven innings. He gave up two runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out three. Alex Wimmers and Nick Burdi both struck out two in perfect innings.

    Nearly everyone contributed to the offensive output. Shannon Wilkerson went 3-5 and stole his 10th base. Stuart Turner was 3-4. Niko Goodrum went 2-4 with a walk. Dalton Hicks and Heiker Meneses each had two hits. Adam Brett Walker hit his 31st double. Max Kepler was 0-2, but he walked three times.

    MIRACLE MATTERS

    Ft. Myers 5, Charlotte 1

    Box Score

    Stephen Gonsalves’s final start of the season was terrific. He improved to 7-2 with a 2.61 ERA with the Miracle with the win. The lefty went the first six innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He struck out five without issuing a walk. Matt Summers earned his first save with three shutout innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out two.

    Bryan Haar led the offense with a 3-4 game. Ryan Walker went 2-4 with a walk, his sixth double and his ninth stolen base. Logan Wade hit his 22nd double. Mitch Garver was 1-3 with a walk and his 24th double. Tanner Vavra went 1-2 with two walks.

    KERNELS NUGGETS

    Cedar Rapids 5, Wisconsin 4

    Box Score

    The Kernels gave up the lead in the second half of this game, but they were able to come back and take the lead and secure another win over Wisconsin. Sam Gibbons started. He went six innings and gave up two runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out four. John Curtiss came on and gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning. Zach Tillery threw a scoreless eighth and Nick Anderson recorded his third save with a scoreless ninth.

    TJ White again led the way. He went 2-3 with his 21st double. LaMonte Wade went 2-4.

    TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

    Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Pat Dean, Rochester Red Wings

    Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Ryan Walker, Ft. Myers Miracle

    SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

    Rochester @ Lehigh Valley (5:35 CST) – RHP JO Berrios

    Jackson @ Chattanooga (6:15) – RHP Greg Peavey

    Ft. Myers @ Charlotte (5:00 CST) – TBD vs Chih-Wei Hu

    Clinton @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Keaton Steele

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    Seth Stohs has been blogging about the Minnesota Twins since May 2003. A founder and owner of Twins Daily, Seth has been a Twins fan for 40 years and has a passion for covering the minor leagues and prospects.
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    Teddy

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    Seeing what Stephen Gonsalves has done this year in his two stops in A-ball, I'd love to see him bumped to Chattanooga next season, but I doubt it'll happen. More likely, the organization will want to see more consistency out of him over the first half next year before a mid-year promotion to AA.  Is there any reason to think that he's ready to make the move at the beginning of the season?

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    mikelink45

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    Pelfrey has become a three inning relief pitcher only he does his three innings at the beginning of the game.  Wouldn't Dean and Berrios look good in the rotation - a six person rotation would be fine for the team and saving the arms and put Pelfrey in the bullpen where 2 innings would be good?

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    stringer bell

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    Is Dean another Anthony Albers or Logan Darnell? I know he's not a hard thrower, but he was very successful at the highest level of the minors.

     

    Or is he another Tommy Milone, a lefty without a big fastball that knows how to pitch. On that point, can a rotation afford to have a Milone and another "soft tossing lefty"?

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    Seth Stohs

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    What do you think, Seth,

     

    Does Dean get added to the 40-man in November?  Expect he will be gone if they don't, don't you?

     

    He's definitely made big strides this season. Still doesn't throw real hard, so I don't think he'd be taken. He's a 40-42 man on the 40 man roster, probably. He's not a minor league free agent for another year, so he's maybe 50/50.

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    DocBauer

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    I believe Berrios is special. I'm not going to declare him an ACE or future HOFer yet, but there is something special about the young man. I felt when the Twins drafted Gonsalves they may have gotten one of the real steals in the draft that year. While it may seem strange at first to attempt to compare the two of them...RH vs LH and 6' (maybe) vs a listed 6' 5"...there are some correlations that are at least interesting to consider.

     

    Both are 21, Berrios about 6 weeks older, both are coming off big years at two different levels...though Berrios was a full step higher...but Berrios has also been in professional ball, and the Twins system, a year longer. Berrios' age 20 season, last year in '14 at A+ and AA, is probably the closest comp you could make. No matter how you slice it, Berrios has advanced further, faster, than Gonsalves. But again, there is the advantage of the extra professional season. And for whatever reason, Gonsalves was held back in 2014 in EST. but both young men have some tremendous milb numbers, both are very young, and both have at least one big year of split level results to reflect on, if not compare.

     

    The whole point being...WOW. Go back and take a look. You'll be glad you did! The one thing I'd question and be interested in knowing is whether the taller Gonsalves is really his listed weight of 190lbs. If accurate, you'd have to expect another 15-20lbs of bulk and muscle yet to come wouldn't you? That could lead to even more endurance and velocity out of Gonsalves.

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