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The Minnesota Twins still have a couple of affiliates in the midst of their All-Star breaks this evening. Royce Lewis stole the show offensively with a double-dinger night including a walkoff, while Ryley Widell looked strong in his 2019 debut for Elizabethton. Read about the action below.Transactions: Rochester Red Wings- RHP Adam Bray transferred from Double-A OF Jaylin Davis transferred from Double-A INF Brian Schales transferred from Double-A C Willians Astudillo recalled by Minnesota RHP Sean Popped contract selected by Minnesota Pensacola 1B Lewin Diaz promoted from Fort Myers RHP Hector Lujan promoted from Fort Myers Fort Myers RHP Tanner Howell transferred to Cedar Rapids RHP Derek Molina promoted from Cedar Rapids LHP Zach Neff promoted from Cedar Rapids RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 1, Columbus 1 (Game suspended in bottom 5th) The Red Wings and Clippers will resume this game and make it up tomorrow as part of a quasi-doubleheader. Before the game was put on hold, Brent Rooker kept up his hot hitting. BLUE WAHOOS BITES ALL STAR BREAK MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 4, Charlotte 3 (7 innings, Game 1) Box Score Playing a doubleheader tonight Edwar Colina got the nod for Fort Myers in the first game. Working one out into the 6th inning he left in line for the win. Alex Phillips did allow a trio of inherited runners to score, but the Miracle held on to get the victory. This one was like a page out of the big league book. Ryan Jeffers returned from the home run derby blasting his ninth dinger in the first inning. The two-run lead was added to in the second thanks to a Royce Lewis solo blast. Tied at three in the final frame Lewis stepped in again. His second dinger of the day came in walk-off fashion and doubled his homer output in 2019. Charlotte 5, Fort Myers 0 (7 innings, Game 2) Box Score After racking up eight hits in the earlier game against the Stone Crabs offense was non-existent in the nightcap. Melvi Acosta and Joe Record allowed five earned and Trevor Larnach accounted for the only hit in the game. KERNELS NUGGETS ALL STAR BREAK E-TWINS E-NOTES Bluefield 6, Elizabethton 0 Box Score Ryley Widell made his 2019 debut tonight for the E-Twins and looked sharp. Working four complete he gave up just one run on two hits while fanning six and walking none. After a strong eight game debut with Elizabethton in 2018, that’s a great note to begin this campaign on. Unfortunately the E-Twins were able to generate just five hits on the evening and didn’t push any runs across. Bluefield got to the bullpen late and the five runs scored after thesixth inning was enough to do the home team in. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day – Ryley Widell (Elizabethton) – 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Hitter of the Day – Royce Lewis (Ft. Myers) – 2-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, K PROSPECT SUMMARY Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed: #1 - Royce Lewis (Ft. Myers) – 2-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, K #2 - Alex Kirilloff (Pensacola) - Injured list #3 - Brusdar Graterol (Pensacola) - Injured list #4 - Trevor Larnach (Ft. Myers) – 2-6, R, 4 K #5 - Wander Javier (Cedar Rapids) - No game (All-Star Break) #6 - Brent Rooker (Rochester) – Game suspended #7 - Jhoan Duran (Ft. Myers) – Did Not Pitch #8 - Lewis Thorpe (Rochester) – Did Not Pitch #9 - Blayne Enlow (Fort Myers) - Did Not Pitch #10 - Akil Baddoo (Ft. Myers) - Injured list (Tommy John surgery) #11 - Nick Gordon (Rochester) – Game suspended #12 - Stephen Gonsalves (Rochester) - Injured list #13 - Ryan Jeffers (Ft. Myers) – 1-6, R, 2 RBI, HR, K #14 - Ben Rortvedt (Pensacola) - No game (All-Star Break) #15 - Yunior Severino (Cedar Rapids) - Injured list #16 - Gilberto Celestino (Cedar Rapids) - No game (All-Star Break) #17 - Zack Littell (Minnesota via Rochester) - Did not pitch (as of this writing) #18 - LaMonte Wade Jr. (Rochester) – Game suspended #19 - Jorge Alcala (Pensacola) - No game (All-Star Break) #20 - Jose Miranda (Ft. Myers) – 0-6, K THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Columbus (11:05AM CST) - RHP Kohl Stewart (5-3, 4.56 ERA) Pensacola @ Jacksonville (6:05PM CST) - TBD Fort Myers @ Jupiter (5:30PM CST) – TBD Cedar Rapids @ Peoria (6:35PM CST) – LHP Kody Funderburk (0-0, 2.03 ERA) Bluefield @ Elizabethton (5:30PM CST) - TBD Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Wednesday’s games! Click here to view the article

So, first of all, I'm testing out a name for the podcast. I really feel that because my podcast will primarily be chatting with minor leaguers, the phrase On Deck makes a lot of sense. It is obviously a baseball term for the next batter up. Next up. That's a phrase we often hear players in the upper levels use when saying they need to be ready because if someone gets hurt or another transaction occurs, they could be the next player called up. It's a work-in-progress, but it's much better than Seth's Twins Talk, right? Anyway, we've got five new guests on tonight's podcast. Tune in live at 8:00 central time, and we'll likely go just shy of 90 minutes again this week.Tonight, I am joined by another solid group of Twins minor league prospects as well as another senior of the Minnesota Gophers baseball team. I'll be joined by two more members of the 2017 draft class, a prospect acquired by the Twins at the trade deadline, and a toolsy prospect with a ton of upside. Here are the guests, starting with the Golden Gopher. Alex Boxwell is a senior outfielder for the University of Minnesota. The Coon Rapids native hit .253/.329/.438 (.767) with a double, four triples and six home runs. LHP Bryan Sammons was the Twins 10th round pick in 2017 out of Western Carolina University. After seven games with Elizabethton, he moved up to Cedar Rapids where he made five starts and a relief appearance before the end of his pro debut season. Another left-hander from the 2017 draft class is Hawaiian Ryley Widell who the Twins took with their 7th round pick out of Central Arizona. He debuted with Elizabethton where he struck out 41 batters in 29.2 innings. The Twins received RHP Zack Littell along with LHP Dietrich Enns in exchange for LHP Jaime Garcia before the July trade deadline. He was an impressive 20-1 (counting a playoff win for Chattanooga) in 2017 and was Minor League Baseball's Starting Pitcher of the Year. After the season, he was added to the Twins 40-man roster. He attended Twins Fest this past weekend. Travis Blankenhorn was another Twins Fest participant this week. He spent the 2017 season in Cedar Rapids where he hit .251/.343/.441 (.784) with 22 doubles, 11 triples and 13 home runs. He also stole 13 bases, including a dramatic steal of home! Tune in live at 8 tonight. For each guest, I'll be sure to ask questions that you submit down below, or via twitter, so feel free to participate by asking questions. If you can't listen live, it will be available here right after the completion of the podcast. To find it on iTunes, search "Minnesota Sports Weekly" and find this podcast. Click here to view the article