Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Monday Notes

Just a couple of links to go with game notes on this off day.

• Jesse just checks in on how some of the former Twins are doing to this point in the season.
• A few new Twins blogs to check out... Twins Fix. Tenth Inning Stretch (which actually saw the New Britain Rockcats play this past week).
• Josh of Josh's Thoughts comes through with another Slama Dunk of a Q&A. Be sure to check it out... I don't want to give too much away, so that you go there and are surprised with who answered Josh's questions.
• Don Imus... he's not smart!
• Hey Johan, there are other pitchers that are capable of hitting the ball a long ways if you groove it for them.
• Speaking of top pitchers, tonight the Twins will send Kevin Slowey to the mound against Jake Peavy... Peavy one game after Brandon Webb... that's pretty cool! And then tomorrow, they get to see arguably the greatest pitcher of all-time, Greg Maddux!
• Over/Under on Number of Games Started by Nick Punto in San Diego... I put the number at 1.75!
• By the way, the Twins are 12-5 in games started by Livan Hernandez. Do you think there is a single big league GM that looks at that record instead of looking at his ERA (5.23) and WHIP (1.61)?  That would be even crazier than looking at his 8-4 record and saying that he has pitched well.
• To give an idea... The Twins are 8-7 in Nick Blackburn's starts. They are 6-4 in Scott Baker's starts. They are 4-6 in Kevin Slowey's starts. When Glen Perkins starts, they are 5-4. They were 5-7 in Boof Bonser starts. You will recall, they were 0-3 in Francisco Liriano's starts.
• Did you note that I just used a completely unimportant stat (in telling how a pitcher pitches) and said as much, and then I went and looked it up for six other pitchers. That makes sense.

With that, I am going to call it a day. I shall return tomorrow.

Twins Minor League Updates

Monday SethSpeaks Player of the Day – Chris Parmelee, Beloit Snappers
Monday SethSpeaks Pitcher of the Day – Rob Delaney, New Britain Rockcats

Be sure to check out John Sickels' Controversial Prospect article on Ben Revere.

ROCHESTER REPORT
Monday – Rochester 8, Louisville 5 – When the Red Wings really needed him, Garrett Jones has come up big for them. In this game, he went 3-4 with his 20th double and three RBI. May not seem like much, but his average is up to .245! Alejandro Machado went 2-4 with a double. Denard Span went 2-5. Trevor Plouffe had a triple and two RBI. Kevin Mulvey started and gave up five runs (4 earned) on seven hits and two walks in 4.2 innings. He struck out five. Mariano Gomez then threw two scoreless relief innings. Casey Daigle walked one and struck out one and for it, he gets the win. Tim Lahey and Bobby Korecky each threw a scoreless inning. It marked Korecky's ninth save.

NEW BRITAIN NEWS
Monday – New Britain 2, New Hampshire 4 – Kyle Aselton started this one and gave up four runs on eight hits and four walks in five innings. He did strikeout seven. Frank Mata came in and gave up two hits but no runs in his inning. Armando Gabino struck out two in his inning. Rob Delaney pitched two shutout innings. It didn't matter much because the Rockcat bats were pretty quiet. They managed just five hits and four walks in the game. Toby Gardenhire and Drew Butera were the only two players with one of each.

FT MYERS MEMOS
Monday – Miracle, Palm Beach – Game postponed by rain.

BELOIT BITS
Monday – Beloit 8, Clinton 5 – Chris Parmelee had another really good game. In this one, he went 3-5 with his 14th home run and three RBI. Joe Benson went 3-5 with his 15th and 16th doubles. Both contributed to a five run eighth inning. Michael Tarsi started and gave up five runs on ten hits and a walk in six innings. Loek Van Mil gets the win as he threw 2.2 scoreless innings. Chris Anderson came in and got the final out to record his first pro save.

ELIZABETHTON EXTRAS
Monday – E-Twins 9, Bluefield 5 – Brad Tippett improved to 2-0 with an adequate performance. In five innings, he gave up three runs on eight hits and two walks. He struck out six. Thomas Wright then gave up a run on two hits and two walks in three innings. Mark Hamburger gave up a run on three hits (and struck out two) in his relief inning. Rene Leveret went 3-5 with two RBI. Jon Waltenbury went 2-4 with a walk and his fourth double. Danny Rams was 2-5 with his second double, second home run and three RBI. Angel Morales went 2-5 with his second homer and two RBI. Nick Papasan went 2-5, and James Beresford went 2-4.

GCL TWINS TALK
Monday – GCL Twins – No Game Listed.

Have a great Tuesday!

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