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Wilkin Ramirez is not long for AA if he keeps up his 1.228 OPS

[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

Like their parent club, the Rock Cats split a 4-game series over the weekend against the Reading Phillies. I attended Thursday night's game, ...

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[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

The Rock Cats lost big last night, 10-3, against the Reading Phillies. You can read a good re-cap of the game by Seth Stohs here at TwinsDaily, and here at the Rock Cats' website, but I thought I'd try to provide you with a few things that won't show up in the box score, which you can check out here.


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The Twins lost again, 6-2 tonight. I had hope that they would win this series against the Angels, especially after impressive performances last night by Brian Dozier and Scott Diamond, but it was not to be. Josh Willingham, with a home run and a double, continues to swing the bat well, but with the offense mustering only 6 hits, the chances of victory were slim tonight.

Here's a look at how the Twins' minor league affiliates fared Wednesday night.

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In exchange for Denard Span, should the Twins be targeting MLB-ready talent, or guys set to contribute in 2014 and beyond?



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There has been a lot of fun and interesting talk ...

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New Britain had an unscheduled night off Monday, and maybe that was a good thing. At 18-12, the Rock Cats are just 1.5 games out of first place in their division, but are 5-5 over their last 10 games, and had lost 2 of 3 to the Portland Sea Dogs over the weekend before Monday evening's contest against the Binghamton Mets was rained out. So it's a good time to take notice of a few things.


First, player movement. If you ...

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Since taking a foul tip to the knee last week, Joe Mauer hasn't been the same



[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

Since Joe Mauer dinged his knee taking a foul tip on April 29, he has not been the same player. Yes, he ...

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The Twins have not realized much success in Seattle lately

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There are some teams that, for no reason in particular, the Twins seem to struggle against on the road. No, I'm not talking about the Yankees ...

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The Twins conclude their 3 game series against the Angels tonight. Here's the link to the TwinsDaily game thread. Hopefully Liam Hendriks can right the ship for Minnesota, without Justin Morneau (who hopefully will be back for Friday's game against Seattle) and Danny Valencia (back stiffness). It would be good not to be swept by the Angels. It would also be good to keep Albert Pujols from doing any damage. It's not looking good so far (6-0 Angels in the 4th, and the Twins have no hits), but perhaps ...

[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

One of the more common Joe Mauer complaints in Twins Territory is that he grounds out to second base, and does it a lot. This phenomenon was on display last night in Anaheim, when Mauer was retired on a 4-3 putout in each of his three at-bats. And if you go back to his last plate appearance on April 29, before his day off against lefty C.J. Wilson, Mauer grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. That marks 4 straight at-bats in which Mauer has ...

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[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

I've been thinking about this question lately. Baseball farm teams are, by nature, really interesting. General managers don't set the rosters, or even acquire the players. And I bet if the Rock Cats GM gets a call from Terry Ryan suggesting that he play the back-up shortstop because "something may be in the works," the back-up shortstop will get a lot of playing time, regardless of what that does to New Britain's chances. In the ...

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Lucas French, who logged MLB time with the Tigers and Mariners, is working his way back up the chain

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The minor league moves continue in the Twins organization. It was just announced that Rock Cats ...

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[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

Newly promoted B.J. Hermsen will take the mound tonight in his AA debut



The landscape for the New Britain Rock Cats is already starting to change only 23 games into the season. A couple ...

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The Twins actually won a game today. It's tough to complain about too much from today's Twins performance. Jason Marquis earned the win, and picked up the 4th Twins quality start along the way. The Twins scored 4 runs in the first, 2 runs in the third and 1 in the seventh, on their way to a 7-4 victory. Josh Willingham (a home run short of the cycle, go figure) and Danny Valencia (3 hits including a triple) led the way on offense, and the only Twins starters without a hit were Trevor Plouffe and ...

Updated 04-29-2012 at 04:54 PM by Twins Fan From Afar

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I get it: Joe Mauer is getting paid $184 million and doesn't hit many home runs

[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]

When a team is losing, like the Twins are so far this season and did all of last season, it's easy to complain. In ...

Updated 04-26-2012 at 01:04 PM by Seth Stohs

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