Wednesday,
August 4, 2010
Twins Minor League Weekly Podcast
I appreciate everyone’s patience with me as I transition after my move
north. Soon I will be back to normal around here with updates daily and several
other projects. For today, I’ll ask that you check out last
night’s Twins Minor League Weekly podcast. I was joined by Alex
Margulies, the voice of the Ft. Myers Miracle. Alex does a tremendous job
and you can listen to all of the Miracle games at the Miracle’s web site. He also does
some highlight packages, updates a blog, is on Twitter (and you should follow
him!), and does much more. It was a good conversation about several of the
Miracle players. The rest of the show involved discussion of each of the Twins
six US affiliates. There was an excellent phone call about Miguel Munoz.
Lots of talk about the great Oswaldo
Arcia, or at least the incredible season that he
has had at Elizabethton.
Here a few highlights from last night’s games:
·
David
Bromberg gave up five runs but just one of them was earned in his 5.1 innings for
Rochester.
·
Brendan
Harris went 3-4 with a walk, his 8th double and 3rd home
run.
·
D’Angelo Jimenez hit his fourth and fifth home runs and drove in six
runs for the Red Wings.
·
Brock
Peterson hit his 16th home run.
·
Kyle
Waldrop had another rough outing. He gave up five earned runs on five hits
(including a grand slam) and a walk.
·
Pat
Neshek improved to 4-0 by getting the final two
outs of the 7th inning.
·
Rob
Delaney threw two scoreless innings for his third save since Anthony Slama’s promotion.
·
At New Britain, things started ominously. Ben Revere
led off the game by being hit in the head with a pitch and left the game.
·
Mark
Dolenc replaced Revere and went 2-3 with his
third home run.
·
Estarlin de Los Santos hit his first AA homer.
·
Joe
Benson just missed his 22nd homer of the year, but he turned it into
his 7th triple. He also hit his 16th double.
·
Kyle
Gibson gave up one run on five hits in seven innings. He walked none and struck
out seven.
·
Billy
Bullock got the final out to record his 8th save.
·
Angel
Morales hit his first home run for the Ft. Myers Miracle. Margulies called it an
absolute blast. He has moved into the leadoff spot and he has shown great plate
discipline and patience.
·
Evan
Bigley went 2-4 with his 23rd
double.
·
Jonathan
Goncalves was 2-3.
·
Josmil Pinto led the Snappers to a 14-2 win over Burlington. He
was 3-4 with his seventh home run.
·
Lance
Ray went 2-3 with two walks and his third home run in a short time with the
Snappers. He was a 2010 draft pick, 8th round out of Kentucky. He
played 1B in college but has been playing in the Beloit OF.
·
Danny
Rams hit his 22nd and 23rd doubles.
·
Michael
Gonzales was 2-4 with two walks, his 19th double and 11th
home run.
·
Edgar
Ibarra went seven innings and gave up one run on four hits. He walked one and
struck out seven.
·
Oswaldo Arcia drove in three
runs, including a game-winning, 8th inning home run that gave the
E-Twins a 3-2 win over Kingsport. Arcia
went 3-5 with his 13th and 14th home runs on the year.
·
Daniel
Santana went 2-5.
·
Martire Garcia improved to 6-0. The lefty gave up two runs on six
hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out nine.
·
David
Gutierrez picked up his third save with four strikeouts in two perfect innings.
·
Eddie
Rosario went 3-4 with a walk.
·
Max
Kepler went 3-4 with his fourth and fifth
doubles.
·
Miguel
Sano was 1-4. Not noteworthy, but he struck out three. On the short-season, he
has three walks to go with 26 strikeouts.
Any thoughts on the Twins or their minor league system, comment
here.
Monday, August
2, 2010
SethSpeaks.net Weekly Twins Podcast
Tuesday
Update – A couple of quick notes before heading in to work. I just posted my
weekly TwinsCentric StarTribune.com blog, a Rochester
Red Wings Report. Be sure to listen in to last
night’s SethSpeaks.net
Weekly Twins Podcast. Tonight, I will be hosting Twins Minor
League Weekly at 10:00 central time. For lots of information and scores
and highlights from last night’s minor league games, you’ll need to listen to
the podcast.
I am moved in to my place up in Warroad. Well, I should say that all of
my stuff is up here in my house in Warroad, but there are a lot of full boxes
in several of the rooms that do need to still be unpacked. But hey, that can be
done over time, right? Right?
Tonight, I am hosting the SethSpeaks.net
Weekly Minnesota Twins podcast. As of now, I’ll have two guests on the
show, but am still working to add another one or two. JJ Stankevitz
from the White Sox Examiner blog will be on to talk about the team the
Twins are most closely battling in the AL Central. Later, Jason Collette,
a Rays blogger from Dock of the Rays, will be
calling in to talk about this series. New Britain Rockcats
play-by-play man Jeff Dooley will also be a guest. As always, I welcome
your questions and comments in the chat room. We also will be taking calls
between guests at 347-202-0548.
Join the show, and participate, then let me know what you think.