2012 -- Twins Minor Leaguers, Sano and Co.

[catman]

Rochester won their game tonight 3-2 with Brian Dozier homering and driving in all 3 runs. Carlos Gutierrez got the win and Slama picked up a save.
Aaron Hicks led the Rock Cats to a 6-3 win, going 2/4 with a homer and 4 RBI. Deolis Guerra pitched 2.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 1 to get the win.
Ft. Myers won their game 3-1 with Edgar Ibarra pitching 2.2 innings, allowing 3 hits and striking out 2. Ricky Bowen picked up a hold and Bruce Pugh got the save. Jairo Perez homered for the Miracle.
Beloit won 9-7 with Miguel Sano homering twice driving in 5 runs.
A sweep for the farm teams.

[PurpleJesus]

lets call them all up

[nicksaviking]

Sano now has 3 HR on the young season. Hopefully his defense is better and his K's are lower and he forces the team to promote him. It is very rare the team lets a non collegiate player spend less than one full season in Beloit. They made Mauer spend an entire year there.

[catman]

Rochester won again 5-3, with Dinkleman hitting a 3-run homer to win the game.
New Britain lost their game 7-2. Aaron Hicks hit a homer.
Ft. Myers won 3-2. Arcia tripled and doubled.
Beloit lost 8-3. Sano tripled and drove in a run. Rosario drove in a run also.
2-2 day for the farm teams.

[catman]

By the way, Sano hasn't made an error yet this season. He has driven 10 runs already.

[nicksaviking]

Any news on Rosario's defensive transition?

[catman]

He's made a couple of errors thusfar, but that isn't unexpected. Hopefully he'll get his issues worked out and move up with Sano.

[catman]

Rochester won 2-1 with Scott Diamond picking up the win. Dozier went 2/2.
New Britain lost 8-4. Aaron Hicks went 1/3 with a double.
Ft. Myers won 6-5 with Lance Ray homering.
Beloit won 3-2. Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario were 0/6, but Madison Boer picked up the win going 5 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 9. Rosario played CF again. I wonder if this is a sign?

[thechom80]

I think I am more excited for the development of these guys than I am the big club.

[nicksaviking]

Rochester won 2-1 with Scott Diamond picking up the win. Dozier went 2/2.
New Britain lost 8-4. Aaron Hicks went 1/3 with a double.
Ft. Myers won 6-5 with Lance Ray homering.
Beloit won 3-2. Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario were 0/6, but Madison Boer picked up the win going 5 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 9. Rosario played CF again. I wonder if this is a sign?

Dang, I hope not. There is probably less desperation in the organization about middle infield depth with the emergence of Dozier and the drafting of Michael but I still like the idea of a guy like Rosario getting a shot at 2B.

Great news on Boer though, most of the younger arms are still only getting a couple innings thus far. Going 5 and getting 60% of his outs on strikeouts gets me excited.

[Isabel412]

Rochester won again 5-3, with Dinkleman hitting a 3-run homer to win the game.

[skymin5]

Dang, I hope not. There is probably less desperation in the organization about middle infield depth with the emergence of Dozier and the drafting of Michael but I still like the idea of a guy like Rosario getting a shot at 2B.

He was back at 2B today. I'm guessing it was just to keep his bat in the lineup and let someone else play 2nd.

[catman]

Guerra picked up a save for New Britain. Marquis won the game, striking out 7 in 8 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits. Hicks was 2/3 with another homer.

[nicksaviking]

Guerra picked up a save for New Britain. Marquis won the game, striking out 7 in 8 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits. Hicks was 2/3 with another homer.

That's why people have to assume young pitchers w/ a decent K/9 rate are going to drop significantly in the majors. Marquis doesn't fan batters at the highest level. If the kids don't have a 10K/9 in the upper levels of the minors, they're probably not going to be a big time strikeout pitcher in the majors.

Awesome news on Hicks. Keep it up. Let's get a promotion by the All-Star break and give the front office something to talk about.

[catman]

Yesterday, Chris Colabello hit his first homer (he also doubled and drove in 4 runs) for the Rock Cats in their 6-1 win. Hicks was 1/3 with a double.
Sano and Rosario both made errors in Clinton (that field is pretty rough) with Sano going 1/4 and Rosario going 0/5. Tim Shibuya pitched 5 good innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4.