2012 -- Twins Minor Leaguers, Sano and Co.

[catman]

Beloit lost tonight 7-5 in 10 innings. Sano was 2/4 with a 3-run homer, a double and 2 runs scored. Rosario was 0/5 with a run scored. Zachary Jones faced 5 hitters and struck them all out.
The series is tied 1-1, with game 3 tomorrow in Beloit.

[FalcoBro8]

Glad to see the kids producing big numbers in the playoffs, and the fact that they can produce under pressure is even better!

[catman]

Sano drove in the Snappers' only run tonight and Beloit lost 4-1 in 10 innings to the Clinton Lumber Kings. Sano was 1/4 and doubled in Rosario (1/4). David Hurlbut pitched 6 innings and gave up 1 unearned run on 2 hits and a walk. He struck out 5. Mason Melotakis pitched 2.1 innings. He allowed 2 hits and struck out 3. DJ Baxendale pitched 1.2 innings and allowed 3 runs (2 earned), taking the loss. He allowed 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.
Congratulations to the Lumber Kings. Here's hoping they can go all the way.

[catman]

Seth Stohs, Twins' Daily, selected AJ Atcher as the Twins' Minor League reliever of the year: http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?10...er-of-the-Year

[catman]

Stohs selected BJ Hermsen as the Twins' starter of the year: http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?10...er-of-the-Year

[catman]

Miguel Sano was named to the Baseball America all minor-league 2nd team: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...2/2614036.html

[catman]

Stohs selected Oswaldo Arcia as the Twins' hitter of the year: http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?10...er-of-the-Year

[catman]

Chris Herrmann made his major league debut today -- the 1st pitch was a foul-tip that took his mask off. He looked pretty good after that.

[catman]

Baseball America's Classification All-Stars: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...2/2614038.html
The Twins placed Parmelee, Aaron Hicks, Josmil Pinto, Sano and Max Kepler on the list.

[catman]

Here is an announcement about the Twins' move to Cedar Rapids: http://knuckleballsblog.com/2012/09/...-cedar-rapids/
I've got to go to work early today, so I'll post the official announcement when I get home if no one beats me to it.
Its going to be interesting to see which cities end up with which major league affiliations. There should be a lot of change this off-season, and not just in the Midwest League.

[catman]

Here is the official announcement: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp...=.jsp&sid=t492

[nicksaviking]

So who's going to be getting the booby prize, Beloit?

[catman]

We'll find out in the next month or so.
Beloit, Burlington and the Quad Cities are unaffiliated and the A's, Astros and Angels are looking for teams. The A's have been in Burlington, and might just renew their affiliation there, so that leaves the Astros and Angels to pick between Beloit and Quad Cities. The Astros were in the Quad Cities a few years back and had a good working relationship with them, so maybe the Angels end up in Beloit?
It never made any sense to me for the Brewers to leave Beloit, as its in their fan-base.

[catman]

Here are the changes sofar: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp...vkey=news_milb
Here is another story, from Baseball America: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/...ation-changes/

[nicksaviking]

I like the idea of the Angel's getting stuck with Beloit. Not to rip our former affiliate too much, but as far as stadium and attendance goes, Beloit is at or near the bottom. The Angels are near the top of the MLB pecking order, but find their deep pockets mean squadoosh when it comes to a meaningful relationship with a Midwest League partner.