Rochester lost 6-4.
Danny Valencia(.249) went 3-4 with 2 HR's(6).

New Britain lost 9-8
Oswaldo Arcia(.261) went 1-3 with a double(3).

Fort Myers won 7-2.
Jairo Perez(.253) went 2-4 with 2 RBI's(28).

Beloit lost 10-5.
Miguel Sano(.237) went 1-3 with a HR(17) and 2 RBI's(55).

Etown won 6-4.
Niko Goodrum(.333) went 4-5 with a HR(2), triple(6), double(2) and 4 RBI's(14).
Travis Harrison(.421) went 3-3 with a walk.

Derreck Rodriguez went 3-5 today and is now 11-24 with the GCL Twins.
Byron Buxton went 0-4 and now is 1-19 on the season.
Austin Malinowski picked up his 1st pro win. He gave up an unearned run on 3 hits over 3 innings.
Adrian Salcedo made his 1st rehab appearence for the GCL Twins. He pitched a perfect inning with 2 strike outs.

Rochester won 5-3.
Caleb Thielbar(1-0, 1.86) got the win in relif. He struck out 2 and walked 1 over 2 scoreless innings.

New Britain won 6-2.
Oswaldo Arcia(.280) went 2-4 with 2 RBI's(12).
Aaron Hicks(.261) went 2-3 with a double(10) and a walk.
Bruce Pugh(1-0, 0.00) pitched to scoreless inning. He gave up a walk and a hit and struck out 1.

Fort Myers won 4-2.
Daniel Santana(.285) went 2-4 with a triple(6).
Madison Boer(4-6, 7.69) gave up 2 runs(1 earned) on 7 hits over 6 innings.
AJ Achter(0-0, 1.29) got the save(1). He struck out 1 over 2 perfect innings.

Beloit won 4-3.
Miguel Sano(.242) went 2-3 with a HR(18), a walk and a stolen base(6).
Matt Summers(7-4, 3.75) gave up 3 runs on 5 hits with 7 strike outs over 5.2 innings.
Corey Williams(2-2, 3.22) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strike out for the save(11).

Etown lost 6-4.
Romy Jiminez(.405) went 3-4 with 2 doubles(3) and 2 RBI's(13).
10th round pick DJ Baxendale made his pro debut. He faced 5 batters and struck out 4 of them. The other flew out.

Rochester lost 2-1.

New Britain lost 11-2.
Oswaldo Arcia(.283) went 1-3 with a triple(1) and a walk.

Fort myers lost 5-2.
Levi Michael(.230) went 1-4 with a triple(4) and an RBI(26).

Beloit won 6-5.
Miguel Sano(.244) went 1-2 with a double(17) and an RBI(57). He was pulled in the 4th for his defense after commiting 3 errors(31). His days at 3rd are numbered.
John Goncalves(.276) went 3-4 with a triple(4), a double(14) and an RBI(26).
Corey Williams(.2-2, 3.13) got the save(12). he gave up 2 hits and struck out 2.

Etown won 13-1.
Romy Jiminez(.439) continues to turn heads. He went 3-4 with a HR(5), 2 doubles(5) and 3 RBI's(16).
17th round pick DJ Hicks(.281) went 2-4 with a double(3), 5 RBI's(8) and his 1st pro HR which was a grand slam.
Max Kepler(.229) went 3-5 with a triple(2).
Rory Rhodes(.426) went 2-4 with a double(4).

Byron Buxton went 0-4 today and is now 1-23(.043). He has struck out 3 times so he's putting the ball in play but just not hitting it well enough I guess.
Kuo Hua Lo(0-0, 0.75) pitched 5 perfect innings for the GCL Twins with 5 strike outs.

Should we be worried about Buxton or is this typical for RK's entering a brand new environment? Where would they move Sano?

For me anyway, it is pretty early in his career to be worried, but it would be nice to see him producing considering I had my question marks about the Twins drafting him. Hopefully he turns it around soon.

Sano would shift over to 1st. And at this point, they almost have to. 31 errors this early in the season at any level is unacceptable.

I forgot to mention that Travis Harrison made his 10th and 11th errors tonight. So our other young power hitting 3rd base prospect seems to be having some trouble making the plays as well.

There was some mention that Harrison would be able to play the corner outfield spots if I remember correctly?

Yeah thats always an option.

On an unrelated note...Reds prospect Billy Hamilton stole his 100th base of the season. Most TEAMS can't even match that, including all the Twins affiliates.

Stop. Letting. Him. On. Base.

Rochester won 5-3.
Luis Perdomo(1-1, 1.23) got the save(2). He gave gave up a hit in 1 inning.

New Britain won 14-7.
Aaron Hicks(.261) went 2-4 with a triple(4) and a walk.
Oswaldo Arcia(.293) went 2-5 with a double(4).
Chris Colabello(.258) went 3-4 with a double(20) and a walk.

Fort Myers won 11-2.
Kyle Knudson(.377) went 2-5 with a double(5).
Danny Ortiz(.277) went 2-5 with 2 doubles(13) and 3 RBI's(17).

Beloit lost 10-1.
Miguel Sano did not play. Not sure if it was because of his poor fielding from yesterday or just a day off.

Etown won 7-2.
Adam Walker(.208) went 2-4 with a HR(2) and 3 RBI's(11).
Romi Jiminez(.444) went 2-4 with 2 doubles(7) and an RBI(17).
Travis Harrison(.365) went 2-4 with 2 RBI's(6).
Max Kepler(.255) went 2-3 with a double(1).

Byron Buxton is now 1-27 on the season after going 0-4 with 3 strike outs today.
Jose Berrios got a save(1) for the GCL Twins. He walked 1 and struck out 1.

The DSL Twins scored a total of 28 runs in their double header today. They also gave up 16 but won both games.

Just thought I would mention to anyone who cares...I will be going on vacation and will have no internet access (maybe my phone if I'm lucky). So I will not be able to post minor league updates until Sunday at the earliest.

Well enjoy the time away. I read this all the time, so it'll be a change. Have fun.

Since our resident minor league expert is gone...I will post this instead.

http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?769-Thursday-s-Minor-League-Round-up

I see condratulations are in order for Byron Buxton on his 1st homer as a pro yesterday.

Oswaldo Arcia played in the futures game today. I did not get to watch it but he went 1-2 with an RBI double. That double came off Pirated prospect James Taillon who was drafted 2nd overall in 2010. He is also considered a top 20 prospect in all of baseball. Joe C. says he made a couple of nice catches in the field and showed a pretty strong arm.

Rochester split a double header.
They won the 1st game 1-0.
Nick Blackburn pitched a (8 inning) shutout. He gave up 9 hits and struck out just 2.
They lost the 2nd game 7-1.

New Britain also split a double header.
They won the 1st game 4-0.
Blake Martin(3-3, 3.68) pitched a (7 inning) shoutout. He gave up 3 hits and struck out 6.
They lost the 2nd game 5-4.
Chris Herrmann(.259) went 3-8 on the day with 2 HR's(7).

Fort Myers lost 7-5.
Danny Ortiz(.286) went 1-3 with a HR(6).

Beloit lost 5-3.
Matt Koch(.283) went 2-4 with a double(14).
Adam Petterson(.252) went 2-4 with a HR(2).
Steve Evans made his Beloit debut. He gave up a hit a struck out 3 over 3 scoreless innings.

Etown lost 6-2.
Max Kepler(.258) went 2-5 with a stolen base(3).
8th round pick Christian Powell made hit pro debut. He pitched a perfect inning with 2 strike outs.

After walking and stealing 2nd, Byron buxton was pulled for a pinch runner. Play by play says injured leg but thats all I know. Hopefully its minor.

Seth Stohs says pulled hamstring

Travis Harrison is 5-5 with a HR tonight. He will get up 1 more time.