Down on the Farm: AA Report

New Britain Rock Cats

Starting Pitchers
1.) Errol Simonitsch - 7-12 / 4.22 ERA / 123.2 inn / 78-32 K-BB
2.) Glen Perkins - 2-10 / 4.05 ERA / 100 inn / 106-39 K-BB
3.) Brian Duensing - 1-1 / 4.21 ERA / 25.2 inn / 15-10 K-BB
4.) Adam Harben - 3-7 / 3.89 ERA / 106.1 inn / 56-59 K-BB
5.) Nick Blackburn - 5-7 / 5.04 ERA / 105.1 inn / 64-34 K-BB

First things first: Kevin Slowey, who has been the second best Twins minor league pitcher in the Twins system this season (behind Matt Garza of course) has been sent to Team USA and so removed from the Rock Cats roster. I have no idea when Team USA will be playing, or how much work this is going to be for Slowey, or how long the commitment is. I will look into all of this, but I see this as a positive development for Slowey, since it's an honor for him to have been selected to play for his country. On to the regular post.

Errol Simonitsch did not pitch this week, but as of now has not been placed on the DL. Hopefully he'll return to the rotation this week.

Glen Perkins pitched just 3 innings in his start. His ERA rose by .06 points, but he did strike out 5 while walking 3.

Brian Duensing pitched 4 innings in his start. He got knocked around a bit, with his ERA rising by .91 points, and he struck out 3 against 2 walks.

Adam Harben pitched 7 innings and got the win. His ERA fell by .10 points, and he continued to improve on his K-BB ratio, striking out 6 while walking 4.

Nick Blackburn returned to the rotation and made a start after he got into one game out of relief. He pitched 5.1 innings, and he ERA fell by .09 points. He struck out 5 and walked just 2.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Tristan Crawford - 4-4 / 3.65 ERA / 79 inn / 76-28 K-BB
2.) Julio DePaula - 2-2 / 2.15 ERA / 54.1 inn / 34-22 K-BB
3.) Justin Olson - 6-6 / 4.92 ERA / 71.1 inn / 84-32 K-BB
4.) Jay Sawatski - 2-1 / 3.57 ERA / 58 inn / 55-19 K-BB
5.) David Shinskie - 0-2 / 20.25 ERA / 4 inn / 4-4 K-BB
6.) Colby Miller - no record

With Levale Speigner being promoted to AAA Rochester, and Kevin Slowey leaving the team to join Team USA, the Rock Cats were down a couple of pitchers. To make up for them, the Twins promoted David Shinskie and Colby Miller, and you can see the results this far above.

Tristan Crawford pitched 6 innings in 3 games, picking up a win. His ERA fell by .17 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 3.

Julio DePaula appeared in 3 games, pitching 6 innings. His ERA fell by .27 points, but he walked just 1 while walking 2.

Justin Olson pitched 6 innings in 2 games. His ERA fell by .45 points, and he struck out 6 while walking just 1.

Jay Sawatski appeared in 3 games, pitching 6 innings and picking up a win. His ERA fell by .41 points, and like Olson he struck out 6 while walking just 1.

Catchers
1.) Jose Morales - 69 games / .214 BA / 3 HR / 25 RBI
2.) Kyle Geiger - 16 games / .185 BA / 1 HR / 4 RBI

Jose Morales started 4 games at C. His batting average fell by 16 points, but he did pick up 2 RBI's.

Kyle Geiger started 2 games behind the plate. His batting average rose by 15 points, and he picked up an RBI.

One more note: Steve Lomasney, who I've had listed here for awhile, was actually released by the Twins on August 3rd.

Infielders
1B - Doug Deeds - 107 games / .293 BA / 7 HR / 52 RBI
2B - Felix Molina - 96 games / .272 BA / 9 HR / 41 RBI
3B - Matt Moses - 102 games / .249 BA / 14 HR / 61 RBI
SS - Alexi Casilla - 27 games / .276 BA / 1 HR / 7 RBI
IF - Daniel Matienzo - 102 games / .249 BA / 15 HR / 66 RBI
IF - Matt Tolbert - 52 games / .268 BA / 3 HR / 26 RBI

Doug Deeds started 5 games at 1B and 1 at DH. His batting average rose by 7 points, and he picked up 4 RBI's.

Felix Molina started 5 games at 2B. His batting average stayed even, but he did pick up an RBI.

Matt Moses started 5 games at 3B. His batting average rose by 4 points, and he hit 2 HR's with picking up 9 RBI's.

Alexi Casilla started 5 games at SS. His batting average fell by 11 points, but he did pick up an RBI.

Daniel Matienzo started 5 games at DH and 1 at 1B. His batting average stayed even, but he hit 2 HR's and picked up 6 RBI's.

Matt Tolbert started 1 game each at 2B, SS, and 3B. His batting average fell by 4 points.

Outfielders
LF - Garrett Guzman - 44 games / .267 BA / 4 HR / 13 RBI
CF - Denard Span - 110 games / .279 BA / 1 HR / 38 RBI
RF - Trent Oeltjen - 92 games / .293 BA / 2 HR / 34 RBI
OF - Scott Whitrock - 61 games / .207 BA / 3 HR / 15 RBI

Garrett Guzman started 5 games in LF. His batting average rose by 5 points, and he picked up 3 RBI's.

Denard Span started 5 games in CF. His batting average rose by 2 points, and he picked up 3 RBI's.

Trent Oeltjen started 4 games in RF, 1 in LF, and 1 in CF. His batting average rose by 6 points, and he picked up 5 RBI's.

Scott Whitrock started 2 games in RF. His batting average rose by 10 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 3 RBI's.