Down on the Farm: Rookie League Report

Elizabethton Twins

Starting Pitchers
1.) Alex Burnett - 3-1 / 3.45 ERA / 57.1 inn / 61-9 K-BB
2.) Brian Kirwan - 3-4 / 4.94 ERA / 47.1 inn / 41-17 K-BB
3.) Jose Lugo - 4-4 / 4.01 ERA / 49.1 inn / 48-15 K-BB
4.) Sean Land - 2-3 / 3.56 ERA / 48 inn / 47-19 K-BB
5.) Jose Castill0 - 3-2 / 2.82 ERA / 51 inn / 37-14 K-BB

Alex Burnett pitched 12 innings in 2 starts. His ERA rose by .07 points, but he had an amazing 15-2 K-BB ratio. 61-9 for the season? That's incredible.

Brian Kirwan started 1 game, pitching 3 innings. His ERA rose by .27 points, and he walked a batter.

Jose Lugo pitched 7.1 innings in his start, taking a loss. His ERA fell by .49 points, and he struck out 6 batters.

Sean Land started 2 games, pitching 9.1 innings and losing twice. His ERA nearly doubled, rising by 1.70 points, but he did strike out 9 while walking just 2.

Jose Castillo pitched 6.1 innings in his start, losing a game. His ERA rose by .20 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 1.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Danny Hernandez - 0-1 / 3.60 ERA / 20 inn / 28-8 K-BB
2.) Matthew Williams - 4-1 / 3.38 ERA / 26.2 inn / 28-8 K-BB
3.) Aaron Craig - 2-1 / 7.56 ERA / 16.2 inn / 17-10 K-BB
4.) Matthew Fox - 2-0 / 3.14 ERA / 28.2 inn / 32-8 K-BB
5.) Brandon McConnell - 1-1 / 6.12 ERA / 25 inn / 24-9 K-BB
6.) Patrick Bryant - 0-0 / 6.11 ERA / 17.2 inn / 21-10 K-BB
7.) Jon Staatz - 2-0 / 3.38 ERA / 10.2 inn / 9-6 K-BB

Danny Hernandez pitched 1 inning in 1 game. His ERA fell by .19 points, and he picked up a K.

Matthew Williams made 3 appearances, pitching 6.1 innings and picking up a win. His ERA rose by .28 points, and he struck out 5.

Aaron Craig pitched 2.1 innings in 2 games, taking a loss. His ERA fell by .60 points, but he walked 3 batters.

Matthew Fox appeared in 2 games, pitching 2.1 innings. His ERA rose by .06 points, and he had 1 K and 1 BB.

Brandon McConnell pitched 2.2 innings in 2 games. His ERA fell by .33 points, and he struck out 2 batters.

Patrick Bryant made 2 appearances, pitching 4.2 innings. His ERA fell by 2.20 points, and he struck out 2 while walking 2 more.

Jon Staatz pitched 3 innings in 2 games. His ERA fell by .14 points, and he both struck out and walked 3 guys.

Catchers
1.) Gregory Yersich - 36 games / .248 BA / 4 HR / 18 RBI
2.) Jeffrey Christy - 24 games / .259 BA / 1 HR / 11 RBI

Gregory Yersich started 4 games behind the plate. His batting average fell by 6 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Jeffrey Christy caught 2 games. His batting average fell by 15 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Infielders
1B - Daniel Berg - 39 games / .235 BA / 3 HR / 18 RBI
2B - Brian Dinkelman - 27 games / .260 BA / 2 HR / 17 RBI
3B - Garrett Olson - 34 games / .297 BA / 0 HR / 13 RBI
SS - Steven Singleton - 26 games / .341 BA / 1 HR / 12 RBI
IF - Joshua Dean - 18 games / .189 BA / 1 HR / 2 RBI
IF - Daniel Valencia - 29 games / .318 BA / 5 HR / 13 RBI
IF - Michael Lysaught - 19 games / .172 BA / 0 HR / 4 RBI
IF - Yancarlos Ortiz - 28 games / .250 BA / 1 HR / 6 RBI
DL - Henry Sanchez - 12 games / .220 BA / 1 HR / 8 RBI

Daniel Berg started 3 games at 1B, 1 at C, and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 13 points.

Brian Dinkelman started 4 games at 2B. His batting average rose by 1 point, and he hit a HR while picking up 3 RBI's.

Garrett Olson started 4 games at 3B and 3 at DH. His batting average fell by 1 point.

Steven Singleton started 4 games at SS. His batting average rose by 13 points, and he hit a HR while picking up 3 RBI's.

Joshua Dean started 2 games at 1B. His batting average fell by 7 points.

Daniel Valencia started 3 games at 3B, 2 at 1B, and 2 at DH. His batting average fell by 28 points, but he hit another HR and picked up 2 more RBI's.

Michael Lysaught started 3 games at 2B. His batting average rose by 23 points, but he picked up 2 RBI's.

Yancarlos Ortiz started 3 games at SS. His batting average rose by 31 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Outfielders
LF - Josh Land - 26 games / .189 BA / 1 HR / 9 RBI
CF - Danny Santiesteban - 47 games / .244 BA / 5 HR / 22 RBI
RF - J.W. Wilson - 35 games / .232 BA / 6 HR / 15 RBI
OF - Richard Sojo - 25 games / .224 BA / 0 HR / 9 RBI
OF - Wesley Connor - 22 games / .132 BA / 0 HR / 2 RBI

Josh Land started 3 games in LF. His batting average rose by 20 points.

Danny Santiesteban started 7 games in CF. His batting average rose by 9 points, and he hit a HR while picking up an RBI.

J.W. Wilson started 5 games in RF. His batting average fell by 16 points, but he picked up 2 RBI's.

Richard Sojo started 3 games in LF and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 11 points, but he picked up an RBI.

Wesley Connor started 2 games in RF and 1 in LF. His batting average rose by 9 points, and he picked up an RBI.


GCL Twins

Starting Pitchers
1.) Omar Alcala - 2-1 / 3.35 ERA / 45.2 inn / 28-19 K-BB
2.) David Bromberg - 3-2 / 2.45 ERA / 40.1 inn / 21-15 K-BB
3.) Michael Allen - 0-2 / 6.30 ERA / 10 inn / 9-4 K-BB
4.) Ludovicus Van Mil - 1-2 / 3.93 ERA / 36.2 inn / 22-14 K-BB
5.) Tyler Robertson - 4-1 / 3.72 ERA / 38.2 inn / 41-12 K-BB

Omar Alcala pitched 3 innings in his start. His ERA rose by .82 points, and he struck out just 2 while walking 4.

David Bromberg pitched 5.1 innings and took the loss in his start. His ERA rose by .14 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 1.

Michael Allen pitched 4 innings and took the loss in his start. His ERA fell by 1.20 points, and he struck out 3 while walking 1.

Ludovicus Van Mil went 6 innings in his start. His ERA fell by .77 points, and he struck out 5 while walking 2.

Tyler Robertson went 6 innings and got the win in his start. His ERA rose by .41 points, but he struck out 8 while walking 3.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Luis Carrerras - 1-1 / 4.79 ERA / 20.2 inn / 18-5 K-BB
2.) Thomas Wright - 0-1 / 7.94 ERA / 5.2 inn / 2-6 K-BB
3.) Bradley Tippett - 3-3 / 1.93 ERA / 18.2 inn / 16-4 K-BB
4.) Robert Delaney - 1-1 / 3.54 ERA / 28 inn / 25-1 K-BB
5.) Jakub Toufar - 0-0 / 5.14 ERA / 14 inn / 5-6 K-BB
6.) Carlos Garcia - 3-0 / 3.43 ERA / 21 inn / 15-13 K-BB
7.) Adam Revelette - 2-1 / 4.12 ERA / 19.2 inn / 14-2 K-BB
8.) Jeffrey Manship - 0-0 / 0.00 ERA / 2 inn / 3-1 K-BB
9.) Bruno Sanchez - 1-2 / 8.22 ERA / 15.1 inn / 7-8 K-BB
10.) Curtis Leavitt - 0-2 / 7.59 ERA / 32 inn / 33-16 K-BB
11.) Walter Patton - 0-0 / 9.00 ERA / 2 inn / 1-4 K-BB
12.) Joan Ortiz - 1-0 / 3.86 ERA / 2.1 inn / 0-1 K-BB
13.) Nathan Crawford - 0-0 / 18.00 ERA / 2 inn / 2-1 K-BB
14.) Jeffrey Schoenbachler - 0-0 / 0.00 ERA / 1 inn / 0-0 K-BB
15.) Jose Acosta - 0-1 / 2.25 ERA / 4 inn / 1-1 K-BB

Luis Carreras made 3 appearances, pitching 6 innings and getting a win. His ERA fell by .73 points, and he struck out 6 while walking 2.

Thomas Wright pitched 1 inning in 1 game. His ERA fell by 4.76 points, but he walked 3 batters.

Bradley Tippett pitched 1 inning in 1 game. His ERA fell by .11 point, and he struck out 2.

Robert Delaney 5.1 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by .76 points, and he struck out 7. Check out that 25-1 K-BB ratio.

Jakub Toufar pitched 2 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by .86 points, and he struck out 2 while walking 1.

Carlos Garcia pitched 1 inning in 1 game, getting the win. His ERA fell by .17 points, and he picked up 2 K's.

Adam Revelette pitched 5 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by 1.40 points, and he struck out 4.

Jeffrey Manship joined the team, and pitched 2 scoreless innings. Manship was the 14th round pick for the Twins in this year's draft.

Bruno Sanchez pitched 2 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by 1.23 points.

Curtis Leavitt pitched 3.1 innings in 1 game. His ERA fell by 1.94 points, and he struck out 4 while walking 1.

Patton, Ortiz, Crawford, Schoenbachler, and Acosta did not pitch this week.

Catchers
1.) Wilson Ramos - 37 games / .267 BA / 3 HR / 21 RBI
2.) Gilbert Buenrostro - 13 games / .281 BA / 0 HR / 0 RBI
3.) Mighuel Barrientos - 5 games / .188 BA / 0 HR / 2 RBI

Wilson Ramos caught 4 games. His batting average rose by 7 points, and he hit 2 HR's while picking up 4 RBI's.

Gilbert Buenrostro caught 1 game. His batting average fell by 5 points.

Mighuel Barrientos came off the disabled list and started as the DH in 2 games. His batting average rose by 6 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Infielders
1B - Rodolfo Palacios - 34 games / .276 BA / 0 HR / 14 RBI
2B - Thomas Cowgill - 29 games / .208 BA / 2 HR / 13 RBI
3B - Deibinson Romero - 42 games / .292 BA / 4 HR / 34 RBI
SS - Juan Delgado - 31 games / .257 BA / 1 HR / 12 RBI
IF - Matthew Lawman - 21 games / .214 BA / 0 HR / 4 RBI
IF - Eric Santiago - 26 games / .302 BA / 0 HR / 8 RBI
DL - Starling De Los Santos - 24 games / .195 BA / 0 HR / 2 RBI

Rodolfo Palacios started 3 games at 1B. His batting average fell by 1 point, but he did pick up 2 RBI's.

Thomas Cowgill started 3 games at2B. His batting average rose by 13 points, and he picked up 2 RBI's.

Deibinson Romero started 5 games at 3B. His batting average fell by 6 points, but he hit a HR and picked up 3 RBI's.

Juan Delgado started 5 games at SS. His batting average rose by 47 points.

Matthew Lawman started 2 games at 2B. His batting average rose by 58 points, and he picked up an RBI.

Eric Santiago started 2 games at DH. His batting average stayed right where it was.

Outfielders
LF - Mark Dolenc - 42 games / .219 BA / 1 HR / 25 RBI
CF - Joe Benson - 44 games / .276 BA / 4 HR / 27 RBI
RF - Chris Parmalee - 37 games / .288 BA / 8 HR / 29 RBI
OF - Kevin Harrington - 30 games / .129 BA / 0 HR / 5 RBI

Mark Dolenc started 4 games in LF and 1 in RF. His batting average rose by 16 points, and he picked up 5 RBI's.

Joe Benson started 5 games in CF. His batting average rose by 1 point, and he hit a HR while picking up 5 RBI's.

Chris Parmalee started 4 games in RF and 1 at 1B. His batting average fell by 26 points, but he did pick up 4 RBI's.

Kevin Harrington started 1 game in LF and 1 at DH. His batting average rose by 2 points.