Caribbean Report

Where they stand:  For the week, Aragua was 5-1.  For the season, the Tigres are 25-30, in sixth place, eleven games out of first, two games out of fourth.

Who's hot:  Yangervis Solarte hit .350 (7-for-20) with a triple this week.  Season-long, he is at .310/.388/.437.  Jhon Garcia gave up one run on three hits in five innings.  For the year, he is 1-1, 7.36 in 7.1 innings.

Who's lukewarm:  Jason Pridie hit .222 (2-for-9) on the week.  On the season, though, he's hitting .381/.422/.476 in 42 at-bats.  Wilson Ramos hit .250 (6-for-24) with a double and two homers.  For the year, he's hitting .352/.418/.596 in 179 at-bats.  He leads the league in RBIs (45), total bases (107), and slugging percentage (.598). 

Who didn't play:  Oswaldo Arcia, Jonathan Goncalves, Justin Huber, Dustin Martin, Edgar Ibarra, Jason Jones, Miguel Munoz.

Aragua does not play again today.  The Tigres next game is Wednesday night, as they travel to Lara.  Aragua has seven games remaining in the regular season.

Information about Twins prospects playing for teams other than Aragua can be found after the jump.

Who's hot:  Juan Richardson hit .333 (1-for-3) this week in his season debut in the Dominican League.  Deolis Guerra pitched five shutout innings, giving up only three hits.  He is 1-0, 4.50 for the year in eight innings.  Francisco Liriano pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out five.  In 6.2 innings, he is 0-0, 2.70 with 11 strikeouts.

Who's lukewarm:  Danny Valencia played for the first time this year in the Puerto Rican League and hit .250 (1-for-4).

Who's cold:  Drew Butera made his debut in the Puerto Rican League and is hitting .143 (1-for-7).  Alexi Casilla hit .000 (0-for-5) for the week:  on the year, he's at .225/.295/.296.  Ryan Mullins gave up a run on three hits in a third of an inning.  His season numbers are 0-0, 8.22 in 15.1 innings.

Who didn't play:  Estarlin De Los Santos, Angel Morales, Juan Portes, Alexander Soto, Nelvin Fuentes, Pedro Guerra, Jose Lugo.

Special note:  It appears that the player the Twins got for Boof Bonser is Chris Province.  He played in the Arizona Fall League this year.  He appeared in ten games for Mesa, all in relief, pitching 13 innings.  In those innings, he was 0-2, 3.46, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits.  He walked five and struck out nine, for a WHIP of 1.08 and a batting average against of .200.