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Jul 22nd, 2008 | By Big Mak | Category: Featured Articles, On the Farm

For my wife's birthday, she decided she wanted to go to a ballgame with a couple of friends (How did I get so lucky?). So once again we drove up to Wisconsin to see the Snappers take on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Seattle Mariners A affiliate).
The Snappers roster this time around looks quite a [...]

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Less Than Small Sample Size

Jul 10th, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: Featured Articles, On the Farm

But I thought I'd throw it out there:
.309/.397/.436 -- Aaron Hicks, 18, GCL (13 games)
For reference:
.400/.488/.491 -- Joe Mauer, 18, APP
.322/.385/.538 -- Delmon Young, 18, SAL
.325/.388/.461 -- Ben Revere, 19, GCL
.276/.355/.451 -- Michael Cuddyer, 19, MWL
.293/.342/.439 -- Torii Hunter, 18, MWL
.281/.303/.407 -- Carlos Gomez, 18, APP/GCL
.302/.327/.396 -- Justin Morneau, 18, GCL
.282/.364/.372 -- Jason Kubel, 18, [...]

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Beloit Doubleheader

May 29th, 2008 | By Big Mak | Category: Big Mak, Guest Writers, On the Farm

Last Saturday, my parents were coming into town, and, since Beloit is pretty close to on the way from Marshall to Chicago, we figured why not take in a game to kick off the Memorial Day weekend? After checking the schedule and noticing the unusual start time of 5 PM, I took off from [...]

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Beloit Repoit

May 22nd, 2008 | By Big Mak | Category: Big Mak, Guest Writers, On the Farm

I went up last weekend on Sunday to see the Snappers take on the Peoria Chiefs (the Chicago Cubs A-level team). The Snappers won to complete the 3-game sweep and move to two games over .500, which was their high-water mark for this season to that point.
Final Score: Beloit 5, Peoria 4 (box score [...]

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Minor League Bonanza

May 13th, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: Guest Writers, MLB, Minnesota Twins, On the Farm, ubelmann

Rochester Red Wings
.327/.387/.584 -- Darnell McDonald, 2008, 101 AB
Congrats to McDonald for having one of the best stretches of his professional career, but he's been kicking around AAA so long that he was playing for the Red Wings when they were an Orioles affiliate 7 years ago. At age 30, his early season success [...]

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I’ve Got Yer Piranhas Right Here!

Feb 21st, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: Guest Writers, Minnesota Twins, On the Farm, ubelmann

I was looking through some of baseball-reference.com's minor league numbers today and noticed that Twins' farmhand Jonathan Goncalves hit .238/.351/.291 in CF for the DSL Twins. I thought, hmmm, that's odd, a Twins' farmhand who walks a lot. (Yes, this is a broad and possibly unfair statement, whatever.)
Then I looked at how the [...]

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Denard Span Challenges All Comers

Feb 4th, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: Guest Writers, MLB, Minnesota Twins, On the Farm, ubelmann

The Twins Territory blog has recently posted an interview with Denard Span where he is nothing if not chock full of confidence.
Denard Span felt he was ready to step up and play centerfield last season for the Twins. That viewpoint has not changed with the New Year, and Span says he is still ready [...]

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Eye on the Future: Trevor Plouffe

Jul 3rd, 2007 | By ubelmann | Category: Guest Writers, On the Farm, ubelmann

It's easy to get things wrong when evaluating prospects with statistics. Still, when viewed in context, minor league statistics can be of some use when looking at prospects. With that caveat, I want to take a look at Trevor Plouffe, the Twins' #1 selection from the 2004 draft.
Plouffe was a toolsy high school [...]

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