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After spending (way too much) time this week trying to project the Twins minor league rosters, I got the official Opening Day minor league rosters this afternoon. Here they are:
ROCHESTER RED WINGS
Coaching Staff – Manager – Tom Nieto, Hitting Coach – Floyd Rayford, Pitching Coach – Bobby Cuellar
Catchers: Rene Rivera, Steve Holm
Infielders: Jeff Bailey, Luke Hughes, Trevor Plouffe, Matt Brown, Chase Lambin
Outfielders: Brian Dinkelman, Dustin Martin, Brandon Roberts, Ben Revere, Rene Tosoni
Starting Pitchers: Kyle Gibson, Scott Diamond, Erik Hacker, Yorman Bazardo, Anthony Swarzak
Relief Pitchers: Andy Baldwin, Alex Burnett, Phil Dumatrait, Carlos Gutierrez, Jim Hoey, Chuck James, Kyle Waldrop
Disabled List: Ryan Mullins (groin), Anthony Slama (elbow)
NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS
Coaching Staff – Manager – Jeff Smith, Hitting Coach – Tom Brunansky, Pitching Coach – Stu Cliburn
Catchers: Danny Lehmann, Allan De San Miguel
Infielders: Chris Parmelee, Toby Gardenhire, Steve Singleton, Yangervis Solarte, Chris Cates, Mike Hollimon, Ray Chang, Deibinson Romero
Outfielders: Joe Benson, Evan Bigley, Mark Dolenc
Starting Pitchers: David Bromberg, Deolis Guerra, Liam Hendriks, Bobby Lanigan, Steve Hirschfeld
Relief Pitchers: Santos Arias, Cole Devries, Michael Tarsi, Brett Jacobson, Tyler Robertson, Spencer Steedley, Jake Stevens
Disabled List: Estarlin de Los Santos (UCL sprain), Jair Fernandez (hamate bone)
FT. MYERS MIRACLE
Coaching Staff – Manager – Jake Mauer, Hitting Coach – Jim Dwyer, Pitching Coach – Steve Mintz
Catchers: Chris Herrmann, Danny Rams, Dan Rohlfing
Infielders: Nate Hanson, James Beresford, Nick Romero, Brian Dozier, Paul Kelly, Anderson Hidalgo
Outfielders: Jhon Goncalves, Aaron Hicks, Steve Liddle
Starting Pitchers: Kane Holbrooks, Miguel Munoz, Brad Stillings, Tom Stuifbergen, Alex Wimmers
Relief Pitchers: Tony Davis, Jhon Garcia, Shooter Hunt, Edgar Ibarra, Blake Martin, Bruce Pugh, Matt Tone, Dakota Watts
Disabled List: Dan Osterbrock (shoulder), Brad Tippett (returning from thoracic outlet syndrome), Paul Bargas (meningitis), Angel Morales (shoulder), Ramon Santana (facial injury)
BELOIT SNAPPERS
Coaching Staff – Manager – Nelson Prada, Hitting Coach – Tommy Watkins, Pitching Coach – Gary Lucas
Catchers: Kyle Knudson, Josmil Pinto, Tobias Streich
Infielders: Michael Gonzales, Gunner Glad, Derek McCallum, Daniel Santana, Andy Leer, Reggie Williams
Outfielders: Oswaldo Arcia, Wang-Wei Lin, Daniel Ortiz, Lance Ray
Starting Pitchers: BJ Hermsen, Adrian Salcedo, Manuel Soliman, Logan Darnell, Andrey Lobanov
Relief Pitchers: Clinton Dempster, Martire Garcia, Jose Gonzalez, Matt Hauser, Ryan O’Rourke, Michael Tonkin, Blayne Weller
Disabled List: Nelvin Fuentes, Ben Tootle (return from shoulder surgery)
EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING
Coaching Staff – Manager – Ramon Borrego, Coaches – Rudy Hernandez, Ivan Arteaga, Manuel Santana, Milt Cuyler
Catchers: Kelly Cross, Josh Hendricks, Michael Quesada, Matt Parker, Jairo Rodriguez
Infielders: Rory Rhodes, Kelvin Silvania, Kennys Vargas, Hyeong-Rok Choi, Jamaal Hawkins, Nick Lockwood, Niko Goodrum, Javier Pimentel, Jorge Polanco, Miguel Sano, Wander Guillen, Roy Larson, Jairo Perez
Outfielders: Matej Hejma, Brandon Henderson, Max Kepler, Kelvin Ortiz, Candido Pimentel, Eddie Rosario, Romy Trinidad, JaDamion Williams
Pitchers: AJ Achter, Andrew Albers, Nick Alloway, Ricardo Arevalo, Bart Carter, Derek Christensen, Cesar Ciurcina, Nathan Fawbush, Pedro Guerra, Tyler Herr, Luis Nunez, Justin Parker, Hein Robb, Matt Schuld, Zach See, Sam Spangler, Mark Trau, Todd Van Steensel
Disabled List: Matt Bashore, Pat Dean, Dallas Gallant (UCL injury), Jhonatan Arias, Kelvin Mention, Nate Roberts (knee)
Please feel free to comment or ask any questions you may have. I’d be happy to hear any thoughts. It will be fun to get the season going.
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Rochester looks like a much better team than last year.
I am not sure the same can be said of New Britain. They could struggle again.
Is B.J. Hermsen the Beloit Snappers opening night starter.
Isnt the AA roster a 24 man? The one listed has 25.
do you know where the disabled list guys will go
when will we know where the extented spring guys will go
1 week after the draft
Thanks for the rosters. I find them quite interesting. I have always thought that you can get a pretty good idea about which pitchers the Twins are highest on by looking at the starters. While there are exceptions, most of the 20 starters listed would be considered the Twins best pitching prospects. Clearly Gutierrez isn’t a starter and is a top prospect. Most other relievers probably aren’t though.
Especially the Class A starters. These are probably the best pitching prospects in the lower levels. Maybe Pugh would be in there if he hadn’t been hurt and a couple of the guys on the DL. Most relievers in the lower levels probably won’t ever make the majors.
I am a bit surprised Bromberg is back at AA. I think there are a couple of AAA starters who may be on short leashes. Swarzak could in the bullpen if he is not effective early.
Unlike TT, I think New Britian will be a lot better this year. Rochester maybe better too, but I think if they are, it will be because of the pitching.
Its seems like there are a lot of interesting prospects at the class A levels. It will be fun to see which will step up this year.
13 infielders in extended spring training…..yikes. Seems to be a bit of a log jam in the organization right now in the infield.
Seth,
Any word on Alex Soto? I think he’s banged up, but doesn’t he have to be on somebody’s DL?
Soto was released.
On new Britain and Rochester, I agree with Jim H. Pitching has to be the key. With all that’s said about hitting (and both teams were overall very bad, but there were bright spots), pitching is (always) the key. I believe someone gave me a stat that in games that New Britain led going into the eighth inning they lost 38 times. I believe that they were 0 – 38 or something very close to that.
Pitching definitely matters.
That’ absolutely an amazing stat… You’d like to think they would have accidentally won 1 or 2 out of those 38!! Who closes for NB this year? Jacobson?
What about Elizabethton in the Appalachian League (Rookie ball)? Are you counting that as Extended Spring Training? I’d heard that Sano was going there.
Rookie Ball doesn’t start until the end of June, after the draft, so those players that are going to E-town or GCL go to Extended Spring.
What on earth is Steve Liddle doing in the Outfield at Fort Myers? How will he ever learn to get runners thrown out at home plate playing down there?
If a player does not do in extended spring, do they get released or is this a holding tank for rookie league placement?
What is the status of Matt Bashore’s surgery? Is he throwing yet?