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A busy transaction day for the Twins

Brusdar Graterol

The Twins announced today that they have selected the contracts of right-handed pitcher Brusdar Graterol and outfielder Ian Miller from AAA Rochester. They have also recalled left-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer and right-handed pitchers Zack Littell and Kohl Stewart. Additionally, they will return both catcher Willians Astudillo and outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. from their respective rehab assignments and reinstate both from the 10-day Injured List.

Ian Miller

In a separate transaction, the Twins have placed right-handed pitcher Kyle Gibson on the 10-day Injured List with Ulcerative Colitis, marking Gibson’s first trip to the Injured List since 2016. In 28 games (27 starts) for the Twins this season, Gibson has gone 13-6 with a 4.58 ERA (149.1 IP, 76 ER), 146 strikeouts and 45 walks. Replacing Gibson on the roster, the Twins have recalled left-handed pitcher Lewis Thorpe from AAA Rochester. Thorpe has appeared in six games (1 start) for the Twins this season, going 1-1 with a 4.40 ERA (14.1 IP, 7 ER), three walks and 14 strikeouts.

The Twins also announced today that they have activated Byron Buxton who has been on the IL since August 3. Sean Poppen was moved to the 60 day Injured List.

Twins minor league players of the week – Cave & Poppen

Jake Cave finished 4-for-5 with four doubles and increased his International League-leading hitting streak to 13. (Photo: Bare Antolos/Rochester Red Wings)

The Minnesota Twins have named AAA Rochester Red Wings outfielder Jake Cave and AAA Rochester Red Wings right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen as Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week.

Jake Cave as we all know has spent a good portion of the 2019 season with the Twins. Since being optioned from Minnesota in mid-May, the 26-year old Cave has played in 27 games for the Red Wings, hitting .294 (32-for-109) with 11 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 21 RBI and a .861 OPS. In eight games for the Red Wings this week, Cave hit .417 (15-for-36) with seven doubles, two triples, one home run and nine RBI, which included a four-double game on Thursday at Syracuse.

Jake Cave was originally a 2011 6th round pick by the New York Yankees and was selected by the Reds in the December 2015 Rule 5 draft but was returned to the NYY in April 2016. The Yankees then traded Cave to the Twins for minor leaguer Luis Gil on March 16, 2018.

Sean Poppen a 25-year old right-handed pitcher started two games this week for the Red Wings, going 1-0, 0.75 ERA (12.0 IP, 1 ER) with five walks and 13 strikeouts. Poppen was promoted to Rochester on May 26 and has appeared in four games and started three of them and has a 3-0 record with a 1.57 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 23 innings and has allowed just 14 hits in 23 innings. The numbers he has put up in Rochester are much better then the numbers he put up in AA Pensacola where he was 2-3 with a 4.40 ERA and a .275 average against.

Poppen, 6’3″ was selected by the Twins in the 19th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Harvard and is in his fourth pro ball season.

 

Cave stays hot; Wings drub Syracuse

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Twins minor league players of the week – Ben Rortvedt & Sean Poppen

Ben Rortvedt

The Minnesota Twins have named Low A Cedar Rapids Kernels catcher Ben Rortvedt and High A Ft. Myers Miracle right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen as Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week.

In six games for the Kernels, the left-handed hitting Rortvedt hit .391 (9-for-23) with one triple, two RBI, two runs scored, one stolen base and four strikeouts. The 20-year old Rortvedt is repeating Cedar Rapids this season and is hitting .270 as compared to .224 last year.  His caught stealing percentage has also improved from 38% to 44% this year. He could be moving up to Ft. Myers soon.

The Verona, WI native is in his third season of pro ball after being drafted by the Twins in the second round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Verona High School and signed for a reported $900,000 signing bonus.

Sean Poppen

Sean Poppen made one start for the Miracle on Tuesday allowing one run on five hits in 7.0 innings pitched (ND) with seven strikeouts versus Bradenton. The 6’3″ right-hander is in his third year of pro ball and has been used almost exclusively as a starter. In his three seasons-to-date he has a 13-10 record with a 2.95 ERA and has given up 208 hits in 226 innings while striking out 223 batters.

The Virginia native was drafted by the Twins in the 19th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Harvard.

Chesapeake’s Sean Poppen – from Harvard to minor-league baseball

 

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Twins Minor League Player of the Week – Sean Poppen

Sean Poppen Credit:
(Stephen Mally-The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kernels (Low A) right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen has been named Twins minor league Player of the Week. The 6’4″ Poppen made two starts for the Kernels, going 2-0, with one unearned run allowed on eight hits, one walk and 11 strikeouts in 13.1 innings pitched; he beat Kane County on Saturday and Quad Cities on Thursday. Poppen has been used exclusively as a starter in 2017 and is 4-1 with a 2.12 ERA and a nice 1.03 WHIP. In the 63+ innings he has pitched he has allowed only 54 hits and struck out 60 batters. In his 10 starts he has allowed as many as 3 earned runs just twice and has pitched at least 5 innings in each start.

Poppen

The 23-year old Virginia native was drafted by the Twins in the 19th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Harvard University. Sean Poppen looks like a prospect to watch regardless what round he was selected in.

 Sean is not your normal baseball player – Chesapeake’s Sean Poppen – from Harvard to minor-league baseball

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