First Summary

I hope to provide a summary every couple of weeks of how Twins players are doing in the fall/winter leagues.  This is a hope, not a promise.  It's all small sample sizes, so I wouldn't recommend making too much of any of it.

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

BATTERS

Luke Raley:  .214/.333/.357 (14 at-bats).
Jaylin Davis:  .259/.310/.259 (27 at-bats).
Travis Blankenhorn:  .185/.333/.222 (27 at-bats).

PITCHERS

Adam Bray, 1-0, 1 save, 1.50, 1.00 WHIP, 5K (6 innings).
Devin Smeltzer, 1-0, 1.80, 1.40 WHIP, 5K (5 innings).
Griffin Jax, 0-1, 3.38, 1.38 WHIP, 4K (8 innings).
Hector Lujan, 0-0, 9.82, 2.45 WHIP, 2K (3.2 innings)

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

BATTERS

Kennys Vargas:  .375/.444/.406 (32 at-bats).
Brian Navaretto:  .071/.125/.071 (14 at-bats).

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

BATTERS

Luis Arraez:  .364/.396/.455 (44 at-bats).
Andy Wilkins:  .200/.396/.400 (35 at-bats).
Willians Astudillo:  .265/.324/.265 (34 at-bats).

PITCHERS

Omar Bencomo, 2-0, 0.64, 1.29 WHIP, 13K (14 innings).
Moises Gomez, 0-0, 2.08, 1.15 WHIP, 4K (4.1 innings).
Dietrich Enns, 2-1, 2.13, 1.11 WHIP, 7K (12.2 innings).
Anthony Marzi, 1-0, 2.25, 1.50 WHIP, 2K (8 innings).

Sorry About That

If you care, you've noticed by now that I'm not doing daily reports.  My work schedule just became such that doing them was impossible.  I don't apologize for that--it's just the way it is--but I do apologize for not letting you know.  I hope to be back in the spring with daily minor league reports. 

Games of October 12

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. shows he's too good to be playing in the AFL.  The Venezuelan League gets underway and Willians Astudillo celebrates by drawing a walk.  The Mexican League also gets underway.

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

SCOTTSDALE 6, SALT RIVER 2 IN SCOTTSDALE

Twins:  Luke Raley was 1-for-4 with a triple.  Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Griffin Jax pitched one inning, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and no walks and striking out none.

Salt River:  Monte Harrison was 2-for-4.

Scottsdale:  Abraham Toro-Hernandez was 3-for-3 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two.  Desmond Lindsey was 2-for-4 with two home runs.  Austin Lisi was 2-for-4.  Tyler Viza pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.  Luke Leftwich struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

SURPRISE 4, GLENDALE 1 IN SURPRISE

Glendale:  Cody Thomas was 2-for-4.  Tanner Banks struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

Surprise:  Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.  Nick Heath was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Andy Young was 2-for-4 with a double.  Julio Pablo Martinez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Nate Pearson struck out four in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and three walks.  Jackson McClelland struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks.

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. is clearly too good for this league, just as he was clearly too good for AA in 2018.  He's 9-for-14 with four doubles and a walk.  I get manipulating the service time, although I don't agree with it.  But I see no purpose served in having him play in the AFL.  Yes, he gets more playing time, but I don't see how playing against clearly inferior competition helps him.  All he can do is get into bad habits and/or get injured.

MESA 8, PEORIA 0 IN PEORIA

Mesa:  Jahmai Jones was 3-for-3 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two.  Nico Hoerner was 3-for-5.  Bobby Dalbec was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, driving in four.  Erick Leal struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Darwinzon Hernandez struck out six in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Ryan Clark pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

Peoria:  Jon Olczak struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up three hits.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

ZULIA 5, CARIBES 3 AT CARIBES

Twins:  Willians Astudillo (Caribes) was 0-for-3 with a walk.

Zulia:  Alex Romero was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Zach Houchins was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Jose Tabata was 2-for-4 with a double.  Charle Rosario pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.

Caribes:  Cesar Valera was 2-for-3.  Daryl Thompson pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out two.  Emerson Martinez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.

LARA 5, MARGARITA 3 IN LARA

Twins:  Omar Bencomo (Margarita) pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks and striking out three.  Moises Gomez (Margarita) struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk

Margarita:  Jose Rojas was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.  Francisco Diaz was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Olmo Rosario was 2-for-3.  Cade Gotta was 2-for-5.

Lara:  Denis Phipps was 3-for-5.  Rangel Ravelo was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.  Jose Castillo was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Yojhan Quevado was 2-for-4.  Williams Perez struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.

CARACAS 4, LA GUAIRA 1 IN CARACAS

La Guaira:  Eudis Idrogo pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

Caracas:  Jesus Guzman was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Ramon Cabrera was 2-for-3.  Franklin Gutierrez was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer.  Luis Diaz pitched 3.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and two walks and striking out two.

ARAGUA AT MAGALLANES (3 1/2 INNINGS--SUSPENDED)

Magallanes leads 3-2 in the top of the fourth.  Luis Arraez (Magallanes) was 0-for-2.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

NAVOJOA 8, CULIACAN 2 IN CULIACAN

Navojoa:  Diego Madero was 2-for-4 with a double.  Christian Zazueta was 2-for-4.  Alonzo Harris was 2-for-5 with a home run and a double, scoring twice.  Luis Fonseca was 2-for-5.  Jovan Rosa was 2-for-5.  Fernando Flores was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Jose Oyervides pitched 3.2 innings, giving up a run on three hits and two walks and striking out two.  Marco Carrillo pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.

Culiacan:  Joey Meneses was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Roemon Fields was 2-for-4.

MEXICALI 3, HERMOSILLO 0 IN MEXICALI

Hermosillo:  Arturo Reyes struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.

Mexicali:  Ricky Alvarez was 2-for-3.  Xorge Carrillo was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Juan Perez was 2-for-4 with a double.  C. J. Retherford was 2-for-4.  Javier Solano struck out twelve in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.

Games of October 11

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

Every game went longer than ten innings.  I wonder if that's ever happened before.

SALT RIVER 7, SCOTTSDALE 6 IN SALT RIVER (11 INNINGS)

Twins:  Luke Raley was 0-for-4 with two walks.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-5.  Hector Lujan pitched 0.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out one.  Adam Bray struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.

Scottsdale:  Peter Alonso was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Alfredo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Abraham Toro-Hernandez was 2-for-5 with two doubles and a walk.  Darick Hall was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs.  J. B. Bukauskas struck out five in 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and a walk.  Gerson Bautista struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Salt River:  Tyler Nevin was 3-for-5 with a walk and two runs.  Carter Kieboom was 2-for-6 with a triple.  Drew Ellis was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer.  Jordan Yamamoto struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.

MESA 10, PEORIA 9 IN MESA (10 INNINGS)

Peoria:  Chris Mariscal was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Lucius Fox was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and a walk, scoring twice.  Jeremy Walker pitched three innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out one.

Mesa:  Trent Giambrone was 4-for-6 and scored twice.  Eli White was 3-for-5 with a walk.  Esteban Quiroz was 2-for-3 with a home run and three walks, scoring three times.  Daniel Woodrow was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Daniel Pinero was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk.  Manuel Rondon pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk.  Eduardo Jimenez struck out two in two perfect innings.

SURPRISE 10, GLENDALE 9 IN GLENDALE (10 INNINGS)

Surprise:  Khalil Lee was 2-for-3 with two walks, scoring twice and driving in two.  Tommy Edman was 2-for-4 with three walks.  Charles Leblanc was 2-for-5 with two walks.  Cole Tucker was 2-for-5 with a walk and three RBIs.  Bryan Reynolds was 2-for-6 and scored twice.  Demarcus Evans pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk and striking out one.

Glendale:  Ryan McKenna was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Errol Robinson was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Steven Sensley was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Luis Robert was 2-for-5 with three runs.  Chris Lee struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and three walks.

Glendale pitchers walked sixteen Surprise batters.

Games of October 10

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

SURPRISE 11, SALT RIVER 9 IN SALT RIVER

Twins:  Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-4 with a walk.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4 with three RBIs.  Devin Smeltzer struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up three hits.

Surprise:  Charles Leblanc was 4-for-5.  Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.  was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice.  Nick Heath was 3-for-6 with three runs.  Will Craig was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, scoring twice.  Yanio Perez was 2-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs.  Lane Thomas was 2-for-5.  Connor Jones pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Salt River:  Josh Fuentes was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Monte Harrison was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Jazz Chisholm was 2-for-5.

PEORIA 7, GLENDALE 4 IN GLENDALE

Peoria:  Cristian Pache was 3-for-5 with two runs.  Buddy Reed was 3-for-5.  Keston Hiura was 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a walk.  Evan White was 2-for-5.  Ray-Patrick Didder was 2-for-5.  Miguel Diaz struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.  Dalton Moats struck out two in two perfect innings.

Glendale:  Steve Wilkerson was 3-for-5 with two doubles.  Connor Marabell was 2-for-5.  Jared Walker was 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk.  Ben Holmes struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.

SCOTTSDALE 10, MESA 3 IN MESA

Scottsdale:  Peter Alonso was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double, and a walk, scoring three times.  Ronnie Dawson was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.  Andres Gimenez was 1-for-4 with a home run.

Mesa:  Skye Bolt was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Eli White was 2-for-4 with a double.

Games of October 9

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

SALT RIVER 10, SURPRISE 8 IN SURPRISE

Twins:  Luke Raley was 2-for-4 with three RBIs.

Salt River:  Sam Hilliard was 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs.  Pavin Smith was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.  Drew Ellis was 2-for-4.  Bryson Brigman was 2-for-4.  Jesus Tinoco pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Surprise:  Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs.  Meibrys Viloria was 3-for-4 with a double.  Cole Tucker was 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs.

PEORIA 8, GLENDALE 7 IN PEORIA

Glendale:  Connor Marabell was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Laz Rivera was 3-for-3 with a double.  Keibert Ruiz was 2-for-5.

Peoria:  Evan White was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, and two RBIs.  Joe McCarthy was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Lucius Fox was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Trent Grisham was 2-for-5.  Daniel Brown struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

MESA 4, SCOTTSDALE 3 IN SCOTTSDALE

Mesa:  Daz Cameron was 2-for-4.  Darwinzon Hernandez struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Scottsdale:  Peter Alonso was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  C. J. Hinojosa was 2-for-5.