The Beloit Snappers, Midwest League (low Class A) affiliate of the Twins, are making their last appearance of the season in Cedar Rapids this week with games Saturday night, Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon, and as I’m prone to doing, I’ve been out at the ballpark getting a look-see at the young future Twins.
I saw plenty of offense out of some of the Snappers on Saturday night and Iowan BJ Hermsen survived some early struggles to squeak out a “Quality Start” in front of a packed house that included a fair number of Hermsen fans. Beloit won the game 10-5.
Sunday, the results were less favorable for the Snappers, as they gave up three runs in the first inning to the Kernels en route to a 6-1 loss.
But enough about the games. The purpose of this post is simply to give Twins fans a glance at the names and faces of a few of the young players who are toiling in the farm system as they work toward their dreams of playing Major League baseball. They work hard and know they face long odds… and they deserve some recognition. – JC
they look like babies 🙂
Yeah they look pretty young. Actually, they aren’t as young as a lot of the kids at that level. There are several 23 year-olds in this group, which is getting toward the high end of what you see in the Midwest League.
Great pictures! How did Adrian Salcedo look after the rough first inning?
Salcedo had a rough several innings. Among the eight hits he gave up in five innings of work were three doubles and a triple. On the other hand, he didn’t walk anyone. He also got hitters to hit a lot of ground balls, so when hitters didn’t square up against him, he was fine… but they squared up a lot. It just didn’t look to me like he had the velocity he’s reputed to have.