It’s hard to believe I’ve been in Ft. Myers for almost a month, but come Friday, I’ll be packed up and headed back to Cedar Rapids. In a matter of days, the Cedar Rapids Kernels will be introducing the Opening Day roster and a short time later, they’ll be suiting up to begin their Midwest League season under new manager Toby Gardenhire.
But for now, here are another few (actually, more than a few) final pictures from the back fields in Ft. Myers. I’ve never had anyone tell me I’ve posted too many pictures in a post here, but this may be the post that puts the limit to the test.
I’m hearing that the Twins have released a number of minor leaguers over the past couple of days, but I have not heard or seen a complete list, so it’s quite possible that some of these guys have gotten some bad news since I took these photos. That’s the unfortunate part of the business of baseball.
Travis Blankenhorn (Photo: SD Buhr)Shane Carrier (Photo: SD Buhr)Jermaine Curtis (Photo: SD Buhr)Zack Jones (Photo: SD Buhr)Levi Michael (Photo: SD Buhr)Sean Miller (Photo: SD Buhr)Max Murphy (Photo: SD Buhr)Brian Navarreto (Photo: SD Buhr)Williams Ramirez (Photo: SD Buhr)James Ramsey (Photo: SD Buhr)Leonardo Reginatto (Photo: SD Buhr)Brent Rooker gets some instruction at first base from Justin Morneau (Photo: SD Buhr)Wynston Sawyer (Photo: SD Buhr)Cody Stashak (Photo: SD Buhr)Ryan Walker (Photo: SD Buhr)Tommy Watkins (Photo: SD Buhr)Jaylin Davis (Photo: SD Buhr)Tanner English (Photo: SD Buhr)Stephen Gonsalves with Sean Miller at SS behind him (Photo: SD Buhr)Caleb Hamilton (Photo: SD Buhr)Brandon Lopez (Photo: SD Buhr)Alex Perez (Photo: SD Buhr)Fernando Romero (Photo: SD Buhr)Brent Rooker (Photo: SD Buhr)Ryan Walker (Photo: SD Buhr)Max Cordy (Photo: SD Buhr)Colton Davis (Photo: SD Buhr)Eddie Del Rosario (Photo: SD Buhr)Taylor Grzelakowski (Photo: SD Buhr)Blair Lakso (Photo: SD Buhr)Royce Lewis with the play at shortstop (Photo: SD Buhr)Jose Miranda (Photo: SD Buhr)Ariel Monetesino with a safe slide into second base (Photo: SD Buhr)Ben Rodriguez (Photo: SD Buhr)Ben Rortvedt (Photo: SD Buhr)Carson Crites (Photo: SD Buhr)TJ Dixon (Photo: SD Buhr)Calvin Faucher (Photo: SD Buhr)Jordan Gore (Photo:SD Buhr)Kolton Kendrick (Photo: SD Buhr)Royce Lewis (Photo: SD Buhr)Jose Martinez (Photo: SD Buhr)One of these guys is Seth Stohs of TwinsDaily and the other is Twins IF prospect Jose Miranda. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which is which. (Photo: SD Buhr)Ariel Montesino (Photo: SD Buhr)Alex Robles (Photo: SD Buhr)Yunior Severino (Photo: SD Buhr)Tyler Wells (Photo: SD Buhr)Kernels manager Toby Gardenhire and Akil Baddoo (Photo: SD Buhr)Andrew Bechtold (Photo: SD Buhr)Trey Cabbage (I really want to know what he’s seeing in that helmet, don’t you?) (Photo: SD Buhr)Andrew Cosgrove (Photo: SD Buhr)Joe Cronin (Photo: SD Buhr)Blayne Enlow (Photo: SD Buhr)Moises Gomez (Photo: SD Buhr)Alex Kirilloff (Photo: SD Buhr)Emmanueal Morel (Photo: SD Buhr)Jacob Pearson (Photo: SD Buhr)Robby Rinn (Photo: SD Buhr)Kadany Salva (Photo: SD Buhr)Yunior Severino (Photo: SD Buhr)Carlos Suniaga (Photo: SD Buhr)Lewis Thorpe (Photo: SD Buhr)Colton Waltner (Photo: SD Buhr)Tyler Watson (Photo: SD Buhr)