Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN—The Minnesota Twins announced today that catcher Mitch Garver has been named the 2017 Sherry Robertson Award winner as the Twins Minor League Player of the Year and right-handed pitcher Aaron Slegers has been named the 2017 Jim Rantz Award winner as the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Garver, 26, split the … [Read more...] about Garver and Slegers named Twins Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year
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Quade relishes the chance to give opportunities
By PAUL GOTHAM By the final count Mike Quade's 2017 Rochester Red Wings finished 80-62 and tied for the third-best record in the International League. But for the the second straight year, Quade's club was on the outside looking in at the IL postseason. Some might not want to be remembered as the first manager in-the-more-than 100 year history of the IL to lead … [Read more...] about Quade relishes the chance to give opportunities
Even making IL history isn’t good enough for Wings
By Kevin Oklobzija On a day when the Rochester Red Wings needed to hit both ends of the daily double in order to earn a playoff berth, they did their part. They thumped the Pawtucket Red Sox 10-1, with Matt Hague belting a pair of home runs at sun-drenched Frontier Field. "Glorious Domination" by Bobby Roode blared from the public address system afterward. The … [Read more...] about Even making IL history isn’t good enough for Wings
Mejia, Hague lead Wings to win in season finale
By PAUL GOTHAM On a day when the game's first out came as the result of a rare runner's interference, Aldaberto Mejia made routine work of his second MLB rehab appearance. The end to the 2017 Rochester Red Wings season, though, will go down as anything but ordinary. Staked to a three-game lead and a magic number of two less than 72 hours prior, the Wings find themselves … [Read more...] about Mejia, Hague lead Wings to win in season finale
That playoff berth for the Red Wings? It’s bordering on unlikely now
By Kevin Oklobzija The Rochester Red Wings' Frontier Field clubhouse was very quiet on Sunday night. The silence was the sound of their playoff chances swirling away. They may very well have gone from playoff bound to homeward bound in one day. A 7-2 loss to the Pawtucket Red Sox, coupled with a doubleheader sweep by Lehigh Valley over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, turned … [Read more...] about That playoff berth for the Red Wings? It’s bordering on unlikely now