By BILLY HEYEN, CHUCKIE MAGGIO and KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The left-center fence at Frontier Field features three prominent words: "Twins of tomorrow." Since the Minnesota Twins became the Rochester Red Wings' parent club in 2003, many talented players have played in front of those three words. Normally this spring, you'd be reading about the next batch of rising stars playing at One … [Read more...] about Rochester Red Wings draft: Building three teams with Twins-era players
Matt Hague
Hague adapts to leadoff role as Wings close in on playoff berth
By Kevin Oklobzija Mike Quade contends he hasn't dug far into the depths of Sabermetrics or analytics and discovered numbers that will revolutionize how he constructs his end-of-season lineup for the Rochester Red Wings. "I'm not a baseball whisperer," he said with a smile. He does, however, know Matt Hague is a darn good hitter against left-handers (.299 heading into … [Read more...] about Hague adapts to leadoff role as Wings close in on playoff berth
Santiago stellar as Wings win
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA If Hector Santiago is going to help the Minnesota Twins win games, he first needs to do it for the Rochester Red Wings. In his first two rehabilitation starts for the Wings in late July, he wasn't all that sharp, giving up a combined five hits, five walks and five runs in four-plus innings. But the real Santiago returned on Thursday night to show … [Read more...] about Santiago stellar as Wings win
Red Wings fall again on the road
Tyler Glasnow allowed one run on four hits over seven innings, and the Indianapolis Indians downed the Rochester Red Wings, 5-2 in International League action at Victory Field, Tuesday night. Glasgow struck out seven, walked three and improved to 6-0 on the season. With the loss, Rochester (58-44) fell 4.5 games behind Lehigh Valley (63-40) in the wildcard standings. Five … [Read more...] about Red Wings fall again on the road
Wings wallop Chiefs
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com By Nick Sciarratta and Sam Weber The Rochester Red Wings routed the Syracuse Chiefs 9-3 Friday night at Frontier Field. The Red Wings started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning off Syracuse starter A.J. Cole, taking an early 1-0 lead. After hits by Niko Goodrum and Tommy Field put a man in scoring position, Matt … [Read more...] about Wings wallop Chiefs