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
Willians Astudillo
Astudillo named to International League All-Star Team
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester Red Wings catcher Willians Astudillo has been named an International League mid-season All-Star, the league office announced Wednesday. He becomes the first Rochester catcher named to the mid-season All-Star team since Jose Morales in 2007 and just the second Wings backstop to earn the honor since 1993. Astudillo is … [Read more...] about Astudillo named to International League All-Star Team
Birthday boy Mejia, standout plays at 3rd from Astudillo spark Wings’ 2-0 win
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — With a runner on second in the fifth, Syracuse’s Bengie Gonzalez hit a rocket one-hopper to Rochester’s Willians Astudillo at third. He backhanded the ball and looked to throw behind the runner on second as Leonardo Reginatto raced over to cover. During the Red Wings nine-game home losing streak that was snapped Tuesday, that throw may … [Read more...] about Birthday boy Mejia, standout plays at 3rd from Astudillo spark Wings’ 2-0 win
Four-run 3rd inning snaps Red Wings’ home woes
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Before Tuesday night, the Rochester Red Wings had lost nine home games in a row. They’d scored two or fewer runs in all nine of those games. Tuesday, that changed. “We scored more than two runs, basically is what happened,” Rochester manager Joel Skinner said. “From that standpoint, you have to score some runs to win and we did that … [Read more...] about Four-run 3rd inning snaps Red Wings’ home woes
Astudillo homer helps Wings snap losing streak
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com The Red Wings longest losing streak in eight years is finally over! Willians Astudillo hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to send the Wings to a 4-3 win over the Scranton/WB RailRiders Wednesday night in Moosic, PA ending the club's 10-game losing streak. The RailRiders got the tying run all the way to third base … [Read more...] about Astudillo homer helps Wings snap losing streak