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@Twins | Formerly @HCFords_BSB

Phoenixville, PA
Joined June 2012
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Now is a great time to control the controllables
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Do you ever wonder if Claude thinks you're interesting? Asking for a friend
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Reed Moring, a ‘25 draftee, tied his season high in strikeouts for the High-A @CRKernels ⚔️ 6 IP / 5 H / 2 R / 0 BB / 7 K He now has a 24.4 K% / 8.0 BB% in his first season of pro ball 📈 #MNTwins
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Thomas Burns, our 8th round pick in the ‘26 draft, made his Bridge League debut with a scoreless inning💥 1 IP / 1 H / 0 R / 0 BB / 2 K The @TexasBaseball product topped out at 99 MPH⛽️ #MNTwins
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Adrian Bohorquez and Preston Johnson combined for 0 earned runs and 12 strikeouts for the @WindSurgeICT💥 Bohorquez: 5 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 7 K Hit 98.6 MPH in his Double-A debut⛽️ Johnson: 4 IP / 1 H / 0 R / 1 BB / 5 K Nearly a 30 K% in almost 300 PA ⚔️ #MNTwins
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Riley Quick had his best outing at Double-A yet tallying his most Ks at the level and his second most Ks of his pro career⚔️ 4.1 IP / 2 H / 1 R / 2 BB / 8 K The @AlabamaBSB ‘25 draftee topped out at 97.3 MPH and had a 57% whiff rate on his SL 👀⛽️ #MNTwins
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Callan Fang, a ‘25 draftee, ripped off the best outing of his pro career in the win yesterday🔋 3.2 IP / 1 H / 0 R / 0 BB / 9 K The Harvard alum now has above a 30% strikeout rate this season 📈 #MNTwins
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2025 draftee Matthew Dalquist spun 3 perfect innings yesterday in a 20-3 @MightyMussels win 💎 3 IP / 0 H / 0 R / 0 BB / 5 K Dalquist is now up to 50 innings on the year and is yet to allow a home run 🤝 #MNTwins
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Adrian Bohorquez with four no-hit innings in his best outing of the season⚔️ 4 IP / 0 H / 0 R / 1 BB / 6 K He topped out at 98.2 MPH and averaged 97⛽️ #MNTwins
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Dasan Hill, our 7th ranked prospect on @MLBPipeline, was absolutely dominant prior to the rain delay for the @CRKernels ❄️ 3 IP / 2 H / 0 R / 0 BB / 6 K The 20-year-old topped out at 97.7 MPH and is striking out over 35% of batters he’s faced this season⛽️👀 #MNTwins
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Final line for starter Eric Hammond: 3.2 IP, 7 K (career high), 1 BB, 2 R, 4 H Career high 63 pitches Bot 4 | PMB 2 - FTM 0
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An absolutely DOMINANT performance from the @WindSurgeICT pitching staff tonight in the no-hitter🙅‍♂️ Chris Vallimont: 5 IP / 0 H / 6 K Darren Bowen: 2 IP / 0 H / 2 K Ruddy Gomez: 2 IP / 0 H / 6 K 👀 #MNTwins
HISTORY IN WICHITA!!! The Surge have thrown the second no-hitter in franchise history!
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Muell on this: Mitch Mueller, a St. Louis Park Minnesota native, has the 5th highest K% of any High-A pitcher since July 1st 👀 He now sports a 37.3% K% since being called up to @CRKernels ⛽️ #MNTwins
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Choppy video can’t stop Riley Quick as he put up one of his best outings at @CRKernels 💨 4 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 7 K The 36th overall pick in the ‘25 draft is averaging 96 MPH and has generated above average whiff rates on all of his secondaries this season⛽️ #MNTwins
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Nat Ballenberg retweeted
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Ricky Castro was dealing last night for the @StPaulSaints ⚔️ 3 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 6 K Since the June 5th, his 34.5 K% ranks 5th among 124 AAA pitchers (min. 10 IP) #MNTwins
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Welcome to the Show, Marco!!!
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A German program tracked 14,000 of its most elite 12-year-old soccer players. 0.6% became pros. We're terrible at spotting talent and it's costing us our best players before they ever develop. I dug into what actually matters for developing talent: stevemagness.substack.com/p/…
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Riley Quick, the 36th pick in the ‘25 draft, set a new pro career high in strikeouts last night for the @CRKernels and now has a 40.3 K% this season 👀 4.2 IP / 4 H / 3 R / 2 BB / 9 K He topped out at 97.5 MPH and had a 70% whiff rate (7/10) on his SL on the day ⛽️
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A pair of ‘25 draftees combined for a shutout in the @MightyMussels win including a perfect four innings to end the game ⚔️ Justin Mitrovich (0.87 ERA): 5 IP / 2 H / 0 R / 2 BB / 5 K Matthew Dalquist (3.89 ERA): 4 IP / 0 H / 0 R / 0 BB / 5 K #MNTwins
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First rehab outing is in the books for #MNTwins No. 9 prospect Charlee Soto! He struck out 2 in his lone inning of work Topped 99.9 mph 🔥 ⛽️ 7 pitches at 98+ 💪
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