This is Sharon and I at the Mizzou/Ball State game back in March.
This is from Gibby's draft party in June.
Local Boy Makes it to the Big Leagues
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This is Sharon and I at the Mizzou/Ball State game back in March.
This is from Gibby's draft party in June.
Really happy to see this. Interestingly, I was listening to the Twins broadcast the other night during another of their disastrous recent starting pitching outings, and Blyleven and Bremer were saying that they thought the Twins HAD to sign this kid to show they were serious about remaining competitive, and realizing that their young "stable" of pitchers might not be all they are cracked up to be.
The way their starters have been getting knocked around, I think the kid at "half-way" back would be good enough right now.
Good luck, we NEED this kid to be special.
The way their starters have been getting knocked around, I think the kid at "half-way" back would be good enough right now.
Good luck, we NEED this kid to be special.
Chadman, you are getting not only one helluva player but an even better person. I know some people don't care about the conduct of pro athletes as long as they produce on the field... but with Gibby you've got both. He is a tireless worker and will succeed. Very happy for him and for the Twins. I guess they are my second favorite team now!
Had to give an update on my buddy Kyle Gibson.
Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
Went 4-1 with a 1.87 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 7 starts with Ft. Meyers in Florida State League (A). FSL Pitcher of the Week 5/3/2010.
2-0 with a 1.26 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 2 starts with New Britain Rock Cats in Eastern League (AA).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=502043
Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
Went 4-1 with a 1.87 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 7 starts with Ft. Meyers in Florida State League (A). FSL Pitcher of the Week 5/3/2010.
2-0 with a 1.26 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 2 starts with New Britain Rock Cats in Eastern League (AA).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=502043
- May 9, 2009
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do you know if he's going to be pitching for rochester red wings at all? I live down the street the their park never go to the games but if this kid is legit then im ready to go. I believe they are affiliated with the twins.
Since they are the AAA affiliate for the Twins I would assume that will be his next stop. I don't know how long he will stay in AA, but my guess would be for the most of the summer. He might get called up late this season. If anything happens I'll let you know. He's the real deal my man. A projected Top-5 pick less than a month before the draft he had an MRI done and they found some damage. Surgery was a success and he told me he is throwing as hard and accurate as ever.
- May 9, 2009
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definitely keep me posted i will def make it to a few of his games. good stuff.
He might be coming to your town sooner than expected. :toast:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100523&content_id=10388814&vkey=news_t538&fext=.jsp&sid=t538
Gibby pitched his first complete game at the AA level last night and won his third start in as many games for the New Britain Rock Cats. His ERA in the past three games is 0.84. In 10 starts across both levels, he's 7-1 with a 1.53 ERA, two complete games and a .207 batting average against. :00hour :00hour
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100526&content_id=10444616&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100526&content_id=10444616&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
He is probably good friends with my cousin Lisa's son Alex Burnett as they would have been on a few rosters together these last couple of years. Alex skipped AAA and has been on the Twin's roster since Opening Day--except for a week when he was optioned out to AAA--he never threw a pitch while out; someone else got hurt and he re-joined the Twins within the week.
Heading to Minneapolis July 15th-18th for the 4 game set against the White Sox...Tickets provided by Alex and I am hoping to get to meet some of the other Twins while we are there....:toast:
Redsfann, you are going to love Target Field. It's an amazing place, and lots to do around the park. Where are you staying?
Burnett has done a good job for the Twins this year. Gardy has really been using him in tough spots, and he has responded really well.
Burnett has done a good job for the Twins this year. Gardy has really been using him in tough spots, and he has responded really well.
Staying with my cousin in St Paul, Chadman. He raves about Target Field, too. I told him that after the metro-dump, a high school field is a HUGE improvement....:142smilie
Gibby was called up to Rochester last week and had his AAA debut on Friday night. He went 5 2/3 strong innings, surrendering five hits, one earned run, two walks and struck out one
Here is the article about his being called up:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100812&content_id=13381292&vkey=news_t534&fext=.jsp&sid=t534
Here is the article for his first game at Rochester:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100813&content_id=13420996&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&sid=t534
On Tuesday, my friend Kyle Gibson was named the Minnesota Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Way to go Gibby!
The Minnesota Twins announced today that outfielder Joe Benson has been named the 2010 Sherry Robertson Award winner as the Twins' Minor League Player of the Year and right-handed pitcher Kyle Gibson has been named the 2010 Jim Rantz Award winner as the Twins' Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
Benson, 22, began the season at Double-A New Britain and batted .251 (94-for-274) with 20 doubles, seven triples, 23 home runs, 49 rbi, 65 runs scored, 14 steals and 39 walks in 102 games with the Rock Cats. He was transferred to Single-A Ft. Myers on May 17 and batted .294 (25-for-85) with 11 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 13 rbi, 16 runs scored, five steals and eight walks in 21 games with the Miracle, before being promoted back to New Britain on June 16. He combined to bat .259 (119-for-459) with 31 doubles, eight triples, 27 home runs and 62 rbi in 123 games this season.
The 6-foot-1, 211-pounder was the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for May 15-21, batting .423 (11-for-26) with three doubles, three home runs and six rbi in seven games. He was also named Twins Minor League Player of the Month for June, batting .312 (29-for-93) with 10 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 14 rbi in 26 combined games between Ft. Myers and New Britain. Benson was the Twins second round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Joliet Catholic Academy High School in Illinois.
Gibson, 22, combined to go 11-6, 2.96 ERA (152.0 ip, 50 er) with 39 walks and 126 strikeouts in 26 starts between Single-A Ft. Myers, Double-A New Britain and Triple-A Rochester this season. He held opponents to a .242 (136-for-563) batting average. The right-hander went 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA (39.2 ip, 7 er) with 35 strikeouts in May and was named the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month. Gibson was also named the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week for April 24-May 1, after going 1-0 with a 0.64 ERA (14.0, 1 ip), including a complete-game one-hitter on April 29 at Jupiter.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pounder was named Florida State League Player of the Week for May 2 and was also named to the 2010 Eastern League All-Star team. Coming into the 2010 season, Gibson was rated as the top pitching prospect (third best prospect overall) and as having the best slider in the Twins organization by Baseball America. He was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player draft out of the University of Missouri.
The Sherry Robertson Award, named in honor of the Twins first farm director, was established in 1970 to recognize the Twins top minor league performer each season. Beginning in 2002, the award began recognizing the Twins Minor League Player of the Year while an additional award was created to recognize the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. This award was named in honor of current Twins Minor League Director and Twins Hall of Famer, Jim Rantz. Past winners of the Sherry Robertson Award include Butch Wynegar (1974), Kent Hrbek (1981), Gene Larkin (1986), Paul Sorrento (1989), Denny Neagle (1990), Marty Cordova (1992), LaTroy Hawkins (1993 and '94), Todd Walker (1996), David Ortiz (1997), Doug Mientkiewicz (1998), Michael Restovich (1999), Michael Cuddyer (2001), Lew Ford (2002), Joe Mauer (2003), Jason Kubel (2004), Alexi Casilla (2006) and Brian Buscher (2007), while J.D. Durbin (2002), Jesse Crain (2003), Scott Baker (2004), Francisco Liriano (2005), Matt Garza (2006) and Kevin Slowey (2007) have won the Jim Rantz Award.
Both Benson and Gibson, along with the Twins other 2010 award winners, will be recognized at the Sixth Annual Diamond Awards dinner, which will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2010, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Target Field.
The Minnesota Twins announced today that outfielder Joe Benson has been named the 2010 Sherry Robertson Award winner as the Twins' Minor League Player of the Year and right-handed pitcher Kyle Gibson has been named the 2010 Jim Rantz Award winner as the Twins' Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
Benson, 22, began the season at Double-A New Britain and batted .251 (94-for-274) with 20 doubles, seven triples, 23 home runs, 49 rbi, 65 runs scored, 14 steals and 39 walks in 102 games with the Rock Cats. He was transferred to Single-A Ft. Myers on May 17 and batted .294 (25-for-85) with 11 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 13 rbi, 16 runs scored, five steals and eight walks in 21 games with the Miracle, before being promoted back to New Britain on June 16. He combined to bat .259 (119-for-459) with 31 doubles, eight triples, 27 home runs and 62 rbi in 123 games this season.
The 6-foot-1, 211-pounder was the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for May 15-21, batting .423 (11-for-26) with three doubles, three home runs and six rbi in seven games. He was also named Twins Minor League Player of the Month for June, batting .312 (29-for-93) with 10 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 14 rbi in 26 combined games between Ft. Myers and New Britain. Benson was the Twins second round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Joliet Catholic Academy High School in Illinois.
Gibson, 22, combined to go 11-6, 2.96 ERA (152.0 ip, 50 er) with 39 walks and 126 strikeouts in 26 starts between Single-A Ft. Myers, Double-A New Britain and Triple-A Rochester this season. He held opponents to a .242 (136-for-563) batting average. The right-hander went 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA (39.2 ip, 7 er) with 35 strikeouts in May and was named the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month. Gibson was also named the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week for April 24-May 1, after going 1-0 with a 0.64 ERA (14.0, 1 ip), including a complete-game one-hitter on April 29 at Jupiter.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pounder was named Florida State League Player of the Week for May 2 and was also named to the 2010 Eastern League All-Star team. Coming into the 2010 season, Gibson was rated as the top pitching prospect (third best prospect overall) and as having the best slider in the Twins organization by Baseball America. He was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player draft out of the University of Missouri.
The Sherry Robertson Award, named in honor of the Twins first farm director, was established in 1970 to recognize the Twins top minor league performer each season. Beginning in 2002, the award began recognizing the Twins Minor League Player of the Year while an additional award was created to recognize the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. This award was named in honor of current Twins Minor League Director and Twins Hall of Famer, Jim Rantz. Past winners of the Sherry Robertson Award include Butch Wynegar (1974), Kent Hrbek (1981), Gene Larkin (1986), Paul Sorrento (1989), Denny Neagle (1990), Marty Cordova (1992), LaTroy Hawkins (1993 and '94), Todd Walker (1996), David Ortiz (1997), Doug Mientkiewicz (1998), Michael Restovich (1999), Michael Cuddyer (2001), Lew Ford (2002), Joe Mauer (2003), Jason Kubel (2004), Alexi Casilla (2006) and Brian Buscher (2007), while J.D. Durbin (2002), Jesse Crain (2003), Scott Baker (2004), Francisco Liriano (2005), Matt Garza (2006) and Kevin Slowey (2007) have won the Jim Rantz Award.
Both Benson and Gibson, along with the Twins other 2010 award winners, will be recognized at the Sixth Annual Diamond Awards dinner, which will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2010, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Target Field.
Rolling-Bar-Tideman:Nice post for the
great prospect!:0074 Hope you`re doing
well too!:toast: :toast: :0074
great prospect!:0074 Hope you`re doing
well too!:toast: :toast: :0074
