ST. PAUL SAINTS (0-1) vs OMAHA STORM CHASERS (KC) (1-0) LHP CHARLIE BARNES (NR) vs RHP CARLOS HERNANDEZ (NR) Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 - 12:05 pm (CT) - Omaha, NE - Werner Park Game #2 - Road Game #2 TV: MiLB.TV RADIO: KFAN Plus 2021 At A Glance TODAY'S HEADLINES AGAINST THE OPPOSITION Home .....................................................0-1 That Was Last Night - The first game as a Triple-A affiliate for SAINTS VS OMAHA Road ......................................................0-1 the Saints didn’t go as hoped, with the Saints dropping their first vs. LHP .............................................0-0 contest of the season 8-2 to Omaha. The Storm Chasers ran .188------------- BA -------------.273 up the score by way of the long ball, crushing four home runs in vs. RHP ............................................0-1 .182-------- BA W/2O ----------.100 the winning effort. Jackson Kowar struck out nine Saints in 5.1 .200------- BA W/ RISP--------.250 Current Streak ......................................L1 innings of work. 2----------------RUNS --------------8 Most Games > .500 ..........................0 1----------------- HR ----------------4 Most Games < .500 ..........................1 Today’s a New Day - St. Paul looks to bounce back in game two of the new six-game series format. The Saints will march 0------------- STEALS -------------0 Overall Series ......................................0-0 LHP Charlie Barnes to the mound. Barnes has started eight day 9.00------------- ERA -----------2.00 Home Series ...................................0-0 games in his career, going 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA. 14----------------- K's ---------------15 Away Series ....................................0-0 Sweeps ............................................0-0 A Jack from Jeffers - Ryan Jeffers set a few franchise firsts TEAM LEADERS Rubber Matches .................................0-0 yesterday for the Saints. He had St. Paul’s first hit, home run, and RBI in franchise history. His home run in Tuesday’s game Extra Innings ........................................0-0 accounted for the Saints’ only runs in the 8-2 loss. The catcher Avg. --------------- 2 tied - .500 Shutouts ................................................0-0 had three home runs all last season with Minnesota. Hits ---------------- 2 tied- 2 Last 5 .....................................................0-1 RBI ------- Ryan Jeffers - 2 Last 10 ...................................................0-1 A Clean Sheet, Sort Of - Despite giving up eight runs on four Runs -------------- 2 tied - 1 home runs and seven total extra-base hits on Tuesday, the Steals ------------- 14 tied - 0 Saints Score First.................................0-0 Saints pitching staff did not issue a walk in the game. That’s the HR -------- Ryan Jeffers - 1 Oppo. Scores First...............................0-1 first time that the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate has not given up a walk Day...........................................................0-0 since August 3rd, 2019 when Rochester did not walk a batter ERA --- Andrew Vasquez - 0.00 Night........................................................0-1 against Pawtucket. K’s ----Andrew Albers - 6 BB--------------- 19 tied - 0 Day of the Week Top Talent in the Twin Cities - The Saints Opening Day Roster AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS Mon..........................................................0-0 features five of the top 25 prospects in the Twins’ system. Tues.........................................................0-1 The second, fourth, fifth, 12th, and 25th best prospects in the Wed..........................................................0-0 organization are: OF Trevor Larnach, C Ryan Jeffers, RHP HR --- Ryan Jeffers (T-1st) - 1 Jhoan Duran, OF Brent Rooker, and INF Travis Blankenhorn, OPS ------ Ryan Jeffers (T-9th) - 1.750 Thurs.......................................................0-0 respectively. RBI -- Ryan Jeffers (T-8th) - 2 Fri.............................................................0-0 SLG % - Ryan Jeffers (T-10th) - 1.250 Sat............................................................0-0 Success for the Saints - The Twins’ Triple-A affiliate has had plenty of success in recent seasons. The primary affiliate Sun...........................................................0-0 ACTIVE STREAKS was based in Rochester, NY as a member of the International Lead Entering 7th ...........................0-0 League (now Triple-A East). They finished with records at or Tied Entering 7th ............................0-0 above .500 in seven of the last eight seasons. Trail Entering 7th .............................0-1 Lead Entering 8th ...........................0-0 Roster Notes - Prior to Tuesday’s season opener, the Twins Tied Entering 8th.............................0-0 recalled INF Nick Gordon from the Saints. Trail Entering 8th .............................0-1 Twins Update - The Twins dropped the second game of their Lead Entering 9th ...........................0-0 series against the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night at Tied Entering 9th ............................0-0 Target Field. Byron Buxton hit a home run, continuing his tear Trail Entering 9th .............................0-1 as reigning AL player of the month. Willians Austudillo also went yard, his third homer of the season. UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS 5/6 @ OMA 6:35PM RHP Randy Dobnak (NR) v RHP Scott Blewett (NR) 5/7 @ OMA 7:05PM LHP Devin Smeltzer (NR) v RHP Ronald Bolaños (NR) 5/8 @ OMA 7:05PM RHP Bailey Ober (NR) v TBA 5/9 @ OMA 1:05PM TBA v TBA TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER GAME HIGHS (NR) CHARLIE BARNES 2021 CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP -- - -/- v --- IP 8.0 - 5/23/19 @ Daytona 2021 0-0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -- - -/- v --- H 9 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery • Earned his first Spring Training invite prior to the 2020 season, was -- - -/- v --- R 7 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery sent to the Twins’ Alternate Training Site on September 5th, and spent -- - -/- v --- ER 7 - 9/1/19 @ Montgomery the final month of the regular season there. Following his time there, he -- - -/- v --- BB 6 - 7/19/19 @ Mississippi played in the Twins’ Fall Instructional League in October. • Pitched at three different levels in 2019, starting in Adv.-A Fort Myers, -- - -/- v --- SO 8 - 7/2/19 v Mississippi finishing at Triple-A Rochester. While with the Red Wings, he started 4 -- - -/- v --- HR 3 - 8/13/17 v Quad Cities games that resulted in a 1-2 record and a 6.75 ERA. In total, he started 25 games, which was more than any other Twins’ minor league pitcher. -- - -/- v --- Pitches 101 - 6/27/19 v Biloxi • Has started all but two games in his minor league career, averaging a SPLITS 7.7K/9 over the course of his three year career. 2021 CAREER • Graduated from Clemson in three years, becoming the 13th member 0-0, 0.00 HOME 9-9, 3.71 of his family to earn a degree from Clemson. His brother James, was 0-0, 0.00 ROAD 8-7, 3.66 a redshirt-freshman quarterback on the 2016 football team that won a vLHH national championship. .000 AVG/.000 OPS/0HR .263AVG/.710 OPS/5HR .000 AVG/.000 OPS/0HR vRHH .265AVG/.711 OPS/14HR ACQUIRED: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 2017 First Year Player Draft CHARLIE BARNES GAME BY GAME LOG DATE OPP RESULT DEC IP H R/ER SO BB HR P/S NOTES SAINTS HITTER NOTES 13 BLANKENHORN, TRAVIS INF 27 JEFFERS, RYAN C Last Series: Current Series: 1-4, 2B Last Series: Current Series: 2-4, HR, 2RBI • Ranked the 18th best prospect in the Twins’ system by • Started the 2020 season at the Alternate Training Site in St. Paul, MLB.com, a jump from when he was the 23rd ranked player making his MLB debut on August 20th. He played 26 games wiith the in the organization going into 2020 Twins, batting .273 with three home runs and seven RBIs. • Played in one game with the Twins in 2020, going 1-3 with a • He crushed left-handed pitching with Minnesota, hitting .300 with a double, and one game in 2021 as a pinch runner, scoring a .417 OBP. run. • Going into 2020 he was fourth best Twins’ prospect and and the best • Was ranked #75 on Baseball America’s Top 500 prospect defensive catcher in the system by Baseball America. He caught the list and #184 on MLB.com’s Top 200 coming out of Pottsville third-most games amongst rookie catchers in the majors with 25. Area (PA) HS • Jeffers started in professional baseball on a tear in 2018 with • Committed to the University of Kentucky before being drafted Elizabethton, he played 28 games hitting .422 with a .543 OBP and a by the Twins in the 3rd round in 2015 out of HS and signed staggering 1.121 OPS. for $650,000 • Among all Twins catchers with a minimum 150 innings caught at the • First player from his HS drafted out of HS since Jeff Yoder major league level, Jeffers is third in catcher ERA at a 3.89. He is went in the 3rd round in 1995 and first player selected from only behind Butch Wynegar with a 3.73 in 1976 and Joe Mauer with his HS since Pat Boran was selected in the 24th round out of a 3.36 in 2004. Princeton in 2002 ACQUIRED: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd ACQUIRED: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 2018 First Year Player Draft. round of the 2015 MLB Draft 9 BROXTON, KEON OF 11 LARNACH, TREVOR OF Last Series: Current Series: 0-2, BB Last Series: Current Series: 0-3, BB • Spent most of the 2020 season at the Brewers alternate training site, • Ranked as the #3 prospect in the Twins’ system by both Baseball reuiniting with them after spending 2016-18 with Milwaukee. America and MLB.com entering the 2020 season, which he spent at • Saw Big League action with 3 different teams in 2019, suiting up the Alternate Training Site in St. Paul. for the New York Mets before being traded to the Baltimore Orioles • In 2019 he was named a member of the Twins’ organizational all- and then being claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners hitting a star team as well as a Class-A All-Star after the season by Baseball combined .167 for the season.