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HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/220 BATS/THROWS: R/L BORN: 6/28/91 in Bloomington, IN OPENING DAY AGE: 24 RESIDES: Colleyville, TX ACQUIRED: 2nd round (63rd overall), 2012 First-Year Draft M.L. SERVICE: None CONTRACT STATUS: Signed thru 2016
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PERSONAL: Mason Emmanual Melotakis (pronounced meh-lah-TAH-kis)...2009 graduate of Grapevine (TX) High School. 2015:
AADid not pitch, recovering from “Tommy John” surgery on left elbow, a surgery performed in October of 2014. AAAdded to Twins 40-man roster November 20. AANamed 28th best prospect in Twins system by Baseball America, entering 2016.
2014: Began the season with Single-A Ft. Myers...10 of final 12 appearances for Miracle were scoreless, posting a 1.08 ERA (16.2 IP, 2 ER) with 19 strikeouts in that span...promoted to Double-A New Britain July 7...11 of 13 appearances for Rock Cats were scoreless...placed on the 7-day disabled list two separate times while with New Britain, both times with left elbow inflammation...made final appearance August 27 at Binghamton. 2013: Spent entire season with Single-A Cedar Rapids as one of the primary starters...led Kernels in wins (11), tied for second in Midwest League and tied for second among Twins minor leaguers...finished seventh among Twins minor leaguers in ERA (3.16)...ranked Twins 18th best prospect by Baseball America entering 2014. 2012: Split first professional season between Rookie Elizabethton and Single-A Beloit, combining to go 4-2, 1.88 ERA (24.0 IP, 5 ER) with six walks and 34 strikeouts in 20 games...ranked Twins 17th best prospect by MLB.com entering the 2013 season.
AMATEUR CAREER: Pitched three seasons at Northwestern State from 2010-12, going 5-7, 3.69 ERA (127.0 IP, 52 ER) with 43 walks and 129 strikeouts in 61 career games (9 starts)...second-highest selection in the draft in the history of Northwestern State (Brandon Emanuel, 61st pick by the California Angels in 1998). PROFESSIONAL: Selected by Twins in second round (63rd overall) of 2012 First-Year Player Draft; signed by scout Greg Runser.
MELOTAKIS’ PITCHING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK BAA 2012 Elizabethton 1-1 1.35 7 0 0 0 0 6.2 2 2 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 .091 Beloit 3-1 2.08 13 0 0 0 1 17.1 15 6 4 3 1 4 24 0 0 .221 2013 Cedar Rapids 11-4 3.16 24 18 0 0 1 111.0 106 50 39 6 5 39 84 12 0 .249 2014 Ft. Myers 3-1 3.45 25 2 0 0 1 47.0 50 20 18 3 3 24 45 4 0 .269 New Britain 1-0 2.25 13 0 0 0 2 16.0 17 5 4 0 1 3 17 2 0 .274 2015 DID NOT PLAY - INJURED Minor League Totals 19-7 3.00 82 20 0 0 5 198.0 190 83 66 12 10 72 180 18 0 .249
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Twins ALL-TIME INDIVIDUAL Single-Season Batting LEADERS BY POSITION AVERAGE Joe Mauer, .365 - 2009 Rod Carew, .388 - 1977 Rod Carew, .364 - 1974 Rich Rollins, .307 - 1963 Cristian Guzman, .302 - 2001 Kirby Puckett, .356 - 1988 Paul Molitor, .341 - 1996 Camilo Pascual, .268 - 1962
HOME RUNS Joe Mauer, 28 - 2009 Harmon Killebrew, 49 - 1964, 69 Brian Dozier, 28 - 2015 Gary Gaetti, 34 - 1986 Roy Smalley, 24 - 1979 B. Allison (‘63) and J. Willingham (‘12), 35 Jason Kubel, 28 - 2009 J. Kaat (‘64) and P. Ramos (‘61), 3
RUNS BATTED IN Joe Mauer, 96 - 2009 Harmon Killebrew, 140 - 1969 Brian Dozier, 77 - 2015 Gary Gaetti, 109 - 1987 Roy Smalley, 95 - 1979 Kirby Puckett, 121 - 1988 Paul Molitor, 113 - 1996 Camilo Pascual, 19 - 1962
RUNS SCORED Joe Mauer, 98 - 2008 Rod Carew, 128 - 1977 Chuck Knoblauch, 140 - 1996 Corey Koskie, 100 - 2001 Zoilo Versalles, 126 - 1965 Cesar Tovar, 120 - 1970 Paul Molitor, 99 - 1996 Jim Kaat, 17 - 1970
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