Minnesota Twins sign Charlton Jimerson for Rochester Red Wings

The Minnesota Twins have signed 30-year-old Charlton Jimerson for Rochester. He is expected to be the opening day center fielder for the Red Wings.

Jimerson, 30, was the MVP of the 2001 College Baseball World Series for the champion Miami Hurricanes.

In 2009, with the Newark Bears, he led the independent Atlantic League in batting average (.335) and slugging percentage (.567). In 103 games, he had 91 runs, 27 doubles, 21 HRs, 62 RBIs, 33 walks, 88 strikeouts, and 38 stolen bases in 43 attempts.

In portions of four seasons in the major leagues, with Seattle and Houston, he hit .444 (4-for-9 with 2 HRs, including a 440-foot HR off Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels, Sept 4, 2006, in his first big-league at-bat). Jimerson, who is listed at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, has appeared in 31 games, mostly as a pinch-runner.

Jimerson’s best minor-league stint was with West Tennessee of the Double-A Southern League in 2007. In 82 games, he hit .276 with 23 HRs, 73 RBI and 30 stolen bases. He struck out 117 times and led the league with a .565 slugging percentage. In 2006, with Triple-A Round Rock, in 123 games, he hit .247 with 27 doubles, 18 HRs, 45 RBI, 28 stolen bases and 183 strikeouts.



(rocnow.com)