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**Rob Delaney**
Rob Delaney
; With an autograph seeking fan while still with the Miracle (2008)
	Minnesota Twins
	Closer
	Born: September 8, 1984 (age 25); Westwood, New Jersey
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
Teams
	Gulf Coast League Twins (2006); Fort Myers Miracle (2006, 2007-2008); Beloit Snappers (2007); New Britain Rock Cats (2008-2009); Rochester Red Wings (2009-present);
Career highlights and awards
	Minnesota Twins’ Minor League Player of the Week (May 18-24, 2007); Twins’ Pitcher of the Month (May 2007); Midwest League All Star Game (2007); Set Beloit Snappers’ All-Time Save Record (28) (July 7, 2007); Midwest League Postseason All-Star team (2007); MiLB.com Class A Relief Pitcher of the Year (2007); Florida State League All Star Game (2008); Arizona Fall League "Rising Stars" (2008); MiLB.com Overall Relief Pitcher of the Year (2008);

Robert Delaney is a minor league relief pitcher in the Minnesota Twins' organization signed as an undrafted free agent in June 2006. He is 6'3" tall and weighs 225 lbs., and was born on September 8, 1984 in Westwood, New Jersey. He pitches right-handed, but bats lefty.^[1]

Along with teammates Brian Dinkelman, Jeff Manship, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Slama & Danny Valencia, Delaney represented the Fort Myers Miracle in the 2008 Florida State League All-Star game after compiling a 1-2 record with a 1.42 earned run average and 13 saves closing for the Miracle in the first half of the 2008 season.

Delaney was promoted to the Twins' Double A affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats following the All-Star game. With the Rock Cats, his record improved to 2-1, and his ERA lowered to 1.05 while pitching more innings (34.1 versus 31.2 in the first half of the season).

Following the season, Delaney competed in the Arizona Fall League with the Phoenix Desert Dogs. In the AFL, Delaney was 1-1 with a 4.22 ERA, and was the winning pitcher in Phoenix's 10-4 victory over the Mesa Solar Sox at Scottsdale Stadium that captured their fifth straight AFL championship. On February 15, he reported to Spring training with the Twins as a non-roster invitee, and following Spring training, was reassigned to New Britain.^[2]

In 2009, Delaney compiled a 1-1 record with a 2.00 ERA and 40 strike outs in 36 innings over 26 games for New Britain when he was promoted to the Triple A Rochester Red Wings. With Rochester, he was 7-3 with a 4.53 ERA and seven saves. On November 20, 2009, he was added to the Twins' 40 man roster.^[3]

[edit] References

^ "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Robert%20Delaney&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=503438. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
^ "New Britain Rock Cats". http://www.rockcats.com/. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
^ "Twins add six to fill out 40-man roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091120&content_id=7695212&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

[0] "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Robert%20Delaney&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=503438. Retrieved 2008-09-06.

[1] "New Britain Rock Cats". http://www.rockcats.com/. Retrieved 2009-04-09.

[2] "Twins add six to fill out 40-man roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091120&content_id=7695212&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

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