Minor League Ball daily notes, April 11, 2016

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Monday, April 11th edition of Minor League Ball daily notes. Here are some news links and baseball items for your edification and amusement.

****Minnesota Twins shortstop prospect Nick Gordon hit three doubles in the Florida State league last night.

****Jim Callis at MLB.com looks at the Top Ten minor league Opening Day rosters with the most talent. I can't argue about any of his choices.

****Shawn Brody at Beyond the Boxscore examines the importance of velocity gaps between fastballs and off-speed pitches.

****Nicolas Stellini looks at Rockies shortstop Trevor Story, 'first player ever to hit a home run in each of his first three games in the big leagues. He's also the first player ever to hit a home run in each of his first four games in the big leagues."

****Jason Hunt at Faketeams previews the California League.

***The main goal here at Minor League Ball is to get the remaining 'What to Expect" articles for all Opening Day big league rookies posted. Every time a rookie gets promoted, they will get such an article. Mallex Smith is up next. After all the rookies are up, we will start running 2016 draft profiles.