According to ESPN's McDaniel and Passan, Lakeland scored four runs in the second inning and won 6-0 in the second game of a doubleheader. The Tigers win clinched the Florida State League West division and eliminated the Might Mussels' playoff hopes.

The incident reportedly occurred during a minor league game. The Twins' affiliate was on the brink of the playoffs when the catcher betrayed the franchise.

The Minnesota Twins released minor league catcher Derek Bender after he told opposing hitters what kind of pitches were coming.

Derek Bender, a catcher from Coastal Carolina, lasted less than two months in the Twins organization after he received a $297,500 signing bonus. Playing for Class A Fort Myers, Bender’s team entered the last week of the regular season needing victories in three of its final six games to qualify for the Florida State League playoffs.

Cinema tells us that when a batter steps into the box and the catcher proceeds to tell him which pitch is coming, the catcher may be doing this for one of many reasons. It might have nothing to do with the batter;

According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Twins are releasing Bender for allegedly tipping pitches to opposing batters in a game with the Class A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels last week.

The Twins released Minor League catcher Derek Bender on Friday, a day after a report emerged on ESPN that the 21-year-old had been informing opposing hitters of the pitches being thrown during at-bats in the game that eliminated Class A Fort Myers from playoff contention.

The Minnesota Twins released a draft pick after he reportedly aided a minor league affiliate of the Tigers during an elimination game last week. ESPN reported Friday that minor league catcher Derek Bender,