This Week In The Twins Players Project: Max Kepler, Brian Harper, & Don Cooper

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Minnesota Players Project continues to grow, as we're now well over 75 players in the database. Let's look at some of the newest additions.

What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-style project that focuses on Twins players of all stripes. It's open to all Twins Daily users and we've had contributions for current players, past players, and players who never even made the major leagues but played in the Twins farm system. The project is open to all Twins Daily users so create your favorite player today!

We saw several more players added to The Minnesota Twins Players Project this week, including one new ex-Twin and a key player from the 1991 championship squad.

It feels right to start this week off with the page for Max Kepler.

Kepler is unlikely to be a Minnesota Twin again. The newly-minted free agent spent his entire career in the Twins organization, signing as a teenager as an international free agent. I know many of you have stories and recollections of Max's time in Minnesota so please log in and share some of them in the link above!

Let's take a look at one of the most under-rated Twins of their championship era.

Brian Harper quietly put together half a dozen pretty good seasons with the Twins. Sure, he maybe wasn't a great defensive receiver but as the Twins rolled to their 1991 championship season, he batted .311 while taking the majority of reps behind the dish. Get up to speed on this complementary role player on the '91 squad!

Most of us remember Don Cooper as the guy who led the White Sox pitching staff for much of this century.

But did you know that much of his short playing career was here in Minnesota? Hit the link above and look back at the man who coached so many of those Godless White Sox pitching staffs to division titles over your Minnesota Twins.

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Our goal with the Twins Players Project is to create the ultimate repository of information on Twins players of the past and present. Take a few minutes to see if your favorite player has been created and if they haven't, go ahead and get started on creating them today!

If your favorite player already has a page, add images, video links, or your own personal experiences to his page!

The Minnesota Twins Players Project is open to all Twins Daily users. If you're a Twins history buff or just want to dive into the background of your favorite player, come on board!

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