https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/page/209/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/rortvedt39s-mwl-encore-is-off-to-strong-start-r6670/What a difference a year makes. A year ago, Ben Rortvedt was getting his first taste of full-season minor league baseball after having been drafted out of high school in the second round of the 2016 amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins. Things did not go well for the young catcher from Verona, Wis...6670Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-424-gonsalves-improves-to-3-0-r6669/There wasn’t much hitting throughout the system on this day as the affiliates combined for just seventeen hits in their four games, but there were plenty of solid pitching performances that kept all of them close. Those pitchers were led by a top prospect who improved to 3-0 on the year with a sea...6669Wed, 25 Apr 2018 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/2018-minnesota-twins-extended-spring-training-roster-r6665/The full-season minor league affiliates are full go. Weather caused many postponements. Rochester’s opening three-game series was snowed out. The Kernels played again on Friday after not playing for a week due to weather and the Beloit field. The Lookouts and the Miracle have been playing most day...6665Tue, 24 Apr 2018 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-423-hunters-star-in-cedar-rapids-on-busy-night-r6663/Uffdah! After missing a lot of baseball due to postponements, Monday night was the first really busy night in the Twins farm system. Rochester played two games against Ronald Acuna, Jose Bautista and the Gwinnett Stripers. Chattanooga played two games in Jackson making up for their rain out on Sun...6663Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-422-romero-strikes-out-10-buxton-rehabs-r6658/Weather has gotten in the way of at least one minor league game every Sunday this season. That trend continued this week with the Lookouts being forced to play a doubleheader on Monday. For those team’s that got on the field, there were some entertaining games throughout the system. Who shined on...6658Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-421-lewis-perfect-affiliates-imperfect-r6655/The Twins bullpen left all of their scoreless appearances in Puerto Rico. One former first-round pick flourishes while another struggled badly. Not a lot of great news to share… except that it hit 60 degrees in the Midwest, so no more games snowed out! (Hopefully.) Keep reading to find out much mo...6655Sun, 22 Apr 2018 02:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-420-bobbleheads-and-baseball-r6651/Finally! A full night in the Minnesota Twins organization. Not only did the Twins play, but all four of their affiliates played as well. Even the Cedar Rapids Kernels played for the first time in a week. They returned to Veterans Memorial Stadium and the first 1,000 through the gates were given Ro...6651Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-419-jimmy-kerrigan-comes-a-single-shy-of-the-cycle-r6648/The Twins were off on Thursday and so were half the Minor League affiliates. The Cedar Rapids Kernels were rained out for the sixth straight day and haven’t played since last Friday. With the Red Wings on a scheduled off day, there were just a couple of teams in action on Thursday night. The Looko...6648Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-418-wiel-gordon-stay-hot-as-lookouts-sweep-doubleheader-r6642/The Cedar Rapids Kernels had their game postponed for the fifth consecutive day as the wild springtime weather continues to batter the Midwest. The rest of the Minor League affiliates were in action, and there is plenty to be excited about from Wednesday’s games. To find out how all your other fav...6642Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-417-wiel-walks-it-off-to-back-littell-r6641/As the Midwest waits for this mythical season called “Spring” to arrive, Cedar Rapids did not play for the fourth day in a row. But unlike yesterday, all four teams were scheduled to play and the other three got their games in. The big news came from Double A on this night, as a sleeper starting p...6641Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-416-vargas-leads-red-wings-to-win-r6636/There was only one Twins minor league affiliate whose game was postponed. Of course, only two of the four teams were even scheduled to play. The result? Well, tonight’s Twins Minor League Report has a few transactions and a Rochester Red Wings game story. But it was a good game in which Kennys Var...6636Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/kernels-quotlot-of-guys-doing-some-really-good-thingsquot-r6632/The Cedar Rapids Kernels hit the frozen ground running this season, jumping off to a 6-0 record before finally suffering their first loss of the year on Friday night against Clinton. Don’t say the start surprised their manager, Toby Gardenhire, though. With a lineup as full of highly regarded pros...6632Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:03:00 +0000