https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/page/245/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-daily-2016-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-year-r5073/I think it would be fair to say that the biggest issue for the Minnesota Twins in 2016 (and well, since like 2011) has been starting pitching. As the majority of the Twins hitting prospects have reached the big leagues, most of the top prospects in the Twins system are starting pitchers. There is...5073Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-2016-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-r5066/In recent years, baseball fans have seen how important a bullpen can be for a team to reach their ultimate goal. The Kansas City Royals rode a dominant back end of the bullpen to a World Series title last season. The Yankees traded away the likes of Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller for a king's r...5066Tue, 06 Sep 2016 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-95-the-wiel-deal-r5065/It wasn’t that many years ago we were writing about Brian Dozier in these minor league reports. Now, as he’s creeping up home run leaderboards and dropping three-bomb games on opponents, we get to read about him nationally. If only the Twins weren’t playing so lousy. I first saw Brian Dozier in Be...5065Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-daily-minor-league-hitter-of-the-month-august-2016-r5062/I can’t believe that it is already Labor Day. For most of our Minnesota readers, that means school starts tomorrow! The Dog Days of August can be difficult in a long minor league season. We saw yesterday how the starting pitchers were excellent during the month. Today, we consider the top hitters...5062Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-94-kranson-leads-e-twins-to-game-3-r5061/Happy Labor Day! Welcome to a bittersweet day, the end of the minor league regular season. On Sunday the Miracle played their final game, a morning tilt. Elizabethton played a thriller with their neighbor to the east in Game 2 to set up a big Game 3 tonight. The Kernels will be the only other Twin...5061Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-month-august-2016-r5059/Earlier today, we announced our choice for Twins Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month, Stephen Gonsalves. There were so many terrific starting pitchers in August, and there were some relievers that helped their teams to success too. Let’s take a look some of the top performances in the bullp...5059Mon, 05 Sep 2016 02:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-month-august-2016-r5058/The Twins minor league season is almost complete, which is kind of sad. But, what is good to see is that a lot of minor leaguers are ending the season very strong. Today we begin to hand out our August minor league awards, and we will start with the starting pitchers. In all the years and months o...5058Sun, 04 Sep 2016 12:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-93-playoffs-play-ins-and-playing-on-r5057/Elizabethton began their playoff run with a home game on Saturday night. The Gulf Coast Twins played their final regular season game which amounted to a playoff game. A win would mean a playoff berth. A loss would mean the end of their season. I mean, how can you not want to keep reading this arti...5057Sun, 04 Sep 2016 04:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-92slegers-shuts-down-jackson-r5056/Rain was the story in Ft. Myers as both the GCL’s final regular season game and the Miracle game were postponed. Elizabethton had the day off to prepare for their playoff series. Their regular season ended with a record above .500 for the 28th straight season. The Red Wings came into the night nee...5056Sat, 03 Sep 2016 04:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/palka-power-and-perspective-r5055/Daniel Palka enters the final weekend of the minor league season with 34 home runs. Can he rack up any more over the final four games of the season? 34 home runs is a pretty large number. I was chatting with Rochester radio man Josh Whetzel and we wondered aloud how often Twins minor leaguers have...5055Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-2016-short-season-pitcher-of-the-year-r5053/Short season pitchers can be tough to evaluate. One bad outing when players have limited innings can really skew a player's overall numbers. Should fans only be looking at the players who are starters? Can a relief pitcher be the best player on a short season team and the best short season pitch...5053Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/minor-leagues/twins-minor-league-report-91-lachlan-wells-fans-1133-r5054/Byron Buxton is back with the Twins and they won a game. So take that, 13-game losing streak! Transaction Report: Byron Buxton recalled from Rochester to the big leagues, Tanner English promoted to Rochester from Fort Myers to replace him, Logan Lombana promoted to fort Myers from Cedar Rapids. Co...5054Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:27:00 +0000