https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/140/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/5-questions-with-twins-prospect-travis-blankenhorn-r9185/Blakenhorn has been younger than the average age of the competition at every stop in his professional career. Now entering his age-23 season, he has been added to the Twins 40-man roster and he is waiting for his chance to prove himself at the big-league level. His versatility and baseball instinc...9185Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/why-an-quotadopt-a-minor-leaguerquot-twitter-account-is-completely-necessary-part-2-r9212/After reading last week's article, if you’re still not with me on this then let’s think about those involved in the organization who pay the bills. Of course, we’re talking about the billionaire owners of these franchises who rely on the success of the minor league players to put butts in the sea...9212Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/why-an-quotadopt-a-minor-leaguerquot-twitter-account-is-completely-necessary-part-1-r9181/https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1244991008120635393 If your response to the opening paragraph is something along the lines of “they are playing a child's sport for a living” or “they chose this route” then I would challenge you to think of this issue from a humanity perspective and less of...9181Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/5-questions-with-twins-prospect-brent-rooker-r9173/The Twins actually drafted Rooker in two different drafts. He was the team’s 38th round pick in 2016 and then the club took him with their supplemental first round pick, 35th overall, the very next year. Rooker worked his way to Triple-A last season where he was almost three years younger than the...9173Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/the-changes-made-to-the-2020-mlb-draft-as-a-result-of-covid-19-r9169/We will start by breaking down the new, agreed upon changes for the 2020 MLB Draft. The first thing to discuss is the cut in number of rounds. Since 2012, the MLB Draft has consisted of 40 rounds, spanning three days. However, this year’s draft will have a maximum of ten rounds and a minimum of fi...9169Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/seth39s-spring-training-standouts-2020-edition-r9164/I feel the need to say a few things before getting to the three players that most jumped out at me when watching them. First, every single player in Twins minor league spring training is really, really good at baseball .They are all impressive. There are top prospects that usually jump out even fr...9164Fri, 27 Mar 2020 04:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-20-international-free-agency-review-r9143/One of the biggest mysteries and also one of the best ways to add quality to a system is through International Free Agency. It’s one of the best because you look at some of the premier players in the game and they come from the Dominican Republic or Venezuela, countries where players are not subje...9143Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/narrative-have-the-twins-promoted-college-pitchers-slowly-r9109/The Narrative: The former Twins front office leadership was slow to push pitchers up the ladder, especially in their first full professional season. The 2019 Case: In 2019, Twins right-handed pitcher Cole Sands made his professional debut. He had been the Twins fifth-round draft pick in 2018 out o...9109Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-marshall-kelner-mighty-mussels-broadcaster-r9087/Marshall Kelner grew up in Minnetonka and went to Blake High School. He played baseball as a kid but knew early on that he would not reach the big leagues as a player. He listened to Twins Hall of Famer John Gordon call games and knew that is what he wanted to do. He headed west, attended and grad...9087Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/miranda-searches-for-new-heights-in-2020-r9085/Along with his work in preparation for his 2020 baseball seasons, Jose Miranda also got to spend a little time with his cousin, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Yes, the same Lin-Manuel Miranda who won awards for his Broadway play In the Heights and later gained international renown for writing and starring in...9085Tue, 10 Mar 2020 01:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/the-twins-2018-draft-class-is-loaded-with-talent-r9074/Now that the Twins 2018 Draft Class has had a chance to play their first full season of professional baseball, we are starting to get a clearer picture of how the they are shaping up. While some of these players haven’t had a number of opportunities to show what they can do, the ones that have had...9074Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/are-twins-top-prospects-being-held-back-by-loaded-mlb-roster-r9060/Trio of Top Prospects Most outlets, including Twins Daily, have some combination of Royce Lewis, Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach as the to -three prospects in the Twins organization. All three players finished last season at Double-A which usually means a player is getting close to making his b...9060Thu, 05 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000