https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/149/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/who%E2%80%99s-the-top-twins-prospect-alex-kirilloff-vs-royce-lewis-r10271/Most national prospect rankings have been released over the last few weeks and these lists are especially tough this year when many of these players haven’t seen game action since the conclusion of the 2019 campaign. As I created my top-20 Twins prospect rankings, the top spot was one of the tough...10271Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-announce-their-2021-minor-league-coaching-assignments-r10258/The Twins made a commitment a year ago to have at least one bilingual coach (English and Spanish) at each of their affiliates. That remains the case. Also, each affiliate will have two pitching coaches among their four coaches. ST. PAUL SAINTS - TRIPLE-A The Saint Paul Saints announced their first...10258Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-21-max-smith-r10229/Max Smith grew up in Tucson where he was a star on the baseball and football fields. He attended UNLV where he played for four years. As a senior, he hit .291/.384/.498 (.882) with 16 doubles and ten homers. The Twins made him their 31st round pick in 2019. He spent that summer in Elizabethton wh...10229Mon, 11 Jan 2021 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-20-louie-varland-r10220/Louie Varland was the Twins 15th round draft pick in 2019 out of Concordia University in St. Paul. He was a multi-sport athlete at North St. Paul High School and then chose to become a Golden Bear, joining his brother Gus (who was drafted by the A's a year earlier). He made a couple of appearance...10220Thu, 07 Jan 2021 06:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-replay-episode-19-regi-grace-r10213/Regi Grace became a multi-sport prep star in Mississippi. He had a commitment to Mississippi State University, but when the Twins made him their tenth round pick in 2018, he signed and began his professional career. Grace began his career by pitching two seasons in the GCL. He has struck out 32 ba...10213Tue, 05 Jan 2021 03:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-18-ben-gross-r10210/Ben Gross was the Twins 10th round pick in 2019 out of Duke. He had pitched at, and graduated from, After his junior season, he was drafted by the Astros but chose to go to Duke as a graduate student. Following that 2019 season, the Twins drafted him and he spent the summer at Elizabethton. Despit...10210Mon, 04 Jan 2021 04:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-17-chris-vallimont-r10166/Chris Vallimont came to the Twins at the July 2019 trade deadline. Along with Sergio Romo, Vallimont came from the Marlins organization in exchange for first baseman Lewin Diaz. He finished that season with four starts for the Ft. Myers Miracle. Then came 2020 and we'll find out how that year was...10166Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-16-adam-bray-r10159/Adam Bray grew up going to Twins games, watching Torii Hunter, Johan Santana and Joe Mauer. He went to Eden Prairie High School and won a state championship there, and also played on some great American Legion games too. In fact, they went to the national championship game two straight years and w...10159Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-15-sawyer-gipson-long-r10156/Sawyer Gipson-Long was the Twins 6th-round draft pick in 2019 out of Mercer University in Georgia. In his three seasons in college, he went 13-5 while splitting his time between starting and working out of the bullpen. In 140 innings, he struck out 165 batters with just 37 walks. Upon being drafte...10156Mon, 14 Dec 2020 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-saints-merger-is-a-match-made-in-heaven-on-and-off-the-field-r10152/“Since moving to Minnesota in 1961, I think player development has been the heartbeat of the Twins franchise,” St. Peter told reporters during Wednesday’s press conference announcing the move. “Thinking back over six decades of Twins’ baseball there hasn’t been a single successful team that we’ve...10152Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-spotlight-episode-14-tyler-wells-r10149/Tyler Wells has been a guest on several of my podcasts in the past, always willing to talk about his journey or baseball in general. Today, we will chat with him about being selected in the Rule 5 draft, get updated on his rehab from Tommy John surgery and much more. Wells was the Twins 15th round...10149Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/it39s-official-now33-twins-invite-affiliates-r10142/The news really came out about a week ago when the Star Tribune announced that it was happening, but it became official this morning. (full list of 119 'invitations" that were sent out by MLB teams this morning) There are many reasons for the Twins affiliation changes, even beyond the fact that ML...10142Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:14:00 +0000