https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/158/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-royals-pre-game-notebook-r8441/The Twins were able to beat the Royals on Thursday night to maintain their four game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. As important, it dropped the Twins' Magic Number to six with nine games to play. However, Rocco Baldelli isn't ready to speak about the playoffs quite yet. While resting guy...8441Fri, 20 Sep 2019 22:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-killebrew-award-winner-jake-reed-rochester-red-wings-r8439/Jake Reed was the Twins fifth-round pick in 2015 out of the University of Oregon. He quickly moved up the organizational ladder and reached Triple-A Rochester last in the 2016 season. He is still awaiting the opportunity to take the next step, the biggest step, up to the big leagues. But Jake Reed...8439Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-killebrew-award-winner-hector-lujan-pensacola-blue-wahoos-r8433/Yesterday, we announced that Brian Rapp was the 2019 Killebrew Award recipient for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Today, we’ll discuss the 2019 Killebrew Award recipient of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, right-hander Hector Lujan. Hector Lujan was the Twins 35th round pick in 2015 out of Westmont College....8433Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/arizona-fall-league-preview-royce-lewis-headlines-twins-prospects-r8430/Each MLB team typically sends seven players to the AFL (there are exceptions), and they are split up amongst the six teams that make up the league. The Minnesota Twins prospects will again be on the roster of the Salt River Rafters, with pitchers Dakota Chalmers, Moises Gomez, Jovani Moran, and Za...8430Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-killebrew-award-winner-brian-rapp-cedar-rapids-kernels-r8426/The 2019 Harmon Killebrew Award for Community Service recipient for the Cedar Rapids Kernels is right-handed relief pitcher Brian Rapp. Rapp was the Twins 26th-round pick in 2018 out of Boston College where he pitched for four seasons. He pitched in Elizabethton the remainder of 2018. He spent the...8426Wed, 18 Sep 2019 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-r8408/Before we get to the Top Eight, let’s take a look at the others who received votes. This year’s group is interesting. You’ll see players who spent time at a couple of levels. You’ll see a couple of players who finished the season elsewhere. We have some minor league veterans who signed, looking fo...8408Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-year-r8400/Previous Starting Pitcher of the Year Winners: 2018 winner - Tyler Wells 2017 winner - Stephen Gonsalves 2016 winner - Stephen Gonsalves 2015 winner - Jose Berrios 2014 winner - Jose Berrios 2013 winner - Taylor Rogers 2012 winner - BJ Hermsen Previous 2019 Winners: 2019 minor league relief pi...8400Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-r8396/For the first time since Twins Daily’s MiLB writers have been voting on this particular award, there wasn’t much of a consensus for the top spot, whereas in the past if it wasn’t unanimous, it was relatively close. All three of the past four winners (one repeated) of this award have also gone on t...8396Wed, 11 Sep 2019 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-short-season-pitcher-of-the-year-r8391/As you’ll read below, there were several pitchers on the Twins short-season teams who put together real solid seasons. Of course, we are generally talking about a limited number of innings due to their seasons being just two months long. One poor outing can have an effect on their overall numbers....8391Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-99-kernels-season-ends-r8389/Find out everything that happened happened in the Twins system on Thursday, starting with the transactions of the day. TRANSACTIONS None KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 2, Clinton 6 Box Score The Cedar Rapids Kernels season ended one win shy of participating in the Midwest League championship serie...8389Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/bailey-ober-on-his-2019-successes-r8388/A quick glance at his overall numbers is the stuff of video games. In eight starts with Ft. Myers, he went 4-0 with a 0.99 ERA. In four starts with Pensacola, he is 3-0 with a 0.38 ERA. Overall, he’s given up just eight walks while striking out 87 batters in 69 2/3 innings. The sample size was s...8388Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2019-short-season-hitter-of-the-year-r8379/A list of previous winners of this award is comprised of an interesting trio. In 2016 it was the recently traded Lewin Diaz. Having broken out in a big way during 2019, he became a hot commodity and was the piece Miami coveted in exchange for big league reliever Sergio Romo. For his efforts in 2...8379Mon, 09 Sep 2019 03:30:00 +0000