https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/163/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-cedar-rapids-kernels-preliminary-roster-preview-r7648/Today we look at the Cedar Rapids Kernels players and coaching staff. We’ll try to project (or guess) a solid everyday lineup, and discuss the top prospects. Feel free to share any thoughts you may have on the team or roster, and ask as many questions as you would like. COACHING STAFF After severa...7648Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-fort-myers-miracle-preliminary-roster-r7647/Today we look at the Fort Myers Miracle players and coaching staff. We try to figure out a potential everyday lineup, and discuss the team’s top prospects. Feel free to share any thoughts you may have on the team or roster, and ask as many questions as you would like. COACHING STAFF After managing...7647Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2019-rochester-red-wings-preliminary-roster-r7646/Today we look at the Rochester Red Wings players and coaching staff. We try to figure out a solid everyday lineup, and discuss the top prospects. Feel free to share any thoughts you may have on the team or roster, and ask as many questions as you would like. COACHING STAFF Joel Skinner returns to...7646Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/minor-league-pay-some-progress-at-last-r7606/It doesn’t mean the Jays’ farm hands necessarily win every contest against the Kernels on the field, nor will they be swimming in riches on their paydays, certainly, but it’s a baby step in the right direction and players in every organization can only hope it’s a trend that spreads across affilia...7606Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/name-that-minor-league-signing-r7597/Every spring, every major-league team announces that they have signed a whole bunch of minor league free agents. By definition, most of them have spent at least six or seven years in professional baseball. Many of them have some big-league service time. Sure, there are major-league veterans like 3...7597Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/report-from-the-fort-lewis-reports-to-minor-league-camp-r7591/Lewis handled the news very well, very professionally and chatted with assembled media shortly after learning the news. While he didn’t get to play in games during spring training because of an oblique injury, he said that he learned a ton about the game from players in the locker room as well as...7591Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/sunday-twins-game-notes-jays-power-past-twins-r7586/Spring Training stats don’t matter at all. We know that. And whenever a player or pitcher struggles in spring training, we repeat that sentence over and over. That is the key point when looking at veteran Jake Odorizzi’s pitching line from Sunday. He gave up five runs on four hits and two walks in...7586Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-alex-hassan-twins-assistant-director-of-minor-league-operations-r7543/Alex Hassan grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a four-year letter winner in baseball at Boston College High School. He recalls, “I played almost exclusively baseball during high school. I say ‘almost’ because I played one season of basketball my freshman year. Let’s just say I was not nearly...7543Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/catching-up-with-ryan-jeffers-r7537/Ryan Jeffers grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he became a star on the baseball team at Sanderson High School. He played on Perfect Game and Impact teams nationally as well as Dirtbags, a developmental team that has many MLB alumni including Chris Archer, Wil Myers and Kyle and Corey Seage...7537Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/td-2019-top-minnesota-twins-prospects-recap-r7533/Twins Daily's Top 20 Twins Prospects of 2019 20. Jose Miranda, 2B/3B: Versatile infielder shows offensive promise with contact/power combo 19. Jorge Alcala, RHP: Big arm acquired in Ryan Pressly trade plagued by question marks 18. LaMonte Wade, OF: OBP machine is almost MLB-ready, profiles as rota...7533Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-1-royce-lewis-r7526/Age: 19 (DOB: 6-5-1999) 2018 Stats (Low-A/High-A): .292/.352/.451 (.803), 29-2B, 14-HR, 28/36 SB ETA: 2020 2018 Ranking: 1 National Top 100 Rankings BA: 9 |MLB: 5 | ESPN: 9 |BP: 8 |FG: 6 What’s To Like A lot. To show that, let’s take a look at where Lewis is in terms of the standard scouting tools...7526Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-2-alex-kirilloff-r7520/Age: 21 (DOB: 11/9/1997) 2018 Stats (Low-A/High-A): .348/.392/.578, 44 2B, 20 HR, 7 3B, 4-for-7 in stolen base attempts ETA: 2020 2018 Ranking: 5 National Top 100 Rankings BA: 31 |MLB: 9 | ESPN: 11 |BP: 39 What’s To Like Kirilloff can hit. That might be the understatement of the century. He might...7520Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:31:00 +0000