https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/166/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/afl-report-week-4-hitters-breakout-r7337/(This report includes the games played through 11/4) The Minnesota Twins group of pitching prospects combined to pitch eight innings on the week and allowed four earned on seven hits and seven walks, good for a 4.50 ERA and 1.75 WHIP. The hitters combined to go 9-for-22 with six runs scored and si...7337Wed, 07 Nov 2018 01:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/seth39s-preliminary-top-30-twins-prospect-rankings-r7336/Work has begun in earnest on the 2019 Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook. It will be the 11th annual Twins Prospect Handbook for me, and Cody Christie and Tom Froemming will be involved in the writing, editing, formatting and overall development of the book. As we do every year, we will publish our...7336Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/afl-report-week-3-run-travis-run33-r7324/(This report includes the games played through 10/28) The Minnesota Twins’ group pitching prospects put up a combined 3.60 ERA and 1.20 WHIP on the week in 10 innings pitched, while the two remaining hitting prospects combined to go just 5-for-24 with 10 strikeouts, but all the players had their m...7324Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2018-twins-40-man-roster-decisions-r7321/As a reminder, here are some of the criteria for who is eligible for the Rule 5 draft if not protected. Here is this year’s criteria: Players who signed when they were 18 or younger in 2014 (during the minor league season). Players who signed when they were 19 or older in 2015. Players who were...7321Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/afl-report-week-2-pitchers-outshine-hitters-r7311/As a staff the Twins pitchers combined for a 1.80 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 10 total innings pitched, while the hitters managed only a .153/.214/.192 slash line with three RBI, two walks, and eight K’s on the week. To find out everything that happened in week two of the AFL season for the Twins prospec...7311Wed, 24 Oct 2018 03:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/afl-report-week-1-outfielders-come-up-big-r7303/So how did each of the Twins prospects fare in the first week of the AFL season? Keep reading to find out! (links provided to each player’s overall AFL stats by clicking their name) Brent Rooker: Did not play (ankle injury). Unfortunately Twins fans are going to have to wait a little while for Roo...7303Wed, 17 Oct 2018 03:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-twins-infield-prospect-michael-helman-r7298/“Growing up, I loved the game and being around it. I played pretty much 24/7; playing fall ball, playing spring ball, and in the winter, I was usually doing something related to baseball.” Michael Helman was born 22 years ago in Lincoln, Nebraska. While football is life in Lincoln (yes, even now),...7298Sat, 13 Oct 2018 03:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2018-twins-minor-league-all-stars-r7290/Today, we would like to announce our choices for 2018 Minnesota Twins All-Stars. Our Twins Daily minor league report writers were asked to vote for a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, three outfielders, a DH, a left-handed starting pitcher, a right-handed starting p...7290Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/arizona-fall-league-preview-rooker-highlights-twins-prospects-r7289/I spent an autumn night this time last year at Target Field with all my friends watching the Minnesota Twins fall to the New York Yankees in the Wild Card game, but unfortunately the team didn’t continue trending upward as they fell well-short of the playoffs in 2018. The young guys on the team th...7289Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/watkins-players-excited-for-afl-opportunity-r7280/Sure, he played for the Twins in the big leagues for a little while, but as a player, Tommy Watkins never had the opportunity to play in the Arizona Fall League. However, the 38-year-old former infielder turned minor league hitting coach turned minor league manager learned in late July that he wil...7280Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-twins-first-base-prospect-ryan-costello-r7279/Let’s start at the beginning. Ryan Costello grew up just outside of Hartford, Connecticut. Yes, he was a Red Sox fan. “When I was a kid, I was a big Nomar (Garciaparra) fan. Then I remember Pedroia came up. I was always a big fan of Dustin Pedroia.” As you child, he played soccer, basketball, fla...7279Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/powerful-pro-debut-for-kernels-michael-davis-r7256/Michael Davis grew up in west Texas, in the city of Lubbock. That is football country, to be sure, but there is a lot of great baseball. In fact, Davis noted that the Little League team the year before him went to the Little League World Series. His team finished one game shy of playing in William...7256Thu, 27 Sep 2018 03:49:00 +0000