https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/177/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/in-his-own-words-twins-of-prospect-jacob-pearson-r7518/For today, Twins outfield prospect Jacob Pearson took time to let us get to know him a little bit more. He is a solid prospect, a former third-round draft pick who spent about half of the 2019 season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Below, he penned some thoughts on his young career, but also about...7518Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-3-brusdar-graterol-r7517/Position: RHP Age: 20 (DOB: 8/26/1998) 2018 Stats (A/A+): 102 IP, 2.74 ERA, 107 K, 28 BB, 1.15 WHIP ETA: 2020 2018 Ranking: 9 National Top 100 Rankings BA: 55 | MLB: 68 | ESPN: NA | BP: 33 What's To Like His fastball gets the headlines. It's not just the velocity – reaching as high as 101 MPH and...7517Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-4-trevor-larnach-r7515/Age: 21 (DOB: 2/26/1997) 2018 Stats (Rookie/Low-A): .303/.390/.500, 13 2B, 5 HR, 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts ETA: 2021 2018 Ranking: NR National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR |MLB: NR | ESPN: NR |BP: NR What’s To Like During his junior season, Larnach went from a contributing player on a good team t...7515Tue, 12 Feb 2019 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-5-wander-javier-r7512/Position: SS Age: 20 (DOB: 12/29/1998) 2018 Stats: DNP ETA: 2021 2018 Ranking: 6 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NA | MLB: NA | ESPN: NA | BP: NA What's To Like Losing major time to injury has, sadly, become a rite of passage for Twins top prospects. Miguel Sano and Alex Kirilloff both missed full s...7512Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2019-top-prospects-6-brent-rooker-r7511/Position: 1B/LF Age: 24 (DOB: 11/1/1994) 2018 Stats (AA): 503 PA, .254/.333/.465, 22 HR, 79 RBI ETA: 2020 2018 Ranking: 7 What's To Like Power. Rooker’s strong, but it’s not like he’s biggest guy around. Still, his in-game power is drool-inducing. He tied for the Southern League lead in doubles (3...7511Fri, 08 Feb 2019 03:15:00 +0000