https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/191/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/afl-report-%E2%80%93-week-1-paul-jay-vasquez-stand-out-in-afl-season%E2%80%99s-first-week-r6164/With that, let’s check out how Twins prospects fared in the first week of the 2017 AFL season! (links provided to each player’s overall stats by clicking their name) Tyler Jay: 2 appearances, 2.0IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 K’s. Jay made two appearances in the first week of the AFL season, pitching in the s...6164Wed, 18 Oct 2017 02:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-twins-lhp-prospect-andrew-vasquez-r6153/His emergence led to the opportunity to play in the Arizona Fall League. On Tuesday afternoon, he made his first appearance for the Surprise Saguaros. The left-hander gave up a two-out double, but he struck out two batters in a scoreless inning. Recently, Vasquez took some of his time to answer qu...6153Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-afl-report-jay-wade-lead-twins-contingent-in-arizona-r6152/For anyone who doesn’t know, the AFL is a short season league where every team in Major League Baseball sends some of their top prospects in October and is often used as a proving ground for these players who are looking to take the final steps to their MLB dreams. Many of the top prospects in bas...6152Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-fall-to-yankees-again-looking-back-looking-forward-r6142/Coming into the game, there were several things that the Twins needed to do to give themselves a chance to advance to the AL Division Series against Cleveland. A couple happened. A couple did not. Fast Start We all know about the Yankees bullpen. We knew how dominant they could be. Luis Severino...6142Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2017-killebrew-award-winner-travis-harrison-chattanooga-r6131/Travis Harrison was one of two supplemental first-round picks by the Twins in 2011. He spent 2012 in Elizabethton where he won a championship. He was part of the first season of the Cedar Rapids Kernels as a Twins affiliate in 2013. In 2014, he moved from third base to the outfield and advanced to...6131Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2017-killebrew-award-winner-dj-baxendale-rochester-r6127/DJ Baxendale was the Twins 11th round draft pick in 2012 out of Arkansas. After pitching in the College World Series that year, he pitched out of the bullpen at Elizabethton and Cedar Rapids. He spent the next three seasons as a starting pitcher. He made the Southern League All Star team in 2016 a...6127Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2017-killebrew-award-winner-hector-lujan-cedar-rapids-r6119/Today we wish to highlight the Harmon Killebrew Award for Community Service for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, right-handed pitcher Hector Lujan. Lujan was born and grew up in Mira Loma, California, a city just east of Anaheim. He began his college career by pitching at UC-Santa Barbara before finishin...6119Thu, 28 Sep 2017 01:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2017-killebrew-award-winner-kevin-garcia-ft-myers-r6118/We’ll start this series today with the 2017 Killebrew Award winner for the Ft. Myers Miracle, catcher Kevin Garcia. Kevin Garcia grew up in southern California. He went to high school in Calexico, California, a small town on the US border with Mexico. Following high school, he went to Loyola Marym...6118Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-jonathan-rodriguez-r6113/But now, let’s get to know a little more about Jonathan Rodriguez. He is a 28-year -old first baseman who spent the first eight seasons of his career in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Last offseason, he became a free agent and signed with the Twins. He spent most of the season with the Chat...6113Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2017-twins-minor-league-all-star-team-r6098/Today, we would like to announce our choices for 2017 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...6098Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2017-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-r6089/Seven Twins Daily Minor League writers were asked to vote for the various awards. For the hitter of the year, we each voted for eight players. The player who was voted as #1 received eight points, #2 received seven points and so on with the #8 vote receiving one point. Results were tabulated and c...6089Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2017-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-r6083/Seven Twins Daily Minor League writers were asked to vote for the various awards. For the relief pitcher of the year, we each voted for five players. The player who was voted as #1 received five points, #2 received four points and so on with the #5 vote receiving one point. Results were tabulated...6083Wed, 13 Sep 2017 02:30:00 +0000