https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/202/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/three-prospects-to-watch-in-2018-r6308/Brusdar Graterol, RHP Graterol has seen a bumpy start to his professional career. As a 16-year old in 2015, he made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League. He was limited to four starts and was forced to undergo Tommy John surgery. It cost him the rest of 2015 and all of 2016. Last...6308Thu, 04 Jan 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/importance-of-the-2017-draft-r6294/Make sure to order a copy of the 2018 MINNESOTA TWINS PROSPECT HANDBOOK if you want to know more about Minnesota’s recent draftees and other players in the minor leagues. This book provides over 170 profiles on players throughout the Twins’ farm system. It is a must own for any baseball fan. New F...6294Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-twins-minor-league-catcher-mitchell-kranson-r6290/Kranson spent four years at Cal, and after the draft, he went to Elizabethton for the remainder of the 2016 season. In 2017, he began the year in Cedar Rapids. After helping the Kernels to a first-half playoff berth, he moved up to Ft. Myers for the remainder of the season. Today, we have the oppo...6290Wed, 27 Dec 2017 01:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/tenth-annual-minnesota-twins-prospect-handbook-now-available-r6286/The 2018 Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook is chock-full of information on the Twins minor league system and its prospects. The handbook is a must-buy for fans of the Twins who understand that to develop a long-term championship-caliber team requires a lot of building from within. 2017 Twins team...6286Fri, 22 Dec 2017 05:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-2018-coachingcoordinator-assignments-r6283/Following the season, it was announced that Brad Steil had been promoted to the Director of Pro Scouting. He had been the Twins Minor League Director since 2013 when Jim Rantz retired. Jeremy Zoll is a 27-year-old who was an assistant in the Dodgers player development group the last couple of year...6283Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-twins-outfield-prospect-jacob-pearson-r6273/It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Jacob Pearson, a native of West Monroe, Louisiana. He’s had a couple of life changes that are exciting. First, the 19-year-old learned that he was no longer a member of the Angels organization and would now be part of the Minnesota Twins organization. T...6273Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-select-rhp-tyler-kinley-in-rule-5-draft-lose-burdi-to-phillies-bard-to-angels-r6270/8:15 Update: A computer glitch delayed the inevitable, but with the 3rd overall pick in the Rule 5 draft, the Phillies selected Nick Burdi from the Twins. It was expected. Reports from Orlando indicate that he will be traded. 8:18 Update: Angels selected Luke Bard. 8:19 Update: The Twins selected...6270Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-prospect-spotlight-series-ben-rortvedt-r6265/Ranking prospects is a difficult task and everyone has a bit of a different methodology. This series isn’t meant to be critical of any of the other lists out there, it’s all about presenting a positive case for the featured player. We’re starting at the bottom of my list and working up from there....6265Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/reviewing-seth39s-preliminary-top-50-twins-prospect-rankings-r6257/But I thought it would be good to take a look at the Top 50 rankings in its totality to see what it is showing us. Are there any themes? Positions of strength, weakness, etc? With that, here is the full list of my preliminary Top 50 Twins prospects. Please note that this is not necessarily my fina...6257Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-prospect-spotlight-series-lachlan-wells-r6252/Ranking prospects is a difficult task and everyone has a bit of a different methodology. This series isn’t meant to be critical of any of the other lists out there, it’s all about presenting a positive case for the featured player. We’re starting at the bottom of my list and working up from there....6252Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/part-8-seth39s-updated-top-50-minnesota-twins-prospects-1-5-r6245/Let’s get to my choices for the Top 5 Twins prospects. This is a very talented group, all of who have the ability to not only play in the big leagues but be strong, long-term contributors. Please feel free to discuss. (Note - there are links to the first seven parts of this series at the bottom) #...6245Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-prospect-spotlight-series-tom-hackimer-r6241/Ranking prospects is a difficult task and everyone has a bit of a different methodology. This series isn’t meant to be critical of any of the other lists out there, it’s all about presenting a positive case for the featured player. We’re starting at the bottom of my list and working up from there....6241Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:14:00 +0000