https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/232/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-rhp-brady-anderson-r5111/Seth Stohs (SS): Growing up in Southwest Florida, who was your favorite team to follow? Who were some of your favorite players? Brady Anderson (BA): My favorite team was the Cardinals. My dad and mom are both from the Iowa-Illinois area, and my dad was a Cardinals fan and my mom a Cubs fan. I cho...5111Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/what-to-do-with-michael-tonkin-r5109/On the down side, Tonkin has a 5.17 ERA and has been unusable against lefties, as they are hitting .292/.380/.642 off him going into Thursday's game (Victor Martinez added a three-run homer to Tonkin's lefty woes).You'd think a changeup guru would help Tonkin develop that pitch to better neutraliz...5109Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/take-note-of-zander-wiel-r5102/First, a little background on Wiel. Wiel’s career at Vanderbilt was often overshadowed by marquee players like teammate Dansby Swanson, who went first overall in the 2015 draft, as well as other big names in the SEC including Alex Bregman (second overall, Astros) and Andrew Benintendi (seventh ove...5102Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2016-twins-minor-league-all-star-team-r5095/Read through our choices for each position. Check out how each of our writers voted. And then discuss and cast your votes as well. Let’s get started. Catcher: Mitch Garver - Chattanooga Lookouts, Rochester Red Wings Acquired: Twins 9th round draft pick in 2013 out of New Mexico 2016 Stats: .270/.3...5095Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-912-pitcher39s-duel-ends-kernels-season-r5090/Let’s let Kernels manager Jake Mauer tell the story of the game. “Pitching duel, back and forth. They had chances, we had chances. They caught the ball, we caught the ball. Comes down to the ball finds a hole and the young man puts a good swing on it and that’s it. It’s a tough one. It’s sad that...5090Tue, 13 Sep 2016 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-911-kernels-swing-and-miss-in-game-2-r5085/If you’re looking for a silver lining for the Kernels, you won’t find much here. Kernels batters were virtually shut down by Clinton starting pitcher Kevin Gadea, who struck out 11 Cedar Rapids batters in six innings while giving up just four hits and one walk. In total, Kernels batters were sent...5085Mon, 12 Sep 2016 02:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-910-kernels-club-clinton-in-game-1-r5084/With the score knotted at 3-3, Andrew Vasquez, who hadn’t pitched in a game since facing Clinton six days earlier, took the mound for Cedar Rapids to begin the fourth inning and shut down the Lumber Kings for four shutout innings, surrendering just one hit while striking out six. Kernels manager J...5084Sun, 11 Sep 2016 01:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-98-kernels-complete-first-round-sweep-r5081/Eduardo Del Rosario (1-0) worked six innings on Thursday for the win, giving up just one run while striking out five T-Rats. Del Rosario surrendered five hits, all singles. He also picked off two runners, one at second base and one at first. Second baseman Luis Arraez, who was the MWL batting cham...5081Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2016-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-r5077/Here’s another quick award, the Minor League Story of the Year… Not only was James Beresford finally promoted to the big leagues in his 12th season with the organization, Fox Sports North showed that his parents surprised him by flying to Minneapolis from Australia to be at Target Field before las...5077Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-97-kernels-win-big-in-wisconsin-r5076/The Kernels got off to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Zander Wiel led off with a triple. Travis Blankenhorn was then hit by a pitch. JJ Fernandez gave the Kernels a 1-0 lead with a single to right. Blankenhorn advanced to third and then scored when Nelson Molina grounded into a double...5076Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-2016-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-year-r5073/Below, you’ll find short profiles of our top five starting pitchers, but first, some players worthy of honorable mention. Honorable Mention Randy LeBlanc, Cedar Rapids/Fort Myers Miracle/Chattanooga Lookouts: 24 G, 23 GS, 12-9, 1 Save, 2.64 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 140.0 IP, 123 H, 37 BB, 87 K. Aaron Sleg...5073Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-2016-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-r5066/The five Twins Daily Minor League Report authors were asked to vote for the various post-season 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. R...5066Tue, 06 Sep 2016 03:30:00 +0000