https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/239/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/td-top-prospects-5-tyler-jay-r4453/Age: 21 (DOB: 4/19/94) 2015 Stats (A+): 18.1 IP, 3.93 ERA, 22/8 K/BB, 1.42 WHIP ETA: 2018 2015 Ranking: N/A National Rankings BA: 80 | MLB: 60 | BP: NR What's To Like Read a few articles on Jay, dating back to the days when pro scouts were still evaluating him in college, and you'll see him repea...4453Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/td-top-prospects-7-jorge-polanco-r4451/Age: 22 (DOB: 7/5/1993) 2015 Stats (Chattanooga/Rochester): .288/.339/.386 (.725) with 23-2B, 3-3B, 6-HR ETA: 2016 2014 Ranking: 8; 2015 Ranking: 7 National Top 100 Rankings BA: 99, MLB: 97, BP: NA What's To Like Polanco's bat has been close to major league-ready for a couple of seasons and he's o...4451Sat, 27 Feb 2016 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/td-top-prospects-8-alex-meyer-r4448/Age: 26 (DOB: 1/3/90) 2015 Stats (AAA/MLB): 94.2 IP, 5.13 ERA, 103/51 K/BB ETA: 2015 2015 Ranking: 5 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | BP: NR What's To Like The velocity, that’s for sure. Meyer was originally drafted by the Red Sox out of Greensburg High School (Ind.) in the 20th round...4448Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-rhp-dereck-rodriguez-r4447/Rodriguez will most likely start the 2016 season in Cedar Rapids with a chance to move up to Ft. Myers. Recently, Rodriguez took time out of his schedule to answer several questions for Twins Daily’s readers. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Seth Stohs (SS): Born...4447Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/td-top-prospects-10-nick-burdi-r4444/Age: 23 (DOB: 1/19/93) 2015 Stats (A+/AA): 63.2 IP, 3.82 ERA, 83/35 K/BB, 1.37 WHIP ETA: 2016 2015 Ranking: 10 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | BP: NR What's To Like Burdi started gaining national attention when he was touching 95 MPH with his fastball as a high schooler, a rare feat....4444Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-top-20-prospect-countdown-11-15-r4439/Let’s get to the list. 15. JT Chargois - RHP Age: 25 2015 Stats (Hi-A/AA): 48.0 IP, 2-1, 15 Saves, 2.62 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 53/25 K/BB ETA: 2016 Chargois (pronounced Shag-waa) was the Twins second-round pick in the 2012 draft out of Rice University. In college, he played first base, DH and was the Owl...4439Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-top-20-prospect-countdown-16-20-r4437/20. Jake Reed - RHP Age: 23 2015 Stats (A+/AA): 59.1 IP, 5.01 ERA, 46/22 K/BB, 1.43 WHIP ETA: 2017 After a career at the University of Oregon that featured big success after converting from starter to closer his senior year, Jake Reed was selected by the Twins in the fifth round of the 2014 draft....4437Mon, 22 Feb 2016 01:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/seth39s-top-30-minnesota-twins-prospects-2016-r4434/With that, let’s start looking at my personal Top 30 prospect rankings for 2016, starting at #30. I’ll include a tweet-length comment on each player and then show if and where that prospect ranks on Baseball America’s (31), MLB.com’s (30), Keith Law’s (10) and John Sickels’ (20) Twins prospect ran...4434Thu, 18 Feb 2016 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/floor-to-ceiling-berrios-jay-and-stewart-r4429/Pitching prospects can be tough to project. As Baseball Prospectus famously coined, "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect" because of how unpredictable pitching prospects can be. Twins fans have seen this first hand over the last couple years as top pitching prospect Alex Meyer has gone fr...4429Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/what-to-make-of-all-these-prospect-lists-r4424/In the 2016 Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook, Jeremy Nygaard, Cody Christie and I did a ton of research on over 150 Twins minor leaguers. Upon completing that, we each posted our own individual Top 30 Twins Prospect lists. For all four of us we started the rankings with Byron Buxton, JO Berrios M...4424Fri, 12 Feb 2016 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-ties-to-the-wbc-qualifier-in-sydney-r4422/Certainly there is no surprise that Team Australia is littered with players with Twins connections. The Twins and legendary scout Howie Norsetter have always signed players from Down Under. Briefly, here are the players who have spent time in the Twins system who are on the Australian team. James...4422Thu, 11 Feb 2016 04:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/finally-healthy-chargois-is-bringing-the-heat-r4411/In the 2nd round of the 2012 draft, the Twins selected their first of two closers from Rice University. Three rounds later, the Twins selected Rice’s co-closer that year, Tyler Duffey. It was an interesting situation. “If he played first base, or he made a lot of throws, they’d call me in,” Duffey...4411Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:21:00 +0000