https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/242/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/seth39s-preliminary-top-50-twins-prospects-part-1-41-50-r5119/Since the end of the Twins minor league season, he at Twins Daily have handed out several awards. We have named the minor league Starting Pitcher, Relief Pitcher and Hitter of the Year. We named a Twins minor league All Star team. Now it’s time to start thinking about prospects. Today, I’m going t...5119Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-rhp-brady-anderson-r5111/The Twins drafted 42 players in the June draft this year. A total of 1,216 players were selected in the 40 rounds of this year's draft. Brady Anderson, a right-handed pitcher from Florida Gulf Coast University, did not hear his name called. Needing a few arms to fill the GCL roster, the Twins call...5111Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/what-to-do-with-michael-tonkin-r5109/This spring, Michael Tonkin essentially had a golden ticket. Being out of options, the Twins had to either break camp with Tonkin on the 25-man roster or lose him to waivers. Being young, cheap and having been effective in brief cameos with the Twins the prior three seasons, it was an easy choice....5109Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/take-note-of-zander-wiel-r5102/The Minnesota Twins have developed a reputation for encouraging an archaic hitting philosophy to their prospects in the minor leagues. As other organizations have embraced big swings with big movements and working with them to bring out their best, hitters who have entered the Twins system get the...5102Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2016-twins-minor-league-all-star-team-r5095/Sadly, the Minnesota Twins minor league season came to an end the other night when Cedar Rapids lost in the Midwest League playoff's second round. In the last couple of weeks, we have handed out several season-ending Twins minor league awards. For the first time, we are also unveiling our Twins Da...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/They say pitching and defense wins games at playoff time and that certainly was the case in Clinton Monday night, where the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Clinton Lumber Kings not only needed 11 innings to determine a winner, but just as many innings just to see a run tallied. In the end it was Clinton...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 the Cedar Rapids Kernels are going to return to the Midwest League Championship Series for the second consecutive year, they’re going to need to do it the hard way – with a win on the road in a series-deciding game 3. The Kernels fell hard on Sunday night at Clinton, dropping game two of the se...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/The Cedar Rapids Kernels spotted visiting Clinton a pair of runs in the first inning of the opening game in their 3-game Midwest League Western Division championship series on Saturday, but after that it was all Kernels as they clobbered the Lumber Kings 9-3. Kernels starter Brady Anderson worked...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/With a 3-1 win on Thursday night, the Twins’ Class A affiliate, the Cedar Rapids Kernels, have advanced to the second round of the Midwest League’s playoffs for the third consecutive season. Cedar Rapids swept the first two games of the three-game series over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The Ker...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/Over the past week, we have handed out the Twins Daily Minnesota Twins Minor League Awards. Today, we conclude our series of “Of The Year” awards with the minor league Hitter of the Year. As always, there were some terrific seasons throughout the system. There are several players who received vote...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 best thing a team can do in a playoff game is jump out to an early lead. However, if said lead is blown a couple of innings later, the new best thing a team can do is put up a five-spot in the very next half inning. That’s what the Kernels did in Wednesday night’s Game 1 of their Midwest Leagu...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/I think it would be fair to say that the biggest issue for the Minnesota Twins in 2016 (and well, since like 2011) has been starting pitching. As the majority of the Twins hitting prospects have reached the big leagues, most of the top prospects in the Twins system are starting pitchers. There is...5073Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:45:00 +0000