https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/253/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/get-to-know-ifof-stephen-wickens-r4391/In 2013, Wickens was honored with a Harmon Killebrew Award for Community Service for his efforts in Ft. Myers. At the time, Wickens said, "Harmon was a killer on the field and a gentleman off of it, and I think that’s how the Twins organization wants their players to be." Recently, Wickens sat dow...4391Fri, 22 Jan 2016 05:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/2016-roster-projections-the-outfielders-part-2-r4390/Of course, next week, we’ll consider the pitchers. But first, let’s finish the roster projections for hitters. Ft. Myers Miracle Zach Granite was the Twins 14th-round pick in 2013. After playing just 25 games in 2014, he came back strong in 2016. He dominated in a month in Cedar Rapids before movi...4390Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/catching-up-with-lhp-stephen-gonsalves-r4387/He had a terrific 2015 season. It began with nine starts in Cedar Rapids where he went 6-1 with a 1.15 ERA. He finished the season with 15 starts in Ft. Myers. There he went 7-2 with a 2.61 ERA. It was a very successful season. He saw his name rising up prospect rankings. Thank you to Stephen Gons...4387Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/what39s-next-for-alex-meyer-r4382/As Meyer entered his age-25 season at last year's TwinsFest, he compared his age to that of another late bloomer, Randy Johnson. Meyer said, "Randy Johnson, I think I read he came up when he was 25. He just so happened to be tall, too, so let's hope. If I could have half that career..." Meyer star...4382Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:16:00 +0000