https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/315/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-hitter-of-the-month-june-r1780/This is really late. Typically, I post my choices for the monthly minor league award winners within days of the end of the month. Because of a trip to Cedar Rapids and a bum computer, the Hitter of the Month for June is a little tardy. But, better later than never, I guess. The players listed below...1780Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-77-summers-breezes-r1779/I have returned from Cedar Rapids, havin had a great weekend which will likely be documented here at Twins Daily in a couple stories. I hope also to provide more encouragement for Twins fans to make that trek to east central Iowa. On Sunday afternoon, a Twins affiliate received one of their best sta...1779Mon, 08 Jul 2013 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-76-lots-of-free-baseball-r1774/Back to write-up for tonight: ROCHESTER RED WINGS 3, PAWTUCKET RED SOX 2 (10 innings) Box Score Another night with very little offense, but, more importantly, another win for the Red Wings. Tonight's win was their 5th consecutive and, impressively, gets them over .500 on the season. I remember t...1774Sun, 07 Jul 2013 05:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-75-live-from-cedar-rapids-video-r1764/As you know, I have been in Cedar Rapids for their past two games against Wisconsin. They won on Thursday, but they fell 8-7 on Friday. This is a first. Following the game, my brother played cameraman, and we decided to record the minor league report. This is, essentially, a video version of what yo...1764Sat, 06 Jul 2013 06:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/meet-kernels-hitting-coach-tommy-watkins-r1762/Cedar Rapids Kernels hitting coach Tommy Watkins knows his way around a minor league field, having spent parts of 11 seasons as a player in the Minnesota Twins minor league system. Toward the end of the 2007 season, he got to live the dream of every player who ever put on a minor league uniform when...1762Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-74-power-and-pitching-help-kernels-r1760/Adam Brett Walker knows his role on this Cedar Rapids Kernels team, and on the 4th of July, he came through. “My main goal this year was to drive in runs. I think that’s kind of a main part for me. When runners are on, runners in scoring position, I try to have a quality at bat.”   Walker came to th...1760Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/q-ampamp-a-with-the-kernels-niko-goodrum-r1759/Cedar Rapids Kernels middle infielder Niko Goodrum was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft and spent the past two years playing for the Twins short season rookie league team in Elizabethton. http://knuckleballsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/201...1759Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-73-red-wings-and-miracle-fireworks-r1756/Two of the Twins minor league affiliates celebrated Independence Day early with offensive explosions. The Red Wings and the Miracle had men up and down their line-ups knock in runs to help their clubs emerge victorious. There was some minor league news to report on Wednesday afternoon. Catcher Dann...1756Thu, 04 Jul 2013 05:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-month-june-r1752/Yesterday, we reviewed the top pitching performances in June by the relief pitchers. Today, we’ll look at the top five starting pitchers in June. There were some strong performances, though there aren’t enough to need an Honorable Mention section. June is often a month when you start seeing some pit...1752Wed, 03 Jul 2013 05:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-72-kernels-kant-win-em-all-r1751/A day after several of the Twins minor league affiliates’ games were rained out, it was nearly a full schedule on Tuesday night. Elizabethton had the night off, but Rochester played two games to make up for it. A Honkball star showed what he is capable of in New Britain. A big time international sig...1751Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/kernels-life-after-buck-and-a-mike-pelfrey-appearance-r1748/Minnesota Twins super-prospect Byron Buxton led the Cedar Rapids Kernels through a pretty amazing first half of their Midwest League season. They led the league’s West Division almost from wire to wire. Almost. But on Sunday, June 16, the Kernels gave up a late lead to the Peoria Chiefs and sealed t...1748Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-71-kernels-still-poppin-r1747/The story on the farm today was... RAIN. Rainouts, specifically. ROCHESTER RED WINGS, NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS, FORT MYERS MIRACLE and GCL TWINS were all postponed. CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 6, PEORIA CHIEFS 3 Box Score Mike Pelfrey packed up his family in the Cities yesterday and made the trek down to Ceda...1747Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:56:00 +0000