https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/317/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/the-rise-of-josmil-pinto-r1462/[TABLE] http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/AP_MLB/201302191444530758115-p2.jpg [TD][/TD] [/TABLE] There's Joe Mauer. Then a big, big gap. Sure, Ryan Doumit can technically sit there and intercept a pitch before it hits the umpire. But to call him a full-time catcher -- or even an adept one -- m...1462Thu, 09 May 2013 02:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-57-long-night-in-toledo-r1460/On Tuesday, the Cedar Rapids Kernels had the day off. So did Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario. Sano and Rosario got their first days off due to minor injuries. The Red Wings played the longest game in the Twins organization so far this year, 16 innings. The Rock Cats bats definitely got going. And, the...1460Wed, 08 May 2013 05:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/clash-of-byron-buxton-ampamp-carlos-correa-may-have-to-wait-r1457/Wednesday, May 8, was supposed to be a big night for fans that follow the top minor league prospects in professional baseball. Quad Cities shortstop Carlos Correa, selected with the No. 1 pick overall by the Astros in last June’s amateur draft, was set to go head-to-head against Cedar Rapids Ker...1457Wed, 08 May 2013 00:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/prospecting-in-the-rapids-r1455/Last week, Twins Director of Minor League Operations Brad Steil was in Cedar Rapids watching the Kernels play six games. In an interview with MetroSportsReport.com’s Jim Ecker, Steil said, “I think off of this team, you could easily see six to eight of those guys eventually make it to the big league...1455Tue, 07 May 2013 06:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-56-that-dirty-baxendale-r1454/We'll lead tonight's report off with some injury news. Kernels RP Tyler Jones was placed on the D.L. with a strained flexor tendon. (If you're curious to know exactly what that means, I looked it up and, knowing I'm not a doctor, am more confused than I was before.) Taking Jones's place in the bul...1454Tue, 07 May 2013 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/draft-preview-ampquotpersonal-cheeseballsampquot-hitters-r1453/At some point, while researching for a previous draft, I came across a Baseball America podcast where they were discussing their “personal cheeseballs”. At first I was a little confused, but quickly came to realize that these “cheeseballs” were their favorites. In fact, to qualify to be a “persona...1453Tue, 07 May 2013 00:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-55-berrios-baffles-bats-r1447/All the Minnesota Twins’ affiliates played afternoon games on Sunday, as did the big league club. As we mentioned yesterday the Twins had some interesting pitchers taking the mound today and they had mixed results. Sam Deduno and Cole De Vries both made their first rehab starts of the year. Top Twin...1447Mon, 06 May 2013 00:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-54-red-wings-power-r1446/It was quite the power display for the Rochester Red Wings, something the Twins AAA-affiliate needed badly. Clete Thomas and Chris Colabello continue to make their case for big league jobs. Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton continue to make their cases for being the #1 prospect in baseball going into the...1446Sun, 05 May 2013 03:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-month-april-r1444/After going through the top performing Hitters and Starting Pitchers from April, it's now time to check out which relief pitchers performed best in April. The Twins announced their choices of Byron Buxton and DJ Baxendale as their Hitter and Pitcher of the Month, respectively.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] As...1444Sat, 04 May 2013 19:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-reports-may-3-vargas-vaults-miracle-r1443/Friday was another good day for the two Minnesota Twins Class A affiliates while the Red Wings and Rock Cats fell short. In some pretty exciting Twins Daily news, our frequent contributor AJ Pettersen tweeted the following after tonight’s Miracle game, “I'm headed to Portland, Maine tomorrow to join...1443Sat, 04 May 2013 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-starting-pitcher-of-the-month-april-r1439/Yesterday we looked at the top hitters in the Twins system in May and today we’ll be taking a look at the top pitching performances of April. It will be separated into two blog postings, one for the relievers and this one for the starting pitchers. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] While the hitting leaders were...1439Fri, 03 May 2013 06:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-52-michael-walks-off-r1438/If you missed Cody's minor league report from yesterday, you can read it here. Seth also made his choice for Twins minor league Hitter of the Month. Andrew wrote up about Alex Meyer's last start. There is a lot of draft info that cmb0252 put together into one thread. And after yesterday's minor sh...1438Fri, 03 May 2013 03:26:00 +0000