https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/324/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-512-soul-patrol-part-deux-r1477/Three minor league affiliates played on Sunday. The two upper-level minor league affiliates played very good, close ball games. Ft. Myers had a day off. The game in Beloit on Sunday was just crazy. You’ll note the final score looks much more like a football score than a baseball score. That is all g...1477Mon, 13 May 2013 03:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-511-close-games-all-day-r1476/On Saturday, four Twins minor league affiliates played a total of five games. Two of them involved walk-offs. Another was won on a big home run in the eighth inning. There were three very good starts. Sam Deduno made his second start of the year and no fewer than four WBC competitors had very good g...1476Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/talk-to-contact-episode-37-r1475/Episode 37 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact (@TalkToContact), is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here. http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/2324540/285%3E_8237541.jpg On Episode 37, Cody and Eric are joined by Baseball Prospectus‘ Jason Parks to talk about...1475Sat, 11 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-510-a-mays-ing-start-r1473/One of the Twins minor league games was postponed due to rain on Friday, but there were still five games to follow. The Kernels got two terrific starting performances and Trevor May was better than that (or, a-mays-ing?) in his start for the Rock Cats. Kennys Vargas had a couple big hits for the Mir...1473Sat, 11 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/rochester-red-wings-ohio-state-recap-r1467/At 14-20, the Rochester Red Wings are substantially better than they were two weeks ago. After a 2-11 start, the Red Wings have gone 12-9 in their last 21 games, and after facing the top tier teams in the International league to start the year, it was finally time for Rochester to play teams they...1467Fri, 10 May 2013 10:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/rochester-red-wings-ohio-state-recap-r1466/At 14-20, the Rochester Red Wings' record is substantially better than it was two weeks ago. After a 2-11 start, the Red Wings have gone 12-9 in their last 21 games. After facing the top tier teams in the International league to start the year, it was finally time for Rochester to play teams they h...1466Fri, 10 May 2013 03:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-reports-59-rains-and-the-miracle-win-r1465/Rain wiped out two of the four Twins minor league affiliates. It rained much of the day in Boston, but the Twins and the Red Sox were able to get in the final game of their series. Rain also caused a delay in Jupiter, Florida, but the Hammerheads and the Miracle were able to finish their game. Migue...1465Fri, 10 May 2013 03:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-minor-league-report-58-gibson-shows-hes-ready-r1463/While Pedro Hernandez was getting beaten-up by the Boston Red Sox line-up, Kyle Gibson was showing he is ready to take his spot in the major league starting rotation. It might have been Gibson's best start as a professional and it wouldn't be surprising if he makes his MLB debut within the next w...1463Thu, 09 May 2013 02:51:00 +0000https://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 +0000