https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/349/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/seths-preliminary-top-50-twins-prospects-r953/Now that the TwinsCentric Offseason Handbook is available, it’s time for me to hunker down and dive head-first into the 2013 version of the Twins Prospect Handbook. It’s hard to believe that this will be the 5th annual prospect book already. I enjoy doing the research and the writing, for sure. As...953Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/down-on-the-pond-arizona-fall-league-r950/This post originally appeared at puckettspond.com. The Twins sent seven of their minor league players to the Arizona Fall League that kicked off earlier this month. The AFL is a 6-team league in which several teams each send a handful of their prospects to form a team. The Twins players play for th...950Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/hicks-off-to-a-fast-start-in-venezuela-r934/The story lines at Twins Daily and in most Minnesota media circles on Wednesday was the performance of Kyle Gibson so far in the Arizona Fall League. Simply stated, through two starts, he has been remarkable and given Twins fans reason to hope. As you know, Gibson is joined in the AFL by pitchers L...934Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/gibson-causing-giddiness-r931/Given the vast number of tribulations that have surrounded seemingly every injury affecting a player on the Twins' roster over the past couple years, folks have understandably placed low expectations on Kyle Gibson's rehab process. The young hurler is a member of the organization's sizable faction...931Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/tigers-garcia-gives-hope-for-twins-arcia-r929/Although there have been many storylines throughout the playoffs, one that may not be getting enough play is that the Detroit Tigers have handed over playing time to 21-year-old Avisail Garcia. Consider: he began this season in the Florida State League and played just 55 games at Double-A Erie. The...929Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/ten-questions-with-kyle-gibson-r917/Today marks the Opening Day of the 2012 Arizona Fall League. As you know, the Twins sent seven players to play for the Peoria Javelinas. The hitters are catcher Chris Herrmann and outfielders Evan Bigley and Nate Roberts. The pitchers are lefties Logan Darnell and Caleb Thielbar and right-handers M...917Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-prospects-in-review-r894/894Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/even-in-the-future-moving-a-twins-minor-league-team-to-st-paul-will-face-hurdles-r872/Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press posted a column (click here) with a number of quotes from Twins president Dave St. Peter concerning the possibility of the Twins locating a minor league affiliate in St. Paul, now that the city has funding assured to move forward with building their new stadium....872Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-agree-to-class-a-affiliation-agreement-with-cedar-rapids-r871/The Twins and Cedar Rapids Kernels have agreed to enter a PDC agreement for the next 4 years. A formal announcement should come on Wednesday. My Knuckleballs post on the subject: http://knuckleballsblog.com/2012/09/twins-to-affiliate-with-cedar-rapids/ Feel free to discuss here. .871Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/yes-the-twins-have-outfield-depth-r865/In the early-to-mid part of the season, legitimate question marks about the outfield depth were raised. Joe Benson (24, AA/AAA), and Rene Tosoni (26, AA/AAA), the two outfield prospects who spent time with the Twins in 2011, were struggling with injuries. The only prospect having a good year was Osw...865Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/what-now-a-minor-league-offseason-r864/The season ended last week. It wasn’t the way we all wanted it to finish, but overall it was successful. We won consistently throughout the year and gave ourselves an opportunity to advance in the playoffs. I hope everyone enjoyed following the Snappers in 2012. Thanks to everyone who cheered us on...864Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/twins-daily-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-2012-r863/Earlier in the week, we announced the Minor league Relief Pitcher of the Year and the Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year for the Twins. Today, it’s time to point out the hitters that performed very well in the Twins minor league system. There were a lot of great performances and performers t...863Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:04:00 +0000