https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/page/98/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/anticipating-a-breakout-for-one-twins-prospect-r13520/Some teams are better than others when it comes to evaluating and signing players from the international market. These players can be as young as 16 years old when they sign, and it takes a long-term development approach for them to reach their full potential. On the Twins' current 40-man roster...13520Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:11:48 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/3-twins-prospects-that-need-healthy-2023-seasons-r13492/Last season, three notable names returned from injury at the top of the Twins' prospect rankings. Royce Lewis was returning from a torn ACL, while Matt Canterino and Jhoan Duran were recovering from strained elbows. Lewis had a tremendous season before tearing his ACL for the second straight sea...13492Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/%E2%80%9Crobo-umps%E2%80%9D-coming-to-all-aaa-ballparks-in-2023-r13525/This year, two versions of an Automatic Balls and Strikes system (ABS), otherwise known as "robot umpires" or "robo umps," will be used in all 30 Triple-A ballparks, according to a report from ESPN. If this expanded experiment is deemed successful, the next stop could be its use at the major-lea...13525Sat, 14 Jan 2023 15:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/best-prospect-debuts-2023/Prospect development is not a linear path. Some prospects reach the higher levels of the minor leagues and struggle, while others move quickly to the big-league level. Two of the prospects outlined below had a chance to reach the big leagues in 2022, but their performance didn't warrant a promot...13476Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/temp-check-on-austin-martin-r13482/  Austin Martin was billed as a tremendous hitter with an unknown defensive future when he was taken 5th overall in the 2020 draft. Martin’s minor league career got off to a good but strange start offensively, and the defensive questions quickly grew before being traded to the Twins during...13482Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/top-5-prospect-new-year-resolutions/Multiple names listed below had tremendous stretches during the 2022 season, which is why they are ranked so highly in 2023. Nearly every top-5 Twins prospect has a chance to impact the 2023 big-league roster if everything breaks right. Each player needs to set a resolution for the new year to r...13447Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:24:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/3-top-twins-prospects-with-something-to-prove-in-2023-r13423/Minnesota saw multiple prospects break out last season, including Edouard Julien, Matt Wallner, and Simeon Woods Richardson. Based on those performances, all three players are expected to impact the big-league roster in 2023. Even with these players, the Twins' farm system ranks in the middle of...13423Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/minor-league-signings-round-up-r13392/  Here we are in mid-December. The Rule 5 draft has passed, and reports over the past week have shown the the Twins have made some minor-league signings. Here are some notes on those who have signed to this point, at least the ones that we have heard. No one gets overly excited about minor-...13392Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:55:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/pandemic-impacts-multiple-twins-prospects-for-future-rule-5-drafts-r13342/Baseball is entering an unprecede nted time when it comes to prospect development. The pandemic caused the 2020 MLB Draft to be limited to five rounds because high school and college seasons were truncated. Another wrinkle was the fact that the 2020 international free agent class couldn’t o...13342Sat, 10 Dec 2022 14:58:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/minnesotas-3-most-tradeable-prospects-r13341/  The Twins were very active at last year’s trade deadline, which saw the team acquire two relievers (Jorge Lopez and Michael Fulmer) and one starter (Tyler Mahle). Acquiring these players cost multiple prospects that were close to big-league ready. Minnesota may need to dip deeper into an...13341Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:55:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/will-the-twins-regret-leaving-steven-cruz-unprotected-r13330/The 2022 Rule 5 Draft will take place on Wednesday, December 7, as part of the Winter Meetings in San Diego. It will be the first Rule 5 Draft in two years since last year's draft was canceled due to lockout. It also marks the first Rule 5 Draft since rosters expanded to 26 players. This may all...13330Sun, 04 Dec 2022 16:42:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/twins-minor-league/fixing-jordan-balazovic-r13308/Jordan Balazovic was held to a mere 70 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level where he posted a mind-numbingly poor 7.39 ERA, by far the worst of his career. His peripheral numbers weren’t much better. Below is a comparison of how Balazovic has performed in many key stats over his last three seasons....13308Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:05:01 +0000