Twins Shortstop Prospect Noah Miller Named Minor League Gold Glove Winner

Congrats to Noah Miller, the best defensive shortstop in the minor leagues by far. Top ten prospect for the Twins IMO.

GOOD for him!

Those highlights look pretty good... until you see Carlos Correa highlights. Miller's got a good arm, but not a rocket like Correa's, and at .220, he's got a lot of developing to do with his bat. 

2024 will be a pivotal year for Noah Miller.

Props to him for winning Gold Glove, but his offense needs to improve for him to become a serious prospect. Right now his ceiling looks like another Andrelton Simmons copy, I hope his offense can improve past that to become at least an adequate offensive player.

Thanks Cody for bringing this to light so we can honor Noah Miller! Congratulations Noah!

In my book CF, SS & catcher needs to be glove 1st , hitting is just icing on the cake. He should continue to get timely hits, get on base & get stronger as he gets older.

He has always been on my watch list so I'm happy that he got this recognition. Just because he's not prolific in HRs with SOs people like to overlook him.

Correa's been has slightly diminishing every year. I don't see him finishing his term with the Twins at SS. Like many here I've seen Miller as our future SS for awhile. 

6 hours ago, MTV said:

Props to him for winning Gold Glove, but his offense needs to improve for him to become a serious prospect. Right now his ceiling looks like another Andrelton Simmons copy, I hope his offense can improve past that to become at least an adequate offensive player.

If you've got others on the team that can hit, your SS does not have to be a prolific hitter to win Championships. Smalley and Gagne weren't considered such and the Twins won 2 titles with them at SS. If the Twins can keep their nucleus of young talent in Lewis, Julien, Jeffers, Wallner, and Kirilloff around for the next 5-6 years and they add in guys like Lee, Jenkins, and Rodriguez and they all produce like we hope they will, their SS can be a bit less of a hitter like Miller as long as he can flash the glove. The Twins even got to the playoffs this year with their SS hitting a measley .230.

Congrats on the gold glove!!! Nice to see that tradition of defense still valued in the org! He dies remind me of Gagne. I’ll take a glove first SS every day but this kid needs to spend more time swinging the bat in the cage.  He doesn’t need power, just get on base!! Hit .280-.320 and take your walks. Take all the walks. I can see a way the C4 is playing a different position in 2026 when this kid is showing off his talents in the show. 

Just watched the video. Very impressive, he know exactly what to do with ball before he gets it & reacts very well at the moment, great feel for the position. He has a very good arm. Hard to find anyone at SS with Correa's arm. 3B yes but not SS.

6 hours ago, MTV said:

Props to him for winning Gold Glove, but his offense needs to improve for him to become a serious prospect. Right now his ceiling looks like another Andrelton Simmons copy, I hope his offense can improve past that to become at least an adequate offensive player.

Andrelton Simmons had a very good major league career. That's actually a really high ceiling, one that Miller is quite unlikely to hit. Simmons was a productive minor league hitter and made his debut at age 22. Jack Wilson of the Pirates is a more likely ceiling.

Now lets hope he can develop even a little bit of a bat. He did grow a little bit of power, and still young.  Just turned 21.  He still has plenty of time to develop some bat, but if he can play elite defense with even a little bit of offense he should hopefully slot in to SS right around the time we need to move CC off. 

I remember going to see Cedar Rapids play Peoria at the beginning of the season and reported the team was loaded with talent. Bodes well for the team two to three years from now. Miller is young and has plenty of time for his hitting to come around. Most players get moved from short to second or third because their defense is not good enough to play in the bigs. 'good for him ..

Noah is probably one of our most underrated prospects.  In ‘26 (age 23) he could find himself playing an incredibly important role as an infield defensive specialist and injury fill-in starter for the best position player lineup in the majors.  That’s a big job and one of immense value.

1 hour ago, GNess said:

If Lee takes over at 3B and Lewis plays 2B for the long haul where do the Twins move Correa to make room for the likes of Miller? Long way off, with a lot that can alter things, but worth speculating about?

This doesn't inclue where the Twins play Julien as well.

C4 would slot in as infield utility and part time DH if his bat still plays. Julien would be part time DH and 1st base. Thats 3 Years out…

Spring ball and hilights have shown me this kid is for real when it comes down to defense. I might be mistaken, but wasn't hid overall quad slash line better in the 2nd half of the year after a really bad 1st month? Does anyone have the breakdown?

Thing is, Gold Glove or not, offensive improvement or not, he just turned 21yo. He could play the entire 2024 season back at Cedar Rapids as a 21yo  to continue work on his offense, and would still be below league average age.

He's got a really bright future if he can just be about league average as a batter. And there remains some pop/power potential we're just starting to see.

17 hours ago, Fatbat said:

C4 would slot in as infield utility and part time DH if his bat still plays. Julien would be part time DH and 1st base. Thats 3 Years out…

Excellent foresight! One that  give us optimium production & results, one that I share & hope this FO shares but seems not.

Yes that's 3yrs away & most likely eased into it with C4's mentoring. I can get excited about Miller

We have a 1B dilema & where do we put Julien? Why don't we put him in his natural position? 1B. Problem solved.

My son and I had the pleasure of seeing Miller play at Cedar Rapids. The kid made three outstanding defensive plays in the game that just blew us away. Cat-like quickness, great range and a gun for an arm. Like others have mentioned, the kid reminds me of Greg Gagne. No surprise to us that Noah won a Gold Glove.

One factor in play here is that two years ago he was playing Wisconsin high school baseball. It may take him awhile to adjust to the much higher level of pitching. 

That kind of defense is eye catching.  I see Correa playing 2-3 more years at SS.  Imagine a future team with Correa at 3B, Noah Miller at SS, Brooks Lee at 2B and Kirilloff at 1B.  Cue the Hue and Cry at the thought of Royce Lewis moving to the OF but between Lewis, Wallner, Emmanuel Rodriguez and Walker Jenkins the OF is covered.  Lewis, Jenkins and Rodriguez can play CF even though all three could project to a corner.  Wallner is a COF with a cannon for an arm and power.

That leaves Julien and one of those OF for DH.  With the youth movement coming you can see why Kepler, Polanco and probably Larnach are getting traded.  Miller can spend the next 2 seasons (maybe 3) working on an offensive approach that favors contact and a good eye at the plate with strong hit and run and bunting skills.  If he can do that he's closer to A. Simmons than Jack Wilson.  But defense like he would bring always plays.  Mark Belanger was never an offensive juggernaut but he was solid.  Greg Gagne is probably a good comp minus the footspeed and occasional power.  Miller could finally ascend to the Twins once he's ready to become the regular SS or as an infield defensive replacement for his first year.  Correa will determine how long he stays at SS but to imagine a glove like that taking over for him in a seamless transition is exciting.