Twins Minor League Talk

Figured I'd start a forum thread for in-season Twins minor league transactions... This weekend, the Twins signed RHP Ariel Jurado RHP Tyler Viza. Today, they released RHP Seth Pinkerton, C Collin Hopkins, 1B Gabe Snyder and OF Ernie De La Trinidad. No surprises. You just feel bad for them. Hopefully, they are able to catch on somewhere else or with their next profession.

Ben Ross has an exceptional athletic profile and had the type of breakout in his final season in college that should have Twins fans paying attention to his performance in 2023. Come and read about the 144th pick in the 2022 MLB Draft and why he's 'one to watch'. Image courtesy of William Parmeter ‘In these rounds, you’re looking for something special, something unique’, Sean Johnson, Scouting Director for the Minnesota Twins offered, reflecting …

test The Twins signed the player who may be the hardest to remember from the Washington Nationals 2019 World Series roster at bar trivia to a minor-league deal. Andrew Stevenson, 28, spent all of his 2022 season at the Nationals Triple-A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings. He had been removed from their 40-man roster early in the season and was never called back up. Stevenson had spent his entire career in the Nationals organization. He made his MLB debut in 2017 and accumulated 449 plate appearances in 248 games from 2017-2021. His greatest asset is his defense, but Stevenson has shown flashes of offensive production at times in the minor leagues and in the big league…

Can anyone offer a good explanation for this move? Twins Sign Andrew Stevenson To Minor League Deal - MLB Trade Rumors

Jaylen Nowlin is one of the most intriguing prospects in the Minnesota Twins organization. He's left-handed. He throws hard. Good secondary pitches. Get to know him a bit in a new Twins Spotlight. Image courtesy of William Parmeter Jaylen Nowlin grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents encouraged him to play many sports and keep busy, so he did, and in doing so developed some great friendships. Once he reached high school, his focus turned solely toward baseball. That deci…

Jaylen Nowlin grew up playing ball in the baseball hotbed around Atlanta. He was the Twins 19th round pick in 2021 out of Chipola JC where he began showing his ability to miss a lot of bats. He split the 2022 season between Ft. Myers and Cedar Rapids. In 71 combined innings, he had an incredible 111 strikeouts. Jaylen recently joined Seth on Twins Spotlight to discuss his pitches, his goals, where he learned to love baseball and his friend group that includes some great baseball players and prospects. View full video

Sometimes there are minor leaguers that, for whatever reason, don’t get the hype and prospect status that they probably should. I think it’s fair to say 2021 draft pick Travis Adams fits that category. Read the article below and listen to his Twins Spotlight interview and try not to get excited about his potential. Image courtesy of William Parmeter Last month, Twins Daily posted our Top 30 Twins prospects. You won’t find Travis Adams ’ name in it. Of the 10 Twins Daily wr…

The Twins added depth to the big-league pitching staff, and one of the biggest beneficiaries might be the Triple-A rotation. St. Paul is setting up to have a rotation full of the team's top pitching prospects waiting for their call back to the big leagues. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints Saints fans can be excited about the amount of talent projected in St. Paul to start the 2023 season. Many of the team's top prospects are closin…

MLBTradeRumors has Martin with an injury - UCL sprain. Hope he is ok. View full rumor

The overachiever from St. Paul has proven doubters wrong at every stage of his professional journey thus far. The only remaining step is the most important one. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints Age: 25 (DOB: 12/9/1997) 2022 Stats: (AA/AAA): 126.1 IP, 3.06 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 10.4 K/9, 3.0 BB/9 ETA: 2023 2022 Ranking: 15 National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | ATH: NR | BP: NR Varland's big-league debut on September 7th was emblematic of his journe…

With the 114th overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, the Twins selected Andrew Morris, a right-handed pitcher out of Texas Tech University. Morris was ranked 228th overall by MLB dot com on their final pre-draft big board. Image courtesy of William Parmeter Andrew Morris signed with the Twins for an even $500,000, slightly under the pick value of $533,300. Morris was a fourth-year senior for the Red Raiders, having transferred after spending his pr…

Carlos Correa is signed for six years and has exclusively been a shortstop in his career. However, he is a big man and he agreed to play third base in his negotiations with the New York Mets before the Mets backed out of the deal. The Twins have several shortstops among their top prospects, some of whom will most likely be moved to other positions as they advance to the big leagues. Who will be the person to succeed Correa as the Twins' regular shortstop? For purposes of this poll, "regular shortstop" would be defined as the player who plays the most games at the position in a season.

Julien has proven everything down in minors And SPRING TRAINING if you send him down over some of the free agents that are playing like crap, Twins deserve to be a subpar team and lose FANS AS WELL

FORT MYERS, FL—The 2022 first-round draft pick is seeing plenty of action in early spring training, and building upon the stellar impression he made during last year's pro debut. Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Correa are among those who've taken notice. Image courtesy of William Parmeter "He makes it look easy" is one of the highest compliments you can pay a person when it comes to something so immensely challenging as playing baseball at the highest level. And yet, that'…

Writeup here No one really ranked outside the consensus that I see. They seem to like the young, high-variance international signings from the last few years. I liked this blurb from Prielipp's scouting report: Could have been reported elsewhere but I hadn't heard anything on his work in instructs. The velocity is encouraging; I don't think he had fully regained it in his pre-draft workouts. With such a limited track record to go on, I'm looking forward to seeing him in action this year.

Baseball continues to evolve, and front offices view defensive value in various ways. Positional flexibility becomes essential as players get closer to the big leagues, and the Twins might prefer positionless prospects. Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge Prospect development isn't a linear path, and a player's long-term defensive future is far from decided the day he signs with an organization. Former Twins like Miguel Sano, Brian Do…

On their way to stepping over MLB’s color barrier, Roy Campanella and Willie Mays called Minnesota home. It was short, but it was memorable. Image courtesy of © Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Looking back on Minnesota baseball history, Black players like Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield, Mudcat Grant, or Torii Hunter often stand out. Two names, even more recognizable, are often overlooked. Roy Campanella Roy Campanella was the sixth player to break the MLB color barrie…

Twins Daily recently finished counting down the club's top prospects entering the 2023 season. Let's examine the crystal ball and project who will rank as the team's top prospect in two years. Image courtesy of Steve Buhr (Rodriguez), William Parmeter (Raya), Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports (Salas) Minnesota's farm system has some strong players at the top, but not all of them will still qualify as prospects over the next two years. Last …

Prospects flame out every year in baseball. It’s just the nature of the game. From organizational depth to top prospects, no young player’s impact is guaranteed. Three former top Twins prospects have particularly important seasons on the horizon in 2023. Image courtesy of Theo Tollefson, Twins Daily The Twins have three prospects who have tailed off in recent seasons after sitting relatively high in the organizational rankings. Though they don’t …

Every organization seeks a powerful bat to plug into the middle of its lineup. The Twins hoped one former first-round pick would follow this path, but the team is still waiting for him to break out. Image courtesy of William Parmeter The 2020 season was unlike any other in baseball history on and off the field. Major League Baseball found a way to play a shortened season during a pandemic, but different facets of the game had to be altered. Front…

Excellent piece from Gleeman today, talking about how Martin is returning to his roots and no longer trying to elevate the ball with intentionality. I don't like the undercurrent of what is being said here, that the Twins were trying to homogenize Martin and it simply failed. I'm not furious about it or anything but I think a team that had Luis Arraez on it for years should know better than to do this to a capable spray hitter. There are different ways to become a capable baseball player and that's okay. https://theathletic.com/4233049/2023/02/22/twins-prospect-austin-martin-2/

We've spent the past few weeks revealing our choices for the top prospects in the Twins organization. Now, let's take a step back and assess the state of the system. Image courtesy of Thiéres Rabelo, Twins Daily The purpose of these rankings is to take stock of the Twins farm system leading up to the start of the season. This year we asked 10 different Twins Daily writers, all of whom follow the minors closely, to share their choices for the current top 30 Twins prospects. …

Austin Martin still has a chance to cement himself as a top prospect alongside Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee. Don't give up on him just yet. Image courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports When Austin Martin was drafted fifth overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft, it was considered one of the steals of the draft. Martin was viewed as the best pure hitter in the draft, and most people thought he would go number two overall behind Sp…

People have been talking a lot about Bally going bankrupt, and MLB possibly terminating their contracts with Bally, and instead removing blackout restrictions on their app, but as a fan of the minor leagues, I am also exited that MLB tv is now officially broadcasting MiLB games on the app too. I have long wanted to watch saints or cedar rapids games, but unwilling to pay for the MiLB tv app which I would only use once in a while. The price for MLB tv went up 10$, but is is well worth it to be able to watch brooks lee and others work their way up to the bigs.

Brooks Lee has only been in the Twins organization since the middle of July, but he has already made his mark. His breakout professional debut has him as a consensus Top 100 prospect while earning the top spot on Twins Daily's prospect rankings. Image courtesy of Steve Buhr, Twins Daily Age: 22 (DOB: 2/14/01) 2022 Stats (RK/A+/AA): 139 PA, .303/.389/.451, 4 HR, 6 2B, 15 RBI, 17 R ETA: 2024 2021 Ranking: NA National Top 100 Rankings BA: 45 | MLB:…

“Je vais être de retour!!” -- Edouard Julien in a since-deleted tweet sent on June 24, 2019. And with that - which translates to “I will be back!!” - Julien’s Twins career appeared to be over before it started as the draft-eligible sophomore announced his intentions to return to Auburn for his junior season. Oh, how things change in a hurry. At the time, it made perfect sense. Even Auburn couldn’t figure out exactly where to play Edouard Julien on the field. As a freshman, he started 59 games between designated hitt…

Now having made his Major League debut and looking to get back in 2023, the expectations for the former top pick have never been higher. If we’ve seen anything to this point, it’s that counting him out isn’t a great idea. Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints Age: 23 (DOB: 6/5/1999) 2022 Stats: 12 G, .300/.317/.550, 4 2B, 2 HR, 2.4% BB, 12.2% K National Top 100 Rankings: BA: 82 | MLB: 46 | BP: 40 What's To Like Af…

You can make a case that Emmanuel Rodriguez was THE single most meteoric player in all of the minors last year. He shined bright and burnt out quickly, succumbing to a knee injury. Now, he's back and ready to light the minors aflame once again. Age: 19 (DOB: 2/28/2003) 2022 Stats: (A): 199 PA, .272/.493/.552, 9 HR, 25 RBI ETA: 2025 2022 Ranking: 16 National Top 100 Rankings BA: 46 | MLB: 88 | ATH: 48 | BP: 42 What's To Like It's hard to properly explain just how special and stunning Emmanuel Rodriguez's performance was last…

Marco Raya might be the most exciting pitching prospect to come through the Twins organization since Jose Berrios. His stock is significantly rising after a tremendous professional debut. Image courtesy of William Parmeter, Fort Myers Miracle Age: 20 (DOB: 8/7/02) 2022 Stats (Low-A): 65 IP, 3.05 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 76 K, 23 BB ETA: 2025 2021 Ranking: Honorable Mention National Top 100 Rankings BA: NR | MLB: NR | ATH: NR | BP: 53 What’s …

Emmanuel Rodríguez performed at an extremely high level in 2022. The 19-year-old hit .272/.493/.552 (1.044 OPS) in the pitcher-friendly Florida State League. Rodríguez is currently a centerfielder but could shift to a corner as he moves up the system. After a knee injury ended his 2022 season, Rodríguez is on top-10 global prospect watch in 2023. View full video