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  1. Cody Christie
    Baseball’s draft is tricky because many players are years away from impacting big-league rosters. Back in the early 2010s, the Twins struggled to identify the best available players in the draft. Mid-market teams like the Twins need to succeed through scouting and the draft. The five years out...
  2. Cody Christie
    More information about "Reevaluating Minnesota’s Draft Picks: 2010-2015"
    Mid-market teams like the Twins need to succeed through scouting and the draft. The five years outlined below clarify why front office changes were made. Not every first-round pick will be a success, but high draft picks need to provide some value at the big-league level. 2010 Draft Twins Se...
  3. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Twins Minor League Report (7/24): E-Twins Lose Pitcher, Win Big"
    Also, the E-Twins had another huge offensive inning. Brent Rooker had another solid showing. There was a #ParkBang. A Kernels reliever has a pretty impressive streak going. And, a second 2017 shortstop draft pick is playing well in the GCL. Find out everything and more that happened happened in the...
  4. Seth Stohs
    Yesterday, we wrote a bit about how well Aaron Slegers has pitched in his last seven or eight starts. For his last two starts, he was named the International League’s Pitcher of the Week. The major news on Monday, of course, was the Twins officially acquiring Jaime Garcia and Anthony Recker for Hu...
  5. Cody Christie
    More information about "Twins Minor League Report (5/28): Jorge, Today Is Your Day!"
    RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 1, Indianapolis 2 Box Score Only three Red Wings batters were able to collect hits as the team was held to four total hits. Niko Goodrum had the team's lone extra-base hit as he came around to score on a Tommy Field single. Field led the team with a 2-for-3 effort. Leonard...
  6. Cody Christie
    While the Twins were in the midst of the longest game in Target Field history, the Twins minor leagues were in the middle of a busy day. Only two teams have games on Memorial Day so Sunday became a critical day as multiple affiliates float around the .500 mark. What teams could shine? What players...
  7. John Bonnes
    More information about "Report From The Fort: Ups And Downs"
    Except for a couple of batters, he made things looked effortless. Whether that’s a good sign or not for the regular season remains to be seen. Gibson cautioned that he never knows what the other team is working on, and it might be that they’re working on something that gives Gibson an advantage. Tow...
  8. John Bonnes
    The Twins lost to the cross-city foes the Red Sox today. The damage was done late, which is both good news and bad news, depending on whether you are worried about the starting pitching or the bullpen. Optimistic Outing Kyle Gibson started against a Boston regular season lineup and kept them off-b...
  9. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Get To Know: Gophers OF Jordan Smith (And Gophers Notes)"
    Smith came to the Gophers after a strong high school career at Eden Prairie. He also was a big Twins fan and is getting the opportunity to live out a dream by playing for the Gophers. Let’s get to know him. Get to know Jordan Smith Seth Stohs (SS): Growing up in Eden Prairie, were you a big Twins fa...
  10. Seth Stohs
    This week, the Gophers are making a California swing before getting started with Big Ten play next weekend. They played a single game on Tuesday night at California-Berkeley, and last night they began a three-game series at Sacramento State. Find out more about those games and what’s coming up, but...
  11. Seth Stohs
    It is a moment that every kid who puts on a baseball glove has. That dream becomes more vivid as you move up the ranks, get drafted and move up the minor league system. After all that Alex Wimmers went through on the field early in his minor league career, he arrived in the big leagues late in Augus...
  12. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Alex Wimmers Has Perspective... And Pitches"
    “They’ve dealt with a lot with me and I felt like I owed it to them. At the same time, I love it here. Love the guys. Love the teammates. Love the potential that this team has. I feel like once they offered me to come back, I didn’t want to turn it down because I feel like this team can really be sp...
  13. Seth Stohs
    Yes, 2016 was a year that included 103 losses, but it wasn’t all bad. There were a lot of positives during the season as well. As the year comes to an end, and we are fully thinking about 2017 and beyond, today we take one more look back at the 2016 Minnesota Twins season. There were debuts, and the...
  14. Seth Stohs
    More information about "2016: The Year In Firsts"
    As you watch, review and remember these great Twins moments (and individuals' moments), consider your favorite Twins moments in 2016 on the field. Share yours in the comments below. BRIAN DOZIER What a season 2016 was for the Twins second baseman. After struggling mightily through the season’s first...
  15. Seth Stohs
    At 6:00, the Minnesota Twins will take on Cleveland in the middle game of a three-game series. Australian James Beresford will make his Major League Debut! While the Twins are trying to avoid 100 losses, Cleveland is in the thick of the pennant race, holding a lead over the Detroit Tigers. They al...
  16. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Saturday Twins Pre-Game Blog"
    James Beresford was on the field about five hours prior to the start of tonight's game, taking ground balls at third base. He was wearing his green Mr. 1000 shirt that his teammates in Rochester gave him. He had found out that he was going to make his Major League debut. He will be hitting eighth an...
  17. John Bonnes
    More information about "Gleeman & The Geek, Ep 274: SonuvaPitch"
    http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/gatg_8_28_16_final.mp3
  18. John Bonnes
    Aaron and John talk about the Twins' losing skid, six-year run of awful pitching, the planned front office regime change beyond just a new GM, similarities with Tom Kelly, Andy MacPhail, and Carl Pohlad, Tyler Duffey and Jose Berrios demotions, filling the roster with replacement-level talent, and O...
  19. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Wimmers' Long Road Finally Leads To Big Leagues"
    Wimmers showed up to minor league spring training in 2011, but something clearly wasn't right. He wasn't able to throw strikes, at all. In his first start, Wimmers walked the first six batters he faced before being removed from the game. He was essentially shut down, sent to extended spring training...
  20. Seth Stohs
    It's been a long journey, full of ups and downs for Alex Wimmers. However, on Thursday afternoon, he finally got the call he had long been waiting for. "Alex Wimmers, you're heading to the big leagues! Congratulations!" Following the Twins loss to the Tigers on Thursday afternoon at Target Field,...
  21. Seth Stohs
    More information about "Twins Minor League Relief Pitcher Of The Month - July 2016"
    In case you missed them here are the previous July winners, we named Cedar Rapids Kernels first baseman Zander Wiel the Hitter of the Month. First, a number of relievers worthy of mention: RHP DJ Baxendale (Rochester) - 11 G, 1.64 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 11.0 IP,9 H, 3 BB, 11 K LHP Sean Burnett (Rochester)...
  22. Seth Stohs
    After reviewing the top hitters in the Twins system in June yesterday, it’s time to consider who the top pitchers were in July. Tomorrow we’ll take a lot at the top starting pitchers, but today you’ll be able to see which relief pitchers performed well in July. There were quite a few solid performan...
  23. Steve Lein
    More information about "Twins Minor League Report (7/31): Wade's Power Not Enough For Miracle"
    Check out all the action from Sunday, and discover the answer to those questions by reading on! RED WINGS REPORT Lehigh Valley 5, Rochester 1 Box Score The Rochester lineup was unable to muster much offense on Sunday afternoon, as they collected four hits as a team, were just 1-5 with runners in sco...
  24. Steve Lein
    As the Minnesota Twins played an afternoon game with potential trade commodity Ervin Santana on the mound against the White Sox, there were five games being played in the minor leagues by their affiliates on Sunday. LaMonte Wade had a big game for the Fort Myers Miracle, but it wasn’t enough for h...
  25. Seth Stohs
    This was supposed to be my article for Monday night, but with the firing (er, dismissal of duties) of Terry Ryan on Monday, this topic could wait a little bit. But I think it is important. Now the article can be framed as a request for interim GM Rob Antony to consider. With the Twins already out...
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