Jeremy Nygaard

The Twins just got back over .500 (again) while a top prospect is starting to heat up.

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There was a lot going on in the minor leagues today. You can read about it and catch up (or comment) here.

After taking in three Kernels games in Cedar Rapids, Seth is driving back to reality tonight. So I'm pinch-writing.

Like any back-of-the-rotation starter, you'll have to put up with me once (and sometimes twice) a week. I'm ...

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As we sit around three months from draft day there have been many risers and fallers around the draft world. Some larger than others. Obviously, there is still a lot of time for things to happen, but this is how I would stack the Twins Draft Board if it were up to me.

The first installment of my draft board featured a top 4 as well as some other names to watch. The following list has stayed the same at the very top, but has seen many changes around it. It's also expanded to a top ...

I hope to make this the first edition of a series where I weigh in on debatable topics at appropriate times. Maybe this particular one would be more appropriate at the trade deadline. In fact, I know it would be.

However, given the news out of Tampa that Yankees LF Curtis Granderson broke his arm today and will miss 10 weeks, I think taking a look at this scenario during Spring Training seems somewhat appropriate.


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Updated 02-24-2013 at 09:52 PM by Jeremy Nygaard

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The Twins spring schedule kicks off tomorrow. I know many are looking forward to it, even without the belief that the Twins will be competing for an AL Central crown this fall. That doesn't make this spring any less interesting.

So with that in mind, I'm going on record and making predictions... some bold, some not.


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*The Twins will finish in last place in the AL Central. They'll win ...

Though we are nearly four months away from the draft – and there is still much baseball to be played – it’s an event that is very significant and may stay very much on some of our minds as we progress through the spring and into summer.

I don’t know how often I’ll make changes to this – but this is my first installment of “Jeremy’s Small Board.” “Small” because only 1-4 matter, though I would anticipate having something more like a “Top 10” as the season progresses.

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As Spring Training approaches, we’ve hashed and re-hashed Prospect Lists. We’ve dissected the signing of Kevin Correia many times over. We’ve projected lineups of every affiliate.

There are few things more informative than talking with those that are behind the information. So today let’s do something else. Let’s talk scouting with West Coast Scouting Supervisor Sean Johnson.

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First off, huge thanks to Sean! As baseball is starting to get rolling, he took ...

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After months of writing, editing and revising, we sent the Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook to the printer. It's available here.

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I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a little preview of an interview I was able to do with Twins scout Jack Powell.

Powell is the Twins main scout in Georgia and Alabama, so their selection of Byron Buxton with the #2 overall pick in the 2012 draft came much at his recommendation.

There was debate here ...

Originally, I planned to post a preview for the Handbook; but that is going to wait until tomorrow.

Instead, I decided to go the direction of something that has been bothering me over the last couple of days. Ironically, it has nothing to do with shrinking payroll or lack of top-of-the-rotation starters.

It has to do with the quantity of pitchers the Twins are bringing to camp. Though the Twins are bringing a franchise-record 34 pitchers to Major League Spring Training, ...

With the release just around the corner, I wanted to... well, you know... blog about it.

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(Aaron Hicks autograph on a ball Hicks fouled off in Beloit.)

I remember trying to follow the Twins Minor League system in the early-to-mid-90s. And by "follow", I mean "look at the team stats in the Sunday paper". I would always wonder why guys with really good stats stayed at certain levels longer than other guys who weren't "as good". ...

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As we turn the calendar page from 2012 to 2013, it’s also time to turn the page and look forward to the 2013 season.

The Roster & Payroll page has become a pretty popular destination for TwinsDaily.com visitors, so I’ve decided to make some changes to make it MORE informational (can you believe it?) but also more reader-friendly.

The 2012 page has been skinned down to the big-league payroll and is still viewable here (link not available yet...).

The meat and ...

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News of the Twins Prospect Handbook will probably start popping up soon. So to help with that appetite, you will find a couple profiles that won't make the final cut... because the players got cut.

Wang-Wei Lin – OF – (6/28/88)
Acquired: Signed as F/A in Oct 2006 from Taiwan
2012 Team(s): Beloit Snappers
2012 Stats: .232/.343/.334, 14-2B, 5-3B, 4 HR, 30 RBI

Lin has spent the previous three seasons in Beloit and regardless of what happens, we know he ...

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Though there may be moves yet to happen, you can view the updated Spring Training Roster here.

Some comparisons between last year's spring training roster and this year's:

Pitchers - Last year the Twins brought in 33 pitchers, this year the number is currently at 34.

Catchers - A year ago there were eight catchers officially invited and one added in the weeks leading up to spring training. This year the Twins have five on their 40-man and have invited four ...

These aren't necessarily moves that I'd make over the course of the next few weeks, but these are the moves I think we'll see.

I think the Friday non-tender deadline will roll around and the news we've all been waiting to hear "The Twins will non-tender Drew Butera" won't come.

I don't think it will be because Butera adds a lot of value, per se, to this team, but I do believe it allows the Twins to keep Mauer and Doumit in the lineup every day and it allows Chris Herrmann ...

Even though we’ve suffered through a painfully uneventful first half of November, there is still a lot left to do before the end of the month.

The Twins will have to have their 40-man roster set in advance of the Rule V draft by Tuesday. At this point, there are really only two slam-dunk additions and they are OF Aaron Hicks and SP Kyle Gibson.

After those two the picture becomes much less clear. In the history of the Rule V draft, the vast majority of players taken are ...