Minnesota Twins minor league players

Jorge Alcalá

Jorge Luis Alcalá (born July 28, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Alcalá signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in December 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Astros. He played 2016 with the Gulf Coast Astros, Greeneville Astros and Tri-City ValleyCats. He played 2017 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and Buies Creek Astros and started 2018 with Buies Creek before being promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks.^[1]

On July 27, 2018, the Astros traded Alcalá along with Gilberto Celestino to the Minnesota Twins for Ryan Pressly.^[2][3]

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David Banuelos

David Clemente Banuelos (born October 1, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Banuelos attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, graduating in 2014.^[4] He then enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, and played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. He became the Dirtbags' starting catcher as a sophomore in 2016.^[5] During the summer of 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League.^[6] In 2017, he was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America^[7] and one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award.^[8]

The Seattle Mariners selected Banuelos in the fifth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.^[4] He signed with the Mariners, receiving a $300,000 signing bonus,^[9] and made his professional debut with the Everett AquaSox, where he spent his first professional season, posting a .236 batting average with four home runs, 36 RBIs, and a .331 OBP.^[10]

On December 6, 2017, in an attempt to sign Shohei Ohtani during the 2017–18 offseason, the Mariners traded Banuelos to the Minnesota Twins for $1 million in international signing bonus money.^[11]

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Travis Blankenhorn

Travis Allan Blankenhorn (born August 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Blankenhorn attended Pottsville Area High School in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He committed to play college baseball at the University of Kentucky.^[12] He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.^[13][14]

After signing, Blankenhorn made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Twins and he was later promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. He posted a combined .244 batting average with 3 home runs and 23 RBIs in 53 games between both clubs. Blankenhorn spent 2016 with both Elizabethon and the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he batted a combined .293 with ten home runs and 41 RBIs in 59 games between both teams.^[15] In 2017, he returned to Cedar Rapids, posting a .251 batting average, 13 home runs, 69 RBIs, and a .784 OPS in 118 games.^[16]

Blankenhorn began 2018 with the Fort Myers Miracle. In June, he won the Florida State League All-Star Game home run derby with 31 home runs.^[17]

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Dakota Chalmers

Dakota Reid Chalmers (born October 8, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins organization.

Chalmers attended Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, for his first two years of high school,^[18] and then transferred to North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia.^[19] The Oakland Athletics selected Chalmers in the third round of the 2015 MLB draft, and gave him a $1.2 million signing bonus to turn professional.^[20] On August 9, 2018, the Athletics traded Chalmers to the Minnesota Twins for Fernando Rodney.^[21]

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Brusdar Graterol

Brusdar Javier Graterol (born August 26, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Graterol signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent in August 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Twins where he was 0-1 with a 2.45 ERA in four starts. He missed the 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery.^[22] He returned from the injury in 2017 and pitched for the Gulf Coast Twins and Elizabethton Twins, going 4-1 with a 2.70 ERA in ten games (seven starts).^[23]

Graterol started 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.^[24][25]

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Jon Kemmer

Jon Kemmer (born November 17, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Kemmer played college baseball at Allegany College of Maryland in 2010 and 2011, Clarion University in 2012 and Brewton–Parker College in 2013. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 21st round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.^[26] He signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats, where he spent the rest of the season, batting .221 with four home runs and 16 RBIs in 65 games. In 2014, he played for the Quad Cities River Bandits and Lancaster JetHawks,^[27] posting a combined .291 average with 16 home runs and 50 RBIs between the two teams. He played 2015 for the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.^[28][29] Kemmer hit .327 with 18 home runs for Corpus Christi. Kemmer spent 2016 with the Fresno Grizzlies where he hit .265 with 18 home runs with an OPS of .811. He returned to Fresno in 2017, where he improved, batting .299 with 16 home runs and 57 RBIs.^[30]

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Jacob Pearson

Jacob Taylor Pearson (born June 1, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins organization.

Pearson attended West Monroe High School in West Monroe, Louisiana. He was named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year^[31] and the most valuable player of the All-State team. Pearson committed to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball for the LSU Tigers.^[32]

The Los Angeles Angels selected Pearson in the third round, with the 85th overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft.^[33] He signed with the Angels rather than attend LSU, earning a $1 million signing bonus. Pearson spent his first professional season with the AZL Angels where he batted .226 with 13 RBIs in 40 games.^[34]

After being told they would not sign Shohei Ohtani during the 2017–18 offseason, the Minnesota Twins traded $1 million in international signing bonus money to the Angels for Pearson on December 6, 2017.^[35]

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Luke Raley

Lucas Raley (born September 19, 1994) is an American baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Raley graduated from Highland High School in Medina, Ohio.^[36] He was named to the Ohio All-State Baseball Team as a senior.^[37] After going undrafted out of high school, he enrolled at Lake Erie College where he played college baseball. As a junior at Lake Erie, he hit .424 with 12 home runs, 39 RBIs, and a .528 on-base percentage in 47 games.^[38] After his junior year, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2016 MLB draft,^[39] and he signed for $150,000.^[40]

After signing, Raley was assigned to the AZL Dodgers. After batting .625 in five games, was promoted to the Ogden Raptors, and after batting .417 in five games with Ogden, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons.^[41] He finished the season with Great Lakes batting .245^[42] with two home runs and 17 RBIs in 56 games. In 2017, Raley played for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes where he slashed .295/.375/.473 with 14 home runs and 62 RBIs in 123 games.^[43] He began 2018 with the Tulsa Drillers.^[44]

On July 31, 2018, Raley was traded to the Minnesota Twins, along with Devin Smeltzer and Logan Forsythe for Brian Dozier.^[45]

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Ben Rortvedt

Benjamin T. Rortvedt (born September 25, 1997) is an American baseball catcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Rortvedt attended Verona Area High School in Verona, Wisconsin.^[46] As a senior, he slashed .444/.568/.667.^[47] He committed to play college baseball at the University of Arkansas.^[48] He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round (56th overall) of the 2016 MLB draft.^[49] He signed with the Twins for $900,000,^[50] forgoing his commitment to the University of Arkansas.

Rortvedt made his professional debut that same year with the GCL Twins before being promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. In 33 games between the two clubs, he batted .222 with ten RBIs.^[51] He spent 2017 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he compiled a .224 batting average with four home runs and 30 RBIs in 89 games, and 2018 with both Cedar Rapids and the Fort Myers Miracle,^[52] slashing a combined .262/.331/.379 with five home runs and 43 RBIs in 90 total games between the two clubs.^[53]

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Tyler Watson

Tyler Jaymes Watson (born May 22, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 34th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.

A native of Gilbert, Arizona, Watson attended and played baseball at Perry High School. Despite being drafted in the later rounds of the 2015 draft, he elected to sign for a $400,000 bonus, well above the slot value.^[54] After signing, he began his professional career with the GCL Nationals, pitching 13.1 scoreless innings. After posting a 2.64 ERA in 58 inning as a starter across two levels in 2016 (Class A Short Season, with the Auburn Doubledays, and Class A Full Season, with the Hagerstown Suns), Watson was labeled by Baseball America and Minor League Ball as a prospect to watch in the Nationals farm system.^[55][56] He began 2017 with Hagerstown and was selected among several Hagerstown players to participate in the South Atlantic League All-Star Game.^[57]

On July 31, 2017, Watson was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Brandon Kintzler.^[58] Minnesota assigned him to the Cedar Rapids Kernels. In 23 combined games between Hagerstown and Cedar Rapids, Watson posted a combined 7–7 record with a 4.34 ERA.^[59]

Watson is a left-handed pitcher with a low-90s fastball, an above-average curveball, and a developing changeup.^[56]

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