Minnesota Twins minor league players

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.[1] As a senior, he batted .395 with four home runs and 24 RBIs.[2] Undrafted out of high school in the 2014 MLB draft, he 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.[3] During the summer of 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League.[4] In 2017, he batted .289 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs and was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America[5] and one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award.[6]

The Seattle Mariners selected Banuelos in the fifth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[1] He signed with the Mariners, receiving a $300,000 signing bonus,[7] 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 and 26 RBIs in 36 games.[8]

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.[9] He spent the 2018 season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels, batting .220 with two home runs and 22 RBIs in 73 games.[10]

Banuelos begin 2019 with Cedar Rapids[11] before being promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle in May. Over 63 games, he slashed .177/.232/.263 with two home runs and twenty RBIs. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Matthew James Canterino (born December 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Canterino grew up in Southlake, Texas and attended Carroll Senior High School. He was named the District 7-6A Pitcher of the Year as a senior after posting 7-1 record with 57 strikeouts and an 0.64 ERA.[12]

Canterino played college baseball for the Rice Owls, where he was a starting pitcher for three seasons. He was named first team All-Conference USA after going 7-5 with 3.06 ERA and 116 strikeouts against 22 walks in 94 innings.[13] As a junior, he went 6-5 with a 2.81 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 99.1 innings pitched and was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Year in addition to repeating as a first team all-conference selection.[14][15] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[16]

Canterino was selected in the 2nd round of the 2019 MLB draft by the Minnesota Twins.[17] After signing with the team, he was initially assigned to the Gulf Coast League Twins before being promoted to the Class-A Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League.[18] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Rice Owls bio

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Keoni Cavaco
Cavaco with the Gulf Coast League Twins in 2019
Minnesota Twins
Shortstop
Born: (2001-06-02) June 2, 2001 Chula Vista, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Keoni Kealakekua Cavaco (born June 2, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Cavaco attended Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, California. In 2019, his senior year, he hit .433 with eight home runs and 16 steals along with pitching to a 0.67 ERA.[19] He committed to play college baseball at San Diego State University.[20]

Cavaco was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the first round with the 13th overall selection of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[21][22] He signed for $4.05 million.[23] After signing, he was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Twins with whom he spent all of his first professional season.[24] Over 25 games, he hit .172 with one home run and six RBIs.[25] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels of the Low-A Southeast, slashing .233/.296/.301 with two home runs and 24 RBIs over sixty games.[27]

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Jhoan Manuel Durán (born January 8, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Durán signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in December 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks. He played 2016 with the Arizona League Diamondbacks and Missoula Osprey and 2017 with the Arizona League Diamondbacks and Hillsboro Hops. He started 2018 with the Kane County Cougars. On July 27, 2018 the Diamondbacks traded Durán, Gabriel Maciel and Ernie De La Trinidad to the Minnesota Twins for Eduardo Escobar.[28][29]

Durán started his Twins career with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.[30] He started 2019 with the Fort Myers Miracle.

Durán was added to the Twins 40-man roster on November 20, 2019.[31] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 21, 2021, Durán was shut down by Minnesota due to an elbow strain.[32]

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William Christopher Holland (born April 18, 1998) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Holland graduated from Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia.[33] As a senior, he hit .436 with two home runs and 13 stolen bases.[34] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Auburn University to play college baseball for the Auburn Tigers.

As a freshman at Auburn in 2017, Holland batted .209 with three home runs and 18 RBIs in 45 games.[35] He was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the week of March 13–19 after going 6 for 15 at the plate, hitting one home run with four RBIs and three runs scored.[36] He played in the Perfect Game League that summer.[37] In 2018, as a sophomore, Holland had a breakout year in which he slashed .313/.406/.530 with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs in 66 games.[38][39][40] He was named to the All-SEC Second Team[41] and to the ABCA All-South Region Team.[42] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks[43] along with playing for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[44] Prior to the 2019 season, Holland was named a preseason All-American by multiple outlets including Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com.[45][46] He struggled his junior year, finishing the season batting .246 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs over 64 games.[47]

Holland was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft,[48] and he signed for $575,000.[49] He made his professional debut with the Elizabethton Twins of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, batting .192 with seven home runs, 16 RBIs, and eight stolen bases over 36 games.[50] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] For the 2021 season, Holland was assigned to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels of the Low-A Southeast, slashing .214/.336/.401 with ten home runs, 27 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases over 76 games.[51]

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• Auburn Tigers bio

José Francisco Miranda (born June 29, 1998) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Miranda was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft out of Leadership Christian Academy in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[52] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Twins.

Miranda played 2017 with the Elizabethton Twins, 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Fort Myers Miracle and 2019 with Fort Myers and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.[53][54] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Miranda started 2021 with the Wichita Wind Surge before being promoted to the St. Paul Saints.[55] In his first game with the Saints, he hit three home runs.[56]

His cousin is actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.[57]

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Bryson Cole Sands (born July 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Sands attended North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee, Florida, where he played baseball.[58] As a senior, he pitched to a 0.32 ERA.[59] Following his senior year, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 22nd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign, and instead enrolled at Florida State University (FSU) where he played college baseball.[60]

In 2016, as a freshman at FSU, Sands appeared in 18 games (17 starts) in which he pitched to a 6-7 record with a 4.13 ERA over 69+2⁄3 innings.[61][62] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Falmouth Commodores.[63] As a sophomore at FSU, Sands once again pitched in 18 games (making 17 starts), going 6-4 with a 5.40 ERA.[64] He returned to Falmouth and the Cape Cod League that summer. In 2018, Sand's junior season, he made 14 starts and compiled a 7-4 record with a 4.54 ERA, striking out 88 over 75 innings.[65] After the season, he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[66][67][68][69] He signed for $500,000.[70]

Sands made his professional debut in 2019 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League.[71][72] After eight starts, he was promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. After nine starts with the Miracle, he earned another promotion, this time to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Class AA Southern League.[73] Over 18 starts between the three clubs, Sands went 7-3 with a 2.68 ERA, striking out 108 over 97+1⁄3 innings.[74] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[75] For the 2021 season, Sands was assigned to the Wichita Wind Surge of the Double-A Central.[76] On June 22, he was placed on the injured list with an undisclosed injury, and was activated on July 14.[77] Over 19 games (18 starts) for the 2021 season, Sands went 4-2 with a 2.46 ERA and 96 strikeouts over 80+1⁄3 innings.[78]

On November 19, 2021, the Twins selected Sands' contract and added him to their 40-man roster.[79]

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Spencer Gordon Steer (born December 7, 1997) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Steer attended Millikan High School in Long Beach, California.[80] He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Oregon. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[81] Steer was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft.[82]

Steer made his professional debut Elizabethton Twins and Cedar Rapids Kernels.[83] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 because the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He started 2021 with Cedar Rapids before being promoted to the Wichita Wind Surge.[84]

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Andrew Gregory Strotman (born September 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Strotman attended Homestead High School in Cupertino, California.[85] In 2014, his senior year, he went 6-3 with a 0.54 ERA.[86] He was not drafted out of high school, and enrolled at Saint Mary's College of California where he played college baseball.

In 2015, Strotman's freshman year at Saint Mary's, he pitched 34+2⁄3 innings, going 2-3 with an 8.57 ERA. As a sophomore in 2016, he pitched in 22 games (making three starts), compiling a 3-5 record with a 3.96 ERA. In 2017, his junior season, Strotman pitched to a 6-1 record and a 4.57 ERA over 18 games (seven starts), striking out 75 batters over 67 innings.[87] Following the year, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[88]

Strotman signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League, going 2-3 with a 1.78 ERA over 11 games (seven starts).[89] He was named an All-Star.[90] In 2018, he pitched with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League where he went 3-0 with a 3.52 ERA over 46 innings. He missed the last three months of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[91] He returned to the mound in 2019 with the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, pitching to an 0-2 record and a 5.06 ERA over 16 innings.[92] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[93] On November 20, 2020, Strotman was added to the 40-man roster.[94] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A East.[95] Over 13 games (12 starts) with Durham, he posted a 7-2 record and a 3.39 ERA.[96]

On July 22, 2021, Strotman was traded alongside Joe Ryan to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Nelson Cruz and Calvin Faucher.[97] He was assigned to the St. Paul Saints of the Triple-A East.[98] Over 12 starts with St. Paul, Strotman went 3-3 with a 7.33 ERA and 42 strikeouts over 54 innings.[99]

Chris Ryan Vallimont (born March 18, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Vallimont attended Mercyhurst Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania.[100] He attended Mercyhurst University, where he played college baseball for the Lakers.[101] In 2017, he briefly played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[102] Vallimont was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 5th round, with the 147th overall selection, of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Marlins.[103][104]

Vallimont made his professional debut in 2018 with the Batavia Muckdogs, going 0–2 with a 6.21 ERA in 29 innings.[105][106] He opened the 2019 season with the Clinton LumberKings, going 4–4 with a 2.99 ERA in 69 innings.[106] Vallimont was named to the Midwest League All-Star team.[107] He was promoted to the Jupiter Hammerheads on June 22.[106]

On July 27, 2019, Vallimont was traded, along with Sergio Romo and a PTBNL, to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Lewin Díaz.[108] He was assigned to the Fort Myers Miracle following the trade,[106] and ended the season there. Over 23 starts between Clinton, Jupiter, and Fort Myers, Vallimont pitched to an 8-9 record with a 3.24 ERA, striking out 150 over 127+2⁄3 innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Josh Winder (born October 11, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Winder attended James River High School in Midlothian, Virginia and played college baseball at the Virginia Military Institute. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the seventh round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[109]

Winder made his professional debut with the Elizabethton Twins and played 2019 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.[110] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[111][112] Winder started 2021 with the Wichita Wind Surge. In June 2021, Winder was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[113]

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