Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Minnesota Twins:
Players
Jason Adam
Jason Kendall Adam is an American professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins. The right handed pitcher was drafted in the 5th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, by the Kansas City Royals.
In his senior season at Blue Valley Northwest High School, Adam pitched  41 2â„3 innings with a 2.16 earned run average. His 79 strikeouts to just 7 walks impressed scouts. Adam signed with the Royals, forgoing his college commitment to the University of Missouri.
On August 11, 2014, Adam was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Josh Willingham.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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 was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Twins and was later promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. Blankenhorn started 2016 with Elizabethton and was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels during the season.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Michael Cederoth
Michael Sean Cederoth (born November 25, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in Minor League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins organization. He previously played college baseball for the San Diego State Aztecs.
Cederoth attended Steele Canyon High School in Spring Valley, California. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Cederoth in the 41st round of the 2011 MLB Draft, but he did not sign. He enrolled at San Diego State University to play college baseball for the San Diego State Aztecs baseball team. In 2012, his sophomore year, he suffered a broken jaw when a line drive struck him in the face. Due to inconsistency in his freshman and sophomore year, the Aztecs transitioned Cederoth into a relief pitcher in 2014, his junior year. Serving as the Aztecs' closer, Cederoth had a 6-2 winâ€"loss record, 20 saves, a 2.28 earned run average, and 55 strikeouts in  51 2â„3 innings pitched. After the season, Louisville Slugger named Cederoth a First Team All-American.
The Minnesota Twins selected Cederoth in the third round, with the 79th overall selection, of the 2014 MLB Draft. After he signed, he pitched for the Elizabethton Twins of the Rookie-level Appalachian League where he posted a 4-2 record with a 3.55 ERA. In 2015, he pitched for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, where he went 1-4 with a 4.08 ERA. Cederoth returned to the Kernels in 2016 where he greatly improved, going 4-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 47.2 innings pitched.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Zack Jones
Zachary James Jones (born December 4, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization
Jones attended Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California, and San Jose State University. The Minnesota Twins selected him in the fourth round of the 2012 MLB Draft. Exposed in the 2015 Rule 5 draft, Jones was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers. Jones strained his right shoulder in spring training with the Brewers, and began the 2016 season on the disabled list. Jones was returned to the Twins on June 19.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Zack Littell
Zack Stuart Littell (born October 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Littell attended Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, North Carolina. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. Littell made his professional debut with the Arizona League Mariners. He pitched 2014 with the Pulaski Mariners and 2015 with the Clinton LumberKings. He started 2016 with Clinton and was promoted to the Bakersfield Blaze in July.
On July 30, 2017, the Yankees traded Littell and Dietrich Enns to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jaime GarcÃa and cash consideration.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Mason Melotakis
Mason Emmanual Melotakis (born June 28, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins organization.
Melotakis attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, and the Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The Twins selected him in the second round of the 2012 MLB Draft. In 2014, he underwent Tommy John surgery. After the 2015 season, the Twins added him to their 40-man roster.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Daniel Palka
Daniel Bennett Palka (born October 28, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Palka attended Greer High School in Greer, South Carolina. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 19th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign with the Phillies and attended Georgia Tech, where he played college baseball. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2013 MLB Draft.
Palka made his professional debut with the Missoula Osprey and was later promoted to the Hillsboro Hops. He played for the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2014 and the Visalia Rawhide in 2015. After the 2015 season he played in the Arizona Fall League. On November 10, 2015, Palka was traded for the Diamondbacks to the Minnesota Twins for Chris Herrmann. He started 2016 with the Chattanooga Lookouts and was promoted to the Rochester Red Wings in July. Palka finished 2016 with a combined .254 batting average, 34 home runs and 90 RBI's between both clubs. The Twins added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio
Greg Peavey
Gregory S. Peavey (born July 11, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins' organization.
Peavey attended Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington, where he played baseball and basketball. The New York Yankees selected him in the 24th round of the 2007 MLB Draft, but he did not sign. He enrolled at Oregon State University, and played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers baseball team. After his sophomore year at Oregon State, the Houston Astros selected Peavey in the 32nd round of the 2009 MLB Draft. Peavey did not sign, returning to Oregon State for his junior year. The New York Mets selected Peavey in the sixth round, with the 182nd overall selection, of the 2010 MLB Draft. He agreed to a contract with the Mets.
In 2014, Peavey pitched for the Binghamton Mets of the Class AA Eastern League. He was named the team's pitcher of the year at the end of the season. At the 2014 Winter Meetings, the Minnesota Twins selected Peavey from the Mets in the Rule 5 draft. In 2015, Peavey pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League and the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League. Peavy finished 2015 with a combined 5.02 ERA between both clubs.
During the offseasons, Peavey returns to Hudson's Bay and serves as an assistant coach on the basketball team.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Jonathan Rodriguez
Jonathan Rodriguez (born August 21, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball first baseman currently in the Minnesota Twins system.
He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and attended the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota. In 49 games at the school in 2008, he hit .325 with eight home runs and 46 RBI. In 2009, he slashed .360/.463/.620 with 10 home runs and 60 RBI in 51 games. The Cardinals took him in the 17th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.
He hit .309/.421/.436 between the GCL Cardinals and Johnson City Cardinals in 2009 and in 2010, he hit .258 with 12 home runs and 40 RBI in 69 games for the Batavia Muckdogs. For the Quad Cities River Bandits in 2011, Rodriguez batted .251/.389/.472 with 20 home runs and 70 RBI. Following the season, he was rated among the big league team's top prospects by John Sickels. The next year, he hit .252 with six home runs in 64 games for the Palm Beach Cardinals. Rodriguez was a Florida State League Mid- and Post-Season All-Star in 2013, batting .284/.373/.481 with 18 home runs, 72 RBI and 21 stolen bases for Palm Beach. He also earned a Player of the Week honor that year. He was a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star in 2014, hitting .266 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI in 114 games for the Springfield Cardinals. He also earned another Player of the Week honor. In 2015 with Springfield, he had 13 home runs and 65 RBI. He began 2016 with Memphis.
Rodriguez has also spent winters in the Roberto Clemente Baseball League, playing for the Santurce Crabbers and Carolina Giants. He has played in major league spring training each year since 2014, hitting .318 in 22 at-bats in 2016.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Fernando Romero
Fernando Ernesto Romero Peralta (born December 24, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Romero signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent in November 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Dominican Summer League Twins and pitched 2013 with the Gulf Coast Twins. After three starts with the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2014, Romero suffered a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament which required Tommy John Surgery. The injury ended his 2014 season and caused him to miss the entire 2015 season.
Romero returned from the injury in 2016 and started the year with Cedar Rapids, and after five starts was promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle. Romero ended 2016 with a combined 1.89 ERA in 90.1 innings pitched between both clubs. The Twins added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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 pitched 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. After posting a 2.64 ERA 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. In 2017, Watson was selected among several Hagerstown players to participate in the South Atlantic League All-Star Game.
On July 31, 2017, Watson was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Brandon Kintzler .
Watson is a left-handed pitcher with a low-90s fastball, an above-average curveball, and a developing changeup.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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