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Major League Baseball

Record: 88-75   .540.... 2nd in American League Central
Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,302,431
Payroll: $56,932,766
Top Draft Pick: Aaron Hicks (#14)   A
Manager - Ron Gardenhire

Minnesota Twins affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Minnesota Twins AAA Rochester Red Wings AA New Britain Rock Cats A+ Fort Myers Miracle A Beloit Snappers Rk Gulf Coast Twins Rk Elizabethton Twins

Team Leaders

HR: Morneau [23]
RBI: Morneau [129]
2B: Morneau [47]
SB: Gomez [33]
W: Perkins, Slowey [12]
SV: Nathan [39]
SO: Baker [141]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Matt Macri (May 24) Jason Pridie (Sep 3) Randy Ruiz (Aug 1) Denard Span (Apr 6) Matt Tolbert (Apr 1)
Pitchers: Brian Bass (Apr 1) Bobby Korecky (Apr 26) Jose Mijares (Sep 13)

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	14	June-Reg	Aaron Hicks	OF	18	6-2	170	B	R	A		Wilson (Long Beach,CA)	$1,780,000
1	27	June-Reg	Carlos Gutierrez	P	25	6-1	185	R	R	AA		University of Miami	$1,290,000
1	31	June-Reg	Shooter Hunt	P	21	6-3	200	R	R	A		Tulane University	$1,080,000
2	60	June-Reg	Tyler Ladendorf	SS	20	5-11	190	R	R	A		Howard College	$673,000
3	92	June-Reg	Bobby Lanigan	P	21	6-4	220	R	R	A+		Adelphi University	$417,000
4	126	June-Reg	Danny Ortiz	OF	18	5-11	166	L	L	Rookie		Harrison (Cayey,PR)	$253,000
5	156	June-Reg	Nick Romero	3B	20	6-1	200	B	R	A+		San Diego State University	$179,000
6	186	June-Reg	B.J. Hermsen	P	18	6-6	230	R	R	Rookie		West Delaware (Manchester,IA)	$650,000
7	216	June-Reg	Dan Osterbrock	P	21	6-3	190	R	L	A		University of Cincinnati	$121,000
8	246	June-Reg	Jeff Lanning	C	21	6-2	210	R	R	A		University of New Orleans	$105,000
9	276	June-Reg	Mike Gonzales	1B	20	6-6	255	L	R	Rookie		Diablo Valley College	$85,000
10	306	June-Reg	Evan Bigley	OF	21	6-0	200	R	R	A+		Dallas Baptist University	$75,000
11	336	June-Reg	Dominic De La Osa	2B	22	6-0	205	R	R	A		Vanderbilt University
12	366	June-Reg	Kyle Carr	P	21	6-5	200	R	L	A		University of Minnesota
13	396	June-Reg	Michael Harrington	OF	22	6-0	195	L	R	A		College of Charleston
14	426	June-Reg	Blayne Weller	P	18	6-5	220	R	R	Rookie		Key West (Key West,FL)
15	456	June-Reg	David Coulon	P	22	6-0	200	L	L	College		University of Arizona
16	486	June-Reg	Kolten Wong	2B	17	5-8	175	L	R	-		Kamehameha (Honolulu,HI)
17	516	June-Reg	Blake Martin	P	22	6-2	193	L	L	A		Louisiana State University
18	546	June-Reg	Matt Nohelty	OF	22	6-1	185	L	R	College		University of Minnesota
19	576	June-Reg	Bruce Pugh	P	19	6-3	180	R	R	A		Hillsborough Community College
20	606	June-Reg	Aaron Barrett	P	20	6-4	200	R	R	College		Wabash Valley College
21	636	June-Reg	Steve Blevins	P	21	6-2	215	R	R	A		Marshall University
22	666	June-Reg	Kyle Witten	P	19	6-4	175	R	R	Rookie		Bakersfield College
23	696	June-Reg	Chris Odegaard	P	21	6-3	215	R	R	A-		Minnesota State University-Mankato
24	726	June-Reg	Lionel Morrill	OF	17	6-4	190	R	R	-		Vauxhall (Crows Nest Pass,AB)
25	756	June-Reg	Alex Curry	P	20	6-1	170	R	R	Rookie		Cypress College
26	786	June-Reg	Adan Severino	OF	21	5-11	200	L	R	A		University of Miami
27	816	June-Reg	Jerico Weitzel	2B	19	5-10	193	L	R	-		Ridgway (Ridgway,PA)
28	846	June-Reg	Nate Hanson	3B	21	6-1	215	R	R	A		University of Minnesota
29	876	June-Reg	Joseph Loftus	3B	18	6-3	210	R	R	-		Holy Angels Academy (Richfield,MN)
30	906	June-Reg	Mike Tonkin	P	18	6-7	215	R	R	Rookie		Palmdale (Palmdale,CA)
31	936	June-Reg	Lee Ridenhour	P	18	6-3	187	R	R	-		Shawnee Mission West (Shawnee Mission,KS)
32	966**	June-Reg	Adam Conley	P	18	6-3	170	L	L	College		Olympia (Olympia,WA)
33	996	June-Reg	Luke Yoder	OF	20	5-11	195	R	R	College		Cal Poly
34	1026	June-Reg	Adam Purdy	P	17	6-4	210	R	R	-		Pell City (Pell City,AL)
35	1056	June-Reg	Samuel Ryan	C	18	6-2	205	R	R	-		Tartan Senior (Oakdale,MN)
36	1086	June-Reg	Miers Quigley	P	21	6-4	220	L	L	College		University of Alabama
37	1116	June-Reg	Javier Brown	SS	21	6-0	175	R	R	Rookie		Grossmont College
38	1146	June-Reg	Alex Mendez	P	18	5-9	170	L	L	-		Bishop Moore (Orlando,FL)
39	1176	June-Reg	Steven Proscia	3B	18	6-2	210	R	R	College		Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey,NJ)
40	1206	June-Reg	Wade Kapteyn	P	20	6-5	235	R	R	A-		University of Evansville
41	1236	June-Reg	Pat Lehman	P	21	6-4	215	R	R	A		George Washington University
42	1266	June-Reg	Riley Boening	P	21	6-3	210	L	L	College		University of Texas
43	1296	June-Reg	Jeff Pickering	P	18	6-3	185	L	L	-		Nitro (Nitro,WV)
44	1326	June-Reg	Colby Sokol	OF	19	6-2	185	L	L	-		Emerald Ridge (Puyallup,WA)
45	1355	June-Reg	Mike Spina	3B	21	6-0	223	R	R	A		University of Cincinnati
46	1383	June-Reg	Lyndon Eusea	OF	18	6-0	185	L	L	-		Hahnville (Boutte,LA)
47	1410	June-Reg	Tom Farmer	P	21	6-1	200	R	R	College		University of Akron
48	1437	June-Reg	George Springer	OF	18	6-3	205	R	R	-		Avon Old Farms Prep School. (Avon Old Farms,CT)
49	1464	June-Reg	Johnny Bromberg	P	18	6-3	195	R	R	-		Los Angeles Pierce College
50	1491	June-Reg	Tyler Anderson	P	18	6-5	205	L	L	-		Valley (Las Vegas,NV)