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Minnesota Twins: 5 Reasons to Love the Twins’ new Minor League System

By Otto Johnson

A detailed view of a Minnesota Twins baseball hat and a Rawlings glove sitting on the dugout steps. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
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The Minnesota Twins underwent massive changes to their Minor League system in the 2020-21 offseason, but change never looked so good.

Change is here for the Minnesota Twins minor league system, and it’s never felt so good.  As part of the largest minor league overhaul since 1992, the Twins completely rearranged their minor league system, with all four of their major minor league teams changing locations. It couldn’t be working out better for Twins fans.

In 2020, the Twins system looked like this:

  • AAA Rochester Red Wings
  • AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos
  • A-Advanced: Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
  • A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
  • Rookie League: Elizabethton Twins
  • GCL: GCL Twins
  • DSL: DSL Twins

This was a nice set-up, as the Twins had the Rochester Red Wings, one of the longest running sports franchises in North American history and home of the Twins’ Triple-A team since 2003. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos offered a nice stadium in sunny Florida. Both are now gone.

The Mighty Mussels give the Twins a spring training home and another spot in sunny Florida, and the Cedar Rapids Kernels allowed for a quick four hour drive from Minneapolis to see the lowest level of the main farm system. But that’s flipped too.

Here is what the system will look like in 2021, according to La Velle E Neal III of the Star Tribune:

  • AAA: St. Paul Saints
  • AA: Wichita Wind Surge
  • A-Advanced: Cedar Rapids Kernels
  • A: Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
  • GCL: GCL Twins
  • DSL: DSL Twins

This a huge change and offers a lot of exciting pieces to look over. The Minnesota Twins pulled off some major victories, and I’m extremely excited for what’s to come for this new system. Here are 5 reasons for you to love this new system too.

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