Gulf Coast League Twins

Gulf Coast League Twins Founded in 1991 Fort Myers, Florida
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Rookie
Minor league affiliations
League	Gulf Coast League
Division	Southern Division
Major league affiliations
Current	Minnesota Twins
Minor league titles
League titles (0)	None
Division titles (2)	2007 2009
Team data
Nickname	GCL Twins
Ballpark	Lee County Sports Complex
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Minnesota Twins
Manager	Ramón Borrego
General Manager	Tom Saffell

The Gulf Coast League Twins are the Rookie Level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. The team plays in Fort Myers, Florida, at the Lee County Sports Complex.

Four players from the 2008 GCL Twins & a fan smile for a picture

Gulf Coast League team rosters are thirty players, and cannot have more than twelve players over twenty years old, and no more than four players over 21. No player can have more than two years of prior service, excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and other countries.^[1]

The GCL Twins compete in the GCL's Southern Division. In 2009, the GCL Twins won the South with a 34-21 record under manager Jake Mauer, who is the older brother of the Minnesota Twins AL MVP catcher Joe Mauer. They lost 1-0 in twelve innings to the wild card winning GCL Nationals in the one game playoff.^[2] Following the season, Mauer was promoted to manager of the Florida State League Fort Myers Miracle, and Chris Heintz took the reins for the GCL Twins. Like Mauer, Heintz was also a player in the Twins organization. He coached with the Beloit Snappers the final two months of the 2009 season. In addition to managing the GCL club, Heintz will also run the Twins' extended Spring Training.^[3]

On July 25, 2010, it was announced that Tom Brunansky, member of the 1987 Twin's championship team, accepted a job to be the hitting coach for the GCL Twins and had started working early this July.^[4]

Roster

Gulf Coast League Twins roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 72 Jose Abreu 95 Eduardo Del Rosario 21 Brandon Easton 23 Onas Farfan -- Danny Feliz 51 Miguel Gonzalez 58 Josh Guyer 15 Zach Hayden 69 Onesimo Hernandez 40 Wilfredy Liranzo 39 Miles Nordgren 60 Callan Pearce -- Matz Schutte -- Carlos Suniaga 49 Alexis Tapia -- Lachlan Wells 90 Leonel Zazueta 57 Reyson Zoquiel		Catchers -- Jorge Acosta 45 Gabriel Ojeda 22 Jarrard Poteete 93 Rainis Silva Infielders  7 Jack Barrie  1 Manuel Guzman -- Zaino Henriquez 19 Nelson Molina  8 Joel Ramirez 92 Rafael P Valera 65 Ruar Verkerk Outfielders 44 Dubal Baez  2 Tyree Davis -- Rowan Ebersohn 30 Frank Encarnacion -- Roberto Gonzalez 24 Amaurys Minier 37 Ariel Montesino		Manager 12 Ramón Borrego Coaches -- Steve Singleton (hitting) -- Javier Valentín (hitting) -- Cibney Bello (pitching) -- Virgil Vasquez (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Minnesota Twins 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated December 26, 2015 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Minnesota Twins minor league players

References

1. "Gulf Coast League Twins". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
2. "GCL Nationals 1, GCL Twins 0". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. "Twins announce Minor League staffs". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
4. http://www.twincities.com/ci_15601193?source=most_viewed