There may be no Minor League Baseball games yet, but that's not going to stop us from dreaming about lineups.In the coming weeks, Toolshed will craft the best possible prospect lineups, sorted by age. The opening edition focused on teenagers, the second looked at 20-year-olds and last week's featured 21-year-olds. This time, we

Just before Major League Baseball begins a roster freeze amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the top three prospects in the Twins system were reshuffled.Royce Lewis, MLB.com's ninth-ranked overall prospect, No. 32 Alex Kirilloff and No. 81 Trevor Larnach were assigned to Minor League camp, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday. The pause in

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- To paraphrase a song by a famous Minnesotan, the times they have been a-changing. That's certainly true for the Twins since 2016 first-rounder Alex Kirilloff and 2017 top overall pick Royce Lewis entered the organization. Once a rebuilding organization, Minnesota is coming off a 101-win season

Wrist problems held Alex Kirilloff back from showing much power in 2019. On Friday afternoon, the left-handed slugger showed what he's capable of when he's closer to full strength.MLB.com's No. 32 overall prospect clubbed his first homer of the spring and finished 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored in

Fresh off their first American League Central division title since 2010, the Twins are about to get a look at the next wave of reinforcements in Fort Myers.Minnesota extended non-roster invites to Major League Spring Training to No. 9 overall prospect Royce Lewis, No. 32 Alex Kirilloff and No. 81

Alex Kirilloff is doing everything he can to keep Double-A Pensacola alive.As he had in each of the first two games of the best-of-5 Southern League semifinals, the second-ranked Twins prospect homered Friday night at Blue Wahoos Stadium. This time, though, it helped earn a 3-2 win over Biloxi at

The Arizona Fall League is going to be a little different in 2019, but the talent level will be as high as ever.Angels outfielder Jo Adell (No. 4) and Twins shortstop Royce Lewis (No. 7) headline the list of 20 Top-100 prospects named to the Arizona Fall League rosters released

Alex Kirilloff was down in the count. His focus, however, wasn't on a particular pitch. He was zeroed in on being consistent with his approach. And it paid off, again.MLB.com's No. 16 overall prospect had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs as Double-A Pensacola flirted with

Twins RF Alex Kirilloff, Double-A Pensacola: 3-for-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R -- The second-ranked Minnesota prospect homered and drove in two runs on a three-night to up his average to .273, good for 11th in the Southern League. MLB.com's No. 16 overall prospect has hit safely in 10 of

Alex Kirilloff hadn't homered in nearly a month or posted a multi-RBI game in even longer. On Thursday night, he went off.Baseball's No. 16 overall prospect homered, doubled and drove in five runs to help lead Double-A Pensacola to an 11-8 win over Birmingham at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

Braves CF Drew Waters, Double-A Mississippi: 3-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R -- Atlanta's fourth-ranked prospect recorded his second straight three-hit game to up his Southern League-leading batting average to .343. He also tops the circuit with 121 hits, 30 doubles, nine triples and 184 total bases and ranks

Alex Kirilloff is heating up in the Southern League.Minnesota's second-ranked prospect notched a triple, two singles and run scored before Double-A Pensacola fell to Birmingham, 2-1, on Monday at Regions Field.

In a season full of starts and stops, Alex Kirilloff found the accelerator again on Sunday.The second-ranked Twins prospect singled three times, walked and scored a run as Double-A Pensacola held on for a 7-5 victory over Mississippi at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The three hits matched a season high for Kirilloff,

Cody Poteet has been tough to hit in June and was especially difficult to figure out on Sunday.The Marlins prospect gave up one hit and recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings as Double-A Jacksonville shut down Pensacola, 7-1, at the Baseball Grounds.

It's more bad news for Alex Kirilloff and the Twins. Minnesota's second-ranked prospect has been sidelined for the second time this season. After a wrist injury kept him out for the first month of 2019, Kirilloff returned for 29 games with Double-A Pensacola before heading back to the seven-day IL with an

Alex Kirilloff may have gotten his 2019 campaign started a month late, but the young star is already looking like he's in midseason form.Baseball's No. 8 overall prospect tripled and drove in two runs as part of his first three-hit game of the season, helping to lead Double-A Pensacola to

Brewers 2B Keston Hiura: 3-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB -- Hiura entered the season with one multi-homer game to his credit. In the span of eight days, he's tripled that number. The 22-year-old went deep twice on April 26 and accomplished the feat again Saturday as part of

Southern League pitchers, consider yourselves warned.No. 8 overall prospectAlex Kirilloff has been activated off the Double-A Pensacola injured list after missing all of April with a wrist injury, the Blue Wahoos announced Thursday. When Kirilloff does take the field, it will mark his Double-A debut.

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The good news: Alex Kirilloff is likely to make his 2019 debut with Double-A Pensacola. The bad news: that season debut will be delayed.The No. 9 overall prospect will open the season on the injured list with a minor wrist injury that he sustained late in Spring Training, the Southern