Florida Complex League Twins: Difference between revisions

The Twins compete in the league's Southern Division. In 2009, the Twins won the South with a 34–21 record under manager [[Jake Mauer]], the older brother of former [[Minnesota Twins]] [[catcher]] [[Joe Mauer]]. They lost 1–0 in twelve innings to the [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] winning [[GCL Nationals]] in the one game playoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_log&gid=2009_09_01_natrok_twirok_1|title=GCL Nationals 1, GCL Twins 0|access-date=2009-10-22}}</ref> Following the season, Mauer was promoted to manager of the [[Florida State League]] [[Fort Myers Miracle]], and [[Chris Heintz (baseball)|Chris Heintz]] took the reins for the 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 Rookie-level club, Heintz also ran the Twins' extended spring training.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091021&content_id=7515574&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min|title=Twins announce Minor League staffs|access-date=2009-10-22}}</ref>

On July 25, 2010, it was announced that [[Tom Brunansky]], member of the [[1987 Minnesota Twins|1987 Twin's championship team]], accepted a job to be the hitting coach for the team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_15601193?source=most_viewed | title=Tom Brunansky glad to be back with the Minnesota Twins | date=25 July 2010 }}</ref>

As of the 2021 season, there is no league limit to how many players can be on an active roster, but no team can have more than three players with four or more years of minor-league experience.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://registration.mlbpa.org/pdf/MajorLeagueRules.pdf |title=The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book |publisher=Office of the Commissioner of Baseball |location=[[New York City]] |date=2021 |via=mlbpa.org |pages=10–11, 100 |accessdate=June 26, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129120209/https://registration.mlbpa.org/pdf/MajorLeagueRules.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|align=center colspan=6|'''FRL Twins'''<ref>{{citecitation webneeded|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/FRL_Twins|title=FRL Twins|publisher=[[Baseball Reference]] Bullpen|access-date=May 10,July 20162022}}</ref>

|align=center colspan=6|'''GCL Twins'''<ref>{{citecitation webneeded|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/GCL_Twins|title=GCL Twins|publisher=[[Baseball Reference]] Bullpen|access-date=May 10,July 20162022}}</ref>

|2010 || 29–31 || 10th (t) || [[Chris Heintz (baseball)|Chris Heintz]] (2–5) / Ramon Borrego (27–26) ||

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