The Minnesota Twins have announced that Triple-A St. Paul outfielder/infielder Austin Martin and High-A Cedar Rapids RHP Andrew Morris have been named Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week for week 20.
Andrew Morris was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 2022 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX). Morris signed with Minnesota for a reported signing bonus of $500K.
Morris, 21, made one start for the Kernels on Thursday versus Wisconsin, allowing two runs (1 earned) on six hits in 5 innings pitched, with no walks and seven strikeouts, earning his sixth victory of the season. Morris promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels from Fort Myers Mighty Mussels on July 24. on the season Morris has 14 starts with 69.2 innings pitched. He has allowed 65 hits (4 HR’s) and struck out 72 with a nice 1.105 WHIP.
Austin Martin was acquired by the Twins at the 2021 trade deadline from Toronto, along with RHP Simeon Woods Richardson, in exchange for RHP José Berríos. Martin’s bonus (with Toronto) was for $7,000,825, a source told MLB.com, which comes in well above the slot value of $6,180,700, largely because he was expected to go within the first two picks. The Toronto Blue Jays were “ecstatic” to have Martin, ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the 2020 Draft class per MLB Pipeline and considered by some to be the best all-around prospect, fall to them at the No. 5 pick. Austin Martin was acquired by the Twins at the 2021 trade deadline from Toronto, along with RHP Simeon Woods Richardson, in exchange for RHP José Berríos. MLB currently has Martin rated as the Twins 20th best prospect. More information on Martin can be viewed here.
Martin, 24, played in five games for the Saints, hitting .353 (6-for-17) with three home runs, nine RBI, a .421 on-base percentage, a .882 slugging percentage and a 1.304 OPS. Martin’s slash line this year in St. Paul is .276/.381/.431