The Minnesota Twins have named Triple-A St. Paul utility player Mickey Gasper and Double-A Wichita left-handed pitcher Connor Prielipp have been named Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week.
Mickey Gasper played in four games for the Saints, hitting .529 (9-for-17) with two doubles, three home runs, five RBI, three walks, seven runs scored and a 1.777 OPS. He hit the walk-off three-run homer on Thursday versus Buffalo and followed that with four hits on Friday. Gasper was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jovani Morán in December 2024.
Connor Prielipp, 24, made the start for the Wichita Wind Surge on Thursday at Northwest Arkansas, pitching 4 shutout innings, with three hits allowed, no walks and six strikeouts. The Tomah, Wisconsin native was selected by the Twins in the second round (48th overall) in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Alabama. The 6’2″ lefty is ranked as the organization’s fifth-best prospect and number one pitching prospect by MLB Pipeline.
John, Gasper is a local guy from NH.
Love his grit, but he hits a ton in the minors, but his ship has sailed as to a MLB career.
Saw him hit over.400 in a local collegiate summer league about 10 years ago. The Eveready bunny, but methinks his batteries are getting low.
Agree 100%. I was going to write a post about Gasper when he was up in Minnesota and doing nothing and the Twins were losing. Just when I was going to write that he doesn’t belong in the big leagues he got sent down. I think the only reason he has been called up and played with MN is that Rocco loves the idea of a good emergency catcher and he apparently fits the bill. He puts in the effort and his best baseball days are behind him but if he is willing to play AAA then the Twins will keep him on at least for awhile. About time the Twins got hot. This team is so hard understand, they can be good one day and horrible the next. We will see.