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Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Sears & Raabe

Major league debuts in a Twins uniform on September 17.

Todd Sears

Todd Sears (1B) – September 17, 2002 – Traded by the Colorado Rockies with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Butch Huskey and Todd Walker on July 15, 2000. Sears was the starting first baseman batting 8th in the order at Comerica Park in a Twins 7-4 win. Sears was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored.

Brian Raabe (3B/2B) – September 17, 1995 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 41st round of the 1990 amateur draft. Debuted at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum as the starting second baseman and went 0 for 3 in a 4-1 Twins loss to the Oakland A’s.

You can check out other Major League Debuts as Twins that I have done by going here.

Best players drafted by Minnesota Twins by round

I went through the history of the Minnesota Twins June Amateur draft choices to see who the best players were that the club drafted, signed and the player debuted with Minnesota across his chest. The player may or may not have played his entire career with the Twins but the WAR numbers are for their entire careers. Why are they ranked by WAR you may ask? Simple, I know of no other way to rank them, so right or wrong, I have chosen B-R WAR.

Twenty five of the 61 rounds shown have no players that qualified meaning that no one ever drafted in that round has made it to the majors with Minnesota. So if the Twins draft you in one of those rounds in the future, the odds are very much against you. Unless you have followed the Twins since day one, you might not recognize or remember some of these players.

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