Gulf Coast League Twins

MiLB infobox
name = Gulf Coast League Twins
founded = 1991
city = Fort Myers, Florida
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class level = Rookie "A"
past class level=
current league = Gulf Coast League
conference =
division = Southern Division
past league =
majorleague = Minnesota Twins
pastmajorleague =
nickname = GCL Twins
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ballpark = Lee County Sports Complex
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leaguechamps =
divisionchamps = by|2007
owner = Minnesota Twins
manager = Jake Mauer
gm = Tom Saffell

The Gulf Coast League Twins are the Rookie "A" Level minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. The team plays in Fort Myers, Florida, at the Lee County Sports Complex.

Gulf Coast League team rosters are thirty players, and cannot have more than twelve players over twenty years old, and no more than four players over 21. No player can have more than two years of prior service, excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada. The team is comprised mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and other countries.

The 2008 GCL Twins featured four Europeans-- Andrey & Nick Lobanov from city-state|Moscow|Russia, Tom Stuifbergen from city-state|Breda|Netherlands and Jakub Hajtmar from the Czech Republic [cite web|url=http://www.mister-baseball.com/nick-andrey-lobanov-pitching-gcl-twins/|title=Nick and Andrey Lobanov Pitching for GCL Twins|accessdate=2008-08-16] . Twins catcher Joe Mauer's older brother, Jake Mauer, is their current manager.

Reference

External links

[http://www.gcltwins.com/ Homepage of the GCL Twins]