Jose Miranda #64

Jose Francisco Miranda Palacios...ranked as the 113th-best prospect from Puerto Rico in the draft by Baseball America...was a member of the Team Puerto Rico squad that won a gold medal at the U14 World Championships and a gold medal at the U16 World Championships...won back-to-back MVP awards as a member of the USSSA Elite World Series Championship teams...recognized as the Rookie of the Year at the Liga de Béisbol Juvenil Double-A de Puerto Rico (Double-A Youth Baseball League of Puerto Rico) in 2014...in 2015, was named the champion bat at the Double-A Youth League with a batting average of .664...cousin of “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

2021

Joined Twins for 2021 spring training as a non-roster depth camp player...batted .267 (4-for-15) with one double, one homer, one RBI, two walks, two runs scored and a .353 on-base percentage in 14 spring games...Began the minor league season with Double-A Wichita...Hit .345 (67-for-194) with eight doubles, 13 homers, 38 RBI, 17 walks and 36 runs scored in 47 games for the Wind Surge...named Twins minor league Player of the Week thrice with Wichita, on May 9, June 6 and June 27..Promoted to Triple-A St. Paul on June 28, finishing the season with Saints...went 5-for-6 with one double, three home runs, six RBI and four runs scored in his Triple-A debut on June 29...set a single-game career-high in homers and matched his career-high in RBI in that game...Named Twins minor league Player of the Week on July 4, after hitting .407 (11-for-27) with two doubles, four homers, 11 RBI and a 1.219 OPS for Wichita and St. Paul during the week...Hit safely in a career-best 14-straight games from August 20 to the first game on September 5... batted .323 (20-for-62) with two doubles, one home run, eight RBI, five walks and seven runs scored in that span...Hit .343 (117-for-341) with 24 doubles, 17 home runs, 56 RBI, 25 walks and 61 runs scored in 80 games for the Saints, from June 29 to the end of the season...Recorded three multi-homer games on the season: May 7 at Springfield (2 HR), June 20 vs. Springfield (2 HR) and June 29 vs. Omaha (3 HR)..Combined to hit .344 (184-for-535) with 32 doubles, 30 homers, 94 RBI, 42 walks and 97 runs scored in 127 games...led Twins system in games played, plate appearances, at-bats, hits, runs scored, doubles, home runs and RBI...also tied for fifth among all minor leaguers in RBI...Became the first Twins farmhand with at least 30 homers in a season since Daniel Palka in 2016 (34 HR)...also was the first Twins minor league hitter with at least 30 doubles and at least 30 homers in a season since Adam Brett Walker (31 2B, 31 HR) in 2015...Named third baseman on Twins MiLB.com organizational All-Star team...also MiLB.com Player of the Year...Named recipient of Sherry Robertson Award as Twins minor league Player of the Year...Also named to the 2021 Baseball America Minor League All-Star team at second base...Named by Baseball America as fifth-best prospect, best hitter for average and best power hitter in Twins system following season...Added to Twins 40-man roster on Nov. 19...Ranked 95th-best prospect in baseball by MLB.com, entering 2022 and third in Twins system.