Ryan Michael Jeffers...Twitter: @Ryan\_Jeffers8...Instagram: @ryan\_jeffers27...in 2019 married his wife Lexi; wedding was officiated by his agent, Lee Long...the couple has a labradoodle named Yogi, after Hall-of-Fame catcher Yogi Berra...three-year letter winner at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, NC...attended University of North Carolina Wilmington from 2016-18, hitting .323 (140-for-434) with 44 doubles, 27 home runs and 96 RBI in 128 career games...First-Team All-CAA in 2017 and 2018...in 2018, led CAA in doubles (22), home runs (16), on-base percentage (.460) and slugging (.635)...named to 2018 NCAA Greenville All-Regional team...majored in physics at UNC Wilmington, with the intention of going into the aerospace or aeronautics industries if he wasn’t playing baseball (his mother is an engineer)...participated in 2020 Twins Winter Caravan...made debut wearing uniform number 39, switching to 27 during the 2020-21 offseason.
2020
Began season in club’s player pool at alternate training site in St. Paul...Made major league debut Aug. 20 vs. Milwaukee, catching and batting ninth...recorded an RBI single in first career plate off Brandon Woodruff...became first Twin with a hit and RBI in first career plate appearance since Eddie Rosario May 6, 2015 vs. Oakland (first-pitch home run)...finished the game 2-for-3 with one RBI, one hit-by-pitch and one run scored...Hit first career home run Sept. 7 vs. Detroit, a solo shot off Michael Fulmer...Homered three times in a five-game span Sept. 7-13...Hit .300 (6-for-20) with two walks and a .417 on-base percentage vs. left-handed pitching and .257 (9-for-35) and three walks with a .315 on-base percentage against right-handed pitching...Caught 25 games, making 18 starts; 25 starts marked the most for the club...Started at catcher for both games of AL Wild Card Series vs. Houston Sept. 29-30, going 0-for-5...Ranked fourth best prospect and best defensive catcher in Twins system by Baseball America...also ranked Twins sixth best prospect by MLB.com.
2019
Entered the season ranked the ninth best prospect in the Twins system by Baseball America...Began season with Single-A Ft. Myers...Named Twins minor league Player of the Week May 26, hitting .400 (8-for-20) with two home runs, four RBI, three walks and a .478 on-base percentage for Ft. Myers...Named Florida State League Midseason All-Star...Promoted to Double-A Pensacola July 25, where he finished the season, hitting .287 (25-for-87) with five doubles and four home runs in 24 games for the Blue Wahoos...Combined to hit .264 (97-for-368) with 16 doubles, 14 home runs, 49 RBI, 48 runs scored, 37 walks and a .341 on-base percentage in 103 games between both levels combined...Named catcher on Twins MiLB.com organization All-Star team...Named seventh best prospect in Twins minor league system by Baseball America following season.
2018
Began professional career with Rookie-Elizabethton; promoted to Single-A Cedar Rapids July 24...named Twins Minor League Player of the Week and Midwest League Player of the Week for the week of July 30-August 5 after hitting .538 (14-for-26) with six doubles, three home runs, five runs scored and eight RBI, including a 4-for-4 performance on July 30 when he hit three doubles and a home run...named catcher on Twins MiLB.com organization All-Star team...named to Appalachian League Baseball America Rookie All-Star team.
