The Minnesota Twins have spent a lot of time and effort scouting Australian baseball prospects, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Twins’ spring training facility in Florida. Seven Australians who are on their home country’s 45-man provision World Baseball Classic roster are training with Minnesota this month.
Most prominent among them is power-hitting infield prospect Luke Hughes, who hit .319 with 15 homers and 45 RBI in 70 games with New Britain of the Class AA Eastern League last season. Hughes played in both the Eastern League All-Star Game and the All-Star Futures Game in 2008, putting on a tremendous display in the Home Run Derby at the latter. A .273 hitter over six injury-plagued minor league seasons, Hughes is on the Twins’ 40-man roster this spring. The Twins would like to see Hughes get some quality playing time in the WBC before returning to camp in Fort Myers.
Joining Hughes from Down Under in the Twins’ camp are infielders James Beresford and Daniel Berg, catcher Allan de San Miguel and pitchers Liam Hendriks, Bradley Tippett and Matthew Williams.
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