Patrick Winkel #73

Patrick Winkel...Also goes by Pat...X: @patrick_winkel...Attended Amity Regional High School and was four-year letter winner...Was a two-time member of Connecticut Baseball Class LL State Championship teams and a three-time CHSCA All-State selection...Named 2018 Connecticut Baseball Gatorade Player of the Year...CHSCA 2018 Player of the Year...Collegiate Baseball Newspaper 2018 First Team High School All-American...Participated twice in Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., featuring the top high school players in the country...Member of National Honor Society and earned first honors every semester in high school...Favorite food is steak, favorite music genre is country and favorite movie is Lord of the Rings.

2023

Was in Twins Minor League Spring Training but appeared on Major League side with Twins for several exhibition games as depth camp player...Spent entire season with Double-A Wichita...Hit safely in professional-high 10-straight games from June 10-25...Reached base safely in professional-high 13-straight games from Aug. 1-20, posting a .458 on-base percentage in that span (18 hits, nine walks)...Recorded at least one RBI in eight-straight games from Aug. 4-16 (10 in that span)...Hit .333 (23-for-69) with seven doubles, four home runs, 16 RBI and a 1.023 OPS in 19 August games for Wind Surge...Hit .272 (73-for-268) with a .798 OPS against right-handed pitching and .222 (8-for-36) with a .703 OPS vs. left-handed pitching...Caught 79 games (77 starts) for the Wind Surge, posting a caught stealing percentage of 19% (84 steals, 20 caught)...Led club in games caught...Ranked sixth on Wind Surge in games (88)...Set professional career-highs in games (88), hits (81), doubles (16), RBI (48), walks (45) and runs scored (43).