Christopher Herrmann

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 24, 1987 in Tomball, TX
High School: Tomball HS (Tomball, TX)
Schools: Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX), University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2012 (Age 24)   vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Twins 2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.020, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/20 Twinstrivia.com: The road to Minnesota is long and hard: The 2013 MLB draft is coming up on June 6-8 and baseball fans everywhere are excited about the draft and can’t wait to see...

• 4/15 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Prospect Octopus – Week 2: I told you I’d find an obnoxious name for this.  Since I’ll be featuring eight players each week, and an octopus...
• 4/4 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins 2013 Minor League Preview: While the Twins’ season has started already, the Twins’ Minor League season starts today (4/4).  If you have followed...

• 3/20 Twins Rubes: What to Make of Spring Training Results: Last spring, the Twins finished 18-15, which was good for 6th out of 15 teams in the Grapefruit League.  Spring Training is interesting,...
• 3/13 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins 2016 Team: Baseball America, one of the best organizations in the Prospect game, puts out their top 10 lists each Winter.  This is not all...
• 3/11 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Announce More Cuts: The Twins announced earlier today that catcher/outfielder Chris Herrmann has been optioned to AAA Rochester, and that B.J. Hermsen, Trevor...
• 3/10 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Make First Spring Training Cuts: The Twins reassigned five players to minor league camp today, the first cuts of spring training. The players are Bryan Augenstein,...
• 3/5 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins: Is Drew Butera on his way out?: One of the latest buzzes on the Minnesota Twins front is that third-string catcher Drew Butera might be playing his final days...

• 2/27 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Organizational Depth – Outfield and Bench: Two weeks ago, I tackled the depth at each position in the infield.  You can read it here.  In short, there is great depth at...
• 2/17 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Spring Training Preview: Left Field: Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be providing a rundown on who the Twins will have in Spring Training camp at each...
• 2/13 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Organizational Depth – Infield: Recently, I have been focusing my attention on the past and the future.  I finished up my top 25 prospect list a couple weeks...
• 2/6 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Spring Training Preview: Catchers: Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be providing a rundown on who the Twins will have in Spring Training camp at...
• 2/6 Billy-Ball.com: University of Miami and MLB: The University of Miami has been the focus of the early portion of MLB’s investigation where Ryan Braun attended college....

• 1/26 Puckett's Pond: Prospect Addendum: With the conclusion of my epic top 25 prospect list, I thought I would share just a few more prospect related items.  As I stated...

• 12/27 Puckett's Pond: Down on the Pond: Top Prospects 10-15: Last week I began my series on the top 20 prospects in the Twins organization, and along with fellow Puckett’s Pond writers...
• 12/26 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Top 25 Prospects – 25 to 21: Welcome back to my Minnesota Twins Top 25 prospects list.  Much like children, prospects are our future.  The Twins have a suddenly...
• 12/19 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Top 25 Prospects Primer: Puckett’s Pond has an excellent group of writers with great knowledge of the prospect world.  Paul has highlighted many...

• 11/18 Puckett's Pond: Down on the Pond: Arizona Fall League Final Report: A hearty congratulations are due to the Peoria Javolinas, the 2012 Arizona Fall League Champions. The Javolinas snatched the championship...
• 11/8 Puckett's Pond: Down on the Pond: Off-season blues?: I spent a couple of posts talking about the Twins prospects who are getting a shot in the Arizona Fall League (AFL), but aside...
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• 11/1 Puckett's Pond: Down on the Pond: Twins Prospects Twitter Photos: In my last Down on the Pond post I took a look at how the Twins players were doing down in the Arizona Fall League, and rather...

• 10/25 Puckett's Pond: Down on the Pond: Arizona Fall League: The Twins sent seven of their minor league players to go play in the Arizona Fall League that kicked off earlier this month. Teams...

• 9/24 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: September 24-30: Last week was a pleasant surprise for the Twins. Not only did they win a pair of series against division rivals, including a Tiger...
• 9/20 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Fall to Last Place in 6-4 Loss to Twins: A late-inning comeback wasn’t enough to overcome a rough outing from Zach McAllister Wednesday night as the Twins beat the...
• 9/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Willingham Homer Sends Tribe to Last Place All By Itself; Twins 6, Indians 4: By Steve Eby On Tuesday night, the Twins beat the Indians in a disappointing extra inning effort.  On Wednesday, the Tribe was...