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POSITION: Pitcher HEIGHT: 6'0" WEIGHT: 165 BATS: Right THROWS: Right BORN: January 16, 1985, San Antonio, Tx. RESIDES: San Antonio, Tx. SCHOOL: Notre Dame SIGNED BY: Billy Milos HOW OBTAINED: Twins 14th round pick in 2006 June Draft NOTEWORTHY: 2003 graduate of Ronald Regan High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was named an All-American his final two seasons...last two season had combined 22-2, 0.65 ERA record with 4 no hitters (one a perfect game), plus a 7.9 K-to-walk ratio and 9-inning averages of 17.4 Ks, 2.2 walks and 3.1 hits allowed...Member of Team USA's 16-and-under and 18-and-under Youth and Junior National Teams, winning a gold medal in 2001...2007 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he led the team in strike outs (111) and wins (9)...Named Big East Conference Pitcher of the Year, the only unaminouse First Team All-Big East Conference selection and a Third Team Louisville Slugger All-American. CAREER: 2006: Promoted to Fort Myers, August 12 MEDIA: 2006 Baseball America, 14th in the Twins Organization: As a San Antonio prep star, Manship followed in the footsteps of his older brother Matt, who went to Stanford and was a 29th-round pick of the Athletics in 2006. Jeff was a member of USA Baseball's junior national team after his senior year in high school but threw too many of his signature curveballs in the event-he estimates he threw 130 pitches during a IS-strikeout effort against Curacao-and required Tommy John surgery that forced him to take a medical redshirt as a freshman at Notre Dame. He eased back into pitching in 2005, then proved himself as an ace again in 2006, going 9-2, 3.26 while leading the Big East Conference with 111 strikeouts in 94 innings. Manship signed as a redshirt sophomore for a $300,000 bonus. In an effort to finish his degree he attended classes at Notre Dame in the fall rather than going to instructional league. While Manship's curveball isn't quite as good as it used to be, it's still an above-average pitch and the Twins consider it the best in the system thanks to his command of it and its depth. Manship's 89-92 mph fastball can touch 93 and he throws plenty of strikes with it. He also uses a changeup and slider, While he's strong and well-built, Manship is undersized, and his durability and ability to keep his fastball down in the strike zone will be key in his first full season, which should start at high Class A.
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