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East Metro’s Louie Varland and Matt Wallner win Twins’ top minor-league awards

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East Metro’s Louie Varland and Matt Wallner win Twins’ top minor-league awards

Louie Varland and Matt Wallner are named the Twins' Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year respectively. It's the first time that two Minnesota natives have won the award in the same season. Varlands is from Maplewood, Waller from Forest Lake. Both started the year with Double-A Wichita before earning promotions and debuting in September. Wallers hit 27 home runs and had 13 hits in 18 games in his 18-game stint in Major League Baseball. He hopes to play in Mississippi this year. The Fall League is not on tap this season, so he will start hitting in Southern Mississippi.

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