Shuffield taken in MLB draft by Minnesota Twins

Dalton Shuffield wasn’t much of a Minnesota Twins fan before this week. He had friends who were, though.

When he played with the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League in Iowa in the summer of 2020, he stayed with “the biggest” Twins fans, Chico and Peggy Gress. When Shuffield was selected by Minnesota on Monday with the 294th overall pick of the 2022 MLB Draft, he made sure his former host family was one of the first calls he made.

“Obviously they were watching,” Shuffield said. “They were super happy that I was drafted by that organization.”