Matt

Moses

Moses, 18, will report to Fort Myers of the Gulf Coast League on Wednesday. His signing bonus is believed to be $1,450,000.

Moses went 2-for-3 with two runs scored as the DH for the Twins’ Gulf Coast League rookie-level team in Fort Myers.

Moses will have his heart patched up. ''In layman’s terms, from what I understand, it will be like putting a patch on a bike tire,’' Twins baseball director Rob Antony sain. ''We’ve been told that he’ll be able to breath easier, that he’ll have more energy, that everything will be better.’' Moses will be assigned to the Gulf Coast League once he’s ready to play.

Moses, a 2003 first-round pick, probably won’t need surgery. Still, he figures to miss at least a few weeks.

His best game in Double-A. Moses, a 2003 first-round pick, is batting .235/.302/.400 in 30 games since a promotion to New Britain.

Moses keeps coming up with a big game each month, but he’s at .251/.295/.399 for the season. It looks like he’ll have to start out back at Double-A next year in what will be his age-22 season.

It’s been a lost year for Moses. Still, the 2003 first-round pick remains a very good prospect.

Moses, now where he should have began the year, is hitting .327/.327/.519 in 52 at-bats for New Britain. The 22-year-old opened the season in Triple-A and hit .224/.244/.305 in 174 at-bats. The Twins still like his power potential, but he’s a couple of years off even if he steps it up.

The third baseman might be back tonight.