Kohl Stewart had seen the rumors and could only shake his head.

No, the Twins pitching prospect said Wednesday morning, he is not leaving baseball to enroll at Texas A&M and play quarterback for the Aggies and new coach Jimbo Fisher.

“That is not happening,” Stewart said in a phone interview. “I’ve noticed my phone has been blowing up. I’ve seen the rumors, but there is nothing to it.”

Stewart, 23, has been talking with the Twins over the past week about plans for him this season, his sixth in professional baseball. A former standout prep quarterback in Houston who signed with the Aggies out of high school, he was drafted fourth overall by the Twins in 2013 and receiving a $4.54 million signing bonus.

Rated as high as No. 4 in the Twins system by Baseball America, he has fallen to the back end of their top-30 prospects after several injury-marred seasons. Knee and shoulder issues have plagued him as have consistent problems missing bats, although his power sinker does induce a ton of groundballs.

Through 462 minor-league innings, Stewart has pitched to a 3.10 earned-run average but struck out fewer than six batters per nine innings. Surprisingly left off the 40-man roster in November, Stewart remained with the Twins after 29 other clubs failed to select him in the Rule 5 draft in mid-December.. Related Articles Home-field advantage on the line for the Twins in last week of season

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Stewart, who married former Auburn swimmer Genny Pittman on Jan. 13 in Birmingham, is looking forward to another spring training in Fort Myers, Fla. It’s unclear at this point if that will include a non-roster invitation to big-league spring training.

“It’s all good, though,” he said. “I will be at camp.”

Though he’s been passed by a number of mound contemporaries in the Twins system, Stewart said his frame of mind is good as he heads into 2018.

“The biggest thing is I finally kind of feel healthy,” he said. “That’s obviously going to be the biggest key. As long as I can keep my body in good shape and stay on the field, I think I have what it takes to be a really good pitcher. That’s the goal. That’s always been the goal and that will remain the goal.”