Might depend on what we mean by pretty rare but I don't think it's so rare as to be a surprise. Obviously, players will wash out at every level even...
On the current 2013 pecking order, he was easily behind Willingham, Parmelee, Hicks, Doumit, Arcia, Maestro, Thomas, Ramirez, Herrmann and Colabello....
I mostly agree with you but ... 1) other students (Appel, Shipley) managed to do fine without it or were smart enough to know how not to get caught....
From what I've read about Gray the question is whether he can develop a 3rd pitch. If he ends up just a high velocity bullpen arm, it's a bad pick. ...
Yeah, the Twins generally have been pretty well regarded in this area. A few years back, BA listed them as the 3rd best team over the last decade in...