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at worst, the twins would get the number five in next year's draft if he didn't sign.

my question is, if he doesn't sign, do the twins still get their full bonus pool this year? if so, lawd knows...

dude - he's been closing for ft. myers and missing a ton of bats. i'm sure he's in line for a midseason promotion to new britain. perhaps the best pure arm strength in the system - he's hit triple...

I can tell that you know your stuff but manaea was absolutely on scouts' radars before last year's cape. he's been inconsistent in the past and has flashed brilliance, but there aren't too many...

actually, the only reason to consider doing this is because the twins have such a high pick. their pool is inflated because of that pick amount so if they could get a guy like McGuire to sign for...

i love shipley (it's braden, btw). i'm leery of spending a high first round pick on a guy without a breaking ball, though. he's probably no better than a number three starter without a useable...

i'd pick frazier over meadows but frazier has the floor of a one-tool player - despite his bat speed his hit tool isn't overly polished.

the nagging injury has made him really hard to evaluate - in the early spring i was praying we'd have a shot at him and now that we likely will, i'm having a hard time pulling the trigger. when he's...

re: which prep of'er goes first: scouts think highly of meadows but they fall in love with frazier. i'd guess he goes first as well.

i'm still in love with manaea and would love for the twins to pick him but the scouting reports on stewart this spring have been glowing. keep in mind that manaea probably wouldn't be ready to...

appel has a pretty good shot to end the season in the majors but i'd put him just behind that first group if he didn't. gray has created separation, imo.

with that said, i'd have more difficulty...

i'd put them 1-2 on the list right now for guys that will likely end their seasons in the minors. only correa and archie bradley give me pause at the moment - jonathan gray will also be in that mix...

college ball is often compared to low-a ball in terms of talent. that's a pretty big blanket statement and there is clearly a big gap between the big 10 and pac 10 but most of the players in premium...

the early returns from last year's draft are awesome so i'm going to give deron Johnson and company a lot of room this time around.

name five better players than him. manaea dominated over 57 innings this summer against the best amateur competition in the country.

i think there is a good chance he's avaiable at four. my gut...

lol. that might've come off wrong....

people like to immediately talk about promotions after a hint of dominance but there will need to be some space made on the kernels roster as berrios, bard and mata come out of est and duffey would...

...nor was it the case with the twins in recent years.

if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of the universe in between pitches. not everyone listens carefully.

b.a.'s write up in the prospect handbook on salcedo was interesting - apparently he had a velocity jump last spring and was hitting 96 but, and i'm sure they're speculating, his body hadn't caught up...

it was announced they were both in extended spring training getting stretched out. i'd guess they'll be up before may and bump rogers and jones to ft. myers.

also missing is angel mata....

i'd say gray has as good a shot as anyone to go no. 1 overall. if he does, appel would likely go to the cubs at no. 2 and then you have a huge decision by the rockies. if they do go prep bat, we'd...

he'll stay in the pen so the guess is that he'll be fasttracked to ft. myers. my guess is that rogers and baxendale will join him in ft. myers as fellow 2012 draftees.

vargas likely starts out in ft. myers. he spent an eternity in the rookie leagues so I don't see him repeating the mwl after a solid performance. dj hicks will likely be the 1b at crapids, perhaps...

i haven't seen a lot of needs analysis for the three teams picking ahead of us but that is half the equation for our pick at no.4.

astros: wanted a college arm last year but luhnow is a bit of a...