The Twins front office and scouting department have done a really good job in recent drafts in finding talent later on, essentially throwing darts at a lot of strike throwing, but low velocity pitchers and this draft class was no different. 

Christian Beccera, Xavier Kolhosser, Jacob Kisting, Cole Peschl, Aidan Haugh, Michael Ross, Merit Jones and Logan Whittaker were 8 of the 10 picks the Twins made on day three, all that were starters at some point in College. Air Force third basemen Jay Thomason was the only position player taken. But the other player I've not mentioned up to this point is probably my favorite pick the Twins made in the late rounds. That being 11th round pick in LHP Michael Carpenter. Committed to Eastern Carolina as a JUCO transfer out of Madison College, Carpenter put up video game like numbers at just 19 years old. Carpenter was named an NJCAA All American after posting a 1.03 ERA and broke the school's single season record for strikeouts with 111 in 78.1 innings pitched with just 11 walks. He also threw 7 complete games. And just look at this stretch he went on in the middle of the season.

In the 11th round in last year's draft, the Twins took Iowa RHP Ty Langdenberg, who was already promoted to Cedar Rapids this year after posting a 3.68 ERA at Fort Myers. Langdenberg is obviously a bit more polished, coming out of Iowa and also being older at 22 years old. Carpenter is intriging to me because of how young he is at just 19, a three-pitch mix that starts with a fastball that tops around 93 with what scouts describe as "deceptive".  It feels like that despite the level of competion that will jump for Carpenter depending on if he signs and where he plays to finish out this season, he feels like an arm to really keep an eye out on in the system. The Twins don't really have a strong left handed pitching prospect outside of Connor Prielipp and the underrated Cesar Lares, so Carpenter's development is even more key to follow. 

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