Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch

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Every year about this time, I present profiles of College and High School players that the Minnesota Twins might draft. Last year, I identified pitching as a high need, so I presented the profiles of 23 pitchers, all potential Twins' draft picks. The Twins, properly, went ahead and picked a High School outfielder instead. I will be doing something different this year. Like past years, I will continue to present mini-profiles of every single Twins' draftee (you can find the 2012 profiles here) but instead of profiling 20some players that the Twins might pick, I will name several players (in the hundreds) that will be drafted.

The thought behind this is that everyone knows the 4-5 players who make up the pool of talent that the Minnesota Twins will select with the 4th overall picks (for a refresher, look at the aggregate mock draft picks); however, there is little information about players in later rounds. I hope that this fills that gap somewhat. I am dividing it into 4 parts: College Pitchers, College Position Players, High School Pitchers and High School Position Players. This is the first part and includes College Pitchers. One thing that we learned from the 2012 draft, the first one under the new CBA, is that the new rules favor selecting College picks. Thus, I am certain that the 129 names I am presenting here will all get selected sometime in this draft and that the Twins will select 4-5 of them.

This is just an naming names list; in the near future, additional one liners of information (micro scouting reports) will be added about each player, after I complete all four installments. I know it is somewhat of a huge undertaking, but it is fun.

Here are 129 College pitcher names everyone should know before the 2013 MLB Draft, alphabetically:

Tyler Alexander, LHP Carroll

Chris Anderson RHP Jacksonville

Mark Appel RHP Stanford

Barrett Astin RHP Arkansas

Alex Balog RHP San Fransisco

Carson Baranik RHP Miami-Dade CC

Tyler Barnette, RHP Charlotte

Cal Becker, RHP, Palm Beach State

Kirby Bellow LHP Texas

Aaron Blair, RHP Marshall

Matt Boyd LHP Oregon State

Justin Brantley, RHP, Siena

Hunter Brothers, RHP, Lipscomb

Aaron Brown, LHP Pepperdine

Shane Carle, RHP, Long Beach State

Dan Child, RHP Oregon State

Harrison Cooney, RHP, Florida Gulf Coast

Dace Kime RHP Louisville

Jonathon Crawford RHP Florida

Brady Corless, RHP Salt Lake

Dylan Covey RHP San Diego

Josh Dezse RHP/1B Ohio State

Eric Dorsch, RHP, Kent State

Calvin Drummond RHP Arizona Christian

Ryan Eades RHP LSU

Erick Eck, RHP Wofford

Kent Emanuel LHP North Carolina

Zane Evans, RHP/C Georgia Tech

Buck Farmer, RHP, Georgia Tech

Kyle Finnegan, RHP Texas State

Nathan Foriest LHP Middle Tennessee State

Scott Frazier RHP Pepperdine

Dakota Freese, RHP Des Moines Area CC

David Garner RHP Michigan State

David Gates RHP Howard

Daniel Gibson LHP Florida

Zachary Godley P

Marco Gonzales LHP Gonzaga

Alex Gonzalez RHP Oral Roberts

Nicholas Gonzalez P South Florida

Trevor Gott, RHP Kentucky

Jonathan Gray, RHP, Oklahoma

Chad Green, RHP, Louisville

Matt Grimes, RHP Georgia Tech

Jerad Grundy, LHP, Kentucky

Alex Haines, LHP Seton Hill

Michael Howard LHP Baylor

Jason Hursh RHP Oklahoma State

CK Irby RHP Samford

Ricky Jacquez, RHP Central Arizona

Jake Johansen, RHP Dallas Baptist

Chase Johnson RHP Cal Poly

Christian Jones LHP Oregon

Jon Keller RHP Tampa

Tanner Kiest, RHP Riverside

Dace Kime, RHP Louisville

Keenan Kish RHP Florida

Erich Knab, RHP, Spartanburg Methodist

Corey Knebel RHP Texas

Forrest Koumas, RHP North Carolina

Austin Kubitza RHP Rice

Alex Lakatos, RHP, Michigan

Randy LeBlanc RHP Tulane

Tyler Linehan LHP Fresno State

Corey Littrell, LHP Kentucky

Ben Lively, RHP, Central Florida

Sean Manaea LHP Indiana State

Johnny Magliozzi, RHP, Florida

Trey Masek RHP Texas Tech

Kenny Mathews, LHP Riverside

Mike Mayers, RHP Ole Miss

Jake McCasland RHP New Mexico

Kurt McCune RHP LSU

Andrew Mitchell RHP TCU

Albert Minnis, LHP, Wichita State

Sam Moll LHP Memphis

Spencer Navin C Vanderbilt

Case Nixon C Alabama

Dillon Overton LHP Oklahoma

Paul Paez, LHP Rio Hondo

Jordan Patterson OF South Alabama

TJ Pecoraro RHP Vanderbilt

Nick Petree, RHP Missouri State

Philip Pfeifer LHP Vanderbilt

Adam Plutko RHP UCLA

Kayden Porter, RHP Southern Nevada CC

Cody Reed, LHP Northwest Mississippi

Tony Rizzotti RHP Tulane

Nic Pivetta, RHP New Mexico

Drake Roberts 2B Navarro

Angel Rosa SS Alcorn State

Nick Rumbelow, RHP LSU

Javier Salas RHP Miami

Lukas Schiraldi, RHP Navarro CC

Brad Schreiber, RHP Purdue (Twins' 2012 40th round pick)

Jimmie Sherfy, RHP Oregon

Braden Shipley, RHP, Nevada

John Simms RHP Rice

Tyler Skulina, RHP Kent State

Dan Slania RHP Notre Dame

DeAndre Smelter, RHP Georgia Tech

Myles Smith, RHP, Lee CC

DJ Snelten, LHP Minnesota

Ryne Stanek RHP Arkansas

Teddy Stankiewicz RHP Seminole State JC

Gandy Stubblefield RHP Texas A&M

Colby Suggs RHP Arkansas

Stephen Tarpley, LHP Scottsdale CC

Trey Teakell, RHP, TCU

Jeff Thompson, RHP, Louisville

Andrew Thurman RHP UC Irvine

Justin Topa RHP Long Island U Brooklyn

Josh Uhen, RHP Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Nick Vander Tuig RHP UCLA

AJ Vanegas RHP Stanford

Austin Voth, RHP Washington

Konner Wade RHP Arizona

Michael Wagner, RHP San Diego

Bobby Wahl RHP Ole Miss

Billy Waltrip LHP Oklahoma

Zach Weiss, RHP, UCLA

Ben Wetzler LHP Oregon State

David Whitehead, RHP, Elon

Karsten Whitson RHP Florida

Trevor Williams RHP Arizona State

Tom Windle LHP Minnesota

Cole Wiper RHP Oregon

Rob Zastryzny, LHP, Missouri

Kevin Ziomek LHP Vanderbilt

The Twins took Smelter in the 11th round 3 years ago as a pitcher. They really liked him, offered him a lot of money. He went to Georgia Tech and has completely flopped. He was good as a reliever as a freshman. He also played in the OF and hit .222 with no power. He then got hurt his sophomore year and pitched very limited. This year, he's back in their bullpen with very pedestrian numbers. Can't help but think that he wishes he had signed, but wouldn't be surprised if the Twins still take a late-round flyer on him.

That is the risk that High School kids take when they do not sign. On the other hand, college education is worth something as well...