Official 2014 Draft Day Thread, Day 1

[markos]

Adams off the board.

[twinsfan34]

One more pick...Cubs...hope they pass on Harrison.

[twinsfan34]

Here we go...foley...harrison...?

[gunnarthor]

Burdi. Well, we picked him before

[blairpaul715]

don't like it

[twinsin17]

I'd take Marcus Wilson over Monte Harrison but Reid-Foley would be an excellent addition as well. Deep draft!

[ashbury]

We get to watch the Burdi!

[70charger]

next 4, Foley, Adams, Harrison, Burdi

 

Booooooooo!

[cmb0252]

Wow, not a fan....especially because I can see the Twins try and convert him to a starter because that has turned out well.....

[twinsfan34]

Well...some feel he could pitch in MLB by this Fall. I just don't like RP/CP as high draft picks. Maybe they want to try him as a starter...have to.

[2wins87]

Would have preferred someone with starting potential, he can throw hard...

[drivlikejehu]

Horrible pick.

[Mike Sixel]

Not a fan. Two years will be wasted trying to make him a starter, then another year while he learns to be int the pen, then they will commit to him as a reliever. Just not the approach I would take. It does not work to make relievers into starters. This is not some market inefficiency to be exploited.

[Parise11]

great pick. Our Chapman. You don't find many guys in college throwing 103 ever...

[gunnarthor]

They aren't going to make him a starter. He's a power set-up guy and will eventually take over when Perkins is gone.

[drock2190]

Future relief pitcher it looks like.

 

meh

[Mike Sixel]

They aren't going to make him a starter. He's a power set-up guy and will eventually take over when Perkins is gone.

 

The team that won't promote relievers now, and has tried for two years to make obvious relievers into starters is going to abandon their strategy? That would be nice....

[twinsfanstreif]

I like Burdi, he doesn't have the upside as one of the HS guys but we might have not had the money to sign one of them and who know's what Gordon's demands were. Burdi pitches 100+ and he could help us out this year or beginning of next year, could be much worse

[InfraRen]

Like the Burdi pick. Guy throws pure gas, and if you can have a rock solid set up guy before Perk, and one that will take over for him when he tails off, why not?

 

Reid-Foley would have been nice too.

[70charger]

I can't see passing on Reid-Foley there.

[drivlikejehu]

To pass on guys like Imhof, Reid-Foley, etc., for a relief pitcher, makes zero sense. The Twins do not have enough starting pitching depth to take a reliever #46 overall. Unforced errors like this are why the Twins have gotten so little out of their drafts for much of the past decade.

[gunnarthor]

A lot of mocks had Burdi going #21 to Detroit. Nothing wrong with getting him here.

[twinsin17]

Burdi...hmmmm... His stuff is so good reports are he could pitch in the bigs right after signing. With Perkins locked up for cheap, is a dominant setup man worth an early 2nd rounder? Will we try and convert him to a SP?

[TKGuy]

Baseball drafts are crapshoots, but guys who throw 98-100 are worth a risk

[Guest USAFChief]

I'm not much of a draftnic but I like this pick. Big arms are always nice to have.

 

Just let him stay in the pen and he'll be in the majors quickly.

[drivlikejehu]

A lot of mocks had Burdi going #21 to Detroit. Nothing wrong with getting him here.

 

What difference does that make? For what it's worth, Law had him ranked #56, but again- this pick makes no sense for the Twins. They are not a contender who logically could prefer short-term help over longer-term upside.

[gunnarthor]

Burdi...hmmmm... His stuff is so good reports are he could pitch in the bigs right after signing. With Perkins locked up for cheap, is a dominant setup man worth an early 2nd rounder? Will we try and convert him to a SP?

 

I think he's just a good value guy there but I don't think the Twins see him as a starter. We drafted him 3 years ago. The Twins like his stuff. I think he'll end up being a set up guy by next season.

[PseudoSABR]

The Twins do not have enough starting pitching depth to take a reliever #46 overall.

In the lower minors, they actually do. So much so they can't find a rotation spot for Stephan Gonsalves and just now have made room for Thorpe and Romero.

[gunnarthor]

What difference does that make? For what it's worth, Law had him ranked #56, but again- this pick makes no sense for the Twins. They are not a contender who logically could prefer short-term help over longer-term upside.

 

Why wouldn't he be part of the future teams? We have control of him for 6 years at a minimum. The team should be a contender in a few years with the Sano/Buxton foundation. Burdi profiles as an easy replacement for Perkins at the back end of the pen. A lot of the draft guru's had Burdi as the best relief arm in the draft. That's not a bad pick at #46.

[70charger]

I'm overreacting. I don't really hate it, but I still would have preferred Reid-Foley.

 

Hey, maybe we'll finally get rid of Matt Guerrier?