Bonus Twins prospect list

[gunnarthor]

I didn't see this posted on here so I'll post it.  Mayo at mlb.com ranked the Twins 21-25 prospects.  

http://minors.mlblogs.com/2014/09/04/bonus-twins-prospects-nos-21-25/

 

This is Mayo's intro: "Next up are the Minnesota Twins, one of the organizations I like writing about the most. I’ve long liked the way they go about their business and their system is one of the better ones in baseball. Even with injuries to the top guys, No. 1 overall prospect Byron Buxton and No. 9 Miguel Sano, the Twins have a tremendous amount of potential impact talent. Including Buxton and Sano, the Twins have six players in the top 40 on our Top 100 list, with the addition of Nick Gordon via the 2014 Draft.

No. 11 prospect Kennys Vargas just graduated off, meaning No. 21 below is now officially in the Top 20. The 21-25 list is still pretty solid, showing you just how good this system is."

 

 

[diehardtwinsfan]

I have not heard of Rainis Silva. Not a name I'd have expected to see.

[gunnarthor]

Yeah, me neither.  But Mayo is pretty plugged into FO so Silva might be a guy to watch going forward.

[drjim]

Silva was a mid six figure International Free Agent. Does seem a little aggressive.

[Seth Stohs]

Very interesting. I was thinking of putting him in the bottom half of a top 50 list. 17. Catcher, Can hit. Reported very good defensively. He's intriguing at least.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Silva's one of the catchers in the instructional league (along with all the familiar Twins Catching prospects) - maybe someone will have some observations to share in terms of how he fares relative to the other guys.

[nicksaviking]

I guess Silva gets to be this year's Engelb Vielma. 

[Jeremy Nygaard]

When someone types "I've never heard of Rainis Silva", I read it as "I don't listen to Twins Hangouts".

 

Seth and I both put him as our #4 catching prospect behind Turner, Garver and Navarreto. I have Silva's bonus at $175K, which is definitely not very big. 

[Seth Stohs]

But Jeremy... we already knew that nobody listens to us...

[Bob Sacamento]

Silva's one of the catchers in the instructional league (along with all the familiar Twins Catching prospects) - maybe someone will have some observations to share in terms of how he fares relative to the other guys.

I'm not a Twins fan but even I know who Silva is but of course that's from easedropping on BoSox front office guys at the GCL.  Pretty good D behind the plate, it's his bat that needs work on it.  I'll tell you what I see tomorrow, whether he's playing or one of the other five catchers in camp is.  If he's catching side sessions, I'll shoot some video of that too.

[Platoon]

Spoiler alert, snarky comment to follow: Maybe we could bring him up this fall, and Gardy could get him some games when we aren't playing a contender??

[Platoon]

But in a more serious tone, has the following got anything to do with Gardy's choice of catchers?? Mi apologize for being off topic, but the thought just occurred to me, so I went to the Google.

 

http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/08/13/twinsights-kurt-suzuki-collects-first-part-potential-500000-bonus-package/

 

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[70charger]

But Jeremy... we already knew that nobody listens to us...

 

What?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

When someone types "I've never heard of Rainis Silva", I read it as "I don't listen to Twins Hangouts".

 

Seth and I both put him as our #4 catching prospect behind Turner, Garver and Navarreto. I have Silva's bonus at $175K, which is definitely not very big.

Yeah, apologies... Not much of a podcast guy in general. Don't really listen to any of them, just like to read. I do remember the name now... Still surprised to see it that high given the depth of talent in the system.