Article: TD Top Prospects: #5 Alex Meyer

[Dr. Evil]

When I look at Alex Meyer I see a guy who is much taller than the guys that are shorter than him. I also see a guy that throws faster than the guys who don't throw as fast as him. When he reaches the majors, and I hope it's sooner than later, I hope he wins more games than the guys that don't win as much as him. I predict there will be a lot of them.  

[twinssouth]

Appreciate your response. Yea, can't deny Berrios had a great year, but........

[ashbury]

When I look at Alex Meyer I see a guy who is much taller than the guys that are shorter than him. I also see a guy that throws faster than the guys who don't throw as fast as him. When he reaches the majors, and I hope it's sooner than later, I hope he wins more games than the guys that don't win as much as him. I predict there will be a lot of them.  

I think you have adopted a clearer view of reality than the people whose view of reality is less clear than yours.

[nater79a]

Appreciate your response. Yea, can't deny Berrios had a great year, but........

 

Can't wait to find out about all three of these guys at the big league level...Meyer, Berrios, Stewart. We should feel fortunate as Twins fans that we can have a debate over these quality pitchers. A lot of clubs don't even have much worth discussing.

[Nick Nelson]

 Rankings should be based on potential and future impact. 

They are. I think it's important to keep in mind that Berrios and Stewart are both 4-5 years younger than Meyer. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

They are. I think it's important to keep in mind that Berrios and Stewart are both 4-5 years younger than Meyer. 

Excellent point. I often find myself forgetting the enormous age gap between them.

[DocBauer]

I could see a scenario where Meyer breaks camp pitching out of the 'pen so he can work with Neil Allen on smoothing out his delivery. Then, if all goes well, send him to Rochester in May to stretch out to starter's innings. Bring him back to the big club by mid-season.

 

Entirely possible. Completely sold on Meyer, believe he needs to be at the ML level, and is ready to do so. (Barring just a bad ST) The problem is, right now, there is only ONE SPOT in the Rotation open, and May has just as much "right" to the spot, and has last season's experience to give him a leg up. So unless someone gets hurt...hope not...or someone is traded...i.e. Nolasco...there is a shortage of space.

 

If Meyer isn't the guy immediately, I honestly struggle with whether or not he's better off pitching every 5th day at Rochester to work on those mechanics and repeat issues, OR, throwing on the side and pitching intermittently from the bullpen under the tutelage of the ML coaches.

[twinssouth]

It's great to have this discussion.  As someone said earlier, how many other Farm Systems can have such a discussion on ranking 3 potential studs.  I'm still sticking to my ranking of Meyer at 3, Berrios, 4 and Stewart, 5.  Great job Nick and thanks for your feedback Brock.  Can hardly wait for ST to start.  Hopefully will have a chance to run into you guys down here.  Also will be making lots of trips to Chattanooga; Buxton, Sano, Berrios, Polanco, Kepler, wow.

[Dr. Evil]

Entirely possible. Completely sold on Meyer, believe he needs to be at the ML level, and is ready to do so. (Barring just a bad ST) The problem is, right now, there is only ONE SPOT in the Rotation open, and May has just as much "right" to the spot, and has last season's experience to give him a leg up. So unless someone gets hurt...hope not...or someone is traded...i.e. Nolasco...there is a shortage of space.

 

If Meyer isn't the guy immediately, I honestly struggle with whether or not he's better off pitching every 5th day at Rochester to work on those mechanics and repeat issues, OR, throwing on the side and pitching intermittently from the bullpen under the tutelage of the ML coaches.

I struggle with this too.

[Seth Stohs]

It's great to have this discussion.  As someone said earlier, how many other Farm Systems can have such a discussion on ranking 3 potential studs.  I'm still sticking to my ranking of Meyer at 3, Berrios, 4 and Stewart, 5.  Great job Nick and thanks for your feedback Brock.  Can hardly wait for ST to start.  Hopefully will have a chance to run into you guys down here.  Also will be making lots of trips to Chattanooga; Buxton, Sano, Berrios, Polanco, Kepler, wow.

 

 

We appreciate your opinion. The purpose of these reports is not to say that it is perfect and the way others should think. As I've mentioned other times, we consolidated several of our prospect rankings and had some discussion and came up with our rankings. We want to provide information and encourage discussion about each of these players. Readers can then know more and feel good about making their own top 10 lists. Hopefully when our Top 20 list is complete, and people have access to other rankings, many people will develop their own rankings. 

 

If you bought a copy of the Twins Prospect Handbook 2015, you can see my ranking as well as Jeremy's and Cody's. There are several national sites and publications that have done their Top Twins prospect lists. It'll be fun to look at them all together and see what we think.

[diehardtwinsfan]

there's always going to be some variance, though at the top not as much. Not sure I'm in agreement with Meyer at 5 given how close he is to the show, but I can certainly see the merits in the debates between these 3. I'm just looking forward to all of them being in the rotation in a few years.

 

 

The real question as I see it is who is going to go. Santana and Hughes won't be losing spots in the forseable future. Nolasco has 3 years on contract as well. That leaves 2 spots with guys like Gibson and May also in the mix. Someone will end up traded, or in the pen or just DFAd.

[tobi0040]

there's always going to be some variance, though at the top not as much. Not sure I'm in agreement with Meyer at 5 given how close he is to the show, but I can certainly see the merits in the debates between these 3. I'm just looking forward to all of them being in the rotation in a few years.

 

 

The real question as I see it is who is going to go. Santana and Hughes won't be losing spots in the forseable future. Nolasco has 3 years on contract as well. That leaves 2 spots with guys like Gibson and May also in the mix. Someone will end up traded, or in the pen or just DFAd.

 

Odds are one of these six guys will need tommy john or will have some other major surgery.  Happens almost every year.