Article: Twins Daily Top 20 Prospect Updates (Part 1: 11-20)

[lightfoot789]

 

If he could sustain a 23% K rate I think he gets to the big leagues, even if he only takes 40 BB a year.  But that is pretty far off his career norms. 

 

Walker had 44 BB last year in High A and that was more than everyone on either of the Twins AA & AAA teams (except Romero).  That number would have ranked him 4th on the Twins MLB team last year.  Still a work in progress but lets put things in perspective.  He is getting better.  His K Rate in 2013 was 20.8% (Not bad for a power hitter).  I believe he can get back to that since he has shown he could do it before.  

 

We all assume what these kids are trying to work on, but no one really knows what these coaches are asking them to work on too.  It would be nice to know what the system plan is for these kids each part of a season, before we pass assumptions.  I'm guilty as well.

[Shane Wahl]

Keep in mind that this is a 15 through 6 list for a strong majority of MLB teams right now!

 

Kepler is in the midst of a total breakout, by the way.

 

Turner worries me. Further down, Garver worries me. On the . . . same hand . . . the treatment by the Twins of Pinto worries me. Suzuki is regressing to form. Herrmann is helpful with his defense this year, but I am officially worried that the bat is never coming around. And that is me saying that, finallly.

 

There is a team that has two catchers who are young and good. That team is surprising right now and may be looking to improve in other areas . . . and it would bring to the Twins my old Purdue boy Kevin Plawecki. I won't go further here in this thread, but the C spot is problematic once again.

 

[Ncgo4]

I also agree about 5 weeks being too little to make an assessment...with 1 exception, Hu. Chih-wei has been so dominating that he is clearly the class of his league and a Top 10 prospect.

 

His spot start in Rochester is evidence the Twins think so, too. Seth, I have a question about this. By announcing this so far in advance it will make Chih-Wei stew over this with a possible Taiwan press frenzy around him. Is this usual for an early announcement about such a move? Has he relocated with Rochester already to become somewhat acclimated? Is this possibly a move on the Twins to max the pressure to really test him?

[30whales]

Typically what do prospects 11-20 develop into? I guess what should I expect from most of these guys? Most should make the majors at some point I am assuming but as bench players or what? Thanks for any answers I am just curious.

[diehardtwinsfan]

honestly, it depends on the prospect. A lot of them are high ceiling guys in the lower minors who are being eclipsed by some pretty decent guys at higher levels. Some are lower ceiling guys who have performed well. It really depends. As guys graduate, a lot of the 11-20 guys move into the 1-10 range.