Article: Inaugural Twins Draftbook

[Jeremy Nygaard]

If you’re anything like me, you bought a copy of the original Seth Stohs Twins Prospect Handbook in 2009– you remember, the one with the hideous red cover– and it started some sort of an information addiction.

 

Then you turned around and bought the square edition in 2010 and wondered why it didn’t fit in this “collection” that you just started.

 

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Since then, you’ve done the same thing each and every holiday season, building this collection and randomly looking back to see names you’ve long since forgotten.

 

Fortunately, I was asked to come on board a few years ago to help Seth with what had become an enormous project. What was once a job that outgrew one guy soon seemed like a boatload of work for three guys.

 

But it was just so much fun.

 

At one point while compiling the 2015 Prospect Handboo I started to mess around with some formatting things. You know, trying to make it a little more pleasing to the eye. I realized quickly that making modifications to such a huge project mid-project was a silly idea. But I kept the file that I had started and made up a fake profile for Kolby Allard, who, at the time, was one of the top prep pitchers in the nation.

 

Lightbulb.

 

 

 

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I got to thinking about our Handbook and how we wrote up nearly 200 prospects, but when June rolls around and the short seasons get ready to begin, our Prospect Handbook doesn’t serve the purpose that we intended it to do when we wrote it: To give you the most informative, in-depth breakdown of all the prospects in the system.

 

We fall two teams short of doing that. While it would be impossible to give you accurate information about the players that are graduating from the DSL and starting their careers in the GCL, we certainly could fill your plates with our breakdown of the recent draft picks. The Twins typically sign 22-27 of them.

And then it became a question of when. When would be the best time to present this flood of information? At first, I settled on the July signing deadline. We’d all know who signed, where they’re playing and what they’re about. But by then, it’s too late.

 

As the “arrival” time kept getting earlier and earlier, it was obvious: This supplement to the Prospect Handbook—known simply as the 2015 Twins Draftbook—needed to come out as soon as humanly possible after the draft came to a conclusion. And it needed to include all the draft picks. Because, well… we include everyone from the GCL and up in the Prospect Handbook, so we need to include all 40 draft picks.

 

 

 

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So that’s what this is. Information overload on 40 guys. Some won’t sign with the Twins. Some won’t be in the organization for long. But all deserve a chance to earn you as a fan. And some, who don’t sign, will get drafted again– maybe by the Twins– and this is your chance to get a head start.

 

You may be asking yourself, “Can’t you just dump this information on Twins Daily?” The simple answer, “Sure. I could.” But then it gets lost with all the articles, updates and other things that are uploaded every day.

 

These players that were drafted deserve something of their own.

 

And this is it.

 

We hope you enjoy.

 

Here it is, the first-ever Twins Draftbook. We've also slashed prices on the 2015 Prospect Handbook and the e-book.

 

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[Jeremy Nygaard]

Rich Condeelis and Lean Marrero were assigned to the GCL Twins today. Neither have been officially announced by the Twins, but both were covered in the Draftbook.

[nater79a]

Downloaded the Twins Draftbook. Just started perusing through it. Looks good!

[Seth Stohs]

I had the chance to edit this for Jeremy, and I think it's fantastic. He is able to provide a lot of very interesting details on all 40 Twins draft picks. Whether they sign or not, it's interesting to read about them. Jeremy spent a lot of time on the phone the last few weeks talking to people on all sides, and it shows in here!

[Jeremy Nygaard]

 

I had the chance to edit this for Jeremy, and I think it's fantastic. He is able to provide a lot of very interesting details on all 40 Twins draft picks. Whether they sign or not, it's interesting to read about them. Jeremy spent a lot of time on the phone the last few weeks talking to people on all sides, and it shows in here!

Thanks Seth. "Labor of Love" right? Just like the Handbook.