Article: Twins Daily Official MLB Draft Day 1

[Willihammer]

Baz taken right where MLB.com predicted.

How far will Kendall and JB fall?

[dgwills]

 

Well, there goes Baz.

I don't think there is a plan. Not looking good so far.

[jimmer]

 

Baz taken right where MLB.com predicted.
How far will Kendall and JB fall?

Ah Kendall. Let him drop to us.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Baz taken right where MLB.com predicted.
How far will Kendall and JB fall?

I could care less about Kendall... I'd have to think about JB at 35 if he was still there though.

[nicksaviking]

I wanted Greene, but since I absolutely didn't want McKay I guess this is a push for me.

 

Not many teams have whiffed taking a shortstop at or near the top of the draft lately. I'm already aboard the Lewis bandwagon I guess.

 

Now let's toss the rest of the cash at Baz.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

People are saying that the Rays plan to develop him as both a 1B and SP.

I would hope to see a team do that eventually.

[King]

 

I wanted Greene, but since I absolutely didn't want McKay I guess this is a push for me.

Not many teams have whiffed taking a shortstop at or near the top of the draft lately. I'm already aboard the Lewis bandwagon I guess.

Now let's toss the rest of the cash at Baz.

Baz just went to Pittsburgh.

[drivlikejehu]

Baz was never a legit possibility at #35.

[nicksaviking]

Damn itt Pittsburgh. There's not a ton of guys I cared to try the underslot/overslot but with.

[Bob Sacamento]

 

I cannot get mlb.com draft tracker to work.  Any other site have a working draftcast?

I can't get it to work on chrome but works fine on internet explorer

[Willihammer]

Pratto gone, I suppose Danner will be too soon.

[mikecgrimes]

Forgot to bring back up charger to game, almost dead better go find those charger stations or a tv

[mikecgrimes]

Under slot can do you wonders in the 3rd round and later

[drjim]

Under slot can do you wonders in the 3rd round and later

Indeed. Can bump you up at 35/37 or buy out a handful of hs arms throughout.

[DocBauer]

Surprised and initially disappointed in the pick we of Lewis. I really wanted Weight or Gore if you want the high school route. Nut I freely admit I don't know anything compared to the guys in charge.

 

That being said, Lewis was considered a top 4-5 talent in this draft. A draft with no clear cut #1 player. By all reports he is a great athlete with lots of skill and potential. Probably the best overall HS player in the draft.

 

Can we really be upset if the Twins braintrust felt he was the best overall player available AND he may save money to make a nice move or two at 35 and/or 37?

 

I wanted a ready made SP as much as anyone. But isn't the mantra also "take the best player available"?

[Danchat]

Oh goody, Mejia's imploding. Can't wait to see 5-6 innings of this bullpen again.

[PDX Twin]

 

Oh goody, Mejia's imploding. Can't wait to see 5-6 innings of this bullpen again.

 Or 7 or 8...

[Danchat]

 

 Or 7 or 8...

Oh whoops, my apologies, I thought this was the game thread. How embarrassing!

[DocBauer]

Gotta stick with Mejia though. He's part of the future. Really surprised Belisle or Breslow didn't get cut or come down with an injury after Sunday. But that's for a different discussion.

[Willihammer]

Couple of interesting picks. Yanks take mlb.com's 49th ranked player who went down with TJS in April.

M's take another high contact college bat. Definitely seems to be a trend here.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Willihammer

[Guest]

And a freak injury to Prior being tossed over Marcus Giles' shoulder around the bases and it might have been a bad call.  http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2003-07-12-inside-prior-gil.jpg

 

And a freak injury to Prior being tossed over Marcus Giles' shoulder around the bases and it might have been a bad call.  http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2003-07-12-inside-prior-gil.jpg

Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.

[AZTwin]

Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.

Man Mauer was phenomenal before he tore his knee too. Part of me wonders if he would've been better had he never done so. It was such a freak play. Slid on a foul ball if I remember correctly

[d-mac]

 

Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.

 

Luckily, the Twins play in the AL.

[gunnarthor]

Looks like a lot of HS pitchers are still on the board.

[beckmt]

 

Looks like a lot of HS pitchers are still on the board.

That could be good for the Twins as they may be looking at several of them. Unless the new FO already knows that Pohlad will open the wallet and buy some frontline pitchers the next 2 years.

[Mike Sixel]

That could be good for the Twins as they may be looking at several of them. Unless the new FO already knows that Pohlad will open the wallet and buy some frontline pitchers the next 2 years.

No HS pitcher will be in Minnesota within the to five years. Not sure I understand this content.

[Bob Sacamento]

 

Looks like a lot of HS pitchers are still on the board.

Yes looking good to take one if not two prep arms, still some good names left out there.

[Willihammer]

Kendall falls, finally. That's pretty much everyone from MLB.com's top 20, except Canning who had medical issues I guess and... Carlson.

[drivlikejehu]

 

No HS pitcher will be in Minnesota within the to five years. Not sure I understand this content.

 

They could be traded for an MLB pitcher within that time frame.

 

Making the best picks, regardless of position/level, is always the best strategy. 

Edited June 13, 2017 by drivlikejehu

[Mike Sixel]

They could be traded for an MLB pitcher within that time frame.

 

Making the best picks, regardless of position/level, is always the best strategy.

 

Not sure what that had to do with the comment I replied to at all.