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1. The coverage here has been amazing. I doubt there is another site on the web this good (for 1 team). Thank you all.   2. Taking a "soft tossing" SP would really annoy me.   3. I want upside more th

Brock Beauchamp
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Just keep in mind that many Twins fans absolutely skewered the Twins for drafting Mauer over Prior.   Fans know virtually nothing.

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This pick makes me wonder if Falvey is taking the Cubs approach of "avoid pitchers". Not sure a mid-market team can play that game but whatever, we'll all know in a few years. I don't get riled up abo

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Rooker's not going to be a way over-slot sign at 35, though, is he? Is there something else coming at 37 to use more of the pool money?

No, he actually might sign for under slot.

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After being lightly recruited out of high school and taking a redshirt his first year at Mississippi State, Rooker has turned into the most dangerous hitter in college baseball this spring as a redshirt junior. By mid-May, he led the Southeastern Conference in nine statistical categories (including all three triple crown stats) and was three stolen bases shy of becoming college baseball's first 20-20 player since Andrew Benintendi. Rooker was an all-SEC pick in 2016 and was drafted in the 38th round by the Twins, but has grown as a hitter in the last year. The righthanded hitter has reigned in his free-swinging tendencies, cutting his strikeout rate from 20.9 percent of his plate appearances to 17.4 percent. He has also gotten stronger, allowing him to drive the ball with more authority. Those improvements have turned him into a solid hitter with plus power. Rooker has primarily played first base this spring out of Mississippi State's necessity. He has become a capable defender at first, and also has the speed and athleticism to allow him to handle left field, though his throwing arm limits him to left. Rooker turns 22 in November. His age and lack of a premium defensive position will weigh his draft stock down. He earns praise for his work ethic, makeup and leadership.

 

 

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Like it a lot, save more money, spend the night shopping for the best offer to kick off tomorrow.

 

Grab a good hs arm at 37, and spread more of the savings in other picks to buy out a few more arms.

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Maybe Pohlad has promised to buy the pitching needed.  Is that possible?

 

Not really . . . one draft is just not a way to magically repair an organization-wide dearth of pitching.

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