Front Page: Twins 2019 Minor League Hitter of the Year

[jrod23]

 

Seth reached out to me after seeing my ballot. He likely thought I was crazy, and there’s probably no denying that. My thought process was to leave both Davis and Diaz off in an attempt to award someone still within the organization. Unquestionably though, Davis has the best year among hitters that player on the Twins farm IMO. My goal wasn’t to slight Jaylin or Lewin by any means.

 

Ted.  I'm not doubting because I'm not a writer, but I'm just curious.  I'd love to hear your write-up per player there.  This list is about right though.  Would love to see Blank get more love.  He seems to really have matured and figured some things out.  Let's keep feeding him some consistency.

Jeffers, I don't think I'd say he was a steal, but I'd say he could turn out to be a reach that really paid off.

 

Regardless, I'm excited to see the Twins come October, but I'm sad to see the MiLB season end.

 

Thanks guys for all the the work you do to get us MiLB rubes some Twins reading material.

[Steve Lein]

 

Was Larnach as good as Diaz in the Southern League? Or the Florida State League?

 

This is a fair point to explore, but again, for me the time in the organization (and each league in this case) is a big factor. 

 

Diaz slugged extremely well in the FSL (and then the SL), and .290 batting average isn't shabby either. But Larnach had a .382 OBP versus .333 for Diaz. 

 

Different methods, similar performance in advanced metrics. It's a what's your preference thing.

 

If we had a most improved award, Diaz certainly would win this comparison as he was flat out not good in the FSL last year, but Larnach is my guy based on all the other considerations. 

 

I still had Diaz 4th, so it's not like I forgot about him!