Twins Daily 2023 Prospect Rankings (Part 1: Honorable Mention)

[Mike Sixel]

52 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Cavaco is the poster child for “toolsy”. A red flag goes up every time I hear it, because the first thing I want to hear from an evaluator about a ‘true’ top prospect, is how promising the hit tool(s) are…regardless of how athletic the guy is. The hit tool trumps everything in Major League Baseball…by a mile, and now more than ever. Literally everyone questioned Cavaco’s hit tool when he was drafted in the top half of the 1st round. And now he’s a corner infielder. Sigh.

Like Rooker or Sabato?

[Doctor Gast]

Hi Seth, what kind of info can you or anyone else give me about Ricardo Olivar? I know he's mainly plays catcher but also plays OF, including CF. He had a pretty good FSL season at 20 yrs. old & was promoted to A. But have no idea how is his glove or arm. I believe his arm above average & his athleticism would produce a good glove at catcher. I'm looking for another big step from him & hope they focus him at the catcher position.

[Melissa]

Seth, your writing (and especially this post) has given me much more insight and interest in considering and discussing prospects. In the past I tended to ignore those below AAA ball, since the noise to useful data ratio is so out of whack without the sort of informed and savvy commentary you provide.

Thank you!

[Melissa]

Watching that clip of Will Holland zip around the bases with such joy - scoring standing up and seemingly without even a throw hone! - is pure pleasure for this nearly  70-year old fan.

[Doctor Gast]

10 minutes ago, Melissa said:

Watching that clip of Will Holland zip around the bases with such joy - scoring standing up and seemingly without even a throw hone! - is pure pleasure for this nearly  70-year old fan.

You're not nearly 70 yrs. old, are you? Melissa

[Melissa]

13 hours ago, Doctor Gast said:

You're not nearly 70 yrs. old, are you? Melissa

Born August of 1953 in Milwaukee, the year the Braves arrived in town.

I doubt the Melissa (Berman) who contributes stories here is nearly so old!

[Doctor Gast]

7 hours ago, Melissa said:

Born August of 1953 in Milwaukee, the year the Braves arrived in town.

I doubt the Melissa (Berman) who contributes stories here is nearly so old!

Nice to have another lady on the site. Looks like you have a lot of baseball in your blood. 🙂

[Major League Ready]

On 2/1/2023 at 9:32 PM, jkcarew said:

Cavaco is the poster child for “toolsy”. A red flag goes up every time I hear it, because the first thing I want to hear from an evaluator about a ‘true’ top prospect, is how promising the hit tool(s) are…regardless of how athletic the guy is. The hit tool trumps everything in Major League Baseball…by a mile, and now more than ever. Literally everyone questioned Cavaco’s hit tool when he was drafted in the top half of the 1st round. And now he’s a corner infielder. Sigh.

I hated that pick more than any I can remember with perhaps the exception of Tyler Jay.   I was hoping Corbin Carroll with his 80 speed and 60 hit tool would be available.  Stot was still available as well.  I was watching the draft and was very excited when we got to the 13 pick and Carroll was still there.  Then, they call Cavaco.  I remember thinking they better be right.

[Doctor Gast]

On 1/31/2023 at 2:43 PM, Seth Stohs said:

Yes, they did sign Wolters too... That is a miss on my part... He will obviously be the guy to come up first if there is an injury. 

Hi Seth, what kind of info can you or anyone else give me about Ricardo Olivar? I know he's mainly plays catcher but also plays OF, including CF. He had a pretty good FSL season at 20 yrs. old & was promoted to A. But have no idea how is his glove or arm. I believe his arm above average & his athleticism would produce a good glove at catcher. I'm looking for another big step from him this year & hope they focus him at the catcher position. I guess I'm hoping for an Endy Rodriguez type of break out.