Here’s How Brooks Lee Can Earn the Twins an Extra Draft Pick

It would depend on Lee's attitude & performance plus the Twins' willingness to do so. I heard about an interview with Lee asking if he thought he could break camp on the Twins roster? He said he thought he wouldn't be ready. I'm not one to rush prospects to the MLB & put added pressure on them. Now with Julien as the primary 2Bman, if Lee had a great spring training, I'd be tempted to bring him up right away.

Just DON'T trade him.

Why not be aggressive with all 3 of our top prospects? I would be disappointed if Lee and E. Rodriguez are not at least late season callups with both of these guys being on the 2025 opening day Twins roster. Lets also see Jenkins in St.Paul late season too.

It interesting to hear this rule spelled out. It is a tiny thing really only effecting the cream of the crop. Presumably it would be bad teams with the highest picks that would have the best chance to benefit from this, so it could more often than not help with competitive balance. It would be unwise to base your decision making on your guy being the one player that might meet the criteria. If the MLB is serious about ending service time manipulation, this is not the answer. Much more would need to be done.

Lee is clearly not ready, but will be called up at some point. Service time will not be a factor in this case. A hot spring means nothing, just look at Miranda last year. 

I would be ecstatic if he showed the type of dominance that proved he was ready by June.  

I am glad they added the bonus for having your young guys break camp with ya and rewarded for doing well.  That being said, I find it unlikely Lee will break camp, barring a super hot spring and injuries, and I also find it unlikely lee will win ROY over Holliday, unless Holliday gets hurt or really is over his head. 

It would take a serious injury to get Lee on to the roster, which would weaken the team quite a bit. Lee will play in the majors soon enough.

What is considered a whole year ???

What if Lee played lights out for 3/4 of the season and then God forbid  an injury happened would he still be in the running for ROY award  ???

Lee made it to AAA last year which is amazing  to say the least , he didn't have outstanding numbers there , If he puts the bat on every ball in spring training , that would be the only way he he makes the team , if not ,  he will be at AAA for the start ...

Can't wait to see him hitting alot of doubles for the Twins ...

1 minute ago, chpettit19 said:

A whole year is 172 days on the MLB roster or IL. The season is 187 days so you have basically 2 weeks that you can not be on the roster or IL and get credit for a full year. So to be eligible for the extra draft pick a player needs to be up within the first 2 weeks of the season and then stay on the roster enough of the rest of the year to not go beyond those 15 days of cushion you get.

So your saying when on the  injured list you are not accumulating days on the roster and you need 172 days on the active roster ???

Just now, chpettit19 said:

Nope, the opposite. If you get hurt while on the MLB roster your time on the IL counts towards your service time. Royce Lewis, for example, has accrued over a year of service time, but we are all well aware that he's only played in 70 total games. But all his time on the IL was counted as service time.

1 minute ago, chpettit19 said:

 

Thanks , I thought that , but other response from you mentioned  2 weeks not being on roster and IL list for full year of credit and that through me off some ,

That's for the clarification...

It will be interesting to see Lee on the opening day roster and where they play him. Falvey said that as soon as Lee says he is ready, they will find a place for him on the 26 man. They are obviously high on the young man and will go against years of holding back prospects n the minors. Lee wont be traded and he wont be in the minors much if at all in ‘24 unless he wants to be in AAA. I don’t know many players that don’t want to play on varsity when given the green light. 

Boy, first an article about Buxton making the HOF and now a post that Lee might be the ROY.  How about both players show up for work everyday, stay healthy, and put out 100% effort and then  let’s see how things develop.

I’m as excited about their prospects as the next guy, probably more, but, geez, talk about putting the cart before the horse….

1 hour ago, chpettit19 said:

A whole year is 172 days on the MLB roster or IL. The season is 187 days so you have basically 2 weeks that you can not be on the roster or IL and get credit for a full year. So to be eligible for the extra draft pick a player needs to be up within the first 2 weeks of the season and then stay on the roster enough of the rest of the year to not go beyond those 15 days of cushion you get.

The 172 days is in regard to the 26 man roster correct? Not the 40 man roster? So in what way is E Rod's clock ticking at this point? In his case he is only using up an option. Correct? But not accruing service time towards arb and FA.