Twins Minor League Leader Board (through June 12)

ABW hits #17 and 53rd Ribby

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=164227183&sid=t498

 

Edited June 14, 2015 by GMinTraining

The strikeouts continue, but man, so does the production!

As much as a strikeout can be a learning curve - Walker is going deep in most of his AB counts.  3-2 in the majority of counts it almost appears.  But yeah - they do keep piling up .  He is overly patient in the box to me and doesn't attack enough early in count, which leads to lots of 2 strike situations for a poor contact guy.  I want to see him mash earlier.

 

As much as a strikeout can be a learning curve - Walker is going deep in most of his AB counts.  3-2 in the majority of counts it almost appears.  But yeah - they do keep piling up .  He is overly patient in the box to me and doesn't attack enough early in count, which leads to lots of 2 strike situations for a poor contact guy.  I want to see him mash earlier.

 

They have specifically told him to lay off low pitchers, even if they might be strikes, for now. Maybe the pitchers know that, and are attacking him there?

 

 

Walker #17 2B - #2 3B - #17 HR

36 XBH

Second in the southern league in 2B shows he's not all HR or Bust

 

.902 OPS - Not bad for 91 SO

43 Runs Scored with a terrible BB/K rate

(3rd most runs scored in all of AA)

 

Just a different dude IMO (4 for 5 with 2 2B)

As much as a strikeout can be a learning curve - Walker is going deep in most of his AB counts.  3-2 in the majority of counts it almost appears.  But yeah - they do keep piling up .  He is overly patient in the box to me and doesn't attack enough early in count, which leads to lots of 2 strike situations for a poor contact guy.  I want to see him mash earlier.

Walker had 4 hits today, 3 of which were on the second pitch thrown.

 

In his defense, Walker is averaging 4.17 P/PA, which is ranked 5th in the Southern (Harrison is 4th at 4.18). And he's seeing lots of strikes- 64.2% strike rate.

 

And not enough contact- 62.7% contact rate, which is 2nd worst in the Southern. And not surprisingly, a 17.9% Whiff rate (3rd in Sl), with a KSw rate of 25.7% (also 3rd in SL). And of course, he leads the Southern with a 36.7% K rate with only a 6.5% BB rate. Those are AA numbers that seem very hard to translate to the bigs.

Edited June 16, 2015 by jokin

http://puckettspond.com/2015/06/15/minnesota-twins-under-the-radar-prospect-part-two/

 

In a perfect world (Walker)

 

Walker had 4 hits today, 3 of which were on the second pitch thrown.

In his defense, Walker is averaging 4.17 P/PA, which is ranked 5th in the Southern (Harrison is 4th at 4.18). And he's seeing lots of strikes- 64.2% strike rate.

And not enough contact- 62.7% contact rate, which is 2nd worst in the Southern. And not surprisingly, a 17.9% Whiff rate (3rd in Sl), with a KSw rate of 25.7% (also 3rd in SL). And of course, he leads the Southern with a 36.7% K rate with only a 6.5% BB rate. Those are AA numbers that seem very hard to translate to the bigs.

 

With Walkers 36 XBH - He places himself in scoring position 46% of the time he reaches base overall (BB or Hit).  Where as teammates Sano (29%) or Harrison (24%) or Kepler (31%) are in scoring position slightly less despite reaching base via BB much more.  In all - Sano has reached base 8 more times overall (86 to Walkers 78).  Walker has 11 more XBH which has helped him score at an equal amount (43) despite his high K rate.

 

The question becomes :

Does a slight reduction in his power numbers at the Bigs still translate to the Production?  

 

Playing like a poor mans Brian Dozier with all those XBH and Runs Scored.

 

46% is a CRAZY percentage to be in scoring position at any level, especially AA.

Minnesota Twins: Under the Radar Prospect Part Two
BY JAMIE CAMERON 14H AGO - PUCKETS POND

Adam Brett Walker
Walker was drafted by the Twins in the 4th round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of Jacksonville University. The son of a former NFL player, Walker is an absolute unit at 6’4 225lbs and can hit a baseball a long, long way. The concern with Walker has always been his ability to maintain a palatable average and keep his SOs down. He has been remarkably consistent thus far in his MiLB career. With Rookie ball Elizabethton in 2012 he hit .250 with 14HR and 45 RBI in 58 games. In 129 games for low A Cedar Rapids, Walker hit .278 with 27 HR and 109 RBI. At high A Fort Myers in 2014 he hit .246 with 25 HR and 94 RBI in 132 games. Walker has continued his consistency at AA. Through 58 games, he has hit .258 with 16 HR and 51 RBI. To put thing in perspective, if Walker was playing a 162 game schedule, he would be on pace to hit 44 HR and 142 RBI this season. If Walker can maintain his average, he could see meaningful time for the Twins, perhaps at DH.

 

 

A 45 double and 241 SO pace too.   Ground out or SO I don't care.   44 and 142 are magical numbers.  I read these are his highest OBP (.320) and OPS (.902) of career too.  ALL IN