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I always look forward to prospect rankings from this website. I feel like they are considerably better than the national publications. I have started to create my own rankings over the last few years. This list was made right after the draft. 1. Royce Lewis 2. Alex Kiriloff 3. Brusdar Graterol 4. Jordan Balazovic 5. Jhoan Duran 6. Trevor Larnach 7. Wander Javier 8. Keoni Cavaco 9. Brent Rooker 10. Ben Rortvedt 11. Blayne Enlow 12. Ryan Jeffers 13. Misael Urbina 14. Travis Blankenhorn 15. Akil Baddoo 16. Jorge Alcala 17. Lewis Thorpe 18. Luis Arraez 19. Nick Gordon 20. Lewin Diaz 21. Matt Wallner 22. Cole Sands 23. Stephen Gonsalves 24. Yunior Severino 25. Edwar Colina A few notes after comparing my list to Twin’s Daily. I value position, defense, and upside. I’m not as high on the Larnach, Rooker, and Wallner trio. I believe their upside is limited being below average defenders with strikeout concerns (not so much Larnach). I value the high upside pitchers and have Duran ranked higher than most. Rortvedt is ranked higher than Jeffers because I believe his defense will be considerably better at a premium position. Looking back, I probably have Blankenhorn and Lewin DIaz a little high because of recent performances. I probably have Gordon and Thorpe too low because of prospect fatigue. Lastly, for some reason I view Arráez and Astudillo as similar players and think MLB pitchers will adjust to Arráez similar to what we have seen with Astudillo. Both are high contact players, with limited power, and don’t field any position well. But if you are going to have one tool, it might as well be the hit tool. Overall, it’s always a fun exercise to do. I will brag that I did have Mitch Garver ranked 5-10 spots higher than most, in the past! As always, thanks for the awesome content.

I’d agree that it’s going to take more than Romero + change. But who says no to MadBum and Smith for Rooker, Enlow, Jeffers, and Gordon (or Arraez)? The twins would be dealing from positions of strength and hopefully upgrade three positions at the MLB level if Pérez (or Pineda) can make a smooth transition to the pen. I’d probably be willing to throw in a little more come trade deadline but I don’t think I could stomach sending Graterol or Duran (defiantly not both) as these are two guys with front of the rotation potential, with 6 years of control, for two rentals.