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  1. twinsfanstreif
    Yea, running through the numbers it looks like we will have to dig into our 5% to sign anyone else beyond the 10th round
  2. twinsfanstreif
    According to those numbers we are over by around $400k. Do we make that up with the Leach signing or are we using it as part of our 5% we are allowed over slot?
  3. twinsfanstreif
    Any updates?
  4. twinsfanstreif
    Is a 2018 rotation of Santana, Berrios, and 3 of Romero, Jorge, Gonsalves, and Mejia too optimistic?
  5. twinsfanstreif
    MLB.com and MLB daily dish both have Sammons, Contreras, and Faucher all signed for $10,000 each on their tracker. Sounds about right and if true will in total save us $429,500, not too shabby
  6. twinsfanstreif
    I don't even know where to start with this......the MLB draft is not the NBA or NFL drafts, You realize that no pitcher drafted was helping us next year right? Also Lewis doesn't have a "questionable bat" and their draft strategy was very good and we came out with a lot of talent as noted by many media outlets rather than having to tank the whole rest of the draft like Atlanta and Tampa had to do just to afford Wright and McKay. We came away with 7 top 200 players according to MLB.com (and every one of those guys were top 100 players in at least 1 publication), Atlanta came away with 2 and TB came away with 4 and all of those were reaches at their spot. We will know in about 5 years if it was a good discission or not but you NEVER draft for need in the MLB draft, that's how you end up with Kyle Gibson instead of Mike Trout or Mark Appel instead of Kris Bryant
  7. twinsfanstreif
    What did we expect trying to Mcgyver this rotation and bullpen together? Ultimately we expected this to be a rebuilding year but instead Santana has played out of his mind, Santiago played better than expected for the first few months, Berrios has been ahead of schedule and we've gotten some much improved defense. So far that has pretty much carried us but we all knew that Santana can't continue this pace, Santiago was a mirage, and our bullpen was always the elephant in the room. I still believe this can be a very good team but it's probably not in the cards for this year, we at least need a couple of starting pitchers and at least 3 bullpen arms that don't suck to even have a shot. Unless several guys get real hot at the same time and we somehow work out our pitching problems, we are probably destined for an average season which is actually better than expectations were.
  8. twinsfanstreif
    Well that's pretty darn good for sure but I think being the #1 pick we want Lewis to be a Correa/Lindor/Machado type. While a different player than those guys all 3 were in the majors at 21 and posted similar lines or better at a younger age in AA and a guy like Brenden Rodgers is mashing as a 20 year old in A+ ball. Maybe I'm expecting too much but at least his profile and bat right now is rated higher than Gordon's was when he was drafted, at the time of his drafting Gordon's future Hit/Power grades were around 55/40-50, and from most of the reports I've read on Lewis it seems to be more like 60/50-55
  9. twinsfanstreif
    Fair point, I guess I expect his bat to be better than Gordon's and his power profile is more than Gordon's ever will be. But if he's an above average SS for 8+ years than yes, it will be a success. My disappointment will hinge on exactly how well the other top guys perform (Greene, Gore, McKay, and Wright because they were the only other guys considered). If they all fizzle out or are marginal than it will be really hard to be disappointed. For sure we will all be following those 4 as well as Carlson for years to come and their development as opposed to our pick's will determine a lot of the success (or percieved success) of this draft
  10. twinsfanstreif
    A point was brought up on the Gleeman and the Geek podcast for Lewis over Gordon that is pretty valid, if Lewis plays like Gordon is in a few years we will all be really disappointed. I would probably give Lewis the nod over Gordon just because we all expect him to be a better player when it's all said and done
  11. twinsfanstreif
    Lewis will be top two and I actually think Enlow and Rooker both end up top 10 on most boards
  12. twinsfanstreif
    Go back and look at the twins drafts for the past decade. Even in the years where we had several early picks we still didn't draft a ton of overall talent, it was usually one or two guys with a bunch of "safe" guys or relievers sprinkled in (i.e. Eades, Boer, Berdi, Cederoth, Bard, Bashore, Cody, etc). This year we have 6 guys who made at least one publication's top 100 list (Lewis, Rooker, Leach, Enlow, Bechtold, and De La Torres) and one who was dang close in Barnes. I can't remember the last year we brought in that much talent with upside
  13. twinsfanstreif
    Yea, that's probably the case, I'd be shocked if we could sign him though
  14. twinsfanstreif
    it would seem that 35th round is not a whole lot of conviction, maybe we could come up with a few hundred thousand to try and sway him but it doesn't seem like enough for sure
  15. twinsfanstreif
    We must really trust those guys!
  16. twinsfanstreif
    which make the Leach pick make a whole lot more sense, could be a sleeper pick as many teams (and mlb.com) don't scout Canada as often
  17. twinsfanstreif
    How in the world did we even find a guy from a Mennonite school in Canada?
  18. twinsfanstreif
    There is way more money in the NFL draft and probably 100x the viewers though. Nearly everyone who loves football is interested in the draft as it could mean several impact players right away. Even lots of big baseball fans don't pay attention to the MLB draft. One of my managers at work is a huge Dodgers fan and played in college and he had no clue about anyone in the draft. There are really only a few hardcore Baseball draft people unfortunately
  19. twinsfanstreif
    I just found this today, prior to the draft MLB.com did an article on the best tools in the draft here: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/234394848/2017-draft-prospects-with-the-best-tools/?topicid=151437456 We came away with 2 of the best pitching tools, Best Curve (Enlow) and best Change (Barnes). We also had 2 of the "In the running," Best Speed (Lewis) and Best Power (Rooker). That's pretty darn good, the only other team to get 2 was Cincy and they were both Hunter Greene (Best Arm and Best Fastball). Cincy had no other players that made the "In the Running" category
  20. twinsfanstreif
    It's a great pitch, he also has super awkward mechanics. A slider is no good if the player is constantly hurt due to a herky jerky wind up. Leach on the other hand is big and projectable with a smooth delivery, his fastball is a really good pitch with great movement. Also we got Enlow out of the deal who has one of the best curve balls in the draft
  21. twinsfanstreif
    Have you watched tape on both of them?
  22. twinsfanstreif
    They will probably have to go over slot on Enlow, De La Torre, Bechtold, and Widell all of who were very highly regarded and I would bet they saved somewhere in the neighborhood of 2.5-3 million most of which will go to Enlow who was considered a 1st rounder. You have to remember that the slot values were evened out more than year's past so it is harder to save money and signability is an inexact science, it's really not as straight forward as some people on here are making it out to be
  23. twinsfanstreif
    They may have actually had Enlow ranked higher (klaw did) and had a deal worked out with him prior and Leach was a money saving move. Just a thought, or they had a deal with Carlson and expected him to drop to the 3rd but the Mariners messed it up. Who knows
  24. twinsfanstreif
    Are there any potential above slot guys we will be looking at or did we pretty much spend our allotment?
  25. twinsfanstreif
    This is exactly what the Astros did in 2012 to get Ruiz, we will probably do the same
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