jokin
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Agreed, with the exception of 11th Rd pick Taylor Rogers, who looks intriguing. His numbers progressed nicely each season, and a lefty, to boot. Given his proven record of continued development and improvement, he may opt to go back for his senior year and be difficult to sign. I hope the Twins have a persuasive pitch to convince him to come out for the low money available in the 11th round. I would think the best bet for legit future prospects from this point on is HSers in Puerto Rico, who would be less resistant to the low dollars available and may not have as many college options available.
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Hopefully, it's all about signability and that Barret (and Brown) weren't going to fit under their cap and that the ones they did draft are ready to sign ASAP.
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Like you, I have my doubts in not going to the actual source, yours is obviously way more credible. From the Arkansas site: "...ranked as the 38th-best prospect nationally in the junior class and the 85th-best draft prospect for the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by Baseball America ... Named first-team preseason All-SEC by CollegeBaseballDaily.com ... Selected as the preseason SEC Pitcher of the Year and named preseason first-team All-SEC by SEBaseball.com ..."
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I just checked Baxendale's bio at Arkansas. BA had him rated #85. Yes, again.
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DJ Baxendale from Arkansas. Apparently another starter that can throw in the low 90s. Yes.
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Ouch! That'll leave a mark. Look on the bright side, Pavano is gone this year and Blackie not later than next.
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Speaking of good pedigrees, will TJ Oakes still be there in the 10th round? If they liked DeVries and Thielbar, they've got to love Oakes.
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Stop it SirLoin, too much optimism! Just when I had become more comfortable feeling jaded than optimistic about this draft (after Buxton).
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Maybe I'm a little too conventional in my thinking, but I wouldn't mind seeing more subsequent picks looking like these last two, with an additional eye to Puerto Rico to gather a few more signable HSers.
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Wow, Lee Mazilli's son is on the board! He was a projected 4th-5th rounder. There's your future 2nd baseman, Todd Walker with a little more moxie.
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BA had him rated #193. Fastball in the low 90s. Pitcher of the Year in the Southern Conference. Turns 21 in July. At this point, too much pitch to contact, but at least a name to watch out for down the road.
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Mike, the Twins have been at that point for a number of years, there is virtually no drafted pitching talent on the current roster, with a string of high end busts/trade-aways over the last decade.
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Article: 2012 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
jokin replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I agree with the first part, but the "future ace' sounds a bit like a "wild thing" without the high strike out rate. Again, confounding. -
Christian Powell, College of Charleston, 6'4" 220#s. So far so good. Please tell me he projects as a starter.
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You nailed it, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hoping for a different and better outcome. Why haven't the Twins thought about hiring staffers from the Braves, Nationals or Rays to try a "different" approach with a history of success rather than failure?
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That's the point, and the problem, Jim. I think everyone except Twins management has already figured out that Deron Johnson sucks at it and they seemingly don't care. Trust me, you would be a major upgrade.
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Article: 2012 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
jokin replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Isn't there a new Twins Territory commercial already in production, the Big Hrbowski is bowling in the center lane, and suddenly all of those unused lanes to the left and right are anointed by Gardy, and then the new anonymous RPs are throwing strikes down the alleys. The tag line going out: "The Minnesota Twins- Less is More" -
Thanks for the info guys. Shows you can't rely strictly on the numbers. What exactly is the urgency to "fast-track" at a position where there is no urgency?
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That's what's confounding about why he went so much lower than Chargois. My guess is Chargois will be tried out as a starter and Duffey will be groomed for high leverage late innings.
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Are you sure that Chargois' name didn't get stuck in the Twins copier and all you are quoting are updated stats? MN Twins better get a DNA test, or maybe this is a PR stunt, these guys are either twins or clones.
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Busy Monday, for sure. You are the #1 daily must read at Twins Daily. Embedded in your article Seth, 2 topics that grabbed me, would love to get your more detailed take on these two items: 1) Burton has been on a tear lately, last night he looked completely unhittable, hitting 96-7MPH. I believe 6 Ks in his last two innings. 2) Any significance in guerra's "restarting"???? I detect a trend in the draft and w/in the organization that they are trying to identify potential converts from relief to starters. Guerra have the goods?
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"Less is More" "Quantity not Quality" Spread the $12 Million around, pay under slot as much as possible, find the diamond in the rough in the later rounds.
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Billy Martin tried it out of a similar desperation that the Twins now share. After some initial success with the Oakland As, there were some arms that ended up being overworked, defeating the whole initial philosophy. With agents' heavy influence on the game, this plan can only be implemented on fringe, non-competitive, low-payroll teams like Oakland or KC.
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On a more positive note, it was just tweeted that the pitcher from Rice projects as a major leaguer by this September, which probably means we'll see Chargois in a Twins uniform by 2015...
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Probably unfair then, to use the Santana illustration in your initial analysis.