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As noted before but will note again from Darren Wolfson: Club vice president Mike Radcliff said he expects the Twins will sign 27 or 28 of their 40 picks from this year's amateur draft. He doesn't expect the club will sign 29th-round pick Logan Shore, a high school right-hander who is committed to the University of Florida. Shore was ranked as the 202nd-best prospect in the draft by Baseball America, who speculated that Shore could've gone as high as the third round had he found a particularly interested suitor. A Twins source tells Wolfson that "they fully expect" to sign fourth round pick Stephen Gonsalves. The high school southpaw has committed to the University of San Diego and was ranked by MLB.com as the 98th-best member of this year's draft class.

Darren Wolfson notes: The Twins "are dealing...heavily" with Amauris Nina, a trainer/agent tied to several international prospects, most notably 16-year-old Dominican outfielder Elon Jimenez . The Cubs are considered to be a " heavy favorite " to sign Jimenez once the international signing period begins on July 2.

4 picks in and the Twins are $260k under slot. I don't see how any of their other college guys get anything but slot, if not under slot. Should be interesting how much Stewart/Gonsalves gets because I doubt they are willing to pay taxes for going over.

Slegers isn't throwing mid 90s though. From BA: Indiana’s rotation is not overpowering, but it is solid. Slegers (9-1, 2.13) emerged as the Big Ten pitcher of the year but struggled in the super regional against Florida State. At 6-foot-10, his downward angle makes his high-80s fastball play up.

For how big Slegers is he pitches about the same speed. He does have a really good fastball plane, you know, because he is 6'10".

BA did a college world series preview and the Twins have 4 prospects in the tourney. Here are the notes from the article: Eades (LSU) Eades has electric stuff but inconsistent command, and he has not labored in the postseason (5 BB in 6.1 IP). Slegers DeMuth Halstead (Indiana) : Indiana is one of the nation’s most dangerous offensive teams, with seven regulars hitting better than .300. The Hoosiers rank 20th in the nation in batting, 21st in scoring, and ninth in doubles; DeMuth (24 2B). DeMuth..........have five home runs apiece, so they are also capable of impacting games the long ball. The Hoosiers are extremely aggressive on the basepaths, taking extra bases whenever possible and forcing opponents to make plays. Cureton (22 SB) and DeMuth (11 SB) are burners. At least Indiana has experience on the left side of the infield, with a senior shortstop (Basil) and a junior third baseman (DeMuth)—although that duo has combined for 37 errors. Halstead (4-4, 2.40) and Effross (6-1, 2.47) are the go-to options in the bullpen, with fastballs that reach the low 90s and decent breaking balls. Both of them were hittable last weekend, but their body of work is strong. Indiana’s rotation is not overpowering, but it is solid. Slegers (9-1, 2.13) emerged as the Big Ten pitcher of the year but struggled in the super regional against Florida State. At 6-foot-10, his downward angle makes his high-80s fastball play up. (NOTE: Slegers, DeMuth, and Halstead were the only Indiana players draft and were all drafted by the Twins.) For the full article fallow the link below: http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/college-world-series-preview/

Did you forget Eades? He has to be above several of those guys IMO.

I understand new things can be scary but scouts are pretty good now of days identifying talent. BA just put out an article today about how the first round picks from last year are doing and for the most part it shows that elite talent will transfer to the minors. Most of the 1st rounders are doing better than expected. Here is what they had to say about Buxton: Center fielder Byron Buxton, the No. 2 overall pick last June, has been better than even the Twins could have hoped. Buxton has shown speed, power, defense and a very advanced hitting approach as he’s dominated the low Class A Midwest League. He’s arguably the best prospect in baseball. Scouting is more than just numbers. Link to article: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/in-review-each-teams-top-pick-from-the-2012-draft/

Stewart, Meyers, Gibson, Berrios, Mays for me. I don't understand knocking people because they haven't had a chance to play at X level yet. Give me elite tools any day.

People said this last year with Buxton. How did that turn out? Elite talent is elite talent no matter what level they are at. I don't see the point of knocking Stewart just because he hasn't played in the minors yet.

I don't understand this whole PR hit thing. As with Span, as long as you get comparable talent who cares? Twins are going to suck with or with out Perks.

Christopher Crawford wrote a nice long review of the Twins draft. Check it out! 2013 Draft Review: Minnesota Twins | For those of you too lazy to read it all here is his final thought: Again, a lot of averages, but again, that’s not a bad thing. Stewart has a chance to be the best player in the entire class, and with his fastball and slider already above-average pitches he could move (reasonably) quickly through the system. There’s a lot of if’s that could make this an even better class — if Eades can pitch like the front-line starter he’s shown at times, if Gonsalves is more like the guy we saw in the summer, if Navarreto can stay behind the plate — but there’s some real volatility there as well. Overall, I think the risk might slightly outweigh the reward, but I do admire the Twins for taking some unique chances, and for acquiring the best prep pitcher in the class.

Hopefully you are right. I'm ready for some signings so we can start debating who is going where.

The Rockies just signed Gray and for 800,000+ underslot . that's a lot of money to use elsewhere.

Haha, I'm fine being called impatient. While I understand signing this week or next week doesn't matter in the long run I want to see our new toys! It just seems everyone had hand shake agreements but us! Also, guys that are still playing in the CWS never sign till they are eliminated from the tourney.

Damn Twins need to start signing people! Every time I see a signing update it's never the Twins. I'm ready to see these kids play.

Darren Wolfson tweeted : This might be a waste of time because its so obvious: a #mntwins official confirms there's a zero percent chance to sign Logan Shore.

No team signs all their picks. Twins most likely will sign 26-28 out of their 40 picks. After Shore wasn't picked in the top rounds of the draft there was no way to sign him. Twins grab a local kid for PR and the kid gets to say he was drafted by the Twins but choose college. Possible good will gesture for 3-years from now. Win-win for both sides.

In Jim Callis' weekly chat he answered this question about the draft. What are your thoughts on the Twins draft as a whole? Obviously the Kohl Stewart pick is promising, but a couple other pitchers (Eades and Gonsalves) were tied to the 1st round at some point this year - what do you think of them? Jim Callis: I thought the Twins did a really nice job addressing their need for pitching. One scouting director told me Stewart's stuff is just as good as Appel's and Gray's, plus he's more athletic. Eades and Gonsalves went about where they should have, also like the additions of Aaron Slegers, C.K. Irby and Brandon Peterson in later rounds

Over at SB Nation someone did a top 50 list/Write ups for the 2013 international draft. Lots of good info on the players. Link below: 2013 International Free Agents (UPDATED RANKINGS + VIDEO) - Minor League Ball

Teams do this all the time.

Twins front office has already said there is no way they are signing shore.

Haha, well said. I currently live in Houston and let's just say your friend up above isn't the only who is sad because of Buxton. As I say this Correa also looks like a stud, just not a phemon like Buxton!

Keith Law has a ton of experience scouting and is titled to his opinions. Obviously scouting isn't an exact science, as shown above by other experts disagreeing with, but you never know with prospects. I actually like Mr.Gonsalves and hope him/Stewart are a future 1/2 punch. I did hope the Twins would draft more raw LHPs seeing that was one of the strengths of the draft but like normal they went for college RHP, which was the other strength of the draft.

BA ranks the top 500 prospects for the draft each year. Today they released a list of how many players each team took from the list. Jim Callis does give this warning: We will caution that using this list as an evaluation of a team’s draft is impudent. Without looking closer at the information, this list could be very misleading. This is a fun way to see which team drafted the most talented players, which is how the BA 500 is compiled and not on where the players will be drafted, but signability is another matter. The Padres, for example, tied the Athletics for the most top 100 players (six). But unlike the A’s, who took five of their six top 100 players at the top of the draft and will likely sign them, the Padres are unlikely to sign three of the top 100 players, Connor Jones (34), Chris Okey (72) and Garrett Williams (66), as all three are high school players with strong commitments to top college programs. Here is what they have to say about the Twins: Twins (18 total, 2 top 100, 5 top 200, average: 235) Kohl Stewart (5), Ryan Eades (37), Stuart Turner (110), Stephen Gonsalves (107), Aaron Slegers (220), Brian Navaretto (185), Brian Gilbert (495), Dustin DeMuth (278), Mitchell Garver (234), CK Irby (237), Nelson Molina (442), Ethan Mildren (375), Brandon Peterson (238), Derrick Penilla (414), Jared Wilson (455), Logan Shore (202), A.J. Bogucki (383), Steven Sensley (344). Here is a link for a full list: http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/which-teams-drafted-the-most-players-from-the-ba-500/