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Haha, I'm glad you did. Cracked me up. Pit did take a chance on Appel and it didn't work out. It is the front offices job to gage signability. Just like it is Scott Boras' job to advise his client. No one forced Appel to hire Boras. Also, a huge risk for the player? Most players maybe but not Appel. Quoting John Sickles today; "With a Stanford education and his family background, Appel could walk away from baseball and it wouldn’t impact his quality of life. He’s never going to have to work at McDonald’s or wonder how he’s going to pay the rent." While I'm not a huge Boras fan lets not act like the Billionaire, with a B, owners weren't the ones who pushed for a amateur spending cap into the CBA. Poor billionaire owners who tried to limit the amount of money 17-22 year old kids could make comes back to bite them in the butts. I feel so bad for them I might cry.

Both? Scouting isn't just grading tools but gagging signability. Especially in this new CBA. If Appel is there at 4, is the highest player on their board, and feel there is a good chance to sign him you take him. If the scouts gagged his signability wrong and he goes to the Indy leagues that's on us. At this point we don't know what it will take to sign Appel, much less if the Twins will even have him rated that high, so I don't see the point of saying not to draft Appel because Boras is his agent.

If boras/appel are asking for an irrational number he can go to the independent league. Just like he went back to college this year. It is Boras' job to get Appel the money he is asking for and it is the job of our scouts to figure out if they can sign him or not. As fans we hate the business side of baseball but it is part of the game. I don't feel bad for the pirates organization at all. They didn't think Appel would be there and never talked to boras beforehand about his demands before taking him. That's on their front office. Do I feel bad for the fan base? Definitely. Tallion/Cole/appel would be a nasty 1-2-3 punch.

The whole boras/appel thing is way over blown. If the twins rank him as the best talent at 4 and he is there, take him. Just like last year with Buxton the twins need to take the best player available regardless of position/agent. At this point I'm really not that high on any of the top three pitchers. I prefer gausman last year to any of them but wouldn't be disappointed if the twins took one at 4. If Bryant can prove he is a 3b and not a 1b he gets my vote. I love his power.

Matt garrioch over at minorleagueball posted his top 100 list today. Good read for people trying to get familiar with the names. Here is the link:http://www.minorleagueball.com/2013/2/22/4013450/2013-mlb-draft-top-100-draft-prospects Also, I disagree diehardtwinsfan, its never too early to talk about the draft! With how bad the twins are going to be this year it is really the only thing some of us have to look forward to. Well, that and the development of our young players.

Easily a 5 WAR player? Was there even a single 5 WAR right fielder last year? By WAR standards, which always ham strings RF/1B value, he would have to hit .330 ba/35+ homers/1000 OPS and be a well above defender. While i havent read that being his ceiling, i hope you are right! That. Would. Be. AWESOME. About the well above average defender part... Badsmerf where did you see he was an above average defender? I know when he was 18 he played a little center field but that's a long time ago. BA and Mayo have him at 50 defense because while he reads the ball well and has a plus arm he is a 40 runner. I can't find defensive grades from law/sickles, they are always too busy talking about his sexy swing, but maybe you read different? Maybe Seth had him at an above average defender? I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just saying I haven't read it. Either way, I hope you are right and he becomes a top 25 player in all of baseball because our twinkies sure could use one.

Exactly. 41 in the entire minors for a right fielder is anything but low.

I agree that BPA is fluid in this past draft and Buxton wasn't a Harper/Strasburg case. I would have no problem if you argued gausman, appel, correa, or several other prospects as better draft choices. The fact is the front office knows we are deep in outfielders, lack ready impact pitchers, but still took Buxton. This should tell you something. Maybe it tells you our scouts are morons but I think it just says how much they love Buxton. As a arm chair gm Im in no place to judge them. Our jobs aren't on the line, there's are.

Alex wimmers was a safer, close to the bigs type, and how has that turned out? The reason why arcia is so "low", even though 41 is pretty darn good, has more to do with his position than his ability. Heck, the only right fielders I count ahead of arcia are myers, taveras, soler and yelchy so he is in some pretty elite company. The fact is a .300ba/20~hr average right fielder is a ~2 WAR player. While a Cf, Ss, or C with half the bat of Arcia is a ~4 WAR player. while WAR is a very flawed stat even the eye test can tell you elite guys up the middle are significantly harder to find.

While sickles graded gausman higher law, mayo, and BA graded Buxton higher. Does this mean sickles was wrong? Of Course not. Only time will tell. Everyone, especially the front office, knows we need pitching NOW. Everyone, especially the front office again, knows we have outfield depth on all levels from low A to the bigs. Even knowing the depth the front office still takes a toolsy HS outfielder over a college arm. What does that tell you about how they, not sickles or law or mayo or BA, sees Buxton? The twins spent a ton of time/money scouting and in the end Buxton was the guy. I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm not sure why so many of you aren't.

Someone posted this on a different site but i'm stealing it. Via Mayo of MLB.com- Teams will have private workouts as things get a little closer, so they can get a longer look at a player. Case in point: Carlos Correa, currently ranked No. 5 on our Draft Top 100, worked out for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins pick at No. 2 overall. Keep in mind that doesn’t mean he’s suddenly a front-runner there, but they are taking a longer look at the talented shortstop from Puerto Rico.

Correa is going to stay on the infield. The only questions is weather he is going to play SS or 3B. Most seem to think he will move to 3B but there are a few experts/scouts out there that think he has a chance to stay at SS. Him or Gausman would be my choices at #2. I understand that an average to above average catcher is valuable but I just don't see him being an impact player in the bigs. Most scouting reports I have read have him a clear grade or two behind Posey or Weiters.

Keliy McDaniel is one of the scouts that is helping Law this year, Jason Grey left to work for the Rays, and he feels Almora is a better overall prospect than Buxton. He said he is the best prospect he has seen all year. A head of Buxton, Gausman, and Zunino. John Sickels/Matt Garroich over at minorleagueball.com are both not very high on Buxton either. Does that mean he isn't the best overall prospect from this draft? No. Most of the top experts from baseballamerica, Keith Law of ESPN, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com, and several other sites feel Buxton is the clear cut best player of the draft. Now, does that mean he is? Once again, no. IMO the best player in the draft is Correa and the Twins haven't even been linked to him. In the end it doesn't really matter who you, me, Keith Law, Keliy McDaniel, or anyone else feels is the best player but what our scouts think. What I care about is that the Twins take the best player on their board, that hasn't always been the case, whom ever that may be. Obviously it is a lot of fun to debate and talk about but I think Riverbrain nailed it on the head. No matter how weak the draft is, this is a very important draft, and the scouts better not screw it up.

There is a great article about who the Twins should draft, studying risk vs reward, by Nate Gilmore at Puckett Pond. Check it out: http://puckettspond.com/2012/05/15/what-type-of-player-should-the-twins-draft/

Thanks for that information Kyleb, I missed out on that interview. Most experts have made it clear that one of the guys is Buxton but I wonder who the other two are. Law and Callis made it clear up until last week the Twins were really high on Zimmer but interest had cooled due to the drop in velocity and injury. Zunino, Gaus, Appel, and Giolito are the other guys they have been linked too. With Appel most likely going #1 and Giolito's injury concerns I'm guessing they are down to Buxton, Zunino, and one of Gaus/Zimmer. I had also heard about them looking at adding a lot of pitching in this draft, while the college crop is horrid after the top guys, I see us being able to nab a bunch of great HS arms from 32-72. Ton of high upside HS arms seem to be dropping because of injuries, performance, or signability. With all our picks if we can rearrange some money we might have a chance to grab a few of them. I'm also not really a huge fan of Brian Johnson Nygaard but if the Twins are looking for a quick to the majors starter who will sign for slot he would be the guy in this draft. Law compared him to Mike Minor for better or worse. The reason I put Ty Hensley on the list is because...well one, I'm also a huge fan of his. I would be joining you doing back flips if we landed him at #32. Two, most draft prospect rankings have him in the 20-40 range which talent wise would put him in our reach at #32. Three, most mocks have him in the 20s, a few have him outside of the first round, which would also put him in our reach. Four, did I mention I'm also a huge fan of his and it might be a little wishful thinking? Finally, the one thing draft experts have made clear about this draft is that nothing is clear on how people will draft. After the first 8-10 picks who can go where seems more up in the air then ever.

I'm right there with you nfisch22 on Correa. I too prefer him over Buxton for several reasons. He is a year and a half younger, currently already has a better hit tool than Buxton, and even if he ends up moving from SS to 3B that is still a spot of need for us. While Buxton might have a higher ceiling it isn't that much higher and with Correa's current hit tool he seems like a little bit safer bet. Several scouts/experts have pointed out that Correa, like Buxton, has best in class potential. While I agree with you on Correa, I 100% disagree with you on Barrett. I'm ok with Barrett if hefalls to 62 or 72, signs for slot or below slot, but not at 32/42. The high upside HS talent that should be around at 32/42 is just too hard to pass up for a BP arm. Also, if you want a quick to the majors arm there is a decent chance, looking at current mocks, that Brian Johnson might be around (Mike Minor clone). I do agree though if Stryker Trahan falls to 32 he has to be considered for the pick. Even if he has to move from catcher to RF he is already getting Myers comparisons, current top 10 prospect in baseball, for his bat. Players like Trahan, Seager, Elfin, Smoral should be our targets at 32, among other high upside players, not a quick to the majors reliever. Twins need upside and there should be plenty of that at 32.

After seeing his SEC splits I'm starting to cool on Zunino. Both KLaw and Callis point out that Zunino is a clear cut grade below Weiters/Posey. While he profiles as a +catcher his hit tools/power are both a grade or two below those two. Add in the fact the #2 overall pick slot bonus is 6.2M, same as Posey and .2M more than Weiters, I just cant justify taking him there unless he signs under slot. Now, if they were able to sign him for 5M-5.4M and relocate the rest of that money to the #32/#42 picks I could change my tune. One of the players I'm sad that hasn't been linked to the Twins is Correa. He has best of class potential, only person with a higher ceiling is Buxton, while just turning 17. He is a year and a half younger then Buxton who is one of the older HS players in the draft. While he most likely wont stay at SS he could be a plus to plus plus at 3B. Having above average to plus defense and 25-30+ HR power from the hot corner. The idea of a a Sano/Correa 1-2 combo in the middle of our line-up just gets me giddy.

mlhouse I understand wanting a few arms to go along with our position players but as one scout put it this might be the weakest college class in the past 20 years. With your drafting strategy, take as many college arms, the best I could see is taking one of Appel/Zimmer/Gaus at #2 and then grabbing Brian Johnson at #32 if he is still around. That would give us two quick moving pitchers who with in 2 years could be our #2/#3 starters. After that though unless a really good college pitcher fell, with the lack of them in this draft hard to see, I just cant find a group that would be worth taking with our first 3-4 picks. Especially with the kind of HS pitching talent that will be around 32/42. Once again as I made a comment above, this draft is weak because of the college talent not the HS talent. If the front office can rearrange some money from mid/later picks we have a chance to score several top end HS pitchers. While they might take longer than two years to get to the bigs they have higher, front of the rotation, type upside.

Hunter Virant would also be a great grab. Forgot about him. Heck, any high upside HS arm would be a great grab at #32. The reason I brought up Seager is because I read he was looking for 2.5M+ which is top 10-15 money. Outside of a couple of the teams with 2 first round picks we might be the only team able to pay that because I don't see him going that high. I have also read that lots of teams might over-draft and take a player they really like at a discounted rate in the first round but not the Twins. After the first 7 or 8 guys the draft gets kind of muddy. With the overall amount of picks they have and having the #2 pick you just cant do that. What I would like to see is if the Astros make a deal, most think with Appel, the Twins try to do the same thing with their pick. If they went for Zunino/one of the college pitchers they seem to have the upper hand on negotiating. Maybe Buxton too but I'm not sure what his current signing demands are.The difference between picks 2 and 3 is 1M bucks. If they could get a .2M-.5M discount and maybe have a predraft deal at either 63rd or 72nd spot with a college senior they could easily have an extra million+ to throw at the #32 pick. Add an extra million to the alotted slot value at pick 32, 1.55M, and we are talking about top 12 money. Going to be really hard for a player who slipped to ignore that kind of scratch.

I haven't read a single thing about the Twins being in on either Correa or Fried. Obviously they have scouted these guys but they haven't hinted to anyone, media wise, that they would be willing to take either of them with the #2 overall pick. Both Goldstein and Callis have Buxton rated higher than Starling. Callis said that he would slot Buxton right above Starling on his top 100 prospects (Starling debuted at 24 on BA's top 100 list). While Law prefers Starling he has stated they are close and would put Buxton right behind him (Starling debuted at 15 on Law's top 100 list). Either way with promotions and prospects rising up that would still put Buxton in the top 10-25 range on both of their top prospect lists. As for the 32 overall pick, or the 42nd for that matter, I haven't really read any specific names. The only name I have read that has been linked to the Twins with either of those picks is Mitch Brown but that seems more to be speculation than fact. Brown would seem to be the ideal pick at 42, if he is still there, with his MN ties. As to who will be available it is going to be really hard to tell this year seeing we are in the first year of the new CBA. If the Twins can go a little under slot at #2 or maybe a few of their other later high picks I could see a HSer as the best route at 32. Players I personally like who could be there at 32 are Zach Elfin, Walker Weickel, Matt Smoral, Corey Seager, or Ty Hensley. Once again, I haven't heard the Twins linked to any of these guys but looking at mocks all these players have a chance to be there at 32 due to injuries/signing bonuses/lack of performances.

First, I want to say thank you for the warm welcome and I'm glad to join a great group of Twinkie fans. Second, thanks for the great feed back. Third....well I only really had two things to say so there. I have no problem with anything you said J-Dog. As I posted above the three college pitchers seem to be interchangeable depending on what you look for. Not only does Zimmer have the least wear and tear, where Appel has the most, he also is the best athlete of the bunch. One article I read about Zimmer calls him an 80 athlete who's natural gifts will let him adapt to anything. Also, you are right that like Gausman he also has 3 above average pitches. Not only does he have three above average pitches but he has the best secondary pitch of the bunch. Both Zimmer (curve ball) and Gausman (change up) have secondary pitches that score 65 and as Keith Law put it, you can teach a great change up but a great curve ball you are born with. After all the gooing over Zimmer why would I still prefer Gausman? His last three starts with the velocity drop is a huge red flag, his next start will determine is draft spot, and where he has the highest upside it still isn't leaps and bounds ahead of the other two. All three have ceilings of #1s but profile as #2s so give me the safest of the bunch. Thanks for the videos Shanewahl. Any scouting links are always appreciated. Mitchell Brown, like most MN born Twins fans, is a huge favorite. I wouldn't take him at 32 but if he is there at 42 they have to take him. MN native, should sign for close to slot, pitcher, and has some upside. Talking about signing for close to slot that leads me to your first post and Nygaard's post regarding drafting at #2. With the #2 pick most people have been talking about BPA (most experts peg Buxton) vs Need (one of the 3 college pitchers) but I feel people are ignoring the third and maybe most important factor, Money. Nygaard mentioned it but I really feel it isn't getting the attention it deserves. Comparing previous draft prospects and signing bonuses none of the prospects really deserve the fully alotted, 6.2M, draft bonus. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying go cheap, but if you can get comparable talent for cheaper you would be dumb not to explore it. From what I have read if the Astros take Appel #1 it is for two reasons. All these guys at the top of the draft have huge talent but Appel is the closest to the bigs and they believe they can sign him for under slot money. If the Astros agree to a contract with Appel for under slot money before the draft why cant the Twins do the same thing? Due to the slotting system shouldn't we gain leverage? I guess the question I want to ask is would you rather sign Buxton at 6.2M (BPA), a college pitcher at 5.7M (need), or say Zunino for 5.3M (cheapest)? Obviously we don't know if the Twins rank Buxton as the BPA or how much any of these guys will sign for but it is a fun exercise. This leads me to my next topic, the supplemental round. Where as I pointed out above many experts feel this is a weaker draft, that doens't mean it is a bad draft, there is still plenty of talent. Experts are calling this a weaker draft because of the really poor college crop, not the HS crop of players. From everything I have read the HS players are actually average to above average. Due to overall lower signing bonuses, questions about how signing players will go, and Twins record bonus pool it looks like the Twins have a chance to get a steal at #32. I think the argument that #32 pick could be just as important as the #2 pick if you feel most of the talent at the top are close to one another. Saving a little money at #2, once again I'm still saying we need to draft one of the top 8 talents, could lead to 2 above average players for the price of 1.

So who do we take? Zunino is the safest bet, while an above average all around catcher is valuable, he has the lowest ceiling. The two high schoolers, Giolito and Buxton, have the highest ceilings but also have the biggest bust potential. As Law noted most scouts have Buxton as the top talent but there are still plenty of doubters that question if he will hit enough in proball. Giolito has true ace potential and had a chance to be the first ever high school righty to go #1 overall before he was injured. He hasn't pitched in over a month and nothing shouts WARNING like an elbow injury. What about the 3 college arms? Lets take a little closer look at them. Which pitcher do the experts like best? Baseball America has Zimmer ranked #3, Appel ranked #4, and Gausman ranked #5 overall. Jim Callis at Baseball America said, "I'd take Zimmer over Appel, and go back and forth on Appel vs Gausman." Law has Gausman at #3, Appel #6, and Zimmer #8. His reasoning being, "I could make a case for Gausman, Mark Appel or Kyle Zimmer as the top college arm, but Gausman is flashing two plus secondary pitches now and getting ground balls and has the velocity to match the other guys, not to mention better results as a sophomore in the nation's best conference." Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has Appel #2, Gausman #4, and Zimmer #6. Three different experts and three different choices for best college pitcher. While they might disagree on who is the best college pitcher they all seem to agree that while they have #1 ceilings they all profile better as #2s. Instead of putting them in the top 10-20 pitchers in baseball that would put them more in the 40-50 range which, while not the ace we might want, would still be a giant upgrade over the garbage we are running out there right now. Personally? Give me Gausman or Correa. Pure upside give me Correa. Lots of experts think Correa has a chance, when all is said and done, to be the best player from this draft and I agree. I like him better than Buxton. He is currently an SS but most likely will end up at 3B. Has the glove and bat to be plus there (65-70 power with a solid hit tool). While we currently have Sano playing third there is a lot of talk he will eventually move to RF or 1B. A 1-2 combo of Sano and Correa hitting in the middle of the order is a championship waiting to happen. As for Gausman I feel that not only does he have a similar ceiling as the other two college pitchers but is safer. I just don't trust Appel's poor results in a weaker conference and Zimmers velocity drop. Even if he ends up a high level #2 that puts his name in with the top 40 pitchers in baseball and that is something I can live with. It also doesn't hurt that he will making it to the show just about the same time as the rest of our top prospects.

Helloha Twins Daily Community, This my first post so be nice. I'm an avid MLB First-Year Player Draft follower who's passion for the draft is only surpassed by my love for the, albeit currently embarrassing, Twinkies. I have read several great articles about the draft here on this site but I figured I would add one more to the bunch. Being a person with a scientific background I'm going to try my hardest to keep to the facts and leave my opinions out of it. To write this post I used articles and chats mostly from Jonathan Mayo, the staff at Baseball America, Matt Garrioch from Minorleagueball.com, and Keith Law from ESPN (their latest top draft prospect lists and mocks will be linked at the end of the article). Hope you enjoy. MLB's First-Year Player Draft will be held on June 4th and will go on till the the 6th. The signing deadline has been moved up, was the 15th of August last year, to July 13th at 5 P.M. ET. Why do you care about this change? Due to the late signing date most of the top draft prospects were shut down instead of being sent to the minors. With the new signing date most draft prospects, still questions about how much college pitchers will pitch due overuse and high pitch counts, will get a chance to hit the minors before the season ends. The Twins have the largest signing budget of any team, 12,368,200, and the #2 overall. For the full list of Twins picks in the first 10 rounds and bonuses take the following link:http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/draft-preview/2012/2613426.html. Teams can spread the money among their picks in the top 10 rounds in different ways so long as they stay under the total budget. However, if a team fails to sign a player, it cannot apply the budgeted amount for that pick to other players and loses that amount from its overall budget. Due to the lose of overall budget and new harsher penalties for going over budget their is a belief that signability will be as big of factor as ever. If the Twins didn't resign Matt Capps they would have received the 50th overall pick which is worth $1,000,000. When asked how he would grade this draft on the 20-80 scale Jim Callis, Baseball America, responded with, "40-45 depending on how jaded you want to be....but there's talent in any draft." This seems to the universal view of the draft this year. Every draft has a cut off in talent and this year it seems to be after the top 8 players (Buxton, Zunino, Appel, Gausman, Zimmer, Correa, Fried, Giolito). Seeing we are drafting with the #2 pick that is good for us. The question is, who do we take? The Twins have been linked to Buxton, Zunino, Appel, Gausman, Zimmer, and Giolito according to Law's, Callis', and local beat writer's sources. When Callis was asked about the Twins drafting need over BPA he responded with, "they need a pitcher more than anything, but the vibe I get is that they'll take the best player available." This vibe has been reinforced by Law's and Mayo's sources. The next question after who do we take is who do the Twins have atop their board? Obviously with out being part of the inner circle we cant know but we can look at the six players they have been linked to. Buxton- "He's still on top of most scouts' individual preferred lists, with game-altering speed, an incredibly athletic body, a plus arm and a swing that produces a lot of contact and should lead to future power, although he has just one home run this spring. He's risky and no lock to go first overall, but a player who earns comparisons to Justin Upton, Matt Kemp, Josh Hamilton and other superstars has to be a strong consideration up top." Keith Law. Zunino- He's considered the best college bat in this draft. "With some more consistency with his swing, he could be a middle of the order bat. Behind the plate, he's a natural leader who can run a pitching staff. Zunino has a very good and accurate arm, good hands and agility, giving him a a package of plus catch and throw skills." Mayo Appel- "Appel has the complete package of size, stuff and ability to throw strikes. His fastball is a plus pitch now, which sits comfortably in the mid-90s and the scary thing is there might be room for a little bit more as he matures and fills out. The ball explodes out of his hand with a free and easy delivery and his fastball has above-average movement to boot. He's got an outstanding hard slider with late tilt that he can bury down in the strike zone and his circle changeup is at above-average as well, bottoming out when his mechanics are right. He can throw all three for strikes and gets very high marks for his poise and aggressiveness." Mayo Gausman-"He'll sit 93-97 and has reached 99. Has improved command of the pitch, although he can still find too much of the middle of the plate. He switched his primary breaking ball in mid-March from a below-average curve to an above-average slider that flashes plus. When his changeup is on, it's plus, 83-86 with strong fading action." Law Zimmer- "Zimmer has the makings of four pitches that could be at least Major League average. Any talk about the strong, durable right-hander has to begin with his plus fastball that he can run up to 97 mph. He maintains velocity deep into his starts and he has pretty good run and sink to it. His curve is a power breaking pitch, one that could be an out pitch at the next level. He also throws a slider that's very effective when he throws it right. Zimmer doesn't throw his changeup much, but he does have one and it looks like it can be deceptive with sink if he starts throwing it more consistently. He is a very consistent strike thrower." Mayo Giolito-"He had hit 100 mph in his last outing before the injury and would sit 93-98 in most outings, showing better late life on the pitch and better command within the zone, losing some of his former tendency to give up hard contact on fastballs in the zone. His curveball is sharp and he changes its shape, throwing some with typical two-plane break and others with shorter more slider-like action, mostly in the 83-86 mph range. He'll flash a changeup but it's clearly his third option, probably the main thing he'll need to work on in pro ball." Law While I cant tell you what will happen on June 4th, in my opinion any of the top 8 players would greatly help the Twins rebuilding process, I can tell you that following the draft can be fun. I understand if most of the information above might have been wasted on the most avid of draft followers but I hope it helped some of the people new to following the draft. I will end this insanely long forum post on this: three of the following four mocks have the Twins taking Buxton (same three have him ranked as the #1 draft prospect) but who do you have? Keith Law ESPN (insider required) Mock: http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7929824/mark-appel-goes-no-1-houston-astros-first-mock-draft-mlb Top 100 List:http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7901275/2012-mlb-draft-byron-buxton-mike-zunino-mark-appel-top-100-2012-draft-prospects Jim Callis Baseball America Mock:http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/mock-draft/2012/2613371.html Top 100 List: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/draft-preview/2012/2613410.html Jonathan Mayo MLB.com Mock (first 10 picks):http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120516&content_id=31456550&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Top 100 List: http://www.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2012/#list=draft Matt Garrioch Minorleagueball.com Mock: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/5/18/3008041/2012-mlb-mock-draft-the-first-10-rounds Top 373 List: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/5/17/3024055/2012-mlb-draft-board-5-17-12