Seth Stohs

Uh-Kill.

I've been told that the one question mark on him as a prospect at the draft was his arm, but he has really worked and improved that. Great range, pretty good instincts. He grew up playing a lot of baseball.

The rankings: Seth (9), Nick (11), Tom (10), Cody (10).

If I' reading this correctly... spending a ton in the offseason may have one of three results: 1.) Win more 2.) Win less 3.) Win about the same amount. Sounds about right...

Probably not at Opening Day. But at some point.

I don't think people realized how injured Granite was last year. If affected everything. His hitting. His defense. Everything. Dude is a player! He obviously doens't have the power o Cave, but he plays far superior defense. Granite is also one of the most professional hitters in the organization, a true leadoff hitter. I'm personally glad he is still on the 40-man roster, especially since he still has options remaining. Great depth option. Reed, I believe, is out of options. His value is that he rakes against lefties, so he makes a lot of sense for a lineup with a couple of lefty outfielders. They should just have a 28-man roster... ha!

Love this!! And most important... did you get resolution to your autograph situation?

I thought the same thing... I also enjoyed adding Jose Canseco's tweet... he's ... interesting!

The fact that they are non-roster guys likely mean that they could stick around longer. Nick Gordon lasted quite a while the last two years. I would guess that he will move down sooner this year because he is on the 40-man roster. Multiple reasons for that, but one of them is that if 40-man roster guys get hurt while in big-league camp, they go on tnhe MLB DL.

I'll be completely shocked if Kirilloff doesn't start in Pensacola. Lewis will start in Ft. Myers and could move up to the Blue Wahoos by June.

So much goes into the non-roster invites beyond play. For a guy like Wells, a starting pitching who would not make the Opening Day roster and is well down the depth chart, they're going to let him come in a few weeks later and watch his innings. They can start working on getting him ready for the season rather than eating a couple of innings here and there. Also, he could still go over there some. Generally, they're making sure they have enough players. Need extra catchers to catch all the bullpens. Need extra infielders. Could be any number of reasons.

I had to follow up with Nick to find out who his cousin is. It has now been updated above.

Jeffers is fairly close defensively and has a ton more upside offensively.

The Super Bowl is upon us. The game is actually sometime on Sunday in the mid-to-late afternoon. There is a connection between the sports. Many baseball fans and many of the players participate in fantasy football. And, of course, everyone has an opinion. If you scroll down, you will find the predictions of many players, front office types and others for this year’s Rams/Patriots Super Bowl. I encourage you to post your Super Bowl predictions in the comments below. But first, here’s my prediction. Maybe the Patriots just spend the regular season taking it easy and then turn it on in the postseason. But I think that the Rams will keep it competitive, especially if Todd Gurley is at 100% At the end of the day, the Patriots will win 34-30. Tom Brady will be the MVP, even though it should be James White.Let’s get right to it. Here are the Super Bowl predictions, in the order they were received. I will continue to update this document right up until Game Time as I will receive more predictions to that point. TC Bear (Twins mascot) - Tough call here...... here’s my thinking. So both the Pats and Rams have mascots, but if you transfer that to baseball, you have Wally for the Red Sox but the L.A. area does not have a mascot for baseball. Which makes me lean towards the New England area. So I am going Patriots. Ryan O'Rourke (former Twins LHP, currently with Mets) - You know who I have haha. Pats-W. Travis Blankenhorn (Twins 3B/2B prospect, played in Ft. Myers in 2018) - Patriots 34-21. Alex Perez (Twins infield prospect, played at Chattanooga and Rochester in 2018) - Unfortunately gotta go with Tom Brady and the Pats 35-21. Landon Leach (Twins RHP prospect, pitched in the GCL in 2018) - Even though I only watched maybe one regular season game this year, I have been following the playoffs. I definitely think the Pats will win today due to their clutch factor, They’ve built up confidence throughout the playoffs knowing that they can win even though their odds at the beginning of the playoffs weren’t in their favor. Ben Rodriguez (Twins C/1B prospect, played at Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers in 2018) - Patriots. Never pick against Brady. Randy Dobnak (Twins RHP prospect, spent 2018 in Cedar Rapids) - 34-31 Pats. Gostkowski nails a 55 yarder to win it as times expires. Ryan Jeffers (Twins catching prospect and 2018 draft pick) - Rams! Boof Bonser (former Twins pitcher) - Pats. Danny Valencia (Former Twins infielder) - Patriots!!! 27-24. Chase DeJong (former Twins RHP, acquired in the Zack Duke trade): Rams Nick Gordon (Twins SS/2B prospect, played in Chattanooga and Rochester in 2018) - Rams. Gotta go with my cousin (Cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman). Zander Wiel (Twins 1B/LF prospect, played in Chattanooga and Rochester in 2018) - Patriots 31-30. Lewis Thorpe (Twins LHP and 2018 Minor League Pitcher of the Year) - Rams 30-27 Jacob Pearson (Twins OF prospect, played in Cedar Rapids in 2018) - Pats 31-21 Jeff Johnson (Cedar Rapids Kernels beat writer) - Patriots 31, Rams 17. (I hope I am WAY wrong). Zack Jones (former Twins RH RP prospect, spent time with the Saints in 2018) - Patriots 34-26 Danny Banuelos (Twins catcher prospect, spent 2018 in Cedar Rapids) - I'm going for the Rams! Have to root for the Cali team! Go Rams! Josh Whetzel (Rochester Red Wings play-by-play voice) - It will be just a guess but I will pick Patriots 34-31. Chris Mazza (former Twins RHP prospect, signed this offseason with Mariners, but Mets took him in the minor league Rule 5 draft) - Rams 34 Patriots 27 down goes the Goat Todd Van Steensel (former Twins RHP prospect signed with the Padres this offseason) - Patriots 31, Rams 17. I don’t think I’ve ever gone against the Patriots.) Tom Hackimer (Twins RH RP prospect) - I predict the score will be precisely what I need it to be to win my box pool. Ryley Widell (Twins LHP prospect) - I got the Rams winning 27-21! Brian Rapp (Twins 2018 draft pick and RHP prospect) - Patriots 28-24 baby! (I’m even actually going down there so my prediction better be right!) Christian Cavaness (former Twins OF prospect) - Patriots by 10 unless Todd Gurley is back to the Gurley of the regular season. if Gurley is back then Rams by 3 Taylor Grzelakowski (Twins C/OF/1B/DH prospect) - Patriots 27-21. Brady MVP Tyler Wells (Twins RHP prospect and Twins Daily 2019 Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year) - I have Patriots winning 31-28 Tyler Watson (Twins LHP prospect) - I'm in on the Patriots this year again. I'm gonna predict Edelman makes a diving catch in the back left corner for a touchdown in the fourth. Jonathan Rodriguez (Former Twins minor league 1B) - 31-17 Patriots winning Patrick McGuff (former Twins minor league RHP prospect, now in Reds system) - Patriots by a touchdown, the Belichick/Brady era lives on, strong as ever. Trey Cabbage (Twins 1B/OF prospect) - Honestly man, I’d like to see Tom Terrific win another and possibly set a record, Marshall Kelner (Miracle play-by-play guy) - Pats 27, Rams 20 Trevor May (Twins RHP) - Go Rams Pat Light (former Twins RHP) - I never go against Brady though! Patriots 38-35 Casey Scoggins (former Twins OF prospect) - Rams:34 Pats:24.... Rams start slow but win the 4th quarter! Stephen Gonsalves (Twins LHP) - Rams 28-24 Taylor Rogers (Twins LH RP) - Going with the Rams just because they have the former Bronco CJ Anderson. Tyler Webb (Twins OF prospect and 2018 draft pick) - I hate to say it, but I’ve got the Patriots. You can’t go against Tom Brady in the playoffs. AJ Achter (Former Twins RH RP, current pitching coach at Eastern Michigan University) - Pats 33, Rams 27. Nick Anderson (Minnesotan and former Twins prospect, now with the Miami Marlins) - As cool as it would be to see the Rams win it, I have to go with the Patriots. It’s really hard for me to root against Brady. I hope it’s a crazy exciting game, but you have to respect Brady and his career and the fact that he’s still killing it at 41. So I’m going with a score of 41-35. And both QB’s are going to throw 3 interceptions Zach Bove (first-year pitching coach in the GCL) - Pats Tyler Benninghoff (Twins RHP prospect) - I got the Rams winning 31-27! Shane Carrier (Twins OF prospect) - I’ve got Patriots 24-17 Michael Quesada (former Twins C prospect, current Twins scout) - I got the Patriots. Tough to go against an experienced hot hand. Josh Rabe (former Twins OF, current head coach at his alma mater Quincy University in Illinois) - Patriots 31 Rams 30, James White MVP. Hector Lujan (Twins RH RP prospect) - I got the Patriots winning 30-24. Daniel Adler (Twins Director of Baseball Operation) - Patriots 27, Rams 23 Daniel Palka (former Twins OF prospect, current OF/DH of the White Sox) - 19-3 Browns win Alex Hassan (former Red Sox OF, current Twins Assistant Director of Player Development) - Patriots by one million points Jared Finkel (Twins RH RP prospect, spent 2018 in Cedar Rapids) - I got the Rams! Ryan Costello (Twins 1B prospect, acquired in the Zack Duke trade) - I got Patriots, 27 to 24 Corey Koskie (former Twins 3B, owner of Linklete) - I am not a football guy at all. Put me down for Patriots though. Willie Joe Garry (Twins OF prospect and 2018 draft pick) - I hate to say it, but you can never bet against the GOAT so sadly I have to say the Patriots Robbie Rinn (Twins 1B prospects, played in Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers in 2018) - See his run of tweets… all pro-Patriots. Billy Boyer (Twins first-year minor league base running and infield coordinator) - As much as it pains me to say it, being a Seahawks fan and all, ,I will go Rams 35 Pats 27. Cory Provus (Twins radio voice) - Pats 38. Rams 24 Trevor Plouffe (former Twins 3B) - Rams 34-31. LaTroy Hawkins (former Twins RHP, current Special Assistant to Baseball Operations) - 30-27 Patriots. Austin Malinowski (Minnesotan and former Twins LHP) - At some point. Tom Brady is going to have to pass the torch and move on, but this won’t be the year. Patriots 34, Rams 31. MVP goes to Sony Michel. Adam Brett Walker (former Twins OF prospect) - I’m going to say 24-17. Patriots are going to sneak out a win. I can't bet against Tom Brady as much as I want to! #GoJags Mike Trombley (former Twins RHP) - Patriots 30-14 Frank Jagoda (Miracle pitching coach) - I’m going with the Patriots. I’m not a typical Buffalo Bills fan who wants NE to lose. I think Brady is the absolute best! And if they win I can say the Bills play the best team in the league twice a year! Ryan Smith (Kernels hitting coach) - I’ve got the Pats. Hard to bet against Brady and Belichick! Travis Harrison (former Twins 3B/OF prospect) - I’m going Patriots 31-26. Tom Brady is the man. I’m also predicting next year’s super bowl will be my COWBOYS winning over the Colts! Jeremy Zoll (Twins Director of Player Development) - As a Pats fan, you’re going to get a biased reply here. Pats 31-23. Brady throws for 3 TD, with Gronk catching at least 1. Austin Schulfer (Twins RHP prospect and 2018 draft pick) - I think the Rams win 23-20. The Pats have a chance to make a field goal to sent it to OT and they miss. Only bold prediction I have Denny Hocking (former Twins infielder) - Tom Brady for 6. Seth Pinkerton (Twins RHP prospect and 2018 draft pick) - As much as I don’t want to say it, but Pats will win. Then I’ll have to hear it from my college roommates about how good TB12 is. 31-20. TB12 MVP with 2 pass TD and a Rush! hope I’m wrong. Jordan Gore (Twins infield prospect, played in Cedar Rapids and Chattanooga in 2018) - Can’t bet against Brady. Going with the Pats Tony Thomas (former Twins minor leaguer and a Saints player) - I think the Rams will win even though being from New Orleans and a huge Saints fan. Trey Vavra (former Twins 1B/OF prospect) - Patriots 41, Rams 31 Jacob Blank (Twins RHP prospect and 2018 draft pick) - I have the Patriots winning 31-28 this year on a last second FG Caleb Abney (first-year GCL Twins pitching coach) - I’ll say Rams 34-31. Trevor Hildenberger (Twins RHP) - Rams Goff and CJ Anderson went to Cal. Go Bears! Dallas Gallant (former Twins RH RP prospect) - I’m going to go with the same team and score as last year! 31-21 Pats Dave St. Peter (Twins president) - Pats 34, Rams 33 Aaron Whitefield (Twins OF prospect, played in Ft. Myers in 2018): 24-14. Derek Molina (Twins RH RP prospect) - Patriots got it I think. Can’t see Brady losing. Dereck Rodriguez (former Twins RHP prospect, debuted in 2018 with the Giants) - I hate to say it, but I really think Brady is going to pull it off again. Even though I’d rather see the Rams win. And finally... since he's been tweeting about aliens and time travel a lot, here is Jose Canseco's prediction... or ,telling us what the score will be? Now it’s your turn. Leave your predictions below. Click here to view the article

It's simply the difference between being drafted out of high school and being drafted out of college. Turner, Swim, Garver were all college guys. Rortvedt and Brian Navarreto, who is going to big league camp for the 2nd time, were high school picks.

I really like Ben, and I think he took strong sides forward in 2018.

Agreed... I think giving up on Gordon would be silly. He's' not big, but he can hit. We all know he needs to keep getting stronger, but with his swing and approach and knowledge and skill, worrying too much about his struggles in the 2nd half in AAA at 22 might be a bit much. But I do think it would be nice for him to get off to a fast start there in 2019, if only for his own confidence. I do know that the Twins really like Jeffers behind the plate, like his pitch framing.

Our individual rankings, if anyone is interested: Gonsalves - Seth (10), Nick (10), Tom (9), Cody (12) Gordon - Seth (12), Nick (9), Tom (8), Cody (13) Jeffers - Seth (14), Nick (14), Tom (18), Cody (9) Rortvedt - Seth (24), Nick (13), Tom (12), Cody (15) Severino - Seth (15), Nick (19), Tom (14), Cody (17)

He was an incredible defensive back in high school ,all-american type, but then he focused on baseball as a senior, after committing to Kentucky. Yes,, he also was a very good basketball player.

More on the voting... remember that the Top 30 rankings for Seth, Tom and Cody are in the prospect handbook whereas Nick provides a Top 20 list. The honorable mentions were others who received votes. For this, that includes those in the Top 30 for Tom,, Cody and I. Here are the votes for the players mentioned (in order mentioned in the article): Balazovic: Seth (29), Tom (28), Cody (25) Leach: Tom (27), Cody (28) Stewart: Seth (26), Nick (16), Tom (23), Cody (22) De Jong: Seth (27) Arraez: Seth (22), Tom (25), Cody (21) Blankenhorn: Seth (30), Tom (24) Maciel: Seth (23), Cody (18) Pearson: Cody (23) T Wells: Seth (20), Nick (20), Tom (22), Cody (27) Jax: Seth (25), Tom (26), Cody (29) Urbina: Seth (17), Cody (16) Raley: Seth (28), Tom (20)

I remember that... was 2015... But, he does have an option remaining and the spin rate (I assume).

Some Rankings: Celestino: Seth (13th), Nick (15th), Tom (19th), Cody (19th) Littell: Seth (18th), Nick (NR), Tom (11th), Cody (14th) Wade: Seth (21), Nick (17), Tom (21), Cody (20) Alcala: Seth (19), Nick (18), Tom (17), Cody (26) Miranda: Seth (16), Nick (NA), Tom (16), Cody (24) Note - Tom,, Cody and my Top 50s are in the Twins Prospect Handbook.

I'm' really high on Miranda. I think he's got tremendous power potential and 3B is his likely home.

I think that Sickels does his rankings a little bit different. He does them based on a grade and then puts the players into ranges on those grades. But that could certainly explain the variance for some players.