Bob Sacamento

Minier has me worried, kid has looked significantly overmatched all EXST and he couldn't hit at E-town last year either. The power is there, he just has really hard time making contact; he might be best to start 2016 with GCL.

Wow, the "World's Greatest Hitting Formula" eh? If it's true then his son better be the greatest hitter since Ted Williams

I like Slate Granite better. Won't forget this ST when a 5 yo kid came over with much bigger "stars" around Granite and asked Zach to sign his baseball. Zach was like me, you want my autograph and the kid was emphatic to get Granite, the hell with AB Walker, Harrison, Gordon. Now I'm thinking that kid knew something

Kirilloff is deeply religious that's why he committed to Liberty.

He signed late as a 20yo Dominican and played 2013 and 2014 in the Dominican and all of 2015 in the GCL where he was one of the league's better pitchers but he was also one of the oldest.

Jaylin Davis could surprise a few people, kid was a top 5 round talent last year before injuring his nonthrowing shoulder. His power is legit I've seen him clock some light tower shots in EXST. He plays a competent CF, has average arm and speed. The biggest question has to be whether or not he can make enough contact. Videos from EXST on him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ziji5Jud5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMfow87hzn0

The Twins are treating Ynoa with kid gloves right now as they should, his pitch count/innings has been limited to less than 40 pitches/2 innings thus far in EXST. His first inning of work, his fastball holds up in the mid 90s for the first inning but his tank starts to deplete quickly and he's down to high 80 low 90s.

My favorite is still Quezada, sleeper written all over him. His velocity is just nasty and he's started to throw the ball for strikes which is his key. Still he's effectively wild as many hitters have fancy feet when getting in the box against him. For some reason, he's been throwing a curveball instead of a slider and I think it has to do that he has much more control of the curve-he can at least throw it for strikes. His slider was high 80-low 90s but he could never get it over the plate and he seemingly had no idea where it was going. When talking to the players for both local squads (BoSox and Twins) he's one of the guys that everyone says why is he here? Video on him from this EXST alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__hl563TT1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpLDnXv9k5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcHpaoNqF1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoFUp6efgmk

As Seth has said he's played there the entire EXST, partly that has to do with Cabbage looks so much better and fluid at 3B with sometime at SS too. Blankenhorn has looked decent at 2B, he's still working on his footwork as one can tell but he looks passable and plausible to start his season as everyday 2B.

At #15 that's a stretch, he has all the tools that's for sure, kids got forearms like popeye, the rest of him is compact and very muscular and thick lower half.

Hmm, go to college or sign for $X million... Despite how much fun I had in college, I'd take the $X million worse case I have the money to pay for the college after chasing the dream. Somehow its not blocked by the CBA but a kid can get drafted by an MLB team and sign out of HS play a season or two, then go back to college and play on the football team with a scholarship.

In his third start, Fernando was up to 82 pitches, going 6 innings, 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, and struck out five. Rest of his line included 52 strikes, giving up 2 doubles, 5 groundouts, 5 flyouts and in total faced 23 batters. From what I heard, his high was 97 mph but was around 93 overall and threw harder in the first inning and waned the deeper he went.

I like your picks and hope you get the Kirilloff and Curbelo picks right, I've already seen them in action against the highest competition at the WWBA but also chatted with them and their parents, both are signing but won't come at discounts.

You really are bullish on Munoz, he's got soft hands and wheels, kid has been leading off for most of the EXST. Kendrick has been getting time in LF, as his parents just brought down his brother's OF glove. Kendrick without question has the best eye/approach at the plate and when he hits it, it flys. Cabbage has been playing mainly 3B with a little SS while Blankenhorn has almost exclusively played 2B in EXST.

It's penny pinching at it's finest, but I guess when you go thru 100 MLB balls a night you gotta recoup cost somewhere

Hall they've been playing more on the "old fields" instead of the new Field #1, in fact last weekend was the first time this season the EXST guys have been on #1 and that was only because the Perfect Game tourney was going on Fields 2,3,4,5 Don't forget if you get hit in the gut with a homerun ball you get to keep it Did those imprinted seams ever clear up?

They say he has Mono but I'm not sold on it. Because for the first time, I can't get a straight answer out of his friends on the squad. Before when he was out for tightness the players said it's nothing big, he'll be right back no worries. Then last weekend rolled around and there was a lot of pussyfooting around when I asked about him as his car hasn't been seen at the complex for quite a while now. It just doesn't sound like good news to me, 2016 might be a "lost year" for the Aussie.

He's gotta seem like a lock, the FSL AllStar game is in little more than 2 weeks, 6/18.

You joke but yes players do have to chase down foul balls in GCL/Instructs/EXST/etc. In all my years of going I can count how many fans have made off with a souvenir ball, even the kids/toddlers are expected to hand it back. I can remember a 6yr old getting a foulball off Christian Vasquez's bat last year in GCL while rehabbing and the kid bolted out of JetBlue stadium as he saw BoSox RHP Ty Buttery coming to get, Ty said he'd pay the fine for the kid. If the players don't retrieve the balls they face punishment, either monetarily or running laps. The Twins are not only in the practice as the Red Sox here do the same and most MiLB teams in those leagues as well.

Extended Spring Training had a special visitor for the weekend in GM Terry Ryan as he looked on and watched his EXST guys which he honestly didn't know much about. Sadly Ryan was there to witness two losses to the the Red Sox as they lost 4-3 on Friday then 4-1 on Saturday. Jose Martinez started for the Twins going 3 innings, his fastball was routinely 88-92 and he located it well. Callan Pearce came on to relieve him and gave up the lead and two runs. Finishing out the game was righty sidearmer Rich Condeelis followed by the hard throwing lefty Cameron Booser. Booser was back to 95 mph after taking a dip in velo last weekend, his command was better as he walked none. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8K_aAdoefc On the offensive side, 2B Emmanuel Morel got things started with hitting the leftcenterfield wall and speeding around to third. He was knocked in by the next hitter Travis Blankenhorn. They didn't score again til the fourth, after the BoSox pitching prospect Gerson Bautista got wild and walked three and hit a batter, yet the Twins only managed to score 2 runs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SdxdyArBn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DfmNXOI7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hx85i2fS4k In the stands I talked to SS Manuel Guzman about his injured quad and talked about the therapy they've been doing - showed off his "hickies" on his quad from cupping. He still has a couple of weeks before he can hit the field. Niko Goodrum was on the bench (not fully dressed) still no word on his timetable. One side note I learned was that any rehabbing player who wants to stay at the Player Developmental Complex has to pay $17 a day for board (~$500 a month). So someone like Cameron Booser is paying a big chunck of his check back for rent. While guys assigned to EXST who live at the Complex get to do so for free right now, of course they're also not getting paid a salary either. On Saturday, RHP Nate Gerken started off the game for the Twins while MLB rehabber Brandon Workman threw the first two innings for the Sox. Gerken threw an 1 2/3 inning, while giving up 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks, and struck out 3. Nate threw 38 pitches, his fastball was 88-91, his curve was 75-86 mph and his slider was 79-80. Gerken got into trouble in the second and that's when LHP Onas Farfan was called upon. Onas went 1 2/3 innings giving up 2 hits, 2 earned runs, no walks, and struck out 2. Farfan threw 37 pitches before the Twins "rolled" the inning, his fastball was ticking up a little more than usually at 88-93, with a slider at 79-80 and a change 80-84. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1jPeAvp8Ww The third pitcher was Moises Gomez who looked better than the first two. Gomez's fastball was 88-90 but his curve (71-&74) altered the hitter's eye enough that his fastball played up. Moises threw 35 pitches going 2 innings, giving up 1 hit,1 walk and one strike out. Next out of the pen was Dutchman Matz Schutte, who throws softly. Matz fastball was 80-86 mph, averaging 84, while his secondary pitches add deception. Matz threw a couple decent curveballs at 69-71 and some changes at 71-72, all out of the same arm slot so adds some much needed deception for Schutte. His final line was 2 innings, one hit and two walks. Lastly and the best pitcher of the day, lefty Andrew Vasquez. Vasquez showed off a strong fastball than he had earlier in EXST, as it was sitting 88-89. His equalizer pitch is his slider (albeit it looks like a curve-slow and big bending) that he commands very well and was sitting 79-81 as well as a couple changes at 80-84. His line was 1 1/3 IP (4 out inning), no hits no walks, and struck out 2 in 15 pitches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBpkQ5O2SQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hvpgf5E0c Offensively, the team was very limited and their lineup consisted with alot of IFA players: Jorge Andrade, Lewin Diaz, Robert Molina, Jose Ortiz, Carlos Jean Arias, Ariel Montesino, Roni Tapia, and Rowan Eberson in addition to 2014 15th Rd Roberto Gonzalez and 2015 16th Rd Lean Marrero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMq6Q5ac6K0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ziji5Jud5g

Here is Cavaness batting in EXST on 5/20/16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsE8Odngwr8

Great to see Williams Ramirez off to a good start, I probably saw him throw more innings than any other Twins pitcher in GCL. He's got good stuff and hitters have a hard time picking up the ball on him. He's his own worst enemy as his walks are what gets him in trouble.