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Sano gonna hit another 30 MiLb homers before he gets called up?

How far do you think Adam Walker will make it in 2014?

Yeah, he wont get 30 mil....maybe 25

very informative!

Yeah Carlos was bush yesterday after his 1st inning homer. But, Atlanta (mainly Chris Johnson) was bush after Jose Fernandez hit his 1st career blast and watched it for about 1 second. The Twins are LIFELESS this year. I would rather see Gomez starting brawls, than Plouffe and Parmelee calmly soothing each other and talking about how they can't hit. (Both 1st rd picks) That being what it is....I would rather have Hardy over Carlos too.

Hey! This article compares Walker to Stanton....and here is a quote from MLB.com's Twins top-20 list about Walker: " His body type and power potential remind some of Giancarlo Stanton, a fellow former second-rounder, and the Twins wouldn't complain if that's what Walker becomes"......! Only problem is that Walker was a 3rd round pick, not 2nd

Looks like Adam Walker will be top-20 following this season. Maybe even top-10.

Dead accurate

At least one person had the foresight to list Z. Jones and Baxendale in the top-20 of Twins prospects. This list was intended to be the MLB.com top-20 list. Not a perfect prediction, but passable.

Jones is dealing at A+ this year, and still not on MLB's top-20 list. Neither is Baxendale. Whoever is running that page is not "on-top" of stuff.

Wow, this is STILL relevant. Would much rather see these four guys than Vance Worley, Kevin Correia, and ? Pelfrey.

Nothing real special here...just some footage of Mauer from my seat at the Team USA vs. ChiSox exhibition game on March 5, 2013. He went 0-3 in the game: GIDP, K, F8 [video=youtube;8iIK5NzDm3w]

Nothing real special here...just some footage of Mauer from my seat at the Team USA vs. ChiSox exhibition game on March 5, 2013. He went 0-3 in the game: GIDP, K, F8 [video=youtube;8iIK5NzDm3w]

I would upgrade "might" to "will" be destined for Rochester.

No doubt. Strange things consistently happen in baseball. Will Eddie be a Carew-caliber talent? Time will tell. I love considering all possibilities, but Rosario has a lot of "ifs" to go along with a ton of potential.

Hey this is really coming together nicely...except for Cingrani, Johnson, Drew, Revere, Baker, Bedard, Marcum, Haren, Guererra??, Grilli, Peralta, and Keppinger. I understand this was last November, so you need a little leniency. But hey, you really made some bold predictions. Lots of them. I encourage that.

Whoa! Easy now...this is somewhat of a high-end projection. Watch out for the blue-meanies! Personally, I could not agree more.

Agreed. Hicks has a much higher ceiling than both Benson and Mastro. But why rush Hicks when he can stay in AAA til June, and secure another year of team control. Arcia is a better all -around hitter, but Hicks and Oswaldo will both serve vital roles in the 2014 line-up.

I really like Benson. I think he could be serviceable this year. I actually would rather see him start in CF, than Mastro...but Darin could change my mind with a good spring.

To be considered a prospect that will be drafted in the top-20 of any MLB Draft is quite a feat. Nearly everyone cannot accomplish that on natural talent alone. It takes an extreme amount of sweaty labor that most people would not, or could not, endure. I want to hope beyond all hope that Aaron Hicks turns out just like Dennis Rodman. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3362[/ATTACH] I’m sure your blood is boiling after reading that last sentence. So, please, allow me to explain this nonsense. One of my favorite winners of all-time is Dennis Rodman. The Worm! He could dominate a basketball game without scoring. Who does that? Nobody really does that, its exceptional to Dennis. Check it out y’all: What many casual Rodman fans may not be aware of, is that Dennis was a very late bloomer. Wikipedia says Rodman was 5’6 as a freshman in high school, but grew to be about 6’6 as a 20-year-old JUCO player. Amazing, eh? I am hoping Aaron Hicks resembles the entertainer and defensive-minded winner that Rodman was. But I hope not for the lifestyle and the wedding dress. Hicks was drafted 14th overall in 2008 out of a California high school. Another high school center-fielder, Torii Hunter, was taken 20th overall in 1993. That is hardly where the comparison ends. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3363[/ATTACH] Torii was an ultra-toolsy 1st rounder with everything a Puckett-replacement would need to navigate the minor leagues. But he struggled, and he spent three years at AA with very Hicks-like statistics (not much power). In fact, Hicks’ 2012 numbers were better than anything Hunter did in three seasons at New Britain. I was just a little guy when Torii Hunter was drafted, but I still remember thinking, “Six years!” after reading how long the experts thought he would take to arrive in Minnesota. Back then, six years seemed like an eternity. I wonder what type of MLB projections people had for Torii while he was struggling to figure out AA pitching? He may have been tabbed as a guy that would never hit .290 in a full MLB season. But Hunter surprised many by blossoming into a power-hitting 9-time Gold Glove Award winner. Can we expect Hicks to follow suit as a late bloomer, a la Rodman and Hunter? Will he become the next Twins CF to possess a Gold Glove? We just don’t know right now. But Torii has proven that it can happen LATE for a 5-tool prospect. And Rodman has proven that high-level defenders can win and entertain at an elite level. Here’s to hoping the best for Hicks, and the Twins! See Hicks here: http://www.milb.com/search/media.jsp?sid=milb&text=aaron+hicks&x=-1149&y=-218

Very nice AM. I will gladly take Sano. For me, it was between Sano and Buxton.

All I can say about Tim Wood....Good God! wtf man