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  1. nytwinsfan
    Problem is that choosing a barely 16-yo as a pitcher is an incredible crap-shoot. It is already incredibly risky picking 18-yo pitchers, let alone barely 16-yo. Better to spend a couple hundred thousand on a number of 16-yo pitchers than to spend the big bucks on them at that age. The Twins did take Ynoa for a large signing bonus, and that has worked out well so far, but that was an exception, and most of the big international signers are position players for this reason.
  2. nytwinsfan
    Ok, in light of all that it makes a lot more sense why he's not at Elizabethton. Still sounds like he has a lot of upside though. Thanks as always or the detailed info Bob.
  3. nytwinsfan
    CAPS AND BOLD. In addition to having a lot of upside on the field (he was mlb.com's 72nd ranked prospect in the 2016 draft), he also has a 70-grade hair tool: Bob can talk more about his game, but it sounded like he put on some muscle.
  4. nytwinsfan
    WHERE IS AKIL BADDOO. UNACEPTABLE ABSENCE from this roster. All I've been hearing is how he's put on muscle and was looking great. Where is he?!?!?! And Bob Sacramento, when do you think Graterol will be sent here? Or do you think he will he go to the GCL?
  5. nytwinsfan
    Rosario has more power and better arm. Granite seems superior in every other way (contact skills, plate discipline, baserunning and defense). The argument for Rosario's ceiling being higher is the power. Even if his ceiling is slightly higher though, I still think Granite might add a higher expected value.
  6. nytwinsfan
    I don't understand. You rank these 5 ahead of Enlow and to a lesser extent, Rooker?!?! Becaue Gordon, Lewis, Romero, Gonsalves, Kirilloff have to be 1-5. What am I missing here? I'd rank it: 15. Leach 14. Diaz 13. Wade 12. Blankenhorn 11. Jay 10. Garver 9. Rooker 8. Granite 7. Javier 6. Enlow 5. Kirilloff 4. Gonsalves 3. Romero 2. Lewis 1. Gordon
  7. nytwinsfan
    Catching isn't a problem right now. Pitching is. I think Sano is more likely to go from the Twins to another team before he goes to 1B. I'd be more worried about extending him (no easy feat). He will likely be the first of the core to go.
  8. nytwinsfan
    Don't look now but Buxton's OPS is over .600 (.612 to be exact).
  9. nytwinsfan
    Have the Twins said whether they expect Rooker to play corner OF or 1B? I know he moves pretty well for a big guy, but can he play LF or RF in the majors? Can he play at a Grossman level or hopefully slightly better?
  10. nytwinsfan
    They had better use the money they saved on Lewis (per Doogie) and presumably Rooker to get one or two of the 30-50 ranked prep players left. For instance, if in the 3rd and 4th round they were to take some combination of RHP Enlow, RHP Burns, or LHP Heatherly, all of whom have some upside, I'd be happy. A couple other prep pitchers in that range as well and HS CF Garrett Mitchell (who apparently has some serious tools but also diabetes). Really hope the Twins do this, otherwise I too will be pretty disappointed.
  11. nytwinsfan
    Is Rooker going to play OF or 1B?
  12. nytwinsfan
    and Jacob Heatherly, a HS LHP.
  13. nytwinsfan
    very interesting. to get those deals in place for whoever they would take at 35 and/or 37, wouldn't they have to get a deal with Royce Lewis worked out pretty soon? Cause to ensure players they want are available at 35 and 37 don't they have to tell them how much they will have for them so that those players in turn can tell other teams not to pick them earlier b/c they won't sign for slot amounts? Or is that not at all how this works?
  14. nytwinsfan
    If they take McKay (rather than Wright) I hope they at least use the seeming consensus that Wright has a much bigger upside than McKay to get him to sign underslot and then sign some serious upside prepsters at 35 and 37.
  15. nytwinsfan
    Kepler is also more than a year younger than Yelich and has been in the majors a much shorter period of time (673 PAs v 2,363 PAs).
  16. nytwinsfan
    Yeah, some relievers at AA really need to be promoted soon.
  17. nytwinsfan
    If they think Greene is the BPA, they should take him, regardless of whether he costs more than the college pitchers (obviously if he is demanding extra extra money, like say $9 million, well then that's a differnet story). Right now I don't think he is the BPA though, once you factor in risk. Wright has a lot of upside too, but much less risk. And you could even make an argument for McKay. Right now I'm leaning towards Wright, but not because he'd be cheaper (that's an added bonus), but beause I think he is the BPA, which obviously includes the concept of risk and to a lesser extent closeness to the majors, etc.
  18. nytwinsfan
    What about Tyler Jay and Jake Reed?
  19. nytwinsfan
    Great article/interview. I'm leaning Wright now as well.
  20. nytwinsfan
    LOL, LaMonte Wade's lead in OBP is . . . significant.
  21. nytwinsfan
    Yeah, especially for someone who is 6 foot 1. That might explain a little bit of his high BB%. He really has a crouched, coiled stance. And it doesn't seem like a gimmick either.
  22. nytwinsfan
    LaMonte Wade domination watch: First 10 games in AA: .103/.229/.103 (.332) Since then (starting April 18): .420/.553/.667 (1.220) with 14 Ks, 21 BBs, 3/3 SB, 4HR in 94 PAs Overall: .327/.465/.500 (.965), with 18 Ks, 26BBs, 4/4 SB, 4 HR in 129 PAs Also, splits: v RHP OPS .997 v. LHP OPS .788 ALSO, video of last night's HR by Wade:
  23. nytwinsfan
    Great stuff Tom.
  24. nytwinsfan
    The crazy thing is that this was after being "aggressively" promoted to AA after only 127 PAs in A+ and 275 PAs in A-. That's crazy. Yes, he is 23, but if he keeps anything like this up he has got to be a top 5 Twins prospect and a potential top 100-150 prospect nationwide.
  25. nytwinsfan
    Good question. I've heard it is at least decent, but is it Kepler decent, Rosario decent, or something less than Kepler decent?
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