Jeremy Nygaard

He's longer through the zone, and throws right-handed, but I think Boldt can be a Denard Span-type guy. A solid, top-of-the-order hitter. And hopefully no makeup issues (like Dahl).

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Star Tribune reported this morning that Red Wing's Ryan Boldt injured his knee on Friday and will be examined on Monday. It's unknown whether the injury is minor or major. When healthy, Boldt is a first-round pick.

Seth is reporting that Josh "Hammercurve" Burris will be joining the Kernels. He'll take Chis Mazza's spot, who was sent to EST. Kernels roster still at 24.

Manaea is still dealing with a nagging hip issue. He won't be pitching this weekend. Its a good thing the Twins have such a fine medical staff, cause his records will need to be gone over with a fine-toothed comb.

Miracle baseball: Levi Michael activated. Michael Gonzales and Lance Ray put on disabled list.

Ray and Gonzales went on the DL. Michael activated. Leachman promoted.

Dakota Watts was activated (Ft. Myers). Anthony Slama (back strain) was placed on the D.L. and Bobby Lanigan was promoted from New Britain to take his spot in the bullpen. The organizational rosters will continue to remain fluid as many teams have roster spots available.

What Callis said was in line with what he's been saying all along, and yes, it has to do with defense. I think Meadows is the safer pick (closer gap in ceiling/floor) than Frazier, who may have a slightly higher ceiling. I talked to someone who called Frazier a great "mistake hitter". I wonder how that plays out when mistakes become far less frequent. Meadows has the "professional hitter" makeup right now. Defensively, Meadows has a better chance to stay in CF. Frazier has a cannon.

"It had a late, sharp break that buckled more than one set of Bees' knees." ...and that's why you get paid to write.

One of the BA guys said last week that it's not unreasonable to believe they could be the Top 2 hitting prospects in all of baseball. I would have to look closer before I said they're both Top 5 right now... but yeah, they definitely could be...

Drew Leachman is heading south, from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Players that are claimed off waivers are claiming the contract too. If a player is released and signs with another team, the signing team is just responsible for the prorated (edit) minimum.

I think that Pressly would have to clear waivers before the Twins could work out a trade with Boston. I'm not sure that he would.

Nate Hanson and Mark Sobolewski have swapped roster spots. It sounds like Cedar Rapids is going to sit at 24 until Tomshaw is eligible to come off of the DL. They have a rainout today and, I believe, a day off tomorrow. No word on what Ft. Myers does. Purely speculative: Luke Bard will head to Fort Myers when ready. They also need an outfielder and J.D. Williams has been good lately. Not sure when Nate Roberts will be ready, but he would be a good option.

We're talking about Tim Wood, the guy who, as a minor league free agent, was given $675,000. That's more than Scott Diamond, Vance Worley, or any other non-arbitration player. Wood has similar service time to Fien, De Vries and Mastroianni, who all were renewed for $500,000. That's what I don't understand. They simply could have "renewed" his contract for 490K after adding him to the 40-man roster... instead they give him almost 200K extra. It doesn't make sense, but it does make me believe they really like him. Or maybe they hit the wrong number on the keyboard when typing out his contract, in which case, I'm sure they'll place him on waivers.

Nate Hanson's wife, Liza, tweeted last night that Nate was heading to Rochester. This morning the Red Wings announced that Mark Sobolewski was being transferred to New Britain. Congrats to Nate!

A few moves to note: Yesterday, New Britain activated B.J. Hermsen and released Marty Popham. Today, Fort Myers placed Madison Boer (broken hand) and Ryan O'Rourke on the D.L. Taking Boer's place in the rotation is former Kernel Taylor Rogers. At this point it isn't clear if Rogers will remain on the roster after his start or if he'll be sent back to Cedar Rapids.

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It's April 22, yet we're experiencing another snowstorm. The Twins were postponed and will play a split-doubleheader tomorrow (hopefully; I wouldn't bet on it). And despite having a day-off Wednesday, there won't be a game because the Marlins have 20 straight days with games starting Thursday, so they can't play Wednesday. Only three affiliates were in action today, let's see how they did: [ATTACH=CONFIG]3840[/ATTACH] espn.com (Bruce Kluckhohn/Getty Images) Cedar Rapids Kernels 8, Burlington Bees 4 Box Score Jose Berrios made his highly-anticipated full-season debut tonight. Berrios joined the team after spending some time stretching out in Fort Myers after being used sparingly by the Puerto Rican National Team in the World Baseball Classic (where he struck out Robinson Cano). Had Berrios been on the Opening Day roster, he would have been the 9th-youngest player (and 4th-youngest pitcher) in the Midwest League. He had a solid performance, but appeared to have some nerves early. He gave up runs in each of his first two innings and misplayed a bunt (that was generously ruled a hit) before settling down. He had a final line of five innings, seven hits, two walks, five strikeouts and the aforementioned runs. Reports from the field had him sitting in the low-90s, but touching as high as 96. JD Williams led the offense with two doubles and a home run. He also drew a walk, scored twice and drove in three runs. Oh, and he stole a base too. He calls himself part of the "Soul Patrol" with Byron Buxton and Niko Goodrum, but he might be rejoining Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario if he keeps it up. Adam Walker had a triple and showed off his big-time power with a long home run. Byron Buxton went 1-for-4 with a stolen base. When he was 0-for-3 tonight, his average dropped to .392. The single got it back up to .404. Manuel Soliman walked three in two scoreless innings. Chris Mazza had to be relieved after giving up two runs and leaving the bases loaded in the 9th. Tim Atherton relieved him and closed the game with three strikeouts with the bases loaded. LP Brett Lee (0-0, 0.00), who has been quite impressive in his eight innings of limited work, takes the mound tomorrow at 11:30 am. (The forecast isn't good, so make sure you check the weather before you drive from the Cities.) Congrats to Taylor Rogers on his promotion to Fort Myers. Rochester Red Wings 2, Pawtucket Red Sox 8 Box Score Liam Hendriks again failed to channel his AAA dominance of a year ago, instead showing glimpses of his major league-self. In particular, it took Hendriks 97 pitches (63 strikes) to pitch 5.2 innings. His line was not bad though: eight hits, a walk, two runs and five strikeouts. While his demotion was somewhat puzzling at the time, he has been able to make two starts for Rochester, while Pedro Hernandez (and basically the entire staff) hasn’t pitched at all due to the ridiculous weather we’ve been having in the Upper Midwest. The first wave of the bullpen did a great job keeping the Red Wings in the game. Mike O’Connor and Tim Wood combined for 2.1 scoreless innings. And then Manager Glynn turned a tie ball game over to Anthony Slama. For all of you who supported the #FreeSlama campaign, you may get your wish soon. Tonight’s one-out effort included three hits, two walks and five runs. He’s now dropped to 0-4 with an ERA of 18.47. (Slama may have suffered an injury, stay tuned.) Daniel Turpen got the final two outs and allowed another run, but the damage was already done. The Red Wings offense managed only seven hits. A double by Chris Herrmann and two singles by Evan Bigley were the offensive highlights. Bigley (who just joined Rochester) is batting .400. Chris Colabello (.333) and Clete Thomas (.326) are the only regulars batting over .200. Scary, and sad. While there is no scheduled starter listed at this time, it would appear to be Virgil Vasquez’s turn in the rotation. Vasquez (2-1, 4.80) has pitched pretty well in his three starts to date. Fort Myers Miracle 4, Palm Beach Cardinals 7 Box Score A day after losing to Palm Beach in extra innings, the Miracle drop their third straight. Tonight’s loss was the result of a blown save in the 7th innings. Starting pitcher Matt Summers allowed ten hits in four innings. Those hits, and a walk, resulted in three runs. He struck out three. Cole Johnson pitched two scoreless innings. Chad Rogers, who came out to open the seventh innings, only recorded two outs, but allowed four runs (one earned). Adrian Salcedo struck out three of his four outs. Miguel Sano kept it simple today. He singled twice and stole a base (his first of the year). Kyle Knudson added two hits. Kennys Vargas had a double. Eddie Rosario added a triple. AJ Pettersen, now batting .352 and playing SS almost every day, has extended his hitting streak to seven games. Tomorrow’s scheduled starter, Madison Boer, was placed on the 7-day DL with a broken hand. RP Ryan O’Rourke was also placed on the 7-day DL. The Miracle will play at 6:35 pm ET. New Britain Rock Cats had an off-day today. Trevor May (0-1, 3.14) will be back on the mound tomorrow at New Hampshire at 6:35 pm ET. May, who is rivaling teammate Alex Meyer to be the organizational strikeout king, will look to limit his free passes. He has already issued 10 walks in 14.1 innings. He’s also allowed three home runs in three starts. RP Marty Popham was released to make room for SP B.J. Hermsen prior to yesterday’s game. If you have any questions or comments, please post below. You can also find me on Twitter @jeremynygaard.

Pretty good success from picks 6-10, I'd say. In fact, I might suggest that, judging by that list, taking a high school pitcher in the Top 10 has a shockingly high success rate. I would say Stewart isn't quite Archie Bradley, who - I was told - would be the top talent in this draft.

About Trey Ball... haven't heard much and haven't gotten any indications that he's even on the radar. But, again, things are pretty fluid around this time.

There could be a case made for Denney or McGuire. The Twins have had better luck with collegiate catchers recently and don't draft more than one or two catchers. From what I've gathered, the Twins didn't seem overly eager to go see either, so from that, I'm left them off of the list. (Looking through notes, I do have something on Denney: "Good player. Not going in first four picks, definite first rounder." But that was from a few weeks ago.) Power arms - the Twins want to have a bullpen like the Royals, full of hard-throwing guys. It's not that I'm necessarily low on Bryant; he's a big-power guy. From what I've heard (and I'm not going to guarantee it plays out this way), is that all of Bryant's value is in his bat. The Twins draft "toolsy" almost to a fault, so drafting a one (no more than two) tool guy at #4 seems far-fetched. (In fact, I got some early-season indication that the right-handed power bat that most impressed the Twins is Fresno State OF Aaron Judge, who also has more defensive skills than Bryant, but less of a overall hit tool.) Appreciate the comments; good discussion.